I Watch IMessage only showing phone numbers and doesn’t show all contact cards

Just noticed that when looking at messages on the IWatch it now only shows the persons number, ie not their name and contact photo. Also not sure if related when I look at the contact list on the Iwatch it stops at the letter R. I have tried the unpair re pair and hit the orange re sync data button all to no avail. Anyone got any other ideas?

Apple Watch Series 7

Posted on Oct 10, 2023 01:25 PM

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Posted on Oct 11, 2023 03:57 AM

Think I have just fixed my problem. Turned off Icloud for contacts on the Iphone, and saved a copy to the phone. Then I turned back on the ICloud for contacts and pressed merge. This seemed to force sync the contacts onto the IWatch with contact names and photo now showing on Imessage and all contacts now showing on the watch too. Hope that makes sense.

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Oct 11, 2023 03:57 AM in response to Roywboy

Think I have just fixed my problem. Turned off Icloud for contacts on the Iphone, and saved a copy to the phone. Then I turned back on the ICloud for contacts and pressed merge. This seemed to force sync the contacts onto the IWatch with contact names and photo now showing on Imessage and all contacts now showing on the watch too. Hope that makes sense.

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I Watch IMessage only showing phone numbers and doesn’t show all contact cards

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