Is your iPhone not showing recent calls and leaving you in the dark about your call history? It can be frustrating when your iPhone fails to display something as basic as recent calls, especially when you need to keep track of important calls. Go through this article and know some fixes you that you can try to get your iPhone to display recent and missed calls again.
Why Recent Calls are Not Showing on iPhone?
There are various reasons for recent calls on iPhone not showing, and it varies from device to device. Some of the common reasons are:
- Software Glitches: Software bugs or glitches within the iOS operating system can interfere with the proper functioning of the Call History feature. These issues can prevent recent calls from being displayed on your iPhone.
- iOS update: Sometimes, when you go for an update, it deletes recent call history. This generally happens when you go for the latest iOS version.
- Call Filtering or Blocking: If you have enabled call filtering or blocking settings on your iPhone, then it is possible that certain calls are being filtered or blocked a d it will not appear in your recent call list.
- iCloud Backup Issues: If you have enabled iCloud backup for your iPhone, then there could be a problem with the backup process or the restoration of your call history from iCloud. This can lead to the absence of recent calls in the Recents list.
- Syncing Issues: There may be a syncing problem between your iPhone and iCloud or other devices that linked to your Apple ID. This can results issue in displaying recent calls.
- Limited Call History Display: By default, the iPhone shows a limited number of recent calls in the Recents list. If you have a high volume of calls or long call history, then your older calls may not be displayed.
- Inappropriate settings: Sometimes, incorrect language and region can cause this issue. In other cases, network settings may be the reason.
- Wrong date and time: Sometimes, the wrong date and time can cause this issue.
- Low storage space: if you are running very low on storage space, then these types of issues can occur.
In order to resolve the issue effectively, it is essential to identify the specific cause of the issue. By implementing the appropriate troubleshooting methods, you can address the underlying problem and ensure that recent calls are displayed correctly on your iPhone.
Restart Your iPhone
Restarting your iPhone may resolves various temporary glitches, including those that might be preventing your call logs from appearing. It may seemy like a simple step, but it can help to resolve many issues. Since iPhones don’t have a dedicated restart option, so you need to turn it off and then back on manually.
- You can press and hold the side button along with either of the volume buttons until the power slider appears.
- Slide it to the right to power off your iPhone.
- Once it is off, again press and hold the side button to turn it back on.
Toggle Airplane Mode to Fix Network Glitches
Sometimes network issues can cause this kind of error and in this case, enable the airplane mode can fix your problem.
- Open the Settings app and enable the Airplane Mode by toggle on the switch.
- Wait for some seconds, and again disable it by toggle the switch off and this will fix network glitches.
- You can also do this directly from the Control Center.
Check Call Blocking/Filtering Settings
Make sure that you haven’t enabled any call blocking or call filtering settings on your iPhone.
- To check it go to the Settings of your iPhone.
- Under reminders section, select the option ‘Phone.’
- Then, tap on ‘Call Blocking & Identification’ and ensure that no numbers or contacts are blocked or filtered.
Select the Correct Region
If you iPhone have set to the wrong region can also lead to issues like this. You need to set your iPhone to the correct region.
- First open the Settings app and go to the General section.
- Tap on the ‘Language & Region’ option and then select ‘Region.’
- A List of region will then open, you can scroll through the list to select the correct region.
- Then, select ‘Change to (Region Name)’ below to confirm itm
- You have to wait for some time to update your iPhone to the correct region, and this should resolve the issue. If your iPhone is already set to the correct region, then you can first select a different region and then switch back to the correct one and see if that fixes the problem.
Set the Time and Date of the iPhone on Automatic Mode
If your iPhone set to the wrong date or time, then this could also cause the issues of your call logs not appearing. That’s why it is highly recommended that configure your iPhone to set the date and time automatically.
- Open the Settings app of your iPhone and tap on ‘General.
- Scroll down and tap on ‘Date & Time.’
- Then, turn on the option ‘Set Automatically’ by toggle on the switch.
Free Up iPhone Space
Recent calls not showing on iPhone is a common issue that you have to face if your iPhone is running low on storage. By freeing up some storage space you can easily fix the issue.
- Open Settings and go to General section.
- Select iPhone Storage.
- Then, select the app that you don’t want anymore.
- Delete that app by tapping on it and then select ‘Delete App’ to erase all app data.
- You can also select ‘Offload App’ to only free up storage used by the app.
Update Your iPhone
Due to a buggy or outdated iOS version, your iPhone might not be displaying recent calls. To introduce new features and resolve bugs, Apple frequently releases software updates. Therefore, downloading and installing any pending updates is a good idea to see if this can resolves the issue.
- To update your iPhone, open the Settings app and go to General section and select ‘Software Update.’
- Your iPhone then will check Apple’s servers for any available updates. If an update is available, then tap on Download and Install.
- Depending on its size, the update process may take some time. Once the update is complete, the issue should be resolved.
Reset Network Settings
A faulty or misconfigured network connection can often be the culprit behind iPhone recent calls not showing up, causing frustration and disrupting your communication
- Incase, none of the above solutions work, then you can try this one.
- To reset your iPhone’s network settings, first open the Settings app and go to the ‘General’ section.
- On General settings, scroll down and select the option ‘Transfer or Reset iPhone.’
- Then, tap on Reset and select ‘Reset Network Settings’ from the menu that appears.
- Enter your device passcode and then tap on ‘Reset Network Settings.’
- Now, your iPhone will reset its network settings and once it’s done, your issue should be resolved.
Hopefully, that’s no longer the case, and one of the troubleshooting steps above helped you resolve the issue.