Change own phone number in ICS

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I've change the SIM in my Galaxy-Nexus-S. Under Settings -> About phone -> Status there still is the old phone number and I cannot manage to change it.

I've seen this answer which is outdated. The menu option Own numbers discribed in the answer is not there in ICS.

_{The navigation terms might be called differently, as I manually translated the names from German.}

The way I had to do it in Gingerbread was to put the SIM into a Blackberry, change the number there, and then it updated when I put the SIM back into my Nexus S. (The number isn't always stored on the SIM, so if it isn't then Android won't update - you need to manually story it, which AFAIK you can't do on ICS/Gingerbread, hence the Blackberry method) — TyrantWave, Jan 17 '12 at 11:57

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 18 '12 at 17:17

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In previous versions of Android (mine is 2.3.7) you can set this setting in the Additional call settings. In Android 4.0 the Additional call settings screen is located here:

Open the Phone app -> [Menu] -> Settings -> Additional settings.

I have not verified this on a physical device yet.

answered Jan 18 '12 at 17:17

ajgarn

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Thanks for the answer. Unfortunately there is no option to change the phone number here. – Jan 18 '12 at 17:50
@gentmatt It's there for me. – May 10 '12 at 18:57

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 18 '12 at 18:41

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You need to reprogram the phone. Dial ##786# on the dial pad and then hit view. You may need your MSL to be able to change the phone number.

answered Jan 18 '12 at 18:41

Mr. Monkey

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"Connection problem or invalid MMI code." – Jan 18 '12 at 18:47
@Mr. Monkey "UNKNOWN APPLICATION" is what i get. Are you sure there is not supposed to be additiona # at the end? – Boris_yo May 10 '12 at 14:37

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 18 '12 at 19:50

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Have you tried just a factory reset? Sounds like you got a new phone, right? Any opposition to just wiping and starting fresh? I would think that would do it.

answered Jan 18 '12 at 19:50

Mr. Monkey

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Ever since I got ICS 4.0.3 on my Nexus S, I had to wipe it twice already :) – Jan 18 '12 at 19:58

Change own phone number in ICS

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