Is it possible to format Caller ID display?

<< < (2/3) > >>

RonR:
As best I can tell, all CallerID formatting is done by your phone.

Scroll to a CallerID on your phone that you don't like.   Then press the # key and see if you can change the format to one you lke better.

LoneRangir:
After thinking about this for a while, I'm not sure I buy into the fact that all formatting is done by the phone.  One day it was formatted with the parentheses and dash, and the next day (when I switched to the Obi) it was formatted differently.  My actual phone did not change, just the provider. So, not all the formatting is done by the phone, perhaps some. 

By pressing the one button, I could add a leading '1' to the beginning of the number.  But since the Obi already adds a leading '1', it actually displays an invalid phone number, I can't redial from the phone from the Obi, since it now adds two preceding 1s.

Is there any way to ask a firmware programmer this question?

jimates:
I think the preceding 1 that the Obi puts in the caller id breaks the phone's formatting ability. If it were just the area code and not the 1 the phone would handle it ok.

I have a Uniden phone and I can program my area code in the phone's menu. Without the 1 in the caller id the phone will drop the area code on local calls and only display 7 digits. If I don't program the area code the phone will display all 10 digits for all calls. With the 1 in the caller id my phone ignores everything and displays all 11 digits for every call.

The phone does still match the number to my contact list and displays the name, even if I have only 7 digits as the number for the contact.

I thought this was just a Google Voice issue maybe not. In google voice every number that is not already in your contact list is displayed as 11 digits so this is likely the way it is delivered to the Obi.

Originally the Obi also displayed the same 11 digits for the caller name. We asked for the name display to be removed and also for the preceding 1 to  be dropped from the caller id back in September. Obihai did remove the caller name display but never addressed the other request.

LoneRangir:
I tried adding my cell phone both in my speed dial for the home phone and as a GV contact.  Neither of these worked with the number formatting or for name display. 

Is there a way to get names to show up in the CallerID?

jimates:
The caller id name & number info is delivered from 2 different places. The number is sent along with the call from the service that the call originated with. The name is provided by the receiving service through lookup.

I only deal with google voice and a NetTalk Duo for my LINE provider.

Google, as the receiving service, does not provide caller id name, so the Obi cannot display it. My NetTalk service only gives me generic info for the name such as cellular or the state.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page