Contacts SE W810i

[josephd]

Sometimes, if one of my contacts calls me I am not seeing their name only the number. The contacts are on the sim and the phone so I am a bit confused, could it be a fluke or is there something wrong with the sim? Thanks SE actually calls it the smart chip not sim.

[nKrypteD1]

Originally Posted by josephd

Sometimes, if one of my contacts calls me I am not seeing their name only the number. The contacts are on the sim and the phone so I am a bit confused, could it be a fluke or is there something wrong with the sim? Thanks SE actually calls it the smart chip not sim.

The phone is probably confused since it's on both the SIM and the Phone.

[josephd]

Originally Posted by nKrypteD1

The phone is probably confused since it's on both the SIM and the Phone.

Everything seemed okay and now my other cousin sends me a text message, no name just the number.Maybe it's a VZW thing.

[nKrypteD1]

Originally Posted by josephd

Everything seemed okay and now my other cousin sends me a text message, no name just the number.Maybe it's a VZW thing.

No telling, unfortunately considering the closed nature of Cellular systems it's very hard to diagnose these problems.

[josephd]

Originally Posted by nKrypteD1

No telling, unfortunately considering the closed nature of Cellular systems it's very hard to diagnose these problems.

I think I may have found the problem, I have some of my contacts set up in my phone with a *82 before the number. So when I get a message from that person the phone is not recognizing the person thus putting the number instead of the name.
I tested it by putting my name and number in my contacts once with *82 and once with just the number, I sent myself a test message and the number only came through with my name but the *82 only came in with the number.
This is just a guess and also I am going to assume a Sony Ericcson trait, both my Nokia and Moto never did that. It recognized the person attributed to that number no matter how it was in the phone.... did I make sense?
If that is the case than I guess those I text to I will have to put there number in without the *82 and just edit the number before I call them. Maybe that is also why SE gives you the option to edit number before you call.
So is this a deal breaker for an otherwise great phone? maybe, maybe not.

[Charlyee]

Joe, why do you need the *82? Just curious.

[nKrypteD1]

Originally Posted by Charlyee

Joe, why do you need the *82? Just curious.

Because he blocks himself from callerid

[josephd]

Sorry did not see previous answer from nKrypteD1

[nKrypteD1]

Originally Posted by josephd

Sorry did not see previous answer from nKrypteD1

It's ok we probably posted right around the same time

[josephd]

Originally Posted by nKrypteD1

It's ok we probably posted right around the same time

So what do you think of my theory, does it make sense? Although it is weird because now if someone calls me even if I have a *82 in front of their number the phone recognizes it and I see the name and number but not the text messages.

[nKrypteD1]

Originally Posted by josephd

So what do you think of my theory, does it make sense? Although it is weird because now if someone calls me even if I have a *82 in front of their number the phone recognizes it and I see the name and number but not the text messages.

I would say you're probably right about having the *82 in front of the number, I can see how it would work on the phone but the matching system for SMS isn't up to par for how you're doing your numbers.

[Charlyee]

Originally Posted by nKrypteD1

Because he blocks himself from callerid

Interesting, I wouldn't want to block my number. I want them to have the option of not answering the phone if they don't want to talk to me instead of answering the phone and then saying "oh it's you ?" or worst yet, "sorry gotta go, real busy".... .

Actually I don't answer any calls that come with the number blocked either.

Joe, What I don't understand is why this is an intermittent problem. Any ideas?

[josephd]

Originally Posted by Charlyee

Interesting, I wouldn't want to block my number. I want them to have the option of not answering the phone if they don't want to talk to me instead of answering the phone and then saying "oh it's you ?" or worst yet, "sorry gotta go, real busy".... .

Actually I don't answer any calls that come with the number blocked either.

Joe, What I don't understand is why this is an intermittent problem. Any ideas?

I don't know Charlyee,incoming calls are fine incoming text messages the *82 has to be erased to see the name. It is an SE trait, as I said my Nokia and Moto were never an issue with text messages.
At least I know what it is and it really is minor and would be silly to return the phone for that reason.The phone so far is a great performer with very good RF.

[josephd]

The other strange quirk the phone has is when you store your contact info on the phone and save it to you sim or as SE calls it smartchip. When you go into options and view the smartchip contacts the name is there with a back slash signifying what the number is I.E. Joe/Mfor mobile, just was not sure what that was up until now, must be another SE trait

[nKrypteD1]

Originally Posted by josephd

The other strange quirk the phone has is when you store your contact info on the phone and save it to you sim or as SE calls it smartchip. When you go into options and view the smartchip contacts the name is there with a back slash signifying what the number is I.E. Joe/Mfor mobile, just was not sure what that was up until now, must be another SE trait

That's a Sony Ericcson thing from when you export your contacts to your sim, my w600i did that.

[josephd]

Originally Posted by nKrypteD1

That's a Sony Ericcson thing from when you export your contacts to your sim, my w600i did that.

I don't know what you mean by that, but you export your contacts from your sim no matter what the phone. All these issues I talked about in regards to my contacts only cropped up with my SE, they are minor issues and I can live with them.
But it would have saved me plenty of time and questions researching all this when it would have been easier to also include it in the manual.

[nKrypteD1]

Originally Posted by josephd

I don't know what you mean by that, but you export your contacts from your sim no matter what the phone. All these issues I talked about in regards to my contacts only cropped up with my SE, they are minor issues and I can live with them.
But it would have saved me plenty of time and questions researching all this when it would have been easier to also include it in the manual.

When you save numbers to your sim and they are marked mobile/home/work etc it automatically earmarks them by putting the /m /w /h thing in the contacts name. The most specific example is when you save all your contacts to your sim using a S/E phone.

[josephd]

Originally Posted by nKrypteD1

When you save numbers to your sim and they are marked mobile/home/work etc it automatically earmarks them by putting the /m /w /h thing in the contacts name. The most specific example is when you save all your contacts to your sim using a S/E phone.

That bothered me less than the fact I have caller ID block on my phone and I have to remove the *82 before the number so I know who is sending me a text. Again it is not a big deal just a little annoying, and SE calls it the smartchip which also can be a bit confusing if you are used to every phone manufacturer calling it a sim card.
Although I will give SE credit on the layout where you can have either the phone or sim being your default, so when you open your address book you see each name once and not twice.

[nKrypteD1]

Yeah when I was still using actual phones coming from the Razr the w600i was a blessing.