As an SMS arrives, a link between the phonenumber who sent the message and a contact(name) is made.
Why does WM6 look at first in the list of the SIM contacts,
and if none SIM contact has the senders phonenumber,
it looks in the 'outlook' contactlist?
I'm not really interested in the why, rather to be able to change the list which primarely must be checked.
Eventualy.. deleting all the SIM contact is a solution, but I'd rather don't wanne do that.
WM6 looks at first in the 'outlook' contacts.
The problem was that the phonenumber in de 'outlook' contacts had a wrong prefix.. that's why it showed the SIM's (abbreviated) contact name.
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I had been scouring the PDA phone forums for the solution to resolve my SMS issue.
After using my O2 XDA IIi for almost a year, I still had not find solution to fix the "Contact Name" problem in my SMS "Sent Items" folder.
If I were to reply my received SMS messages, the name would appeared in the Sent Items, but if I were to compose a new SMS to a number, which appeared in my SIM contact and phone contact list, only numbers would be shown on the list, and if I were to explode to full view, the Sender From: is "null" (blank), and To: "1234567" (numbers only).
I had read the forums about the "country code" being the source of problems, and i tested out by appending "+xx" country codes to both contact list and SIM card, but still it does not work.
Could some kind souls help me out?
I'm having a similar problem, no solution at all...
I can't see the sms sender's name, only his phone number. even although having it in my adress book. This is a really grave problem to me.
Hi all!
I was wondering if there is a way to force the SMS application to requery the Number->Contact relationship.
I have a number of text messages which only show the phone number but not the contact name even though there is such a contact in my address book.
I tried doing it by deleting all texts and restoring a backup from PIM backup but no luck...
Many Thanks!
alt236
In WM6.1, mine get fixed if I receive a new text from an updated contact. I still have some with Last, First because I haven't received anything from them.
Thanks
I just upgraded to 6.1, so lets see what happens!
I just received a text from one of the "problematic" contacts, but no luck.
The new text does show his name, but none of the older ones got updated...
Edit: The annoying thing is that the problem exists only in the lists view. If I open the text, the contact details show up fine...
Ok, I know that title is a little convoluted, but I don't know how else to put it. Basically when entering the recipients name in the "To" input field, some contacts don't show up. Example: Say I wanna send a text to Brian Knoll. I open Messaging app and start typing his name in the TO box, I get Brian Davids, or Briannna, or Brittany, but no Brian Knoll. I'd have to back out, search for his contact via phone search or contacts app and then compose a text that way. This is the same for about half my contacts and is NOT rom specific. I know it's not SIM contacs screwing it up either, cause I can store a brand new contact and have the same thing happen when trying to find it. What gives???
I also noticed this problem. In fact, I only get listed those contacts which have been synced from Facebook but not the ones comming from the sim card...
St.Jimmy! said:
I also noticed this problem. In fact, I only get listed those contacts which have been synced from Facebook but not the ones comming from the sim card...
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I think as far as your problem is concerned, You can fix that in contact settings > import/export > import SIM contacts.
make sure its saved as a mobile number and not home or work it won't add a home number cause you shouldn't be textin a house
Easy fix.
Go to brian first and then compose the text message.
I am not sure how to explain this but i was exploring ROM's last month. And one of it has a feature which grabs numbers in SMS or email and then links to contact.
I don't know if this is an application or anything else. How can i have this feature on my Team ICSSGS RC4.2 ?
Thanks in advance.
More deails: My carrier sends me missed calls as SMS when phone is off and i want to see whos number is it without dialing that number.
Also, i want to see contact name if a phone number from an Email already exists in my contact list.
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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