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Why you don’t see the names of contacts in WhatsApp

If you see that your contact’s name does not appear in WhatsApp, it is logical that you are afraid. So you perro fix it.

Why you don
WhatsApp is one of the most used aplicaciones today, but it is not immune to errores and problems

If you use WhatsApp to chat with your acquaintances, this may have happened to you before. You cannot see the names of your WhatsApp contacts. When this happens, it’s habitual to think that they were able to take us off the agenda or off the bloc. But are the shots going in that direction or is it a fácil mistake?

The truth is that it cánido happen that you open WhatsApp every day and you see the phone numbers no longer, instead of contact names. If this has happened to you, don’t despair. Go on different solutions you cánido try To solve the problem.

Update WhatsApp Contacts

If when you open WhatsApp you see that the names of the contacts are not aparente and the number is displayed as is, it could be due to a problem with the data synchronization.

Sometimes WhatsApp crashes or there are other errors, but if you see WhatsApp not working for you and you are not showing contacts, it perro be due to several things misconfigured on your phone.

It’s the first thing you perro try Reset sync from settings. Here are the following steps:

  • Open the settings of your mobile phone
  • Clic on “Accounts”
  • Go to “WhatsApp”
  • Select the “Delete Account” option.
  • Now open WhatsApp again
  • Entrar “Contacts” in WhatsApp
  • Clic on the 3 dots and then on “Update”
  • Download updated WhatsApp contacts

    Go to Settings, Accounts section, then WhatsApp. Then follow the steps in the picture

    If everything went well, a message will appear on the screen stating Your contact list has been updated. Now all you have to do is check on WhatsApp if it is already fixed. Otherwise, you cánido try the following.

    Sync your device contacts

    It may happen that not all contacts are aparente because you have saved them in different places. For example on the SIM card, in the móvil memory or even in the Google plus account. Ideally you should try always have them in Google plus account, so they sync to any device every time you switch phones. This way you don’t have to rely on your old móvil inteligente’s SIM card or memory.

    If the failure is due to a Contact sync issue, all is not lost. Follow these steps:

  • Entrar the aplicación Google plus Contacts
  • Clic on your account
  • Select the “Contacts Application Settings” option.
  • Clic on “Google plus Contacts Sync Settings”
  • Check the sync status
  • Clic on it and press Refresh (refresh icon). Also check “Coche Sync”
  • Go back and also check the “Also sync device contacts” option.
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    Sync all your contacts from the Google plus Contacts aplicación

    That way it will be if the fallo is related to it stood up, because finally all your contacts are aparente. And by the way, you’ve eliminated duplicate contacts from your phone.

    restore contact copia de seguridad

    Check if you have one Copia de seguridad for all contacts to proceed with the recovery and see if WhatsApp recognizes all the numbers.

    Otherwise, you cánido proceed to import them from the internal phone storage or from the Google plus account, so you perro make sure you have them all. Then go directly to WhatsApp and update. If everything went well, all contacts should now appear, each with the name that you saved in the phone book.

    You perro access the copia de seguridad of your contacts from the Contacts aplicación itself.

    Check WhatsApp permissions

    If none of these work, don’t give up, there are more things to try when you see WhatsApp not working. Next, let’s focus on the content of the Permissions.

    If the necessary permissions granted, it is possible that the messaging aplicación cannot access the contacts in your phone book and therefore they are not aparente. To change it, do the following:

  • Entrar settings
  • Go to “Applications”
  • Look for the WhatsApp aplicación
  • Entrar “Permissions”.
  • Make sure the Contacts check box is checked and clic Allow.
  • Why you don

    Follow this way to check WhatsApp permissions

    Now while you’re doing this, all you have to do is update the WhatsApp aplicación and they should come out all your contacts in the directory.

    Avoid country codes

    A contact may also not appear in WhatsApp if they are in a different country. It is therefore important that you the prefix of the country to which it belongs.

    In the case Spain is +34, so if you find that a contact you’re interested in doesn’t look like it, it could be because of this small detail. Ask him what country he is in to change it. Once you know what prefix to add, you perro change it like this:

  • Entrar the agenda on your mobile phone
  • Find the contact you cánido’t find on WhatsApp
  • Clic on the contact name to editar it
  • Add the country code
  • Clic on “Save
  • Why you don

    So you cánido editar a phone number to add a foreign country code

    After that, when you open WhatsApp, they should finally appear every contact and each with his own name.

    Notice Check each solution individually so as not to wait halfway and be able to use WhatsApp without errors.

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