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[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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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?

Anybody else notice their mytouch 4g constantly syncing?

Not sure why but my phone ever since I permanent rooted it has been stuck on sync unless I turn off background data. Anybody else have this problem?
Just for more detail I did remove some blaotware from my phone. I removed the peep app, friebdstream, all demo games and some themes.
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I turned off sync for news, stock, tmobile, etc.... I left google, twitter, etc.... on and sync rarely comes on for me.
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i turned off for all except google and fb, and it's on all day. it's bugging the hell out of me.. i think i'm gogin to just wait for a cm rom to come out so i can just flash that and be done with it

daheechang said:
i turned off for all except google and fb, and it's on all day. it's bugging the hell out of me.. i think i'm gogin to just wait for a cm rom to come out so i can just flash that and be done with it
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The only one that keeps syncing for me is the facebook account. I set it to synching once a day but it still syncs every time I reboot the phone. Happened to me before rooting too, don't think that's the problem.
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hey guys - I'm also having this problem. Have you found a fix for it at all? My Facebook is the one constantly syncing as well. I usually just go in and hit "cancel sync" under Accounts.

I'm insane when it comes to what's running on my phone, what's syncing, etc. So if anyone was going to see "constant syncing" when it isn't supposed to be, it would be me.
What is your sync interval set to?
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I don't need Facebook updates that often and I really only use the sync to have Facebook contact info (for contact pics/avatars). I keep mine at 8 hours and I haven't noticed it "syncing all the time."
Do you have any "splats" on your Accounts & Sync? You know, like when it's unable to sync and says, "Unable to sync since xx/xx/xxxx"?
I would check for any red indicators that are trying to let you know sync is unavailable. That should only be a temporary issue, if it's happening, but there are times when Google or Facebook can't and won't sync and deleting the cache/app data usually clears things up.

Hey guys I am having the same problem. I already unchcked all data and automatic sync... For some reason it continues to sync. I went into every single one of my accounts and nothing shows that it is syncing. Even unchecking every box doesnt help. It still syncs.
Thoughts?

vom098098 said:
Hey guys I am having the same problem. I already unchcked all data and automatic sync... For some reason it continues to sync. I went into every single one of my accounts and nothing shows that it is syncing. Even unchecking every box doesnt help. It still syncs.
Thoughts?
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Can you post a screen shot of your Accounts & Sync screen showing that each account is still syncing, even though you have either Auto-sync un-checked...
Or any of the sync options un-checked...

My schedule is set to once a day. Once it starts syncing, it never finishes. I don't have any issues with it saying it can't sync though. I also noticed it tends to kick off Google's contact sync. The weird thing is the google one just shows the sync icon, but it isn't spinning. What does that mean?

h4xdaplanet said:
My schedule is set to once a day. Once it starts syncing, it never finishes. I don't have any issues with it saying it can't sync though. I also noticed it tends to kick off Google's contact sync. The weird thing is the google one just shows the sync icon, but it isn't spinning. What does that mean?
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Can you post a screen shot of what you're seeing? Thanks!

Well.. I would rather try taking a vifeo for you. It doesn't actually show that anything is syncing with the little circle next to it. Even going through all my accounts turning off data etc... It will remain syncing at the top. When I go into Settings, applications, running, all, and force stop the calendar.. THe sync in notification bar goes right away. That is how I know it has to be the calendar. It eventually comes back.
I have already master reset 3 times. Tried different gmail accounts and everything.

I think I'm having the same problem as vom - nothing is syncing under those menus.

h4xdaplanet said:
I think I'm having the same problem as vom - nothing is syncing under those menus.
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Can you go into each one of the accounts at that time and take a screen shot? You might want to obfuscate your email addresses and such, but I think in order to verify what we're talking about, we should see the sync up top, while NOT seeing a sync within each account. That's what I'd really like to see.
I know that you have Background and Auto un-checked, but I'd like to see the "detail" within each account, as it might point to an error or a reason why those accounts are trying to sync.
Also, is anyone else who's experiencing this "issue" using Exchange ActiveSync? Just trying to spot trends.

It's not doing the sync thing right now, but I can tell you there are no syncing icons under each account. I'll try to nab some shots when it goes into sync mode again

mine is doing this....it's the facebook contacts that seems to be constantly syncing
it never really stops, but never gives an error

[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

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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.

android push notifications

ok, so we've had push notifications for quite some time now, since 2.2
does anyone know the reason why SO many apps(big ones, too) seem to refuse to implement push notifications?
facebook says they have them, but they've never worked for me ever. and there's no settings for them. only for polling
official twitter app still polls
words with friends polls
etc
do these devs just not want to add in support for 2 sets of phones? 2.2+ and everyone below 2.2?
i can't think of any reason why this happens, but its a huge issue in my eyes. android phones get bad enough battery life as is.

if you go into facebook and enable notifications but set poll time to never you get push notifications

Tried it. It's never worked on my n1, and I know I'm not the only one.
My gf gets them on her sensation though

Don't use Facebook as an example. Their app is pure garbage. Lots of apps use Push. Trillian, Skype, Talk, eBuddy, etc...

Yes but my point is lots of apps also don't use push still. Apps that are updated regularly. It makes no sense to me that devs are seemingly ignoring it.

My thoughts exactly. Does it cost more to implement push notification?

Twitter app is updated. Says they added push, yet, just like the facebook app, there are 0 settings for push and only options for polling
I don't ****ing get it. These companies must put their A and B teams on iphone apps and their H teams on android

mattpannella said:
Twitter app is updated. Says they added push, yet, just like the facebook app, there are 0 settings for push and only options for polling
I don't ****ing get it. These companies must put their A and B teams on iphone apps and their H teams on android
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There are options for Twitter. They're just buried under each account.
http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/13/tw...upports-multiple-profiles-push-notifications/
Also, you must be running your own H team since the term is pull, not poll.

Erigion said:
Also, you must be running your own H team since the term is pull, not poll.
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Both terms are correct, but polling is more common.

pfmiller said:
Both terms are correct, but polling is more common.
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Google search must be incredibly wrong then

The only options under the profile are for polling (the correct term. it periodically polls the server for updates). Just like the facebook one there's no sign of any push options anywhere

Your question was already answered. It is under the account settings.

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Your question was already answered. It is under the account settings.
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yeah, except it's not
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ok, so apparently "automatic refresh" means push notifications? thats so misleading. it's not refreshing anything, then
yet there is still an option to set how often it polls the server, with no option for never
ugh
either way, this still backs up my point that they have ****ty devs making these apps

I'm pretty sure this is a feature for people who follow hundreds, if not thousands, of people who don't want to be pushed a notification every second of every day. They must figure that people with a lot of followers would rather see a big chunk of updates at once rather than being notified to death.
And yes, "Automatic Refresh" doesn't sound like push notification at all but that's just part of the crummy UI of the official twitter app.

mattpannella said:
Tried it. It's never worked on my n1, and I know I'm not the only one.
My gf gets them on her sensation though
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Trust me i've tryed and it works for me and a lot of my friends, to enable Facebook push notifications:
1 kill the application in "application manager" and erase data and cache.
2 Go to facebook.com with pc and deactivate your account (don't worry you won't lose anything)
3 after a minute log in again with the pc
4 and now log in with you phone
Now it should work.
Try and tell me if it works. i've set the update period to 4 hours.
i apologize for my english :\

AnthonyTex said:
Trust me i've tryed and it works for me and a lot of my friends, to enable Facebook push notifications:
1 kill the application in "application manager" and erase data and cache.
2 Go to facebook.com with pc and deactivate your account (don't worry you won't lose anything)
3 after a minute log in again with the pc
4 and now log in with you phone
Now it should work.
Try and tell me if it works. i've set the update period to 4 hours.
i apologize for my english :\
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That's what I did to get mine working too. Just deactivate your account on the Facebook website, and then activate it again. Push starts working right after you log back in on the web and your phone.

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I have the latest version of twitter, 2.1.2, and there is no "automatic refresh" above the sync contacts setting. Cool?

AnthonyTex said:
Trust me i've tryed and it works for me and a lot of my friends, to enable Facebook push notifications:
1 kill the application in "application manager" and erase data and cache.
2 Go to facebook.com with pc and deactivate your account (don't worry you won't lose anything)
3 after a minute log in again with the pc
4 and now log in with you phone
Now it should work.
Try and tell me if it works. i've set the update period to 4 hours.
i apologize for my english :\
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Dang... I was really, really hoping this would work. I deleted the data for the app on my phone and deactivated my facebook account. I then reactivated my account and then logged in in my phone. I have since had 2 facebook notifications show on the web browser, but I have yet to have any sort of notification on my phone.
This has been especially bad since the gmail app no longer allows other apps to see the email, which knocked out my "push" notifications for facebook from Friendcaster Pro. Grr... I just want push notifications.

bassmadrigal said:
Dang... I was really, really hoping this would work. I deleted the data for the app on my phone and deactivated my facebook account. I then reactivated my account and then logged in in my phone. I have since had 2 facebook notifications show on the web browser, but I have yet to have any sort of notification on my phone.
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I hoped it would work to. No such luck. I did the deactivate thing and don't see any change.

Big exchange bug..

On my search for better battery life, I eventually flashed back to stock rom. Being a bit lazy that day I didn't bother configuring my work exchange email.
By not adding the exchange account the battery life was amazing! 20 hours and still 63% after quite heavy usage.
I configured the exchange email with a bit of a test in mind after the improved battery and realised my sgs2 is always set to push. Even if I set to manual, the phone will revert back to push 30 seconds later.
No wonder I had crap battery all this time! This thing is permanently connected to exchange with push wether I like it or not. I now use k9 email for exchange which doesn't have the push bug.
This is quite a major bug as battery life suffers and data usage must be very high. If you use exchange try deleting the account and see if you get better battery.
I'm running stock XWKI4

Mine was working perfect until I hit a wakelock and drained my battery in matter of a few hours when idle...
It was perfectly fine until today... Weird it happens now and suddenly without changing anything...

SiSL said:
Mine was working perfect until I hit a wakelock and drained my battery in matter of a few hours when idle...
It was perfectly fine until today... Weird it happens now and suddenly without changing anything...
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Check you dont have any apps marked for automatic updating. Maybe a rogue app is draining your battery.

Exchange in gingerbread does have a bug. If you have birthdays in your exchange calendar then it constantly syncs. If you do a search for it you will see others with the same problem.just change the calendar sync to off and turn on for a couple of minutes a day to sync and you will see the battery life improve.
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Mine working perfect

kalonso said:
Mine working perfect
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Can you elaborate on your Exchange settings, OS version, any customization you've done, etc?
I'm having the same problem with Exchange 2003 and ActiveSync destroying my battery life.
I've tried switching from push to pull with change in battery life. I did have calendar and contact syncing enabled when trying this.
For the weekend I decided to disable my Exchange account and my battery is doing much better especially considering I used the phone more on Saturday (Exchange off) then on Friday (Exchange on).
Here's my battery usage with Exchange push, contact syncing, calendar syncing and the following settings:
Period to sync e-mail: All
Sync schedule: 24/7 push
Period to sync Calendar: All calendar
Size to retrieve emails: All
Sync Contacts: Enabled
Sync Calendar: Enabled
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I'm going to try goofing with the settings. Start by disabling my calendar syncing and see if that makes a difference.