Iphone 5: contact problem

I enter a new number into the phone and press add contact, but it does not save to the address book. however if i search the contact its on the phone somewhere but not the address book. how do the contacts add to the address book when added using the 'phone' (green) app when dialing the number in.

An attached file with a text message is an MMS. SMS is text only.
If you have MMS enabled on your iPhone and you are able to send SMS, contact your carrier regarding a problem with sending MMS.

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upon tapping the contacts, groups only appears on top - without any contacts at all. the only way to view is by using my Gcontact app. How can I correct this problem at the same time use my Gcontact application properly. thanks

Either there is no SIM in the phone, or the phone was hacked to unlock it and the activation servers have now detected this.
If it was hacked to unlock it, you will need to get it legitimately unlocked by the carrier it is locked to before it will activate.

I was using same id on 2 iphones with no problems suddenly everything got mess, how can i set a new id w.out losing my contacts?

i was using same id on 2 iphones with no problems suddenly everything got mess, how can i set a new id w.out losing my contacts?

I believe because you migrated from a Nokia to an iPhone you need to register the Bn phone number with your Apple ID so it can be used for iMessage. The Pn number seems to be the only one registered
Go here > https://appleid.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MyAppleId.woa/
Manage your Apple ID and see if that does the trick
Hope that helps

HT4623 My texts have stopped getting through to one of my contacts. I can phone him and I can receive his calls and messages. I am the only one of his contacts whose texts are not getting through. We have both restarted our iphones but the problem contin

My texts have stoipped getting through to one of my contacts. I can phone him and I can receive his calls and messages. I am the only one of his contacts whose texts are not getting through. We have both restarted our iphones but the problem continues.

Have you talked to your carrier (or your friend to his)? Could be an issue at their end.

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Me too. Think it is since 6.1.3.
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A few things to try, in order...
Pop your SIM out, clean it and reinsert.
Reset your network settings.
Contact AT&T and make sure your account is provisioned properly.
Get a new SIM.
Restore from your backup.
Restore as new, i.e. without your backup.
If still a problem, it's likely a hardware issue. Take it to Apple for a warranty replacement.

HT3552 I'm playing (CSR Racing) in my iPhone but the problem I can't but gold in this game Its always said (please contact iTunes support to complete this transaction)

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Contact iTunes support:
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact/

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The iPhone 5 uses a Nano-Sim, your old phone uses a Micro-Sim. But you already knew that. If you purchased your iPhone 5 from a specific carrier, and the same carrier provided your old device, they may be able to transfer your contacts. Otherwise, you can search for a method to sync your old phone contacts to another service (like Google contacts, or yahoo contacts, or the Personal Information Manager on your computer like Outlook or Windows contacts), then sync the data to your iphone.

I'm having contacts problems. I just updated my iPhone 4S iOS to 6.0.1. And after that, I started having Contacts problems. My contact list is disappearing automatically, and I have to Import SIM everytime, to bring the contacts back.

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Setting up and troubleshooting Mail
http://www.apple.com/support/ipad/assistant/mail/
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I am reaching the end of my rope trying to deal with syncing/backing up contacts and other "non copyright protected" content from my iphone 4 and my desktop (and preferably my laptop as well). I've spent literally days trying to solve this problem with ultimately no solution. So, cutting through my MULTIPLE issues and focusing on one primary I need help backing up my contacts from my iphone 4 to ANY computer. Here is what I am working with:
A relatively ancient (5yrs) Window XP desktop with virtually no contacts in Windows Address Book and with only the native Outlook Express on it.
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An iphone 4 contact list that is primarily populated by about 200 contacts transfered from an old ATT SIM from the previous ancient phone.
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So, what do I do to make an actual, complete backup of all the contacts on my iphone w/o having to manually reinput all of the real information?? I'm frankly terrified that in trying multiple solutions I will lose all my phone contacts which at this point in my life would be absolutely devistating (ie I would probably lose my job). If it is a matter of newer hard/software I would gladly sync to the new Win 7 laptop instead but there I run into the other aggrivation of apple making it so bloody difficult to use one ios device with more than one personal computer. I'm dumbfounded and frustrated on soooooo many levels and would send countless good vibes to anyone who can help! Advice? Solutions? I'd promise my first born but who wants that these days...? Help, please! ;-)
BTW, sorry for the long wind but I'll add on my "optimal solution" if anyone is feeling especially helpful and has an answer:
I'd like to be able to plug my iphone into both my XP desktop and my Win 7 laptop and sync/backup to both freely (that is after all the real intent of syncing, non?) I don't care about music, videos, or other protected content. I manage that manually and frankly, I can do without having on the iphone as long as I can accomplish being able to sync/backup/restore all the iphone stuff like apps, settings, personal info, and contacts to both the desktop and the laptop. The purpose is that I need to be able to use and recover everything (on the road or at home) if either my laptop or my iphone dies/disappears. But, understanding impermanence as it relates to portable devices, I want a solid backup of everything at home waiting on my desktop. Is that really too much to ask apple???

Seriously folks? I know it was long but I added all info to negate a need for endless back/forth clarifications. No answers???
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Problem: Everything else syncs fine, but my contacts.
I have everything under iCloud turned On to sync onto my MacBook Pro, but it doesn't sync the contacts into the Address Book, or at all for that matter.
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GLITCH ALERT! iPhone 5 contacts syncing
Hey all,
I wanted to make you all aware of a glitch I just experienced with my iPhone 5 (black, 32 GB).
The glitch concerns the syncing of contacts between the iPhone 5 and my laptop.
I synced my contacts today and the order the information was displayed was randomized, in that it was not the order I chose, this affected the contacts app on both the iPhone and my laptop. For example, I have my phone number fields in this order: home, mobile, work; my e-mail address fields as: home, mobile (for text), mobile (for pics), work; I have a similar orders for URL fields as well.
On any given syncing session, for each contact, either all the fields within all categories will be in a totally different order, or some of the categories and their fields will be intact while one or two will be randomized. For example the order for my phone numbers might be randomized as work, home, mobile, NOT as I indicated above.
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Thanks for the suggestion, which I ‘ve tried to no avail. I’ve also been through all the troubleshooting steps in the Apple guide.
I’ve done some more experimenting and I now think iCloud is the issue.
If I add contacts to iCloud they appear on both the phone and mac but not the other way round. Everything else (Calendar, Reminders etc.) syncs fine.
I noticed that in Notifications on the iCloud web site; mail, calendar, reminders and find my mac are all ticked but contacts doesn’t appear at all. Could this be significant?
Can anyone help?
(PS my earlier comment that contacts added to the mac appear on the phone was wrong)

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1. I got a new iphone 4S and put in my mail info from yahoo, gmail and low and behold I had a contact list now in my phone. I thought, "I just love Apple!"
2. I spent all afternoon on my iphone updating my contact list with contact photos, birthdays and all the stuff I never put in on my email program or my MacPro Leopard mac addressbook.
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4. GREAT I thought. I will just DELETE the contacts in the mac address book, yahoo, gmail accounts, fix my iphone duplicate contacts so I have one perfect set on the iphone and resynch and I should have my iphone contacts filling in all the right places (yahoo, gmail, and mac address book from the iphone) and they will all now be identical... SO WRONG!
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Thanks for your timely response. I really appreciate the heads up on the My Contacts Backup App since when you have gone from 4 copies of contacts to one you are starting to feel insecure...
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