Spaces between phone numbers in contacts

Thanks for that info, postmanrtr!

At this point, we have a couple of things we'd like to test. The first will be to log in on the iCloud website and see if the issue persists there. That will give us a better idea of what's going on.

If the contacts look correct, let's go to Settings > [Your Name] > iCloud and scroll down to Contacts. Toggle that off and tell it to delete the contacts from the device. Once you've done that, restart the iPhone then toggle it back on. This will force the iPhone to download a new copy of the contacts.

Let us know what happens from there.

Cheers.

Hey there, and welcome to Apple Support Communities, postmanrtr!

We see that you're having some trouble with spacing in the numbers for your contacts. We'll be happy to see how we can help.

Let's start by going to Settings > General > Language & Region. Once there, change your region, wait a couple of minutes, then change it back. Once done, go and see if the issue continues.

If it does, we have some questions to better understand the issue.

•Does the issue continue if you create a new contact?

•Are you still able to call and message your contacts?

•Is it happening with all contacts, or only specific ones?

We look forward to hearing back from you.

Cheers.

The issue is within SIM application settings where default roaming setup is wrong and causing numbers to use wrong region; something that your carrier support and should know how to solve it.

If you search for it, you can find a very lengthy thread on Virginmedia Community portal about this issue with details how to solve it.

For the record, my comment wasn’t about Data Roaming settings under Settings > Cellular > Cellular Data Options.

Your carrier might offer SIM Applications options and if available, those might appear in Settings > Cellular > Cellular Data (right above SIM PIN menu). If not there, your Carrier most likely will use short codes (those starting with # that you call or txt) to change some of those settings (e.g. to enable/disable some plan features like voicemail).

Contact your carrier and tell them that your SIM default roaming region settings are set to wrong region causing issues such as calling numbers saved without international prefix number. Ask them to change it for you to your region (or to set to ‘off’ or ‘auto/automatically’).

postmanrtr,

At this point, we'd recommend using Get Support to contact Apple Support to look into what could be going on. They would be your best resource from here.

Cheers.