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2.1 Hero/Espresso Contact Management

Has anyone noticed how stupid difficult it is to link FB accounts to your google contacts? Its like they took a good way of doing it (Hero 1.5) and just was like "nope, we need something new"
For example, I loved how Hero 1.5 imported the FB picture to the google contact so when the person called you had a quality picture come up. But with 2.1 its like you can either only have the google contact OR the FB as the primary. But the picture never gets imported!
Or am I missing something??

nolimit78 said:
Has anyone noticed how stupid difficult it is to link FB accounts to your google contacts? Its like they took a good way of doing it (Hero 1.5) and just was like "nope, we need something new"
For example, I loved how Hero 1.5 imported the FB picture to the google contact so when the person called you had a quality picture come up. But with 2.1 its like you can either only have the google contact OR the FB as the primary. But the picture never gets imported!
Or am I missing something??
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Me too! Something seems fishyy!

G1BRICKED said:
Me too! Something seems fishyy!
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glad i wasnt the only one that noticed that...it really doesnt make any sense

hitman4485 said:
glad i wasnt the only one that noticed that...it really doesnt make any sense
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After some poking around I'm thinking that the Facebook Feature isn't 100%. If you're using KiNgxKxKlair Eclair Hero Version 1.0 "Official Release" and go through the normal SetUp.. you'll notice once you skip over the google sign in that singing into facebook is grayed out. Maybe it's just broken at this point.

hitman4485 said:
glad i wasnt the only one that noticed that...it really doesnt make any sense
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Although they are SENSE UI ROMs!!!

HTC Tweet

Could any of you new T-mobile owners let us know if the twitter app still has the bug where it never deletes tweets.....rendering it fairly useless.

yes im interested in that too, i would like to see if there is an updated version.. its badly needed.
There is however a fix to manually delete the tweets from time to time.. i do this about 1s a month and it stays fast (dont follow a lot of ppl tho)

Yes i know about the manual delete but its a pain, im noticing slow down after only 4 or 5 days. maybe I should turn auto update off. I have actually ditched it for the time being and am using motweet which is actually very good even the free one (with adverts) however this renders another sense tab useless. Has anyone developed a cab that will allow us to remap the sence tab to a different program?

Same here, made a topic about this a few weeks ago.
Mind telling me the manual method of deleting tweets? I can't seem to find it on this forum... Also, will tweets still remain on the server or would this delete them permanently?

KrewCial said:
Same here, made a topic about this a few weeks ago.
Mind telling me the manual method of deleting tweets? I can't seem to find it on this forum... Also, will tweets still remain on the server or would this delete them permanently?
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copy from someone else
1. turn off htc sense (I forget how. it's in settings)
2. sync your phone.
3. explore and go through these folders: temp >> twiteng.
4. delete the files in the twiteng folder.
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good luck, this will not delete anything from the twitter server, only ur local tweet cache

I wonder how hard it would be for a dev to write a cab that automated the process?

jimsteach said:
I wonder how hard it would be for a dev to write a cab that automated the process?
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and maybe let that script automatic run according to a schedule.. that'd be nice.
however i dont think someone will make the time to make this since there are few people having this issue..

Thanks jamieeeee, now I see why the workaround is such a pain. It's still doable once in a while though.

yes a shedule would be good, Although i would be happy for it to run every couple of days deleteing everything over 24 hours old.
Have started a thread in the apps forum to see if there is any interest. I cant really understand why there isnt more people having this issue, I can only presume not many win mobile users are twitter users. For me Intergrated twitter was one of the reasons i bought the HD2, was also a little dissapointed that it didnt integrate tweeters with contacts like it does with facebook. to me twitter is a much more obvious social networking platform for mobile than facebook is.

Well that attracted bugger all responces, looks like i will be sticking to motweet.

jimsteach said:
Could any of you new T-mobile owners let us know if the twitter app still has the bug where it never deletes tweets.....rendering it fairly useless.
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I'm about to buy one, what do you mean buy this? How does never deleting tweets render it useless?
Can you send them and it posts to the site?

Mr. Kayne said:
I'm about to buy one, what do you mean buy this? How does never deleting tweets render it useless?
Can you send them and it posts to the site?
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yeah you can send tweets without any problem (at least i can)
the mistake HTC made is not having a maximum number of tweets in the tab.. that means it keeps downloading new one's and never throws out any old one's.. you can do the math.. it gets slower and slower till its unusable

Facebook App... Grr!

Must admit, the Facebook app for the HTC HD2 is pants. Before I had the HTC, I was on Blackberry Storm, and loved the Facebook app, as it used to download my alerts in real time.
But with the HTC HD2 I have to log in each time on the app, and have to refresh the facebook app. Complete rubbish I think.
Anyone know is the Facebook app on the HTC HD2 is going to get any better?

You have an Opera browser and a big screen -make use of it!
Where's the point in using a stupid app for things that are way easier directly in the browser?

I find the app quicker, and more convenient! Well it was on the Blackberry Storm anyway...

hey dude, i know how you feel... i was a bit dissapointed with the facebook app at first but then i waited for a while, i tryed looking for a alternative third party app but nothing was any good, then i found a CAB on here for the new facebook for resistive screen phones, someone had made it work with HD2 and it works great, much better than the old one
i did a review of it on my youtube channel, you should check it out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7dDxLrP2GI

Actually the constant need to log in is a bug. Everytime I flash a ROM, one of the first thing I do is to run the Facebook app, and tick the save login option. After that it never asks for login again....but you'll still have to refresh manually. I'm guessing it's more of a conflict with another installed apps or just general winmo weirdness.
Otherwise, yeah, the apps is pretty pathetic.

FB
Does anyone else have the problem that it saves the pics from Facebook into an album on the device memory, and then when you go into your albums you have tons and tons of albums because each pic is saved as an album?

kenkiller said:
Actually the constant need to log in is a bug. Everytime I flash a ROM, one of the first thing I do is to run the Facebook app, and tick the save login option. After that it never asks for login again....but you'll still have to refresh manually. I'm guessing it's more of a conflict with another installed apps or just general winmo weirdness.
Otherwise, yeah, the apps is pretty pathetic.
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I have the option "save details" ticked, but I have to type in my details everytime. Hence why I get frustrated!
Im using m.facebook.com for the time being, until HTC sort the facebook app out.

96edwy said:
hey dude, i know how you feel... i was a bit dissapointed with the facebook app at first but then i waited for a while, i tryed looking for a alternative third party app but nothing was any good, then i found a CAB on here for the new facebook for resistive screen phones, someone had made it work with HD2 and it works great, much better than the old one
i did a review of it on my youtube channel, you should check it out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7dDxLrP2GI
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Yes I have that Facebook app installed on the HTC. But still ain't happy with it! lol

xtreme__boi said:
I have the option "save details" ticked, but I have to type in my details everytime. Hence why I get frustrated!
Im using m.facebook.com for the time being, until HTC sort the facebook app out.
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First; there are other people who also have the problem with FB not "saving" the login info.
Do a quick search and see if they've found a solution.
Second; http://touch.facebook.com might be more to your liking..
m.facebook.com is fine for Nokias, but the touch.facebook.com page is made for "iPhone-like" devices like our HD2.

Bonzo said:
First; there are other people who also have the problem with FB not "saving" the login info.
Do a quick search and see if they've found a solution.
Second; http://touch.facebook.com might be more to your liking..
m.facebook.com is fine for Nokias, but the touch.facebook.com page is made for "iPhone-like" devices like our HD2.
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That ain't half bad. Thanks!

s32bauer said:
Does anyone else have the problem that it saves the pics from Facebook into an album on the device memory, and then when you go into your albums you have tons and tons of albums because each pic is saved as an album?
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Umm, HTC has fixed this. Hotfix was relased months back!

xtreme__boi said:
I have the option "save details" ticked, but I have to type in my details everytime. Hence why I get frustrated!
Im using m.facebook.com for the time being, until HTC sort the facebook app out.
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That's why...it works only if you do it before installing too many other apps....so if u ever reflash a ROM, make sure logging into facebook and saving details is one of the first things u do.

Bonzo said:
First; there are other people who also have the problem with FB not "saving" the login info.
Do a quick search and see if they've found a solution.
Second; http://touch.facebook.com might be more to your liking..
m.facebook.com is fine for Nokias, but the touch.facebook.com page is made for "iPhone-like" devices like our HD2.
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Wow! touch.facebook.com works perfectly for me, thanks for that! All Facebook apps have been made redundant.

s32bauer said:
Does anyone else have the problem that it saves the pics from Facebook into an album on the device memory, and then when you go into your albums you have tons and tons of albums because each pic is saved as an album?
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Hi s32bauer,
Yeah, i have the same problem.
Does my head in.

i use it and it works fine, always logged in, just have to refresh to see ppls updates...

Tunay said:
Umm, HTC has fixed this. Hotfix was relased months back!
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Can you tell me where to find this fix, i found the one that requires using the registry editor but there are at least 60 folders with anywhere from 1 to 4 photos in each.
they are only little thumbnails as well
they way i read the registry tweak, it says to input each individual folder in...

The HTC Facebook ALbum hotfix (just installed) does not stop it downloading tiny pics from FB of all your contacts.
As from the HTC site:
restores the ability to view your friends’ photo albums
This suggests its related to privacy settings, and the app's ability to now process that correctly.
(i.e. able to view them online, but app wouldn't allow you to)
Can you point me in the direction of the registry fix for it?

Hi, my available device memory is down to 18mb, and I haven't really stored much there. Could it be due to the Facebook app, which keeps storing the pics in Device Memory? In that case, how do I free up this space?

In HD2 General go to Hints page and do what is sudgested in No:64 than install an App called ClearTemp in the Menu click sellect all and and clean once a day at least.it will take just a few seconds.
Edit::looks on the hint page is not cleare enough".
Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\HTCAlbum\Ignored
Add a new string: Name – Facebook Cache,
Value – \temp\imagecache

That should be \fbimagecache
and it worked.
Thanks for that.

[Q] Rare bug on FR008

I always sync my favorite contacts with Facebook but since sometimes my phone contacts don't have a picture that fits well on the contact avatar of the phone or they're not alone in the picture- I like to use a picture that I added myself on the phone. I've realized that everytime FB syncs with the phone my contacts picture automatically changes to the new picture on FB and I have to go back to the personal picture myself. Has anyone else experienced this same "bug" ? It never happened to me with Liberated Eclair

guido3300 said:
I always sync my favorite contacts with Facebook but since sometimes my phone contacts don't have a picture that fits well on the contact avatar of the phone or they're not alone in the picture- I like to use a picture that I added myself on the phone. I've realized that everytime FB syncs with the phone my contacts picture automatically changes to the new picture on FB and I have to go back to the personal picture myself. Has anyone else experienced this same "bug" ? It never happened to me with Liberated Eclair
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Suggestion: Since we have 2 kernel options for FR008, I would make a nandroid backup of your current ROM/kernel and then flash the other kernel and see if you still have the issue. If you didn't experience the issue on Liberated Eclair, then maybe Liberated Froyo with the HTC Hong Kong kernel may not have the issue. Just a thought?

tpbklake said:
Suggestion: Since we have 2 kernel options for FR008, I would make a nandroid backup of your current ROM/kernel and then flash the other kernel and see if you still have the issue. If you didn't experience the issue on Liberated Eclair, then maybe Liberated Froyo with the HTC Hong Kong kernel may not have the issue. Just a thought?
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I forgot to mention that I'm running FR008 with the HK kernel. What are you running? Have you had this problem before?

I don't think its a bug. It was also present on the stock A&T 2.1 rom that came with the phone.
I think HTC just made it so if you choose to sync fb contacts it will automatically select the newest pictures available. Sadly, I never found a way to bypass it (so I just switched to CM6).

guido3300 said:
I forgot to mention that I'm running FR008 with the HK kernel. What are you running? Have you had this problem before?
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I running the HK kernel, too, however, I don't allow FB to sync contacts because this is a company phone and I use the company's Exchange Server to store and sync my contacts.

For me it's an intermittent issue. For some contacts the override stays indefinitely, for some a few days, and for one person it reverts to the FB pic with every synch. I have no idea what logic HTC uses to determine which pic to show.

mcquill said:
I don't think its a bug. It was also present on the stock A&T 2.1 rom that came with the phone.
I think HTC just made it so if you choose to sync fb contacts it will automatically select the newest pictures available. Sadly, I never found a way to bypass it (so I just switched to CM6).
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Really? I used 2.1 for like 3 months since I got my phone and I never dealed with this issue. Now on FR008 it's so annoying, some of my contacts switches pictures everyday and I have to constantly revert my phone contacts to the desired picture. Maybe it's not a bug and it's a function causing this, I just wish I knew which one

guido3300 said:
Really? I used 2.1 for like 3 months since I got my phone and I never dealed with this issue. Now on FR008 it's so annoying, some of my contacts switches pictures everyday and I have to constantly revert my phone contacts to the desired picture. Maybe it's not a bug and it's a function causing this, I just wish I knew which one
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I'm sorry...but I seriously have to tell you, that seeing you quote yourself was by far one of the funniest things I've ever seen on a forum. Maybe it's because I'm a little delirious but that was COMICAL.

zervic said:
I'm sorry...but I seriously have to tell you, that seeing you quote yourself was by far one of the funniest things I've ever seen on a forum. Maybe it's because I'm a little delirious but that was COMICAL.
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WTF? hahahahaahahahahahahaha Dude! I was replying through my phone in bed and I must have pressed the wrong quote button. I didn't even notice I was quoting myself hahaha. I'll fix it now
Back on toppic: This **** is annyoing

i don't think its a bug. facebook is syncing properly and pulling the appropriate information. if anything, i'd imagine the bug was with eclair for not pulling the picture.
if you don't like dealing with it, you can always switch back.

mattbollenbach said:
i don't think its a bug. facebook is syncing properly and pulling the appropriate information. if anything, i'd imagine the bug was with eclair for not pulling the picture.
if you don't like dealing with it, you can always switch back.
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Did you even read the thread? I tell my phone specifically to use the picture I asigned to my contacts but it keeps on switching to the picture on FB.

yes, i did read the thread. no one seems to have any other information or solutions, so i'd say switch back or deal with it.

MIUI Rom and whatsapp contacts issues

i tried to look for it. and i just found 1 thread...but it didnt really help me out..so thought about posting it here..
basically copied from the other thread...i have the exact same problem..
Hello there
I've just installed miui rom and I really like it the only problem is
Whatsapp is unable to find any of my contacts don't know why !!
Although it appears just fine in other apps ..
I wish there is a fix for this thing cause really like miui look and u also can't live without whatsapp.
let me know if you guys can help me out.

i have kind of the same problem.. i installed the miui rom and nog at the screen receiving sms for conformation, the complete telephone reboots (everytime).
Can someone tell me how i can fix this?

Ok, if I remember correctly : reassign the app's permissions manually in the SuperUser app.
I'm sure a simple search in a MIUI thread would have give you the same answer.
Actually the first link of a "whatsapp bug miui" google search will give you the fix. Try to search next time...

moak89 said:
i tried to look for it. and i just found 1 thread...but it didnt really help me out..so thought about posting it here..
basically copied from the other thread...i have the exact same problem..
Hello there
I've just installed miui rom and I really like it the only problem is
Whatsapp is unable to find any of my contacts don't know why !!
Although it appears just fine in other apps ..
I wish there is a fix for this thing cause really like miui look and u also can't live without whatsapp.
let me know if you guys can help me out.
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well, why didn't you post it in that thread when there was the same question and open up a new one?
i'm on ndt ginger and whatsapp is working without problems for me.

moak89 said:
i tried to look for it. and i just found 1 thread...but it didnt really help me out..so thought about posting it here..
basically copied from the other thread...i have the exact same problem..
Hello there
I've just installed miui rom and I really like it the only problem is
Whatsapp is unable to find any of my contacts don't know why !!
Although it appears just fine in other apps ..
I wish there is a fix for this thing cause really like miui look and u also can't live without whatsapp.
let me know if you guys can help me out.
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put all your contacts in gmail under "My Contacts" without any label and resync the google and whatspp account in your mob thats it all contacts will appear again on whatsapp & viper