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Sync'n with Facebook

Is there a way to sync all my contacts with facebook in one go instead of having to go into each individual contact and link to facebook ?? thanks

im not sure if this will work but worth a try
go to contacts in Sense
click ALL people
See the grey icons along the bottom? slide across to Updates and Events
Now somewhere in hear it listed all my contacts that it had matched with Facebook itself (i think) and gave a load of tickbox's to confirm that I wanted to match them. You might have to do a little snooping around but it was defo here somewhere....
Good luck!

Monty Burns said:
im not sure if this will work but worth a try
go to contacts in Sense
click ALL people
See the grey icons along the bottom? slide across to Updates and Events
Now somewhere in hear it listed all my contacts that it had matched with Facebook itself (i think) and gave a load of tickbox's to confirm that I wanted to match them. You might have to do a little snooping around but it was defo here somewhere....
Good luck!
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i have the same question, so i tried what you sugested but when i go to that tab it says no updates. i have logged in with the facebook application, manually linking works.

Sorry guys, I only stumbled across it today ...... and now I can't find it again.

ok , something strange is happening.....
i went into where suggest and did the update , there were initially 4 contacts already in there for some reason, then after the update there were five of my mates.
however, all the others seemed to have linked as well on their own as peoples FB photos are now in my contact list ?!
strange , but somehow it seems to have worked

Monty Burns said:
im not sure if this will work but worth a try
go to contacts in Sense
click ALL people
See the grey icons along the bottom? slide across to Updates and Events
Now somewhere in hear it listed all my contacts that it had matched with Facebook itself (i think) and gave a load of tickbox's to confirm that I wanted to match them. You might have to do a little snooping around but it was defo here somewhere....
Good luck!
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I just went to contacts-updates it then showed in updates how many names had been matched to profiles

How exactly do I do this? If i go into updates it only has me with my facebook messages and requests.
Really would like to sync numbers as I cba to do them 1 by 1!

worth noting here that the info that tells the phone the contact is also facebook linked is written to the 'notes' field of the contact card, meaning that solong as you have synced your contact list with a service that takes all available fields, (pretty sure most do, i use outlook 2007) the facebook links will still be set when you do a hard reset and restore the contacts, so you never need to link them again. Just log in yourself to facebook and the links are all there in teh contact list already.
(It also strangely seems to hold the ones that are set as favourite people that way too, your quick people links are re populated after a hard reset too)

What the fail, please prove me wrong

I loved that Android 1.5 on my stock Hero let you sync whichever contact groups you wanted to your phone (from your Google contacts of course). I use groups heavily and this was perfection. The groups of people I need to talk to rotate each month so I just either check or uncheckmark their sync preference.
I just installed DamageControl v1.0 and my only group sync options are pretty weak:
- Only Contacts with Phone number
- Google (meaning all "My Contacts")
-- Show auto GMail contacts (meaning show all contacts, even the automatically created ones. Garbage)
- Phone (locally stored)
- Facebook (no thanks, dont know them that well.)
Way to step backwards. Please tell me this is fixed in the DamageControl 2.0 Sprint Leak.

Brain Fart.
Thanks,
Bubba.

bubbacs1 said:
There is NO Sprint leak!
If so can you please point us to it?
Thanks,
Bubba.
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damage said he got it from sprint and it's official, so i call that a leak!

Ha Ha U got me.
I saw the leak right after I posted....I edited BUT U got me!
Hench the reason I posted and said brain fart.
No leave me alone.
Thanks,
Bubba.
P.S. Just Kiddin'

So does anybody know the answer to this??

scirio said:
I loved that Android 1.5 on my stock Hero let you sync whichever contact groups you wanted to your phone (from your Google contacts of course). I use groups heavily and this was perfection. The groups of people I need to talk to rotate each month so I just either check or uncheckmark their sync preference.
I just installed DamageControl v1.0 and my only group sync options are pretty weak:
- Only Contacts with Phone number
- Google (meaning all "My Contacts")
-- Show auto GMail contacts (meaning show all contacts, even the automatically created ones. Garbage)
- Phone (locally stored)
- Facebook (no thanks, dont know them that well.)
Way to step backwards. Please tell me this is fixed in the DamageControl 2.0 Sprint Leak.
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Lucky you. When I go to people, groups and press menu, all I the options I get are: "Add Group" and "Delete Group". I have 25 different groups. I hear people like you talking about group sync options but Ive never seen them. Am I missing something????. Im running DamageControl V1.

energizer1389 said:
Lucky you. When I go to people, groups and press menu, all I the options I get are: "Add Group" and "Delete Group". I have 25 different groups. I hear people like you talking about group sync options but Ive never seen them. Am I missing something????. Im running DamageControl V1.
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So you go to the People app, select the Groups tab, then click Menu and you don't see a 'Sync Groups' button?
Which ROM are you running or are you stock?

scirio said:
So you go to the People app, select the Groups tab, then click Menu and you don't see a 'Sync Groups' button?
Which ROM are you running or are you stock?
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Im running DamageControl V1. Yes all my contacts are in Google and being synced. I have no idea whats the issue with the group syncing on my phone.

Off topic, you should really know someone before you add them on Facebook, k? Don't just add people all willy nilly because you're a friend collector.

energizer1389 said:
Lucky you. When I go to people, groups and press menu, all I the options I get are: "Add Group" and "Delete Group". I have 25 different groups. I hear people like you talking about group sync options but Ive never seen them. Am I missing something????. Im running DamageControl V1.
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I second this. People> group tab(next one to the right) then menu allows to add or delete group. Im running fresh 2.0c.

Same here, no group sync option after flashing to Fresh 2.1 d. Any work around? Contacts is getting really cluttered.

Hi,
I have the same problem with my HTC desire. Have been trying to resolve it for days now with no luck.
The problem is that I have NO "Sync Group" option under the "People" app group tab, all I have is "add group" or "delete group".
There's a more detailed thread on it here: androidcommunity.com/forums/f7/sync-one-group-of-contacts-only-with-android-htc-desire-34318/ with all avenues exhausted.
As you can see, I'm at a dead end at the moment and would appreciate any help whatsoever

i know what you mean, and so far i havent found a fix for it either. i hate that it syncs EVERY email you've ever sent something to wether its a contact or not. if you find a fix before me let me know.

Difference between 1.5 and 2.1 when syncing contacts

Ive been searching quite alot on the internetz about a solution for this but got tired and contacted htc.
In the original hero rom (1.5) you can simply check the groups you want to sync with your phone. However on custom roms with 2.1 you will notice its a bit different.
To achieve an equal sync limitation of your contacts you will have put all the contacts you want in your phone in the "My Contacts" tab in gmail since this is the only category/group getting synced (if you have the option to show auto gmail contacts UNchecked).
I hope this will save you some time, and i guess it will since google doesn't really say that this is how it works on 2.x+, not sure about donut.

[Double post. Please remove]

Good info but I think it is in the wrong section. It does not have anything to do with development.

moved to general, best

ok!
wasnt really sure since it was concerning custom roms too, but thanks

Contacts

I'm new to Android, so I don't know if my question is specific to Streak, or a general Android question.
In my Streak contacts, I have both Facebook and Google contacts, many of which I have merged. I've noticed that whichever contact I select first, that is the name of the merged result. If I change the listbox at the top left to my Google mail address or to Facebook, I can see the contacts with their unmerged names.
This kinda makes sense, but took me a while to suss as it's not documented properly.
What I can't do, however, is unmerge. How do I do that? Sometimes the contacts have slightly different names (e.g. Johnathan in FB and John in Google). If I want to choose which is displayed, it would seem I'd have to unmerge somehow, and the remerge selecting the right one first.
The only thing I can think that might work is to delete one of the contacts, then re-sync. I don't want to risk deleting anyone completely though, so if anyone has found a better unmerge method -- let me know!

I got really fed up with three stock contacts app pretty quickly, so I know use phonebook2.0 much better solution and free
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Cheers for that Fards... it seems a very useful app!

My Guide to Clean Your Contacts *Updated 8/24/10*

Edited 8/24: The new gmail changed this guide and I have attempted to update it. Since my contacts were so clean from when I first wrote this guide, I can't say it's 100% perfect, like it was . I would really like it if people could chime in suggestions for the community!
Please note, this was in the Sticky. In an effort to save a LOT of needed space in the sticky AND to allow new
suggestions I am making this thread. Please let me know if this helps, and if there are other ways to clean up the contacts. Apologies, but I absolutely hate Facebook so others will need to chime in on how to incorporate that, if needed. Alright, on with my guide:
EDIT YOUR CONTACTS (ON YOUR PC FIRST)
If you are new to Android, the first time you logged in it was probably amazing (and frustrating) when you saw ALL of your google contacts sync with your phone.
First things you need to know, google does not allow you to stop the auto-adding of the random people you email to your contacts. Of course, those randoms are now likely showing up in your contact list (hence the frustrating part). Here is how I fixed it:
*please note, if you hide all contacts who do not have a phone number (see below) you can likely skip this, but I included for those who REALLY want to clean up their contacts*
1 - Login to gmail on your PC. Click on "Contacts" on the left border.
2 - Notice you have "My Contacts" (the good) and you have "All Contacts" below that (the bad).
*EDIT* There is no longer a "All Contacts." Google has improved this to now have "Other Contacts." This makes weeding out the people you may not want in your contacts a LOT easier. The next few steps was a workaround that is no longer needed. Simply review these "Other Contacts" and delete those you do not want, and add the ones you do to "My Contacts."
3 - go to the "search contacts" search bar and just enter one SPACE and then press enter.
4 - The middle column will now have your contacts sorted by THE GOOD (My contacts) on top and then THE BAD (All Contacts) below that. You may have more tiers, but I am keeping it simple for illustration.
5 - Scroll all the way down to the bad list. Review the names. Some may be legit people you just have not added to your My Contacts list yet.
6 - If you have a hard time recalling who someone is, you can click on their name and then click on the link "view recent conversations." This shows any previous email exchanges so you can decide to either delete or add them.
7 - Work through this list. I would suggest deleting them as you go, but not adding them to your My Contacts list until the very end (to prevent from having to do step 3 over and over). To add a contact to your "My Contacts" I just click on their name, edit their info and it showed up automatically. I did not need to click anything like "Add to...." etc.
8 - Okay, great. Lets assume you got rid of all the clutter. NOW, go to your My Contacts.... click on the "More Actions" button and then "Find & Merge Duplicates". If you have any, fix them... no reason to have several entries for the same person.
9 - Now just review the My Contacts list and make any edits or format changes. I am Type A, so you could only imagine how clean your Android Contact list is about to appear.
Great, enough with the PC. Go to your Vibrant.
Chances are it is already synching up with the changes you made.
The phone came with a bunch of #s stored on the Phone and SIM stock, I could care less about these. If you agree:
1 - Open Contacts. Press menu, go to "Display Options"
2 - Uncheck Phone and SIM (others may not agree, I just dont see the point), leaving Google as the only one checked.
*Also* You can also Delete these by long-pressing on them (wish I believe I did, and then unchecked them to now show... of course, they were deleted, so....)
Alright, almost there now. As it is, you have removed a LOT of clutter, but you may still have a ton of contacts. That is because, by default the Contacts app shows All contacts, even if they do not have a phone number. Now again, this is a personal choice.... but if I need to call someone, I would rather not have to deal with people listed who I do not have a phone number for. Also, if I am emailing them, I am using gmail, not Contacts (so again, not needed). IF you agree:
1 - Open Contacts, Press Menu and go to "Display Options."
2 - The top will say something to the affect of, check here if you only want to show contacts with phones.... Click it. Then click Done.
3 - Bam, your Contacts may not be perfect (like mine), but I bet they look a ton better. I tried to point out there is a lot of personal preferences, so please take this with a grain of salt. I like things clean.
Please read the sticky for other tips/tricks for contacts AND many other topics. Thanks for everyone helping!

You're the best. Thanks.

Great, thanks for this!
If only I'd seen it before muddling through the new contacts screens for hours getting it to work it would have saved me a lot of time.
Only comment is that step 3:
"go to the "search contacts" search bar and just enter one SPACE and then press enter."
Doesn't seem to work on the new gmail contacts screen, when I do this search it just takes me to the my contacts page. I had to click 'older contact manager' link at the bottom of the screen and then do the blank search. Also step 4, with the new interface you don't get the middle columns. Any ideas on how you'd sort the contacts with the new interface? I'm not sure how long the link to the old contacts manager will be around for...
Thanks for taking the time to draw this up.

Another great "clean up" tool is Merge contacts. After updating my Treo contacts into gMail, Find dups was not enough.
Merge is more of a manual action, but it is great to look at the entire list to see whats going on.
At the same time, "groups" is another manual action that can help organize "YOUR" (good list) contacts. At times, I had contacts lists from other peoples PDAs and phones on my treo (mine was reliable, theirs', not so much, so when they crashed and lost their contacts, i could beam their list to them).
Hope I helped someone

Anyone know how to get facebook pics to show up for contacts? When I first got this phone all my contacts who are on my facebook had their pics synced up. Not anymore though, and idk why. Fb still syncs in the updates column but not their pics.
Anyway, thanks for the guide.

The way I found that works is to follow the above instuctions (other than that I kept both the gmail friends as well as all my facebook friends and then chose to display only those with a phone.) You can then go through each contact without a photo and click on it (the one without a photo). This is the gmail contact, choose "link contact" and the Facebook contact comes up (note that this method assumes that your favorite contacts are also on facebook with a photo, if not you will need to get your own picture with your phone or camera). Again, this is assuming you have your contact as a facebook friend AND a gmail email friend.
I hope this makes sense. Good Luck

Hey, thanks for the comments. Yeah... The new gmail changed this guide and I need to update it. Will try and work on it soon. If you guys can keep making recommendations that would be awesome.

Do you know of a way to *remove* all SIM contacts on the phone? When transferring from my old phone I dumped to SIM and then loaded onto the Android device, then I dumped that to a CSV and merged it with gmail. That got things sorted out on the gmail end, however I now have a bunch of redundant SIM contacts.
Even if you uncheck SIM contact visibilityin the contact app, they do still exist, and they show up elsewhere. So far I've seen no way to actually get rid of all of them easily, short of manually removing them one at a time

I also like using the app "Contacts clean-up" to auto format all the numbers up be consistent. ;-)
Sent from my Samsung Vibrant

Jeremy, did you see if there were duplicates on the pc within gmail?
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Okay, I made an attempt to correct my guide for the new Gmail. I really did not have much to play with this time, so please let me know if there needs to be any changes or improvements made.
Thank you guys!

Remember the days?
Did anyone else make a complete different Phone list within google contacts, and only use this list as the list for your phone? This was on my G1.
I'm trying to figure out why we can't do that anymore. Kinda sucks

s15274n said:
Jeremy, did you see if there were duplicates on the pc within gmail?
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No dupes in gmail itself, just the dupe sim contacts. Gmail did a good job handling the dupes that I had in my gmail account.
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