diff --git a/src/com/android/contacts/detail/ContactDetailFragment.java b/src/com/android/contacts/detail/ContactDetailFragment.java
index 2647ad6..40a96ff 100644
--- a/src/com/android/contacts/detail/ContactDetailFragment.java
+++ b/src/com/android/contacts/detail/ContactDetailFragment.java
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@
 
     private static final String TAG = "ContactDetailFragment";
 
+    private static final int TEXT_DIRECTION_UNDEFINED = -1;
+
     private interface ContextMenuIds {
         static final int COPY_TEXT = 0;
         static final int CLEAR_DEFAULT = 1;
@@ -616,6 +618,10 @@
                         // add to end of list
                         mPhoneEntries.add(entry);
                     }
+
+                    // Configure the text direction. Phone numbers should be displayed LTR
+                    // regardless of what locale the device is in.
+                    entry.textDirection = View.TEXT_DIRECTION_LTR;
                 } else if (dataItem instanceof EmailDataItem && hasData) {
                     // Build email entries
                     entry.intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO,
@@ -1217,6 +1223,7 @@
         public String data;
         public Uri uri;
         public int maxLines = 1;
+        public int textDirection = TEXT_DIRECTION_UNDEFINED;
         public String mimetype;
 
         public Context context = null;
@@ -1766,6 +1773,11 @@
                     mViewEntryDimensions.getPaddingTop(),
                     secondaryActionViewContainer.getPaddingRight(),
                     mViewEntryDimensions.getPaddingBottom());
+
+            // Set the text direction
+            if (entry.textDirection != TEXT_DIRECTION_UNDEFINED) {
+                views.data.setTextDirection(entry.textDirection);
+            }
         }
 
         private void setMaxLines(TextView textView, int maxLines) {
diff --git a/src/com/android/contacts/editor/RawContactReadOnlyEditorView.java b/src/com/android/contacts/editor/RawContactReadOnlyEditorView.java
index edfd372..70a2b4e 100644
--- a/src/com/android/contacts/editor/RawContactReadOnlyEditorView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/contacts/editor/RawContactReadOnlyEditorView.java
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@
                 } else {
                     phoneType = null;
                 }
-                bindData(mContext.getText(R.string.phoneLabelsGroup),
-                        phoneNumber, phoneType, i == 0);
+                bindData(mContext.getText(R.string.phoneLabelsGroup), phoneNumber, phoneType,
+                        i == 0, true);
             }
         }
 
@@ -243,8 +243,13 @@
         }
     }
 
-    private void bindData(
-            CharSequence titleText, CharSequence data, CharSequence type, boolean isFirstEntry) {
+    private void bindData(CharSequence titleText, CharSequence data, CharSequence type,
+            boolean isFirstEntry) {
+        bindData(titleText, data, type, isFirstEntry, false);
+    }
+
+    private void bindData(CharSequence titleText, CharSequence data, CharSequence type,
+            boolean isFirstEntry, boolean forceLTR) {
         final View field = mInflater.inflate(R.layout.item_read_only_field, mGeneral, false);
         final View divider = field.findViewById(R.id.divider);
         if (isFirstEntry) {
@@ -258,6 +263,9 @@
         }
         final TextView dataView = (TextView) field.findViewById(R.id.data);
         dataView.setText(data);
+        if (forceLTR) {
+            dataView.setTextDirection(View.TEXT_DIRECTION_LTR);
+        }
         final TextView typeView = (TextView) field.findViewById(R.id.type);
         if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(type)) {
             typeView.setText(type);
diff --git a/src/com/android/contacts/editor/TextFieldsEditorView.java b/src/com/android/contacts/editor/TextFieldsEditorView.java
index 95eb0c1..a20ba77 100644
--- a/src/com/android/contacts/editor/TextFieldsEditorView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/contacts/editor/TextFieldsEditorView.java
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@
             fieldView.setInputType(inputType);
             if (inputType == InputType.TYPE_CLASS_PHONE) {
                 PhoneNumberFormatter.setPhoneNumberFormattingTextWatcher(mContext, fieldView);
+                fieldView.setTextDirection(View.TEXT_DIRECTION_LTR);
             }
 
             // Show the "next" button in IME to navigate between text fields