Receiving sms/text message display number

[ScottDrummer]

Ive seen this asked before but I cant seem to find the thread.

basically my contacts are stored in Uk format on my phone, synced from iTunes
i.e 01234 567890
however when i receive a text, i dont get the name of the contact show on the screen i get +44 1234 567890

anyone know how i can fix this ?
Thanks

 

[rdowns]

Just a guess but do you have International Assist turned on?

settings>phone>international assist

 

[ScottDrummer]

mm i dont have that setting in settings>phone>
i have
contacts - sort order
display order
calls - call forwarding
call waiting
show my caller id
tty
sim pin
sim applications

at&t services

 

[rdowns]

Hmmm, here's a pic of my screen

 

[ScottDrummer]

that setting is only available on at&t sims, im on uk vodaphone, however it dosnt resolve the issue as per other threads found

 

[VolvoMac]

Use GSM standard in address book

The simple answer, but maybe not the easiest for you, is to use the international format in your address book. In preferences, under the Phone tab, enable the "Automatically format phone numbers" and chose the +1-123.... setting.
The GSM standard is to always substitute the + sign with the international prefix for whatever country you are in. It is also smart enough to strip the country code and insert the 0 if you are in the "home country" of the number you are dialing.

"basically my contacts are stored in Uk format on my phone, synced from iTunes i.e 01234 567890 "

If you store the number as +44-1234-567890, the number dialed in the UK would actually be 01234-567890, whilst if you were in the US and dialed, the actual number dialed would be 01144-1234567890.

Hope this helps.