title: Sending pause to dialer
body: <p>In a similar vein to <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3615886/sending-pause-and-dtmf-input-in-android">Sending Pause and DTMF input in android</a>, I'm trying to send the pause character "," to the dialer.  This works on HTC Sense phones and even on the Xoom, but not on "stock experience" phones like the Nexus One or T-Mobile G2 (and I suspect the Motorola Droid).  </p>
  
  <p>These phones seem to have a dialer that tries to pretty-format the number (ie adding dashes) and stop upon hitting a comma character.  Interestingly, it doesn't choke on a "p" character, though it will strip out "p"s and keep adding numbers.</p>
  
  <p>Here is what the ActivityManager sees:</p>
  
  <pre><code>I/ActivityManager(   92): Starting activity: Intent { act=android.intent.action.DIAL dat=tel:8883333,444 cmp=com.android.contacts/.DialtactsActivity }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I've also tried the encoded form, "tel:8883333%2C444" with no difference in behavior on these phones.  I've tried "p", as mentioned, but these characters are dropped resulting in the dialers having 888-333-3444 incorrectly populated, and I'm not sure that "p" is correct anyway.</p>
  
  <p>So, the question: Is there a way to specify a pause that works across most or all android dialers?</p>