why does it say false on my contacts

Hi,

Check this thread. I just responded here. I've documented what I've done so far... I'm out of options.

Re: Bogus phonetic "false false" added to contacts

It's not limited to iphones. I am having the same problem with and iPad 3.

So far, the two common things I see is Yahoo! and iOS.

Same, here! But, with an iPhone 5. Started with just a couple of contacts I had updated. Now, it's almost half of my contacts. They all show up under the "F" section. Has something to do with the Phonetic Name, which is a new one to me. Wondering if it's a bug...But want it fixed ASAP! Anyone know anything yet?

I Spent about an hour on the phone with Apple support today on this same issue. I had about 17 contacts out of 2,000 plus that had the "false false" entries into the last and first phonetic name title boxes. Deleted the iCloud addresses then added them back. Didn't fix it. Deleted the Yahoo contacts then added them. Didn't fix it. They determined that Yahoo has a problem and they are the ones that need to come up with the fix. I am going to zero in on Yahoo as this is definitely a bug or something in their software that needs fixing, and soon! Now, several hundred of my contacts have this "false false" entry and are stuck into the "F" section of my contacts between "Fal.... and Fam...." The other 1600 or 1700 hundred are where they belong! Go figure!! If all of us having this problem contact Yahoo I think we will get a quick resolution.

Well I'm having a heckuva time trying to figure out how to submit a bug to Yahoo. If you have a link could you post it here?

And interestingly enough I see android users reporting the same problem of false coming in on the phonetic name.

Thanks

I'm having the same problem. "False" comes up under "Phonetic name". Why? Most of these contacts do not have yahoo accounts and are not tied to my yahoo. Plus the only ones that show up with False are the contacts I updated or recently added. This is not normal. How can this be fixed?

I Noticed it is only happening to contacts I've linked due to duplicates, and/or edited. ??? I go back to erase the word "false" and save. It doesn't work.

Does it it have anything to do with the iCloud?

Virus?

Any Ideas?

I had the same problem!!! Luckily im only fourteen and my mind works incredibly fast. Luckily i was able to find an app in the app store called "Contacts Sync for Google Gmail with Auto Sync". to find it easier, just search "contacts" in the app store and scroll till you find it. It was the first result when i searched for it. Anyway, also you might wanna note that this (ironically) only works with gmail accounts. After installing it, you'll be prompted with a sign in page for your gmail account. After signing in, you should see a page with a bunch of different options for syncing your contacts. but for this problem specifically with yahoo, your gonna have to navigate to the "settings" tab on the bottom of the screen. Then, select "account to sync" Select yahoo (x number of contacts) after that, go back to the "sync" tab, and select the up arrow labeled, "yahoo contacts-> gmail" it should sync almost all of your contacts (i say all because unfortunately the app requires an in app purchase to sync all your contacts with an unlimited number) if your willing to fork over as much money as it charges to have unlimited contacts, then go ahead. afterwards, go to your settings app, select mail,contacts, and calender, then turn off contacts for yahoo. btw, its not going to matter if it says it'll delete your yahoo contacts, because your new gmail contacts will already have all those numbers saved. to make sure everything worked, go to your contacts app, and all your contacts should be there. if not, then select "groups" in the top left corner, and check my contacts, all icloud, and all gmail( of course) And if your contacts are still in the F group, just edit and remove the "false" name from the contacts for all of them. The newly edited contacts will sync to the gmail server, and save in the correct groups alphabetically. (for future reference, go back to the contacts section in mail, contacts, and calenders in settings, and select icloud as the default account for contacts YOUR WELCOME 🙂

Thank you for such a thorough answer! Your 14 year-old mind works much better on these technical problems than my 74 year-old mind! I'll get the App and work on this tomorrow. Keep up the good work young man!

HI all

if you go into settings and turn off iCloud contacts but keep on phone then go back to contacts and delete the word false,then back to your contacts,wait for a few seconds and the name should go under the right letter..

hopefully this should work....

To start with this only works if you can delete you Yahoo account..........

If some of your contact are listed in the F's it's because of the word false false.

After reading the questions and answers about getting false false on your contacts, and so many said it was a Yahoo problem, i went to my phone, SETTINGS, MAIL,CONTACTS, CALENDARS, choose Yahoo accounts, then I deleted my Yahoo account and the problem CLEARED UP INSTANTLY

I have an iPhone 4S that I have been working on, so as to resolve the technical issue of a common failure in Apple's codec. Since no "Codec" is alledged to exist with Apple's iOs, or "Independent Operating System," the "False" entry cannot be corrected until Apple releases a Patch for it.

Don't worry, there is a solution to this problem, and I will share it here.

When I try to use my phone with my Bluetooth, Siri cannot understand me well enough to learn to say names. Technically, this is the reason that Apple creators and engineers made it possible to utilize phonetics in the first place. So, what happens when you tell Siri, "Call CJ." The name is correct in the phones memory, so Siri promptly finds it, and then says, "Calling False False." Looking at your screen, you will see that Siri is indeed calling the correct number, however, if you are driving, it is unpleasant not being able to look and confirm this, and it would really be nice to have Siri wisen up to smart phone standards.

Basically, what you need to do is just teach Siri to say the name you want her to say, and she will. As far as getting your contact back where it needs to be alphabetically, Apple will have to resolve this in later patches. Just remember, tapping out the first few letters of the name you are wanting to call or text will bring up that name.

I too had the problem but only on my iPhone. Contacts on my iPad and iCloud account were fine. All devices are linked together. I went to settings on my iPhone, then to Mail, Contacts and Calendars. I went into my YAHOO account and turned off CONTACTS since my primary Address Book is Contacts on iCloud.It asked if I wanted to remove them from my iPhone and I said YES. Problem solved. Evidently it was coming from YAHOO.

Yahoo appears to have fixed the issue. This morning I deleted Yahoo from my Android phone, restarted it and then reinstalled Yahoo from Play Store. 5^th time I’ve done this since July 31, but this morning the Yahoo contact issues were resolved when I reinstalled, so I’m assuming whatever caused the issue has been fixed. All Yahoo contacts no longer have phonetic name field and all contacts are in order by last name again in Android phone contact list.

Thanks, you got me on the right track and it works

Blue Jacket

Yahoo knows about the problem and is "working" on it.

https://yahoo.uservoice.com/forums/210695-yahoo-mail/suggestions/6246445-your-co ntacts-are-syncing-to-everybody-s-phones-wi