iPhone not showing contact names, only phone numbers – Fix

Can’t view the contact’s names on your iPhone, only the numbers are showing up? It is impossible for you to remember and distinguish the numbers on your own. The situation worsens at the time of emergency. So, without wasting any of your time, follow these solutions to fix the problem.

 

Fix 1 – Disable and re-enable Contacts sync from iCloud

You have to disable the contacts syncing from iCloud, wait for a while and re-enable the same on your iPhone.

Step 1 – You need to open up the Settings for this purpose.

Step 2 – Next, touch the Apple ID banner there.

 

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Step 3 – In that Apple ID settings, open the “iCloud” settings.

 

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Step 4 – There is a separate section called ‘Saved to iCloud‘ in the iCloud settings.

Step 5 So, tap the “See All” option to open the full list of apps that are synced to iCloud.

 

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Step 6 – There, turn off the “Contacts” option in there.

 

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Step 7 – iCloud will prompt for you preference whether to keep the contacts or discard them.

Step 8 – Tap “Keep on iPhone” to keep the contacts on your iPhone.

 

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Step 9 – Now, we are going to re-enable it. So, switch on the “Contacts” toggle in there.

 

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This way, you can manage

 

Fix 2 – Sign out from Apple ID and log back in

iPhone contacts are directly linked with the iCloud account, which is synced with your Apple ID. So, logging out of the Apple ID and signing in to it should solve the issue.

STEP 1 – Sign out of the Apple ID

These are the steps that you need to follow to log out of the Apple ID.

Step 1 – At first, go to the home page of Settings.

Step 2 – There, you will find the Apple ID details. Tap to open it up.

 

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Step 3 – Go to the bottom and use the “Sign out” option there to sign out from your Apple ID.

 

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Face ID will verify your action.

Step 4 – Type the Apple ID password in there.

Step 5 – Once you do that, tap “Done” on the top to do that.

 

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Within a few seconds, you will be signed out of the Apple ID from the device.

Now, a prompt should show up asking for your permission on what to do with the synced data on iCloud.

Step 7 – You can do as you wish or, you can just tap “Sign out” option and tap the “Sign out” in the prompt to log out.

 

STEP 2 – Sign in using the Apple ID

Now, you have to sign in to your iPhone using the same Apple ID.

Step 1 – Now, you have to come back to the Settings home page.

Step 2 – Tap the “Sign in to your iPhone” option at the top.

Step 3 – Now, you must fill the box with the Apple ID associated email ID, followed by the password to log in.

Step 4 – Apple will send a notification to your other Apple devices, which contains a code that you have to use to verify the log-in process.

//Elaborate about the iCloud syncing process.

 

Fix 3 – Turn on the Gmail contact

If all of your contacts are synced from the Gmail, you must enable that and choose the correct Gmail account.

Step 1 – Begin by opening up the Settings page. Next, open up the “Apps“.

 

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Step 2 – You must open up the “Contacts” app afterward.

 



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Step 3 – After opening up the Contacts app, go to the “Contact Accounts” settings.

 

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Step 4 – This time, choose to open up the “Gmail” settings.

 

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Step 5 – Make sure the “Contacts” toggle is turned on your iPhone.

 

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Turning on the Contacts toggle should do the trick. If you have multiple Gmail accounts and all the accounts are synced from those Gmail accounts, you have to enable contacts for all of those accounts.

You should be able to find the contacts on your iPhone.