My G1 says "Unknown" when (Settings > About phone > Status > Phone
Number)

I haven't tried your new code snippet. I'll report back with the
results. Thanks.

On Apr 10, 8:08 pm, strazzere <[email protected]> wrote:
> Does your G1 display the correct line number through settings?
> (Settings > About phone > Status > Phone Number)
>
> This method used by the system seems to always be accurate, but I
> believe it is a private API;
>
> // Snippit 
> fromhttp://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/packages/apps/Settings.git;...
>
> import com.android.internal.telephony.Phone;
> import com.android.internal.telephony.PhoneFactory;
>
> ...
>
> Phone mPhone = PhoneFactory.getDefaultPhone();
>
> ...
>
> setSummaryText("number", mPhone.getLine1Number());
>
> // End snippit
>
> On Apr 10, 7:56 am, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Muthu Ramadoss wrote:
> > > Is there a way to look up the user phone number other than 
> > > TelephonyManager?
>
> > > In my G1, this returns null:
>
> > > // get your phone number
> > >         TelephonyManager telephonyManager = (TelephonyManager)
> > >                 getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
> > >         String tel = telephonyManager.getLine1Number();
>
> > >         Log.i("Telephone Number ==> ", tel+" <==");
>
> > Not only does this apparently return null in some cases (like you got),
> > it does not have to necessarily return a valid value.
>
> > I tried your code, and I get a phone number that I *think* is what I was
> > originally assigned when I bought the G1, before my other T-Mobile
> > number could be ported over.
>
> > So I am not certain this method is reliable in any case.
>
> > > Is there any other way of getting user's own phone number?
>
> > Hopefully yes, though I don't know of one...
>
> > --
> > Mark Murphy (a Commons 
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>
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