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birthday widget

does anyone know of a widget or app that will allow me to view upcoming or all contact birthdays ?
thanks in advance

when you sync your phone with fb it'll sync the birthdays to your calendar as well so you'll able to see the birthdays of your fb contacts.

r47z said:
when you sync your phone with fb it'll sync the birthdays to your calendar as well so you'll able to see the birthdays of your fb contacts.
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how exactly? i synced all my phone contacts to their respective fb account but their birthdays wont show in the calendar, i even tried syncing with outlook and back to the phone....
no can do...

On my G1 I used to use one called ebobirthday which was quite good. On the Desire, instead I have a slightly nicer solution - but only slightly nicer, because for some reason you can't seem to get at the synced FB dates
Sarch facebook apps for swissmenuo and add that app - it'll give you feerds for your FB events and contact birthdays. You can then add the ICS feed to your Google Calendar and use any of the calendar widgets to view just that calendar, or include it with your standard calendars . . . .

DJGibbon said:
On my G1 I used to use one called ebobirthday which was quite good. On the Desire, instead I have a slightly nicer solution - but only slightly nicer, because for some reason you can't seem to get at the synced FB dates
Sarch facebook apps for swissmenuo and add that app - it'll give you feerds for your FB events and contact birthdays. You can then add the ICS feed to your Google Calendar and use any of the calendar widgets to view just that calendar, or include it with your standard calendars . . . .
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cant find it..

I'm using Google Calendar's function for birthday's...
(in Google Calendar) :
Settings|Calendars|Browse interesting calendars|More|Contacts' birthdays and events<--subscribe ^^

thanks guys,
unfortunately, i was hoping to steer clear of having data stored in the cloud. all of the birthdays are stored right there on the phone, all i want to do is have an app that displays upcoming birthdays in a widget.

used ebobirthday..works like a charm..it gets my fb friends birthday n integrated it into my HTC calendar...can even set alarm lol...
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villiankknd said:
used ebobirthday..works like a charm..it gets my fb friends birthday n integrated it into my HTC calendar...can even set alarm lol...
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ebobirthday uses its own database to store birthdays doesn't it ? i was hoping to avoid this but it's looking like i'm going to have to cave in ...

after you set it to find all your contact birthday, there is an option to export the birthday into a csv file which i think u can save it and apply it to your google calendar or outlook or anything, i saved it but didnt try it, worried that it might mess up my calendar since i have ebobirthday on...hehe, you can try it and let us know the result

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I used "birthday exporter" application on facebook, when you enter the application click "get your iCal file" then go to your google calendar and add the calendar (click on add, then "import calendar" and choose your downloaded iCal file) then sync from your phone to your google calendar.
Cheerz

thanks for the info, from the reviews, i see that some ppl says that it doesnt sync with android when there is no year added....
well i will stick with ebobirthday until everything is sorted out

Are you able to save fb contacts?

Hey guys I rely on Facebook for a lot of my contacts and it will randomly switch to don't sync and that means I have to go back put on sync and relink my contacts it's really irritating. Do you know how I can save the Facebook contacts without Facebook sync? Thanks guys!
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AriaUSer_ said:
Hey guys I rely on Facebook for a lot of my contacts and it will randomly switch to don't sync and that means I have to go back put on sync and relink my contacts it's really irritating. Do you know how I can save the Facebook contacts without Facebook sync? Thanks guys!
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If you're just looking to sync them to have their contact information in your phone then I do have a solution for that. Its a process, but once its done, its done (but is reversible).
You'll need a Yahoo email account to do this. Log into your Yahoo email account, go to your contacts page, and choose to Import. Select Facebook. This will import your facebook contacts to your Yahoo account. Ok, now from the contacts page in Yahoo, you want to select export. Create a yahoo CSV file and save it to your computer. Now log onto your Google account and go to the Dashboard and then to Contacts. Now import the CSV file you made for Yahoo and you'll have all your facebook contacts now in your gmail account which will then sync to your phone. Of course you'll have to add any new facebook contact you aquire after the process manually (of just repeat the process).
Its not the most automated solution, but it is a solution. Of course you wont be able to see updates and what not with this solution, but it will get your facebook contacts information into your phone.

^^^ this is some very useful info here. Didn't know how to do this until this step by step instructions. Thanks so much.
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Contacts on phone not syncing with gmail

I have my phone set to sync contacts with gmail but it does not. How can I get it to sync properly???

have you uploaded contacts to your gmail account?
if not: 1. export contacts to sdcard 2. import contacts from sdcard, then you got several options. select google.

That did it! Thanks a million.
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Syncing Facebook with contacts: some dont work??

im trying to sync FB contacts with my regular contacts list. now, on Froyo there was a menu item to sync with FB. but now, on Gingerbread, that option is gone. most of my contacts are synced but some people who have different FB names, FB wont sync them and i cant do it manually. any way to do this??

i figured it out, disregard. in edit contact you need to select "join" then loacate their FB page. slow and silly, but it worked.

Wait you got the pics to sync with the contacts?
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Facebook pics sync from FB to my contacts on my phone.
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Motoblur should sync them

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Wait you got the pics to sync with the contacts?
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yes. at first, FB synced like 95% of my contacts but left some not synced. i had to figure our how to manually sync them. you have to go into edit contacts, then "join" contacts to another contact (the FB one) then save it. more steps than it was on Froyo, but it worked.

I think this may solve the issue I'm having. Thanks.
I noticed I can't add any additional info to a facebook contact. I'm guessing the only way around this is to create a new contact and then join them?

Does this also update pictures as well? I see that fb has sync contact info but not pictures. Any insight is helpful.
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how do you delete the contacts in CM9

i am running cm9 beta and synced my contacts up with outlook using myphone explorer. unfortunately, it synced them in triplets and now have thousands of the same contacts. does anyone know how to delete contacts without having to do each single contact??????

Delete the sync'd account. Or do a factory data reset. Either way you'd have to re-add contacts so they aren't multiplied.
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how do most people sync their outlook contacts to their android device? i have been using myphoneexplorer but is not working right with cm9 beta

Manage Apps
Clear data of Contacts and Contacts Storage.
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Oh wow. Sorry to hear that man, sounds like you have a big mess. Check your contacts on your desktop's gmail. If it isn't in triplets, make a backup, delete outlook acc on phone, clear contacts, and let your list populate.
If it's in triplets on your gmail contacts already, simply selecting delete/merge duplicates should rid most of it, also it's easier to manage on desktop gmail contacts with the handy checkboxes. When all is tidy, backup the csv, and let your phone sync to your tidy cleaned contacts list.
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yes, i have done that, but seriously the majority of the business world does not use google contacts, but rather, outlook. does anyone have an idea as to how to sync outlook contacts with android? i use outlook for just about everything.

mookiemoo said:
yes, i have done that, but seriously the majority of the business world does not use google contacts, but rather, outlook. does anyone have an idea as to how to sync outlook contacts with android? i use outlook for just about everything.
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Doesnt android ask if you want to create an exchange account? Wouldnt outlook be incorporated with it? i wouldnt know cuz i dont use those services
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Manage Apps
Clear data of Contacts and Contacts Storage.
just figured out what you were saying in few words. i reset back to fresh cm9beta. but now, knowing i can delete all my contacts this way, thank you. i will do that in the future!

mookiemoo said:
yes, i have done that, but seriously the majority of the business world does not use google contacts, but rather, outlook. does anyone have an idea as to how to sync outlook contacts with android? i use outlook for just about everything.
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If the contacts are saved to the Exchange server, and not locally, you should see them after you set up an Exchange account in Android. If your contacts are saved in Outlook locally, then only that computer stores them and they won't sync.
Since this is a corporate Exchange server, you can get your IT guy to set it up for you. It isn't difficult, and that's why he gets paid.
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I haven't used them in years, but there are services that will sync your Outlook contacts with your Google address book.