What type of phone are you using? Does it have a simcard and/or work on your carrier network?
If the About phone/Status is not showing, then I doubt the snippit would work even if you could compile it (your not going to be able to using the standard SDK) On Apr 10, 11:22 am, Muthu Ramadoss <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > > > Android App Developer Books:http://commonsware.com/books.html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
