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Nightmare syncing contacts with facebook!? HELP?!

Okay so could someone help me.
Link a contact with their facebook - BUT their picture doesn't come up - well only three of my contacts have. Also on the long list of facebook contacts when you click link with profile, barely any of the pictures load up even when I press refresh/update... any ideas?
Also their statuses never pop up?
Am I missing something??

simplymee said:
Okay so could someone help me.
Link a contact with their facebook - BUT their picture doesn't come up - well only three of my contacts have. Also on the long list of facebook contacts when you click link with profile, barely any of the pictures load up even when I press refresh/update... any ideas?
Also their statuses never pop up?
Am I missing something??
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I've had this before. Are you using data or wifi? Sometimes it waits for all the contact pictures to be downloaded in the background, I had that with my Hero and then it worked fine.
What I did was just link them all, then leave it for a while, say an hour or so.
I also did mine initially on wifi to get them downloaded quicker. All ok on data too though.
Not much help, but it should just be a waiting game tbh

why is it functionless

i cant believe thatit doesn't auto update an add a little notice anywhere is it just me or is this £495 phone not pulling its weight, starting to think about selling this and getting an iPhone or going back to my 8900 have I set everything up correctly? why use is it if it doesn't notify you of anything
sigh......

It might just be me but that seems to be quite a vague statement...what doesn't it update that's upsetting you? I found this:
http://www.montecristoff.com/hd2tweak.htm
earlier today and its got a nice feature which will automatically update any apps that you've installed...how cool is that? (I do hate calling progs "apps"...its so apple dont you think?)

Wel on some hand I can agree .. But did you know you can tusrm notifications on and off, quite easy actually.
In sence env go to SETTINGS > Display Notifications sounds.
And there you should find it.
And sorry for the name of the menu. I got the dutch version over here.
And please explain more about the auto update. What exactly is it that you want to "autoupdate"
regards

Martyn Day said:
i cant believe thatit doesn't auto update an add a little notice anywhere is it just me or is this £495 phone not pulling its weight, starting to think about selling this and getting an iPhone or going back to my 8900 have I set everything up correctly? why use is it if it doesn't notify you of anything
sigh......
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why update automatically and update everything,,, instead of what you want to update

Martyn,
Can you come back with a more concise statement of what your problems are please? If its what I think it is there are tons of threads on here about that AND solutions which you can easily search for.
However let's start at the beginning and get our heads round what your problems are.
Cheers
WB

i just want things like facebook and twitter to update automaticly without me having to get an email first...
on my bb 8900 i would have an icon at the top stating facebook 1,2,3 etc
this phone seems to only notify me of sms,email? no app like facebook or twitter interaction at all??? and my facebook is ment to update every 2 hours, (cant seem to change this )

Your signature bemoans the price the HD2 cost you - but you dislike it because it's default settings limit data connection use, persumably to cut costs?
To your issue, I don't know what facebook app was running on your blackberry but if it's that important to you why not add an rss feed with your facebook updates or open a gmail account that's mailed whenever something happens on facebook and setting it as an exchange "push mail" account?
And that's before the obvious suggestion of googling for an appropriate application O_O
I hope I'm not too reproachful. My point is that Windows Mobile is more like a desktop os than it is like whatever blackberry uses or osX mobile. Solving your "issues" shouldn't take more than half an hour's browsing in the HD2 Themes and Applications forum.

you don't have the twitter tab? and the intergrated facebook? not that its working in all aspects but still I like it..! The standalone facebook application works. The phone also notifies me for twitter and facebook messages..

go to settings in htc sense then choose the data option (says set up sync schdules or similar under the heading) then click on facebook or twitter and set up sync settings to automatic.
they will both now update at the intervals you set.
twitter is available in sense via it's tab and facebook inegrates itself with your contacts in the people tab in sense by pairing your contacts on your device with the contacts of matching names from your facebook. names have to be the same to auto integrate otherwise you have to manually select which contacts to add to which facebook friend.
hope this helps a bit

All the above, plus make sure you don't use any form of 'Auto-disconnect' program to turn your data connection off, or all 'pushed' updates like FB and Twitter will fail till the next time a polled update occurs.

bel_z_bub said:
you don't have the twitter tab? and the intergrated facebook? not that its working in all aspects but still I like it..! The standalone facebook application works. The phone also notifies me for twitter and facebook messages..
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how does it notify you as.mine doesn't !

Johnston411 said:
go to settings in htc sense then choose the data option (says set up sync schdules or similar under the heading) then click on facebook or twitter and set up sync settings to automatic.
they will both now update at the intervals you set.
twitter is available in sense via it's tab and facebook inegrates itself with your contacts in the people tab in sense by pairing your contacts on your device with the contacts of matching names from your facebook. names have to be the same to auto integrate otherwise you have to manually select which contacts to add to which facebook friend.
hope this helps a bit
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I got Twitter setup for every 30 min but Facebook is at 2 hours an I'm unable to change?
NeilM said:
All the above, plus make sure you don't use any form of 'Auto-disconnect' program to turn your data connection off, or all 'pushed' updates like FB and Twitter will fail till the next time a polled update occurs.
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I got bsb installed

Martyn Day said:
I got bsb installed
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I don't use that- have you got any settings for data disconnect active? If so, it might be worth disabling any auto-disconnect

As far as I know Twitter and FB do not notify you of anything?!
Only emails, SMS, Missed Calls, etc... get a notification.

Karlos G said:
As far as I know Twitter and FB do not notify you of anything?!
Only emails, SMS, Missed Calls, etc... get a notification.
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Twitter has notifications. Facebook does not, unless you install the facebook instant messenger application from this site.

where is that app?

Martyn Day said:
how does it notify you as.mine doesn't !
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I was about to ask the exact same thing about Facebook, because mine doesnt either, and I have been playing with this phone for long enough to not have missed it!

Facebook Link to Contacts

Hey guys,
in your contacts you can have them linked to facebook so there facebook pic and details are stored, my question is every time you want to update them i only know to go into the contact itself scroll over then update.
Is there a way to sorta do an update on all those that are linked via facebook and set it to update like everyday, cause i have to do it every so often and go through individually??
Cheers
Shane

Subsx said:
Hey guys,
in your contacts you can have them linked to facebook so there facebook pic and details are stored, my question is every time you want to update them i only know to go into the contact itself scroll over then update.
Is there a way to sorta do an update on all those that are linked via facebook and set it to update like everyday, cause i have to do it every so often and go through individually??
Cheers
Shane
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If you tap on "All People" it usually shows their updates under their names.

rp-x1 said:
If you tap on "All People" it usually shows their updates under their names.
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I no that but i have to go and update manually to see the updates, basically i go to all contacts and it says stuff from like december, then i do update and they got new photo etc.
What i wana no is can i update them all at the same time, rather than going through them individually like i am now, taking me a good 30-45 mins to do??

go to all people, updates and events tab, and it updates everyone.

Go to All People, Updates and Events, Menu, Settings and check "Download data automatically". The only bugbear that some people have is that it's every 2 hours and this can't be changed. Personally, I don't care
Also, there's no notification of changes. It's just the Updates and Events tab is reasonably up-to-date with this option checked.
Hope this helps

samsamuel said:
go to all people, updates and events tab, and it updates everyone.
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result never noticed that tab on that all people page, cheers mate exactly what im after thank you
Cheers john i will check that out, thanks guys massvie help =]

Timescape update problem

i'm having trouble with my timescape app and it's driving me nuts ~~ when i turn the phone on ~ it'll show the latest news ie facebook miscall whatever on my main screen, and it'll stay there forever. what i mean is it won't change/update to another one even though it's newer. example, someone changes their status on facebook. it'll show that on my homescreen. 1 day later it'll still show the same one, with the exact same time stamp like 5mins ago 1hr ago etc etc.. how do i get it to change? the only way i can get it to gurantee change is turn off and turn back on the phone again. it's driving me nuts

wai_lai416 said:
i'm having trouble with my timescape app and it's driving me nuts ~~ when i turn the phone on ~ it'll show the latest news ie facebook miscall whatever on my main screen, and it'll stay there forever. what i mean is it won't change/update to another one even though it's newer. example, someone changes their status on facebook. it'll show that on my homescreen. 1 day later it'll still show the same one, with the exact same time stamp like 5mins ago 1hr ago etc etc.. how do i get it to change? the only way i can get it to gurantee change is turn off and turn back on the phone again. it's driving me nuts
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well if u have a task killer installed, then that is stopping the timescape from updating. jus add timescape as a exception to the task killer nd it'll work fine..
or just uninstall the task killer...
cheers

i'll give it a try thx

Hate to steal this thread but its appropriately titled for this inquiry as well. I just got my X10....finally, and I can't seem to get timescape to sync with my gmail?? I would assume this is possible. When I go into "set up services" only facebook and twitter are available options and when I go into "set up an email account" it says that I already have an account set up, which is my work email through hotmail that I do not want to sync with timescape. Any thoughts??

brunswick000 said:
Hate to steal this thread but its appropriately titled for this inquiry as well. I just got my X10....finally, and I can't seem to get timescape to sync with my gmail?? I would assume this is possible. When I go into "set up services" only facebook and twitter are available options and when I go into "set up an email account" it says that I already have an account set up, which is my work email through hotmail that I do not want to sync with timescape. Any thoughts??
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Unfortunately Gmail dose not comes for timescape, only emails setup through standard email client of X10 will display.
If you don't want mails that configured via so called standard email to display, simply in the timescape mode click settings and untick customize tiles and splines

I don't have a x10 yet, but I'm planning on buying.
This I don't really understand.
I have a gmail and a hotmailaccount, and I like to have both in Timescape.
That is not possible?
Can you explain to me what my options will be to set up both accounts on the x10?
Thx

you can get both email accounts on the phone but only ur hotmail account will show up on ur timescape which isn't really that big of a problem

Hi - You CAN have your gmail on timescape as well as any other mail accounts.. if you go into the standard mail program (NOT the Gmail one).. add you're Gmail account into there and it will start popping up in Timescape too... it'll have it's own icon too (little red envelope if I remember right).

Thx for both your answers!
Now I can get myself a x10, knowing that I'm doing the right thing!

cvchetan said:
well if u have a task killer installed, then that is stopping the timescape from updating. jus add timescape as a exception to the task killer nd it'll work fine..
or just uninstall the task killer...
cheers
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Yesterday my Timescape stop updating facebook, i don't know why. I have already uninstal task task panel, even i reset my phone to factory setting the problems still not fix. Can someone help... tks

After i read the new email thru timescape, new email icon still shown on notification bar.
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a quite related question here
could we import profile picture of facebook contact directly to phonebook contack?
phonebook contact can be link to facebook contact but I can't find a way to import profile picture

Use fbsync to sync pictures with facebook

tuxStyle said:
Use fbsync to sync pictures with facebook
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mind telling where to find this function fbsync?

chaki208 said:
After i read the new email thru timescape, new email icon still shown on notification bar.
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it will.. the notifications for email only clear when you clear them on the Notification bar

gaolinde said:
mind telling where to find this function fbsync?
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Search on the market for fbsync.
Is an application.

Refreshing Facebook Contact Photo

Hello All,
Am new to HTC Android Phone. I have setup my contacts photos to be picked up from the respective Facebook Profiles. Although this happened the first time, if a contact changes the photo on facebook it is not getting updated in the phone? Is there a way to manually force an update??
Facebook sync is enabled (i guess once every 12 hours) and it has been several days since the contact updated the profile pic on FB.
Thanks in advance...
--Ashwin

Hello,
I have the same problem, my contacts aren't updated >.<
Pretty annoying, but I have not found a way yet to fix it. Looks like a problem with facebook for android.
If anyone has more information, please tell us

It seems that the facebook sync method doesn't check if the facebook profile pic is updated or not. Probably to save network bandwidth and sync time. But it is kind of annoying that it is not updated.

I have exactly the opposite problem. The pictures assigned to my contacts in google keep getting updated with those in facebook. While I don't mind that for contacts that do not have pictures in Google, it is quite annoying for such that do.

i pressed the sync all widget and all my face book images updated
my legend is rooted and running the modaco rom tho

noobdeagle said:
i pressed the sync all widget and all my face book images updated
my legend is rooted and running the modaco rom tho
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Strange that it works for you. Can't see how a root or new rom would change anything. I have the same problem, using stock unrooted rom. Kinda hoped it would be fixed with new update, but no luck

Contact Photo Update
noobdeagle said:
i pressed the sync all widget and all my face book images updated
my legend is rooted and running the modaco rom tho
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Where is this "sync all" button? I am not able to find it. Is it something specific to the rom?
--Ashwin

kkashwin said:
Where is this "sync all" button? I am not able to find it. Is it something specific to the rom?
--Ashwin
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It's an HTC widget

Skardy said:
It's an HTC widget
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Oh! Thanks!
But it does not seem to solve my problem... The old FB photos are still stuck to the profile...
--Ashwin

I was also facing the problem of getting updated display pic from facebook and thought that there wasn't anyway to solve.. until after i ran into the FriendStream problem.
My FriendStream started acting strange and refuses to update friends' status today, it force closes when i try to launch the application proper. After reading up online, I did what others suggested, remove the facebook account and re-add it to FriendStream.. It got my FriendStream working again, plus a bonus - it "re-linked" with all my contacts in People and updated their profile pics! =D
Might take a while for it to fetch all the display pics again though, so I'd recommend doing it with a WiFi connection

My facebook profile pics update but there is a major delay between 12 and 24 hours) even though facebook and friend screen update every 10 minutes

I have this issue too, it seems to come from the last OTA ROM update
my FB pictures don't updates, and worse, new FB contacts don't appear in my phone book. when I manually sync my FB account, there is a process that returns an error
the solution I found to force an update was to run friend stream, friends, facebook, menu, update
it takes some time

Bricolo_fr said:
I have this issue too, it seems to come from the last OTA ROM update
my FB pictures don't updates, and worse, new FB contacts don't appear in my phone book. when I manually sync my FB account, there is a process that returns an error
the solution I found to force an update was to run friend stream, friends, facebook, menu, update
it takes some time
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i know this is an old thread so hoping there was a better fix for this issue? terribly annoying

Doing a refresh in the friendstream app updates the photo in the app but not the contact photo
I have found no way to update the photos till now... have even tried unlinking the Facebook profile from the contact and readding - no use...
Sent from my HTC Legend using XDA App

so there's no solution ..

I use SyncMyPix, it works well. http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-nloko-android-syncmypix-qxEz.aspx
But I do hope that this gets fixed with a software update.
Cheers

zbrinski said:
I use SyncMyPix, it works well.
But I do hope that this gets fixed with a software update.
Cheers
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Thanks!