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[Q] Facebook for HTC Sense on Sense 3.5

Hi folks,
As I knew that, from Sense 3.5 there would be no "Facebook for HTC Sense". However I do like it much because it syncs automatically my Facebook friend's informations such as email, birthday. Thus I do not need to add manually.
I did search but had no luck to have this app Can anyone help me on this issue?
Thanks in advance,
T.

ximocko said:
Hi folks,
As I knew that, from Sense 3.5 there would be no "Facebook for HTC Sense". However I do like it much because it syncs automatically my Facebook friend's informations such as email, birthday. Thus I do not need to add manually.
I did search but had no luck to have this app Can anyone help me on this issue?
Thanks in advance,
T.
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If you log on the the Facebook app (get it from market if you don't have it) it will ask you if you want to authorise it for HTC Sense and then it works as Facebook for HTC Sense did on 3.0

Exactly. You will have the same functions of the Facebook for HTC Sense just using the normal facebook app.
When you add the account it will ask you to authorize HTC Sense on you're facebook account and voilà, you're done. Same results with only 1 account setted up instead of two. A big big improvement, more efficient, more elegant and more battery friendly (1 sync instead of two )

But I have a problem with the Facebook for HTC Sense in Sense 3.5. Facebook photos of my friends can be shown in all HTC apps (People, Message) but in Whatsapp, they're all empty. Previously in Sense 3.0 ROM, photos are shown correctly in Whatsapp. So there's an incompatibility between Sense 3.5 and Whatsapp?

One more issue i'm facing is that I don't get the status update of the person on my screen as was with the FB for HTC sense app.
ANyone else facing the same issue as me?

itandy said:
But I have a problem with the Facebook for HTC Sense in Sense 3.5. Facebook photos of my friends can be shown in all HTC apps (People, Message) but in Whatsapp, they're all empty. Previously in Sense 3.0 ROM, photos are shown correctly in Whatsapp. So there's an incompatibility between Sense 3.5 and Whatsapp?
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I have exactly the same issue with GOSMS - it appears to be using an old Facebook picture - does anyone know where Facebook for HTC Sense stored the pictures?

I'm pretty sure missing contact pictures can be fixed by booting into recovery and and selecting 'Fix Permissions'

bigmoew said:
I'm pretty sure missing contact pictures can be fixed by booting into recovery and and selecting 'Fix Permissions'
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Just tried that in recovery and makes no difference.
But I installed Line yesterday and found its contact list has photo shown correctly. So it maybe up to Whatsapp now to fix it.

i had similar problem.. I just booted recovery, wiped everything, reflashed rom, and voila.. I got all pictures set, with good quality..
Hope that helps

Laynee1 said:
i had similar problem.. I just booted recovery, wiped everything, reflashed rom, and voila.. I got all pictures set, with good quality..
Hope that helps
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today I did a little bit more test. I removed facebook sync account completely. to my surprise, whatapps is able to show contact photo again. these photos are from my gmail contacts, not from facebook.
I then add facebook account again and whatapps contact photo disappears.
so now its quite conclusive that whatapps is having problem with Facebook for HTC Sense in Sense 3.5.

Maybe, in some way, its bugged because you have several photos on one contact ( FB, Gmail and others)..
Try deleting all photos but 1 for each contact..
Hope this helps..
Cheers

Laynee1 said:
Maybe, in some way, its bugged because you have several photos on one contact ( FB, Gmail and others)..
Try deleting all photos but 1 for each contact..
Hope this helps..
Cheers
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Thanks for the suggestion. I tried removing all other photos, leaving just Facebook photo. But no, it still doesn't show in Whatsapp.

itandy said:
Thanks for the suggestion. I tried removing all other photos, leaving just Facebook photo. But no, it still doesn't show in Whatsapp.
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It might actually be related to the photo itself. I have a friend who has a different photo in Gmail and Facebook. And these accounts are linked. If I change the default photo in People to Gmail photo, Whatsapp is able to show it. If I change it to Facebook photo, Whatsapp cannot.
So the problem is not the linkage but rather some attribute of the photo. And I'd say the resolution of the photo might be the culprit here since Facebook uses higher resolution while that of Gmail is very low. Perhaps Whatsapp is unable to handle that kind of resolution.
Of course, that's my theory only. Can others in this thread try to do something to see if I'm right or wrong?

I am facing the Same thing.
in Sense 3.0,Whatsapp pics of facebook work properly.
In Sense 3.5, same thing happens as yours.
So it's a sense 3.5 issue

bteljuice said:
I am facing the Same thing.
in Sense 3.0,Whatsapp pics of facebook work properly.
In Sense 3.5, same thing happens as yours.
So it's a sense 3.5 issue
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The latest Whatsapp version seems to have fixed this problem. Now contact pictures are shown properly.

2.7.431?
im still having the same problem

Problem still persists for me, though I used a workaround which is SyncMyPix app from Market. Pics are fixed, but that's just a workaround.

I'm having the exact same problem.

Same here

[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] Problems with Facebook sync on Gummynex 0.7.7

I have searched for a post on this but can't find anything relevant.
I'm running gummynex 0.7.7. When I sync Facebook the contacts are automatically joined with Google contacts however I'm unable to see the facebook image in contacts.
I don't really want to have to use a third party to do this.
Can anyone help!
Thanks

Well here's what you do for the apex rom. Maybe it'll work for you too.
If Facebook picture sync is not working after contacts have synced, please clear the application cache and data, sign in again, and it will sync.
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Many thanks, that has worked a treat.

HTC Sense-like Facebook sync??

Hi there!
After trying some roms with HTC Sense on my nexus one, I think I am going back to CM7, but I will miss a lot the Sense Facebook sync.
It not only syncs the hi-res pics and makes them available to all the apps, it also syncs the phones of your facebook contacts that you don't have in your phone contact list, and also makes them available to other apps, so you can find your facebook friends in whatsapp and viber even if you don't have their phone.
There are any other application that does this?
I only found apps for syncing the pics, but not for the phone numbers.
Thanks! (and sorry for my English)

xipher.cdb said:
Hi there!
After trying some roms with HTC Sense on my nexus one, I think I am going back to CM7, but I will miss a lot the Sense Facebook sync.
It not only syncs the hi-res pics and makes them available to all the apps, it also syncs the phones of your facebook contacts that you don't have in your phone contact list, and also makes them available to other apps, so you can find your facebook friends in whatsapp and viber even if you don't have their phone.
There are any other application that does this?
I only found apps for syncing the pics, but not for the phone numbers.
Thanks! (and sorry for my English)
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There is HaxSync, it does it's job perfectly. But it's for ICS only...

CM7 has Facebook sync built back into it, just need to install the Facebook app ;-)
Delivered by Western Union in the rain after 70 Years

can also use syncpix and ditch the official Fbook for friendcaster
use the "thanks" if I helped you at all

Felimenta97 said:
There is HaxSync, it does it's job perfectly. But it's for ICS only...
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Does it syncs the phone numbers too? With Sense it does, and you have your facebook contacts in whatsapp even if you don't have their phone numbers.
KarlosTheJackal said:
CM7 has Facebook sync built back into it, just need to install the Facebook app ;-)
Delivered by Western Union in the rain after 70 Years
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I just tried that, and the Facebook app shows the phone numbers in the dialer, but doesn't share it with other applications like whatsapp or viber

[Q] facebook sync is back again??

i opened facebook app today and had a pop up asking me for adding my phone contacts to facebook.. but unfortunately, i canceled the process.. i noticed that i can sync my facebook account in the phone.. it seems that google finally reactivated that option again.. but the problem is that i don't find how to select the contacts to sync!!!
have anybody else noticed that new feature???
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I dont know but there is already an app that can sync fb contacts and it works flawlessly so I dont really need this anymore.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ro.weednet.contactssync

Gambler_3 said:
I dont know but there is already an app that can sync fb contacts and it works flawlessly so I dont really need this anymore.
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which one do you use??? if you are so satisfied, i can give it a try..

Was editing my post with the link just as you replied.

Yes i can confirm it's working again i just flashed factory images today,installed facebook and facebook account was added in accounts & sync in setting i just activated it and everything worked.

Does it grab high res pics?
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Well, the account shows up, under accounts & sync in the phone settings, but I don't think it's actually syncing the contacts. None of them are showing up for me in the people app.

oldblue910 said:
Well, the account shows up, under accounts & sync in the phone settings, but I don't think it's actually syncing the contacts. None of them are showing up for me in the people app.
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neither me.. i haven't seen any of my facebook contacts in the people app.. actually i didn't found The way to sync.. i regret canceling the process when the facebook app requested me sync..

l_italiano said:
neither me.. i haven't seen any of my facebook contacts in the people app.. actually i didn't found The way to sync.. i regret canceling the process when the facebook app requested me sync..
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You didnt use the app I suggested? It shows fb contacts in the people app for me.
And the sync option of facebook was always there for me but it never worked.

Gambler_3 said:
You didnt use the app I suggested?
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you talking about which app??

l_italiano said:
you talking about which app??
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I posted it in my first post here you go.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ro.weednet.contactssync

Nice!

Gambler_3 said:
I posted it in my first post here you go.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ro.weednet.contactssync
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Uhm... personally I don't like these limitations:
IMPORTANT:
* Facebook does not allow to export phone numbers or emails. Only names, pictures and statuses are synced.
* Facebook users have the option to block one or all apps. If they opt for that, they will be EXCLUDED from your friends list.
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