Contact name issue

I've been having issues with my contact lists as soon as I upgraded to the iPhone 5. Under my account I have an iPhone for my wife, an iPhone for me and an iPod touch for my daughter.
It looks like both my Daughter and I have lost our contact lists and both have been replaced by my wife's contact list. Earlier I sent a text to my Daughter but it went to my wife. When she responded the text showed on my phone as being from my Daughter and on my daughter's ipod the response was shown to be from me. All the correct info is in the contact for each of us. I also tried to ensure that all users have the correct number or email address set up but when one of us messages the other we seem have the receiver's # added automatically to our messaging and facetime setups and we all get messages anouncing the change in the form of "(user's name) is now using (#) for messaging"
This is maddingly frustrating as I can't figure this out!. Does anyone have any suggestions ?
- thanks.

Thanks Ansuz82. I've always programmmed my other cell phones with the *82 attached and the name would still come up when they call. Seems like other cell phones showed the contact name I had programmed in when they called me regardless if the *82 was attached or not. I was initially looking into your solution as a work around too! Thanks again

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When receiving a notifcation from iMessage, the contact name does not appear. The notification only shows the Apple ID or the phone number of the person messaging me. However, in the iMessage app itself, the contact names correctly appear in the left side bar. This issue only occurs when receing a notifcation.
In addition, when viewing messages in a group thread, contact names do not appear besides individaul messages. Thus, it is impossible to distingush who sent what message in a group thread. Still, the contact names of all those in the group message correctly appears in the left side bar.
The contacts app correctly stores the contact information for the people who are messaging me, so it is not an issue with me not having the correct contact information. I'm unsure of what casued this issue, since it appered somewhat spontaneously after correctly working for over a year.

Hi,
In the View Menu > Messages > Show as Pictures and Names
If the Buddy lists you have are not on show or are not the highlighted window AND the Messages window itself is not the highlighted/focused window then some of this Menu woill be greyed out.
In this Picture the main Messages window is the focused one and therefore the Buddy List related ones are greyed out.
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*82 / Contact Name Issue

I have contacts programmed in my iphone with *82 attached to thier number (so as to unblock/unprivatize my number when i call them). Why is it that when they call me, thier number shows up on my phone and not thier contact name???? I've spoken with ATT and had them do a callback with and without the *82 attached and they said it was probably an I-phone software issue. Is anyone else experiencing this who live in an area where *82 is an option?

Thanks Ansuz82. I've always programmmed my other cell phones with the *82 attached and the name would still come up when they call. Seems like other cell phones showed the contact name I had programmed in when they called me regardless if the *82 was attached or not. I was initially looking into your solution as a work around too! Thanks again

Hi all when I send a text to a contact (iphone4s) the contacts name changes to a phone number and the name is lost. I then have to resave it again, googled it but can't see anyone with the same issue, any ideas ?

Hi all when I send a text to a contact (iphone4s) the contacts name changes to a phone number and the name is lost. I then have to resave it again, googled it but can't see anyone with the same issue, any ideas ?

There is another setting for "Start Conversation from", that needs to be set to phone number.

I have a "Contact" organization issue I need help with. I organize multiple customers under their account affiliation. I place the people with their contact info under each account name by their dept/role in the notes section of their account. I am l

I have a "Contact" organization issue I need help with. I organize multiple customers under their account affiliation. I place the people with their contact info under each account name by their dept/role in the notes section of their account. I am looking to be able to directly dial / email from this info in yet notes section located within a contact. On Blackberry, the notes area entered in a contact can connect directly but on the iPhone those numbers/emails are inactive. I am trying to avoid having to create each of these individuals as a separate contact and keep them under their account affiliation. It is easier to find them. This does not seem like that complicated of a request and hoping someone can tell me how or share an app that will enable the "notes" within a contact be "active". Hope this makes sense.

I seem to recall that this question has been asked before and I'm pretty sure that the answer is that you can't do what you want to do with the native contact app. However, there are lots of contact apps out there that pull from the built app's data but have other features. Perhaps one of them would meet your needs.

I have an iPhone 4s. Suddnely for past two days, the contact names from my address book are disappeared. Has anyone came across this issue earlier and know the solution please?

I have an iPhone 4s. Suddnely for past two days, The contact names from my address book are disappeared. Has anyone came across this issue earlier and know the solution please?

You had to have some kudos for the effort put in to your thread as week as the point you make.

HT3529 After trying every suggestion on apple support and then finally calling them and being hung up on by a very rude apple operator, Issue is that when sending iMessage my info comes up as apple if email not contact name...I've tried everything online

When sending iMessage from my iPhone 4s it now appears as my apple id not my contact name...I have read and tried every online help tip I could find...I called apple support only to have very very rude apple operator hang up on me while saying is ridiculous to pay to speak to someone to tell me how to solve problem....I am so frustrated please help..when going into caller id my phone number appears but is grayed and only my email is shown....I'm not given option to have my number...in face time settings above my grayed out number says error but no option to change...I've verified my email I've done everything I've read to do please help...and fire your rude operator...thanks

Under Settings > Messages > Receive At, I see my phone number grayed out. This is because the phone number cannot be removed. However, one screen beyond that (tap on Caller ID), then it is not grayed out and I can toggle the email or phone number. Are you sure you are on the Caller ID screen and not the Receive At screen?

Google added as Exchange Account (mail, contacts, cal), issues with contact #'s resolving to Names.

Google added as exchange account (mail, contacts, calendar), all works except contact correlation. Meaning somebody calls me, it's in the contact list but does not show name just the #. Same for outbound calls..search contacts, tap #, phone shows I'm dialing # versus contact name. This is completely goofy. I had a previous emplorers Exchange account working perfectly before I had to delete it. I removed all email accounts from iPhone and started fresh with adding Google as Exchange 'type' account.

Ok I fixed this problem. Within Google under contacts I had imported 1,200+ contacts and they all showed up there, on my iPad and iPhone. But on the phone name and # would not correlate. I discovered that by editing a contact (within Google contacts page) it would mark it as 'My Contacts' in addition to being Imported on xx/xx/xx. Once I did this, magically my iphone call log would display the name of the contact I edited/reclassified as 'My Contacts'. So I reclassified all the contacts as 'My Contacts' and now have full functionality. End of **** story and hope this helps somebody else.

Suddenly having text name issues- my contact name doesn't appear.

All of a sudden when I select a contact > text > and the compose page appears that contacts name is not attached unless I back out and start all over.
Any reason why?
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to be honest these are the solutions that may or may not work..
first thing I would try is rebooting the phone by holding the sleep/wake button and home button for 15 seconds until you see the white apple logo
if that doesn't work I would restore from backup and if that doesn't work I would restore as new if all else fails take it to your closest apple store they may replace the phone for a working one..

IPhone not showing contacts names in text messaging after sync AND reset

Three days ago, I bought the iPhone 4S as an updgrade from the 3GS. I also transferred my wireless service plan from AT&T to Verizon. Since doing that, very strange things are happening. For example, my contacts appeared to transfer without a problem, but whenever I attempt a call to a number that does not have a "1" stored in front of it, it tells me that I am attempting a long-distance or international call and the call won't go thru unless I place a 1 in front of the number and store it that way. Also, whenever I send text messages and someone replies, their message comes back to my phone under the phone number only and not the name that is stored in my contacts. This happens even when the contact sends a direct message to me that is not a reply. (Imagine all the "Merry Christmas" messages I received yesterday that I have no idea who they were from, except the 5 out of 300 contacts whose numbers I have memorized!!) I have gone to the Apple Store and the "Genius" there reset my phone, which temporarily fixed the problem, but now it is back. I did a soft reset, now it randomly selects which names will show up in my text message window. (For example, yesterday, the name "Jane" shows a message that says "Merry Christmas", but after the reset, only Jane's number shows up in the text screen with the same message from yesterday.)
Does anyone know what in the world is going on?? This is Very Annoying! I'm tempted to go back to AT&T, as I am being told that the iphone technology, even for 4S, is not as compatible on Verizon as it is with AT&T. Please help!

Not sure about the random contact name problem. I suspect a bad database. Use iTunes to delete and replace your contacts with a good list. If that doesn't work, do a 100% software reset and don't restore a backup, setup as a new device. Finally, if that fails go back to the apple store. The issue is not software fixable and the unit should be replaced.
The other issue with 1 dialing required... are you roaming? Disable wifi, should say Verizon 3G in the status bar.
When you are off your home area cell network, you are not dealing with Verizon directly.
Edit: your last question about using a Verizon 4S on AT&T's network. You are correct, out of the box the Verizon 4S is locked to only work on Verizon's network. The AT&T 4S and Sprint 4S have the same locks. You can purchase an unlocked iPhone directly from apple. I've also heard of people convincing Sprint customer service to unlock their phones for use out of the country,

IMessage not showing contact names

I just recently downloaded and installed OS X Mavericks on my 2011 iMac and trying to get up and running with the new iMessage app. But there are two major bugs I can figure out how to fix if anyone can help me fix these problems or comment if your having the same issues that would be a big help.
1: When receiving a message from someone in my contacts list/address book, their names do not apper next to the message, but rather only their phone numbers. I have went thought the view options and selected show contacts name and also tried adding a name to the existing number with no results. Does anyone know how to fix this bug?
2: The lag time between SMS/iphone messages and the time it takes to show up in iMessage on my mac is rather long. There is about a 3 minute delay before the text message conversation shows up from my phone to computer. Any suggestions on how to fix this?
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Hi,
Re 2).
This is a bit of a "known Issue" with no current fix.
The issue is related to the fact a iOS device seems to get the "first " push of the iMessage and that the Mac only gets "Sync" push which seems to be slower (and for some bizarre reason not always in order)
Re 1) I have seen this reported but maybe not as clearly as your post.
No-one seemed to make it clear the Contacts were in the Address Book (Contacts app) and that it seemed to be ignoring the Names for just the Numbers.
Obviously you can use the View Menu > Messages > Show Pictures and Name (or Show Names)
As you say this should link the ID or iPhone Number being used in the iMessages to the "Real Name" in the Address Card for that person.
The options are:-
A) You are receiving an iMessage from an iPhone Number but the link to the Address Card is not working.
If you make sure you are sending to an Apple ID what do you see ? (Apple ID or Real Name or in fact the iPhone number again)
This may be because you have lost the ability to "read" the saved data for the Contacts app.
B) Check the Contacts app and see if it is Syncing properly with any iOS device (i.e that all items have the Name as well as an iPhone number in the Address Card.)
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Copying contacts name and number onto SIM card

Hi. Firstly I know there are topics* on this, albeit outdated and offer no real solutions.
This issue need serious attention.
Scenario
BB Curve scroller is broke, can't scroll up/down.
Backed up my contact list to restore later when I get my fixed phone back.
Meanwhile, to use a replacement phone, I will need some contact names + numbers on my SIM.
I cannot count on the replacement being a BB, don't count on sync.
Solutions
Copying a few contacts one-by-one is _not_ an option, without a scroller this is impossible.
Example: Home screen > press "c" for contacts -> filter to contact > menu > press "v" to select view > can't scroll to the number to actualize the 'copy to SIM' menu action.
So, how can I copy my contacts to the SIM card?
Notes
Reading the older threads, there is very unhelpful biased rude remarks about how this requested "feature" is not 'important' enough or a real requirement for modern phones.
I say this house is built on wobbly foundations. This is the base of HID (human interaction devices), cross communication and transfer of data.
I'm disappointed in RIM for locking down the device in such a way - so many folks ask for this feature, because it is a standard around since the first of cellular phones.
SIM card may only have 32K of storage, but I still expect them to keep a name and a number if I need.
* http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/BlackBerry-Storm/Copy-Mulitple-Contacts-to-Sim-Card/m-p/42057...
http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/BlackBerry-Storm/HOW-DO-I-COPY-CONTACTS-TO-SIM/m-p/182142/hig...
http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/BlackBerry-Storm/Copying-all-contacts-from-BB-strom-handset-t...
http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/BlackBerry-Storm/Moving-contacts-to-the-Sim-Card/m-p/86036/hi...
http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/BlackBerry-Storm/copy-contact-list-to-sim-card-not-one-by-one...
http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/BlackBerry-Storm/How-do-you-copy-all-your-contacts-to-the-SIM...
http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/BlackBerry-Storm/Copying-contact-to-sim-card/m-p/162675/highl...

Unfortunately, I don't either. If you delete the MobileMe account from the iPhone, I believe you'll erase all of the contact info on the iPhone. If it's not in MobileMe either...well, that's not good!
One possibility for the contacts data (but not the calendar data). Contacts are backed up when you sync the iPhone (not to your Address Book via sync with MobileMe active, but in the iPhone backup made by iTunes before a sync). There's 3rd party app, MobileSyncBroswer, which can export the contact info from the iPhone's backup file on your hard drive. You'd need to buy a license to actually export the contact data, the free version lets you see part of the contact info so you can make sure it's there.

Lost my Contact Names and Months of New Entries w/ iOS 4 Update--Any Help?

Hi,
I updated to iOS4 yesterday and after it was done all my contact names were gone. The numbers were all in there, just no names. I don't use Mobile Me for my contacts.
Checking my iPhone sync settings on my Mac for some reason "sync contacts" with Address Book was no longer checked in iTunes. It looks like it was that way for some time, which is unusual as that's the method I use to backup my contacts. No idea how that got switched, as I wouldn't have changed that. Don't think MobileMe troubleshooting had me turn it off after a Calendar duplication issue. Wouldn't make sense.
Also, I don't know why the update to a new OS would make me LOSE ALL my contact names. Why would the update be designed that way and not retain everything?
Now my computer has an old contact list and I've lost months of new contacts, phone numbers, emails and contact organization. Pretty bummed. Not sure why that box wasn't checked and the phone backup system is absolutely no help at all as, by design, iTunes only saves ONE backup of your phone at a time, and after the operating system updates to iOS4, it immediately and automatically backs up the phone with the new settings, writing over the real backup with the data you might want to return to.
Restored it from backup today to see if it'd repopulate the names, but no, it went to the backup it took AFTER the iOS4 update. It even erased the new spelling of someone's name that I put into the phone last night!
Why is this upgrade process designed without more safeties in mind, Apple? Not sure how that happened but clearly grandmothers and others might have a snafu and need to go back to an earlier backup. Can't iTunes backup the last 3 or 5 versions, or just note the differences so getting back lost data is easier? Happened a few years back, an iPhone I was using that went bad, but iTunes backed up the corrupted information in its single backup so that the last few weeks of entries, etc., got lost. Any way to get wireless syncing of the phone in the future like with Time Capsule or something, indexing at least a few multiple backups by date or something?
Clearly all the names were on the phone in their entirety immediately before the update, but then poof! Anything I can do about it now? Any ideas, folks?
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Try a hard reset right now and see if they disappear.
Hold Sleep/Wake and Home buttons for 10 seconds until you see white Apple logo on the screen. Wait for the phone to restart and see if the contacts are fixed.

Contact names not appearing in m/book mess. app

I have a mid 2013 macbook air, purchased in spring 2014, ever since it was new it would not always display a contact name in the message app, sometimes it would just display a phone no as the only form of identification for a particular message thread. some message streams would have proper ID, IE a name, others would just have the contacts phone number, it was a bit hit or miss.. this has recently gotten much worse, now 95 percent of my message streams have no contact name, only a number showing.. an Apple tech told me its because phone/macbook integration is only a few months old, and this is basically the state of affairs at the min, it may improve over time. he also told me that my macbook can glean a certain amount of contact info from my phone, if it is on the same wi fi etc.
The reason i am enquiring here, as to the veracity of the above answer i got from Apple, is not so much lack of faith, usually their tech guys are very good in my experience, BUT, i have seen other people with this same problem asking for help on various forums, and people have posted replies on HOW TO FIX THIS ISSUE, which made me wonder if it is indeed a fixable issue.. interestingly, none of the fixes mentioned has worked for me so far, so as a last resort, can any of you tech genius's suggest a fix???
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After speaking to more than one Apple Genius who struggled to fix the above, i visited my local store and spoke to a dude who i believe was more of a sales asst/supervisor than a 'Genius', he quickly found that my hotmail and icloud contacts did not match, and this was causing the issue, he advised me to ensure all of my contacts from both of the aforementioned, were entered into my macbook contact app and thus icloud, then to switch off hotmail contacts in my settings.

Contact names not showing up for incoming calls!

Seems to be a reacuring problem for Blackberry. Ive done a search for this on here and there doesnt seem to be a solution for the other devices. Like the titel states, when I have an incoming call it shows just the phone number, not the persons contact name, which is saved in my devices contacts list. I have a brand new Blackberry Passport. Just wondering if there is any fix for this?? This is a big problem for me. Don't have many contacts numbers memorized as Im sure most people dont nowadays.

Hi @svansoros
I've unable to reproduce this issue after testing so I was wondering if you don't mind doing a few tests for me followed by capturing logs so our teams can investigate? To do this you'll need access to two phone lines.
LineA = Your Passport
LineB = Another phone line
On your Passport, create a new contact entry that contains LineB's phone number, e.g. 123-456-7890 and the contact name 'Test Test'
Using LineB, call your Passport and record what appears on your display, does it show the phone number or 'Test Test'? Record what time you called your Passport as well.
On your Passport, change the formatting of the phone number in the 'Test Test' contact to 1234567890 and call your passport again using Line B. Record the time you placed the call and what was displayed 'Test Test', or the phone number only.
After completing these steps, capture logs using the steps below and send them via email to the email address I'll send you via private message. Thanks for your patience and understanding!
How to capture logs
Open the Help application.
Swipe down from the top of the screen and tap Create Report.
Tap the Snapshot tab
Tap the Save Log Snapshot button.
Once the capture is complete, the device prompts to Upload Logs. Click No when this prompts appears .
The notification message closes and the log collection screen is displayed.
The Log Snapshots are automatically saved and can be found on the device memory in the Logs folder under Device\Documents\
Send the logs as a attachment to the email address I'll provide via private message.
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