Can Any Of You Clever Techie People Explain This Please?

10ClarionSt | 17:36 Fri 06th Jul 2018 | Technology

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I had a number on my phone for a friend of mine, listed as "Fred Home". Not his real name. He changed to a new number, so I deleted his old one, then added the new one. The problem is with the voice activation on my car. I tell it to "call Fred Home" and it dials his old number, even though I've deleted it. I have a contract with Tesco and asked them about it. A member of staff went into the contacts list and call history, and deleted all calls and the old number. They did this twice, because it happened after they'd "deleted" it the first time. However, when I tell the voice activation to "call Fred Home", it's still dialling the old number, in spite of all the deletions. I'm baffled. Any ideas anyone? TIA.

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hc4361

Delete the new 'fred home' and create a new contact that is slightly different such as Freddy Home or Fred Work (if you've never had a work number for him) or Fred Landline, whatever

bednobs

you need to change the number in your car too (however you first stored it)

10ClarionSt

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Thanks for that. I'll try deleting everything with reference to him, as you say, hc.

Bedknobs, I haven't stored anything in the car as it just works from Bluetooth, so it only works if I have my phone in the car with Bluetooth switched on.

ladybirder

Don't for get to write the number down first. Eeeek!

bednobs

did you originally sync the phone with your car? that's how mine works

10ClarionSt

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yes, I did.

TheChair

Your mistake was to delete the old one and add a new one. You should have just edited the number on the old one.

Togo

//Some Bluetooth car stereos can store your phone's entire address book and other contact information; others have built-in phones which copy all the information off your phone's SIM card and take over the functions for calling.

This may be worth a little look before you do anything. Your car bluetooth capabilities are part of the conundrum.

https://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/automotive/bluetooth-car-stereo1.htm

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