diff --git a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DBUtils.java b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DBUtils.java
index b861da5dd..09a08c425 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DBUtils.java
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DBUtils.java
@@ -220,7 +220,8 @@ public class DBUtils {
 
                     for ( Iterator<CommsConnType> iter = summary.conTypes.iterator();
                           iter.hasNext(); ) {
-                        switch ( iter.next() ) {
+                        CommsConnType typ = iter.next();
+                        switch ( typ ) {
                         case COMMS_CONN_RELAY:
                             col = cursor.getColumnIndex( DBHelper.ROOMNAME );
                             if ( col >= 0 ) {
@@ -235,7 +236,7 @@ public class DBUtils {
                         case COMMS_CONN_SMS:
                             col = cursor.getColumnIndex( DBHelper.REMOTEDEVS );
                             if ( col >= 0 ) {
-                                summary.setRemoteDevs( context,
+                                summary.setRemoteDevs( context, typ,
                                                        cursor.getString( col ) );
                             }
                             break;
diff --git a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/Utils.java b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/Utils.java
index 4afd2860d..4b6d08e14 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/Utils.java
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/Utils.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import android.media.RingtoneManager;
 import android.net.Uri;
 import android.provider.ContactsContract.PhoneLookup;
 import android.support.v4.app.NotificationCompat;
+import android.telephony.PhoneNumberUtils;
 import android.telephony.TelephonyManager;
 
 import android.view.Menu;
@@ -50,17 +51,21 @@ import android.widget.EditText;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 import android.widget.Toast;
 
-import junit.framework.Assert;
-
-import org.eehouse.android.xw4.jni.CommonPrefs;
-import org.eehouse.android.xw4.loc.LocUtils;
+import org.json.JSONException;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Random;
 
+import junit.framework.Assert;
+
+import org.eehouse.android.xw4.jni.CommonPrefs;
+import org.eehouse.android.xw4.loc.LocUtils;
+
 public class Utils {
     private static final String TAG = Utils.class.getSimpleName();
     public static final int TURN_COLOR = 0x7F00FF00;
@@ -274,16 +279,15 @@ public class Utils {
         // I'm assuming that since context is passed this needn't
         // worry about synchronization -- will always be called from
         // UI thread.
-        String name;
+        String name = null;
         synchronized ( s_phonesHash ) {
             if ( s_phonesHash.containsKey( phone ) ) {
                 name = s_phonesHash.get( phone );
-            } else {
+            } else if ( Perms23.havePermission( Perms23.Perm.READ_CONTACTS ) ) {
                 try {
-                    name = null;
-                    ContentResolver contentResolver = context.getContentResolver();
-                    Cursor cursor =
-                        contentResolver
+                    ContentResolver contentResolver = context
+                        .getContentResolver();
+                    Cursor cursor = contentResolver
                         .query( Uri.withAppendedPath( PhoneLookup.CONTENT_FILTER_URI,
                                                       Uri.encode( phone )),
                                 new String[] { PhoneLookup.DISPLAY_NAME },
@@ -298,6 +302,17 @@ public class Utils {
                     // could just be lack of permsisions
                     name = null;
                 }
+            } else {
+                JSONObject phones = XWPrefs.getSMSPhones( context );
+                for ( Iterator<String> iter = phones.keys(); iter.hasNext(); ) {
+                    String key = iter.next();
+                    DbgUtils.logd( TAG, "comparing %s, %s", key, phone );
+                    if ( PhoneNumberUtils.compare( key, phone ) ) {
+                        name = phones.optString( key, phone );
+                        s_phonesHash.put( phone, name );
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
             }
         }
         if ( null == name && phoneStandsIn ) {
diff --git a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/jni/GameSummary.java b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/jni/GameSummary.java
index 430a67a3f..c112caea4 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/jni/GameSummary.java
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/jni/GameSummary.java
@@ -140,15 +140,16 @@ public class GameSummary {
                                    playerNames() );
     }
 
-    public void setRemoteDevs( Context context, String asString )
+    public void setRemoteDevs( Context context, CommsConnType typ, String str )
     {
-        if ( null != asString ) {
-            remoteDevs = TextUtils.split( asString, "\n" );
+        if ( null != str && 0 < str.length() ) {
+            remoteDevs = TextUtils.split( str, "\n" );
 
             m_remotePhones = new String[remoteDevs.length];
             for ( int ii = 0; ii < remoteDevs.length; ++ii ) {
-                m_remotePhones[ii] =
-                    Utils.phoneToContact( context, remoteDevs[ii], true );
+                m_remotePhones[ii] = (typ == CommsConnType.COMMS_CONN_SMS)
+                    ? Utils.phoneToContact( context, remoteDevs[ii], true )
+                    : remoteDevs[ii];
             }
         }
     }