iPhone displaying wrong "My Number"

on 17-09-2008 23:16
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on 17-09-2008 23:16
I put the SIM in my old phone (Sony k750i) temporarily and went to "Contacts" -> "Options" -> "Special Numbers" -> "My Numbers" and set the "My Mobile" setting to my ported number, it was the number that the phone came with originally. Then I put the SIM back in my iPhone but "My Number" was still displaying the number that the phone came with and not my ported number which is now tied to the SIM. (Found this info from google and it seemed to work for some but not others.)
I have tried a complete iPhone reset (which took 2h!!!) and still "My Number" is not showing my ported number.
I know this does not affect the iPhone's functionality in any way but it is really annoying that the wrong number is being displayed.
Anyone have any ideas how to get this sorted?

on 02-01-2009 06:59
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on 02-01-2009 06:59
I have just got an iPhone PAYG and I am also having the same problem of the My Number being displayed incorrectly. I have tried following the steps in previous posts, but it still does not update. I am using a Samsung D900 to edit the my number. It says it has saved it but when I put the sim back into the iPhone it still displays the wrong number. I have synced with iTunes hoping that that will correct the number, but it is still showing the wrong number in iTunes as well.
Any help would be appreciated.
So I had the same problem, drove me nuts! I went to the Apple store, who told me that I had to fix it in iTunes. I cannot find a way to fix this in iTunes, so then I went to the O2 store who then gave me a "replacement sim" (free) which I was able to port my number again to this new sim. Now my phone and iTunes shows no number, which to me is better than the wrong number. But I got curious to why when I edited the "my number" on my Samsung D900 it did not update in the iPhone, this worked on my wife's sim card and my iPhone, Then I remembered that her SIM was not 3G. So editing my Number must not work with 3G sim card, does anyone know of a way to edit the "my number" on a 3G sim????

on 02-01-2009 12:42
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on 02-01-2009 12:42
I put my iPhone sim into a SE K750i and edited the number in the "My Numbers" menu, when I placed the sim back into my iPhone my correct o2 number was displayed, when I changed to the 3G iPhone on its release I gave my daughter my old iPhone, as her o2 number did not show on the iPhone I used a Motorola V3i and did the same and again it worked. Not sure why this could have stopped working for others now. Also both sims were 3G ones so I don't think it has anything to do with them being 3G or not.
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on 02-01-2009 12:51
fourqtwo (formerly cis01 until username became 'inactive')

on 03-01-2009 03:05
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on 03-01-2009 03:05
When I bought my original iPhone in November 07, it did not display any number. After my o2 number had been ported to the iPhone I found a post in the forum of how to get your number to display.
I put my iPhone sim into a SE K750i and edited the number in the "My Numbers" menu, when I placed the sim back into my iPhone my correct o2 number was displayed, when I changed to the 3G iPhone on its release I gave my daughter my old iPhone, as her o2 number did not show on the iPhone I used a Motorola V3i and did the same and again it worked. Not sure why this could have stopped working for others now. Also both sims were 3G ones so I don't think it has anything to do with them being 3G or not.
Does your current number show in your iPhone 3g, if so have you ever ported a number to that 3g SIM?

on 03-01-2009 09:10
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on 03-01-2009 09:10
The sim card were ALL 3G, and I understand from o2 that the original iPhone came with a 3G sim, and that they have been supplying 3G once for some time since they introduced 3G phones.
This topic was covered back in around November 2007 which is how I got my number to display, so if you search the forum or Google search you should find the original thread.

on 05-01-2009 20:21
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on 05-01-2009 20:34
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on 07-01-2009 00:22
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on 07-01-2009 00:22
I have tried this with an old Nokia 8850 and it worked perfectly. The iPhone reads the "My Number" from the SIM card, so aslong as you change it on the SIM it should show the updated number right away.

on 08-01-2009 23:38
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on 21-01-2009 14:00
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on 21-01-2009 14:00
I changed the number on the SIM using a Sony Ericsson K750i and no joy. The iPhone and iTunes still show the old temporary number.
I changed the number on the SIM using a Sony Ericsson C905 and the iPhone and iTunes now show the correct number.

