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Facebook Sync with 2.1

I wanna sync my facebook then I can have pictures for all of my contacts and I really don't wanna sync all 500+ friends from facebook when I only need like 75. I have search alot and read alot, but what seems to work if anything? How can I sync facebook contacts and gets pictures with only my contacts

atm i think that all that can happen and that's why im back on 1.5 i dont need 600 + contacts on my phone when i normally only need/want 100 or so

3rd party program like: SyncMyPix

When you go into people, you can hit menu, then view and uncheck facebook contacts and then it will only show Google and phone contacts and still have the pictures for them

jah8551 said:
When you go into people, you can hit menu, then view and uncheck facebook contacts and then it will only show Google and phone contacts and still have the pictures for them
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other apps show all facebook contacts and it's annoying (i.e. messaging contacts dropdown).

jah8551 said:
When you go into people, you can hit menu, then view and uncheck facebook contacts and then it will only show Google and phone contacts and still have the pictures for them
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that only affects the contacts not the phone screen

i was able to do it by using the contacts i saved in my google account and for some reason they automatically linked. You are also able to manually link them by going into the contact and clicking the link button in the top right corner and selecting the contact from your facebook friends. Hope this is helpful.

im running damages 2.1 rom when I use sync should i sync "facebook" or "facebook for sense"??

BAttitude7689 said:
im running damages 2.1 rom when I use sync should i sync "facebook" or "facebook for sense"??
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clicking on the "facebook" option does nothing

[Q] Accounts & Sync - Facebook has 2 profiles - FB and FB for HTC Sense...

Loving my new HTC Inspire
In "Accounts & Sync", Facebook has 2 profiles set up: Facebook and Facebook for HTC Sense.
What is the difference? Should I remove one or the other?
At first, I was linking all of my FB friends and FB for HTC Sense Friends to each other. But I can't imagine this is normal. Or is it?

rxp19 said:
Loving my new HTC Inspire
In "Accounts & Sync", Facebook has 2 profiles set up: Facebook and Facebook for HTC Sense.
What is the difference? Should I remove one or the other?
At first, I was linking all of my FB friends and FB for HTC Sense Friends to each other. But I can't imagine this is normal. Or is it?
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If you are using Friendstream and like having a contact's facebook info, including pictures show up in your People application then keep the FB for HTC Sense and remove the other one. If you aren't using that stuff remove FB for HTC Sense and use the regular facebook. Neither one will give you notifications. FB notifications for Android have been broken since day one.

Have your fb notify you by the email you have linked to your phone and all is well.. Keep FB for HTC as this gives you higher quality images for contacts, where regular FB gives u crap quality images.

earhog said:
Have your fb notify you by the email you have linked to your phone and all is well.. Keep FB for HTC as this gives you higher quality images for contacts, where regular FB gives u crap quality images.
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The higher images option was my selling point. Thanks! I disabled FB sync. I notice if I completely remove it, it signs me out of the facebook application.
My favorite feature is seeing people's statuses on the "People" application. If that and high quality pictures are from the FB for HTC Sense sync, that's all I need!
Thanks for your input!

also found useful info googling "facebook for htc sense"

gunnyman said:
If you are using Friendstream and like having a contact's facebook info, including pictures show up in your People application then keep the FB for HTC Sense and remove the other one. If you aren't using that stuff remove FB for HTC Sense and use the regular facebook. Neither one will give you notifications. FB notifications for Android have been broken since day one.
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Thanks for this, Perfect!
(Sorry to drag up an old thread)

The only benefit I can think of for the normal Facebook app is that you can go directly to one of your contacts FB pages if its linked to their contact.
For me, Facebook for Sense doesn't show me 3 of my contacts(so weird) so I just use the normal Facebook to link to those 3 contacts.

ok how do I get my FB friends pic to them when I text them as of now it just shows a grey person when I text them

If I remember right I removed FB for sense because it stuck a few hundred contacts on my phone that I didn't want. A lot of my FB friends are just people in which I share news with relating to politics, religion and social issues, not people I want to show up in my contacts list on my phone.
Is this a issue for others as well?

yeah that happend to me and all of my fb friends where in my contacts but it happen when I first set up the FB app you can pick sync all or sync with existing contacts.
but i want the fb profiles to my contacts when I text someone even though I may a different name in contacts vs the Fb profile they have.

The standalone Facebook application will do everything Facebook for HTC Sense does except the friend stream (but Facebook has it's own widgets).
Both will sync contacts and can use the Facebook picture as the contact picture.
To hide all those extra contacts you can choose to only sync contacts already in your phone or go to Contacts -> Display Preferences -> Hide anything you don't want.
To use the Facebook picture go to the contact. Make sure the 2 contacts are linked then click on the Facebook picture and choose set as icon.
Also the standalone app gives me notifications they just seem to be slow.

My phone won't let me have both facebook apps synced.
I am running coredroid. I don't know if the OP foresaw these problems or what. It will only let you select one or the other. However, the first time I opened the regular facebook app, it asked me to import my contacts, which I did. To my horror, facebook replicated of all my htc facebook contacts in the people app, so I had two contact cards for each person. Therefore I removed facebook contacts through the facebook app. There is a setting once you are inside the app to remove them. Even though I only have HTC Facebook contacts now, I have two different facebook icons. Some contacts have big, sort of vertical f's, and some have small, sort of diagonal f's. Not sure what these different icons signify.

[Q] Facebook issue (not chat) after Mango Beta 2 Update

I have a Samsung focus and did the mango update and now about 80% of my facebook contacts pictures (on the phone not the facebook app) do not show up on the phone. Anyone else have this issue or a way to fix it?
Thanks

Did you try to refersh your facebook account?
Go Settings --> email + accounts --> Facebook - Sync

if you search all you contact will come up. If you want it to list all of your FB contracts in you phone you have to change the settings.

Please post in the correct forum next time. Should have gone in Q&A.
As for your question, are you talking about contact photos for your contacts, or your Facebook contacts themselves not showing up.
If your contact photos aren't showing up, maybe your contacts need to be re-linked to their Facebook accounts. Check if they are linked.
If your Facebook contacts are not showing up at all, and you want them to be displayed in your People list, then you need to go into People settings and change the filter to display Facebook contacts (if you haven't already done so).

thanks for all the input. I am aware of all said above. I updated to Mango and this is a mango issue. All of my facebook contacts show up, the only issue is about 30-40% of them when i try to choose the facebook picture or my contact picture the facebook picture is missing. This is not a settings issue otherwise the other 60-70% would not work properly. Is there a way to delete the facebook account and redo it in mango? I have already tried to resync it many times but for many facebook contacts it shows a blank picture while others it does not. Attached is a screenshot showing only my facebook contacts, as you can see some of the pictures are missing. IS there any way to reset just facebook on Mango Beta?
Thanks

well i got a worst problem, i have a htc hd2 with mango beta 1 with marketplace, everything is fully functional but "IM". I've tried everything even change languages for both windows live and facebook, but always says in set im status "cant connect to im".

[Q]Facebook contacts photo sync looks terrible

Hi..
Since Facebook for HTC Sense is now integrated with Facebook application, i synced contacts with my facebook contacts trough Facebook app, and contact pictures look awfull.. I even tried FriendCAster, but they also look awfull.. Pixelated..
And yes, i can only see contact pictures when im actually calling that contact, but in people list, and messaging applications, i cant see any pictures...
Help folx please if u can..
Thanks in advance..
Laynee1

Solved.. Full wipe and reflash solved it

[Q] No facebook. picture on whatsapp

Hello everyone.. installed the update (android 4.0) for my sensation xe, everything goes well unless the whatsapp. When I enter my contact I find the facebook picture for all of them but when I enter whatsapp there is no picture for any contact although sync is on for facebook and whatsapp how can I fix it??

thetiger_jad007 said:
Hello everyone.. installed the update (android 4.0) for my sensation xe, everything goes well unless the whatsapp. When I enter my contact I find the facebook picture for all of them but when I enter whatsapp there is no picture for any contact although sync is on for facebook and whatsapp how can I fix it??
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I experienced the same after updating my sensation to 4.0.
It happened because the account for "facebook for htc sense" got deleted, this one used to function as a bridge between facebook and normal contacts so that whatsapp could get its syncs from there. Whatsapp can somehow not sync directly with the normal facebook app so I guess you have to do without the pictures.
But if someone knows a solution, I'd be glad to hear !