I've recently noticed that on my SMS messages only a contact's number shows up even tho in my contacts list the name is clearly there.
Any help is appreciated.
Paul.
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I have this same problem, what Rom are you on? I'm on insertcoin GB.
Am having the same problem.
I was having this issue with stock Desire, but installing Handcent showed me the contact names.
I flashed Redux ROM 1.2 and then, both Handcent and stock Message app showed contact names.
Now I flashed InsertCoin v25 (also tried RCMixHD 1.4) and the problem is back. Now, not even Handcent is showing the contact names...
I think it is because Android considers phone numbers to be 8 digits long. In my country, they are only 7 digits long. If I put a zero, for e.g. at the beginning, the contact names show up, but then I can't dial the numbers.
If I put country code, contact names show up when I receive an SMS but not when the person is calling. What an annoyance!
Nocx said:
Am having the same problem.
I was having this issue with stock Desire, but installing Handcent showed me the contact names.
I flashed Redux ROM 1.2 and then, both Handcent and stock Message app showed contact names.
Now I flashed InsertCoin v25 (also tried RCMixHD 1.4) and the problem is back. Now, not even Handcent is showing the contact names...
I think it is because Android considers phone numbers to be 8 digits long. In my country, they are only 7 digits long. If I put a zero, for e.g. at the beginning, the contact names show up, but then I can't dial the numbers.
If I put country code, contact names show up when I receive an SMS but not when the person is calling. What an annoyance!
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I don't think that is the problem. When I restart the phone, it fixes itself but shortly after the problem comes back.
Ok not the same problem as me. Maybe your phone is syncing and affecting your contacts after restart?
Someone suggested deleting draft messages and after that it works.
@325i i had that problem with that rom too, i editted the contacts to make sure the numbers were the same . Then i did a google sync and restarted and they showed up as contacts names
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325i. said:
I have this same problem, what Rom are you on? I'm on insertcoin GB.
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I've used various roms these past few days and still the same issue even with handcent too.
Everything syncs as usual thru Google. Been flashing roms of varying sorts for a year now. And first time its happened.
Sometimes the numbers come up with different dashes in-between the numbers but its never caused this issue before. Its doing my head in.
Paul.
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did you ever figure this out?
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Hi,
I found a strange little bug with the HTC Sense People app.
I have all my contacts synced from my Google Account but the problem is "Call Mobile" has 44 at the start of the number. Meaning when ever I try make a call it says number not recognised - I think it needs to have +44. When I got into edit contact it has the actual mobile number with 077 etc...
Any suggestions?
I've noticed this, I'm betting the contact you have this problem with is linked to Facebook. If you look at that persons Facebook details I bet they've put a phone number in that starts with 44. There is no way around it unless you can persuade them to change it. It seems that it uses this info over the Google info. The only thing to do is to unlink the contact from Facebook till they sort their number format out.
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I've noticed this, I'm betting the contact you have this problem with is linked to Facebook. If you look at that persons Facebook details I bet they've put a phone number in that starts with 44. There is no way around it unless you can persuade them to change it. It seems that it uses this info over the Google info. The only thing to do is to unlink the contact from Facebook till they sort their number format out.
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Thanks for getting back to me and yes they are synced with Facebook.
I have found a little work around though, when you are in the dialer and have their name highlighted use the optical pad to move left and right and it will choose their other numbers.
Ah! That's interesting to know, although I usually select ppl to call or text via the people app, so it kinda stuffs you that way. Oddly it will work for sending texts but not calling.
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Hey guys,
i just found out that if you change the number (from mobile to work or home or something like that) it sort of fixes it. You still get the wrong facebook number in there but ay least you also get a usable number to call.
ok.. here's my problem.. i stored my contacts phone numbers without the country code... i had problems with sms or phone calls.... that i couldn't recognise them when incoming number came with country code...
so i changed all my phone numbers and added the country code... issue with sms has been resolved using handcent sms but for phone calls.. when incoming number is without country code.. it does not recognize it!!! very frustrating!!!
my old SE w700i didn't have this trivial problem
Have you tried saving the incoming call number to the contact (overwrite the existing)?
I recall having the same issue on a .... nokia smartphone. Was a mess. Until I overwrote the existing contact number with the new. Problem solved with both sms and calls.
problem sometimes incoming number comes with country code and sometimes no... i just can't save 2 numbers for each contact.. what a mess... any fix?
Sorry about reviving an old thread, but has this been fixed?
I come from Redux 1.2 ROM. With Stock Desire, was having this issue, but not with Redux. Now I went back to HTC Sense based ROMs: InsertCoin v25 and RCMixHD 1.4 and the problem is back. Now, not even Handcent can see the contact names (it could on stock Desire, where Message app failed)...
Any help on this?
i think it is htc sense doing that... i have just installed cyanogen 7 and does not seem to have this issue. is redux a sense rom? if it is not, then that's surely htc sense which is causing the issue
I think it's HTC Sense too.
Redux was a no-Sense ROM.
i was prefixer to kind of solve this issue.. just add a rule in prefixer to append your country code to each incoming phone number and match it with your contacts... this is the only workaround i have found... but if you can live without sense, go for a senseless rom like cyanogenmod 7(i am using atm) or some other roms
When dialing a Facebook contact from Contacts, Call Log or LPP People Widget, the dial pad appears with that contact's # & picture but the dialing attempt ends & I get a message of "Call has been lost".
I first noticed this after flashing CM7 N96. I've seen it on N98-N101.
From poking around several forums, I'm confident the problem is that Facebook contact phone #s import with +1 at the beginning. If I edit the contact to create a separate contact, without +1, I have no problem getting calls to dial.
I don't want to do that for over 200 contacts.
Does anybody know away to keep FB #s from importing in that format?
Anybody else seen this happen?
I find it strange that I can only find a handful of posts about it anywhere. Nobody has a solution except to change each contact.
Thanks, in advance.
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When dialing a Facebook contact from Contacts, Call Log or LPP People Widget, the dial pad appears with that contact's # & picture but the dialing attempt ends & I get a message of "Call has been lost".
I first noticed this after flashing CM7 N96. I've seen it on N98-N101.
From poking around several forums, I'm confident the problem is that Facebook contact phone #s import with +1 at the beginning. If I edit the contact to create a separate contact, without +1, I have no problem getting calls to dial.
I don't want to do that for over 200 contacts.
Does anybody know away to keep FB #s from importing in that format?
Anybody else seen this happen?
I find it strange that I can only find a handful of posts about it anywhere. Nobody has a solution except to change each contact.
Thanks, in advance.
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Yes. The best method is to not import Facebook contacts.
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Using the + (plus) prefix for country codes
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Yes. The best method is to not import Facebook contacts.
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I think it's still a bug. Using the plus sign as a callout prefix has been an accepted standard for many years and my cheap $10 feature phone can handle it cleanly. I find that this bug exists in all derivatives of CM 7 based ROMS but doesn't seem to exist in the Froyo based versions.
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I noticed a similar issue when I used to run CM 7.2. I didn't have any of my Facebook contacts imported, though. Not sure what the problem was, but I'm on Deck's Reloaded now and haven't had the same issue.
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Ok So My Major Problem In Sense Is The Contacts. After using the phone for a day or two my contact name doesnt appear in messages, just the number appears but when i go to people the name of the contact appears. so What must Be The problem when contact number appear instead of their names?
ps its fixed after a reboot but will come again after
This is a known issue, nothing you can really do. Other have suggested using a 3rd party messaging app like gosms. So you can try that if you want
I use sms backup + for storing my sms and call history online.....
The sms works well
However, the call history would show only phone numbers without contact name.... showed "unknown"
I've tried to delete the google profile then sign in again............
It works for some of the contacts but some are still unknown........
Please help me
@txs
bump. having the same problem
toastyy said:
bump. having the same problem
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same here.. it went away when using AOKP and CM10 roms.. but whenever im using htc sense based roms it seems to happen.. pretty damn annoying!
I also use SMS Backup+ to automate SMS and Call Log uploading to Google, on a Sense ROM (ARHD 21), and it's working without issue. Only Unknown entries are literally those with Unknown numbers.
Can't be a Sense-related problem. Must be something else.