Android issue

Supatramp

Is Android going backwards, or have I missed a setting?

In previous versions of Android, when I started to key in a previously dialed number, numbers from my phonebook would appear and I could select the desired number. Now however, only saved contacts appear as an option.

Have I missed a setting, or is Android going backwards?

searchlight123

Supatramp wrote: »

Is Android going backwards, or have I missed a setting?

In previous versions of Android, when I started to key in a previously dialed number, numbers from my phonebook would appear and I could select the desired number. Now however, only saved contacts appear as an option.

Have I missed a setting, or is Android going backwards?

arn't 'saved contacts' and 'numbers in your phonebook' the same thing? i am on android 7.0 on a samsung s7 and when i start to manually dial a number those people in my phonebook (ie my contacts) with the same starting numbers show up.

Supatramp

Sorry, I mean numbers I have previously used but not actually saved.

searchlight123

Supatramp wrote: »

Sorry, I mean numbers I have previously used but not actually saved.

it seems to only use saved numbers. i can't recall it ever using unsaved numbers myself but that doesn't mean it didn't.
i have noticed on this phone that if you dial an unsaved number or an unsaved number calls me (if it's a business) the name of the business shows up under the number which i think is a very handy feature.

Supatramp

With all due respect Tony, previous issues of Android had that function, but since at least 6, it has been missing.

That's not the only useful item which has been deleted from recent Androids, but I can't remember at the moment what they are.

flashg67

Just tried it on my LG G5 Android 7 and it does bring up both 'contact's and 'dialled but not saved' numbers as I type the number