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Why so many issues with Facebook Sync ?

Do any of the devs on here have any clue as to why there seems to be so many issues with Facebook Sync for HTC Sense ?
I've tried Fresh, DC and RegaW, and I'm still getting sync issues....
As we draw nearer to an official release, I'm hoping that it will be ironed out, but as of right now, Facebook Sync for me is broken.

grifforama said:
Do any of the devs on here have any clue as to why there seems to be so many issues with Facebook Sync for HTC Sense ?
I've tried Fresh, DC and RegaW, and I'm still getting sync issues....
As we draw nearer to an official release, I'm hoping that it will be ironed out, but as of right now, Facebook Sync for me is broken.
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It is because of memkill settings. The sync doesn't have a chance to get started. If you relax them, FB usually syncs in 5 mins.
This information is in the Damage thread. I know there a lot of posts in each Damage thread, but you're about to get flamed for starting a new thread for this topic.
Hope that helps and ignore the ones who just b!tch at you for this thread.

But I've always changed autokiller to default, and it's the same problem....

grifforama said:
But I've always changed autokiller to default, and it's the same problem....
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I tried everything under the sun, and it didn't work until I set that to default. Within 5 mins. it worked. Did that twice.
Sorry man.

hmmm. maybe i've got something else killing stuff.....aaaaaargh

Have you tried the forced refresh method?

im starting to think the problem is deeper than that if you actually dig deep into the sync setting you will notice that 2.1 has a Facebook Sync and HTC Sense Facebook Sync.
Menu - Setting - Accounts & Sync - Add Account
Exchange ActiveSync
Facebook
Facebook for HTC Sense
Flickr
Google
Twitter
You can make changes to the Facebook for HTC Sense but not for Facebook...
Possibility of the two of them clashing???
causing it to take longer for it to sync

kingakuma said:
im starting to think the problem is deeper than that if you actually dig deep into the sync setting you will notice that 2.1 has a Facebook Sync and HTC Sense Facebook Sync.
Menu - Setting - Accounts & Sync - Add Account
Exchange ActiveSync
Facebook
Facebook for HTC Sense
Flickr
Google
Twitter
You can make changes to the Facebook for HTC Sense but not for Facebook...
Possibility of the two of them clashing???
causing it to take longer for it to sync
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I thought that as well.
I wonder if there's an apk you can remove....

The regular "Facebook" option controls the actual facebook app. If you bring up the facebook app and logout and then select that option it will take you the login screen for the app.

zahnza said:
The regular "Facebook" option controls the actual facebook app. If you bring up the facebook app and logout and then select that option it will take you the login screen for the app.
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That's Completely understandable but still doesn't mean their can be a conflict from one of the .APKs from facebook

I too have had sync issues with Facebook for HTC Sense where it will only allow me to link my People contacts from Facebook until the letter L for my friends. Im running DC 2.07.2 and can't for the life of me find the autokiller app if there is one running. I've tried searching so if someone could help me tune it down to sync or explain the force refresh method I'd appreciate it.
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specialk2k said:
I too have had sync issues with Facebook for HTC Sense where it will only allow me to link my People contacts from Facebook until the letter L for my friends. Im running DC 2.07.2 and can't for the life of me find the autokiller app if there is one running. I've tried searching so if someone could help me tune it down to sync or explain the force refresh method I'd appreciate it.
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Or better still, can anyone please explain how to REMOVE the memkill/autokill stuff ?
What can we do to have this left as default stock mem-kill ???

Also, has anyone actually PROVEN that the issue is with the mem kill stuff ? I mean is there a log that shows that the session has been killed halfway through running ??
That's why I initially asked if any devs have managed to look into this ?
I'm not good enough at all this logcat stuff to be able to give an educated response, but all I know if that it's not working properly, and I'd like to understand why....

kingakuma said:
That's Completely understandable but still doesn't mean their can be a conflict from one of the .APKs from facebook
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That's true, they could still be competing. I've had varying results with Sense syncing. I was fine, had all contacts synced, could select to view fb contacts in the fb app, changed my facebook password re-added my account for fb sync in sense, now my linked contacts are pulling the fb info, and i lost the ability to select fb in the view menu.

when i first synced with facebook on 2.1 it only synced to the letter L like most people but if you leave it alone it will eventually pull the rest of the sync info from facebook

I used minfree manager and then removed the FB sync account. I then used the default settings in minfree and set up FB to sync again. My fb calendar was synced for about 12 hours but now its gone again. So it appears changing the mem killer helps but it is not a permanent solution.

kingakuma said:
when i first synced with facebook on 2.1 it only synced to the letter L like most people but if you leave it alone it will eventually pull the rest of the sync info from facebook
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Even after waiting and letting all my contacts sync, I still get multiple "View Facebook Profile" under friends that I have higher in the alphabet as opposed to having that option once for one of my friends whose name starts with a 'z'

what i've done every time i load a new 2.1 rom works for me and i've had 0 facebook link problems
i will sign into facebook/gmail/flickr on my first boot up
i go to photos/facebook tab and then i scroll to each person and let their thumbnail load
takes like 30 seconds to a min *i don't have more than like 75 fb friends*
THEN i sync my outlook contacts and it always works flawlessly

Bloody Insides said:
Even after waiting and letting all my contacts sync, I still get multiple "View Facebook Profile" under friends that I have higher in the alphabet as opposed to having that option once for one of my friends whose name starts with a 'z'
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The Sprint Leak 2.1 took a long time to fully Sync probably a good 2 hours =/

my mem settings are now stock
echo "1536,3072,4096,5120,5632,6144" > /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/minfree
and I'm still not syncing properly....

HTC Tasks

You probably know the HTC Tasks widget from sense 3.5
How do I sync with Google Tasks or some other sources??
in the settings menu "accounts" is disabled!

fanatax said:
You probably know the HTC Tasks widget from sense 3.5
How do I sync with Google Tasks or some other sources??
in the settings menu "accounts" is disabled!
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Yeah, I was wondering the same thing... Maybe it can't be done because it's a beta, or it doesn't sync with Google but with some HTC service.

zmfl said:
Yeah, I was wondering the same thing... Maybe it can't be done because it's a beta, or it doesn't sync with Google but with some HTC service.
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Ya...it must not be a completed app. Based on the greyed out Settings>Accounts option and the "Refresh" option it looks like it is intended to eventually sync with a cloud-based service. I truly hope that it will be the Google servers. Their use of the color bars along the left hand side of the tasks makes me hopeful that it will be Google-based....

I use nuevasync as an exchange account with toodledo as a task manager. I've got it syncing without issue. Only certain exchange services will it support at this time.
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can anyone post the apk, and does it work with sense 3.0?

mattdub1 said:
can anyone post the apk, and does it work with sense 3.0?
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It is more than just .apk there are system libs in there too. It won't work with 3.0 yet. Just got 3.5 its just as polished as 3.0 and appears faster to the naked eye. There are some wonderful. 2.3.5 roms.
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any updates on htc tasks??
google calendar's recent updates integrated googles tasks as an own calendar and the tasks can be attached with due dates and notes which will be shown in the calendar. very very cool feature, but unfortunately this new "tasks" calendar is not shown in our htc devices as a standalone calendar which it should be :-(

fanatax said:
any updates on htc tasks??
google calendar's recent updates integrated googles tasks as an own calendar and the tasks can be attached with due dates and notes which will be shown in the calendar. very very cool feature, but unfortunately this new "tasks" calendar is not shown in our htc devices as a standalone calendar which it should be :-(
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Yeah that's a known issue with Google Calendar for quite some time. Tasks have been around for Calendar for well over a year. However it's googles funky way of integration that is the issue, not the Calendar apps. It's because Google Tasks are not true tasks nor true calendar, but a wonky hybrid.
My iphone and vanilla Android had the same issues.
What exactly is your problem with the tasks app?
Sounds more like your problem is Google, not HTC.
works great for me with toodledo through Nuevasync.

my problem is that "accounts" in HTC Tasks is greyed out. I want to sync Google's tasks with HTC Tasks app and want the Google Tasks Calendar to be shown as a standalone calendar on my phone.

fanatax said:
my problem is that "accounts" in HTC Tasks is greyed out. I want to sync Google's tasks with HTC Tasks app and want the Google Tasks Calendar to be shown as a standalone calendar on my phone.
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Well I can click accounts (using virtuous affinity 1.46) but can only sync with exchange or use local lists.
Even if you could sync with google tasks it's a basic service, I would rather sync with astrid or producteev.

The accounts list is grayed out, because HTC Tasks sync works with Exchange ActiveSync. Add an Exchange account under Settings/Accounts and Sync, and you will be able to sync your tasks.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Ed

I added my google account as an exchange account and selected only tasks to sync but it never syncs any tasks?

I have used HTC tasks widget with google task sync in sense 4 roms....however for all sense 3 and 3.5. Roms it has never worked for google task.

[email protected] said:
I have used HTC tasks widget with google task sync in sense 4 roms....however for all sense 3 and 3.5. Roms it has never worked for google task.
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thank you. this information is helpful for me!

New to Android. I have my Exchange tasks working fine but how do i add Google Tasks. I am amazed it just isnt synching with my google acount. everything else is.
Any help would be appreciated.
RIch

rhauer said:
New to Android. I have my Exchange tasks working fine but how do i add Google Tasks. I am amazed it just isnt synching with my google acount. everything else is.
Any help would be appreciated.
RIch
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HTC added tasks google sync to HTC Sense 4. I was never able to get it to sync on previous versions

[email protected] said:
I have used HTC tasks widget with google task sync in sense 4 roms....however for all sense 3 and 3.5. Roms it has never worked for google task.
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I've come to the same conclusion

but even wont show!
amm009uk said:
I've come to the same conclusion
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Hey there! i have Desire S with HTC One ported OS. it also reports that it has Sense 4.0.
i've activated the widget and made task lisk on my google account but the problem is that the widget sometimes it shows the task list, sometimes it doesnt.
anyone know why this is happening?!

[Q] Google Calendar Sync time off

Question up front is what is the time zone format for central time in the build.prop file? My build.prop says:
#Update TimeZone
persist.sys.timezone=America/New_York
I'm having an issue with my calendar times being off 1 hour when syncing up or down. My Google time is correct and my phone time is correct (set to up date from network). However, if I create an event on my calendar and sync it its off. If I set it for 5pm on my phone and sync up, google says 6pm. If i create on google for 5pm and sync down it says 4pm on my phone.
I'm wondering if I edit the build.prop to central time if it will fix it.

Did you check the time zone on your google account?

diablo009 said:
Did you check the time zone on your google account?
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Yes, my google account is set to Central time

skotk13 said:
Yes, my google account is set to Central time
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try clearing out the cache of calendar ...tibu..clear cache
or settings. application. calendar force stop. clear cache and data.
reboot and sync again.
if that doesn't work stop Google frameworks, clear data and cache and reboot.
let me know

qkster said:
try clearing out the cache of calendar ...tibu..clear cache
or settings. application. calendar force stop. clear cache and data.
reboot and sync again.
if that doesn't work stop Google frameworks, clear data and cache and reboot.
let me know
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It wasn't all that. But, you kicked my brain into thinking about the app. I don't use the stock calendar and the one I use doesn't have a setting for timezone. SO, I did have to use TiBu to unfreeze the stock calendar go to those settings and set it to force timezone to central. Tested my sync in my calendar, all good. Froze the stock calendar in TiBu again, all still good.
thanks for kicking me in the brain.

skotk13 said:
It wasn't all that. But, you kicked my brain into thinking about the app. I don't use the stock calendar and the one I use doesn't have a setting for timezone. SO, I did have to use TiBu to unfreeze the stock calendar go to those settings and set it to force timezone to central. Tested my sync in my calendar, all good. Froze the stock calendar in TiBu again, all still good.
thanks for kicking me in the brain.
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skot,
There is a calendar stock app and a calendar sync stored info app.
If you don't use the stock calendar, just delete it with tibu.
As long as the cal sync is still there, you can still use third party cal w/o problem.
I use the "business calendar" on market...it works great

qkster said:
skot,
There is a calendar stock app and a calendar sync stored info app.
If you don't use the stock calendar, just delete it with tibu.
As long as the cal sync is still there, you can still use third party cal w/o problem.
I use the "business calendar" on market...it works great
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Yea that's what I did, kinda. As soon add I flashed 5.2 I froze it (the calendar app). I don't mess with Cal sync or any of the google services. I'm currently using AA task calendar. I think I tried business calendar. I used to use jorte calendar.
I know what I posted as the fix sounds hokey because the stock calendar shouldn't have anything to do with it, but that force timezone setting in the stock calendar fixed it.
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Productivity lock screen

Are you guys able to add Gmail as a mail account that shows up on the Productivity lock screen? I keep getting an error when I try.
My only guess is that the phone is not letting me log in properly due to 2-step verification I have on my Google account?
Anyone else?

gibosn6594 said:
Are you guys able to add Gmail as a mail account that shows up on the Productivity lock screen? I keep getting an error when I try.
My only guess is that the phone is not letting me log in properly due to 2-step verification I have on my Google account?
Anyone else?
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Are you using the Gmail app or Exchange for Gmail with the HTC Mail app?

I'm seeing the same thing, have a google apps account configured (with 2 factor auth) that is not showing up in the list. Annoying.

dabeeeenster said:
I'm seeing the same thing, have a google apps account configured (with 2 factor auth) that is not showing up in the list. Annoying.
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Ditto, love the concept of the lockscreen, but it sucks. Texts show up as numbers and not names, r and gmail doesnt work on there either.

robstunner said:
Ditto, love the concept of the lockscreen, but it sucks. Texts show up as numbers and not names, r and gmail doesnt work on there either.
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Also, the weather keeps showing up, despite it not being selected in the settings. Seems like a great concept, to have appointments and such on my lockscreen (have lots of meetings at work, and horrible at remembering them). But it keeps showing the weather forecast most the time, which is not useful (since they show up as calendar events, they often trump - or cover up - my upcoming appointment).

redpoint73 said:
Also, the weather keeps showing up, despite it not being selected in the settings. Seems like a great concept, to have appointments and such on my lockscreen (have lots of meetings at work, and always need reminders). But it keeps showing the weather forecast most the time, which is not useful.
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Make sure the weather widget doesnt have "show weather in the morning" or whatever it's called enabled. It will show every time you disconnect from charger.

robstunner said:
Make sure the weather widget doesnt have "show weather in the morning" or whatever it's called enabled. It will show every time you disconnect from charger.
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Thanks for the tip, but this option was not enabled.

Gmail and Messaging Smart Extras not syncing

I've noticed that the Gmail app on the SW2 doesn't seem to update all the time. I've currently only got 5 messages in there, I tried uninstalling and reinstalling it - previously it was only showing 1 email.
Similar story with Messaging.
So my questions are - is there a way to force an update/push to the watch?

At this time, Gmail Smart Extra won't handle multi mail accounts even it appears to.
If it's your case, just select a single account, you'll see it syncs just fine
Then, you'll have to do a "trick" (forwarding or fetch other accounts won't work properly) to get all your other account's mails into this selected account (lemme know if you'd like me to walk you through this).
Also, if you have some sort of energy saving feature enabled on your phone, Gmail might not sync/push notifications to your SW2 as often as you wish/think...

beaubin said:
At this time, Gmail Smart Extra won't handle multi mail accounts even it appears to.
If it's your case, just select a single account, you'll see it syncs just fine
Then, you'll have to do a "trick" (forwarding or fetch other accounts won't work properly) to get all your other account's mails into this selected account (lemme know if you'd like me to walk you through this).
Also, if you have some sort of energy saving feature enabled on your phone, Gmail might not sync/push notifications to your SW2 as often as you wish/think...
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I've got just the one Gmail account.
It's also not working for the messaging extension, either.

tangcla said:
I've got just the one Gmail account.
It's also not working for the messaging extension, either.
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No Energy Saving feature enabled? ie. Sony Stamina?

beaubin said:
No Energy Saving feature enabled? ie. Sony Stamina?
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No...
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