drungood Posted April 24, 2013 at 10:19 AM Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 at 10:19 AM My brother accidentally bought a China Mobile SIM card that cannot see who is calling for incoming calls. He would like to add caller ID. Is there any way to add this without buying a new SIM card? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcdefg Posted April 25, 2013 at 04:49 AM Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 at 04:49 AM I'm not at all sure it's a SIM card problem. I've had several China Mobile SIM cards over the years and the way it seems to work for me is that if I have previously stored the caller's name and number in my phone, the caller's name show's up when he or she calls. If someone else is calling for the first time, when my phone rings it doesn't show "Mr. Wang" or "Great Wall Travel," it just displays a number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koxinga Posted April 25, 2013 at 07:54 AM Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 at 07:54 AM abcdefg, caller ID is the number itself. If it doesn't get transmitted to his friend's phone, it can neither show "Mr. Wang" nor the number. Sim cards themselves have nothing to do with this issue. If it's not a phone issue, it's the provider's issue - give them a call. I don't know if they speak English, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcdefg Posted April 25, 2013 at 08:04 AM Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 at 08:04 AM #3 -- @Koxinga -- I defer to your expertise. Unfortunately, I don't know much about such things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuEn Posted April 25, 2013 at 09:31 AM Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 at 09:31 AM You can also do it online. Go to 10086.cn, choose the province/city where you bought the number, log in (请登录, if you do not know your 服务密码, you can select 动态密码, then you click on 获得短信密码 and they send the code to your phone. After you‘re logged in, in the top menu you choose 网上营业厅，then in the menu on the left you go over to 业务办理 and it will show you all the offered services, you have to select 来电显示 (in the category 语音通讯类) after you click on 来电显示, there will be a table with the current status of this service, in the very last column (操作) you can click on 开通，a small window pops up where you have to click 确认 and then it's done, I think. For some reason, some places just sell their sim cards with the 来电显示 service turned off by default. It's happened to me a few times, too. Good luck! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcdefg Posted April 25, 2013 at 12:45 PM Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 at 12:45 PM #5 -- That's good to know. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiten Posted May 1, 2013 at 02:59 AM Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 at 02:59 AM In Xiamen, they charge you for this basic caller ID function. I think it's about 4-5 RMB / month. I really hate China Mobile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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