Myself Contact has got the wrong number, cannot remove it

[#1]

Hello.

I am facing a certain problem with the SE version of Android.

The problem is apparently known as a bug, but somehow i lost the link to the forum.

I bought this new phone off ebay, and imported contacts from my laptop by way of vcf file (saved from an older SE smart phone.)

In SE Andriod phones, the default owner has a myself contact in the Contacts list.

When I imported the contacts, it somehow populated my friends number there (under myself contact). out of 600 numbers.

Ideally it should be vacant till the time i customise/modify it.

I cannot edit the number . I can add more to the myself contact, but simply cannot remove the problem number.

In order to remedy the situation, i accidnetally also got my phone locked but managed to recover it.

Please help, as this is very annoying.

Seems I borrowed the phone from someone!

S

[#2]

There is a work around, if you have access to an older style dumb phone (I know it works in SE and Samsung phones) then pop you sim in to that and edit the My Number and save it.  Once done put it back in your 'smart' phone and it should be updated to the correct number.

[#3]

Before you reset your phone try resetting on a different phone (if you know someone who has an iPhone) or what suze2011 said below. You can't change 'My Phone Number' through the Android interface... it's not necessarily a bug it's just not available to do... or do you mean the bug is the bit that put the number in your 'My Phone Number'? When mine was blank I searched as you did and found a few forums that explained the problem and how to fix it.

[bearuk]

In my case I transferred my number from another network and 'myself' showed as the old number.  I called the new network and they sent me a new sim card keyed with the 'correct' number.