Why am i seeing imessage id instead of contact name?

I just upgraded to iPhone 6 and now when I receive an imessage it shows the senders ID instead of their contact name. How do I change it to display the senders name again?

Go to Settings>Messages>Receive At>Caller ID and select your phone number instead of your email address.  If you don't see your phone number and/of you don't see the Caller ID setting, your phone number is not yet activated with the iMessage server (and you will notice that is says "waiting for activation" under iMessage).

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