After failing to fix caller ID on without Jailbreak. I'm jailbreaking my iPhone 3G ( http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/884557 ) .

I'm reading the thread overwrite default.phoneformat ( http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/747611 ) and the result is ok, but still have a problem if I receive sms and not saving it as +60xxxxxxx . Not sure if I did correct, but I'm viewing SMS preview correctly and receive phone call correctly but the sms thread is not working quite right.

I'm surfing trough the net and finally found a solution. Changing locale of Apple to Malaysia using Caller ID Fix 2.2 - Cydia



You can view it at : Settings > General > International

But there's no Malaysia for the setting.

I'll review the steps here and assume you have jailbreak your iPhone and using firmware 2.2

1. Install CallerID Fix for 2.2



2. Install Erica Utilities (for the /usr/bin/plutil command )



3. Install Mobile Terminal (to run the command for steps 4)



Run the command on Mobile terminal (Quite long)

/usr/bin/plutil -s AppleLocale -v my_MY /var/mobile/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist



If successful, it will give you alert about changing to my_MY locale


Reboot your iPhone. and you will get the result like the 1st pics. The problem I see only Google Maps will show as Miles not KM, maybe someone can report to the CallerID Fix to change it to KM. If somebody know how to change it without change the I10N setting back to others country (you need to stick to the Malaysia setting ).

Other than that, I think you good to go about the Caller ID problem.

Hi,
Another alternative WITHOUT the need to change the LOCAL SETTING... I am very happy to solved my Digi Caller ID issue.. This is how..

1.) Install Caller ID Fix 2.2 via Cydia
2.) Change all your CONTACT with the storing format "+60" -- make it a pratice to store in this format in future..

You are Done.. When someone call you it will Display out his Contact name.. When he SMS you, the SMS will also display his name correctly..



This post has been edited by sugen: Jan 1 2009, 06:32 PM

hehe, this is the issue. Which is why people wants a fix for this. To prevent the need for this step.

I always thought that this was a "feature"

instead, I've changed majority of the numbers to have +60 in front already

From the step above. Seems very complicated.Anyway,+60 is just an International standard...Just practice this...

Whaa r0kawa..the steps so long leh. Who wants to follow when we have faster solution? Sugen steps are faster and easy. No one is gonna follow what your post.

It's supposed to be 5 steps only

1. Install Cydia CallerID Fix 2.2
2. Install Erica
3. Install Mobile Terminal
4. Run command inside Mobile Terminal
5. Restart

Maybe later ispazio will integrate the Internationalization Interface using Malaysia as the choice. Jailbreak is different tuto later .

Ok. now is not so bad..your first post scary la ..hahaha..and what Jailbreak is different tuto later? We have a thread on jailbreak already.

This post has been edited by TripleH: Jan 1 2009, 10:17 PM

Well, I've read the thread at http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/790913 , I think it's much more scarier than my tutorial .

I think we need a wiki or something like that that much cleaner. I would like a thread example :

1. Jailbreak iPhone for Unlock 3G for firmware 2.2 using QuickPawn
2. Unlock iPhone for lock 3G
4. Jailbreak iPhone for Unlock 3G for firmware 2.2 using Pwnage Tool

It's more easier for user to digest and a lot less scarier. I'm considering a programmer and a sysadmin my self need a lot of digging to start doing Jailbreak myself.

Where got scary. All i read was davidgary73 posted warnings before we do the jailbreak and btw, the guide is from iClarified. How difficult can it be? It's proven to work for so many here and you wanna do up threads on the same subjects? I did my own jailbreaking with the tutorial provide on the thread la..So why do we need extra thread like you mentioned?

How simple can you put it when iClarified is so simple that noobs can even follow leh..

For Unlocking lock 3G iPhone, i have a thread on it and it will be updated with instructions.

We are not stopping your from posting those thread but sure got people report your thread wan lor. Don't get angry if your post close by mods ah

This post has been edited by TripleH: Jan 1 2009, 11:00 PM

Actually , I want the content / tutorial to be here. So LYN user can comment on the tutorial, make correction. In iClarified the tutorial seem assume user is on the firmware for less than 2.2. What if user is on the 2.2 firmware ? Do I need to restore / upgrade to 2.2 again ? That the question that we can ask here, correction, if the tutorial located inside the forum. It's good for us, if our cable been struck by whale, or bomb by terrorist .

LYN server is inside Malaysia, so there's not a problem if something international cable is going down again. I'm not sure what the policy of LYN to push away user outside the LYN forum (outside tutorial) or pull the interaction inside the forum (local tutorial).

Just my opinion.

Err..you can always save the website as pdf ma to view later. So no worries..

Also if you on frimware 2.2, got any problems just restore lor or repwn again la. Not so difficult ma. I did it alot of times already.

no need to add all contacts to +60 or do so many steps and change locale setting to show contacts name , and no need to download Caller ID Fix 2.2 as well ....

it's very easy... just replace the default.phoneformat in your iphone then everything will be fixed , just follow here... everything stated there...

This post has been edited by AiRBooM: Jan 2 2009, 03:14 AM

correct but it only works on incoming call not for smses

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Added on January 2, 2009, 11:30 pmthis tutorial is too tough for me
scared i'll damage the phone hahaa
im not quite understand in the mobile terminal part
mind to explain more?thx

This post has been edited by afcmh: Jan 2 2009, 11:30 PM

wrong.... sms also can display name , not only incoming calls , told u guys already... no problem for me just replace the default.phoneformat only ...

Hey r0kawa,

If you seriously think you need to make those tutorials, go ahead and do it up. Have fun.

the command in Terminal thing wont work for me? i can't set Malaysia in Setting>General>International but in Phonebook can.. help me

how many contacts in your phonebook?
If not too many.. manually change it all to format +60... Then everything works..

I used to edit one of those .plist files... But when I upgrade and JB FW 2.2, and run the Caller Fix ID 2.2 --> Voila!! All problems vanished!!

r0kawa,

sorry for this silly question: how to 'run command inside Mobile Terminal'?

I think this thread is a bit misleading.

1. The CallerID Fix for 2.2 id for Number matching for incoming call and SMS. It does not have anything to do with the region format. Once we install this, it will solve the problem of SMS will show name but call will not. Last time the solution is to put +60 on each phone number. With the CallerID Fix 2.2 by frank8, it solve the number matching whether we have +60 or not.

2. The one that TS show with the terminal and erica utilities is just to put Malaysia as the default region setting (which still does not change and follow US settings). Why do this? Because some people when they want to add an address to a contact, malaysia does not exist in the country drop down menu. So this method put Malaysia in the drop down menu in the address book. Thats why if u look in TS first post, he said in Google maps still show miles and not KM as we only change the name from US to Malaysia, and not the entire locale. U can even see in TS first post where the date shown as Jan 5, 2009 and not as 5 Jan 2009.

3. Now frank8 has release a Format Fix 2.2 in Cydia to correct the number shown in the dialer to show in a correct manner. Last time any land number will be bundle up in US format i.e (034) 567 8900 instead of (03) 4567 8900. U can also check out Net.-Local Number Format in cydia.

Last time Apple made it easy for people to just edit the plist files, now they had change the format to a binary file with *.phoneformat extension.

thx frozzbyte for clear things up

@frozzbyte
For my case, running CallerID Fix 2.2 does not solve my problem which is
"incoming call will show name but SMS will not".. It is only solved after changing all my contacts phone format to +60..

Weird... but the CallerID Fix 2.2 solved both my incoming calls/sms ID

Installing CallerID 2.2 did fix my problem at least. I'm sorry to all for causing a lot of confusion.

1. I've try the change default.plist fix by frank8, the problem still occur in SMS if I'm saving the number with 01x and I receive the sms by +601x (Celcom)
2. So to all, the change for default.plist Didn't solve my problem!!
3. The region format is all about this fix. The region will set the default for
1. phonenumber format and fix
2. default measurement in Google Maps. (still using Miles)

The one that TS show with the terminal and erica utilities is just to put Malaysia as the default region setting (which still does not change and follow US settings). actually if you just install the Erica utitlies and not run the command through mobile terminal, it will not change anything.

? How to run command in Mobile terminal ?
Just type below command inside mobile terminal
/usr/bin/plutil -s AppleLocale -v my_MY /var/mobile/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist

It will not break your iPhone as far as I know. It just change the localization setting to Malaysia and that will fix my problem and I hope everyone else. I still think this tutorial is far easier than SSH and upload the default.plist to the require folder. Maybe I'm not to good explaining it.

Thank you.

I am using DIGI.. how about u? For DIGI, they formated their system in such a way that.. Any incoming call will had the format 012xxxx/016xxxx. For SMS is +60

HI BRO!! thankS FOR THE TIPS!!! IT WOrkS PERFECTLY WELL!!!! thanks again!!! just follow every step can edi.. hehe

@frozz

CallerID Fix 2.2 by frank8 do the fix automatic. i just install it change all from number to name. i thing the easiest way is to install the CallerID fix

Other than the spelling mistake to type the long terminal command....
Now I managed to get the "Malaysia" as the Region Format.



But I'm not sure what it does....

This post has been edited by Edoras: Jan 6 2009, 02:42 PM

Yes I know that just installing erica utilities and terminal without running the command wont do anything. I'm saying it in general to refer the steps after that.

As u can see the command /usr/bin/plutil -s AppleLocale -v my_MY /var/mobile/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist will edit the GlobalPreferences.plist file (which the default locale is US) and set my_MY as the new Locale name.

I generally use plutil to convert binary plist files to XML since the website use to convert this file have a size limitation.

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Added on January 6, 2009, 4:02 pmFYI ... FW2.2 does not use *.plist files anymore for the number matching. It uses a new binary format called *.phoneformat. plutil can't convert this and we have to use a HEX editor to edit the file.




This post has been edited by frozzbyte: Jan 6 2009, 04:09 PM

I'm also using Digi but I don't use CallerID Fix 2.2. I got the file straight from Frank8. Here I attached the file for you. Backup the original file and replace with this. Here's the path:

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/AppSupport.framework

This is what CallerID fix replace for it to work. And I might suggest u to install Net.-Local Number Format in cydia.

So , there's so many way to fix caller id. But which way is the easiest ? Upload using SSH, iphone browser ? or just install and run command inside iPhone ?

I'm doing this because it's easier for not upload anything to iPhone or change any format by hand.

Hehe. just my opinion. Thanks for people feedback. Hoping to learn new skills after this with my iPhone.

hehe i prefer ur way bro.. its very easy as i can dl all the software at my office and i dont know how to SSH my phone asi dont have wifi at home to do it...appreciated it.. dont have to change every contact 1 by 1..

@r0kawa
Don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to put u down or anything. I'm just trying to clarify the functions of CallerID fix and the Locale thing as those 2 are not related. U can just install the CallerID fix to fix the number matching without changing the locale to Malaysia. Replacing the default.phoneformat are for those who prefer to do it manually. The point of having CallerID fix in Cydia/Installer is to automate the file replacement for those who's not comfortable to do it manually.

Just want to clear things out. Peace

frozzbyte is right, both have different functions.

But r0kawa's method of changing the Region Format is a very cool one....very simple one line terminal command!

what a bummer. iPhone nano didn't make it to MacWorld 2009. Anybody hoping to have one ? hehe. frozzbyte, no biggy, cheers also. edoras, hope you like the solution.