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[dumbmail101]

Hi All!

Just got my G1 today (Oct 22), was 4th in line, 1st Brown out of my local store.

(~AHEM~ Excuse me ... BRONZE ... LOL! ) 

Ok - ready ...?  WOW!  Wadda phone! {Grin}

Well, right off I hit a weird problem, hope one of you Geek types (said with fondness since I'm one) can solve this one ...

I dial into a phone system that requires codes to Log in to get my messages. On my old Sprint PPC 6700 I just used this string:

561-123-4567w##pxxxx#p1       <-- The "w" told it to WAIT for a keypress, the #'s sent the POUND symbol, the "p" gave .5 Sec PAUSES, the 1 sent (SURPRISE!) a "one", xxxx was my PIN.

Wellllll, the G1 chokes on all this, gives me a message that the call can't be completed as dialed. Must be sending it all, no pauses or waits.

HALP!!  I really need to automate this, I call this number many times a day, usually while driving, don't want to have to take my eyes off the road at 60 MPH!  (Anyone want to jump in with the math on feet traveled ..{Chuckle}.

Does anyone know the equivalent codes on the G1?  I think some systems used to use commas for pauses, I'll have to try that, although I really preferred the "wait", it was much more reliable.

Thanks so much in advance!

Bob M.

[dumbmail101 · Accepted solution]

UPDATE:

Well, I removed the "w" and "p" 's from the string and put SINGLE COMMAS in their place, and it worked great!

Forum moderator - you may mark this FIXED! But don't delete the post since it might help some othr poor soul ...!

(So glad I could help myself ... LOL!)

[was]

Problem DOES NOT SOLVE yet!

I got message:

USSD code running..... after a while there is an error message:

Connection problem or invalid MMI code

Does anybody can really solve this problem? I need it asap to access my office PBX (control the equipments: HVAC, lights, etc)

Thanks

[cclouatre]

I have the same issue as the last poster and get the same messages.  There is no reference to inserting a "pause" in the full .pdf manual (I searched for just that word) and either the commas do not work or it does not like the pound sign.

[Katzman1]

will you show the string? your fix does not resolve the problem on my new G1

[mvv_hyd]

It fixed for me.. Hoorayyyyyyyyy.. the SINGLE COMMA was the key... are you folks who can't get it to work dialed it correctly? Here is how I dialed:

XXXXXXXXXX,XXX

[cclouatre]

I tried this again -- basically the phone recognizes to pause with a SINGLE comma as mentioned.  Two or more commas yeild the error message.  ALSO, you cannot enter a POUND sign (#) which pretty much makes the speed dail useless for me (I need two in a string for login and password).  Is there a known workaround for this? 

[srastin]

Make sure there are no spaces to surrounding the comma.

[cclouatre]

Thank you -- I did ensure no spaces so that is not the solution. 

My string needs to look like this (where x = the numbers to be dailed):

xxxxxxxxxx,,xxxxx#,xxxxxxx#

A second pause period is usually needed because of the time to connect but a second comma yeilds an error message.  Also, as you can see, I need a pound sign to confirm my entries when logging into a voicemail system (which I can only imagine is true of most of us!).

[kadi]

Put an extra comma after the final # sign.  That should do the trick.

[cclouatre]

That worked!!! So for all you people needing a series of login strings, the rules are:

• Only one comma (it seems to know how long to pause such as waiting for a connection) in a row
• Follow each pound sign (#) with a comma
• If the last entry is a pound sign, still include a final comma at the end of the string (i.e. 1234567890,1234#,1234#,)

Thank you Kadi!