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Numbers coming in incorreclty - showing as foreign countries
Whenever I receive a call from a number that is not saved in my contacts, the Caller ID shows it incorrectly. It appears as if it's adding a country code that is not correct, or just breaking the...
Sorry about that! This is a tough one cause it looks like it's a Apple SW issue with the formatting. Have you had a chance to reach out to Apple support?
I have been having the same problem too for the past few months.
Device is iphone XS, iOS 12.1.2.
Been using iphones for about 8 years, never had this issue.
Just to re-iterate the problem:
(abc) def-ghij shows up as +ab c defg hij
So, a NY state number (315) abc-defg shows up as +31 5ab cd ef g (Zutphen, Geiderland, Netherlands).
This is regardless if the number is in my contacts or not.
Tried a plethora of software tweaks.
Apple feels is 'confident' that caller ID information is a product of the carrier, and the device will only relay the information provided by the carrier.
Please....help!
