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cannot sync my facebook, twitter to my contact

I added my facebook and twitter account in settings->account and sync
and processed an synchronization in success (the sync icon is in green color)
In Contact, display option , I uncheck "only contacts with phones",
but my facebook and twitter contacts don't show up in my Contact , so I cannot link up with my phone contacts.

try this for Facebook
Go to Contact -> Submenu -> Get Friends -> (you should see your facebook account here, else add yours), tap on the account and select your friends.
PS: if this is your time time doing it, the application may ask you if you want to sync selected or all contact to your phone.
Let me know if this help.
PPS: if this works for your FB, you can use it for Twitter.

Roy Ngan said:
try this for Facebook
Go to Contact -> Submenu -> Get Friends -> (you should see your facebook account here, else add yours), tap on the account and select your friends.
PS: if this is your time time doing it, the application may ask you if you want to sync selected or all contact to your phone.
Let me know if this help.
PPS: if this works for your FB, you can use it for Twitter.
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Thanks! Now works

adrianmak said:
Thanks! Now works
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If this is working fine, you should see your FB friend's birthday on your calendar too. Enjoy

this also would put their picture in contact or how can i associate facebook profile picture with contact in phone?

_SAM said:
this also would put their picture in contact or how can i associate facebook profile picture with contact in phone?
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use link contact

there are contacts from facebook, but no picture, so I was thinking that there is a setting that takes little info, or takes birthdays, tel. numbers, pictures.

in my case, picture, birthday, email, tel are all available in my FB contact.
Is it possible your friend didn't upload photo in their FB?

I have a similar problem.
If I go Contacts>SubMenus>Get Friends I cannot choose Facebook. My Facebook choice is greyed out so if I click it, nothing happens! Any idea?

I found that its much easier to use the Facebook and twitter from the Market than the Sync's on the phone.
Just download both Twitter and Facebook from the Market and then sync those in Accounts&Sync.
Simply don't use the default ones on the Galaxy

Eskilden said:
I have a similar problem.
If I go Contacts>SubMenus>Get Friends I cannot choose Facebook. My Facebook choice is greyed out so if I click it, nothing happens! Any idea?
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Facebook under integrated contact account or more account?
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Doesn't really say.... ( ? )

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Saw this screen?
Select the FB under "integrated contact accounts"
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another FB sync under "More accounts" comes with Facebook for Android, remove that

Oh that one, yeh... I used the intigrated thing. No good :/

[Q] Facebook sync

I cannot synchronize FB contacts with phone contats. It says that synchronization is not available. Does anyone know why is this happening?

Try using the Facebook from the Market, Works a lot better than the defaults on the Galaxy

did you try By contact , get friend, add account, add account, facebook (integrated contact account)?
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freshko said:
I cannot synchronize FB contacts with phone contats. It says that synchronization is not available. Does anyone know why is this happening?
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I have the same problem.. really annoying!

arch3rm said:
Try using the Facebook from the Market, Works a lot better than the defaults on the Galaxy
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Just tried this one.
It works but it adds the contacts 2-3 times and no pictures...

It sais to me: Sync is currently expecting problems. It will be back soon.
However, it does not look like it will be any soon
If I use Market FB application for sync, it adds friends but without pictures.

I saw this problem mentioned in czech android forum, they are having the same problem since friday. So I think its some server related problem which will be fixed soon.

Mikulec said:
I saw this problem mentioned in czech android forum, they are having the same problem since friday. So I think its some server related problem which will be fixed soon.
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Sweet... better try to have some patience then. Not my strong side

i synchronized yesterday with the stock app and everything is OK, all contacts with pictures....

I am having the same problem.
Calender sync. seems to work.
contacts not worked for several days.

However, it is strange that not everyone has these problems.
I can also synchronize everything but contacts (History and Activities are working)

Maybe its depending on the ROM you have installed. The European Version seems to have the problem, that syncing Facebook contacts is not possible, without installing the facebook app. But if you cync with the app, you have the problem, that the number of linked people is rising with the reboots you are doing....
Have a look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=742229
So for me, with JF3 Rom and kernel-version 2.6.29 its not possible to sync with facebook...
Very sad!

Worked until yesterday on JM5 with Samset 1.9b.
But after I reflashed it i can't sync. Same ROM and all.. strange.

I remember on my old HTC Magic, i could sync my contacts to their facebook pages, i cant seem to do this on my SGS although i can sync my facebook contacts to my phonebook...
Any idea's?

The problem suddenly arose for me too just the other day. Then I had JM2, no root or other fixes.
Now I'm sitting on JM5 + SamSet 1.9b + lag fix and the problem is still there. I'm just assuming that there are some sever issues atm. I'm from sweden so the theory that it is european-related still holds.
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Yeah must be something server related.
Tried removing the Samsung Mobile app from facebook and letting it install again. But did´t help either.

Same problem for me, even with the stock JF3 firmware. Now I'm on JM5 and still the same. I hope either FB or Samsung are aware of the issue and are trying to fix it.
I'm from France by the way.

Hi Guys, I'm on XWJM5, I got my issue resolved, posted at another thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=747106
the issue begin after Facebook release version 1.3.1 for Android.
Check the following thing
1. At your Facebook sync (under "More account" setting), select "Don't sync"
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2. Add new Facebook Account under "Integrated Contact Account" (in red box) for contact sync. (please continue to do your own setup after the selection is done)
please share with us if that solve your issue.

This does not solve the problem.
I still get: Sync is not available at the moment. It will be back soon.

I had the same issue and fixed it two or three days ago.
It seems the sync in the new 1.3.1 app from the market has issues (probably just with SGS) but can sync contacts (sometimes repeatedly) without any other data like pics. I tried to resolve this several times using the new 1.3.1 version and failed. To resolve my problem I had to:
1. Remove the Facebook account sync entries in Settings > Accounts and Sync > section
2. Uninstall Facebook app 1.3.1
3. Manually add the SGS inbuilt Facebook sync and resync contacts (getting pics etc back)
4. Reinstall Facebook app 1.3.1 from the market, and go through the sign-in wizard, saying 'don't sync' at when questioned.
Now using downloaded app, with inbuilt sync client and it seems to be fine.
PS: The older inbuilt client uses a brighter blue icon with rounder edges and graduated colour - this way you can tell which is which in the account sync area.
Anyone else want to try?

[Q] removing T-Mobile sync

Anyone know how to remove the T-Mobile Sync option? When ever I add a new contact it adds it to T-Mobile sync and not to google.

You are talking about two different things:
1. saving new contacts to t-mobile account is default, you cannot change that. But before you save your contact you can choose from a pull down menu to save it in your google account. Next time you add another contact it defaults to t-mobile again. It sucks and is the only things that really bothers me.
2.syncing with t-mobile account...your t-mobile contacts are synced with the t-mobile server....you can stop the syncing by going to the account and sync menu. you can stop the syncing but you cannot remove the t-mobile account completely.

ahh I was hoping to uninstall it but that will do... thank you!

Daguse said:
ahh I was hoping to uninstall it but that will do... thank you!
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as am i, hopefully someone finds the service or .apk name for that because if someone who rooted the phone and wants to use it on a diff carrier doesnt need that sync account in there.

###As usual backup all your data and I'm in no way responsible if you brick your phone. It shouldn't because I just finished this on mine and it works fine.###
Now I found a way and just did it on my MT4G. Grab root explorer or similar if you don't have it. Open it and use the search for "nab" anything that comes up I.E. that says tmobile.nabservice blah blah blah. There was like 4-5 files for me one zip, obex, and a few others delete em all then your done. The Tmobile sync account is gone and the default contact save is the first account you set up for in sync.

How do you know it automatically saves it to your "tmobile" account? because i have auto sync unchecked for tmobile, and when i go into the settings for my contacts i have everything unchecked except google contacts...but under tmobile contacts it says ZERO

shaun-steelers said:
How do you know it automatically saves it to your "tmobile" account? because i have auto sync unchecked for tmobile, and when i go into the settings for my contacts i have everything unchecked except google contacts...but under tmobile contacts it says ZERO
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You know it's adding to T-Mobile, because when you go to add a new contact, T-Mobile is the default...
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This is true regardless of if you have T-Mobile syncing or not (I have mine disabled 'cause who the heck needs T-Mobile contacts?)
I posted in the thread that led me here, but I wanted to ask Keldarr or anyone who has done the removal of all-things-Nab - does Phone show up as the default Contact Type? Instead of deleting anything to do with Nab, I just froze the NabService via Titanium...
This gets T-Mobile out of the list of Contact Types, but now Phone is the default - not the Google account I wish to be the default. I wanted to see if those who have deleted all traces of Nab, have Phone as a Contact Type and if it is the default.

How strange, in my case it saves by default to my Google account every time I create a new contact. Check your display settings.
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shlongwoodian said:
You know it's adding to T-Mobile, because when you go to add a new contact, T-Mobile is the default...
This is true regardless of if you have T-Mobile syncing or not (I have mine disabled 'cause who the heck needs T-Mobile contacts?)
I posted in the thread that led me here, but I wanted to ask Keldarr or anyone who has done the removal of all-things-Nab - does Phone show up as the default Contact Type? Instead of deleting anything to do with Nab, I just froze the NabService via Titanium...
This gets T-Mobile out of the list of Contact Types, but now Phone is the default - not the Google account I wish to be the default. I wanted to see if those who have deleted all traces of Nab, have Phone as a Contact Type and if it is the default.
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Slow reply sorry for me my default contact save is the first gmail account i added. not sure what it would be if u didn't have a sync account besides t-mobiles sync but id assume it would be phone until u add a google account.

[Q] Copying Contacts to SIM

Is there a way to copy all my phone contacts to my SIMcard?
Under settings all I see is import and export, no copy all contacts to SIM.

Not a way to do that but you do have SD card and gmail.
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You can't do it in bulk but you can save individual contact numbers to your SIM.
Open the contact you want to save, hit the menu>more>save to SIM.
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sk337sk337 said:
Not a way to do that but you do have SD card and gmail.
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Please double check your facts before posting inaccurate information/advice.

One at a time eh? Wow that's going to be a b iatch!

nguyendqh said:
One at a time eh? Wow that's going to be a b iatch!
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Yeah, unfortunately that's the way it is for now. One at a time.
FYI though; if you setup all your contacts in Gmail you will never lose them and all you have to do is sync with that account and your contacts are there.

also you can sync them to tmobile.

Like I replied not a way to "copy all" to sin
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sk337sk337 said:
Not a way to do that but you do have SD card and gmail.
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Hey how do you save to your gmail account? It was very simple on my vibrant but I don't see how to do it at all on this new glacier. Can some one help me?
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slackerx10 said:
Hey how do you save to your gmail account? It was very simple on my vibrant but I don't see how to do it at all on this new glacier. Can some one help me?
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I could be wrong but I think you'd go settings>accounts & sync>google>sync contacts.

nguyendqh said:
I could be wrong but I think you'd go settings>accounts & sync>google>sync contacts.
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Yeah that was it. That's a bit different from my last phone... I'm still getting used to this phone lol
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well, does this really work? i was trying to sync my phone contacts with my gmail account; doesn't seem to work. The phone syncs google contacts with the phone fine, but this does not work vice versa. I linked phone contacts with google contacts; still, when i login to my gmail from my computer, my gmail contacts have not been synced to include phone numbers as well.
any solutions?

apn3a said:
well, does this really work? i was trying to sync my phone contacts with my gmail account; doesn't seem to work. The phone syncs google contacts with the phone fine, but this does not work vice versa. I linked phone contacts with google contacts; still, when i login to my gmail from my computer, my gmail contacts have not been synced to include phone numbers as well.
any solutions?
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See if this works.
Contacts>settings>import/export>export to SD card>choice of SIM, phone or tmo
After that hook the phone up to your computer via USB and select disk drive
Gmail>contacts>more actions>import>select CSV file off phone.
I haven't done this myself because I don't want to sync my contacts with Gmail.
But let me know if it works.

Make GMail default contact save location?

So I had an EVO before my MyTouch and when I saved a contact it went straight to my GMail account. I noticed contacts were missing from there today and was confused, I found out when I save a contact the default location is T-Mobile's sync app. I tried disabling it under accounts and sync and all I can do is turn off sync but when I add a new contact it still defaults to that account. Now I know I can change it in the little drop down but I would prefer just to have GMail as the default so that I don't forget to change it or something. Plus every time I do change it this stupid warning pops up.
Anyone know how do make GMail default? I can't find settings for it ANYWHERE!

Hi, please search next time
This has been asked and answered, here is the relevant post on how to (AT YOUR OWN RISK) completely disable T-Mobile sync: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9922041&postcount=5

Does nothing, I am fully rooted running stock ROM but when I search that and delete everything T-Mobile sync stays in my setting and when I restart all those files come back if I seach with root explorer again...

You can be "fully rooted" with permaroot, but are you S-OFF in hboot? If not, any modifications to /system will revert on any reboot.

Yes, S-Off HBOOT 0.85.2007 I used this method
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996
to root and gain S-off. If it is any connection I also can't get any of the over clocking kernals/mods to work on my phone. This is a replacement MyTouch, my last ones screen shattered. But I was able to root and over clock that one, never tried this deleting T-Mobile sync till I got this replacement phone.

Just uncheck "tmobile" from the view menu in the contacts screen. Then it will automatically select Google as the default save location.

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Just uncheck "tmobile" from the view menu in the contacts screen. Then it will automatically select Google as the default save location.
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Also does nothing, at least for my phone and my stores demo MyTouch... Still defaults to T-Mobile and you can't remove the account in settings either because it says to master reset it.
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Make sure you don't use faves. If you have any contacts in faves, T-mobile becomes the default save for contacts. I just froze the faves app and widget along with applying all the other suggested fixes and so far google remains my default save.
...also, delete data in contacts storage app and resync everything to google.
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Thank you!!!!!!! I just deleted anything that had to do with My Favs as well as all the nab files in root explorer and now it defaults to Google most of the time, seems like depending on who you enter the contacts menu it switches from Google to phone. If I go to contacts via the app drawer and add bee, Google is default, but if I click the phone in the launcher bar then go to add a contact it makes phone the default. Doesn't matter to me though I go through app menu most times and either way at least its not on T-Mobile. I'll use the thanks button when I get home the app doesn't have the option.
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dcwiker05 said:
Thank you!!!!!!! I just deleted anything that had to do with My Favs as well as all the nab files in root explorer and now it defaults to Google most of the time, seems like depending on who you enter the contacts menu it switches from Google to phone. If I go to contacts via the app drawer and add bee, Google is default, but if I click the phone in the launcher bar then go to add a contact it makes phone the default. Doesn't matter to me though I go through app menu most times and either way at least its not on T-Mobile. I'll use the thanks button when I get home the app doesn't have the option.
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No problem. If you look at my post history, a couple weeks back I wrote a pretty detailed process on how to keep Google as your default contacts. It explains how you need to unlink (or better, delete) all contacts and basically only use Google to sync. Glad to help.

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Just uncheck "tmobile" from the view menu in the contacts screen. Then it will automatically select Google as the default save location.
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This doesn't appear to be correct. One of the first things I do when dealing with Contacts is change the 'View'. I only have one Google account and my Facebook checked for my View Contacts > View options and when adding contacts, I keep T-Mobile hidden, my other Gmail account hidden, etc. T-Mobile is still the default Contact Type.
In regard to this post...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9922041&postcount=5
...instead of actually deleting anything to do with NabService, I found that using Titanium I could freeze NabService...
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This seems to have the same effect, since now I no longer have T-Mobile as a Contact Type when I go to add a new contact...
What I don't like however, is that of my 3 Contact Types - Google (Gmail #1), Google, (Gmail #2) and Phone, Phone is the default Contact Type now when adding new contacts...
Is the same true (i.e. that Phone is the default Contact Type) after deleting anything to do with Nab?

My default seems to stay google now that I changed it from phone the very first time after deleting nab and my favs. It did originally default to the phone though. Also it seems like it may depend on how you actually enter your contacts. If you go in through the Contacts app via the app drawer google is the default, if you go in via the little phone in the launcher bar it seems to make phone the default. odd?