Bug in SMS on the I-Mate AKA XDA II

[NoBackUp]

I am lucky enough to live in Dubai, so I went out and purchsed the beast today..but I have found a bug in the SMS part, if you address it to a person with a GSM Intenationl formated number i.e. +971 50 xxxxxxxx
then it automatical removes the "+" which then causes the send to fail, I can however make a voice call to that same person "Phone" does not remove the "+", is this new I dont have this on my old Qtek or my i-mate Smartphone ? , I have tried to change the "Dialing Rules" but that dont seem to fix it either...

and Suggestions...

Derek

BTW if i manually insert the "+" it does send correctly...


Just found out that if I dont go via "Contacts" but open the new SMS and just start to type the persons name , then a pop up appears with all matches , selecting the enrty here "does" select the right format i.e.

Via Contacts on "97150xxxxxx" is inserted into the "TO" field instead of "+97150xxxxxx" , typing via the "V-Keyboard" and selecting inserts "Derek M<+97150xxxxxx>"...

[Rudegar]

what if you replace
+ with 00

you can do that as far as i know at least on std cellphones

[NoBackUp]

that only works if the provider and the local country supports the "00" the gsm standard is "+" for intrnational access... Last summer I could easly make calls from Canada, USA, Germay and South Africa without changing the numbers in my phone...so why should M$ change this all of a sudden ?


BTW the whole software seems buggy !, I used the PC2003 on my Qteck thanks to the ROM kitchen, but now on the HTC implimentation of the PC2003 things are far from well I have hade the device 10 hours now and have lost 8 calls in flight, had to reset the thing 6 times due to hangs (mostly in an app when you press the Green Phone Button)

[zkrayem]

Don't worry about that.
Send your message anyway and it will reach.

I tried it locally.
I'll try it internationally and let you know.

[NoBackUp]

I was in the UK last week , and really poor performance on O2 , VF was better but I had so many "Cant Take The Call!"...

[tbd@immigrantsong.de]

:!: I can confirm the bug. it amazes me, that this slipped past HTC quality control, since it is so obvious.

BTW: Replacing the "+" with "00" gets you into trouble with MS Outlook, which then cant parse the numbert any more.

[sweeney]

Seems to be fixed allready.

ROM version 1.03.00 USA
ROM date 09/24/03
Radio version 1.05.12

I found that it can't cope with a leading zero in the STD code (e.g. +44(020)8.... ) but after correcting for that it worked just fine strait out of the box.

[O2 Employee]

Seems to be fixed allready.

ROM version 1.03.00 USA
ROM date 09/24/03
Radio version 1.05.12

I found that it can't cope with a leading zero in the STD code (e.g. +44(020)8.... ) but after correcting for that it worked just fine strait out of the box.

Not on my handset here with the same software as you stated. Mine does exactly the same thing, removes the prevailing + from the contacts number. Hopefully will be fixed in the next ROM upgrade.

[Looking Glass]

Hi guys!

The "new" ROM version 1.60, either from T-mobile or Dangaard for Qtek 2020, does NOT show the problem with the leading +.

I had originally 1.03 USA, but can not confirm if the problem was there too.

Good luck.
T-mobile upgrade was the smoothest one I've made to date. Currently using the county-id-hacked one from Dangaard, cause I've a Qtek.
:wink:

[snowman]

Hi all,
I just received my new Qtek 2020 PDA phone from Expansys in the UK, down here in New Zealand. At first things looked great (eg. working) but when I went to send an SMS message, it failed , no matter what format I used. Then I came across this forum where the same problem also existed. My phone has the following versions ...

ROM version 1.03.00 USA
ROM date 09/24/03
Radio version 1.05.12
Protocol Version: 1.337.12
ExtROM Version: 1.03.21

Does anyone know where an upgrade can be obtained for an unlocked Qtek 2020? I am still waiting on a response from Expansys.

Snowman. :(

[Rudegar]

well one have to make sure that one is using the localizer because it have alot to say about how such things are handled