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[Tutorial] Facebook Contact Pics (HTC Sense)

Well, as almost EVERYONE that uses HTC Senses' "Link" function knows that you can link your Contacts with your Facebook friends. One issue still remains. The contact pictures. Most of the time, they simply won't apply to the Contact, so you have to set manually.
Here's a little tutorial on how to MANUALLY link your Contacts Pictures with their Facebook Display Picture.
1.) Slide to your Contacts Tab
2.) Select "All People"
3.) Select a Linked Facebook Contact in your list [One without a Display Picture]
4.) Scroll down to "Edit Contact"
5.) Select it.
6.) Once you're in the Edit Contact Card screen, you'll see the Image Placeholder in the top right.
7.) Tap on the Picture and you'll see the following Pop-Up Menu:
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Note: If their Facebook Picture is still blank, you'll see the Download Arrow next to it.
8.) Once their Facebook Picture appears, simply select it.
9.) It will automatically add their Facebook Pic to their Contact Card Pic [And should update when they change their picture].
10.) You're done!
Hope this helps the peeps who need it!

How to save a other Facebook pic (Profile Album) to my photo contact?

You'll have to manually download the picture you want from the Profile and sync it to your device. Then, follow the steps above, and look at the screenshot I have provided. Rather than tapping the "Facebook Profile" button, tap "Open Album". Doing so will open your Devices Photo Album, and you can select the image you wish to use for the Contact Picture. Hope this helps.

I'd like to know is it possible to save facebook default profile pics as contact picture? Just selecting facebooks image to be shown doesn't save it as a contact image, it just displays it. When doing ms phone sync, image is not uploaded, only the old image that I have manually downloaded and saved is uploaded.

Thanks a lot for this TC! Totally helped my problem.

Glad my tutorial could help.

hmm i dont know, i am so unhappy about this facebook and twitter integration, its to aggressive.
is there anyway from stopping facebook, twitter and so on from overwritting the contact picture?
i love to have my contacts linked to facebook, but i want that the contacts keep the picture i choose, most of the time its phone or google. is there anyway to force the contacts app to do so?

is this still working for you guys? for me it doesn't work anymore, sense can't get the facebook photos. no support from htc or facebook yet.

i have the same problem with mreaglejr about 2 weeks ago.
i have htc mini and can't find solution

@veepee78
hi,
I had/have the same problem. At the moment I am trying out "fonebook" which works great, but is only shareware. But have a try...
Other possibilities are welcome...
http://www.developingtrends.co.uk/Software/Facebook/Fonebook/Default.aspx

kostasdimos said:
i have the same problem with mreaglejr about 2 weeks ago.
i have htc mini and can't find solution
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i figured out what it was.. disable https on your facebook account and it will solve your problem!

Nice tutorial. Surely helped

great!
i couldn't imagine that the https was the problem!
how did you find it?
is there any way to enable https for htc sence?

kostasdimos said:
great!
i couldn't imagine that the https was the problem!
how did you find it?
is there any way to enable https for htc sence?
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took me a while, i found out while trying to put together a nice error report to htc. now that they know more about the problem, they said they will work on it "hard" to get us the https support, similarly to the old twitter fix.

kostasdimos said:
great!
i couldn't imagine that the https was the problem!
how did you find it?
is there any way to enable https for htc sence?
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You know, when I look at it now. I feel so stupid. I can't believe it's because of the HTTP. /me sigh

Where can I turn off HTTPS in facebook?

How do I get Dialer One to display my Facebook contacts?

I used the Facebook application, and they're all there in my Contacts app, but in Dialer One it only shows my Google contacts (and it doesn't even show their synced photos). I didn't see any option to show my social network contacts.

same issue.

Necrobump! But really, did anyone ever find an answer for this?

Have you tried going to Menu --> Display options in Dialer One and looking in the "Choose contacts to display" section? You'll have to have sync enabled in the Facebook app first, of course.

The problem is Facebook changed their app so only the stock dialer could show Facebook photos. The only work around that I know of is to install and run an app called photo unlocker. Its free in the market. You must be rooted to use it. Also its buggy so you might have to run it a few times but it works for me. Now any dialer app I install can use Facebook photos. Hope this helps.

DaKlown said:
The problem is Facebook changed their app so only the stock dialer could show Facebook photos. The only work around that I know of is to install and run an app called photo unlocker. Its free in the market. You must be rooted to use it. Also its buggy so you might have to run it a few times but it works for me. Now any dialer app I install can use Facebook photos. Hope this helps.
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I get photos in Dialer One just fine with the official Facebook app. The only issue is that they are low-res and look ugly on the incoming call screen.

Noxious, I see no such option. It's not a matter of photos. The contacts themselves don't show up.

TheBiles said:
I used the Facebook application, and they're all there in my Contacts app, but in Dialer One it only shows my Google contacts (and it doesn't even show their synced photos). I didn't see any option to show my social network contacts.
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You take your phone and you look it in the face and say " dialer one show me ya moves" then you toss your phone in front of you and swing your fist at it while yelling "FALCON PUNCH". Problem solved, phone now displays FB contacts.

The best solution for this is to use Go Contacts. It has an integrated themeable smart dialer and has way more options than Dialer One. The option you're looking for is included in Go Contacts.

Photo Unlocker does it. Root required, by the way.

Go Contacts doesn't seem to want to do fb contacts either =\
moreover: what I've noticed is, it's only SOME facebook contacts, and not others. There's one call I got from a guy... in the call log it shows as his number, but when i click on the blank contact picture on the left. it shows me his fb profile

dirkyd3rk said:
You take your phone and you look it in the face and say " dialer one show me ya moves" then you toss your phone in front of you and swing your fist at it while yelling "FALCON PUNCH". Problem solved, phone now displays FB contacts.
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Worked for me... good find!

Thanks for the replies guys. I've been meaning to say though, there are still some contacts on FB which Go contacts refuses to show =\

Use TouchPal... much better app IMO. All of my Facebook contacts show.

NegativeOne said:
Thanks for the replies guys. I've been meaning to say though, there are still some contacts on FB which Go contacts refuses to show =\
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I've always used a app called syncmypix in the market. Its free and works great

Papa Smurf151 said:
I've always used a app called syncmypix in the market. Its free and works great
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[Q] How to dis-sync account?

There is android app that need to sign in using my google account openID, so I need to sign in my google account on the phone (galaxy sl). I already disable "auto sync" option, but I am not sure why the phone auto sync sometime, maybe it is because I didn't disable "applications can send, sync, receive data at any time".
When the phone auto sync, it show all my private blogspot pictures on the phone Gallery album, omg! So I look into the "setting > Accounts and sync > google account", then I saw Sync Contact, Sync Picasa Album, Sync Calender. I want to disable Sync Picasa Album, and unable Sync Contact. But there is not option for me to disable Sync Picasa Album. Please see the picture for reference :
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Compare to Galaxy S2 which has several checkboxes to allow user select which account to be sync and which not to be sync :
I asked the Galaxy S2 user to try the steps :
1) sync Picasa Album (check the checkbox),
2) go check the phone Gallery album see whether or not the pictures appear,
3) uncheck picasa checkbox,
4) go the phone Gallery see the picture still there?
He said when he did 4th step, all the pictures are disappear, so it mean he can choose which account not to be sync.
My Galaxy SL doesn't has checkboxes, how can I choose which account not to be sync? I did tried to download some Android app to handle account sync but Android App with checkboxes also can't prevent the stock account sync software from auto sync my Picasa Album... sad case.
In other word, after the phone auto sync my account, how can I dis-sync it without removing the account?

First of all you are asking in wrong forum, so next time post it right place.
Second you will be only able to see check box under google account settings if you set auto-sync feature on under general sync setting Understand , if you disabled it then no check box will be appear on picassa or contacts....
Third if you already synced some pics of piccasa and now you don't want it to show it on gallery, first un-check piccasa sync under google account then go to
settings >manage applications>select gallery
and then clear its data n cache.
Ok I hope this will solve your problem.
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manrock111 said:
Second you will be only able to see check box under google account settings if you set auto-sync feature on under general sync setting Understand , if you disabled it then no check box will be appear on picassa or contacts....
Third if you already synced some pics of piccasa and now you don't want it to show it on gallery, first un-check piccasa sync under google account then go to
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Oh I see!!! I need to check auto-sync feature!! Thanks!

Three ways to backup your contacts

Ⅰ. Back up your contacts with your own Android phone
1. you need to open your Contacts from your Android phone, press the Menu button and then select More option from the list of Menu items.
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2. As soon as you click on more option, you will get some options. Now, you need to Select the Import/Export option to proceed.
3. Now, after clicking on Import/Export, you can Select your choice of Export to either SIM card or to SD card
Ⅱ. Sync contacts with Google Gmail
1. First, log into your G Mail account from PC or laptop, once you get logged in, select the contact icon which is located on the left hand of the screen. You will be directed to contact management area, now click on "+" signed icon. After clicking on "+", you will be asked to create a new contact. Now, input all of your contacts and once done with all the entries you can click on the save link. Now, repeat this process until all of the contacts get saved.
2. Log into your G Mail account from your Android device where contacts are stored. Go to the main menu on the device and select the contacts icon. Drop down the check box to bring the list of options. Select the account from the available list which is select the G Mail account. Once you select the account, turn on the sync contacts option.
3. Now you have successfully synced the account with your Android device and all contacts will be transferred from the device. It allows you to conveniently have a backup of all your Gmail contacts. This helps a lot when phone gets stolen or crashes down or even if it suffers from memory loss. As all the contacts are synced with your G Mail account, you can retrieve on any of the smart phones as a replacement device not necessarily to be Android.
Easily use the backup feature of Moborobo
1. Open Moborobo, click Data, select the contacts you want to backup. Click the button Backup/Restore.
2. Specify a path for the backup file, then click Backup.

Thank you! :good:

Thank you. .. My first thank in xda...
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Thank you for clear instructions. I use ICS and there is no option to store contacts other using Google account. When I create a new contact there is only google account option .Is there any option to override this setting if I would like to save new contacts to sim card or other contacts account. Google starts to be funny
Thanks
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Thank you, these instructions are useful!

Google sync [solved]

>>I have a problem with my contacts app. It doesn't even show my google account and I can't sync contacts. Does anyone else have this problem on chinese rom and does anyone know how to fix it?<<
SOLVED
So, while I got my phone with preinstalled google services, I wasn't aware that not all of them have been preloaded. If anyone else runs into this problem here's a list of google apps and services you have to install:
Google Play Services
Google Play Store
Google Services Framework
Google Account Management
Google Contacts Sync Service
Google Calendar Sync Service
Setup Wizard APK
They're all available on sites like apk mirror and such.

Not really sure what's going on... But if I have to guess a fix,
1. Try updating your GMS services
2. Very important: turn in developer mode, and turn off MiUI optimization in the developer settings.
3. Go to contact app in app manager and give it all the permissions, including autostart and no restrictions on battery.
4. Finally go to settings of contacts and check if your correct email id is selected. (If you have multiple g id logged in)
5. Also try going to Accounts in settings and check if sync is turned on and manually sync it.
6. Reboot and check.
Let me know if it helped.

I updated GMS. MIUI optimization is off. There's no permission settings for contacts app since it's system app. In contact settings I can't see my google account (that's what I was complaining about. And in accounts under google I don't have contacts to sync. Only calendar, docs, drive, gmail etc, no contacts.

Tux2609 said:
I updated GMS. MIUI optimization is off. There's no permission settings for contacts app since it's system app. In contact settings I can't see my google account (that's what I was complaining about. And in accounts under google I don't have contacts to sync. Only calendar, docs, drive, gmail etc, no contacts.
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I have a similar issue except it only shows Chrome sync in mine, nothing else

Toothless_NEO said:
I have a similar issue except it only shows Chrome sync in mine, nothing else
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Please check my first post. I updated it with list of apks needed for sync to work. Good luck!

Tux2609 said:
Please check my first post. I updated it with list of apks needed for sync to work. Good luck!
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Oh Wait never mind, I already have Google Play Services set up, they just weren't working.
What I did to fix it was to remove all accounts and Wipe Cache in TWRP before re-adding the accounts back.

Tux2609 said:
>>I have a problem with my contacts app. It doesn't even show my google account and I can't sync contacts. Does anyone else have this problem on chinese rom and does anyone know how to fix it?<<
SOLVED
So, while I got my phone with preinstalled google services, I wasn't aware that not all of them have been preloaded. If anyone else runs into this problem here's a list of google apps and services you have to install:
Google Play Services
Google Play Store
Google Services Framework
Google Account Management
Google Contacts Sync Service
Google Calendar Sync Service
Setup Wizard APK
They're all available on sites like apk mirror and such.
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Hi, I've installed all of them, but still having an issue when I activate the Google Contact Sync.
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