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facebook sync without pictures/last names

just out of curiosity since i can't find an option.
Is there any possible way to enable the facebook sync but NOT use the facebook pictures and/or last names
It seems that once it syncs theres no possible way to change it since everytime i change a picture or a last name it just gets added right back on.
but i do like seeing the status updates and having the quick link to the profiles, i just hate the other stuff it does

it'd be nice if the facebook sync just added info to the standard gmail contact card and not "sync it with another account"..i wish it would allow you to delete facebook phone numbers and save email addresses from facebook to the gmail contact card and save contact pics and names easily..this feature needs a lot of work imo...

yeah. well judging from the no yes answers i'm just going to assume that this is impossible

For pictures, YES it's possible and easy to do!
Background:
I have my Gmail contacts with pictures I customized for each contact.
Contacts with Facebook have their own pictures and get automatically chosen as the default picture if Facebook Sync is enabled.
Here's how to fix it.
1. Launch CONTACTS and select the contact that has the facebook picture.
2. Press MENU, then EDIT CONTACT.
3. You will notice that the contact picture that is NOW SHOWN is the original gmail contact picture!
4. TAP on the picture, and choose "USE THIS PHOTO".
5. Tap DONE, now your gmail contact picture is the default picture!
You have to do this to all your Facebook contact pictures that you don't want.

nxt said:
For pictures, YES it's possible and easy to do!
Background:
I have my Gmail contacts with pictures I customized for each contact.
Contacts with Facebook have their own pictures and get automatically chosen as the default picture if Facebook Sync is enabled.
Here's how to fix it.
1. Launch CONTACTS and select the contact that has the facebook picture.
2. Press MENU, then EDIT CONTACT.
3. You will notice that the contact picture that is NOW SHOWN is the original gmail contact picture!
4. TAP on the picture, and choose "USE THIS PHOTO".
5. Tap DONE, now your gmail contact picture is the default picture!
You have to do this to all your Facebook contact pictures that you don't want.
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pft. figures it's something as simple as tapping and i never did that. aye. gonna have the girlfriend smack me for this one lol.

[APP][SUGGESTION] Auto E-mailer

So I'd do this myself but haven't made the time to. This is more of a request / suggestion for an application. Basically every time you take a photo or a video the application automatically email's the file to any email's you entered into the application. I'm sure its possible since the photo bucket application can upload new photos automatically.
In case you are not aware of why this is useful, basically every photo and video service can accept emails for uploading. Like flickr, facebook, even youtube.
So the program should check the camera's default folder (which should be able to be set in the program) one for new videos and one for new photos. And then use two input fields one for email addresses for new photos and one for addresses for new videos, and then send an email (with some default tags, titles, etc, also able to be set in the program). Then of course you can go through the photos when you get home.
Anyhow if anyone wants to work on this or thinks its a good idea, let me know.

Disjoin contacts

I have round 1,200 contacts on my exchange server
For quite a number of friends I saved only the first name. And this @&%^# contact app from Samsung joins all the people who have the same first name (When nop last name is saved). How convenient...
I "could" go trough all my contacts and split them. But it's slow. And every time I flash a new ROM and charge my contacts through exchange they get agregated again
Is there a settting somewhere where we can prevent the application from merging contacts ? Or if keeps on doing so, is it possible to have it save the fact you split the contacts somewhere on my exchnage account (So that it doesn't do it again the next time I reload everything...)
Or maybe some of you have already settled for another Contact manager app
It's super annoying

Anyone?
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dont know the answer but writing this to wish you luck i have 120 contacts and it was a real pain to put it in order 1200 contacts i cant imagine

Isn't it confusing anyway having multiple contacts with the exact same name? How do you know which is which?
I make sure all my contacts have either a last name, or some differentiating text at least.
There's no way to stop the app doing it automatically, the only options are to either clean up your contact entries at the GMail end, or use a different contacts app.

knightnz said:
Isn't it confusing anyway having multiple contacts with the exact same name? How do you know which is which?
I make sure all my contacts have either a last name, or some differentiating text at least.
There's no way to stop the app doing it automatically, the only options are to either clean up your contact entries at the GMail end, or use a different contacts app.
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I use exchange but yeah I get what you mean by "clean up your contact entries at the GMail end"
How do I differentiate ? The good stuff with smartphone sis we can include pictures... Same first name different picture --> fastest way to differentiate for me. However the stupid app merges the contacts and put the pic of the first contact --> I am lost
Honestly, not having the option is a shame. That's a bad application. At the very least it should allow you to choose to merge automatically or not. At best it should leave you the choice of the aggregation key (Which filelds make a contact unique)
That sucks badly... very poor level of programming...

Actually i was wrong. This crappy piece of software also sometimes joins contacts that have a last name... I don't know what to say. I don't understand why there is no option to decide the key of oining contacts (Or simply disable it...)

[Q] Assitance with contact issue

Hello,
New android user here after 4 years with an iPhone. I am extremely happy with my skyrocket and have no plans on going anywhere
Slight problem I could use some help with. I am a gmail user and keep 'my contacts' pretty organized and updated since this was the contact list that i synced with my iPhone. I would have thought moving to an android would be even easier, however I have a slight problem that I cannot seem to figure out.
I synced my main google account and chose 'contacts' as one of the items to sync. My contact list was imported just fine, however, upon composing of a new message, when I type a few characters, rather than attempting to match those characters with one of 'my contacts', the system seems to pull suggestions from every single email address i've ever used in my gmail account (over 1400). Obviously I would only rather the system pull from 'my contacts', but I have no idea how to fix this. I've deleted the contact syncing and restarted the phone, verified that there were no contacts in my contact list, but still got the same results when attempting to compose a text message.
Is there a way to delete those contact suggestions for good?
Much appreciation

under groups in the contacts app select your account and arrow down. I believe u can then select exactly ehat syncs. You will have to delete all, and I mean. ALL the contacts on your phone, becuz all 1400 emails on there. Then resync with mew settings. That's should work.

icenight89 said:
under groups in the contacts app select your account and arrow down. I believe u can then select exactly ehat syncs. You will have to delete all, and I mean. ALL the contacts on your phone, becuz all 1400 emails on there. Then resync with mew settings. That's should work.
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Thanks, I will try that. Do you know of a way to bulk delete contacts?

icenight89 said:
under groups in the contacts app select your account and arrow down. I believe u can then select exactly ehat syncs. You will have to delete all, and I mean. ALL the contacts on your phone, becuz all 1400 emails on there. Then resync with mew settings. That's should work.
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I couldn't seen to find anything called 'groups' in my contacts settings

Override someone else's Samsung profile pic on my phone.

I apologize if this has been asked/answered before but when I search I only see questions pertaining to changing the OP's profile pic. My issue is a bit different. I have pictures of my family on my phone that I used to identify them. Since we switched to the Galaxy S8 it seems the the profile pics for my family have been overwritten by their Samsung profile pics. How do I force my phone to use the profile pics I choose for them instead of their Samsung profile pics?

Unfortunately this doesn't work. When I find the contact and click edit I am presented with cancel or save option and then just below that there are options for Goolge, Samsung Account, Duo, and Profile Sharing. The pictures for Google and Samsung Account are correct. There is no pic for Duo as I have not set one but the picture for profile sharing is set to a Lion and this is the one that shows up as a contact picture. I cannot change it because this is the picture my daughter selected for sharing her Samsung profile and for some reason it is what displays with her contact info.

It appears that if I unlink the Profile Sharing account for a family member, it restores the picture I want to use for them in my contacts. the only problem I am seeing with this solution is that now I have two separate entries for them in my address book. I'm not sure why but Profile Sharing overrides everything else. I am still hoping to keep my daughter's profile sharing account linked to the contact info I already have for her in my Google address book without it overwriting the picture I use in my google address book so any ideas would be welcome!

If you haven't figured this out it's pretty easy. Open up your contacts, select the person you are trying to change the profile picture for. Hit Details to view the contact. Select the options menu, at the top you will see 3 options Edit Share and the 3 little dots I call the 3 little dots the options menu. There select "Set as Default", select the picture you want to be default pic and Viola.

Found this thread using the search, but the solution isn't solving my problem.
I have the exact same issue as OP, family pictures as contacts - but the ones that have Samsung phones switch to their generic Samsung picture. The Samsung contacts app always overrides the " Set As Default" option.
Yes, that does work - I choose set as default and choose Google instead of Samsung Account - but it doesnt stick..... It always reverts back to their Samsung Account picture.
Also, for each Samsung contact I have a bunch of Samsung accounts listed even though they only have one. I've attached a screenshot below.
Any ideas?