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international prefix in phone calls
len112
21-01-2013
Recently i've been receiving UK calls from friends but when they arrive they have the UK international prefix +440 when I try to call back from the call history screen the call fails as the number format appears to be rejected , how can I fix this .Phone is HTC one x.
chrisjr
21-01-2013
The UK prefix is 44, no 0. It replaces the lead zero of the STD code.

So if the number is 01234 5678910 the "international" version would be + 44 1234 5678910

The calls are failing because of the spurious 0 after the 44. As for where that 0 is coming from (or indeed the +44) that is another matter.

I have a HTC Desire and if you go into Settings > Call > Phone Settings > Home Dialing there is an option to add the Country Code to the number. But if you believe the box where this is set it strips the lead zero off. However I haven't used it so can't say for sure what that setting does. But if there is a similar setting on your phone it might be worth checking.
len112
21-01-2013
Originally Posted by chrisjr:
“The UK prefix is 44, no 0. It replaces the lead zero of the STD code.

So if the number is 01234 5678910 the "international" version would be + 44 1234 5678910

The calls are failing because of the spurious 0 after the 44. As for where that 0 is coming from (or indeed the +44) that is another matter.

I have a HTC Desire and if you go into Settings > Call > Phone Settings > Home Dialing there is an option to add the Country Code to the number. But if you believe the box where this is set it strips the lead zero off. However I haven't used it so can't say for sure what that setting does. But if there is a similar setting on your phone it might be worth checking.”

Thanks have changed the setting on my phone will wait to see what happens
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