[clairegallant]

Hi,  I have no idea how this happened or how to correct it. I visited American recently (not sure if relevant, but thought it best to include all info), whilst over there the profile display box on my N8 home screen started displaying the area dial code of whatever area I was currently in. I assumed this had something to do with roaming, I did try turning my phone on and off in case it was a weird glitch, but the issue remained. Upon returning back home to the UK the issue is still with me.

When I unlock the phone the profile display correctly displays the selected profile (e.g silent, general, offline etc), but within a few seconds switches to showing the dial code of the area I happen to be in. I know this isn't a massive issue, but I do find it more useful to know which profile my phone is in rather than the dial code for landlines in any given area. As a general rule, I don't just randomly call landline numbers of people I don't know just because I happen to be in the area, which as far as I can tell, would be the only situation in which this info would be useful.

I have tried googling the issue but couldn't find anything. Am really hoping that I am just being stupid and this is quite easy to resolve, but I really couldn't think of how to do it.

Thanks in advance.

[psychomania]

It sounds like you've managed to enable the cell info display.

To disable it do this:
Menu > Settings > Connectivity > Network > Cell info display - set it to off.

[clairegallant]

As simple as I'd hoped it would be!! Thank you so much and apologies for being an N8 dunce!

[psychomania]

Happy to help

No need to apologise, the option doesn't give many clues to what it does. It's an old feature left over from the early days of phones that's irrelevant in many countries now, except for those that really need to know the area code (for calling costs etc).