Trip to China - cell phone
May 23, 2017, 6:49 am
#16
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Chicago
Posts: 578
All my contacts on my phones are stored in the international dial format +country code, then number. So US numbers are +13125559999, Uk numbers are +447855111444. For GSM networks, the + sign is a signal to the network to automatically convert it to the international dial code for whatever country you are in.
Hit an interesting problem with my phone in China:
China Unicom SIM in a Moto G4+. Incoming calls are fine. Incoming texts are fine. Data is fine. Outgoing calls are failing because every number I have wished to call started with either a 0 or a 1 and my phone is confused. I have had no occasion to try an outgoing text but I suspect the problem also applies.
Any ideas?
China Unicom SIM in a Moto G4+. Incoming calls are fine. Incoming texts are fine. Data is fine. Outgoing calls are failing because every number I have wished to call started with either a 0 or a 1 and my phone is confused. I have had no occasion to try an outgoing text but I suspect the problem also applies.
Any ideas?
May 23, 2017, 7:38 am
#17
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: DAY/CMH
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This certainly makes sense (the numbers it has munched on are not legal US numbers even if you ignore the wrong length), but I find no "Assisted dialing" option.
And I can rule out how numbers are entered in the phone--these were new numbers, keypad dialing, not from the contacts.
And I can rule out how numbers are entered in the phone--these were new numbers, keypad dialing, not from the contacts.
Here are screenshots of how to find the Assisted Dialing feature on my Motorola Droid Turbo 2 phone, which is a similar model to the G4+:
Last edited by ajGoes; May 23, 2017 at 8:43 am Reason: Fixing image links. Google Drive was the solution but the image URLs needed massaging.
May 23, 2017, 8:15 pm
#18
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Join Date: Jun 2005
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My third screen looks very different. Next time I have an occasion to dial a number I'll try the +86 bit.
May 23, 2017, 10:42 pm
#19
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 251
Hit an interesting problem with my phone in China:
China Unicom SIM in a Moto G4+. Incoming calls are fine. Incoming texts are fine. Data is fine. Outgoing calls are failing because every number I have wished to call started with either a 0 or a 1 and my phone is confused. I have had no occasion to try an outgoing text but I suspect the problem also applies.
Any ideas?
China Unicom SIM in a Moto G4+. Incoming calls are fine. Incoming texts are fine. Data is fine. Outgoing calls are failing because every number I have wished to call started with either a 0 or a 1 and my phone is confused. I have had no occasion to try an outgoing text but I suspect the problem also applies.
Any ideas?