Including the Hash sign in telephone numbers

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Including the Hash sign in telephone numbers

This is about the iPhone 'feature' that identifies telephone numbers in messages and highlights them, so you can click on it to call the number.

Conference numbers often end in a HASH sign - for example in the UK a conference number with the code may look like 02031232345,,1234576# (the commas are a short pause).

On my IOS 14.4 iPhone the system correctly recognises 02031232345,,1234576# , underlining it with the Hash sign, but when I select it the hash sign has gone and it will only dial 02031232345,,1234576

How do I get it to recognise Hash and Stars as part of the telephone number?

iPhone 8

Posted on Feb 19, 2021 3:29 AM

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SravanKrA

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Feb 19, 2021 5:00 AM in response to London_Phil

Automate dialing an extension or passcode

If the number you’re calling requires dialing an extension, iPhone can enter it for you. When editing a contact’s phone number, tap , then do any of the following:

Tap Pause to enter a two-second pause (a two-second pause is represented as a comma in the phone number).
Tap Wait to stop dialing until you tap Dial again (wait-to-dial is represented as a semicolon in the phone number).

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London_Phil Author

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Feb 19, 2021 6:44 AM in response to SravanKrA

Absolutely fantastic - you have shown your intimate knowledge of the Hayes Command Set, although you probably didn’t know it was called that. Ten out of ten. Well done.

But it is not really relevant to the question. Could someone answer why iOS is not picking up the hash sign at the end of telephone numbers?

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Including the Hash sign in telephone numbers

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