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Gingerbread Sync / Integration

Hey guys,
I was thinking about getting Gingerbread. Can somebody tell me, how the contacts in gingerbread are?
Actually Im using a HD Sense ROM and there's that great Facebook integration (including birthdays in calendar). I cant find any videos or reviews of the contacts ;(
Thanks!
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HTC People Widget

Hi guys, im new to the HTC line and i'm having a hard time fixing this widget called "People." The pictures of my contacts is really blurry, it is sync with my facebook. So i thought, must be the facebook, but then when i try uploading pictures that i took, it still look blurry. Anyone knows how to fix this? or is this a defect or problem with my Htc sensation? Thanks guys

When the image is linked to a contact it is saved at a lower resolution. I don't think anyone has gotten around that yet, even with root.

what I did was removed Facebook sync contacts and added synch Facebook for HTC sense.
for contacts w/o Facebook links I created phone contacts, linked them to the Google contact, then selected the phone contact as the default contact, then applied a pic from gallery. this method seems to keep the higher Res pics for me even after Google syncs contacts.
its tedious but so far the only thing that's worked for me.
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Same problem here...
I have the HTC Desire-S with all latest software updates (android v2.3.5 and htc sense 3.0) and I'm having the same problem you have, plus:
-The widget people and the contacts from time to time loses the images and linked contacts...
-Corping pictures for the widget and for the picture galery also loses too much quality compared with HTC Desire (non S).
In the old htc desire (non S) this was never an issue and the image quality in widget and in a call was HD.
This problem is very stupid...
Is there any solution?

How to stop contact photos being replaced with Facebook ones?

Like the title says ...my contact photos from my google account keep getting replaced with the linked Facebook photos after syncing...is there a way to stop this?
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dino_Donis said:
Like the title says ...my contact photos from my google account keep getting replaced with the linked Facebook photos after syncing...is there a way to stop this?
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same question here.
i have disabled facebook syncing from accounts (after linking my contacts) but still the pictures get updated once they are changed on facebook

remove the Facebook account from "Settings > Accounts & Sync" ?

Yes, remove facebook accounts from accounts and sync then restart phone. Check your contacts again if it still has the facebook photos of your contacts. You can add the facebook to your sync account after the problem corrects itself.

What I did is some work but I went manually into each contact that Facebook changed and choose "edit". Touch the picture on the top left corner and choose the Google account for picture source then save changes. I'm sure it changed all of Facebook contacts but I cared about only 6, who are in my Favorites...
dino_Donis said:
Like the title says ...my contact photos from my google account keep getting replaced with the linked Facebook photos after syncing...is there a way to stop this?
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The phone replaces Google contact pictures with Facebook ones when you make a certain change in "People". It also replaces Phone pictures with Google or Facebook ones. I'm not sure it does this when ANY change is made to People, or just a certain one (like changing an unrelated contact picture).
It's an annoying bug… I doubt it can be fixed properly :\

Thanks for your replies, deleting the Facebook account in Account & Sync doesnt work as when u run Facebook it asks you for your login info & then just recreates the account...Changing the pictures manually back to google photos works until a resync happens then they get replaced with google ones again...
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mechwart said:
What I did is some work but I went manually into each contact that Facebook changed and choose "edit". Touch the picture on the top left corner and choose the Google account for picture source then save changes. I'm sure it changed all of Facebook contacts but I cared about only 6, who are in my Favorites...
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This method works... as I had the same problem, the only problem is it takes time, if you have lots of contacts.
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Same for Desire S

Good info, Thanks

Sync bigger pics through facebook?

So the facebook-app can sync the profile pictures of all my friends which is all neat and stuff, but it only saves the thumbnail - this looks horrible when i call people when using ICS (since the picture covers most of the screen).
Is there any mod to that app, or some other app that can sync the fullsize profile picture of my friends from facebook?
(no, manually editing the pictures through google contacts is not an option since i want the pictures to update whenever my friends change their profile pic)

I would need something like that too.
There are apps like HD caller ID, but there you must add a picture for everyone manually.
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Try Facebook contact sync
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ro.weednet.contactssync
It worked great for me, the blurry pictures on ICS were really getting to me

You could also use haxsync. Available in the market.
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HaxSync is only for ICS, and Facebook contacts sync didn't work for me.

Oh god thank you guys! GOODBYE PIXELBLUR CONTACTS!

Thanks for this!
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I used fsync, download from market
it can sync different sizes of the pictures, and you can choose to sync only contacts or all facebook friends
works great

[FIXED] HaxSync (for FB contacts) not working

So, as you all know, FB can't sync its contacts with your phone from ICS to JB, and there's been lots of hacks/apps to allow this. Back when ICS was barely released, HaxSync was one of the only working apps, and also produced high quality pics.
Fast forward to today, I can't use HaxSync to sync FB contacts, only to sync my Calender. Is this because HTC Sense already implements FB sync? Or is there another reason why it doesn't work? Will provide screenshots if it helps.
Also, reason I want HaxSync instead of the Sense FB sync is because HS produces very high reso pics, Sense produces some very pixelated images, which are made worse by the 720p display.
Any help is appreciated and thanked!

Nvm, fixed it. Had to freeze "Facebook for HTC Sense". Seems this part of Sense kept interfering with allowing HaxSync download/sync my contacts.
Used Titanium Backup Pro in case anyone was wondering.

Does this allow you to have high res contact pictures when receiving phone calls?
Also, does HS sync your fb profile pics everywhere in the phone? Ie, messaging app, contacts, etc.
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funkswing said:
Does this allow you to have high res contact pictures when receiving phone calls?
Also, does HS sync your fb profile pics everywhere in the phone? Ie, messaging app, contacts, etc.
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No high res yet, there's a compatibility issue with sense.
But yes, they show up everywhere, including apps that aren't Sense based, like Go SMS or Ex Dialer. This is the main reason I use HS, because if you sync the contacts directly through Facebook, they only show up in Sense apps.
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