Text message notifications on iOS 9 not recognising contacts

At the very least, try to report it using their Feedback tool, so they can't use the excuse that they didn't know… http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

The more people that do this, perhaps the quicker they'll listen? (Optimist?)

I have done this, I just hope others do too. They are reluctant to admit anything on the phone. 2 updates in such quick concession shows they know they have issues..

I Have spoken to them today and went through some various 'fixes' but still no solution, the next was via back up an restore but can't imagine this would help, I will post later what they got me to try as might work for you guys??? An will report via the feedback tool..

I've also reported it. Not sure it'll make any difference, though.

Just adding my name to the list of people affected. I've reported it, too.

Can't believe it's not been resolved yet, very poor service.

These are some of the things that they tried..

settings>general>language&region and make sure everything is correct there

Then

Settings>general>reset> reset network connections 'you will lose all saved wifi passwords'

lastly

settings>iCloud> turn off contacts, when asked keep on iPhone, then turn back on and merge contacts again.

None of which worked for me but maybe might for one of you guys..

justin

I think we just need to accept that there are issues with their software and just have to hope they will sort it. I do not have high hopes though. A company this rich treating those who got them there like this is appalling. Become a shareholder, they will bend over backward for you then.

Yes I'm also affected by this problem. I have a brand new iphone 6s plus which I received on Saturday and it is running ios 9.02 on the O2 network. It is randomly affecting both imessage contacts and normal sms texts. I have also noticed that one moment a text notification will display the contact name correctly and the next time I receive a text message from the same contact it will only display their phone number. I have tried various suggestions mentioned above but to no avail. I have also reported this to Apple.

Goodbye apple, hello android.... this was the straw that broke the camels back for me!

Well just got an Android and Lo and Behold everything works perfectly anybody want a IPhone 6+ in perfect condition ( but you don't know who is texting you)

Had this also. Never an issue on old phone, got 6s and an issue on iOS 9, 9.0.1 and 9.0.2 with a messages from a couple of users appearing on the lock screen as a number not a name but ok within the app itself once unlocked.

Previously had rebooted/reset/reset network settings/reconfigured WAP settings/reloaded phone provider cert/deleted out that contacts number and re-entered it.

Issue was with sms not imessages for me and only from some users.

Spoke to Apple support just now, deleted out the text thread history from that user within the message app, and now all ok.

Had it with a couple of users and that fixed them all. No idea why they had got corrupted

Message sender id not being shown on notification for iPhone 5 since updating to ios 9.0.2.

Acknowledgment of this issue and news of next update would be helpful. Am very patient apple user. All technology platforms have their ups and downs. Would be good, though, for a little more focus on customer service. Please.

I agree with SpaghettiHoops. Deleting the iMessage or SMS text message thread from an affected contact solves the problem. It must be a corruption in the text message thread when you upgrade to iOS 9. Only certain contacts are affected but its annoying to have to delete the whole text message thread to get notifications to work.

I am having the same issue, only some contacts, some iMessage and some SMS, Have tried all the current suggestions. apart from deleting message thread, as I need to keep some of the old messages.

iPhone 6s, iOS 9.0.2, on Three.

Deleting message threads isn't really a solution - I keep mine like records. It's almost like telling people to delete all your personal files to fix a problem. I hope they find another way around this, even if it involves having to delete and restore messages.