Changing dialpad format on SGS3 - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guyz , i moved to an SGS3 I9300 and i want to know how to change the Dialpad format , it shows me american format or another format that i use in my country ( Example : My country format is XXXX XXX XXX and i have XXX XXX XXXX ) how to change it ? i changed the language but still nothing any ideas? Thanks in addvance

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Still nobody? Ok , here's another example it's that possible to remove that space?

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Bump , nobody?

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I've seen a post about this once before, so worth a search

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I searched but nothing ... i think nobody have the answer for my question , searched on google , still nothing ..

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Check your language in settings, it might be set to English (US) try change to UK and reboot....or whatever language applies

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Nope , still the same , every language i choose the result is the same ..

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Any ideas or i shpuld give up?
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Try to download a third party dialer and see if the phone format is still I the US format. If it it's, your problem lies within the firmware or your ROM, if it's your European format, try to find the stock .ZIP for your dialer and replace it with another (assuming you have CwM root)
Samsung Galaxy S3
T-Mobile (SGH-T999)
Android ICS 4.0.4
Stock firmware
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Clockworkmod ROOT
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FlorinSVJ said:
Any ideas or i shpuld give up?
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I know for a fact it can be done, I'm just not sure how but I have definitely seen it,I wonder if it's csc related?

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Yes , that's my calling screen this problem piss me off when somebody ask for a number from my phonebook

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R: Changing dialpad format on SGS3
Have u tried changing the locale(where u are)?
That might be the problem...
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killbubble said:
Have u tried changing the locale(where u are)?
That might be the problem...
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Changing the locale? Can you explain more please? I changed back to my default language (Romanian) but still nothing ... the locale means default language?

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R: Changing dialpad format on SGS3
Locale means where you are living in that moment...for example: i live in italy and my locale is italian, i can put my phones language in english but if i connect to the store i will connect to the italian one.
If i change my locale to english, i will make my phone think really live in america/uk and it will conmect to american google play, and behave the same way for all other apps as well.
On the s3 apps for changing the locale usually change the language as well(thats because u can also do it in settings, but since i do not like to remember where to do it i use a little app to make my life easier).
The app i use to change my locale is called "localepicker" and i found it on the web, so just search it. But i am aware there is a more famous app that does the same thing and you can get it off the store, dont know the name thou....
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Ok then , i installed an application called "Raygional" i changed my locale to romanian and romanian on the market too , still no result dialpad the same ..

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Alternatively you can edit it in.buildprop with a root explorer, ....didn't think about changing locale, well spotted :thumbup:

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slaphead20 said:
Alternatively you can edit it in.buildprop with a root explorer, ....didn't think about changing locale, well spotted :thumbup:
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I didnt have any root explorer , only the default file explorer , and no root ( i don't want to lose warranty )

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R: Changing dialpad format on SGS3
Ive searched the web very briefly and it seems there is no direct way to do this if not with third party apps (some people say that going into keyboard and language prefs and changing language to uk english fixes this),(slapheads suggestion seems the best one, if ure worried about the warranty dont be cause u can unroot ur phone whenever u want, or if u completely mess up the system and want to send it in for fixin u just need to mess around with it even more so that a industrial technician would not be able to even read fron the phone if not by completely rebuilding the system himself and therefore deleting any root data or stuff...but thats a situation ull most likely not run into).
it looks like a third party app might be rocketdial...
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Thanks for the answer guyz , actualy wich make me think it's that thing ,when i was bought the phone was completly without that space and the dialpad was normal that's what it's really interesting , should i restore it and when it asks me to change the default language should i go for british ? not romanian or american english should i try? what do you think? i don't want to lose my apps too

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R: Changing dialpad format on SGS3
I think u should root...personally- after all its not like ios (where thru jailbreak u need to mod the system thus adding stuff to it and making it, even if slightly, slower) on android instead u just want to ACCESS the already existing superuseraccount and use it yourself(whole process called root on android), what i mean is it doesnt slow down ur phone at all, instead it can be used to make it faster.
If u dont want to root the solution would be....i dunno maybe reverting back to an old rom through kies but ive no idea how to do that.
What i suggest is to root and either follow slapheads instructions or flash a new rom man(dont forget to make a titanium backup so u get all ur apps back), in that case u fix your problem
PLUS u get the new smoother android sensation all custom rom users get when they start using a rom where all useless stock processes/apps have been removed...
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