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I have Nexus 4 and ever since I bought it, it saves all phone numbers with spaces between the digits (like +44 555 555 5555 etc.)
Does anyone know how to have these numbers with no spaces in between? I tried changing the language to English US, English UK and English Autsralia... etc. but no luck with that!!
It really bothers me as well as so many people out there as I found many people complaining about the same issue:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43017626
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2036855
Can someone tell us how to solve this issue please?
Thanks.
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iiiii1 said:
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I have Nexus 4 and ever since I bought it, it saves all phone numbers with spaces between the digits (like +44 555 555 5555 etc.)
Does anyone know how to have these numbers with no spaces in between? I tried changing the language to English US, English UK and English Autsralia... etc. but no luck with that!!
It really bothers me as well as so many people out there as I found many people complaining about the same issue:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43017626
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2036855
Can someone tell us how to solve this issue please?
Thanks.
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Hello,
Me and my trusty G1 have recently moved out of the US. Im running CM's latest, and just like the stock ROM, phone numbers stored in the phone have the xxx-xxx-xxxx US format. This format does not apply to most countries outside of the US. So here when someone calls (or when im trying to add a new contact) phone numbers tend to look weird since phone numbers here have an XX-XXX-XXX format (8 digits total), and so they end up showing as XXX-XXX-XX, which is just confusing.
So in short, is there any way to stop the dashes from showing up in the call log/ caller id/adding new contact form??
Thanks alot!!
No one has the same problem or has heard of a fix to this???
Hi, my G1 & I moved out of the US recently, too. The way I did it was to change all the numbers while logged in to Gmail in my browser. It was tedious but it lets you use a proper keyboard and mouse instead of trying to do it on the phone. All you really need to do is type the new prefix/country code once, and then cut and paste it in front of all the US numbers. Gmail will then just push it out to the phone right away. Hope this helps...
My biggest concern isn't fixing the already existing numbers in my phone book. My concern is when adding a new number or when someone not in my phone book calls, the number looks confusing because of the existence of the dashes.
But thanks anyway for your suggestion.
I have MoreLocale2 installed and when i changed it to my language i got the correct formatting.
Hey I just wanted to bump this thread to point out that morelocale 2 worked like a charm! so thanks a lot for the suggestion
Sorry to bump an old thread but i'm having exactly the same problem and its driving me mad I cant get MyLocale 2 working, it doesn't take the dashes from my numbers
Old thread, but might help someone: I also had the dash problem although in Gmail my contacts had no dashes. Changing the locale from US to UK removed the dashes for me (Home/Settings/Locale and Text/Select locale/ English (UK)).
aygunes said:
Old thread, but might help someone: I also had the dash problem although in Gmail my contacts had no dashes. Changing the locale from US to UK removed the dashes for me (Home/Settings/Locale and Text/Select locale/ English (UK)).
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Thanks aygunes, this is a realy easy solution to have the numbers format without dashes.
Find a way to export your contacts to a CSV file or a single vCARD file. Then you can just use something like a shell command:
Code:
cat file.csv | tr -d '-' > cleanfile.csv
or just edit the resulting file with any text editor and import back. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1417184
[EDIT] I forgot that probably ALL phone numbers are stored without dashes in the (latest) contacts database.
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hybridb said:
Hello,
Me and my trusty G1 have recently moved out of the US. Im running CM's latest, and just like the stock ROM, phone numbers stored in the phone have the xxx-xxx-xxxx US format. This format does not apply to most countries outside of the US. So here when someone calls (or when im trying to add a new contact) phone numbers tend to look weird since phone numbers here have an XX-XXX-XXX format (8 digits total), and so they end up showing as XXX-XXX-XX, which is just confusing.
So in short, is there any way to stop the dashes from showing up in the call log/ caller id/adding new contact form??
Thanks alot!!
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I have a similar issue. I'm in Brazil and I'm using a Galaxy S 3 that I bought in US. Our numbers are stored as (XXX)prefix-XXXX-XXXX.
When I receive a sms or a call it doesnt show my contact name... only the numbers. How can I change this?
A friend has a S3 he bought in here... when he dials any number they appear without dashes and spaces like this XXXXXXXX. When I dial it appears XX XXXX-XX.
Anyone could help?
This has been bugging me for a while and looks like updates don't solve it.
Probably you know, probably you don't, in Romanian there are two characters (diacritics) that are causing problems in the IT world. I'm talking about ş and ţ that are written with cedilla instead of comma under (more details here and here).
Android seems to correctly display only cedilla-S, cedilla-T and comma-S. Comma-T is displayed as a square (on Maps, inside PowerAMP, etc). Looks like it's only a font problem as the songs are correctly submitted to last.fm. It happens both on Defy CM7.1 and on Wildfire original latest.
I've heard some time ago that it will be fixed in Gingerbread, but... looks like I'll have to change the fonts myself on my Defy.
Is there any other solution than changing the fonts?
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The correct (official) way of writing the Romanian characters is with a comma, not a cedilla.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_alphabet
I realize this question gets asked over and over, BUT HEAR ME OUT:
I've done extensive searches online on how to change my number format from the american xxx-xxx-xxx to my country's (Argentina) format. Everyone, everywhere answers MoreLocale 2, and everyone answers "OMG. That's exactly what I wanted!!!" Except that's now what I am looking for. There are plenty of websites that tell you to write these numbers down in my google contacts with that format, except that's not what I'm looking for.:
You see, MoreLocale 2 changes the standard American formatting xxx-xxx-xxx to xxxxxxxxx when I select Argentina which is NO FORMATTING once so ever. Even Brazil and Chile and Uruguay, which have the same format gives the same result.
I want my numbers to be formatted xxxx-xxxx.
I want to know if anyone knows a way (even manual system file editing) that will allow me to have all numbers entered into a dialer formatted xxxx-xxxx-xxxx.
Sorry for the rant, but I've lost hours online and all I can find is people praising MoreLocale2 for removing the dashes.. I don't want them removed, I want to change the PLACES where these dashes go...
Anyone?
You'd think this was an easy problem for people here at xda...
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I have Nexus 4 and ever since I bought it, it saves all phone numbers with spaces between the digits (like +44 555 555 5555 etc.)
Does anyone know how to have these numbers with no spaces in between? I tried changing the language to English US, English UK and English Autsralia... etc. but no luck with that!!
It really bothers me as well as so many people out there as I found many people complaining about the same issue:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43017626
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2036855
Can someone tell us how to solve this issue please?
Thanks.
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Does anyone have a clue?
iiiii1 said:
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I have Nexus 4 and ever since I bought it, it saves all phone numbers with spaces between the digits (like +44 555 555 5555 etc.)
Does anyone know how to have these numbers with no spaces in between? I tried changing the language to English US, English UK and English Autsralia... etc. but no luck with that!!
It really bothers me as well as so many people out there as I found many people complaining about the same issue:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43017626
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2036855
Can someone tell us how to solve this issue please?
Thanks.
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Nope
I think this is the default feature in Android. You will not be able to change it... better you get used to it.
iiiii1 said:
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I have Nexus 4 and ever since I bought it, it saves all phone numbers with spaces between the digits (like +44 555 555 5555 etc.)
Does anyone know how to have these numbers with no spaces in between? I tried changing the language to English US, English UK and English Autsralia... etc. but no luck with that!!
It really bothers me as well as so many people out there as I found many people complaining about the same issue:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43017626
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2036855
Can someone tell us how to solve this issue please?
Thanks.
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Why are you making it an issue .. ?? ... There is no problem in having spaces in Phone numbers .. it increases readability ...
niranjan94 said:
Why are you making it an issue .. ?? ... There is no problem in having spaces in Phone numbers .. it increases readability ...
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No.. Whenever I copy the phone numbers to paste them on any other applications, I have to go back and delete those spaces (bcuz these applications won't work with the spaces in between).
iiiii1 said:
No.. Whenever I copy the phone numbers to paste them on any other applications, I have to go back and delete those spaces (bcuz these applications won't work with the spaces in between).
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Oh .. Ok ... Try a Third-party contacts app ... perhaps it could work out for you .. There are many available on the play store ..
niranjan94 said:
Why are you making it an issue .. ?? ... There is no problem in having spaces in Phone numbers .. it increases readability ...
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niranjan94 said:
Oh .. Ok ... Try a Third-party contacts app ... perhaps it could work out for you .. There are many available on the play store ..
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I tried but every time I sync my contacts, they get back to the ones with spaces! It's really annoying!!
iiiii1 said:
I tried but every time I sync my contacts, they get back to the ones with spaces! It's really annoying!!
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I once saw an app on play store .. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.openintents.repairecontacts ... Don't know if it works ... Giv it a try ..
niranjan94 said:
I once saw an app on play store .. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.openintents.repairecontacts ... Don't know if it works ... Giv it a try ..
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Thanks a lot for your help. I tried a similar application before. The problem is that I have to run these type of applications whenever I enter new phone numbers. There should be a way to eliminate this feature by Android itself which works perfectly in some countries but not all countries.
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I have Nexus 4 and ever since I bought it, it saves all phone numbers with spaces between the digits (like +44 555 555 5555 etc.)
Does anyone know how to have these numbers with no spaces in between? I tried changing the language to English US, English UK and English Autsralia... etc. but no luck with that!!
It really bothers me as well as so many people out there as I found many people complaining about the same issue:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43017626
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2036855
Can someone tell us how to solve this issue please?
Thanks.
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Does anyone have a clue?
iiiii1 said:
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I have Nexus 4 and ever since I bought it, it saves all phone numbers with spaces between the digits (like +44 555 555 5555 etc.)
Does anyone know how to have these numbers with no spaces in between? I tried changing the language to English US, English UK and English Autsralia... etc. but no luck with that!!
It really bothers me as well as so many people out there as I found many people complaining about the same issue:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43017626
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2036855
Can someone tell us how to solve this issue please?
Thanks.
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I don't think that this behaviour can be changed in the stock application.
And just asking, what problem do you face with these spaces?
RaHBeR said:
I don't think that this behaviour can be changed in the stock application.
And just asking, what problem do you face with these spaces?
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Whenever I copy the phone numbers to paste them on any other applications, I have to go back and delete those spaces (bcuz these applications won't work with the spaces in between).