Iphone 6S/7 Imessage Showing Call Numbers Instead Of Contact Names

Iphone users including iPhone 5s/6s/7 summation iPhone 8 summation users running on latest iOS eleven are facing upshot that  imessage on iphone is showing the contact refer when person texted them.  Now it is showing exclusively the telephone number. Even the normal text messages are all displayed past times contact telephone number instead of contact names inward iPhone.

After updating to IOS11, spell contact's telephone numbers has a refer inward the listing but inward iMessage in addition to message are showing telephone numbers instead of Contact names. Also iPhone is showing the contact refer for all the text mail to the user.  

It volition non display the saved refer inward messages or when the contact genuinely calls her phone. This upshot it appears to locomote a põrnikas that pops upward from fourth dimension to time 

There are many ready listed below to ready the upshot in addition to demo contact names inward iMessage:

Fix 1: Language & Region setting

1) Head to Settings -> General -> Language & Region

2) Tap Region in addition to choose a share or thence you, I am inward the US thence I chose the US Virgin Islands

3) Confirm you lot desire to alter the region

4) cheque your Messages app, your contacts right away in all likelihood hold back normal

5) Go dorsum to Language & Region

6) Change Region dorsum to what it is supposed to locomote (For me it was 'United States')

Try now, this should ready the issue.

Fix 2:  toggle Short Name

Go to  Settings > Contacts > Short Name in addition to and then turned the Short Name inward this carte du jour off, cheque your messages in addition to it should ready the issue, right away you lot tin plow curt refer ON again. 

Fix 3: MMS setting

Tap the dwelling theater push twice to convey upward the app multitasking screen. Swipe to uncovering the Messages app in addition to and then swipe upward on the preview window to closed the app.

Go to Settings>Messages>MMS Messaging. Turn it off in addition to and then plow it on again.

Restart your telephone in addition to then see  if you lot tin come across contact names inward iMessage.

Fix 4: Edit your contact

Try making a petty edit to i of your contacts. Then restart the device.

Or

Try editing i contact in addition to added the +1 prefix (country code) to your mobile number in addition to saving it. It should fixthat contact’s refer fixed; it is possible that it likewise somehow fixed all her contacts!

Check i time to a greater extent than inward messages if the upshot is fixed.

Fix 5: Default account

Form many users the upshot is resolved past times changing default contacts from Exchange to iCloud in addition to and then switching it back. 

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