We're not lazy, cellular network assumes +1 and unlike land line which relies on the 1's tone to set it up in domestic dial On Oct 3, 2013 6:47 AM, "Brian Weeden" <brian.wee...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Recently switched from iOS to Android and am having trouble dialing > numbers. All of my contacts have the country code included in the stored > phone numbers. So all the US numbers are +1 (xxx) xxx-xxxx, the Belgian > numbers +32 (xxx) xxx-xxxx, etc. > > But I can't actually dial any of the US numbers. When I try to do so, I get > a "network busy message". If I remove the country code, it works just > fine. > > Googling around I discovered that it might be due to a feature called > "Assisted dialing" which apparently is something for lazy Americans who > don't realize that country codes exist. I have the feature turned off, and > expected my phone to just figure it out like my iPhone did. > > Short of going through all of my numbers and removing the +1 country code, > suggestions? > > > --------- > Brian >
