I have a private number which is necessary as I am a police officer and don't want some people I call while working to have my #. Like most people, my friends/family hate when "private" shows up, so I store their numbers in my phone with *82 before it (it unblocks my number so it shows on their caller ID). I did it with my past phone and had no problems. NOW, when I get a call from somebody saved in my phonebook, it doesn't recognize it and show their name because of the *82. It just shows the number they are calling from. I did this with my last phone (basic flip phone) and the names/numbers would still appear when they call. Any ideas how to rectify (aside from storing each person's contact number a 2nd time without the *82)? Thanks.
I also have a profession where I don't want my clients to know my phone number. What I've done instead of blocking my phone, My phone # is viewable to everyone, but the clients I don't want to see. If it's in my phonebook already, they're all prefaced & saved with *67, if not, then I just remember to type*67 before making the outgoing call.
The reason the name doesn't show is because it thinks *87 is part of the person's phone number. So when that contact calls, the phone sees 123-123-4567, and since the address has *87123-123-4567 it doesn't match.
You might be able to fix this if you add a pause between *87 and the contact's number.
Type *87, then press menu and choose Add Pause, then continue with the contact's phone number.
