DTMF on 8525

[arvindcell]

Can anybody tell me how to send DTMF tone in Cingular 8525? I searched this forum and the internet infact, but not able find the answer.

I need it to be able to set up the phone number in the address book to do this:

dial the 877-xxx-xxxx number
manual wait
DTMF a 10 digit number followed by a #
manual wait
DTMF a 4 digit number followed by a #
manual wait
DTMF a 11 digit number followed by a #

This is for calling my parents in India and it's always been really convenient to just program the whole thing.

[pvs]

One way would be to enter a 'p' wherever you want a pause in the dialing. This produces a second or two pause between sending the numbers.

[arvindcell]

Thanks for the quick reply. I tried that and even tried adding w but it is not working.

Also my requirement is a manual pause meaning the automated message takes a while to finish, so I need to send the tones manually.

[pvs]

Hmmm. I dunno. I used to be able to do something like that on an OLLLLD Motorola and some home (non-cellular) phones by using several speed-dial locations, and calling up each one as it was needed. But I never tried it with my 8525 (and don't really need that usability now).

Maybe you can give that a shot and let us all know if it works????

Good luck!

[arvindcell]

Thank you for that suggestion. Since it is a lot of combinations I would prefer to use DTMF. I really don't know wherther you can send DTMF tones on 8525. Also I saw in the install notes of HTweakC 2.1 for Hermes that it would enable DTMF support. I guess I don't know how to use that feature. Can somebody please tell what I am missing?

[kasual]

I had issues with this also.

I used the HTweakC 2.1 to turn on (then off / then back on again with soft resets each time.) (Don't forget to "save and exit" after changes.) the DTMF support.

Opened the phone app and went into options. Set DTMF to short.

Used the following format for the contact phone number.

(111) 111-1111w11111#w11111#

Everytime you get to a w, the phone will wait for you to press the send key.

I also was able to use the p to do a 2 second pause.

For some reason I had to redo the contact several times before it would work.

Good luck.