Double Dialing
ok, i know that whenever you use a network other then alltel on a alltel headset you have to do that double dialing thing. is there anything you can do to the phone or anything else to get it so that whenever you use a different network on an alltel headset you don't have to double dial?
Oh and my phone is the Alltel Motorola RAZR V3m (Silver) if that matters.
Oh and my phone is the Alltel Motorola RAZR V3m (Silver) if that matters.
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ok,
when you are on a network other then Alltel's network on a Alltel handset you have to "Double Dial". You dial the number like you always do, hit SEND, the a voice tell's you to "dial a 1 + the 10 digit number you wish to dial, followed by the number sign." Then it connects you to the phone that your calling to.
when you are on a network other then Alltel's network on a Alltel handset you have to "Double Dial". You dial the number like you always do, hit SEND, the a voice tell's you to "dial a 1 + the 10 digit number you wish to dial, followed by the number sign." Then it connects you to the phone that your calling to.
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travi6047 said:
ok,
when you are on a network other then Alltel's network on a Alltel handset you have to "Double Dial". You dial the number like you always do, hit SEND, the a voice tell's you to "dial a 1 + the 10 digit number you wish to dial, followed by the number sign." Then it connects you to the phone that your calling to.
i've never heard of it before.
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You may want to see if your phone has an option to prepend (any decent phone should) a contact's number. If you are in a roaming area, instead of just dialing the contact as normal, you would go to the prepend option, enter the "1," and then dial the contact's number.
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Then there is no way to change that. I don't have one but I'm am sure that it is a pain and a hassle. That is the way prepaid is set up. Sorry.
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Yeah on prepaid u cant change that. it has to do with the roaming agreements for the prepaid plans. I know the double digit is a pain but that is how you know thay you are being charged roaming.
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Double dialing does not mean you are being charged for roaming. If you roam on Sprint, Verizon, most US Cellular, and a few others it is free and the same as any other call on Alltel.
The reason it does that is because prepaid phone numbers have to be constant contact with the billing system every call, because it has to keep minutes in real time. As opposed to post paid. This causes the double dial.
The reason it does that is because prepaid phone numbers have to be constant contact with the billing system every call, because it has to keep minutes in real time. As opposed to post paid. This causes the double dial.
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You can bypass it in some areas....
If you put the phone book number as this (excluding the quotes) "5551234567w15551234567#" (with 555-123-4567 being the phone number). When you tell the phone to dial it will actually go right through. The "w" acts as a hard pause so it will work in native Alltel coverage. Then the extra would be disregarded. But in VZW/Sprint markets it skips over the voice prompt and allows the call to go through. To get the W make sure you select the insert option through the softkeys, it will say insert pause or insert hard pause one of these will work. There are other ways to make it prompt as well before dialing the second time....
If you put the phone book number as this (excluding the quotes) "5551234567w15551234567#" (with 555-123-4567 being the phone number). When you tell the phone to dial it will actually go right through. The "w" acts as a hard pause so it will work in native Alltel coverage. Then the extra would be disregarded. But in VZW/Sprint markets it skips over the voice prompt and allows the call to go through. To get the W make sure you select the insert option through the softkeys, it will say insert pause or insert hard pause one of these will work. There are other ways to make it prompt as well before dialing the second time....
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What are some other ways to make it prompt as well before dialing the second time?
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It's really just playing around with the number of pauses you insert. You have to test and play around with those until you get it the way you want it.
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thats what i've been doing, but i was wondering if there was a way to get around the whole double dialing thing.
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