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Messages coming through as phone numbers

Cyder

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Not sure if this is a bug or a setting I accidentally hit but during the day yesterday my watch froze and when it returned to normal, all of my messages now come through as phone numbers instead of the actual contacts name.

I updated to the new watchOS, restarted my phone several times, none of which helped. Any thoughts or ideas as how to fix this? Has this ever happened to anyone else?
 

doogald

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Yes, and it’s usually an easy fix.

In the Watch app, try General / Reset / Reset sync data. This will force contacts to sync back to the watch and should return contact names to message threads. (You won’t lose any data.)
 

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Are you on the iOS Beta by chance? It seems it's a bug occurring as a result of that. I, too, am dealing with this issue. Resetting sync data didn't resolve it for me.
 

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This phone# bug on the latest Apple Watch OS update seems to only be effecting some and not all users. I personally didn't do anything out of the ordinary during the update installation, and my contacts are showing up as names. I'm not sure whats causing this problem with some Apple Watches and iPhones, but I would try re-syncing and/or the dreaded unpair and re-pair.
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Just_Me_D

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This phone# bug on the latest Apple Watch OS update seems to only be effecting some and not all users. I personally didn't do anything out of the ordinary during the update installation, and my contacts are showing up as names. I'm not sure whats causing this problem with some Apple Watches and iPhones, but I would try re-syncing and/or the dreaded unpair and re-pair.
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Dude, I didn’t know you had KD’s number?....
 

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Just updated to the latest watch os last night and I'm also in IOS 12 beta and I'm having the contacts sync issue. With all the feedback that's been submitted, I'd like to assume it's being addressed.
 

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Just updated to the latest watch os last night and I'm also in IOS 12 beta and I'm having the contacts sync issue. With all the feedback that's been submitted, I'd like to assume it's being addressed.

Yes sir. Feedback has been submitted to Apple about it.
 

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