Something really odd just happened.
I got a text from my buddy Aaron.
Opened up my SMS, and it showed another contact's picture and phone number when looking at the thread. but when I went back to the list of sms threads, it would show Aaron's phone number (not connected to his contact, no picture, no name etc)...
If I clicked on it and went back into the thread, again another contacts name and phone number and picture
wtf ?!?!
So I deleted the sms thread. Went into contacts, and swiped left on Aaron's contact to text him, when in the sms typing area, it only shows his phone number and fails to connect his number to his actual contact.
When I call Aaron from my contacts though, it does show his picture ...
is this sort of thing a common occurance ?
All my contacts are sync'd with exchange (corporate) and most of them are linked to facebook.
I've got no contacts on my sim, or entered into the phone memory itself.
I also noticed that when using a 3rd party sms app, the texts don't get linked up to the contacts, so it would only show the numbers.
pda:I9000UGJG9
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csc:I9000BMCJG9
bell phone running on fido
i have not seen the error yet
but now that i know, i might not be surprised if it does happens
wow .. honestly that sort of thing is pretty unacceptable on any phone..
This happened to me yesterday! Any ideas on what causes it?
Ya i ve d same problm. anything can be done abt this?
This has been discussed many times before, its generally down to having other SMS applications on your device, ie Handscent.
this happened when i coded my own SMS app, left it installed on my phone for a few days and open the conversation to my mate and had all the msgs from my girlfriend in it...
Lol.. It actually happened to me a couple of time. Thankfully it solves itself when I hit the back button
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it happens me several times on 2 of 4 galaxys. this is totaly unacceptable offcourse. if this isnt fixed on froyo I have a galaxy for sale.
Which firmwares, and is this firmware you are using a final version?
sensi_ said:
This has been discussed many times before, its generally down to having other SMS applications on your device, ie Handscent.
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It does it for me quite regularly, and I've never installed any other SMS apps. Bog standard JF3, never flashed, nothing.
It was also one of the first things my friend mentioned to me about his new Galaxy S, which hadn't even had a single app of any kind downloaded at the time.
Believe me, it's very weird to have a text apparently from your best male friend telling you how much they love you after the phone gets the name confused with your girlfriend.
Weeeeirdness.
guys, you do know this issue is just a SMS software bug eh?
have you guys tried using ChompSMS (freebie)
that will prevent the problem of mixing contacts
me had this problem before but not anymore when i flash the i9000ZSJP2 firmware..... try it...
SMS problem yes, but Mail too!
I have had this problem with SMS a couple of times, but more serious and more frequent: Exchange mail mixes up, I get maibodies under wrong subject! I am using standard SGS Exchange client. Any other seen this?
AllGamer said:
guys, you do know this issue is just a SMS software bug eh?
have you guys tried using ChompSMS (freebie)
that will prevent the problem of mixing contacts
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Yup it sure is and i can confirm it on the firmware jpjg8
iv been recieving a lot of sms's and on the notification it gives me some random contact name but once opened it correctly goes back to the original sender with the text. i havn't tried using a diff sms app as im pretty happy with the stock 1 in use.
as for a fix , i found out that a big list of contacts and sms's do confuse the phone and try as much as possible to keep it as small as possible but id love to keep those sms's / mms's , so still no real fix T_T
bump .. me also haveing the same problem. contacts name in the notification is displayed wrong ..but it corrects itself when i open the sms.
using another app solved it
i switch to use Handcent SMS, much better than ChompSMS
i never really noticed if there was a problem with SMS getting mixed up
must have been an older bug on the older firmwares
I Have the same problem as the two people below.
I'll get a new text message, and it will show up on the notifications bar as from some random person, and i'll get another text from the same person and the notification will show another random name. They seem to be names of people that have previously sent me a message, but it is quite strange... It only started happening recently, so maybe it is an app or something conflicting?
The only things that come to mind are the LauncherPro messaging widget that i've been putting on one of my homescreens.
I'm running
Firmware 2.1-upadate1
I9000UGJH2
ECLAIR.UGJH2
rooted and running one click lag fix
also running trillian in the background, as well as beautiful widgets wheather.
can you guys post some info on what you are running so that maybe we can find a cause for this?
karanits said:
bump .. me also haveing the same problem. contacts name in the notification is displayed wrong ..but it corrects itself when i open the sms.
using another app solved it
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mazroui said:
Yup it sure is and i can confirm it on the firmware jpjg8
iv been recieving a lot of sms's and on the notification it gives me some random contact name but once opened it correctly goes back to the original sender with the text. i havn't tried using a diff sms app as im pretty happy with the stock 1 in use.
as for a fix , i found out that a big list of contacts and sms's do confuse the phone and try as much as possible to keep it as small as possible but id love to keep those sms's / mms's , so still no real fix T_T
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I experience the same on my desire z with htc's default app.
Is the a solution for this?
I find custom flashing and limiting the number of contacts ridiculously lame - no offence, but these bare not $10 devices
I had this bug on 2.1. I had no other text app installed so put it down to an eclair/rom version bug. Mine would also text the wrong people if it had got the contacts mixed. Best fix for me was a reboot.
I'm on Froyo now and no sign of it so far......fingers crossed
This very same thing is happening to me now. Called my carrier but they couldn't help. Hoping to find a solution here.
my x8 will not send or receive text after install gingerbread. installed new sim card, phone says text sent but it isnt. any help on this??
What rom are using and are you using the default msg app? and are you able to make and receive phone calls?
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Is the pemittion of msg app right?you can check it in system/app
i am using the cm7 mod. the phone works on everything but text. i got a new sim card just to be sure. i also deleted the mod and reinstalled but it still the same prob..its like something is turned off??
i do not have a msg listed under system/data
solved
called tech support at at t and surprise they could not find a reason for no text. as soon as they hung up a miracle happen and my x8 can send and rec text. im just saying!!!
Hello!
I'm running GT-N7000 on 4.0.3 stock ROM (N7000XXLQ3 - Baltic).
When I open contacts list from SIM card I see only 134 contacts but there must be 237 contacts (SIM card from my old phone).
Anybody know what the reason of problem is and how to fix it?
Thanks in advance!
In contacts press menu button you will see contacts to display there you can change settings and you might be able to see all contacts
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sitanshu91 said:
In contacts press menu button you will see contacts to display there you can change settings and you might be able to see all contacts
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I’ve tried this but problem still exists.
Looks like contacts from SIM are partially read from the SIM memory but on old phone (HD2) everything was OK.
When i receive a call, SOMETIMES i only see the number that's calling me and no caller id, like i dont even have that person in my contacts. I am using the default phone and contacts app from JB 4.1.2.
Is it a ram problem, phone app problem, modem problem or something else ?
Pls i need a solution for this, it gets annoying to no know who i answer to
Are the contacs saved in your phone or your google acc ?
rapttorx said:
When i receive a call, SOMETIMES i only see the number that's calling me and no caller id, like i dont even have that person in my contacts. I am using the default phone and contacts app from JB 4.1.2.
Is it a ram problem, phone app problem, modem problem or something else ?
Pls i need a solution for this, it gets annoying to no know who i answer to
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Does it show caller's number or just "Withheld"/"Private number"?
I have the same problem. It show only the number, not private number or anything else.
And when I answer to the call, it show the ID again.
Try to save the contacts on the simcard
dukuletz said:
I have the same problem. It show only the number, not private number or anything else.
And when I answer to the call, it show the ID again.
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Yea, that's right.
alibenkenobi said:
Are the contacs saved in your phone or your google acc ?
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Actually they are saved in my google account, but i don't have an active internet connection; i just log in to wi-fi when i need something from the google market. Idd, why there is no Phone account ? Or is it replaced by this google account ?
I have the same problem. I'm using the stock phone app. It started with JB 4.1.2 and still happening with 4.2.1
javiast said:
I have the same problem. I'm using the stock phone app. It started with JB 4.1.2 and still happening with 4.2.1
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yea, in both JB versions...i was so annoyed that i changed to GB for now .... since nobody got an answer for it yet
I actually have the same problem, but I'm using ICS and an I9001 (arco's CM9 build 2)... Maybe it's a CM issue?
It happened to me too one time. It turned out the Contact numbers are saved in multiple times. Try to clean your contacts or try put your settings first to display only one source, either phone, sim card, or google account.
Device: GT-i9000
Rom: JB 4.2.1 C-RoM Mix v5
Kernel: Mackay 0.234
i only have 1 set of contacts in google account (since there is no phone account in cm10, but i guess it gets replaced by google acc).
Hey guys. Searches didn't bring up anything I could use. When I flash any 4.4 aosp rom (I don't use sense) most of my phone contacts don't show under hangouts or the contacts app. So if I want to send a text to "mom" I have type in the phone number and oddly enough the name "mom " will appear at the top of the new thread. I tried searching if I need to merge my contacts with Google plus and such. I honestly have no idea what is the problem. Not a bad gapps flash, made sure if that. Help!
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