Contacts Not Registering

[CoMoNexus]

I exported my contacts to Google Calendar, and they showed up on my N4. But when my wife calls or texts, only her number shows up. No name or photo. Same problem with my other contacts.

Doesn't 4.2.2 automatically search the contact list for matches? I can't find a setting anywhere to manually turn on that functionality.

 

[wunderbar]

Not sure what you mean that you exported contacts to google calendar. Do the contacts show up in the People app on the N4?

 

[CoMoNexus]

Sorry. Typo. I meant Google Contacts. Yes, they all appear in the People app.

 

[Rizy7]

Force sync the contacts with your account. If not try editing like your wifes contact in people and see what happens then. If that really still does not work you might need to clear the contacts storage on your device.

 

[CoMoNexus]

Forced a sync, but that didn't fix it. Cleared contacts storage and then waited for it to sync, but only her number still shows up in messages and call history. This is getting as frustrating as iCloud.

 

[Rizy7]

That is quite weird.. The contacts definitely have numbers in them?

 

[CoMoNexus]

The contacts definitely have numbers in them?

Yup. Every other smartphone I've had automatically used caller ID to see if there's a match in the address book.

 

[gone down south]

You using stock messaging and calling apps?

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[CoMoNexus]

You using stock messaging and calling apps?

Yes. I'm also using Google Contacts (as opposed to a third-party app such as SyncMate) to get everyone into the phone.

 

[Tall Mike 2145]

The only thing that makes sense to me is that either the number as you have it entered in your Google Contacts is wrong, or somehow your contacts list is physically screwed up somehow. If it were me, I'd do a quick CSV export of your contacts, then blow the list away and manually reconstruct just your wife's entry, and then have her call you to see what happens. This way, you can also go over your contacts using something more convenient (say Excel or LibreOffice Calc, for instance) and sanitize your contacts, then re-import them into Google Contacts.

 

[CoMoNexus]

The culprit appears to be that Android doesn't understand that a CID of +1 555-123-4567 is the same as a contact entry of (555) 123-4567. If so, unfortunately I don't have time to go through my contact list to reformat every number to accommodate Android.

 

[Tall Mike 2145]

Again, just do an export to CSV, and then you can sanitize the list with your favorite spreadsheet app.

Besides, why would you put a "1" into a telephone number as the first digit anyhow? It's not a part of the number.

 

[CoMoNexus]

Besides, why would you put a "1" into a telephone number as the first digit anyhow?

I don't. That's how CID formats it.