OT -> F$%I#@ Android decided not to show contact names...

[kitepilot at kitepilot.com]

Thanks!
I don't believe I have lost any contacts.
All the names and number that I remember are there.
The problem is that contact's names are not displayed in incoming calls, and 
it's a pain to screen calls...   :(
ET 

Michael Butash writes: 

> If you log into the web for gmail and contacts, are they there?  If so,
> worst case restore the phone and reimport settings.  I pick up lots of
> random weirdness in every phone I've had, eventually it seems necessary to
> just start over.  Much like windoze... 
> 
> I always seem to lose a bunch of contacts between upgrades, every vendor
> loves to set their default preferences to anything but what you want it
> seems, so stuff seems to slip away for me every time with users bound only
> to a local storage mechanism, or lost among one of another half-dozen
> accounts on the phone.  I wish there were better options other than
> diligence. 
> 
> -mb 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 5:23 PM Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com>
> wrote: 
> 
>> I would suggest you look into nextcloud and some of the contact sync tools
>> there and see if you can leverage that. This would at least allow you to
>> sync co tacts but manage your own data. 
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 27, 2019, 9:45 AM <kitepilot at kitepilot.com> wrote: 
>>
>>> Yep, I tried rebooting...
>>> I think (hope) that my contacts are in the SIM car.
>>> I don't do anything with Google than I *ABSOLUTELY* have to (like
>>> android).
>>> ET 
>>>
>>>
>>> Stephen Partington writes: 
>>>
>>> > Where are your contacts stored? Google or some related service or on the
>>> > phobe/SIM?
>>> >
>>> > Ps you tried a reboot I am guessing?
>>> >
>>> > On Sat, Apr 27, 2019, 3:10 AM <kitepilot at kitepilot.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Help...
>>> >> For some $%#@ reason, my phone decided to stop showing me the
>>> >> corresponding
>>> >> name in my contact list when I receive or place a call.
>>> >> I rely on my caller ID to screen a bunch of spam/scam calls, does
>>> anybody
>>> >> know how to restore the capability?
>>> >>
>>> >> I am about to hang myself from a pumpkin tree...   :(
>>> >> ET
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