diff --git a/android/app/src/main/res/layout/item_phone.xml b/android/app/src/main/res/layout/item_phone.xml
index 682b43618..bfc8fe6eb 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/res/layout/item_phone.xml
+++ b/android/app/src/main/res/layout/item_phone.xml
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@
         app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
         app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="@+id/delete_icon"
         app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="@+id/phone_icon"
+        app:hintEnabled="false"
         app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent">
         <com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
             android:id="@+id/input"
             style="@style/MwmWidget.Editor.FieldLayout.EditText"
-            tools:hint="Hint"
-            tools:text="Input"
+            android:hint="@string/phone_format"
             android:inputType="phone"/>
     </com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>
 
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/res/values/donottranslate.xml b/android/app/src/main/res/values/donottranslate.xml
index d44eca1d5..d74801afe 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/res/values/donottranslate.xml
+++ b/android/app/src/main/res/values/donottranslate.xml
@@ -100,4 +100,5 @@
   <string name="pixelfed" translatable="false">Pixelfed</string>
   <string name="count_label" translatable="false">× %d</string>
   <string name="kw_label" translatable="false">%s kW</string>
+  <string name="phone_format" translatable="false">+ XX X XX XX XX</string>
 </resources>