r/iphonehelp • u/aleesh_uh85 • 1h ago
Help needed Help! iPhone showing phone numbers instead of saved contact names in iMessage
I’m having an issue where certain contacts saved in my iPhone are showing up as phone numbers only in iMessage instead of their contact names. The names still appear correctly in my Contacts app, and this only seems to affect certain contacts, not everyone. I’ve already tried deleting the affected contacts and re-adding them, but that didn’t fix the issue. I’ve been back and forth with senior Apple tech supports and did a whole bunch of tests/troubleshooting, but nothing seems to work.
Has anyone experienced this or knows how to resolve it? This has only happened to me as soon as I switched to the iPhone 18. Any suggestions would be appreciated!
iPhone 18 pro max iOS 27.0.1