Contact names not showing in messages, only number

nokia 6121 no names will show when ringing or recieving texts so I dont know who they are from etc, very frustrating, how do I change it to show the contact name not number? I cant find any settings to help me? thanks

Hi, In such case, try to check the things below:
1> Make sure all contacts are stored in unique memory : sim or phone memory (recommend phone memory)
2> Try to avoid 1 contacts has few numbers and other case, similar or same names for fews contacts
3> Add your country code into the normal number format, eg: 0123455678 --> saved as +60 12345678 (+60 is the country code for MY)
4> Check the settings under Contacts folder: Contacts > Settings > Contact view or Display contacts > try to change Last name/ First name view option one by one

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Contacts names not showing in messages

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still same with iphone 4s 6.1.1 --- no contact names during receive call if registered with country code and still no contact names on sms if registered without country code
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Registered numbers with country code on ios 6.1 during incomming call is just number no name!!! And in sms incomming names appear if only number is registred to phone book with country code. Monaco +377...
I have been waiting to fix this bug since ios 6. Till 5.1.1 worked perfectly now i feel apple is going down and that didnt fix for next 5 months. Even cheapest phone would never have that mistake. I never got feedback i never believe apple read this at all or they take seriously. Having phonebook in iphone they make big deal in every ios they release but the thing is shame it not workinggggggg and is like pain in my .......beeeep... My family calling me and i see only numbers. That shameeeeeee. I feel so sad for you apple. I was so optimistic this will fix in 6.1 but i think thumbs down for 3rd time ;(.
iPhone 4S, iOS 6.1, Fix this ..........t.
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One Contact Name Not Showing In Messages?

Hiya, for as long as I can remember my girlfriends name has not shown up in my messages/recent calls etc - only her number. I've tried deleting the conversation and her contact and re-adding again - didn't work.
Tried disabling iCloud Contacts sync while doing it, no luck.
Also tried resetting my network settings and still no luck
Any ideas? Thanks!
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I've entered it exactly as I have done the other contacts in my phone, with her name in the right fields but where 'Joe Bloggs' would appear in messages or missed calls list, her number does. I've tried it with both '0' and '+44' (im in England). The contact shows up fine in my address book. I've just tried changing her name to 'Joe Bloggs' and it's still not displaying it in messages.
However I've just added a '1' to the end of her number, sent a message to it and it's displayed her name! So it's something to do with the phone not liking her number...
It's very, very confusing!

TS2326 Contact Names not showing in Messages

I have the above mentioned problemfor ages & have been saving the numbers twice as +947.... & 0777.....has a solution been found, I have saved them for only few contacts, it's a time consuming exercise....

Hi, In such case, try to check the things below:
1> Make sure all contacts are stored in unique memory : sim or phone memory (recommend phone memory)
2> Try to avoid 1 contacts has few numbers and other case, similar or same names for fews contacts
3> Add your country code into the normal number format, eg: 0123455678 --> saved as +60 12345678 (+60 is the country code for MY)
4> Check the settings under Contacts folder: Contacts > Settings > Contact view or Display contacts > try to change Last name/ First name view option one by one

Contact names not displaying in messages

On my N9 while in messages (sms) my contacts names are not showing up for some people randomly. It just diplays the number, but it does show the correct contact picture and when i go into the message thread it does show the contact name there. Anyone else experience this issue and know of a fix? I've tried adjusting the way the phone number i stored in my phone but it does not appear to help. I am on pr 1.1

I have the same. I see that new message come, I see only number. But after some time correct name is shown.
More probematic thing is that contact is not showing when someone calls me. I see that someone is calling, there is only number shown, I answer, (still no contact name) i talk few seconds and then i look at phone i see that contact is shown. Why it takes so long for my phone to recognize contact?
I don't need to say how annoying this is, I must recognize all my friends by voice.

NOKIA 6600 INBOX CONTACT NAME NOT SHOWING!?!? HELP

Hi my mum gave me her nokia 6600 yesterday as shes upgraded but it was on vodaphone, ive now put an o2 sim in and it accepts it and works fine.
HOWEVER when i recieve a txt it doesnt show the contact name in the inbox just the number.
I have wiped alll contacts from my sim so they are only on my phone, i have tried changing the code from 07 to +44 and visa versa.
Can anyone help me?

Does the name show when you recieve a call from the numbers you have tested?
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On 4s, Contact name not showing up in messages. I see the contacts phone number.

On my previous iPhones when using Messages, the contact name appeared at the top of the screen. Now I see their 1+xxx-xxx-xxxx (phone number). People who haven't updated their iPhone's yet now don't see my name in Messages, they see my 1+ phone number. What's up with that?

He says "Somehow there was two different catagories - "All Contacts" and "Contacts." All of my contacts were in "All Contacts," I dragged them over to "Contacts" and Messages picked them up." However, I don't understand where these two categories are.
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Contact name not showing in call/sms log even when I call/sms from my address book.

Two things have changed on my phone recently.
1. I ran the latest update 4.3.2
2. My phone was not showing all the contacts in my address book that is in my Mobile Me account. Mobile me had 166 contacts. The iPhone 4 had 136. I I unchecked the syncing of my contacts on my phone. This removed all the contacts from my phone. Then I check the syncing options again. All 166 appeared on the phone.
I'm not sure which of the two caused the issue but now anytime someone who calls their name does not appear on the display or log, just their number. I can even call people from my address book and the display shows that I am calling them with their name and photo on display. However, in the call log the name does not show just their number. This applies for text messages. I send a message directly from within the contact card in the address book and in my text log it shows only the number and not the name.
I've turned the phone off and on a couple of times.
I would appreciate any advice.
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Thanks iraghib,
In the end I reset my phone to factory settings. I created a back up of my address book and ical. Reset the phone and did a sync again. This fixed it all. I didn't need to use the backups but is was nice to know they were there. I felt entering the various passwords for all my installed apps was a much better deal than adding the international area code to the 166 contacts I have in my address book.
Good luck. And thanks for the post.

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\
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Contact names not showing on text or calls - uk iPhone on O2

I know there are numerous threads on this already but all seem to be for US phones mostly on Verizon.
My contacts names in SMS randomly started disappearing. First messages from two people only showed as numbers. Now within two days all texts on show numbers. Some are set with +44 some not. All are in my contacts. I have two contact lists (thanks to not being able to merge my existing MobileMe with existing apple account when upgraded to IOS5 - thanks apple) but this hasn't caused an issue until now. I have tried switching both iCloud and MobileMe contacts off and on - various combinations. Have tried international assist off and on. Have added each number to existing contact and tried setting up as a new contact. Have synced and rest phone. Nothing works.
Any ideas anyone?

After calling Verizon, here is a fix that worked for me.
1.) Look at your contacts information on the iPhone. If your phone numbers are not formatted with the parentheses and dashes, and are just a string of numbers like this: 1234567890, it likely means something went afoul in the initial sync. This is a good indicator that the following will work.
2. BACKUP YOUR IPHONE ON ITUNES before you go any farther. You may eject the iPhone at this point or leave it connected. I left mine connected to my desktop.
3. Then go to Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content and Settings. You will receive a prompt or two to make certain this is what you want. Proceed.
4. Let the Reset process conclude. It may take a couple minutes or so.
5. You will have to go through the re-activation process afterwards. Slug through it.
6. When all that is finished, reconnect your iPhone (if you disconnected it after backup).
7. When asked, select "Restore iPhone from a Backup". Let the process finish.
8. Now, check your contacts. If instead of seeing a line of numbers for your phone entries, you see a number properly formatted like this: (123) 456-7890, then you have likely solved your problem.
9. Try calling your iPhone from a phone that is in your contacts list and see what happens.
10. If this doesn't work, you will likely have to call Verizon or Apple. The Verizon tech support agent said that the issue has been sent to Apple for resolution. It may be something amiss in the initial install of iOS to the Verizon phones. Who knows, but this is defnitely a software issue of some type.

Names not showing in Messages app, just numbers!

Hi all.
I have setup my iPad Mini with Retina Display and synced it with my iCloud account (contacts, calendar etc) but when I use the messages app on the iPad, the contact names don't show, just the phone numbers. My iPhone doesn't have this issue. Some of the numbers show up on the iPad messages app starting +44 (the UK country code) but the number is stored in contacts starts 07. If I change the saved number to +44 it woks on the iPad. I don't have this issue with the iPhone, just the iPad. Does anyone know why?
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So Think I may have found the answer to my own question.
In the UK our mobile/cellular numbers start with 07. If I send an iMessage from the iPad from a number starting in 07 it displays the names just fine but doesn't on my Iphone. If I send it from my iPhone it shows fine but not on my iPad.
The issue is clearly when the iMessages are synced. I think it may be because when the iMessages are sent to Apple's servers, these servers have to cope with lots of iMessages from lots of international places so to help them identify the messages and which countries they come from, they substitue (in my case) the 07 part of the message with the international dialling code +44 (UK code) as they would do for other countries and it is then the number with the international dialing code added that is synced with your other devices.

Contact info not showing in messages

Since upgrading to IOS7 my ipad will not show contact info for messages. On my iphone the upgrade works fine.

Hi, In such case, try to check the things below:
1> Make sure all contacts are stored in unique memory : sim or phone memory (recommend phone memory)
2> Try to avoid 1 contacts has few numbers and other case, similar or same names for fews contacts
3> Add your country code into the normal number format, eg: 0123455678 --> saved as +60 12345678 (+60 is the country code for MY)
4> Check the settings under Contacts folder: Contacts > Settings > Contact view or Display contacts > try to change Last name/ First name view option one by one

Contact names not showing on lock screen

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Since updating to the latest version of iOS 8 my iPhone 5S does not show contact names for SMS messages or calls on the lock screen. It just shows as their number, and appears as normal with their name as soon as I unlock my iPhone. Is this a new privacy setting or something and is there a way to change it?
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I am having the same exact problem. Let me describe this situation a little better for you guys. I turn off my phone at night and when I turn it on and I have text messages/iMessages that were sent when the phone was off, appear on my lock screen as their phone numbers. In iOS 7.0, they came up when the phone came on as the name of the contact. Now, when I turn on my phone it shows the text/imessage as their phone number instead of their name. Annoying. You would think by now there would be a resolution. After I enter my code and go to messages, the names are all there. It's annoying and seems to be a continuing issue that will probably will go unresolved. I am assuming Apple thinks we all keep our phones on at night- not me.

Blackberry Pearl 8120-contacts names not showing

I just upgraded to this phone and half the time when my phone rings contact names do not show up, just the phone number. What's going on?

Do you have those names/numbers in your BlackBerry Adress Book?
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There could be any one of three solutions... Try these:
1. Make sure you set your own country code at Phone Dialer Screen > Options > Smart dialing.
Set your country code in this format: "+xx" where xx = your country code. Some countries have two or three digit Country Codes. Do not place the '+' in your contact's entry.
* In the US, set this Country Code as "+1", and place your loca area code in the proper box (this normally the default setting in a new BB).
2. At the same location, change the National Number Length to the number of digits for your country (since some countries will have less than 10 as set as the default in the BB). Find out the total digits, minus the country code. Do not place the '+' in your contact's entry.
* For example, some countries have a total number to 8 (plus 3 for country code). You would enter "8".
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Contact name not showing in sms

when i upgrade my iphone 4s into ios 7 and activate my icloud it started to not see the contact names and lost almost all my contacts

it's important to use 10-digit or fullly compliant international numbers for all contacts to keep things working smootly.
on the other hand, if when you have the contact properly filled out and the recent calls or sms list show just the number it's likely a corrupted addressbook.
I had this problem since i restored my iPhone 4 onto my iPhone 4s. turned out to be a corrupted address book database on the phone.
deleting the database @ /Users/Library/AddressBook (all files starting with AddressBook) (while Addressbook NOT running and when iCloud sync and iTunes sync both off) and re-run address book to create empty database before re enable sync solved it!

Contact names not showing in messages, only number

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