Contact Name not appearing during SMS - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Sorry if this has been answered, I've searched around but cannot find anything of the sort (if I am not searching hard enough, I apologise in advance.)
So I've been using the Galaxy Nexus hardcore for a while and I'm impressed by everything. Battery life is highly impressive and the screen is brilliant. The ONLY problem I'm having is that sometimes I get an SMS and the contact name does not come up, which is annoying as I then have to reply "Whose number is this" blah blah.
Anyway, the number is saved on my phone, but when the Contact Name is not displayed the number is +44xxxx xxxxx and I have the option to add that number, so it seems the phone is not recognizing that +44 number? Anyone got any ideas on how to fix this? It's getting a bit annoying with the Contact Name not coming up. If I reboot the phone the Contact Name is displayed on the conversation again :/

Ok so this is happening in the call log too. The number is showing but not the contact, but it only happens for a few of them and only sometimes. Anything i could do or steps I could try to get them to show up? Quite annoying not knowing who is who.
Thanks in advance.
Faz

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Call History Names Gone

I've searched w/o success on this annoyance.
From time to time I'll get a message that suggests things have changed on the server and the handheld needs to be synced. I may not have the wording correct here. When I select "Yes", and allow this sync to happen, all the numbers in my call history are stripped of names, leaving only the numbers. Not a deal breaker, just annoying. Anyone else find this? If so, what's the cure?
Thanks in advance for any help here.

this phone drives me mad here..

Got some very annoying problems with rhodium here. First of all - choosing different number than primary for some contacts doesn't work - the phone still tries to call the primary number. Next thing - extension numbers that definitely worked before stopped working the very day I got rhodium - anybody else experiencing this problem? Finally - I want to put the number that I got in text msg to my address book. Can't find the way. Plz help me a bit or I'm gonna dump that phone down the toilet where it belongs. Grrrrr, god it pissed me off today....
I can only help you with the last problem: When someone sends you a phone number via text, it should be highlighted. Then you hold down, and press save to contacts, or copy and paste it into an existing contact. If it is not highlighted, the people who sent it to you are probably leaving the area code off.
first of all which contact interface you use? touchflo 3d's contact or windows mobile own contact?
i think you use touchflo 3d's contact interface,which i never use.
Instead i use wm's own contact interface. it doesnt have the problem you mentioned. click on the contact name,all the numbers will come up,then you click on any number you like,it will dial, see nowhere i find the problem as per your description.
you can use keyswop to change left softkey(calendar) to wm's contact.
Nokiadashi,
Are you just trying to increase your post count for some reason? Your moronic posts are annoying with the large blue fonts, the cut and paste posts saying every problem is because of a ROM, and your useless "help."
Please learn some manners when posting
I second JReb's post & move to bannage if he keeps this up.
I copmpletely agree, Nokiadashi is just increasing post count, his posts arent helpful at all anyways. Get this moron off of XDA

I would not like to "Text" Work numbers

Is it just me, or is there anyway to remove the option to Send a Message to any numbers not designated as "Mobile"?
In my address book, numbers designated as Home or Work still give me the option to Text them.
Its frustrating to accidentally send a Text to my Wife's work number, because I selected the wrong option in People, when it shouldnt even show as an option unless its a Mobile.
Any one able to help on this?
massivebasset said:
Is it just me, or is there anyway to remove the option to Send a Message to any numbers not designated as "Mobile"?
In my address book, numbers designated as Home or Work still give me the option to Text them.
Its frustrating to accidentally send a Text to my Wife's work number, because I selected the wrong option in People, when it shouldnt even show as an option unless its a Mobile.
Any one able to help on this?
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I'm not trying to sound mean or anything but maybe just don't text the wrong number...?? Generally you should probably know your wife's cell phone number vs. her work number.
rutter9 said:
I'm not trying to sound mean or anything but maybe just don't text the wrong number...?? Generally you should probably know your wife's cell phone number vs. her work number.
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Yes, I do, and you are right, user error is the most at fault here.
I know my wife's cell number, but I hardly know anyone elses. Thats why I keep a detailed Google address book, so that I dont have to.
However I still think its silly that it allows you to designate numbers as mobile or not, but then automatically gives you an option to text non-mobile numbers. Is it not?
And if it is silly, its something Id like to correct if I could, hence asking the community if anyone else has seen this, and knows of any way to address it besides always pushing the decision on the user.
That's a good point. I thought that was annoying as well. I do most of my messaging straight from the messaging app but it still shows all numbers. It's a bit annoying.
Sent from my EVO 4G using the XDA App.
Sorry I don't have an answer, just want to say I'm with u on this. I think its reasonable to expect such a genius phone to know it can't send a text to a land line.
Although, as I type this I'm realizing that more companies are using cell phone for their primary lines and employees. Who knows, maybe we will be able to send texts to land lines someday soon. If a regular phone has an lcd for cid display why couldn't it display a text message... things that make you go "hmmm"
I asked a similar question before in a different thread... but does anyone know if the People app source is ever released when they release the source for the EVO ROM?
I imagine the hardest part about excluding the option to message other numbers would be finding the right spot to implement an if statement. Then would it be possible to compile the APK and install that custom version on my phone? While I would be in there I'd probably address the First name sorting problem
I'm 100% with you on this. I know it's part of user control but it shouldn't have to be.
There should be a checkable option in the Messages/SMS app: "Include Non-Mobile Numbers" and it should be off by default.
I also wish you could exclude certain contacts in the Messages/SMS app. There are people at work I would never text but I have their number in case they call me (I often am the "go-to IT guy") so I know who it is.
Ah well, we can hope!
I'm so with everyone on this..It annoys the hell out of me.
but you know what? I found out that apparently Sprint has some kind of service that will txt to landlines.
txt your home phone and you'll see..maybe there is a way to turn that off i dont know. didnt check much further into it
MrDSL said:
I'm so with everyone on this..It annoys the hell out of me.
but you know what? I found out that apparently Sprint has some kind of service that will txt to landlines.
txt your home phone and you'll see..maybe there is a way to turn that off i dont know. didnt check much further into it
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Yes, I've done it by accident many times. Those who I've texted (landline instead of wireless), said they answered the call and was given the option of having my text "read" to them. In fact, I just did it yesterday to my brother, thought I was texting his cell and instead sent it to his home. His wife answered and some "computer lady" read her my text...
massivebasset said:
Is it just me, or is there anyway to remove the option to Send a Message to any numbers not designated as "Mobile"?
In my address book, numbers designated as Home or Work still give me the option to Text them.
Its frustrating to accidentally send a Text to my Wife's work number, because I selected the wrong option in People, when it shouldnt even show as an option unless its a Mobile.
I know this version of the G1's Contact.apk has this option (it was my request of the dev lol)
It works on my EVO (2.1 rooted) but MAN it's ugly after using People for the last few days.
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I hate to say it but some people's mobile number is their home number. Lots of peep no longer have land lines at all. If you put a filter on what the sms app shows you would likely have as many people unhappy about that as you do this. If your going to error, do it on the side of making things possible as opposed to restricting things is likely the logic in play here.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
I thought the messaging app did have that option then I realized I use handsent and it does have a mobile only option in its send settings.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
i guess it depends on how many contacts you have but you could create a group that only contained mobile numbers. Although if you have a significant amount of contacts this would probably be a pain
I created separate "land" contacts for those I text and that have land lines. Lousy but works.
massivebasset said:
Is it just me, or is there anyway to remove the option to Send a Message to any numbers not designated as "Mobile"?
In my address book, numbers designated as Home or Work still give me the option to Text them.
Its frustrating to accidentally send a Text to my Wife's work number, because I selected the wrong option in People, when it shouldnt even show as an option unless its a Mobile.
Any one able to help on this?
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Download handcent sms from the market and under settings, then send message settings, check,"show mobile num only" should work for you. Sorry if this was already posted, I didn't read the full thread
Sent from my HTC Evo using XDA App

[Q] Phonebook entries, giving number not recognised error...

Hey guys, having a small issue with my phone at the moment. I've got a load of contacts in my phonebook. All loaded from their Facebook information.
Every time I try to dial any of these numbers, I get the "sorry this number has not been recognised error". Now before you go jumping to conclusions and say stuff like "they've entered the wrong number on FB" "it's an old number and they haven't updated their FB" or anything like that. Let me say, that manually dialling the exact same number, doesn't result in the error message. I can dial them fine from my landline and other handsets.
I have a suspicion I know what's causing the issue but I'm at a loss as to how to resolve it. The numbers from Facebook all seem to get modified with an 'international mobile dialling code' (or something, in my case +44 for UK).
So instead of showing as 07*********** it's showing as 44**********.
So my guess is the way FB is formatting these numbers is somehow confusing my phone, but I don't seem to be able to edit these numbers to the 07 version.
Any idea how I can get this sorted? Preferably without asking my 50+ contacts to check their formatting on FB
Thanks!
Multiple threads on this, it's a Facebook thing - unsync them and they'll be fine

[Q] Contact names not appearing in SMS/Call log

I don't understand but sometimes the Contact Names decided to appear and other times they don't. Like take for example my friend Curt, he sent me an SMS but the name didn't come up, only his number starting in +44, then about an hour later his name mysteriously appeared again. In the Call Log this is also happening where number are shown but not the name.
Could this be somehow to do with the phone not recognizing number starting in '0' and '+44' because I think all the contacts I have on my WhatsApp, this does not happen with them and that's because WhatsApp saves them as +44.
I can't really go through and change all my contacts numbers to +44 but that might not even be the issue. Does someone have a clue. Any help would be MUCH appreciated as often I don't even know who it is that called me or texted me.
Thanks.
Faz.

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