title: cordova (ex phonegap) tel: links in <a href> not working in ios5
body: <p>I've checked everywhere here in stackoverflow, google, phonegap and other websites but I cannot find a solution, but if I did miss the right link, please post me to it, because I'm lost.</p>
  
  <p>1: I'm using Cordova + JQmobi to write my apps.
  2: the only link that doesn't work is the TEL: in a tag links.
  3: they work in Safari for ios (any version I've found from ios4 to ios5.1)
  4: ONLY in ios5 the link to TEL: won't work in native apps</p>
  
  <p>Here the codes I've tried:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;a href="tel:+39000000"&gt;Link to the tel&lt;/a&gt;
  &lt;a href="tel:+39000000" target="_blank"&gt;Link to the tel&lt;/a&gt;
  &lt;a href="tel:+39000000" target="_self"&gt;Link to the tel&lt;/a&gt;
  &lt;a href="" onclick="windows.location('tel:+39000000')" target="_blank"&gt;Link to the tel&lt;/a&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>For the format of the telephone number I've used:
  tel:+39000000 (+39 is for italy)
  tel:123456 (I've tried any kind of real telephone numbers but I have no #, * or spaces)
  tel://+39123456</p>
  
  <p>When I check on the xCode simulator for a SMS: link i get this error:
  AppDelegate::shouldStartLoadWithRequest: Received Unhandled URL sms:+39123456</p>
  
  <p>And that's correct because the simulator doesn't have the SMS app, but then when I try the TEL: link:
  Failed to load webpage with error: The URL can’t be shown</p>
  
  <p>That for what I know is something that happens if you write a non legal url that you want to open with a browser.</p>
  
  <p>I've read that jqmobi (as much as other framework such as jqtouch) could prevent the default behavior of a link but that if you explicitly invoke it.</p>
  
  <p>What is really changed in the ios5? Because all my links work on the ios4.3</p>
  
  <p>Anyone out there please help me and many other I saw couldn't find a real solution for this new update of Apple.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for all</p>