Contacts no longer show "mobile" "home" etc.

[NoCarrot]

Before this most recent update for my Galaxy S8+ on Verizon, when sending a text message, the contacts would show next to the number "mobile" or "home" etc. Now if I look up a contact, we'll call him Bob Jones", I have 3 numbers listed. I know 1 is a home, 1 is a mobile, and 1 is a work. But it doesn't show me, so I have to go into contacts and determine which number is the cell before trying to send a text message...

Is there any way to get contacts to show what number it is when sending a text message? This new update is a real pain.. much less user friendly.

 

[Hadron]

I don't know what message app you are using, but if it changed with the update it must be either a Samsung app or a Verizon one. This is relevant because this issue is with the app rather than the operating system - I know because I've been using Android 9 on a different phone for almost a year now and do not have this problem. This feature is still there in every message app I've used in that time (Chomp, Textra and Google's own Messages app), and I expect in most others too.

So the quick solution, and likely the only one, is to use a different app.

 

[svim]

It sounds like perhaps something got messed up with the Permissions settings. Open up your Settings >> Apps menu, find the entry for your texting app and check in Permissions that it has Contacts enabled.

 

[NoCarrot]

Thanks for the help! It looks like when the phone updated, the default app was "messages". There was also a "Messages +" in verizon apps that shows the phone type (Cell, home, etc.) Changed that to default and it's working (albeit with some really funky colors)