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How to Fix Contact Names Not Showing on iOS Device

by Harry M. developer

Contacts are one of the most underrated yet crucial things in the mobile device. It will be evident to anyone who has gone through the trauma of losing them. In iPhone devices, users have the option to take the backup of contacts, which is a major thing. Sometimes problems also happen when contacts don’t show up. When this kind of problem happens, then you only see the number of the person but not the name. It’s a common issue and a lot of people face it after updating the device.

How to Fix Contact Names Not Showing on iOS Device

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Contacts name not showing on the iOS device can be fixed, and the procedure of fixing is also simple. If you are facing the same issue, then you don’t need to be worried because your contacts are not lost. The contacts are just not showing the name, which can be a bug or a temporary issue. When you face this kind of issue, you will not see names on the calling history, messages, and contacts as well. Here is how to fix it:

Fix Contact Names Not Showing

Reboot the iOS Device

To fix the issue, you should try restarting the iOS device. It’s a beginning process and quite easy so every user can perform this activity. The Reboot feature is available in the “Setting” menu of the iPhone. There is also the hard reboot option available that you can try if your problem is not solved.

Hard Reboot without Home Button Device

  1. Press “volume up” once
  2. Press “volume down” once
  3. Now “press” and “hold” the power/sleep button
  4. Keep it on hold until you see the Apple logo starting to re-appear in the display, and then your device will reboot process will be started.

Hard Reboot with Home Button Device

  1. “Tap” and “hold” the “power button” + “home button” at the same time and keep it on hold until you see the logo of Apple on the screen.

The rebooting process will take 5 minutes to activate, and it will restart the setting and other things as well. If there is any kind of bug or temporary error available, then it will be fixed from the above method.

Check out if iCloud Contacts Are Enabled

A common reason behind the issue might be that your iCloud contacts are turned off. Sometimes by mistake, we “Turn Off” the iCloud contacts, and then iCloud stop showing the contacts and problems happen. To “Turn On” you need to follow:

  1. Launch the “Settings” icon.
  2. Above click on your “Apple ID” name.
  3. Tap on “iCloud.”
  4. You will see the list of apps that are turned Off and On. If your contacts are Off then “Turn On” and iCloud will sync the contacts again in your device.

As mentioned, it’s a common issue that most of the time happens by mistake. If you are saving contacts in iCloud, then these will be safe. There is no way of corrupting files or crashing the file. Backup of contacts does not take much time as the size of the file is small. Taking backup and restoring it from iCloud is one of the most vital things in the iPhone device.

Harry Martin is a creative person who has been writing blogs and articles about cyber security. He writes about the latest updates regarding office.com/setup and how it can improve the work experience of users. His articles have been published in many popular e-magazines, blogs and websites.


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