I just installed the official Twitter app and it is awesome! I love that it integrates with my contacts.
There's one problem, though. If I join a Twitter contact to an existing contact, it uses the Twitter username as the contact's display name instead of the name I entered via Google contacts and I can't find a way to fix this. It is really annoying. I have a few joined contacts that are Google + Facebook + Twitter and some that are just Facebook + Twitter and I am frustrated that I can't control how the contact shows up in the list.
Any ideas or fixes?
Thanks
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FWIW it is only happening on contacts that I join manually. The ones that it joined automatically show the "Google" display name.
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same problem and nothing I can do about it either. I am guessing its a bug
It seems like the order you join them in matters. Or maybe it is the alphabetical order of the names. I do see that the nickname field is populated but I can't seem to override it.
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I notice you can add instant messaging mediums under your profile and other contacts but when you goto click on them to chat with that client it doest do anything. What am I missing? Also is there a way to add pics to your facebook account thru the built in client?
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I do'nt see any IM logins under the standard Add Account screen.
-bZj
Edit any one of your contacts, or edit your own profile and you will see a section to add instsnt messaging such as msn,yahoo and aim. Ive put stuff in there and the once done you will see under that contact an option to chat using aim,etc but iy doesnt do anything.
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Trillian is releasing a version for Android (to round out the set with the iPhone, And BlackBerry versions). Maybe a program like that can hook into that information. We should know soon when the beta is released.
http://blog.ceruleanstudios.com/?p=1476
Just got my droid 2 global and like it so far except for battery life its a splendid device. I like to social network widget that shows facebook updates, but I don't want it to sync all my facebook contacts to my phone. Is it possible to disable this feature in the widget?
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In contacts/ settings you can disable showing facebook contacts
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Thats what i thought as well, but in my contacts, when i go to settings, all i see is my phone contacts, google and my corporate exchange account. No facebook. In the socia networking account settings twitter has the option to disable contact sync but not facebook
I meant you go to contacts, press menu button and there is this option to 'fade in' or 'fade out'. You click on that and it will give you the option the fade out your facebook contacts. Im not sure whether its called fade in/out since Im coming from a german device.
Could you find it?
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Hide/Show is the setting!!
Thanks so much for helping me and not flaming even though the answer was simple, when switching from iphone 4 to droid some things require a different way of thinking or different approach that is not immediately obvious. So to me i was totally stumped but now i have it just the way i like
I don't see a hide/show setting on my droid 2. Is this because I'm on an original droid 2 and not the global? Id like the facebook contatcs to disappear, especially in the address field when I type a new text message.
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I went to the contacts icon on the bottom of my home screen. Then pressed the menu key and Hide/Show was one of the options. I wish i knew how to take a screen shot for you, but im still trying figreu that out myself.
I have "display group" in my contact settings where I can choose to see only google contacts. But the facebook contacts still show up in all contacts and in the contact field when I type out a new text message.
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what firware are you running on your droid 2?
2.2.30. Maybe there are some bigger software differences between droid 2 and d2 global
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Hey guys,
Trying to sync my contacts with those one Facebook that way when they call me their profile pic shows up. But I don't see an option to sync. I'm running miui 1.8.12 with tiamat kernel. I know with other roms I had that option.
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I did it though the facebook app. Good luck.
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I tried going to add accounts but let me select Facebook
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I tried going to add accounts but let me select Facebook
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what VENOMENON_24 is trying to say is go to the market and download the facebook app. (dont log in through the browser) when you sign into the facebook app it will ask you to "sync with contacts" select yes and your good to go.
I am using the Facebook app. It sync only some of the contacts not all. I also try matching the names exactly how they have it in fb only shows what seems like coding but won't sync to their fb
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go to settings in the facebook app and hit Sync All
For those that aren't being matched with their Facebook profile, but that have an entry from Facebook in your contacts app...
Go to the Contacts app and find the person you want to merge to the FB contact. Select the contact, select menu > edit contact, then menu > join.
Aside from a couple of people, mine synced up perfectly. I didn't have to do anything special through MIUI other than join 3 people because they have idiotic Facebook names that aren't their given names.
Some people use SyncMyPix or whatever the app is called to get photos to show in Contacts. It may be worth trying if you still have problems.
MIUI isn't the same as Sense. The social networking integration that's a part of Sense isn't native in AOSP roms. I think Facebook and other such sites are kind of lame, so I don't miss it.
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Plain thanks for the info. Didnt realized after edit there was another sub menu to select join.
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sitlet said:
go to settings in the facebook app and hit Sync All
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its not in the apps settings any more
Hi all
Forgive me for being a total stupid noob, BUT...
I have just got the Samsung Nexus and have come from the HTC Desire.
I thought, similar to HTC Sense, I could add a Facebook account and in the people app, I would get contact photos and status updates.
However when I try and press the Facebook icon in the add account tab, nothing happens.
I know there are apps out there that can pull in contact photos, but is there no actual Facebook integration as in Sense?
Thanks.
LF
“We believe it is very important that users are able to control their data. So in the over-the-air update for Nexus S, we have a small change to how Facebook contacts appear on the device. For Nexus S users who downloaded the Facebook app from Android Market, Facebook contacts will no longer appear to be integrated with the Android Contacts app. Since Facebook contacts cannot be exported from the device, the appearance of integration created a false sense of data portability. Facebook contact data will continue to appear within the Facebook app. Like all developers on Android, Facebook is free to use the Android contacts API to truly integrate contacts on the device, which would allow users to have more control over their data. We are removing the special-case handling of Facebook contacts on Nexus S and future lead devices. We continue to believe that reciprocity (the expectation that if information can be imported into a service it should be able to be exported) is an important step toward creating a world of true data liberation — and encourage other websites and app developers to allow users to export their contacts as well.”
-- Google, 9 months ago
It's just a Google/Facebook pissing match. What is stupid is the Facebook app allows contact syncing on all Android phones except the Nexus line. So the only people this hurts is Nexus users. I really think Google should figure something out to make it work instead of punishing users for their fight with Facebook over data liberation.
I use friends sync for just that. Download from the market.
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Cyanogenmod puts the Facebook sync back in if you go with that rom.
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Cyanogenmod puts the Facebook sync back in if you go with that rom.
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Yep, Bugless Beast and MIUI do also.
It's one line in ContactSyncProvider.apk that blocks com.facebook.katana.
my facebook friends sync
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yup you are right!! they should or shouldn't mark give em the thing wt google wants
I just purchased the GS3 and love it! I did a sync with my facebook app and only added with existing contacts but it now shows ALL my facebook friends. Is there a way to fix this? Also the pictures that sync from facebook to this phone are all pixelated and not clear like on my Sensation. Besides that, this phone is awesome! Is there anyway to fix these isses?
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Use haxsync app. Its not free but works the best. after install go to settings> account and sync, then sync contacts. When you use this make sure to delete the Facebook syncing so it doesn't conflict with it. You will still find some duplicate with haxsync but not as many and you can join duplicate ones. This is the closest were gonna get to HTCs fb contact migration. And the contact pics are higher resolution.
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If you want to use the sync feature through the Facebook app, the only way I have found for it not to add ALL contacts, is to use an older version. 1.8.1 is the newest one I have found where "sync with existing" actually works. Still going to be pixelated though. If you don't want it pixelated I would suggest an app like the one suggested above or something like syncmypix.
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I use Facebook contact Sync. You can choose the size of the contact pictures, sync all or only existing, and it's free. It also updates statuses for your contacts.
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