IPhone 4s with 5.0.1 software - Contacts Issue

I'm new to the iPhone having just been using one for about a week now. At first everything seemed great, I did a backup assist with my old Droid and downloaded my contact to my iPhone without a problem. When one of my contacts called or texted me, their name displayed so I could recognize whom I was conversing with. Then a couple of days later the update to 5.0.1 was pushed and that's when I noticed that my contacts were acting erratic. The phone was no longer displaying my contacts' names when I received a call, but I would then get the names displayed if they texted.
Well, I setup the iCloud and back up to my iMac contacts and thought eveyting would be great... well the problems persisted and I even had some contact deleted from the phone.
Here is what I'm able to determine so far:
If I enter a number as 1+area code+number, the names displays when getting a call but only the number displays when getting a text
If I enter the number as area code+number, the name displays when getting a text but not when getting a call
There are no ( ) or - symbols on the iPhone when entering contacts, so I can't try that
I have tried different combinations by using my iMac and updating the contact with ( ) and - combinations but nothing seems to work
While the phone works, this is an annoying problem for me, as I often don't remember the numbers and don't recognize the caller or the texter. Also, having contacts disappears (only some), seems to be and issue.
Anyone else experiecing this? Hope someone has an easy solution.
Thanks very much.

I found the asnwer here at the site... did the software updgrade through Verizon (*228, then 1) and it fixed my problem.

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