No picture for myself in Messages app

[Guest stevenz]

How can I get the Messages app to display my picture instead of an empty box? Only cosmetic, but it looks wierd.

Cheers,

Steve.

[Guest Batkoto]

How can I get the Messages app to display my picture instead of an empty box? Only cosmetic, but it looks wierd.

Cheers,

Steve.

Add new contact in your phonebook with your number and your picture.

[Guest Batkoto]

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Edited July 13, 2010 by Batkoto

[Guest stevenz]

Add new contact in your phonebook with your number and your picture.

I figured that'd be what it was looking for, it's not picking it up. In the About Phone settings it's showing my Phone Number as "Unknown", so I suspect that my providers implementation of whatever it's looking for on the SIM is a bit crap, which would not surprise me in the least.

Edited July 13, 2010 by stevenz

[Guest Batkoto]

I figured that'd be what it was looking for, it's not picking it up. In the About Phone settings it's showing my Phone Number as "Unknown", so I suspect that my providers implementation of whatever it's looking for on the SIM is a bit crap, which would not surprise me in the least.

It shouldn't look for the contact in the SIM but in the handset. So if you have your contact stored on your handset it should work, try changing the number in international format or country format

[Guest escagelion]

take your sim card into a sim card reader or a previous phone that allows you to modify the special number on your sim card. You should be able to modify your number.

After doing this, your picture might appear.

here are the links related to this :

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=687011

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/andr...732e1&hl=en

[Guest Batkoto]

take your sim card into a sim card reader or a previous phone that allows you to modify the special number on your sim card. You should be able to modify your number.

After doing this, your picture might appear.

here are the links related to this :

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=687011

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/andr...732e1&hl=en

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[Guest stevenz]

Aha, nice one. Pretty sure I've got an old Sony Ericsson that has the option to do this, I'll let you know!

Cheers.

EDIT: Turns out that the old BlackBerry that I had sitting within arms reach has the ability to write a number to the SIM, I set the number and now the N1 is showing the number correctly and my picture is showing up in the contacts! Thanks very much guys.

Edited July 14, 2010 by stevenz

[Guest JonnyRockets]

Is there any way to edit the number on the SIM card without another phone?

I don't have access to any other phones. Does anyone know of a way?

[Guest stevenz]

Is there any way to edit the number on the SIM card without another phone?

I don't have access to any other phones. Does anyone know of a way?

Take it into a phone store maybe? Looks like Android doesn't support that functionality, so another phone or a dedicated SIM reader/writer (which are usually cheap) may be your only option.