Texts only display numbers

My iPhone 7 has just decided to display numbers only (no names) in my received texts, although my iPad is showing contact names. How can I get my iPhone and iPad to sync?

iPhone 7, 12

Posted on Feb 12, 2019 5:10 AM

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Posted on Feb 12, 2019 5:18 AM

You have two questions

Q1 Answer: Open Contacts App, Top Left Hand you Will see "Groups" Tap on Show All Contacts

Q2 Answer: Use Same Apple ID on both. For Text sending and receiving on iPad

Settings > Message > Text Message Forwarding [Enable the Device]



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