topic Re: Changing my number in Other/General

Changing my number

russ_g_uk — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:41:47 GMT

I got my Xperia T on contract with Orange (UK). I was given a number but ported my old number over. When I go to my contacts, Myself is shown at the top of the list but it shows the original number assigned to me. Also when I go into settings/about phone/status it shows the original number. Is there any way I can change this? I've tried to edit the "Mysel" contact but it won't let me change that number.

PS Phone on Jellybean 9.1.A.0.489 if it helps

Re: Changing my number

miffy — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:52:58 GMT

You should be able to edit the Myself contact, I did mine.

Are you clicking Done after the edit?

Re: Changing my number

russ_g_uk — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:01:04 GMT

I can edit the Myself contact but it doesn't show the number I want to change (ie the number assigned to the sim).

Re: Changing my number

miffy — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:14:30 GMT

What does it show then?

Yo could delete the whole contact and then add it again.

Re: Changing my number

russ_g_uk — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:49:50 GMT

Hopefully I will be adding screenshots to this post - please bear with me if it doesn't work

When I go into view this contact it has "mobile" with the number I don't want, and "home" and "mobile" (my correct mobile) along with email address etc. The home and second mobile are ones I have added myself and can be edited.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/russ_g_uk/Screenshot_2013-03-25-11-33-18.png

But when in edit, the first mobile number doesn't even appear!

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/russ_g_uk/Screenshot_2013-03-25-11-32-56.png

I suppose I could delete the contact but that wouldn't change the number as shown in settings/about phone etc would it?

Re: Changing my number

miffy — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:10:13 GMT

So clicking the cross or tapping on the box doesn't do anything?

Don't worry about the settings one, mine eventually changed to unknown number after I done mine.

Re: Changing my number

russ_g_uk — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:15:19 GMT

No, when in edit there is no cross to click as the number I don't want doesn't appear. The numbers that have the crosses next to them are the ones I want to keep.

If I delete the "myself" contact, will it appear at the top of the contacts list when I recreate it?

Re: Changing my number

miffy — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:28:28 GMT

On contact info page, press 3 dot menu top right corner, select "set as default".

if the unwanted number is there, select it as defaut then see if it shows on the edit page to be deleted.

Re: Changing my number

russ_g_uk — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:47:37 GMT

I've just set it to default but it still doesn't show in the edit page

Re: Changing my number

miffy — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:10:52 GMT

Just seen you have linked contacts to the Myself one.

Don't know if that's right.

Unlink them and keep it seperate and try again.

Re: Changing my number

russ_g_uk — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:14:22 GMT

This gets more confusing. when I go into edit contact, I can see that it says linked contacts: 3 but I cannot see how they're linked and what to! At the bottom of the edit page there are 2 more "myselfs" but neither have any data in them and I can't delete them (or am I being thick? :smileylaugh:)

Re: Changing my number

miffy — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:03:17 GMT

Are the other Myselfs further down in the contacts list?

I can't link any to the main Myself one.

Re: Changing my number

russ_g_uk — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:15:41 GMT

No I don't have any other "myselfs" in my contacts and also don't have a contact using my name so don't know what they're linked to

Re: Changing my number

miffy — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:29:43 GMT

That is strange.

You can either Repair Your Phone with SUS or PC Companion (back up your data first) or wait til April for the next update.

Re: Changing my number

Rickard — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:16:48 GMT

The number you are unable to change and you see under Settings -> About phone -> Status is a number preprogrammed into your SIM-card from your operator as your number. My operators SIM-card does not support this so i can't check for sure but i don't think it's possible to change this number from the phone.

Re: Changing my number

miffy — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:46:06 GMT

Rickard

He should be able to edit the Myself contact though, and why is there linked myselfs that don't appear in the contact list?

Re: Changing my number

Rickard — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 06:57:53 GMT

Yes, he can edit the Myself contact but only the information that he added by himself or linked contacts. On some SIM-cards the operator has preprogrammed what number the SIM has (My number). This is the number that is displayed under Settings -> About phone -> Status and under Myself in the phonebook. It's not a linked contact.

I don't think you can edit that number from the phone. My SIM doesn't support My number so i can't test this here but i know it can't be done on our previous Xperia phones.

Having the wrong number as My number shouldn't cause any problem but if you want the correct number to be displayed i would recommend that you contact the operator for assistance.

Re: Changing my number

russ_g_uk — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 22:32:45 GMT

Thanks for all the replies. It looks like I'm stuck with it. As Rickard said, it doesn't cause me any problems, it's more of an annoyance that it's there and won't go away. I've contacted Orange and they weren't able to help either

Re: Changing my number

miffy — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 10:52:13 GMT

I can understand why it appears in the status but

still don't see why you're not able to edit the contact though.

I can edit my number etc, but not link to it.

I'd try and delete it and see what happens.

You can always create a new contact A.Myself to appear at the top of your list.