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How to dial a phone number with “##”?

I am having troble making a phone call with * and #

ex: "** 002 ** 5555555555"

At the moment i am using URL schemes ex: tel:+5555555555

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I wanted to do this, too. There's no way. It's explicitly disallowed by Apple for security reasons:

To prevent users from maliciously redirecting phone calls or changing the behavior of a phone or account, the Phone application supports most, but not all, of the special characters in the tel scheme. Specifically, if a URL contains the * or # characters, the Phone application does not attempt to dial the corresponding phone number.

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  • Is there an alternative to URL schemes? And would that allow me to make such a call? – Lohardt Jun 22 '12 at 08:09
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    No, that's how you place a call. This isn't an oversight; it's explicitly disallowed for security reasons. You're not going to find a way around it. – Steven Fisher Jun 22 '12 at 08:18
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    @StevenFisher is correct, when i face this problem, i have just copy the number into clipboard programatically and insist user to open dial pad and paste the number and make call.. :) – KingofBliss Jun 22 '12 at 09:02
  • That's a clever hack, KingofBliss. Thanks for suggesting it. :) – Steven Fisher Jun 28 '12 at 04:50