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7:49 pm
Caller id displays 1-xxx-xxx-xxxx is there anyway to get rid of the 1 ?
8:06 pm
For me I get +1604-xxx xxxx display on mine.. also +1778-xxx xxxx although even with those it would still recognize the number as the person in my address book so it shows the name and picture ok
8:26 pm
Yeah so is there anyway to get rid of the 1, or the + sign? Perhaps calling speakout csr, they can't do it ?
12:46 am
According to a post on Howardforums...
the plus sign thing is the international standard way to write a number. the + represents the "international code"
for example in +16045551212 , the + means 'international' and the "1" is the country code for Canada
*Edit* another HF post:
Keep all your numbers in the international format and avoid the guessing game. GSM systems all over the world translate the plus sign in front of the number as the int'l dialing prefix and insert it when appropriate, i.e. only for calls going out of the given country.
Canada, USA and some other countries share the same international code (1) so all Canadian, American, etc. numbers should be stored as +1 area code number.
Okay, last *Edit* (HF again)....
The plus sign is part of a standard being adopted to describe an international telephone number. Basically the standard is:
-for a landline: plus sign ("+") then the country code then the area code then the telephone number.
-for a mobile: plus sign ("+") then the country code then the telephone number
1:51 pm
I agree it would be nice if you could turn off the +1. I just got my phone and tested it out by calling myself from my work phone. I was a little confused at first when I saw the number on caller ID because it looked like the last digit was missing.. then I realized it was being wrapped around to the next line because the whole phone number doesn't fit on one line. That seems kinda dumb.
