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[unresolved] Mass link contacts to facebook

Is there some sort of application that allows me to link contacts to facebook pages from my computer, and then somehow mass updates the contacts on the phone? The link to facebook is just some XML in the contact notes, so in principle this should be possible.

The same question has been asked here yesterday - i can't post the link as there is a restriction from doing so *rubbish* but it's topic id is 636175 and isn't too far down the forum...
Anyways, it apparently works with myphone, but I don't seem the XML that everyone else does for some reason and so my facebook links don't save

wingm4n said:
Is there some sort of application that allows me to link contacts to facebook pages from my computer, and then somehow mass updates the contacts on the phone? The link to facebook is just some XML in the contact notes, so in principle this should be possible.
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when you sync back your contacts after a flash/hard reset, the data to link them to their facebook equivalents should already be there. However, the links won't start to work until you have reassigned your 'me' contact card to your facebook account. When you do that, you should find the facebook links are restored. (not the facenbook app)

i'm afraid that's not what i'm looking for, myphone backs up my contact facebook associations just fine, i'm just looking for a simpler way to create those associations in the first place, preferably through the computer

Sorry if I misunderstand you, but doesn't the people/facebook app pop up and say 'click here to associate your contacts' and most of them are already pre-checked?
Note I'm NOT talking about the one on an individual person's page, but the one on the 'all people' list.
In the two seconds that process takes, 80% of my contacts were covered. The other 20% being people who I have as 'Jon XYZ' but they are 'Jonathan XYZ' on FB (or vice-versa.)
Or are you one of those people who doesn't do first name/last name and is looking for a way to get around that?

that's exactly what i need! it didn't do that with me, is there a way launch that synchronization manually?

I'm... not sure. I'm sure there is but I don't know how.
Just to make sure you're not missing anything obvious:
Go to the People tab
Click All People at the bottom
You're now at the "All" tab within a new screen -- you should see your fb contact as "Me" listed as the second contact -- do you see this 'link your facebook contacts' around here? (If it exists on this screen, it'll be one of the top three contacts.)
If not, use the slider on that same screen to scroll over to 'Updates and Events'. You'll see yourself at the very top here, and I'm almost positive that it was on this screen where it had 'link your contacts.' It wasn't in a menu or anything, it was very prominently displayed as one of the top items.
When/if you can find that screen, it's basically a dumb match that looks for Contacts(First Name,Last Name) = Facebook(First Name,Last Name). I'm not sure if it pairs on email address, but AFAIK it needs the full name to be exactly the same.
HTH.
**This all assumes you entered your facebook credentials when setting up your phone (or from the data sync menu under the settings tab afterwards) - completely separate from any fb app you may have on your phone. I'm pretty sure you have done this since you mentioned the XML in the contacts but just to be absolutely positive.

I've been looking at this problem since you first posted, and the main problem I see is that I can't see a way to un associate the me contact from face book (in order to re associate so that the contact association screen comes up)
dashed annoying!

i see what you mean, i'm going to look for a way to do that

Have you tried Fonebook!
http://www.developingtrends.co.uk/Software/Facebook/Fonebook/Default.aspx
I can do all the sync with facebook and Outlook. Give a look at this!

samsamuel said:
I've been looking at this problem since you first posted, and the main problem I see is that I can't see a way to un associate the me contact from face book (in order to re associate so that the contact association screen comes up)
dashed annoying!
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I think you could momentarily switch off the Facebook connection altogether do accomplish that. It's under "Data services" (on the settings tab).

Robrecht said:
I think you could momentarily switch off the Facebook connection altogether do accomplish that. It's under "Data services" (on the settings tab).
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Yea, thanks, that got it, however when i logged back in (through 'me' contact card) it doesnt ask about associations as when you do it the first time. Oh well.

i just found an option do associate the contacts for you! if u scroll to the contacts tab in HTC sense then scroll to updates and events (its the picture of the person with a clock next to their head) i had a button at the tob which said 'Associate contacts: XX new associations found (xx being the number of new associations)' tap this and select the contacts you want to update (by default it selects all) then tap ok. it will create the associations for any contacts that arnt associated. it will also set the default contact picture to the facebook profile. it will make your contacts lag a bit while it downloads the info but after that it runs fine
if it helps im running 1.66 official hd2 rom from HTC, with radio 2.08

mazzarin said:
Or are you one of those people who doesn't do first name/last name and is looking for a way to get around that?
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Sorry to reopen this thread, but I'm one of those people! I would also be interested in finding a way to add/backup my fb associations on the PC as MyPhone does not seem to sync them for me I get the fb id's in the <sn> field but not in the <facebook> ones =/

[Q] Unable to Add Contacts to Favorites

I just got a Nexus One and am using the CyanogenMod (although I also have this problem with Enomther's ROM). It seems like a silly question, but for the life of my I can't add contacts to the favorites list in the phone app.
If I choosed the add to favorites option, in the context menu, in the contacts list. It appears to work, but then the contact does not appear in the favorites list. Alternatively, if I go to specific contact and hit the star, to make it yellow, still nothing happens. It doesn't appear in my favorites and the next time I go to that contact the star isn't yellow anymore.
Am I missing something completely obvious? Thanks for any help.
[Oops, sorry I guess I should have put this question in the Nexus One Q&A section. I'd delete it and redo it but don't see an option to delete the thread. If a moderator would move this I'd be grateful.]

HTC Sense Mail Shortcut

I am used to using Sense 3.0, with ARHD 6.3.2. I have two email accounts setup. I can long press on a homescreen, and choose to add a shortcut, and then select "Mail Account" and then it asked me which account. I select Yahoo and then I have an email shortcut on my homescreen that opens my Yahoo account immediately. I can do the same for my Hotmail account.
Funny enough, one big reason I love Sense so much is because of how nice this shortcut works. The icon will show a little number to tell me how many new messages are waiting.
But then I loaded up Sense 4.0 (Ice Sense, with Sense 4.0 Lite, and then Virtuous with full Sense 4.0), and the mail shortcut is gone.
I now loaded up Blackout, with Sense 3.6.....same thing, no more mail shortcut.
Does anyone know how to get a Sense mail shortcut to a specific account? Can others check their sense phone to see if they have the ability? Thanks!

Try Desktop Visualizer, it's Free from the market. It can create shortcuts to almost anything you want.
You can also create a shortcut to mail inboxes.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.bii.android.app.dskvzr&hl=en

xbiggyl said:
Try Desktop Visualizer, it's Free from the market. It can create shortcuts to almost anything you want.
You can also create a shortcut to mail inboxes.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.bii.android.app.dskvzr&hl=en
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Just got around to trying Desktop Visualizer. No luck. You select the icon, then you go to select the "action". For the action, you can select an app, or a shortcut.....the same options as when you create anything on your homescreen. Meaning, there is not shortcut for individual mailboxes. I''m surprised no one else is seeing this on the latest Senses...3.6 and even 4.0. No shortcuts to individual mailboxes.

What I did is I went into my app drawer and the Yahoo wasn't there, so I downloaded the app from the play store and then I was able to add the shortcut.
Hope that helps

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Just got around to trying Desktop Visualizer. No luck. You select the icon, then you go to select the "action". For the action, you can select an app, or a shortcut.....the same options as when you create anything on your homescreen. Meaning, there is not shortcut for individual mailboxes. I''m surprised no one else is seeing this on the latest Senses...3.6 and even 4.0. No shortcuts to individual mailboxes.
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Let me understand you well. You have multiple mail accounts and you want to create separate shortcuts for each one. Well if this is what you would like to do, well you can do it with Desktop Visualizer.
Once you create a shortcut and click on it. You are given a choice between 3 options: App - Other - Shortcut.
Choose Other. Then choose Mail. Then a it will show you the different mail accounts you have configures. Choose the one you like.
You can see how it's done in the images below:

xbiggyl said:
Let me understand you well. You have multiple mail accounts and you want to create separate shortcuts for each one. Well if this is what you would like to do, well you can do it with Desktop Visualizer.
Once you create a shortcut and click on it. You are given a choice between 3 options: App - Other - Shortcut.
Choose Other. Then choose Mail. Then a it will show you the different mail accounts you have configures. Choose the one you like.
You can see how it's done in the images below:
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Hmm, can you do me a favour, and try to add a regular shortcut without Desktop Visualizer....just long press on your homescreen, and select Shortcut, and see if you have the option of Mailboxes. I think you can see the option in Desktop Visualizer because the option is always available to you. I'm just curious. Thanks.

No it is not available in the default sense menu. Just to make sure, is this the app you installed? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.bii.android.app.dskvzr&hl=en
Also, which option is missing in your case? "Other" or "Mail" or the individual mail choice menu ?

Just checked again. Under Other, I don't have an option for Mailboxes. Just Messages (like texts). Maybe it's a rom thing?? I notice I don't have it with some of the Sense 4 Lite and Sense 4 full roms, and also my current Sense 3.6 rom. Something fishy.

Hmmm... that's weird. It could be a ROM thing. :/

I figured it out. I had been restoring my mail accounts successfully using Titanium backup. But now I see, if you do that, Sense doesn't recognize that any mailboxes have been created. The mail accounts work fine, except for this one problem. So if I setup my two accounts manually, I then get the option for Mailboxes. Sorry for the confusion guys.

Great! It becomes frustrating, I know

Saving bookmarks

Good evening all.
I have a problem which is doing my head in and would be extremely grateful for your advice.
I have made different folders for my bookmarks and like to save them in specific folders. I can't, however, find a way of doing that when I save one - each time the bookmark is saved in the root folder. I have tried to move the bookmarks later after saving and I can't even do that. In frustration I actually logged in to my mobile account on my desktop and sorted out the bookmarks that way (I have 2 accounts - one for laptop and the other for my mobile/tablet) but surely there must be an easier way!

What browser?
You can move to a different folder in the stock browser by long pressing a bookmark and edit.
Our you on about something else?

Assuming you are talking about Internet bookmarks.
That is why I like Firefox for my web browser. I can use the Firefox sync to keep all my bookmarks synced between my devices and keep them organized in the folders I choose.

Thanks Irish Sid and Donec.
I am definitely talking about the stock browser. I have tried to edit the bookmarks but I just don't get any options of moving them to another folder. It will allow me to click on the 'location' link but when I go there, the only folder I see is the 'Home' folder.
I am very confused!!

Google Calendar access

Many people may know this already but I was surprised to find that the NST/G and Opera Mobile are totally capable of accessing the online Google Calendar "app". Some of the interface elements are a bit small, but you can always resort to a stylus as a last resort. Here's how I got there:
1. Use another mobile device browser to access the Google home page. You need to be signed in on the browser to the account for the calendar you want. Access the calendar "app" from the 3x3 square of dots on the right portion of the screen near the top.
2. From your browsers options choose "share" and then email the calendar URL to yourself (your NST/G).
3. Make sure you are signed in to the same account on the Opera Mobile browser.
4. Pick up the email on your NST/G and tap on the link. Opera Mobile opens and you eventually get to the Calendar page. It defaults to "day" view (pretty uninspiring), but you can change to "month" and any entries for the current date will be listed below the calendar display. You can also make new entries or delete entries. And, of course, you can add the page to your speed dial or make a bookmark.
Clearly this is not the same or as functional as having a Calendar app, but it does work without GApps (or with) and it does allow interaction with your calendar from the NST/G.
For a lark I tried a bunch of the other online "apps" in the same fashion. Contacts crashed out of Opera immediately, Google Drive spun and spun but never showed any contents, Books looked promising at first try but refused to actually display the contents of a book, Google News managed to sort of display headline news--best in landscape--but could not access other categories and in general performed poorly. So the Calendar behavior is exceptional and fortuitous for those who need to know what they are doing when and either don't want GApps or can't seem to get a Calendar app working reliably with GApps.