My contact phone numbers are no longer formatted and texts come from numbers instead of people. What gives?

All of a sudden all of my contacts as displayed on my iPhone have lost their formatting. So the numbers all read as 1234567890 instead of (123) 456-7890. And, what's worse, is when I go to the texting app, all of my texts are still there, but instead of showing me the contact name, all I see are the unformatted phone numbers of where they came from.
Any ideas on why? It's a Verizon iPhone 4S. This lack of formatting is not showing up on my Mac nor my iPad. Would a re-sync fix this? I'd hate to have a re-sync screw up the info on my computer and pad, though...
Rock

I too am having the same problem, and use the *228 then killing all my open apps solution to bring my numbers back to the correct format. However, as just a one time fix, I keep on getting the same problem again after a few weeks, and last week, after a few days of doing the *228 fix. Does anyone know what is causing this problem on Verizon iPhones? As a point of information, I was previously on AT&T with my iPhones until my wife transferrred me over to Verizon (on her business account because she wanted to surprise me with a new iPhone 4S).

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