Recieved SMSs showing numbers instead of contact names

Hi
My iPhone 4 shows only numbers starting with +20 (Egypt's International code) with recieved SMSs and the only way to show contact names is to add +20 to all of my contacts (with an app) but that would make recieved "calls" show numbers and not names !!!
Any way to fix that ?

Check to see if you have contacts in your Contacts app. This is something that can happen sometimes, and is usually cured by resetting the phone. Hold the sleep/wake and home buttons together until you see the Apple logo and then release. The phone will reboot. No data will be lost.

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