How to add your mobile number to your phone

da1000

Ok so lately there have been a fair few posts asking why the GG sim does not have the mobile number on it and if its possible to have it on the sim/phone, a few people have been replying with "its not possible" but it is (even for Android phones) or "just create a contact with the number" but if you run any apps that require access to the phones number this will not work ☹ So here is a little guide on how to do it, just needs a bit of effort and in some cases temporary use of another phone. Please note that if using someone else's phone you will need to check that the SIM card size on the borrowed phone is the same as yours. First thing to do is goto "My giffgaff" and get your phone number (you need to have an active sim for this) then check the phone list below for instructions on how to enter it. Please not that on some basic models you may lose your call and sms history. List of phones capable of manually entering the number correctly (will update this list if people kindly report back how their phone does it) Iphones: Goto Settings> Phone> Press My Number> Enter number> Press Save> Press Home> Job done!(iPhone 5 takes a nano SIM, iPhone 4 and 4s takes a micro SIM, iPhone, 3 and 3gs take a normal SIM) Iphone with uneditable number: - See This app (the app only works on 2.2 and above) it can also be a bit flakey from reading comments so its up to you if you want to try it 😉 Ok so once you have it set in the right place if you move your sim over to another phone it should automatically be set in any new phone 😉 For android users instead of seeing "unknown" this is what you will now see in Settings> About phone> Status

Hope this helps 🙂 Special thanks to the following people for their additions 🙂 rhinoman, ezzakins, ntfreak, fefesoso, george96, illy1965, magicmyth, Iopanrs, johnand2dogs, marinemw, idrisdragon, davejybandit, jeffkey1, trollslayer1, wrangler 83, pete_b

stephen1972

i have nokia but i just type in number and save it as my number. Dont have a problem remembering my own number.

rhinoman

On a Blackberry

Go to Options, Advanced, SIM Card.

Press menu then select Edit SIM Phone Number

isabella44

Thank you.

da1000

@rhinoman wrote:
On a Blackberry

Go to Options, Advanced, SIM Card.
Press menu then select Edit SIM Phone Number

Thanks i have added it to the guide 🙂

ezzakins

Tocco Lite also works 🙂

Press phone book > More > Settings > My Phone Number > Create

You will be prompted to add a "name" and number... so I added them exactly as I have them saved in my phonebook e.g name = Me, Number = my mob number

When I put my sim back in the phone and checked in settings > about phone > status, my phone number was listed, instead of "unknown" and my picture then showed up in the list when texing

brulaw

@ezzakins wrote:
Tocco Lite also works 🙂

Press phone book > More > Settings > My Phone Number > Create

Thanks for the info on Tocco being able to do it ......... San Francisco now showing my number ....... cheers .... 🙂

da1000

@ezzakins wrote:
Tocco Lite also works 🙂

Press phone book > More > Settings > My Phone Number > Create

You will be prompted to add a "name" and number... so I added them exactly as I have them saved in my phonebook e.g name = Me, Number = my mob number

When I put my sim back in the phone and checked in settings > about phone > status, my phone number was listed, instead of "unknown" and my picture then showed up in the list when texing

Awesome thanks for the heads up i added it to the list 🙂

ntfreak

This can also be done on a Galaxy S (GTI9000) - tested on 2.1 and 2.2

Goto Contacts/Settings/Own Numbers

Create a new entry called My Number

reboot phone

Cheers

Spen

jamesd2010

Congratulations! I have now added this post into 'The Guide to the 'Top Tips' Section! 🙂 Your post was added under the category: Keeping Your Old Number?

Your name was also added to the 'Role Call': Role Call - Top Tips

Thank you for your contribution, you have been kudo'ed 🙂 .

da1000

Amended top post, thanks to ntfreak for the info and thanks jamesd2010 for the add to the guide 🙂

Kudos to you both 🙂

magicmyth

Android owners running one of the CyanogenMod 6 (and up) roms (including FroydVillain) can change their SIM phone number by going to:

Settings > Call settings > Additional settings > My phone number

And entering your phone number there. If you have yourself in your contacts list with that number then things like message thread images should now work for yourself (good for all us slightly OCD users 😉 ).

da1000

@magicmyth wrote:
Android owners running one of the CyanogenMod 6 (and up) roms (including FroydVillain) can change their SIM phone number by going to:

Settings > Call settings > Additional settings > My phone number

And entering your phone number there. If you have yourself in your contacts list with that number then things like message thread images should now work for yourself (good for all us slightly OCD users 😉 ).

Awesome thanks for that, ill amend the first post 🙂

fefesoso

Hey, I know its been about a month since anyone last posted there, but I believe there is also an alternative way to write your number to the SIM on Android (at least on 2.2 Froyo as I haven't had chance to test it on others)

I found that by going to:
Contacts -> Menu -> More -> Own Numbers
and filling in my number works after restarting the phone (i.e. Android no longer claims that the number is unknown)

I put it in another android phone to check too and it seems to have done the trick 🙂

da1000

Hmm interesting i have a OSF running a 2.2 rom and it does not have that option ☹ it might be a handset feature rather than an OS one, i know a lot of newer handsets have an option for adding your number now so will have to look into it 🙂

fefesoso

Well I'm on a Samsung Galaxy Mini, which is fairly new I suppose, and I've heard that you can also do it on the Galaxy S (and by extension other Galaxy phones). Now that you mention it though, I tried to look for a similar feature on the other android phone (Sony Ericsson) running 2.1 and couldn't find one, so you might be right.

Ah well, I thought I'd just throw it out there just incase 🙂

da1000

Will def help so I appreciate your input 🙂 ive not got the galaxy mini listed so ill do that now and amend the first post 😉 seems samsung are smart and have added the option to all their phones, there becoming prominent in the list 😀

coolstar

Really informative multi platform guide -

george96

"I found that by going to:
Contacts -> Menu -> More -> Own Numbers
and filling in my number works after restarting the phone (i.e. Android no longer claims that the number is unknown)"

I can confirm this also works on the Samsung Galaxy Apollo running 2.2.

illy1965

on a htc wildfire if you go in the peoples app the first contact on the list is me, if you open that up you can input your phone number as well as several other details about yourself. i'm assuming that other htc phones have the same function