Develop Bugs

Can’t Select Names When Saving Number to Contacts.

Here is my problem: let’s say that I want to save a new number to an existing Contact. And let’s assume that that new number is in my Call History (i.e., the usual give me a missed call so that I have your new number thing that we all do). Now, if I select the number from my Call History, right click on “Save to Contacts”, the keyboard does not seem to work properly. Other than the keys that have numbers on them (i.e., the keypad letters), the remaining keys do not seem to respond to enable me to find the existing contact. I have to scroll through my contacts to find that person, which is a pain.
For example, let’s say that the contact’s name begins with the letter H. I won’t be able to find her by pressing the “H” key because there would not be any response. However, when I press the letters “W, E, R, S, D, F, X, C, V, Z, or A, I am able to select contacts with such letters appearing in their name. The rest of the keys do not work.
Any tips on where to go in the registry to get this fixed?

BIG problem!!, Text message to contact's secondary number

I have this problem.
I have a contact. He has two mobile numbers. I add both numbers to this contact.
I cannot seem to be able to send a message to the secondary number . It just will not show up when I type the "Name" in the to: field when writing a new SMS.
It only displays numbers marked as "Mobile"
The secondary one is marked as "Home"
I have options for: home, company, work, car.. etc, none of them work.
I cannot send a message even from the contacts screen..,,
How do I resolve this???

I just checked. It totally works fine. Send a new sms. put your cursor where you would type the name and press enter. you get the contact list. select contact and number voila.
next time, it is already in your messages.

yes, saved my day, just checked myself, never thought of pressing enter with the "to:" field empty.
still it should have had an option for setting a secondary mobile.... maybe some registry hacking????

I also noticed this barf today. If you type in the beginning of a person's name to the "TO:" field, it autofills it nicely, but automatically assumes the "Mobile Phone" number field will be used and there's NO way to change it.
The alternative way (press ENTER in the empty TO:-field) works, but again is an extra step too far.
The Windows UI guys really need to get their act together (maybe a bit those TF3D guys too). I'd expect this from a designer temp for his summer job, but not in a mass-market v.6 release in 2009!

I always have this problem,
Pressing ENTER works fine I see. I usually started up a new SMS, then went to "Menu > Add Recipient" and then the contact list is openend too ...
I have the same problem with two persons with alike names:
For example:
Tom Vaan
and
Tom Vaander
In the To: field I type Tom and only get the "Tom Vaan", no way to change it to "Tom Vaander"

vasra said:
The alternative way (press ENTER in the empty TO:-field) works, but again is an extra step too far.
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You can also tap on the "TO:" text.

Is it too easy to dial a contact???

Hi folks,
I have found it from time to time too easy to dial a contact resulting in an accidental dial to someone. This is usually due to the fact that I thought I was selecting a contact when tapping on it rather than immediately dialling the number. Perhaps I am too new to the TP2 and Windows Mobile phoning, but it seems to me that it would be useful to have a popup yes/no window to confirm that you want to dial out.
It is a bit like the delete in the email section which deletes without confirmation. I accidentally selected a few emails and then accidentally tapped delete and then saw half my email disappear.. No big deal. But no confirmation box or undo facility that I could see.
Perhaps there is a way of altering the behaviour for the above...???
Any thoughts appreciated....
Sam

Same here. On the missed calls screen I always tap a contact to go to their contact card, but instead I obviously call them immediately.
For me it is just the change from going from Symbian to WM...
I'll get used to it eventually

I think that an extra "Are you sure you wanted to do what you did?" screen would get REALLY irritating very quickly

stunno said:
I think that an extra "Are you sure you wanted to do what you did?" screen would get REALLY irritating very quickly
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True.
However the number of times I have accidental touched a contact name (even during call) does make you wonder...
I ended up installing Pocket Shield to prevent it and handle the much to sensitive power button.

rbroudo said:
True.
However the number of times I have accidental touched a contact name (even during call) does make you wonder...
I ended up installing Pocket Shield to prevent it and handle the much to sensitive power button.
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So you have PocketShield really running correctly?
I tried, but it's a weird program - installation is correct, changing parameters etc. is no problem, but when it should cick in it gives me errors.

Hi,
The PocketShield Program is an interesting program and potentially solves issues that I have not come across yet probably cos I am new to WM6.1. However I can see the touch screen being a problem, so good find.
HOWEVER.... I do not think this solves my underlying question and that is that once you tap on the contact be it accidental or not it will dial and I think it would be good to have the option of having a "confirm" screen. This is also true with "delete" for the email inbox. I have yet again accidentally deleted an email and even could not get it out of the "Deleted" folder.
Sam

Same problem for me.
I found that the contact sorted top on TouchFlo favourites page would get dialled accidentally. I solved this by setting the default number for a contact to be a dummy invalid number. So now at least no call is made when the contact is dialled by accident. This approach may work elsewhere. Not ideal but...

[Q] How do i take down a number during a call?

Had this problem with my hero as well.
How do you take a number down if you are on a call?
ie if on a call asking for a number from the other person how do you write it down and use it for next call?
On nokias, the number you input stays after you hang up, so you can call, save etc.. But on Android, when you hang up the number you input disappears too!
AM i missing a way to do it (short of saving it to contacts (which i might not want to do), or dialling and hanging up)?

you can tap the number you enter which will dial the number you entered followed by immediately ending the call which will store it in your call history and return you to the original call all in about 2 secs. Not exactly elegant but works.

thats pretty much what i do, but its so silly to do it that way I thought ther MUST be a better way. I mean its not exactly a rare or unusual feature to need, is it? ;-)

I normally use a pen......Have done for a while now and it never fails

This applies to the stock dialer - don't know if it works like this on Sense.
Press Add Call, enter the digits. Now long-press the entered number. Select cut or copy. Then back button to cancel Add Call. After the call is over you can paste it back into the dialer the same way or into a contact.

Just tried, didnt work, no long press, any press just dials the number...
Now you've reminded me of another question:
The software usuuuaaaallly recognises number formats in emails or texts, and hyperlinks them to the dialer. HOWEVER Ive never been able to PASTE a number (copied from somehwere that the software didnt recognise as a number) into the sense dialer. Anyone can confirm this is not possible?

I'm unable to paste too on FroYo.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

Ah, well it was worth a shot. I haven't spent more than a few minutes on a Sense phone so I'm not so well-acquainted with how the dialer works. I can confirm that the stock dialer of both Milestone's Eclair and N1's Froyo has an editable text field, in which one can long-press to get the "Edit Text" popup.
Can a Sense Android use an alternate dialer app?

there are thousands of notes apps thats what there for lol i think even htc has a notes widget for sence (i cant remember) neway yeah use your apps

There is an app which specifically does what you want. It's called Number Saver and it shows up in the notification bar whenever you make a call.

cool, will check it out!
Always weird that someone has to come up with an app for some function that should have been there to begin with, oh well!

[Q] I need help finding some misplaced features

So...I get a call from someone I don't know, the number is there is my call log, I would like to save this number to a new or existing contact, and...WOW there is no way to do it! I highlight it like I used to, but the only option is to delete the call from the log. Not only can I not create a contact from the call log, but I cant copy it to paste later in the contacts area. I have also found out that I can't paste:confused into the dial pad anymore. This is a pain when I am online and copy a number I need to call. Now I have to use pen and paper to write the numbers down to accomplish both of these things.
The lack of the menu button is a bit of a sad thing too. I miss it over there to the left of the center button. Now I have no easy way to see what I can do within any given area.
I know these issues seem small, but I have had the phone for 3 days, and it's bugging me.

Just touch on the called number and the options to create or update are there. The menu button is now on the upper right and its called MORE.