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[Q] Facebook contacts not Sync'ing - SNS Service to blame?

Alright so I had to remove my facebook account from my phone and put it back in - like countless other people the contacts aren't sync'ing. Here's what I've tried:
Removed facebook account from Accounts. Uninstalled Facebook app updates. Turned off phone. Logged into facebook on my PC and went into application settings and removed facebook mobile and samsung mobile access. Booted phone. Checked logs and saw "facebook_1.2.apk has changed ... unpacking" Rebooted phone. I went back into accounts and added Facebook account - still not syncing with the contacts. I opened the Facebook app and logged in. The facebook app gave itself an account in my Accounts & Sync (So now two facebook entries there) but the app will only pull contacts not the calendar. But it did put pics and link my contacts successfully.
So now you're probably thinking - problem solved albeit through 2 facebook accounts on the phone right? That's what I thought - one can do my calendar and one can do my contacts. However, I then discovered that for some reason the contact pictures aren't showing up in the messaging app - or anywhere else in the phone where they should (Except the Contacts app itself). So I started the whole process over again keeping a close eye on the logs to check for errors. Apparently for the contact pictures to populate to other parts of the phone, it needs to be done through SNS service. While trying to update the facebook account with the SNS setting (Not the one created by the FB App) and pouring over the logs I came across:
W/System.err(2437): at com.sec.android.app.sns.xml.parser.SnsXmlParser.parse(SnsXmlParser.java:73)
E/SNS_PARSER(2437): SnsXmlParser : xmlReader.parse() : SAXException occur
Parse method return false
So it would appear that the SNS service is to blame. The question then is... why is it broken? I'm wondering if this is something that happened through an MR. I've had the phone since launch and contact sync was never failure free (Unlike my HTC phones) but if you let it sit a few days it would magically work one day - well I've been sitting for a few days and it hasn't fixed itself yet so that's what started me on proactive approach.
Thoughts?

I called sprint about this problem yesterday and was pretty much told its probally something with facebook and not much they can do since its 3rd party...
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Well the problem I have with that response is that the Facebook app itself will pull the contacts just fine. So the issue I believe is with the sns service - whether it's going to the wrong site on facebook to pull the contacts or whatever. Which would explain why it's not able parse anything, it's not getting anything to parse. But they won't touch it. I'm willing to bet it's Samsung related. This problem happens to other Galaxy S models also. Guess we're just s.o.l.
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Has there been a fix for this yet, can I drop in the sns file from lets say evo ?

No issues here..if you use the facebook account sync option at the top and turn off the one that facebook installs then everything will work fine.

My issue is tha I can not join contacts with facebook ones, it does not sns account, only the one that comes default but even then I can not join contacts, even if I match them up

Jhiciano said:
My issue is tha I can not join contacts with facebook ones, it does not sns account, only the one that comes default but even then I can not join contacts, even if I match them up
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I'd say start over with a fresh factory default or wipe with clockwork mod. I've never had a facebook sync issue since the phone was released. Not an issue on the DK28 ones either.

Facebook contact wont syc after J16OTA update?

Do any of you had problem syncing contacts from facebook after the OTA J16 update?

I had this problem too, FB wouldn't sync so I didn't have contact pictures for any of my contacts. I removed my account, added it again, forced resync a few times, rebooted the phone and nothing seemed to work. Then, like an hour later it synced. Seems to be working fine except I have one contact tha has the wrong profiles picture shown and I can't figure out how to fix that.

@deadpass, do you have facebook for android installed? I have that installed and have the widget for launcher pro as well.

jay661972 said:
@deadpass, do you have facebook for android installed? I have that installed and have the widget for launcher pro as well.
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I do, the widget is on one of my home pages and it updates fine. I just removed and readded by FB account and all the pictures sync again, but I still have the one contact that has the incorrect picture.

Fb and twitter sync is completely norked on my phone. I meed to get a netbook soon cause these smartphones are wholly unreliable, imo.
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People app file name?

Does anyone know what the People app for Sense filename is? I'm trying to load an alternate People app from a Desire HD ROM. The Evo version shows all Google contacts and there is no way to turn it off. What I am trying to do is show only the "My Contacts" group. If it works I'll let you guys know! Thanks!

lostnfound53 said:
Does anyone know what the People app for Sense filename is? I'm trying to load an alternate People app from a Desire HD ROM. The Evo version shows all Google contacts and there is no way to turn it off. What I am trying to do is show only the "My Contacts" group. If it works I'll let you guys know! Thanks!
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Your post is confusing but I will try to help.
The evo sense people app is htccontacts.apk. The google contacts is handled by googlecontactssyncadapter.apk.
You can stop the google contact sync by unchecking "sync contacts" under gmail sync in accounts & sync (if you have gmail auto syncing) or you can uninstall googlecontactssyncadapter.apk.
I have uninstalled googlecontacts and googlecalender sync adapters with no ill effects.
Unsyncing or uninstalling will stop google contacts from appearing in htccontacts (sense people). If you have google contacts in there already you will have to delete them manually AFTER you have disabled googlecontact syncing or uninstalled the googlecontactsync adapter.

lovethyEVO said:
Your post is confusing but I will try to help.
The evo sense people app is htccontacts.apk. The google contacts is handled by googlecontactssyncadapter.apk.
You can stop the google contact sync by unchecking "sync contacts" under gmail sync in accounts & sync (if you have gmail auto syncing) or you can uninstall googlecontactssyncadapter.apk.
I have uninstalled googlecontacts and googlecalender sync adapters with no ill effects.
Unsyncing or uninstalling will stop google contacts from appearing in htccontacts (sense people). If you have google contacts in there already you will have to delete them manually AFTER you have disabled googlecontact syncing or uninstalled the googlecontactsync adapter.
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Hi, thanks for the reply. I was brief in my first post but here's a longer explanation.
The People app on the Evo shows ALL of your Gmail contacts. However, there are some contacts that I've placed in a group called "Unused Contacts." If you check your contacts in Gmail, you will find that there is a group called "My Contacts." That is where I keep my most frequently used contacts.
On my phone, while browsing the contacts in the People app, every contact in my Gmail account is enumerated, including those in the "Unused Contacts" group.
However, the People app on my old phone (HTC Hero) had the ability to choose which contact groups you wanted to view. It was through a menu option within the People app. That was the feature that I was trying to replicate.
I went ahead and downloaded a ROM from the Desire HD forums. I have heard that the People app in the Desire HD had this feature enabled. I pushed the HtcContacts.apk file to my own phone's /system/app folder using adb. However, when I restarted the phone, the app just force closed on me. After playing around with it for a while, I was still not able to get it to work, so I just restored a Nandroid backup.
Hope that's clear enough for you

I can't test the google contact sync since I don't use it and for the reason you mentioned above.
The evo people app has a view option when you hit menu while viewing all your contacts but again I can't test filtering since I don't sync contacts to my gmail.
As for installing the people app, uninstall the stock one and try installing the desire version via a flash zip.
I find adb to be picky sometimes when pushing system apps. I had an instance where I had to restore my system app bluetooth and the only way to install it correctly was to flash it via recovery.
Hope that helps.

I have been looking for this fix for forever!!
I have the same gripe all the other HTC phones have the ability to filter the google contacts.
Were you able to figure this out? I would love to be able to do this.

[Q] Synching problems with FB for Sense

I set up an account with Facebook for HTC Sense. The problem is, that neither the calendar is being synched with birthdays and events nor the "People".
But when I login to facebook through the normal app the "Facebook Contacts" folder is updated. (But not "People").
Also when I make a status through FriendStream it shows 'via HTC Sense' and while doing so on the normal app it shows 'via Android'.
Regarding the calendar I have changed the settings to show the FB calendar but nothing turns up. Same in the People when I go to 'Online Directories' it shows zero friends and does not refresh.
I have factory resetted the phone using two variations.
When the screen for setting up a social account comes , i ignore it and the other one is that i accept it (Thus creating a 'FB for HTC Sense' account)
But nothing works
I am rooted with 2.2 , latest build 3.15 on the ROM - 'Superuser, Keep it Simple' -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=811776&page=6

From what I heard, the geniuses at fb decided to block syncing that sorta info, not just for google. The app market just hasn't caught up yet..
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Try asking a good friend to temporarily remove them (from both parties) and adding them again.
Now use the Sync All button (Sense widget) in Sense, or use Synker (make sure Facebook sync is checked).
Now see if that friend, that single, lone friend, is showing up in Online Directories, or whathaveyou.
If it works, it's probably some cache error, same with what I have, and it's super annoying.

Cyanogen = no contact sync

Hello! I put the cyanogen rom a few days ago. I really don't like the contacts management....the list is ok, but the sync of the photos just doesn't work. Only some contacts are being sync-ed with facebook showing the right photos.
And the problem is that if I use a contact widget (for example photo contact widget or animated contact widget), the contacts won't have the facebook photo....but if I go in the contact list, those contacts correctly display the facebook photo, although of course if I go into the contact description, the contact itself has no photo, but it has only the '[email protected]' of facebook, synced to it.
Is there a way to make a proper sync? I don't want to use a photo for every contact...it would be just so easy to have everything working again like it was with HTC sense (everything automatic and synced).
Is that because the HTC facebook for sense is missing with cyanogen?
And also, do you have another ROM to advice? I am not sure i really prefer this cyanogen to the stock htc sense one....

i have the same problem with Cyanogen roms... is there a solution for this?

i have no idea...the way cyanogen manages the contacts looks really not that good...htc sense was way better.
anyway, the really weird thing is that now, among my contacts, everyone has the facebook photo but 3. 3 contacts seem they cannot sync the photo from facebook...i did it 3 times, i also reset the sync with facebook and then synced again....those 3 contacts just don't sync. i checked the names: 100% correct.
it is a bit annoying...sure not so important, but it is anyway annoying.

rogermorse said:
i have no idea...the way cyanogen manages the contacts looks really not that good...htc sense was way better.
anyway, the really weird thing is that now, among my contacts, everyone has the facebook photo but 3. 3 contacts seem they cannot sync the photo from facebook...i did it 3 times, i also reset the sync with facebook and then synced again....those 3 contacts just don't sync. i checked the names: 100% correct.
it is a bit annoying...sure not so important, but it is anyway annoying.
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If the picture doesn't sync, try going to the facebook app and going to the person's facebook page. When the picture loads there, I noticed it also loads in my contact list.

As far as know, Facebook for HTC sense lets you sync contact photos, and remembers the link (in the comments). Facebook app only sync contacts that have their number shared in their profile, and you cannot manually create a link.
Cyanogen and Htc sense don't go together, so unfortunately you wouldn't be able to sync it the way you did with htc sense.
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It will sync automatic as long as the name is the same. Thats why some are done and some are not.
Also if you edit a contact and then press menu then join if the name is similar it will show there facebook profile and you can join them.

rogermorse said:
i have no idea...the way cyanogen manages the contacts looks really not that good...htc sense was way better.
anyway, the really weird thing is that now, among my contacts, everyone has the facebook photo but 3. 3 contacts seem they cannot sync the photo from facebook...i did it 3 times, i also reset the sync with facebook and then synced again....those 3 contacts just don't sync. i checked the names: 100% correct.
it is a bit annoying...sure not so important, but it is anyway annoying.
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I had a similar issue, and it seemed the problem was certain contacts who I'd previously (before I had the phone) assigned contact photos in Google Contacts. They were correctly linked to their Facebook accounts, but still showed the other photo. Solved it for each one by selecting 'edit contact' then scrolling right down to the end where it shows their facebook details, tap the photo there and select 'use this photo.' If the photo doesn't even show up in the 'edit' dialogue then I don't know.
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have to restart and delete cache

@rogermorse
Would you mind amending your original thread subject to reflect the fact this is about Facebook please? Many thanks in advance.
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