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I just bought an iPhone 4s this weekend. I upgraded from a 3G. The transition seemed to go smoothly. I hooked it up to my iMac and iTunes transferred everything over, apps, documents, contacts, photos, music, etc. Seemed to go off without a hitch. My 3G would show the name of the sender of a text or a phone call if that person was in my contacts. My new iPhone 4S won't. I would really like to get this set up again. When the phone rings, if the person is in my contacts, the name shows in the banner. But when I go to recent calls list, it just shows as a number. So if I want to call back, there is no name. Same with the text. There is no name so I don't know who I am getting a text from or texting back to unless I can recognize the number. I am so used to my 3G that I no longer recognize the numbers.
Any help would be appreciated.

Is your carrier Verizon? If so take a look at the link below
http://discussions.apple.com/thread/3752984?tstart=30

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