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Default Phone Calls No Longer Show City and State?

Anybody else have this problem? Recently, my phone stopped showing the City and State of incoming and outgoing calls. It was a very minor feature, but it was nice to know who was calling me from where since everybody in college has a different area code than mine.
 
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i belive that was your trial of "city ID" program, preloaded onto your phone by AT&T.

city ID is a pay service..

more info @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_ID
 
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Anybody else have this problem? Recently, my phone stopped showing the City and State of incoming and outgoing calls. It was a very minor feature, but it was nice to know who was calling me from where since everybody in college has a different area code than mine.
cityID was a 2-week trial. You should've gotten popups notifying you of that fact.
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I never noticed this on my GS II, but I didn't run stock for long.

Now that you mention it though, that was one of my initial observations after having the iPhone, you saw city and state for incoming calls.

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Get an app called truecaller. Its caller ID for your phone
 
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cityID was a 2-week trial. You should've gotten popups notifying you of that fact.
My phone is 3 weeks old and it's still showing City/State and no sign of a popup. Maybe they made the trial longer?
 
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Yepp you should definitely try TrueCaller. It's a free global caller ID with city ID aswell.
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I quickly switched to a free app to do that job. I'm using Mr. Number at the moment. I have no complaints with it. When a new number calls me, the app checks everyone else's contact list to come up with the caller's name. when my dentist called, the name that someone else used on their contact list showed up in the notification.
 
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My phone is 3 weeks old and it's still showing City/State and no sign of a popup. Maybe they made the trial longer?
I'd be really worried if that's the case. Check your AT&T bill carefully. You may accidentally accepted the subscription and start paying for the service with a monthly fee.


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