Dial by name issue

[Cory Streater]

Here's my problem (amongst many others):

I open the phone dialer, and I dial the alpha numerical digits to match a contact name. I find the name I'm looking for, but it only display 1 phone number. If the contact has multiple phone #'s, it doesn't allow me to choose amongst them. I don't necessarily want the number it displays. Anyone else? Hopefully I'm being an idiot and I'm missing a simple step.

 

[KH29]

Here's my problem (amongst many others):

I open the phone dialer, and I dial the alpha numerical digits to match a contact name. I find the name I'm looking for, but it only display 1 phone number. If the contact has multiple phone #'s, it doesn't allow me to choose amongst them. I don't necessarily want the number it displays. Anyone else? Hopefully I'm being an idiot and I'm missing a simple step.

I just tried this, and found that you will see a number with a downward arrow right below it on the right-hand side below the number being dialed. Hit that number with arrow below it and it will bring up the list. I think this is what you are talking about.

EDIT: If you type in one of the numbers for a person with two numbers, it will only display that one when you press the button described above. But if you type it in partially given that it is the same area code and all, that will usually narrow it down to the two.

 

[Cory Streater]

Um, I swear that wasn't working for me earlier lol. Thanks man.

 

[Bryant.Villada]

thnx

Thanks for having this frustration Cory, I had the same frustration just never posted about it but now I have the solution. Thanks for the solution too, simple step that I over looked. Now I can say with 100% that samsung has incorporated the best stock dialer available on any android phone.

 

[KH29]

Um, I swear that wasn't working for me earlier lol. Thanks man.

haha, no problem.

 

[NickA]

I don't see it working for me, so let me make sure I'm doing this right. I have a contact with 3 numbers: home, cell and work. I type in the full home number. Is finds the contact that goes to it, and I see the little arrow but it only has a 1 above it. When I hit the down arrow it only shows me the number I typed in. So you are saying it should show all 3?

 

[Cory Streater]

I don't see it working for me, so let me make sure I'm doing this right. I have a contact with 3 numbers: home, cell and work. I type in the full home number. Is finds the contact that goes to it, and I see the little arrow but it only has a 1 above it. When I hit the down arrow it only shows me the number I typed in. So you are saying it should show all 3?

See, that's what I swear was happening to me earlier, but now it isn't

 

[KH29]

I don't see it working for me, so let me make sure I'm doing this right. I have a contact with 3 numbers: home, cell and work. I type in the full home number. Is finds the contact that goes to it, and I see the little arrow but it only has a 1 above it. When I hit the down arrow it only shows me the number I typed in. So you are saying it should show all 3?

It will not show all three numbers if you type the full home number. Basically the only way I could get it to work was to type in the area code and all numbers up to the point at which the numbers for all three become different. So for example if you have three numbers:

1-234-324-2211
1-234-324-4532
1-234-324-6785

you can only type in 1-234-324 in order to get all three to show up, but I realize it will probably be pretty rare when the first 7 numbers are the same.

 

[F34R]

yeah, I just usually dial the first three letters in the name, and if there is a different number I use the down arrow (which shows how many numbers contain that variable).

 

[NickA]

yeah, I just usually dial the first three letters in the name, and if there is a different number I use the down arrow (which shows how many numbers contain that variable).

Thanks for this info. Cory, I misread your post, sorry. When I dial the digits that match the name, I do get the contact. When I click it (the contact that pops up) then I get the three numbers. Either way, I didn't know that feature was there so this was a big help.

 

[Adiliyo]

Thanks for this info. Cory, I misread your post, sorry. When I dial the digits that match the name, I do get the contact. When I click it (the contact that pops up) then I get the three numbers. Either way, I didn't know that feature was there so this was a big help.

that's how it works for me. i get the number choices after clicking on the name.

i just wish it labeled the numbers too, sometimes i don't remember which is which

 

[Cory Streater]

Thanks for bringing up problem #2, Adiliyo. I almost forgot about that one :/