Right so I know this question has been asked many times before, but none of the answers I find work for me.
Problem: is that in the messaging app (sms) there is no picture of "Me". Its just a grey rectangle with a white border.
Things I've tried:
Pressing the grey box to bring up menu: Pressing the box does nothing other the simply changing the border color from white to orange.
Clicking menu >> more >> add contact: no such option is available for me
Add myself as a contact in the phonebook: Done this with my number with and without country code and with email.
Add a picture to my profile in GTalk ('Talk'): I've had a picture there for ages, same one as was set on my google account online before I even got this phone. No luck here
I think that's all ive tried, but I may be forgeting something.
Possible explenations:
burnduck said:
I have tested it, and that "unknown" is the cause of greyed out picture.
I have 2 sim cards, one is 3UK, and the other one is one2free from Hong Kong. The phone recognises the 3UK phone number but not the one2free (it shows up as unknown).
I have both numbers under the same contact with a avatar / picture.
Nexus one shows up profile pics correctly with my 3UK sim card plugged in, but it greyed out all those pictures when I've plugged in the one2free sim card.
FYI all those messages were sent and received on the one2free (hk) number.
I know (at least in Hong Kong) there are a lot of carriers who don't put the phone number in SIM cards. It wasn't a big problem until now. :/ I wonder if there will be a solution addressing this problem.
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What burnduck is refering to is in 'Settings>>About Phone>>Status>>My phone number'. This slot just says 'Unknown', has been this way in 2.1 as well.
All in all that seems like a plausible answer untill Rusty commented the following:
Rusty! said:
My phone number is unknown and all contact pictures are fine.
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For the record in 'Settings>>Location & security>>Set up SIM card lock' the option to 'Lock SIM card' on/off does not work for me either. I can change the sim pin, but not disable it entirely.
Im wondering if some1 has any clever suggestions or work-arounds I can try. Im using a stock n1 with froyo 2.2. Any help would be greatly apprechiated.
This has now been solved! The problem is that your phone number is not stored in your sim. You need to put your sim in a phone that allows you to alter you "personal phone number". Its usually a setting found under 'special numbers' then something like 'my phone number'. Many people have been using their old phones to do this, some have used iphone. But this has been confirmed to work! Good luck all!
I also have this issue. only 1 SIM card.
i added myself to my contacts. then goto contacts and click add to cantacts. didnt change how number was displayed and didnt add any name and it works fine.
ROBIN50N said:
i added myself to my contacts. then goto contacts and click add to cantacts. didnt change how number was displayed and didnt add any name and it works fine.
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can u please explain this in a little more detail as I didnt quite understand what u did. Did u add urself to contacts threw the Contacs app? then u went to contacts again and added urself again? And u didnt add a name when u added urself to contacts?
im sorry lol that was just really confusing
helfone said:
can u please explain this in a little more detail as I didnt quite understand what u did. Did u add urself to contacts threw the Contacs app? then u went to contacts again and added urself again? And u didnt add a name when u added urself to contacts?
im sorry lol that was just really confusing
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long press the greyed out pic in sms app then add to contacts.
then it will cgo to contacts page at the top just click add to contacts. dont change name or add number.
once added go to contacts select the contact, your number, and add a photo.
I'm having the same issues as described by the OP. Tried everything but still no picture.
I've sent a mail to my provider asking whether it is possible to remotely update my simcard information.
ROBIN50N said:
long press the greyed out pic in sms app then add to contacts.
then it will cgo to contacts page at the top just click add to contacts. dont change name or add number.
once added go to contacts select the contact, your number, and add a photo.
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thx for the answer. But long pressing the picture does nothing for me unfortunately.
i have the same problem.. i hope there will be solution for this
helfone said:
thx for the answer. But long pressing the picture does nothing for me unfortunately.
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in the sms app are you long pressing the andorid grey pic? should work.
ROBIN50N said:
in the sms app are you long pressing the andorid grey pic? should work.
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I originally tested going into the messaging app then into an existing conversation between me and some1 else on my contact list. Long pressing the grey pic then did nothing.
Now I just deleted myself and then sent an sms to myself. In this conversation with myself I now have 'Me' and 'my number(in numbers of course)'. I can't do anything with Me, but I can add 'my number' to my contact list as myself with my number and email. But still wont do anything to 'Me'.
Confusing but hopefully u understand.
helfone said:
I originally tested going into the messaging app then into an existing conversation between me and some1 else on my contact list. Long pressing the grey pic then did nothing.
Now I just deleted myself and then sent an sms to myself. In this conversation with myself I now have 'Me' and 'my number(in numbers of course)'. I can't do anything with Me, but I can add 'my number' to my contact list as myself with my number and email. But still wont do anything to 'Me'.
Confusing but hopefully u understand.
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yes just add you number to contacts. it wont show in contacts as ME.
I'm having the same issue and my number is showing as unknown. I'm on Telecom in New Zealand.
ROBIN50N said:
yes just add you number to contacts. it wont show in contacts as ME.
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I know it wont show in contacts as 'Me'. Buts its not showing as 'Me' in the messaging app. In the conversation between me and me, me will be grey and the contact I saved will be the name I save it as. Get the difference?
helfone said:
I know it wont show in contacts as 'Me'. Buts its not showing as 'Me' in the messaging app. In the conversation between me and me, me will be grey and the contact I saved will be the name I save it as. Get the difference?
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i give up then i can only tell you what i did.
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i give up then i can only tell you what i did.
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yeah and im glad u did, thx for the effort. I think it has something to do with the sim card, as everything else should be the same i presume. I have sent an email to my provider, hopefully they will have some insight to come with tomorrow.
yeah, same here, think it has to do with the sim card. which is weird,why dont it just use the google pic instead of using something connected to the sim. weird.
drsmisk said:
yeah, same here, think it has to do with the sim card. which is weird,why dont it just use the google pic instead of using something connected to the sim. weird.
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Yeah, I agree. Really strange. I mean the fact that you have to manually add yourself and your number in your own phone book is just kind of funky in my opinion.
piloe said:
Yeah, I agree. Really strange. I mean the fact that you have to manually add yourself and your number in your own phone book is just kind of funky in my opinion.
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Well I wouldn't say its too funky, adding myself to the phonebook is something I've been doing, so that I can trade contact with others, but I think google could have gone with an easier option which is to use the picture of the google accounts. After all, its associated with the phone isn't it?
burnduck said:
Well I wouldn't say its too funky, adding myself to the phonebook is something I've been doing, so that I can trade contact with others, but I think google could have gone with an easier option which is to use the picture of the google accounts. After all, its associated with the phone isn't it?
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Yeah, exactly the point I was trying to make.
i added my phone number to my google voice contact number, then i dragged a photo of myself onto the sd card, then edited my contact picture to use that photo. a long drawn out work around, but now it isn't blank at least.
i agree, it's a little stupid that it doesn't just grab your photo from either google or facebook, seeing as how it's totally synced up with those.
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i know, stupid question but i really don't know what to do. the thing is all my contacts on my sim card i've copy to the "my contacts" in my device. the thing is now everytime i go to my contact list i see doubled of every single contact on my list. i know there is a way to filter but it is not permanat. so i was wondering is there a way to view only "my contacts" without viewing the sim's contact on the same list permanatly?
Use the search. There's plenty of reading of this problem
kykenshjai said:
i know, stupid question but i really don't know what to do. the thing is all my contacts on my sim card i've copy to the "my contacts" in my device. the thing is now everytime i go to my contact list i see doubled of every single contact on my list. i know there is a way to filter but it is not permanat. so i was wondering is there a way to view only "my contacts" without viewing the sim's contact on the same list permanatly?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1959449&postcount=4
There you go
L o r d R a j said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1959449&postcount=4
There you go
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thx it helped a lot, but one more question. if i want to view back the sim contacts wt do i do?
open Contacts Tab -
Menu
Sim Manager
Should work. Don't see any reason why it shouldn't
ahh but it should work.. however whenever i press on Sim Manager.. it just doesnt do anything so i cant get to any of my contacts.. i just updated my ROM so that could be the issue?
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How to change language for the alphabet of the native VM6.5 contact list?
guys i have a problem.
i added a contact to my TD but i can't remember the name.
any way to check my last added contacts???
thx in advance
nickgeys said:
guys i have a problem.
i added a contact to my TD but i can't remember the name.
any way to check my last added contacts???
thx in advance
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have you tried keying the number into the keypad and pressing "Call"?... the name that you've saved it under should then pop up... (if u saved the number correctly!! )
bobbified said:
have you tried keying the number into the keypad and pressing "Call"?... the name that you've saved it under should then pop up... (if u saved the number correctly!! )
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lol, because it is a new number i don't know it inside out... i just know i added someone this weekend just don't know wich contact it is...
can anyone help?
nickgeys said:
lol, because it is a new number i don't know it inside out... i just know i added someone this weekend just don't know wich contact it is...
can anyone help?
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hmmmm... if you dont have a lot of numbers, can u open the Contacts list where it displays both name and number and just have a look there? As long as u know *some* of the digits, u might be able to recognise the number...
There's no date/time stamp as to when you've stored the number so you wont be able to find it like that..
Guess it really depends how desperate you are in trying to find the number... if you reeeeally wanted to, u could export all the contact details to Outlook, then Excel and do a Ctrl-F on the digits of the phone number that you do know.. or look through any suspicious numbers that u've never seen before..
Sounds like the situation I find myself in the morning after a heavy nite of drinking and chatting up girls..... j/k! hahaha
I agree with Bobbified, you can export the contacts to outlook, or other software. I've had an analogous situation arise, in that instance I synched my contacts to the server and exported a cvs file from the server, (which incidentally appeared to place the most recently added contacts near the bottom of the file - though I was not using MS outlook).
if you have contacts stored on to your SIM card they are given a prefix number (1 being first...) so you can just look for the highest number
ok guys thx for the help.
it was indeed a situation with tomanny drinks and girls
i allready found the number, but still if anyone has a solution for the future please post...
I can't seem to find a way to set my own photo/avatar. Anyone?
www.google.com/profiles/
Log into the main account you have setup for your phone and set it there. You can also log into gtalk or gmail and chance the display picture, it'll pull it from there.
I changed the picture, and added my phone number into the details area.
What happens now?
Thanks JCopernicus, I did that and nothing happens even after sync. My display picture is still empty
Didn't work for me either...even added myself in my contacts
Click on your gray image and click on the second icon. Hit the menu button, then edit contact, then change the image.
Bet your phone number reports as 'Unknown' under the settings!
You need to program then number into your SIM before you can sort out the 'Me' picture.
EDIT: see here.
When I click the grey image it does not do anything.
That's because the phone doesn't know your own number, you have to program your SIM in another handset.
I'm not on Frodo but anyhow... Mine was pulled from my Facebook account, didn't ask it to but it did anyhow.
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there is a thread for this already.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=687011&page=7
dont need duplicate threads...
jimlad said:
I'm not on Frodo but anyhow... Mine was pulled from my Facebook account, didn't ask it to but it did anyhow.
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Does your Facebook profile contain your phone number? If so then it just matched it to the number on the SIM would be my guess.
Rusty! said:
That's because the phone doesn't know your own number, you have to program your SIM in another handset.
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I can't add my number using my phone. I have to take the sim card out and program the sim card to know its own number using another handset?
Yeah annoyingly enough.
Even then programming my own SIM in my spare WM phone has failed me, I need to find another one to try.
I just posted a solution using a Vio FoneMate SIM card reader that can be had for next to nothing and using DeKart Sim Softare Shareware.
On Handcent when I send a Message the Icon of the person I am sending it to Shows the Picture I have assigned to the Contact. How do I place a Picture of myself in the Sender Icon?
Thanks
You should just have to put your own phone number in your contacts with a picture of yourself and it should show up when you send them. It works for me
SkateEmerica987 said:
You should just have to put your own phone number in your contacts with a picture of yourself and it should show up when you send them. It works for me
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Thanks. That was my 1st thought but decide to ask of possible other ways. Glad to hear this way works.
Thanks again
SkateEmerica987 said:
You should just have to put your own phone number in your contacts with a picture of yourself and it should show up when you send them. It works for me
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You don't have to do this. You just go to Settings>Handcent services. The top option is account picture. Click that and you're set. You don't have to have your own number and picture in your contacts as it's pointless.
nybmx said:
You don't have to do this. You just go to Settings>Handcent services. The top option is account picture. Click that and you're set. You don't have to have your own number and picture in your contacts as it's pointless.
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Thanks so much.
nybmx said:
You don't have to do this. You just go to Settings>Handcent services. The top option is account picture. Click that and you're set. You don't have to have your own number and picture in your contacts as it's pointless.
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Ya my bad, this is actually how I did it. I just assumed it was due to having myself as a contact.
Should have asked this in the Handcent forums.
Can someone please tell me how to set this phone to send certain contacts straight to voicemail? I can't find that option to click in the contact editnscreen???
90sjake said:
Can someone please tell me how to set this phone to send certain contacts straight to voicemail? I can't find that option to click in the contact editnscreen???
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I do not believe this stock Rom has this option hopefully we can get more customized roms soon and kernel work
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90sjake said:
Can someone please tell me how to set this phone to send certain contacts straight to voicemail? I can't find that option to click in the contact editnscreen???
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This isn't built into the stock ROM. You can, however, download apps from the Play Store to blacklist contacts.
Actually I found out how. Click on the icon photo of someone in the contacts list. That pops up a small box with that persons info. I. The box middle right side is a person logo icon thing. Click that and you get a bigger screen of that contacts info. The. Click the menu hard button and the option to send to voicemail comes up I. A box to check.
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Actually I found out how. Click on the icon photo of someone in the contacts list. That pops up a small box with that persons info. I. The box middle right side is a person logo icon thing. Click that and you get a bigger screen of that contacts info. The. Click the menu hard button and the option to send to voicemail comes up I. A box to check.
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oh i was talking about people not in your contact list like unknown numbers or annoying telemarketers
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