Programming pauses into phone numbers

[David92]

Does anyone know if it is possible to program a hard pause into a phone number that the Droid will recognize?

On my old WM phone, I could place a "w" after a phone number and then program in a code, like for an answering machine. Pressing talk would then go onto the next sequence of numbers. Worked great for pagers too and I had numbers entered in Outlook contacts that way. But the Droid will not even dial the first part of such a sequenced number with a letter in the number stream, so I have had to re-enter some numbers in Outlook contacts. Are there any third party dialers out there that emulate WM? Thanks in advance.

 

[KarenElissa]

Does anyone know if it is possible to program a hard pause into a phone number that the Droid will recognize?

On my old WM phone, I could place a "w" after a phone number and then program in a code, like for an answering machine. Pressing talk would then go onto the next sequence of numbers. Worked great for pagers too and I had numbers entered in Outlook contacts that way. But the Droid will not even dial the first part of such a sequenced number with a letter in the number stream, so I have had to re-enter some numbers in Outlook contacts. Are there any third party dialers out there that emulate WM? Thanks in advance.

Use a coma. One is a short pause, two a longer one.

 

[freakboy2539]

instead of a "w" or a "p" use ",,"

 

[David92]

instead of a "w" or a "p" use ",,"

Thanks All!

 

[listenman20]

I think there's a symbol button onthe dialer that shows a wait and a pause.

 

[David92]

For future reference, I have found that the more commas, the longer the pause if needed. So can use even 3 or 4 commas. Thanks again!

 

[nelcatjar]

I put 2 commas and the pause took too long.

But I noticed if I shook the phone, the next numbers were entered.

Is this a feature, that you shake the phone to enter the next set of numbers?

 

[magnus]

I put 2 commas and the pause took too long.

But I noticed if I shook the phone, the next numbers were entered.

Is this a feature, that you shake the phone to enter the next set of numbers?

This I gotta try!

 

[eliassami5]

one comma is a 2 second pause, so two commas would be a 4 second pause

 

[camaropep]

I use a pause when I dial voicemail to enter my password but I have noticed that the phone will not send the password until I take the phone away from my ear. Once the screen turns on it will send the password. Kind of annoying but I haven't found a better way to do it.

 

[giant25]

I set my voicemail number to be: *86,12345#,1
where 12345 is my password (comma before and after password). So it dials voicemail, then enters my password, then presses one to bypass "You have 2 new voice messages and 3 saved voice messages" and goes right into the first message. Hope someone else likes it...