Uh-oh: V180 hyphenates shortcodes always

On my Motorola V180 on Cingular, I try
to send text messages to Google's very handy
SMS (which is described at http://sms.google.com ).

Messages to Google SMS must be addressed to Google's
five-digit shortcode, which is 46645 (that is,
GOOGL on a telephone keypad). However, the V180
insists on autohyphenating when I enter the fourth
character, and the shortcode always comes out as
466-45, which results in my text message failing
to reach Google. The unwelcome hyphens intrude
even when I respond to a text message that came
from a legitimate five-digit shortcode. The
V180's manual couldn't help me with this problem.

Is there a way to deactivate auto-hyphenation?

Is there perhaps a workaround that I could use?

Should I consider updating the V180's firmware?


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Isn't the hyphen just displayed in an attempt to show the number in
North American standard format (xxx-xxx-xxxx)? It's not actually dialed
as there's no definition for dialing punctuation.


[email protected] wrote:
> On my Motorola V180 on Cingular, I try
> to send text messages to Google's very handy
> SMS (which is described at http://sms.google.com ).
>
> Messages to Google SMS must be addressed to Google's
> five-digit shortcode, which is 46645 (that is,
> GOOGL on a telephone keypad). However, the V180
> insists on autohyphenating when I enter the fourth
> character, and the shortcode always comes out as
> 466-45, which results in my text message failing
> to reach Google. The unwelcome hyphens intrude
> even when I respond to a text message that came
> from a legitimate five-digit shortcode. The
> V180's manual couldn't help me with this problem.
>
> Is there a way to deactivate auto-hyphenation?
>
> Is there perhaps a workaround that I could use?
>
> Should I consider updating the V180's firmware?
>
>
> **********
> 1366294709
>

The hyphen isn't sent but you can change it with a SEEMS edit. Read more
at www.xlr8.us/hofo

From[email protected]
[email protected]

> On my Motorola V180 on Cingular, I try
> to send text messages to Google's very handy
> SMS (which is described at http://sms.google.com ).
>
> Messages to Google SMS must be addressed to Google's
> five-digit shortcode, which is 46645 (that is,
> GOOGL on a telephone keypad). However, the V180
> insists on autohyphenating when I enter the fourth
> character, and the shortcode always comes out as
> 466-45, which results in my text message failing
> to reach Google. The unwelcome hyphens intrude
> even when I respond to a text message that came
> from a legitimate five-digit shortcode. The
> V180's manual couldn't help me with this problem.
>
> Is there a way to deactivate auto-hyphenation?
>
> Is there perhaps a workaround that I could use?
>
> Should I consider updating the V180's firmware?
>
>
> **********
> 1366294709

I'm the original poster. I was wrong: my text messages are getting
through despite the hyphen that my phone appears to insert into
shortcodes.