So not too long ago my contact photos for a specific contact has been disappearing for no reason. I link all my contacts with their Facebook profile and any other social networks that the phone picks up. All the contacts I have gets their photo but one.
But the problem isn't just getting that persons Facebook contact photos. It's their Google+ photos too. Their G+ photo doesn't even sync to my phone. So I'm left with the placeholder image for G+. If I manually go to link the contact with their other accounts, the contact image is the placeholder image for the specific account.
In hopes of fixing the problem, here are the list of things I've tried already:
Removed Facebook account and log in again (result is contact photo appears once linked, but any further modifications to the contact cause the problem)
Uninstalled updates to Facebook app and reinstalled the current beta version
Installed the current stable version of the app
Removed Google account and re-added
Removed contact from Google contacts and phone contacts, and created a new contact
Cleared cache and data from Facebook app
Cleared contacts storage cache (haven't cleared contact storage data, not sure if that will cause me to lose all my contacts)
If anyone has had this problem or has any ideas of a way to fix this, please tell me.
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Using cyanogen 5.0.3-6 and running Desire port before that, my contacts have that <sn>id:697626900/friendof:696095236</sn> thing in the 'notes' which is fine.
But when viewing contact information on the phone, it has many duplicates under the one name, and it seems to list the contact details from my google account twice. e.g.
call mobile:
call home:
email:
nickname: aaron
nickname: aaron
notes: <sn>id:697622960/friendof:696495536</sn>
notes: <sn>id:697622960/friendof:696495536</sn>
facebook profile
then when I tap EDIT
Google Contact - from [email protected]
name, number, details, etc
Google Contact - from [email protected]
name, number, details, etc (again)
facebook contact - from [email protected]
name, phone, email
so I'm curious why it has my gmail contact details twice?
One thing I did was import a backup contact list from SD card when testing cyan test builds without the google apps, and then when I installed google apps and synced maybe it added the backed up ones from SD card to the cloud, but everything looks normal on Gmail contacts page.
to make things worse once I fixed everything in gmail contacts, the phone synced all the bad contact details back and made even more duplicates >.<
The <SN> id in the contact notes are from Facebook contact sync. I wanna say that's the source of your problem.
Do this: delete all synced accounts (Facebook and Google) and contacts, then sign back into just your Google account and sync your contacts. If you have a problem even when there's no Facebook account present, your problem stems from somewhere else. But just try this first to ensure if it is or isn't Facebook.
Ever since flashing JM6, I've had problems with the Messaging app. After syncing Facebook contacts, using either adding a regular account un Settings->Accounts & Sync->Add Account or using the official Facebook app, all contacts properly sync with the photos.
I can confirm this in the Phone/Dialer/Contacts app and all my contacts are properly synced with photos. However, in the Messaging app, all icons are blank/have the head icon.
Anyone else have this issue/know a fix?
Bump.
Update:
I installed Handcent SMS and it displays the contact pictures properly, synced from Facebook. I don't know what's wrong with my Messaging app. Still the same in Roto-JME.
I tried clearing the cache for the Messaging app but it only cleared the changes I made to the settings. Anyone?
i use syncmypix from the market to see my facebook contacs.
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i use syncmypix from the market to see my facebook contacs.
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Thanks, I've previously used syncmypix on my first Android phone, however this isn't what I want. There's obviously a problem because it used to work now it doesn't.
I don't want to install another app just to download contact photos, the Facebook app already does it for me. Handcent SMS displays them correctly, and besides, I want the photos to be on a separate contact profile -- "Facebook", I don't want them merged to my Gmail as they constantly change anyway.
The only problem is that the Messaging app doesn't display them anymore, ever since flashing JM6 and still doesn't after flashing Roto-JME.
Did you merge your google contacts with your facebook ones? Usually it will choose the facebook pic by default over the google one but sometimes it will not and you need to edit the contact and tell it to make the facebook part of the contact the primary one. Then it will always choose the FB contact pic and even update as your FB contact changes their profile pic. This is for JM6 for mee too.
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Did you merge your google contacts with your facebook ones? Usually it will choose the facebook pic by default over the google one but sometimes it will not and you need to edit the contact and tell it to make the facebook part of the contact the primary one. Then it will always choose the FB contact pic and even update as your FB contact changes their profile pic. This is for JM6 for mee too.
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Thanks for the reply.
By merge do you mean "sync with existing contacts"? Yes if that.
I tried what you said, even setting the Facebook profile as default over the Google one leads to nothing. Still no pic. It's weird because the contacts/phone/dialer has the pictures correctly, and so does Handcent, but not the default Messaging app.
Even the default Messaging app does not having pictures for Google contacts with pictures. Everything is blank.
Bump. Anyone?
did you fin the solution for this?
EDIT : I tried syncmypix, I think it works for me. except the colorize widget has problems with Messaging. Its showing Gray and White
Hi
I have an HTC Heron with Android 2.1. I used to be able to sync and link the ocntacts on my phone with those who appear on Facebook. However, now I can't and it's very annoying. I have tried a few times to remove and reinstall the Android Facebook app but there is no syncing option within the app, although there should be.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Look in (not in the app, but) the system settings -> accounts/ synchronization (or something similar)
Already tried that with no luck.
yeah you need to add facebook, just as above post Settings>Accounts & Sync> Add Account> Facebook
If still no joy, there is a way of doing it the phonebook/contacts. There should be a little button to the far right on the same line as the persons names is and you can sync them that way. AFIK their is no way to do multiple persons so its one at a time
fairly simple download and install facebook for android apk from google market, add a facebook account via Settings>Accounts & Sync> Add Account> Facebook, authenticate with your account details, select sync with existing contacts, download and install GO Contacts EX from google market.
This will offer to import facebook and sim accounts, click settings, and merge, select name - you can now merge all the duplicate contacts together
You can also add twitter accounts just add the twitter apk from the market , then follow the above steps
Thanks everyone for your help. I have tried removing and readding HTC Facebook Sense. No luck still. I then backed up my entire phone and did a factory reset - no change though. My Facebook widget did not return and I did still cannot get my Contacts to sync with the Facebook app downloaded from the Market, so I am in the same position as before.
All I want to do is to link some of my contacts who are on Facebook with their Facebook profile as I did before with no extra apps. Until very recently, I had the HTC Facebook widget, the Android Facebook widget and syncing contacts. Suddenly, my HTC Widget has mysteriously gone. I've written to HTC to see what they say.
had this problem recently, tried all the usual advice etc. only thing that worked was fcontactssync. you can uninstall it once you've linked everything.
hope this helps..
Thank you will try this next time. However, the day after I sent this message, weirdly my contacts all synced back again to Facebook! They hadn't done this for weeks! However, I did contact HTC and the Facebook for Android Developmer about my problem so maybe that haed something to do with this working again. Someone else I know haad the same problem which corrected on the same day as me!
i flashed ICSSGS RC4.2 ROM for facebook contact picture sync. Contacts from exchange synced fine with facebook contacts but are not showing facebook photo and i am not able to edit any of the contact. Keep on getting "not editable from this app" message.
yeah your phone cant edit facebook info.
create the contact on your phone, then join the phone contact with the facebook contact.
same as it has always been, even on stock.
not trying to update facebook info for contact. i was able to update exchange portion of contact information earlier in RC3.1 including display photo, name, etc. and it updated same on exchange server. But now i can't even update exchange portion. And facebook contact is linked but doesn't show the display picture for contact. Trying to avoid going to another app like haxsync.
seems like problem was with contacts synced by enhanced email app. I switched to normal email account and i am able to edit contacts. Still no photos are shown for facebook contacts, separate or joined. Anyone able to get facebook contact photos synced successfully ?
After the 5.1 update, i'm having some troubles with the contacts storage. I have a few problems, like:
- after the sync, I have a few duplicate contacts, wrong contacts picture and for some contacts are merged wrong...like 4-5 people merged in one contact
- if I hide some contacts (yahoo, skype etc) from contacts app, the modifications are not replicated in dialer app.
I already tried to reset my phone, clear data for dialer, contacts, contacts storage applications. Anyone else have this problems?
Same problem
I had the same problem. If you have all your contacts synced online, the original contacts should stay as it is on Google contacts which you can see in your gmail on your PC . So go to the apps settings and clear contacts cache. That should delete all your contacts except for the ones saved in your sim card. Remove your google account from your phone and then log in again. Your contacts should get synced with the ones in your gmail. I tried this and most of the contacts were fixed but there are still some which are merged. For those, go to their contacts on your phone and there should be a separate option in your options. The merged contact will get separated. But I guess you will to have to individually do that for the contacts that are still merged.
alexlacra said:
After the 5.1 update, i'm having some troubles with the contacts storage. I have a few problems, like:
- after the sync, I have a few duplicate contacts, wrong contacts picture and for some contacts are merged wrong...like 4-5 people merged in one contact
- if I hide some contacts (yahoo, skype etc) from contacts app, the modifications are not replicated in dialer app.
I already tried to reset my phone, clear data for dialer, contacts, contacts storage applications. Anyone else have this problems?
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If you have Sync.Me or similar app uninstall it. I think it started to mix contacts after Facebook changed something in API making those sync apps useless.