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Help Stupid (Probably) Dialer Question & Default Numbers

BoogieNYC

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Apr 22, 2010
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Lots of my contacts -- especially my "favorite" contacts -- have multiple phone #'s, which is pretty typical. So it's a nice feature in the dialer that lets you select a specific number -- home, office, mobile, etc. -- to dial every time you pull up the favorites tab within the dialer screen. I by mistake checked "use as default number" for one particular contact, but now I want to deactivate that selection and have NO default number for that particular contact. I know how to switch the default number from one to another; is there a way to deactivate the default number and just have the phone ask me which number to dial, eg home, office, mobile, etc.?

I've been trying to tinker with everything I can to no avail, and I've also been shut out trying to answer this question online. Only thing I haven't done is call Verizon LOL

Any help would be greatly appreciated :)

Thanks!
 
Only way I could quickly find was to get into the contact's edit screen, delete the number you marked as "default" and re-add it. Just tried it on my wife's cell, worked. A little backasswards, but it's the only way I could readily see.

That's the only solution I came up with as well...got to be a better way tho LOL...

Thanks LOL :)
 
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