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
Andrew149 said:
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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Does anyone know how to make the Vibrant show the Facebook photo as a contact photo instead of the Google contacts photo? On CM5.0.8 all you had to do was edit the contact and choose the facebook photo as the default?
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Does anyone know how to make the Vibrant show the Facebook photo as a contact photo instead of the Google contacts photo? On CM5.0.8 all you had to do was edit the contact and choose the facebook photo as the default?
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you can use SyncMyPix from the market or you can go into. each. contact. and. select. "link contact". then. go. to. FB. and. link. them... one... by... one...
FARK!
I can not NOT wait until we get a stock Froyo rom on this thing.
I believe you go to accounts and sync and add facebook.
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I forgot to add the part after you go to accounts and sync, you have to add the facebook account.
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mine did this automagically...
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I forgot to add the part after you go to accounts and sync, you have to add the facebook account.
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What do you mean by "add the facebook account"?
Under Accounts and Sync you select add account. FB will be one of the options. Add that and select contacts from its settings and it will automatically link your phone contacts and sync the FB profile pictures to your phone contacts pictures. It is pretty easy and works great!
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Clarification I think
I think that I have the same question and its has not been answered yet. The problem is that the acounts are already linked; facebook and google. But it is using the google picture as the default. I have tried changing it manually but it always revert back to the goole picture. Is there a way to change the default setting, Any sugestions?
How are you guys syncing your contacts with their facebook profile photos?
I thought android did this out of the box? I'm running 2.1 build 8105 and when I go to accounts and sync in settings and tap add account, then facebook it does nothing... I am logged into facebook for android but nothing from there. Also I installed facebook sync from the market but that's not working either.
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You gotta Terry to context the contracts yourself. Once you connect everything it will get updated automatically.
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And how do I do that?
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yes i also would love to know how to sync the contact with facebook contact.. like other android devices do.
Press the facebook widget till it turns red, then press menu and choose widget options. You can sync your fb contacts from there.
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How are you guys syncing your contacts with their facebook profile photos?
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Another option is Google Facebook Sync. Instead of copying your contacts from Facebook to Gmail this takes the pictures from Facebook and matches them up with your Gmail contacts.
http://www.koushikdutta.com/2008/10/synchronizing-google-and-facebook.html
it add the FB contact into the contact of my device, but still not merge and there's no picture synced
Search the market for an app called "sync my pics", it matches your contacts with facebook profiles and adds the pictures for you. You can even uninstall it once it's done.
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Search the market for an app called "sync my pics", it matches your contacts with facebook profiles and adds the pictures for you. You can even uninstall it once it's done.
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Thank you, worked beautifully.
Btw it's pix not pics
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Hello.
I have been using cm7 and loving it. Only thing I miss from original Tom is how facebook was tied together with Facebook and would provide updates and show recent picture.
Is there a way to have this on cm7?
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No. One of the trade offs
Install Facebook from Market and turn on contact sync for existing contacts. Make sure the contacts on your phone have an email address to match with an email address listed in Facebook.
Thanks. Also I have seen Facebook picture sync apps are they any good?
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I tried doing that, downloading Facebook and hoping it would sync everything but it didn't.
So I downloaded an app called 'Contapps' and through the settings you can sync your contacts with your Facebook account, and if theres contacts that don't automatically sync, you can do it manually.
facebook app will aloso sync if the names match exactly. I have mine all set like that and they sync just fine.
Mine seem to be syncing. They all show up as being linked under the contact, but for some contacts their picture doesn't show even though it is linked. Any ideas? And also is there a way to make it so those facebook pics don't show up so blurry in the caller id?
just upgrade to google plus and kiss Facebook Bye Bye.
If you need to see what person look like prior to calling them, you don't know them well enough.
Just edit the contact, and if they're already linked to their Facebook account, click the Facebook photo and choose to "Use this photo."
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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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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Hey folks,
I've synced my facebook contacts with existing contacts and the images are blurry as hell, like they are a tiny resolution. This used to happen on ICS but was meant to be fixed with Jellybean, seems to have reared it's ugly head again for me.
Anyone else getting the same? and if so have you resolved it?
Thanks,
Ben.
I always use Contact Picutre Sync to sync facebook pictures with contacts
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=heinrisch.contact.picture.sync&hl=pl
It's the simplest way to do it
mist813 said:
I always use Contact Picutre Sync to sync facebook pictures with contacts
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=heinrisch.contact.picture.sync&hl=pl
It's the simplest way to do it
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simplest way to change google play's language too.
use this link insted: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=heinrisch.contact.picture.sync
to change language back to english use this https://play.google.com/store/apps/?hl=en
Would recommend Haxsync, it will sync the hi-res images as well as your contacts statuses which appear under each conact on your phone. It also syncs the fb calendar and allows you to set reminders for birthdays and events.
I disable the contacts and calendar sync for fb and just use haxsync to do it all.
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Would recommend Haxsync, it will sync the hi-res images as well as your contacts statuses which appear under each conact on your phone. It also syncs the fb calendar and allows you to set reminders for birthdays and events.
I disable the contacts and calendar sync for fb and just use haxsync to do it all.
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You don't get people's phones though. That's why I use Facebook sync in the first place.
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You don't get people's phones though. That's why I use Facebook sync in the first place.
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Fair enought, anyone I want to call I have their number outside of fb. Just use Haxsync as well as the fb contacts sync, it will automatically merge the contacts anyway giving you the number and the high quality photos etc...
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Fair enought, anyone I want to call I have their number outside of fb. Just use Haxsync as well as the fb contacts sync, it will automatically merge the contacts anyway giving you the number and the high quality photos etc...
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I suppose I could do that. I hope it merges the contacts right this time. Last time i used it, it was throwing contacts all over the place. I had to merge them manually.
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