[android-developers] Re: caller id spoofing

2010-10-11 Thread gdonald
On Oct 8, 8:49 am, tanstaafa wrote: > Greg,  You can spoof thecaller'snumber (referred to as the A-Number > or ANI) if you make the call through a VoIP provider.  There is no way > to spoof the ANI if calling with the SIM, because the ANI is attached > to the SIM in the operator's switch.  Many

[android-developers] Re: caller id spoofing

2010-10-08 Thread DanH
One MIGHT be able to work a deal with the phone's service provider where it would be reported as the other number. But this would probably not work when roaming, even if you could swing it. On Oct 7, 4:40 pm, Greg Donald wrote: > I've searched and found nothing helpful so I'm now asking for guid

[android-developers] Re: caller id spoofing

2010-10-08 Thread tanstaafa
On Oct 7, 5:40 pm, Greg Donald wrote: > I've searched and found nothing helpful so I'm now asking for guidance. > > I have a client who wishes to spoof the caller id for his phones he > assigns to his sales staff.  He wants the number to appear to be from > his main office to better handle retur

[android-developers] Re: caller id spoofing

2010-10-08 Thread Yahel
Hi Greg, I think caller id is not sent by the phone that makes the call but is actually served to the receiving phone by the company at the other end. This might exists as an option in some professionnal phone contract. You should call the phone company which have the sale's staff contract. I'm

[android-developers] Re: caller id spoofing

2010-10-07 Thread DanH
Have the Androids dial into a forwarding gizmo (I forget the official phone biz term) in his hardwired phone system. Otherwise, I'd hope you can't do it, at least not to an arbitrary phone number (where you don't have some sort of "certificate" authorizing you to the number). On Oct 7, 4:40 pm, G