Alpha-Dial Cheat Sheet
One incredibly annoying thing about my Blackjack 2 is its quite difficult to dial Alpha-phone numbers (ex. 1-800-EAT-CAKE or 1-800-CALL-ATT) .. The Blackjack’s number-pad doesn’t come with the number-to-letter translation like most non-smartphones do. This isn’t something that you generally use on a daily basis, but it sure helps out in a pinch.
MyBlackjack2.com user Terry found a solution to this problem by modifying the image at the top of call screen:
This is a very simple yet effective solution. I’ve packaged up Terry’s image into a CAB file for easy install/uninstall.
Prior to installing make sure you’ve application unlocked your Blackjack 2.
After installing/uninstalling you must restart your Blackjack 2.
If you would refer an application for your phone that will convert Alpha to Numeric on the fly, check out:
I think its more convenient to use the cheat sheet than to open a program that will automatically covert the phone number for me, but to each his own.
July 12th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Pretty useful!
Is there any mod that can convert the text input on the fly to numbers?
July 12th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
is there a hack to change the length of the vibrate when you receive a call or text? i heard there was one in the registry, but just wonderif it was capable of being thrown into a CAB.
July 12th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
endless, I appended the post to include links to two different applications that do this.
xgabex, I found a Registry Hack thats supposed to shorten the Vibrate Notification Length (for SMS at least), however I havent had a chance to play around with the settings to find the perfect vibration length to package up in a CAB.
July 12th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
by far one of the most simple hacks yet very helpful, thanks for whipping a cab up.
July 13th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
installed and didn’t work for me…I still see the “at&t” logo @ the top…help?
July 13th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
NVM…I noticed there’s three files ..I thought the bottom two were mirrors…my bad. Love this site…Thanks for the great finds and all the work involved
July 14th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
dexsta,
Have you 1) application unlocked your phone prior to running the CAB 2) Did you restart your phone after installing the CAB?
The two links at the bottom of the page are both separate programs .. none of the three Alpha-dial solutions rely on the others..
July 17th, 2008 at 3:06 am
where do i put the downloaded item at…i put it in the documents and nothin i restarted too…and its unlocked i used the modaco thing…i got a blkjack2…could someone show me how pleaze
July 18th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
jalex – did you install the CAB file?
If not, read over: http://www.myblackjack2.com/tips-and-tricks/how-to-install-a-cab-file/
July 18th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
If I install this cab, can it be removed from “Remove Programs” and revert back to the original AT&T image? TIA.
July 18th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
tedya,
Yes – uninstalling via the “Remove Programs” interface will revert you back to the original AT&T image. You will have to manually reboot your phone after you uninstall the CAB.
September 4th, 2008 at 8:11 am
WM6.1 Update – 6.1 includes Vanity Dialing. To turn it on go to Settings>Key Settings>Vanity Dialing and turn it on. Once one you can dial a number including text and your blackjack will automatically convert it for you.
October 22nd, 2008 at 5:01 pm
I have installed this hack and i like this better than the vanity dialing setting….its easier to me….
October 31st, 2008 at 7:22 pm
dude you are the man……
November 17th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
I’m new to this site, which I think is great, and am also a new BJ2 user. I have a dialing problem that I hope someone can help me with before I try one of the 3 downloads available for alpha-dialing. Here goes…when I call my financial institution, the first thing I am prompted for is my account number, followed by the first two letters of my last name and the # sign. The first two letters of my last name are MC, so my entry would be, for example, 11111mc#. It will not accept M as a valid entry. I called Samsung tech support and was ready to climb to the top of a bell tower somewhere after I got off the phone with them! Customer service at AT&T offered some suggestions that made sense but neither of them worked.
Can someone tell me if any of the downloads on this site are going to help me in this situation? Sorry this post was so long, but I call this number pretty regular and am very frustrated right now.
November 17th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
crimson, sorry to hear about your problem .. i think what you have to do is
1) Enter your account number
2) Enter the first two letters of your last name as they appear on a normal telephone keypad.
Example: If you’re account number was 11111 you would enter:
1111162#
Because on a normal telephone M = 6 key, C = 2 key … Having the Alpha-Deal Cheat Sheet would help you make this traditional Letter-to-Number translation.
November 17th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
David, thanks for the fast reply. That was one of the suggestions from the CSR at AT&T; unfortunately it didn’t work. The BJ2 must recognize the letter that corresponds with 6, which is G. My thought is the BJ2 doesn’t recognize dialing a letter during a live call if it is not associated with a number. I looked thru the BJ2 manual and looked all over the forums on Samsung’s site, but it appears I am the only person that has ever encountered this problem!
December 29th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
dang that was easy, im new to the BJ2 (had a BB Pearl), got it 4 x-mas and so far so good. this is the 1st mod ive done. If anyone is wondering my BJ2 came w/ windows mobile 6.1 so all i did was follow the directions on installing CAB files…THANKS!!
January 9th, 2009 at 1:03 am
So, does anybody out there have a solution to my problem or am I never going to be able to make this call using my BJ2? Please see my previous post dated November 17. Thanks.
January 9th, 2009 at 9:08 am
crimson, no idea
Have you tried posting in the forums?
January 14th, 2009 at 8:32 am
crimson, have you tried upgrading to WM 6.1? The new version has a built in vanity dialing option, it may help with your problem since its a feature on the phone itself and not a 3rd party program.
April 7th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
FYI…
If you hold down the FN Key when you are dialing letters, it will convert it for you without this cheatsheet.
Ex. 1 800 ROGERS1 = 1 800 764-3771
Great idea though!
April 13th, 2009 at 8:05 am
I just downloaded this from my bj2 and it worked great. I just installed the WM6.1 upgrade. Though I have vanity dialing on… where you can hit the the shift key when you come to the letters of the phone number (FLOWERS) and when you hit dial the letters are converted to the numbers….I like the cheat sheet better.
June 2nd, 2009 at 2:56 pm
This is exactly what I was looking for. I have one problem still. When you are in a call, I would like the same thing available. This happens to me all the time, I call a company and get the spell-by-name company directory. Can somebody make this page the in-call page as well? Right now I have a sheet of paper on my visor that has them all written down.