Contact Names - PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General

Hi,
Sorry but I am one of those annoying noobies!
This may be really simple to correct but my contact list shows all contact names as
last, first
I wish to change that to
first, last
Any suggestions would be very much appreciated

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SMS Inbox shows Contact Numbers instead of Names

Hey all,
I've had my Kaiser a while now, and I love it to pieces. However...
When I open my SMS/MMS inbox, I see all my texts, but instead of showing the Name of the person who sent me a message, it shows there number (i.e +447870111111). This happens if I haven't pre-saved the contact to my phone (Even though the contacts were saved on my simcard). What's more, I thought copying all the contacts from my SIM to my phone would work, but no look. And now, I have 2 sets of all numbers! (one on SIM and one on Phone).
So My questions are:
Is there a way to have my SMS inbox show the contacts name, rather than number?
Is there a way to tell the Kaiser to hide my Sim Contacts, and just display my phone contacts.
I've searched and searched for these issues, but cannot find anything. I'm fairly technical so am usually good with these type of things. But any help would be appreciated.
Cheers
Scott
for the second question, use kaiser-tweak ...
there's a option under [contacts] where you can disable sim-contacts.
the other question i can't help, sry
bye andré
OK Cheers Edi, Anybody for question number one? Surely this issue affects others?
Just to confirm I'm not a jinx, can somebody else who experiences this issu please post?
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When you store a contact after receiving an SMS, the SMS database is not updated with the contact info and so the Inbox will show with the number alone! But after storing it once, the next SMS will be named with the Contact. This is how it happens in Windows Mobile or the way it handles the messages. The updating is not done in all SMS after a contact is stored as it would slow down the device.
Regards,
Carty..
Thanks for that Carty, now i know I'm not going insane!
It's a shame it has to be that way though... Standard mobile phones usually update themselves when you've saved the number as a contact. Ah well, I still have the best phone ever!
Cheers
Experiencing The Same Problem
Try to include the country code and for sure you'll have the name appear. Problem will be, when that person is calling from the same country... Country code will be omited. So you wouldn't see the name of the person who's calling... and vise versa
Did you find any solution?
Thanks,
Angelo
Audio said:
Hey all,
I've had my Kaiser a while now, and I love it to pieces. However...
When I open my SMS/MMS inbox, I see all my texts, but instead of showing the Name of the person who sent me a message, it shows there number (i.e +447870111111). This happens if I haven't pre-saved the contact to my phone (Even though the contacts were saved on my simcard). What's more, I thought copying all the contacts from my SIM to my phone would work, but no look. And now, I have 2 sets of all numbers! (one on SIM and one on Phone).
So My questions are:
Is there a way to have my SMS inbox show the contacts name, rather than number?
Is there a way to tell the Kaiser to hide my Sim Contacts, and just display my phone contacts.
I've searched and searched for these issues, but cannot find anything. I'm fairly technical so am usually good with these type of things. But any help would be appreciated.
Cheers
Scott
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Apologies
I'm sorry. I guess my problem is different...
Audio said:
Thanks for that Carty, now i know I'm not going insane!
It's a shame it has to be that way though... Standard mobile phones usually update themselves when you've saved the number as a contact. Ah well, I still have the best phone ever!
Cheers
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Wow this thread's a blast from the past
TBH I've not noticed the problem again, which could mean one of two things:
1) The problem has now gone after Flashing a WM6.1 ROM, or
2) I haven't had any "New" people send me a text.
Sorry I can't be of more help...
Hi,
I haven't had an issue with numbers showing on an SMS instead of names (as I store my numbers as +447976123456, but I did have a REALLY annoying issue with SMS delivery reports having the number instead of the name.
This would have been fine if I sent one text every now and then , but as a heavy texter it drove me nuts - never knowing whos message had been delivered.
Just in case anyone else is having trouble with this - try the attached file - it lets you change the format of the report you get when your SMS is delivered!
Cheers
Zippyioa

Help pls. Contacts not visible?

Hi all,
Newbie here.
Odd thing is I have backed up and restored all my contacts to my new Diamond, both SIM and to contacts, yet they are not visible?
Additionally, when I try to save a number from a call I'm asked to 'select' a name, not a new contact.
Any help much appreciated.
ps Thanks to all the good stuff on here, very very helpful even for me, technically v poor.

see the latest contact i have added???

guys i have a problem.
i added a contact to my TD but i can't remember the name.
any way to check my last added contacts???
thx in advance
nickgeys said:
guys i have a problem.
i added a contact to my TD but i can't remember the name.
any way to check my last added contacts???
thx in advance
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have you tried keying the number into the keypad and pressing "Call"?... the name that you've saved it under should then pop up... (if u saved the number correctly!! )
bobbified said:
have you tried keying the number into the keypad and pressing "Call"?... the name that you've saved it under should then pop up... (if u saved the number correctly!! )
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lol, because it is a new number i don't know it inside out... i just know i added someone this weekend just don't know wich contact it is...
can anyone help?
nickgeys said:
lol, because it is a new number i don't know it inside out... i just know i added someone this weekend just don't know wich contact it is...
can anyone help?
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hmmmm... if you dont have a lot of numbers, can u open the Contacts list where it displays both name and number and just have a look there? As long as u know *some* of the digits, u might be able to recognise the number...
There's no date/time stamp as to when you've stored the number so you wont be able to find it like that..
Guess it really depends how desperate you are in trying to find the number... if you reeeeally wanted to, u could export all the contact details to Outlook, then Excel and do a Ctrl-F on the digits of the phone number that you do know.. or look through any suspicious numbers that u've never seen before..
Sounds like the situation I find myself in the morning after a heavy nite of drinking and chatting up girls..... j/k! hahaha
I agree with Bobbified, you can export the contacts to outlook, or other software. I've had an analogous situation arise, in that instance I synched my contacts to the server and exported a cvs file from the server, (which incidentally appeared to place the most recently added contacts near the bottom of the file - though I was not using MS outlook).
if you have contacts stored on to your SIM card they are given a prefix number (1 being first...) so you can just look for the highest number
ok guys thx for the help.
it was indeed a situation with tomanny drinks and girls
i allready found the number, but still if anyone has a solution for the future please post...

Contacts bug?

Hi all,
I bought the Touch Diamond2, and have noticed this really annoying problem.
I have a list of contacts (that their names were modified in Outlook 2007, and then transferred to my phone), that whenever they call I can see their number but not the name associated to them (above the number it displays: "(unknown number)"). If I choose to add the number to their name (which is already there - it just asks me to update it), then their name appears if they call. After I add it, it seems like the same exact number - no change at all.
Another thing is, if I enter a number manually that is already stored in my contacts, it doesn't show the name of this contact. If I select the number from my contact page, it does show the name and picture as it should.
Am I the only one experiencing this? Is there a setting in the device i'm missing?
Please help,
Thanks
Hello!
I also have the same problem, because of the indicative of the country, already send an email for the HTC, to try to decide the problem. I am waiting a reply of them.
have a look:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=515136
regards

[Q] Contact names in dialer problem

I just got my Razr i and I have a problem with contact names not showing in recent calls list.
When the Dialer displays the recent calls list, I see only numbers, no contact names, but when I am actually calling (typing a number) I do get the contact name.
All my contacts are from Google Contacts.
I tried installing Dialer One app and it acts the same.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Avner.
Edit: Same thing happens in the SMS app; I see the contact number, not the contact name associated with it.
Hi there, does this problem was solved?
cyberavner said:
I just got my Razr i and I have a problem with contact names not showing in recent calls list.
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Hi, is it really ALL contact names that show as numbers or just a couple? I had the issue with my girlfriends number for some reason it wouldn't show the name..
I read on another forum to just delete it and re-add it in the absolute same way as before.. and voila, worked.
Maybe try one number first, and see if that helps... if so, you may have a weird formatting in your contacts numbers...
good luck, Stefan

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