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frigit

02-09-2005, 02:14 AM

ampda

02-09-2005, 03:55 AM

After hard-resetting my mini and loading ROM 1.11 then not loading the extended rom ( reset prior to installation ) I notice when I dial a number on the phone, it now reads (993) 137-83 instead of 9931 3783
Any ideas as to why? Am I supposed to run a particular cab file?
thanks in advance

The short answer is YES, its in one of the CAB files but I don't know which one. If I hat to guess I'd go for the "default_103133" CAB.

What i did was test each CAB file to see what it changed but didn't write it down. :roll:

adit

02-09-2005, 05:24 AM

frigit

02-09-2005, 05:53 AM

Thanks folks, Adit you hit the nail on the head. My regional settings were set to United States. Much appreciated.

erwinsie

10-09-2005, 03:56 AM

hi. im in sydney wit xda2mini, set my region to english aust.
in my contact i have like this : (04) 0157-5243 for mobile phone, which is very bad looking. can some1 tell me how to change it to 0401575243 or 0401 243 575.. as long it doenst have bracket, then im happy :)

maybe this is because my outlook? i sync my xda with outlook 2000. i tried to change outlook setting but couldnt find the correct option like region or something. thx every1~~~~~~~~~~~

frigit

12-09-2005, 01:11 AM

Check ypur regional settings on your PDA.
START, SETTINGS, REGIONAL SETTINGS, make sure it is selected to ENGLISH (AUSTRALIA)

MegaBaz

25-09-2005, 04:04 PM

I have changed this setting and I still have the numbers looking stupid with the brackets.

Might it have something to do with how outlook handles the numbers?

erwinsie

26-09-2005, 11:21 AM

yes, thats what i said in prev. post. if i insert new contact FROM XDA, then i wont have bracket. but if i create new contact FROM OUTLOOK, it will make 1st 2 digits inside brackets. i couldnt find any setting in outlook to modify this.. some1 can help? thx

latts

27-09-2005, 12:05 PM

Lads,
This is an outlook querk. If you go into a contact and enter a phone number or tap the edit button next to a contact you get a window which has three enterable areas. Country code, NDC (National destination code) or area code and number. Outlook automatically formats the number into

+<country code> (<area code>) <number

You can stop it from doing this but it can be helpful when its formatted like this. I've changed all my numbers to this format.

skagen

30-09-2005, 05:09 AM

You can stop it from doing this but it can be helpful when its formatted like this. I've changed all my numbers to this format.

So how do you stop outlook from doing this?

Artosoft

30-09-2005, 08:09 AM

Try playing around with the regional settings... example if u use english (australia) the bracket will be gone or if u use english (united states) the numbers dialled will be according to the standard format there which has brackets. good luck.

::adit

This bracket thing is really annoying me too.

Is there any English (Indonesia) or English (Singapore) that don't use bracket? Or should we change to English (Australia)?

Hormat saya,
Arto.

Tekflow

30-09-2005, 09:21 AM

Try UK regional settings. No brackets

erwinsie

30-09-2005, 10:40 AM

i believe the problem is at the OUTLOOK side, not from the xdamini. like i said, (mine set to english australia) if i enter new contact FROM XDA, then it will be stay without bracket, but iwill have bracket if i create new contact FROM OUTLOOK.

latts

04-10-2005, 06:20 PM

I think it will only add brackets once you edit the number. I think Outlook sees spaces in the phone number as telling it what is the international code, area code etc. If you leave the number as +11234567890 I think Outlook ignores it.

I had mine as a mixture but prefer them with the brackets and so edited them.

Its definitely Outlook not the phone