For Jailbreak iPhone user, You may have experienced a problem after upgrading to firmware 2.1 which are trouble with Caller ID and SMS. When you get incoming calls or SMS from person in contacts, the iPhone still displays the phone number instead of contact name. This problem is especially common for those countries where iPhone is not officially distributed.
How To Check Your Phone Number Format is Supported In Your Country?
You should go to “Settings” -> “General” -> “International” -> “Region Format”. If your country is not listed, you probably need CallerID Fix Collection application to rescue. CallerID Fix Collection v1.1.4, developed by Carlo Franchino (Frank8), is a solution for those iPhones in a country that is not supported in Regional Format. It’s available in Cydia for free. The latest release of CallerID Fix Collection (v1.1.4) added the following country support:
- Now Supports about 80 countries. you can get complete list of supported country here.
- Support for Chile , Morocco , Algeria , Italy , Japan , Sri Lanka , Netherlands Antilles , Serbia , Panama , Virgin Islands US/UK , Gambia.
Install CallerID Fix Collection via Cydia
Launch Cydia and Select “Sections” at haptic menu, select “Localization” category and select “CallerID Fix Collection” or you can tap “Search” in Cydia and just type “CallerID Fix Collection”. Select “Install” button at the right top and confirm it to install.
Cydia
Hopefully, your country will be included in the next release.
[...] have mismatch number problem found especially in countries where iPhone is not distributed. You can check out my post here about this [...]