Nokia N97: Contact name not displayed when they ca...

Anyone know how to fix this problem.

This problem is ALWAYS caused by multiple entries, as Fender says, you have the same number with several names so phone doesn't know who is calling and just shows number, or you also need to check memory in use in contacts, if you are using more than one source ie phone memory and sim, you will also get conflict. Check your contacts and set phone contacts in use to only one source ! Just phone memory or just sim. There are many posts on this subject, just use user search, it's always the same solution
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