When i text, in the area that says To: i figured that if i begin to type the persons name the whole name would pop up and i can just select the persons name to start texting but its not like that. if i type in the persons full name and try to send a text it says "Cannot recognize the recipient". Is it maybe a setting thats doing that that i can change?

to text someone i have to scroll through all the contacts til i find the one i wanna send the text to which is sorta dumb