Is UIPhoneFormats.plist gone on firmware 2.1?

I'm going to kill my phone soon.

I've been trying everything to get my caller ID working.

I'm using my phone in Hong Kong with a prepaid SIM card. I've stored all of my contacts as eight digit numbers (#### ####) WITHOUT the +852 in the address book. This means the actual voice calls work perfectly fine in terms of caller ID and everything. That's because the numbers come in without the +852.

The thing that messes it all up is the SMS. Because SMS's come in with the country code (+852) they don't get associated with my contacts.

If I change the number for my contact and add the +852 in the address book the SMS function works great but the Caller ID for the voice calls is shot and only shows the eight digit number without association to my contact.

I know it could probably be fixed by adding two numbers for each contact but I'd rather not do that if I can find another way.

The iPhone is on 2.1.

I've looked at both the PhoneNumberTemplates.plist and the UIDefaultFormats.phoneformat, making changes to the PhoneNumberTemplates.plist but not getting any positive results.

How can I fix this problem. I'm assuming there must be some way to tell the iPhone that it should only look at the last eight numbers and match from there.

Please help me, I'm dying over here.

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Originally Posted by sPhone

I'm going to kill my phone soon.

I've been trying everything to get my caller ID working.

I'm using my phone in Hong Kong with a prepaid SIM card. I've stored all of my contacts as eight digit numbers (#### ####) WITHOUT the +852 in the address book. This means the actual voice calls work perfectly fine in terms of caller ID and everything. That's because the numbers come in without the +852.

The thing that messes it all up is the SMS. Because SMS's come in with the country code (+852) they don't get associated with my contacts.

If I change the number for my contact and add the +852 in the address book the SMS function works great but the Caller ID for the voice calls is shot and only shows the eight digit number without association to my contact.

I know it could probably be fixed by adding two numbers for each contact but I'd rather not do that if I can find another way.

The iPhone is on 2.1.

I've looked at both the PhoneNumberTemplates.plist and the UIDefaultFormats.phoneformat, making changes to the PhoneNumberTemplates.plist but not getting any positive results.

How can I fix this problem. I'm assuming there must be some way to tell the iPhone that it should only look at the last eight numbers and match from there.

Please help me, I'm dying over here.

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open
System\Library\PrivateFrameworks\AppSupport.framew ork\PhoneNumberTemplates.plist

for hk it is

Code:

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        <key>hk</key>
        <array>
                <array>
                        <string>852</string>
                        <string>001</string>
                        <string></string>
                        <integer>0</integer>
                        <integer>8</integer>
                </array>
        </array>

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try

Code:

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        <key>hk</key>
        <array>
                <array>
                        <string>852</string>
                        <string>001</string>
                        <string></string>
                        <integer>0</integer>
                        <integer>8</integer>
                </array>
                <array>
                        <string>852</string>
                        <string>001</string>
                        <string></string>
                        <integer>3</integer>
                        <integer>8</integer>
                </array>
                <array>
                        <string>852</string>
                        <string>001</string>
                        <string></string>
                        <integer>4</integer>
                        <integer>8</integer>
                </array>
        </array>

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Should I store the contacts as eight digits or including the +852?

Negative....That still didn't do the trick for me.
If I have the contacts as 8 digits the phone is happy but SMS is not.
And if I've got them with the +852 the SMS is happy but the phone is not.

I'm using a SIM adapter but it DOES NOT appear to affect the codes on my incoming calls.
It's a Gevey if that matters.

Can someone explain what kind of info in header's 4th block from UIDefaultFormats.phoneformat

This is my header:

1. 10 00 00 00 - descriptor length (4 bytes)
2. BC 01 00 00 - offset to display schemes (4 bytes)
3. 03 00 00 00 - 3 sets of rules (4 bytes)
4. 38 00 00 00 - string "8" what does this mean?

Thanks in advance

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Originally Posted by rambutan

@gsam64:

There's some mistakes for ID - I forgot to convert 21, 24, 31, 61 to HEX in the file. :P

The new file has been uploaded and here's the link:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/kmwywn...ts.phoneformat

This has been corrected and the link to the original post updated as well.

All ID formats are with 0 in front, I just didn't have it in the format strings. Also, I'm sticking to my formats of having spaces in the subscriber numbers. So you'll get "451 x xxxx" instead of your preferred "451 xxxxx". You're welcomed to change the file to your liking.

Here are the complete rules for the countries SG, MY, PH, TH, ID.

( 65 , sg , C0 56 )

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%2B65

<string>#### ####</string>
<string>1 800 ### ####</string>
<string>020 14 # ### ####</string>
<string>020 15 # #### ####</string>
<string>020 1# ### ####</string>
<string>020 3 #### ####</string>
<string>020 # ### ####</string>

[( L1, L2, 3, ( 0, 00#, 01# ))
( 1 , 1 ,
(6,9,8,0,1))
( 4 , 4 ,
(1800,1800,11,0,2)
(2014,2014,12,1,6)
(2015,2015,13,1,7)
(2012,2019,11,1,3)
( 3 , 2 ,
(203,203,11,1,4)
(204,209,10,1,5))
(
1= #### ####
2= # ### ### ####
3= n## ## ### ####
4= n## # #### ####
5= n## # ### ####
6= n## ## # ### ####
7= n## ## # #### ####
)]


( 60 , my , C4 57 )

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%2B60

<string>### ####</string>
<string>#### ####</string>
<string>1800 ## ####</string>
<string>1900 ## ####</string>
<string>014 # ### ####</string>
<string>015 # #### ####</string>
<string>01# ### ####</string>
<string>03 #### ####</string>
<string>0# ### ####</string>

[( L1, L2, 3, ( 0, 00 ))
( 1 , 4 ,
(3,3,9,1,7)
(4,9,8,1,8)
(2,9,7,0,1)
(2,9,8,0,2))
( 4 , 2 ,
(1800,1800,10,0,3)
(1900,1900,10,0,3))
( 2 , 3 ,
(14,14,10,1,4)
(15,15,11,1,5)
(12,19,9,1,6))
(
1= ### ####
2= #### ####
3= #### ## ####
4= n## # ### ####
5= n## # #### ####
6= n## ### ####
7= n# #### ####
8= n# ### ####
)]


( 63 , ph , DC 58 )

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%2B63

<string>02 ### ####</string>
<string>0## ### ####</string>
<string>09## ### ####</string>

[( L1, L2, 3, ( 0, 00 ))
( 1 , 3 ,
(2,2,8,1,1)
(3,8,9,1,2)
(9,9,10,1,3))
(
1= n# ### ####
2= n## ### ####
3= n### ### ####
)]


( 66 , th , 50 59 )

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%2B66

<string>0# ### ####</string>
<string>0## ### ###</string>
<string>0# #### ####</string>

[( L1 , L2 , 1 , ( 0 , 001 ) )
( 1 , 4 ,
(2,2,8,1,Lstr1)
(6,6,9,1,Lstr3)
(3,7,8,1,Lstr2)
(8,8,9,1,Lstr3))
(
1= n# ### ####
2= n## ### ###
3= n# #### ####
)]


( 62 , id , D0 59 )

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%2B62

<string>021 ### ####</string>
<string>022 ### ####</string>
<string>024 ### ####</string>
<string>031 ### ####</string>
<string>061 ### ####</string>
<string>081# ## ####</string>
<string>0881 ### ####</string>
<string>08## #### ####</string>
<string>0### # ####</string>
<string>0### ## ####</string>
<string>0### ### ####</string>

[( L1, L2, 2, ( 0, 001, 007, 008 ))
( 2 , 5 ,
(21,22,9,1,1)
(24,24,9,1,1)
(31,31,9,1,1)
(61,61,9,1,1)
(81,81,9,1,2)
( 3 , 5 ,
(881,881,10,1,3)
(800,899,11,1,4)
(230,999,8,1,5)
(230,999,9,1,2)
(230,999,10,1,3)
)
(
1= n## ### ####
2= n### ## ####
3= n### ### ####
4= n### #### ####
5= n### # ####
)]

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Rambutan,

Thanks for the quick fix and additional rules. Your suggested format is fine for me. It turns out that the 031 also has 8 digit numbers. So, it should also look like:
031 xxxx xxxx
Would you mind adding this one as well.

Thanks for all the help.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by rambutan

@frozzbyte,

You can look through all the posts by Frank8 & JoVR in this thread to understand how all these are done. I'm using 0xED on a Mac and I think there's some limitation/problem with Windows HxD. Again, I'm not sure about this.

It doesn't matter which country format you're using (yours being US) for all the phone numbers in the Address Book _WITH_ country codes. That is, your numbers must have +60 for all Malaysian numbers.

It DOES matter when you dial local numbers like 07 456 1234 because the phone assumes you're in US and will NOT pick up MY formatting. So I think you should try to make MY your default country format.

The key is to have the formats for ALL the countries' phone numbers properly done and with the region format selected, all your formatting will be done.

It would be great if iPhone 3G can pick up the default region format by the telco carrier you're using at the time so when you're with Maxis, it'll use +60 format, +62 for SIM Pati, +65 for Singtel or Starhub etc. But it doesn't seem to be that way.

I know there isn't Malaysia in the International region format settings. I'll try to find it and hack it to include MY for you.

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Thanks man,

I've re-read back the posts by Frank8 & JoVR just like you said to get a better understanding and I think I can grasp the concept already (and thanks to your modified UIPhoneFormats.phoneformat).

Right now I just need to find a Mac to do my editing for the formats. As you stated, HxD might have some limitation compared to 0xED. All I want to do are some changes to the formatting.

Right now I'm not facing any problem when using US as the region format because I'm using Net.-Local Number Format (in Cydia) like Jim Danner said.

BTW there's a few correction to the numbering format for MY in your file:

<string>014 # ### ####</string> is not valid as 014 is a mobile number. So it should be 014 ### #### and it correspond to <string>01# ### ####</string>. The <string>015 # #### ####</string> is correct and you might want to add <string>08# ### ###</string> for Sabah and Sarawak. You also can take out these <string>### ####</string> and <string>#### ####</string> (I assume these are for fixed lines) as dialing it using mobile phone need to use area code. so it will be the same with <string>03 #### ####</string> and <string>0# ### ####</string> (and <string>08# ### ###</string> if you add it in later). So to summarize, it should be as follow:

<string>1800 ## ####</string>
<string>1900 ## ####</string>
<string>015 # #### ####</string>
<string>01# ### ####</string>
<string>03 #### ####</string>
<string>0# ### ####</string>
<string>08# ### ###</string>

@ sPhone
Generally SIM adapters use code 001 instead of your country code
So you need to edit a file :
/System/Library/Frameworks/UIKit.framework/PhoneFormats/UIMobileCountryCodes.plist
You must add an entry to simulate that SIM is of your country:
<key>001</key>
<string>hk</string>


@ kemeris
string 8 is "n" the digit you put before area code if international prefix is not present


@iphoniak
I will add Lebanon in CallerID Fix Collection v1.1.1

@Frank8 Can you please make PhoneFormats for New Zealand number? I got the string though.

Here they are:

<string>(02#) ### ####</string>
<string>(02#) ### #####</string>
<string>(0#) ### ####</string>
<string>(09#) ### ####</string>
<string>(016#) ### ####</string>
<string>00 $</string>
<string>+64 (2#) ### ####</string>
<string>+64 (2#) ### #####</string>
<string>+64 (#) ### #####</string>
<string>0508 $</string>
<string>0800 $</string>
<string>0900 $</string>

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Frank8

@ sPhone
Generally SIM adapters use code 001 instead of your country code
So you need to edit a file :
/System/Library/Frameworks/UIKit.framework/PhoneFormats/UIMobileCountryCodes.plist
You must add an entry to simulate that SIM is of your country:
<key>001</key>
<string>hk</string>

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Tried that...still doesn't seem to be working.
I uploaded that new file and reverted to the original PhoneNumberTemplates.plist file.
In the SMS app the contact name is not in place of the number no matter what, even now if I store it in contacts with a +852.