Did a search for this and I didn't see anything so If I missed it, sorry just point me to it. I'm having an issue with the names of my contacts not showing up in the call log or on text messages. If I go to the actual contacts section all the names are there but if anyone calls me or texts me it just says (unknown) and then there phone number but If text someone it shows there name but then when they text back it shows as a new message (not in the same group as the message I sent) and does the same thing with (unknown) and there phone number (even though when I sent the original text there name showed. (Hope that all made sense)
I have checked and all of my contacts are in the actual contacts section so I know everything is syncing ok I just can't figure out why there names wont show up in calls, call logs or texts. Any Ideas?
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Hallo,
i was searching for this but found no answer..
in Messaging (and also on TF3d) i see number of sms and not of the contact who has send me the sms. only from persones that i have as favorites (on persones tab on tf3d) the sms shows correct name..
is there any setting which shows only names..
i have tryed allready to move the value in HCLU/.../phone (which is in topaz wiki) from 8 to 9 and to 10 and back to 8 but it shows only numbers...
hope some one can help
This happened to me today. I had one of my friends numbers entered incorrectly so obviously when the text came it showed the number and not the name.
After correcting the number in my contact list, on the black touch flo screen listing the texts, it still shows the text with the number and not the name, even though when I click on the text, it correctly identifies it with the correct person and shows it in their list of text messages.
All other texts from him now show his name in the black touch flo screen, but that original text still just shows his number. This must mean the sender is stored with the message the moment it arrives, instead of being looked up whenever it is required.
This also means it should technically be possible to rename who your texts came from by editing some file or other.
Hi,
in all Android builds I have tried it is the same. When I go in certain contact which have several numbers, I also have Send message link for each number, even though some numbers cant recieve sms and such (home numbers). Is there a way to remove this and perhaps made it something like in WinMo to have a switch for default SMS number. Sometimes it is very confusing to find a right button for SMS and often make mistakes sending the messages to wrong one.
I've had a problem sending SMS messages to one (and only one) of my contacts. Unfortunately it is the contact I text the most, so it's a real pain.
When I first set up the phone, it synced all the contacts from gmail and facebook.
Unfortunately this particular contact had their number on Facebook as ++44 (0) 7123 123456, which my phone stored as +4407123 123456 (which is incorrect as when you have the international "+44" you need to get rid of the 0).
I changed it manually on the phone to +447123123456, and my friend changed it on Facebook.
Now I can compose new texts to this person and they send ok, but whenever I reply in the conversation thread my message fails to send.
When I check the message details on the failed message it says "To: +4407123123456", with the rogue zero back in place, even though I can't find that zero anywhere in the contact entry.
I've tried deleting the whole conversation thread, but that hasn't helped. This problem happens in the stock SMS app and also in Handcent.
Any ideas how I can fix this? The incorrect number must be stored somewhere, but I can't find it
When I start a text and put in the name of the contact I want to message, dup doesn't do this for calls, but I can figure out how to do it for texts. It shows 2 only pulls names from either the phone or sim?
I'm posting this here because it seems to be an issue specific to the messaging app on my S4.. I have ONE contact that, when I try to send an MMS to, can never find the right person, unless I go to a chat with her and attach it after the fact. Here's the way I typically do it (and what happens):
- Open Gallery and find a photo
- Choose Share and Messaging
- Start typing her name in the To: field
At this point, her name will show up, BUT the name that shows up only has an email address associated with it and no phone number. If I send, it sends her an email and no MMS.
If I open the Contacts app, her name shows up twice: once with just the email address, and once with all the contact info I have.
If I log in to Gmail (where I normally go to reconcile all these quirks) and look at her in contacts, her name shows up once with all the contact info.
WTF do I need to do? Where is the email-only contact coming from??