Hidden Contacts

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Hidden Contacts

I used to have a friends name and phone number held as a contact. When I access Contacts, either directly via the Contacts App or via the Phone App, the name is not displayed. The Group displayed is All Contacts. However, when I use the keypad to enter the phone number and press 'Call', the contact name is displayed.

I have 190 contacts displayed in the phone's contact list but I would estimate I have another 30 or so that are not displayed but show the name if the number is entered manually.

How can I recover these contacts so that they display properly?

iPhone 4, iOS 5.1.1

Posted on Jun 20, 2012 7:41 AM

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Answer 1

RolandoS

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Oct 12, 2012 3:39 PM in response to YodaTony

Just on a lark, and if you're on iOS 6, try going to Contacts, then tap on 'Groups' at the upper left hand corner, then tap on 'All Contacts' so that there are check marks next to all the group names below All Contacts, then tap on Done, and see if your friend now shows up. It's possible that this contact was sorted in a Group that wasn't selected. Don't know if this is the problem, but it might be worth a try.

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Answer 2

Oct 12, 2012 3:53 PM in response to YodaTony

Couple of things.

You can try deleting and re-entering the contact to see if that helps.

You can also check your contact settings in the Settings app to see if anything got changed.

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