14
Special characters in phone numbers
You can use special characters to dial or save international
phone numbers as well as phone numbers of automated
services such as bank account information. When entering
numbers, press the key repeatedly to use these
characters.
Keyguard (locking the keypad)
The Keyguard feature allows you to
“lock” your phone’s keypad so that
accidental keypresses have no effect.
This is handy when your phone is in a
pocket or purse.
Character Use
-
This character is used to send command
strings to the network. Contact your service
provider for details.
.
This character is a prefix used for dialing
international numbers.
S
Use this character to save phone numbers of
automated services that require you to enter
a password or other information after the
call is answered. For example, if your bank’s
phone number is 555-1212 and you need to
enter your account number (12345) and
password (6789), you could save this phone
number as
8884545S45678S9:;<
Note: In digital networks, digits to the right
of the
S
are sent after a 2.5-second pause. In
analog networks, digits to the right of the
S
are not sent until you press
6HQG
.
Z
This character creates a wait; digits to the
right of the
Z
are not sent until you press
6HQG
. Currently this character cannot be
saved.