SMS recipient field... - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi everybody!
I updated my SGS2 with official ICS for my product code... Some time later I noticed unusual "feature". I'll try to explain...
Before, still on Gingerbread, when I go to SMS application (official) and when I enter recipient number manually (not from contact list), name of contact will be displayed instead number as soon as I tap on "message text" field (of course, if I have that person in Contacts list).
Now, on ICS, it is not in such way. When I tap on "message text" field, the "recipient number" field will not show name instead number I entered. Later, when I open "messaging" application, I can't see names, but recipient numbers instead in thread list. If I open "messaging" application one or two hours later, I can see names of recipients in thread list.
I tried to flash my phone again using Odin (first flash to ICS was made using KIES). I tried to wipe data and cache partition. I'm sure that I stored contact number only once in Contacts application (I know that similar problems can occur if I have same number stored more then once under different names).
Nothing above not helped. I please for help!
Best regards and thanks in advance!
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So this is a question ???
jje

Yes. How can I solve this strange problem???
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Any idea??? :-(((

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Do you store your contacts on the google servers?
tjjensen23 said:
Do you store your contacts on the google servers?
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yes, all my contacts are google (sorry, forgot to mention that).... i don't have any local contacts in the phone itself (at least i don't think so), and i also have contacts in facebook (but this guy isn't on my facebook at all)...
You can use a secondary messaging app like handcent or go sms pro, and see if this happens again. Just a wierd problem!
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tsaojam said:
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Which Contacts are displayed in the Contact list? Which contacts do are you choosing to display?? Do you have contacts on your SIM card??
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That's why I never link any accounts with my Contacts. I only use contacts from the Phone itself.
Baldilocks said:
That's why I never link any accounts with my Contacts. I only use contacts from the Phone itself.
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