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Putting P (pause) and W (wait) into numbers, ala on Nokias?

Is there any way to do this? I have a mate who lives in Cyprus, and I'm using that JustDial service to use my free O2 minutes to ring his mobile (instead of rack up tens of quids worth of extra charges every month)... On my old Nokia, I used to be able to tap the asterisk key three times to get a p, and four times to get a w ... So say, if you were dialing the number 08707 123456 to access the international dialing service, and then dialing the number of the person you wanted to call, you could insert an entry into the address book like
08707123456p0035987654
(where 0035987654 is the number of the person you wish to call via the 08707 service).
The difference between the p and w commands, for those who don't know, is that if you typed p, the number would just pause for 3 seconds before dialing the numbers after it, regardless of whether the call had connected or not, but if you used w, the phone would wait until a connection had been made, and THEN dial the numbers after it (useful for connecting to an exchange number on a corporate phone system, or quickly accessing a particular menu on your phone network's helpline).
Oddly though, it seems (to me, at least) like there's no way of replicating this functionality on a much more expensive phone - I've tried typing P and W into the number dialog using the on-screen keyboard, but the phone just ignores any letters, I've tried tapping the asterisk key to show the symbols, but they're not there, I've tried holding down the key to get the symbols (the only symbol you can get is the + symbol by holding down the zero key, and that's only if it's the first character in the string of numbers)... I'm a bit disappointed, because that means I then have to delve into my phone book whilst I'm on the line to the Justdial service, which means I waste about 45secs/a minute retrieving the Cyprus number, putting the phone on speakerphone, typing in the Cyprus number and THEN connecting to my mate's phone.
Anybody found a way of getting this pause/wait functionality on the 2i, or am I relegated to having to type the second number manually? Seems a bit rubbish if I'll have to do that, especially considering a much cheaper phone that came out four years ago can easily manage this functionality.

Try 08707123456,,,,0035987654

IT WORKED! Genius. Thanks very much dude Took about four seconds before it started to dial the second number, as I guessed it might do (one comma per second... logical, captain), and it didn't show the second number while it was dialing, but I don't care about that because it works!
Many thanks, have an eBeer on me.

Phone rings twice and sends to voicemail.

The caller on the other end says it rings all the way through (5 rings and then to voicemail).
It has done this with several ROM's, the stock HTC cupcake, to JF 1.5, JACHero, and now I am on cyanogen's 3.62 ROM. The radio is 62.50S.20.17H_2.22.19.26I.
The phone will do this even with a clean wipe. No apps.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

-RotorDemon- said:
The caller on the other end says it rings all the way through (5 rings and then to voicemail).
It has done this with several ROM's, the stock HTC cupcake, to JF 1.5, JACHero, and now I am on cyanogen's 3.62 ROM. The radio is 62.50S.20.17H_2.22.19.26I.
The phone will do this even with a clean wipe. No apps.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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Check your call forwarding settings. Sometimes, they like to play with themselves and set it as "forward all calls to voicemail". These settings won't show it, because the changes are on the T-Mobile server, not your phone. Only having 2 rings sounds like it connects to the network and then gets pushed away from it, so most likely it's not a problem with your phone.
If you happen to have an old T-Mobile phone laying around, trying switching SIM cards and see if anything changes.

Figured it out. Ran a GSM code
*61*1[vm access number]*11*n#
n= seconds before forwarding. Set it to 25 and it rings all the way through.
Thanks for the info lukekirstein

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-RotorDemon- said:
Figured it out. Ran a GSM code
*61*1[vm access number]*11*n#
n= seconds before forwarding. Set it to 25 and it rings all the way through.
Thanks for the info lukekirstein
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Where would you run this code at? I want to be able to set my ring time longer so that it takes longer for it to forward to voicemail.

lukekirstein said:
Where would you run this code at? I want to be able to set my ring time longer so that it takes longer for it to forward to voicemail.
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Open up your dialer and dial it like you would a phone number.
In my case I entered *61*18056377243*11*25# and dial. Runs the code and then in a few seconds it is done. But check to see if your voicemail number is different than mine.

-RotorDemon- said:
Open up your dialer and dial it like you would a phone number.
In my case I entered *61*18056377243*11*25# and dial. Runs the code and then in a few seconds it is done. But check to see if your voicemail number is different than mine.
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Cool, was able to set the Voicemail to connect in 35 seconds. Thanks!

I get the error:
Call forwarding.
Connection problem or invalid MMI code.
I've carefully entered the code three times, always get the same reply.
I checked my voicemail number, and it's correct.
Any ideas?

blueheeler said:
I get the error:
Call forwarding.
Connection problem or invalid MMI code.
I've carefully entered the code three times, always get the same reply.
I checked my voicemail number, and it's correct.
Any ideas?
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What are you trying to do?

Trying to get my phone to wait 20-30 seconds before going to voicemail.
I get, maybe, 2 rings before people are transferred. If my finger isn't already on the button, chances are I can't answer the phone.
These are the codes I tried (as per the instructions above):
*61*18056377243*11*20# (for 20 secs) -and-
*61*18056377243*11*25# (not to go to voicemail)
18056377243 is my voicemail number.
Neither worked.

blueheeler said:
Trying to get my phone to wait 20-30 seconds before going to voicemail.
I get, maybe, 2 rings before people are transferred. If my finger isn't already on the button, chances are I can't answer the phone.
These are the codes I tried (as per the instructions above):
*61*18056377243*11*20# (for 20 secs) -and-
*61*18056377243*11*25# (not to go to voicemail)
18056377243 is my voicemail number.
Neither worked.
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Are you on a flex pay account? Also, you should only need one 1 MMS number, because that's the immediate point it re-routes to voicemail.

re Flexpay, to be honest, I'm not 100% sure. The wife set all of this up before we were married and we've just continued it. I seem to recall a mention of something like that, but I could very well be wrong.
I'm assuming that this option wouldn't be available to FP customers. Would 611 be able to make a change to fix it? The 2 ring thing is seriously causing problems on this end.
TIA

blueheeler said:
re Flexpay, to be honest, I'm not 100% sure. The wife set all of this up before we were married and we've just continued it. I seem to recall a mention of something like that, but I could very well be wrong.
I'm assuming that this option wouldn't be available to FP customers. Would 611 be able to make a change to fix it? The 2 ring thing is seriously causing problems on this end.
TIA
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Call forwarding is not available to flex pay customers and thus, custom MMS coding will not work. If this is the case, you should contact T-Mobile (either way, probably a good idea) and talk to them to see what might be causing the problem.
What ROM are you using? Some of the slower ROMS can create dialer lag.

Asked my wife. It is Flexpay. So that solves that.
Thank you so much for your reply.
That got us going in the right connection.
I am using Cyan's rom right now. But this was the way it was ever since we got into any 'Cupcake" versions (OTA or modded). My thoughts are the radio or a tower issue, but that's an uneducated guess. I rarely get phone calls anytime except when I'm home, so it's hard to pinpoint. So I followed your suggestion and tried to call 611 a short while ago. Got through to CS who walked me through some stuff (their basic scripted thing, all of which I've already tried), and it didn't work. So they tried to send me to tech support, and I guess it was either to late or they couldn't connect for whatever reason, so I have to call back in the morning.
Thanks again for heading me in the right direction.

blueheeler said:
Asked my wife. It is Flexpay. So that solves that.
Thank you so much for your reply.
That got us going in the right connection.
I am using Cyan's rom right now. But this was the way it was ever since we got into any 'Cupcake" versions (OTA or modded). My thoughts are the radio or a tower issue, but that's an uneducated guess. I rarely get phone calls anytime except when I'm home, so it's hard to pinpoint. So I followed your suggestion and tried to call 611 a short while ago. Got through to CS who walked me through some stuff (their basic scripted thing, all of which I've already tried), and it didn't work. So they tried to send me to tech support, and I guess it was either to late or they couldn't connect for whatever reason, so I have to call back in the morning.
Thanks again for heading me in the right direction.
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No problem, glad I could help you out :]. Let me know how that goes!

Possible fix for missed calls.

CDMA can't do data and voice at the same time so if the phone is transferring data and you get an incoming call, it will go to straight to voicemail. For WM most people don't notice this because data isn't always on, but for us it's more of a problem especially if you're using things like navigation.
There is a solution, it's to turn off "Dedicated Data Transmission Mode". For some reason this is enabled by default (at least on my device).
To do this, start a console and type:
Code:
echo -e "AT+HTC_DDTM=0\r" > /dev/smd0
if you want to see if it's enabled first type:
Code:
echo -e "AT+HTC_DDTM?\r" > /dev/smd0
and then do:
Code:
su
logcat -b radio
There should be an entry at the end saying:
Code:
AT< +HTC_PKTST: 0
if it's disabled, or
Code:
AT< +HTC_PKTST: 1
if it's enabled.
Anyone know why this is enabled by default, surely calls are more important than data?
If this works well we can put it in the RIL.

Will this stay disabled even after a reboot? Or is it something that would need to be done every boot?

This sounds great. I actually haven't missed many calls, I think I lost more in Windows Mobile.
This is a small related question / observation: in winmo, if a text message came in, it would interrupt the data. On Android, it appears that the text does not interupt data at all. I could tell this because I stream music, and in Winmo it would always stop and rebuffer, but Android, the text comes in and nothing is lost. It appears to me that Android handles our data service more efficiently. Also, it seems like 3g coverage sticks better in areas of poor service (my office on the 43rd floor for example)

Electroz said:
Will this stay disabled even after a reboot? Or is it something that would need to be done every boot?
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It stays disabled after a reboot.

interesting, would this interfere with sms too? I would assume the sms just keeps trying again until the phone accepts it, and this would not affect it?

tatnai said:
interesting, would this interfere with sms too? I would assume the sms just keeps trying again until the phone accepts it, and this would not affect it?
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Yes, SMS doesn't doesn't have this problem.

Can someone make an androidupdate.tar with these changes for noobs
PLz & Thanks

I was actually going to make a post about this...
I've been missing a ton of calls. I had no idea until several people (all non-related) gave me crap about it over the last 2 week. I even watched people try to call me 4-5 times in a row and nothing came through. Then they sent me texts and I got those instantly.
I've missed pizza delivery phone calls, calls to let me know to let people into a building, etc. I thought that maybe it was reception, but watching people call me proved that it wasn't. Didn't think it was data either, since I never really actively use it, and didn't think that so many calls would "happen" to fall on times where the data was being used in the background.
Quite unpleasant...
Needless to say, hopefully this remedies the issue!

Another possibility is the CMOD command. Usually it is only supported on GSM devices, but for some reason ours responds with OK which tells me maybe it is supported?
Right now it is set for CMOD=0 (I couldn't tell you why, nor can I tell you what will happen in the other modes... I still haven't found a good description of the spec)
Here's the description from a gsm spec:
AT+CMOD Select Call Mode
If single mode is selected, the call origination
and hang-up procedures are similar to those
specified in proposed ITU-T
Recommendations V.25ter, T.class1 and
T.class2. Semicolon dial modifier shall be
used to start a voice call when +FCLASS=0.
In GSM there can be alternating voice/ data
and voice/ fax calls (see GSM 02.03).
Syntax: AT+CMOD=<mode> <cr>
Parameters: <mode> = 0, 1, 2 or 3
0 = single mode. (DEFAULT)
1 = alternating voice/fax (teleservice 61).
2 = alternating voice/data (bearer service 61).
3 = voice followed by data (bearer service 81).

Interesting.
I stream a shoutcast stream and Podcasts everyday to/from work. In cases where people do call me, the stream stops and the phone rings.
I am using a CDMA phone (Sprint) too.

I just tried streaming audio via OrbLive while receiving a call and it stopped the streaming and displayed the incoming call. Sprint Touch as well.
If it makes a difference, I had to close OrbLive and restart it in order to continue using it. It kept showing that it was trying to connect, but never did, so I closed it.

this was disabled by default on my phone... or maybe I disabled it last year? I don't know...
I think we should absolutely add this to the RIL.

mine is disabled, using plemen's donut from nand. for a while (a couple months) now I have had no problem with missing calls, even when using internet or navigation.

Anyway to script this one up?

Google voice.

Any one having trouble getting there Google voice to work on the captivate
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No problems here, working great.

Mine works great, although it took me FOREVER to get it to work correctly and set up.
Also I notice the speaker volume when trying to play messages through speaker phone is horribly low.

Yeah I had problems at first. I got a phone number with my name in it, but it didn't have a location and no one could call me. I had to pay 10$ to switch my number to a local one but its all good now.
Also, doesn't make calls on my wifi b/c internet keeps dropping, but I don't blame it. My wifi sucks.

You have to go on the google voice website and activate it
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smeltn said:
Mine works great, although it took me FOREVER to get it to work correctly and set up.
Also I notice the speaker volume when trying to play messages through speaker phone is horribly low.
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Same here, the message volume is so low you really cant hear it. Other than that everything works for me.

Wrong person when hit voice mail...
I've posted this question in Google's Help area, but I almost never get replies on messages there. Trying here.
When someone forwards to voicemail (Google VM), the recorded name that plays is not mine. I have recorded my name again; played it back on the WEB, and it is me; but if I dial my phone and go to VM it is a different person that says the recorded name. To answer the first obvious question, I am sure we are using the right number
I did see in the Google help section that someone fixed that problem by disabling Google Voice on their phone and re-enabling it.
Interestingly, I do have the Voice Mail Carrier in my phone set to 'My Carrier', which would be AT&T. I"m not sure of the significance of changing that. My presumption is that if it rings long enough it may go to AT&T voice mail instead of Google Voice mail. But in the end, I don't believe that has anything to do with my problem.
But even though I don't think this is part of my problem, I did try to set in my phone to send voice mail to Google Voice. When it went to the network it comes back with message "Voicemail number change unsuccessful. Please contact yoru carrier if this problem persists."
I guess if I can come up wiht correct settings that will be helpful. Everything I find in the Google help for setup is about setting it up on the web, and not the phone.
Later I found that you can enable/disable Google Voice Mail on your phone from the Google Voice Mail web site by dialing numbers into your phone. I have tried that twice now, and it still is playing the wrong name . ( I am confused about the setting mentioned above on the phone).
So, any suggestions on clearing up this problem?

smeltn said:
Mine works great, although it took me FOREVER to get it to work correctly and set up.
Also I notice the speaker volume when trying to play messages through speaker phone is horribly low.
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AGREED! I can't stand the volume of the voicemail!!!

On my post for my problem(above a couple posts), from Google Help Group, I had someone select it as "Answered", and pointed it to a long list of questions, but no answer. I think they must be trying to rack up "I answered it" points or something.
GV seems to be pretty buggy. I may abandon it.

Well, I find using Google Products can be very frustrating. Zero support from Google, and if it is something the community has no idea how to fix, you are SOL.
Not getting any answers on this anywhere.

I had the same problem when setting up my Aria, before I got my Captivate. It would not change the forwarding numbers. I had to change the forwarding number manually on the phone. Settings > Call Settings > Voice Calls > Call Forwarding. (When I got the Captivate I did not have to set up again, AT&T stores the forwarding settings) It also took me a while to get it straight between the difference of the number I forward to, and the number I call when I want to listen.
All in all I thought the Google Voice was a pain to set up, and not as easy to set up as I expected for a Google product. But it does offer features that the iPhone Visual Voicemail did not, like transcribing the message, etc.

I actually would like to use some of the features. But I am pretty frustrated with the bugs. Well, at least, this one bug that I can't get an answer on.
Another bug I experienced, assuming I understand correctly, is that if a 'known' contact calls, it won't ask for the name. But I found the same contact calling me during testing would experienced inconsistently that it would, or would not ask.
If I can just get the darned other person's name from being played when it goes to VM, I'll be able to experiment more.
Oh, one other thing that is happening. Today, I called my Google number, just to see if it had possibly corrected itself. Interestingly it also ran my home phone too, which I had turned off.
So, it just seems not ready for prime time.

[Q] Dialing Within A Call?

Today I tried to call a customer service number for a business on my Captivate - you know the ones, press 1 for English
Anyway, once I made the call, I figured out how to and pulled up the dial pad within the call and hit the number for my selection... Nothing happened. I tried this multiple times and the computer on the other end acted like I didnt do anything. I tried calling my cell providers customer service knowing they had a similar system, and they too couldnt recognize my key strokes to enter my mobile number.
Has anyone else had this problem? Its like the phone isnt broadcasting the tones over the line while dialing or something. Am I doing it wrong, or is this just a problem my phone has? Very odd...
~T.J.

Mine works fine. I use it everyday to check my work voicemail.

I don't have any issues dialing within a call either.
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Havent had that issue yet on my phone.

works fine here

Works fine for me.

02CWRX said:
Today I tried to call a customer service number for a business on my Captivate - you know the ones, press 1 for English
Anyway, once I made the call, I figured out how to and pulled up the dial pad within the call and hit the number for my selection... Nothing happened. I tried this multiple times and the computer on the other end acted like I didnt do anything. I tried calling my cell providers customer service knowing they had a similar system, and they too couldnt recognize my key strokes to enter my mobile number.
Has anyone else had this problem? Its like the phone isnt broadcasting the tones over the line while dialing or something. Am I doing it wrong, or is this just a problem my phone has? Very odd...
~T.J.
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You're not going home and re-entering the dialer program are you?
The best way is to go to speaker phone so you can hear it then hit dial pad from the call screen.
If you go to the home screen you are still in the call but hitting the phone icon will let you find or edit contacts, but will not broadcast unless you hit the call button but I don't think it will broadcast to the active phone call, it would likely try to start a 3-way.
from the home screen you must return to the call from the status bar.
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The problem seems to have fixed itself, as it worked the next day to dial an extension to get a hold of my girlfriend at work. Very odd. My procedure was to dial the number, then while in the call look at the screen and hit the button for "dial pad' which of course brings it up. Then, enter the numbers I needed to enter.
~T.J.

I have had this before on another phone
It was likely because of a bad signal. It was just strong enough to reveive the signal but not strong enough to have your phone communicate to the tower. Thus on the other side of the line they never got the tones even though they were being dialed. Considering it did not happen again it appears this is the most likely cause.