Whenever I receive a new SMS, only the contact number is shown.
I have to dial it up to see who it is.
How do I make it so the contact name will be shown instead of just the number?
Thank you.
That is weird. If you have the contact saved with that contact number, it should show. Is the format your numbers are saved in the same format that is received with the text messages? Also, is this with the stock app or with a 3rd party one?
Thank you for your answer.
Yes, it is the stock app.
Everything is stock on this device.
the numbers have a code (041 - for distance dial) before them, but this was not changed recently whereas the problem just recently started to happend.
Did you verify that Messaging -> Settings -> Only Mobile Numbers isn't checked?
bassmadrigal said:
Did you verify that Messaging -> Settings -> Only Mobile Numbers isn't checked?
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I could not find such option, bassmadrigal.
You can try clearing the data for the messaging app found in Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications -> All -> Messaging
This *shouldn't* wipe your text messages (they should be stored in a different area), but it probably wouldn't hurt to back them up beforehand. I use SMS Backup and Restore found on the market.
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Hi,
it seems, I am not able to edit the speed-dial #1. On #1 I have "VOICEMAIL 121" .. but this is of course not the reight number. When trying to edit I will forwarded to the security setting of the phone !?
Any ideas ?
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kuzco1
so you are saying you have went into the dialer, speed dial where it shows all your numbers stored in speed dial and tried to change it but wont let you? correct?
Or from the dialer screen Menu -> Options -> Click the Services tab in the Services tab choose Voice Mail and Text Messages the select Get Settings... buttons and you can change the voice mail number there.
-McMex
handcent sms 3.6.1 display the name of the received sms contact name as it is in my contacts list, the updated version of handcent will not display the name of the contacts, instead it will display the number only, same as what go sms do, it only display the number of the contact. is there any way to make go sms display the name as it is in my contacts list?
strange issue
indeed, any other suggestion how to solve this problem, especially when the apps did not show the name listed in the contacts list, it display instead the number with the interational code, so maybe i have to predefine the international code in the android settings (maybe), so is there a way to do that?
any news on this issue?
I haven't tested the program (I prefer stock) but surely this is in the settings, I'm sure the last time I used Handcent, it had the option to view by name or number...?
I actually sometimes get this issuse, I normaly just have to write a bit with the person, until handcent notices, that the contact has a name? :/
For some reason with many contacts; there is a number set as a "Primary". I didn't choose any of these numbers to be "Primary" and they are the first choice whenever I'm making a call or sending a message. How do I change/remove that? How to make a phone number primary?
I'm on 4.4.2 and Sense 5.5. All my contacts are also Google contacts.
Thanks in advance!
M_Shaaban said:
For some reason with many contacts; there is a number set as a "Primary". I didn't choose any of these numbers to be "Primary" and they are the first choice whenever I'm making a call or sending a message. How do I change/remove that? How to make a phone number primary?
I'm on 4.4.2 and Sense 5.5. All my contacts are also Google contacts.
Thanks in advance!
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Open the ''people'' app, select a contact then tap and hold the number you want as ''primary'', it will open a contextual menu. Select ''set as primary number''.
Hope this help.
alray said:
Open the ''people'' app, select a contact then tap and hold the number you want as ''primary'', it will open a contextual menu. Select ''set as primary number''.
Hope this help.
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There is no such an option to set as primary. I tap and hold the number and I get only the options in the attached screenshot?
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M_Shaaban said:
There is no such an option to set as primary. I tap and hold the number and I get only the options in the attached screenshot?
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Really strange, look at my menu:
Maybe it's because your contact are saved on the sim and not on the phone?
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alray said:
Really strange, look at my menu:
Maybe it's because your contact are saved on the sim and not on the phone?
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Very strange, we are running the exact same software.
I have zero contact on the SIM, but all my contacts are Google contacts as well -I save all my contacts to my Google account. Maybe that's the reason? If so, do you have any idea how to change the primary number changed then? Are your contacts also being Google contacts?
M_Shaaban said:
Very strange, we are running the exact same software.
I have zero contact on the SIM, but all my contacts are Google contacts as well -I save all my contacts to my Google account. Maybe that's the reason? If so, do you have any idea how to change the primary number changed then? Are your contacts also being Google contacts?
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my contacts are also google contact. Even some contact are linked to facebook/hotmail accounts and still have the possibility to set a primary number.
Maybe you could create a test contact with different parameters and see if you can make it work..
alray said:
my contacts are also google contact. Even some contact are linked to facebook/hotmail accounts and still have the possibility to set a primary number.
Maybe you could create a test contact with different parameters and see if you can make it work..
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The same idea came to my mind and it did not work at first -I was coming to post the results, but here you are having the same idea. I rebooted the phone and now the "Set As Primary Number" has appeared with all contacts. Very strange!!!!
"Mark As Default" option disapeared from Andrpod 4.3 ?
Hello,
There is more than 2 hours that I am searching for a solution to this problem.
According to my search, it seems that the option menu to set a default phone number in a contact (if we have several numbers in a contact) has disappeared since android 4.3. That's probably why alray and M_Shaaban don't have the same menu, they have a different android version ?
Could someone confirm this info ?
Is there a way to get back this menu to set a primary or default phone number in a contact with a option menu as "Mark As Default" or "set as primary number"
Sorry in advance for my english, I'm french
I'm on KK 4.4.2, Sense 5.5. I have the option to set a number as primary. Make sure you're selecting a number that isn't the primary number. Long press that entry until the menu pops up. "Set as primary number" should be there. If you bring up the menu on the number that is already the primary, the option will not be there.
I am running DU 9.2 and I can get the other persons contact pic to show up, but mine is just grey with a white guy inside of it.
Does anyone know how to fix this? When I click on the picture, it shows my contact info, including my picture, but I would like it to show up in the thread
It works in messenger, but not messaging
Solution
Go to contacts, you will see your contact there. Edit it. Click on the image in editing options.. You will see 3 or 2 profiles, change your image there and save it. It will be updated in the messaging app.
Is your phone number written to your sim card? Check settings > about phone > status > sim status
I have been wondering about this next thing:
I have a friend in Georgia (country) who tries to send me a text message, but i won't receive it.
She can call me, i can call her, i can send her text messages, but the only thing that doesn't work is that i won't receive her text messages.
Can it be the problem that she calls/sends with her number as 'anonymous'?
If so, can i change it somewhere in my setting, that i can receive these text messages from anonymous senders?
Do you have any black list programs?Maybe there is your answer.
Or you can put her number as a contact so it will not be anonymous .Or you mean that there is no number ,its hidden ?
No, i haven't any blacklist software. Only the original settings and programs from Kitkat.
And yes, i mean the number is hidden. I have the number in my list.
John_martin said:
No, i haven't any blacklist software. Only the original settings and programs from Kitkat.
And yes, i mean the number is hidden. I have the number in my list.
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restore phone default settings..