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[Q] Problems adding Facebook account on Verizon model

Hey, guys. I've noticed other phones having this problem, and it looks like the Xperia Play on Verizon is affected, too. When I go to Menu/Settings/Account & sync and try to add a Facebook account, it goes right back to the Account & sync page without adding Facebook. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling it with no success. Is there some sort of workaround?
Thanks

looks to be a issue w/ our phone.. I posted the same thing in general.

I added my fb account without any problems..

thomassafca said:
I added my fb account without any problems..
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you are not running stock GB on Verizon tho

Yeah, I suppose I should have posted what I'm running. Currently I'm running Android version 2.3.2, Build number 3.0.E.2.89
All stock. (On a side note, this is also preventing me from rooting at the moment.)

b00sted said:
you are not running stock GB on Verizon tho
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Ah ok, sorry! Didn't knew you were running that

So is anyone else experiencing this issue?
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I have the same problem on my Verizon xperia play

DigitalPirate, do you also have build 3.0.E.2.89?
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radio five said:
DigitalPirate, do you also have build 3.0.E.2.89?
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so far that is the only build I have seen on our devices. (verizon)

Well, at least we now know it's a common issue.
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radio five said:
DigitalPirate, do you also have build 3.0.E.2.89?
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Yep do you have problems with your front facing camera in video chat applications?

Well, the only one I've tried is Tango, but I read that the front camera not working is a known issue with that app and our phone. I haven't tried any others yet.
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Anyone had any luck with this?
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radio five said:
Anyone had any luck with this?
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This is a remnant from the other builds I think. On other stock android devices, Facebook can still be a contact provider. Something is blocking it in the OS level from some tweak by SonyEricsson.
HOWEVER! You can get around it by using SonyEricsson's Life.Contacts as a synch partner to synch up FB contacts.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.sonyericsson.zwooshi

Hmm... I'll have to check that out. Thanks for the link.
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i have verizon play as well and i cant add Facebook to my accounts sooo im gonna say its only with verizon

Same here can't synce it either!
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icebear8 said:
i have verizon play as well and i cant add Facebook to my accounts sooo im gonna say its only with verizon
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Yeah, this is an issue, I think, that has to do with Sony stripping the Xperia facebook-in-android experience parts out of the phone, but forgetting to re-enable the FB built-in synch that it was blocking.
So for right now, you have to use the Life.Contacts app to be able to synch FB. The problem with it though, is that the config is only available through Life.Contacts' widget. So it makes it a bit of a pain. It also only works with one account type at a time. So you can't use Life.Contacts to synch FB, Twitter, and other social networks at the same time to my knowledge.

Ok so... How do you actually get this to work? I downloaded and installed life.contacts and linked to my facebook, but my contact still don't show their pictures and info. Did I do something wrong?

Gmail don't work after ICS upgrade.

Since I did the update to ICS on my Transformer, my gmail app stopped working. Now when I load it, it appears for a second then the screen goes black and I find myself on my homescreen.
I've uninstalled the app and cleared data. Neither worked.
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Same thing happened to me..then after about a month it started working again. I figured there was probably some email that was giving it issues, until enough time passed that it stopped trying that particular one.
Maybe try deleting (or moving) the messages that came in right before it stopped working? (via gmail.com)

I'll look at the specific emails but don't see how that should effect anything. Worth a shot.
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jbemmz said:
Since I did the update to ICS on my Transformer, my gmail app stopped working. Now when I load it, it appears for a second then the screen goes black and I find myself on my homescreen.
I've uninstalled the app and cleared data. Neither worked.
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there's another post here about maps, and people there were having issue with gmail too.
when i did a logcat when gmail error out and fc, it was telling me openGL out of memory?.
i'm on team EOS ICS stable. so your not the only one having issues with gmail. and it doesnt seem like a ROM issue too, cause each one of them was using a different ROM.
i hope this get cleared up soon

*Phi* said:
there's another post here about maps, and people there were having issue with gmail too.
when i did a logcat when gmail error out and fc, it was telling me openGL out of memory?.
i'm on team EOS ICS stable. so your not the only one having issues with gmail. and it doesnt seem like a ROM issue too, cause each one of them was using a different ROM.
i hope this get cleared up soon
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Yes I hope they can get this cleared up as well. I haven't rooted it and it was working before I did the update to ICS. Other than the Gmail issue, I haven't had any other problems since I updated. However this is a big issue for me because I use Gmail so much and having to use a browser to access it is becoming a real pain.
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Well I got it to work! I did a factory reset and gmail is working perfectly. Now that I think about it, it makes sense. I should have done this sooner. I hope this can help others who have the same or similar issues.
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Mine did not work the other day too.. it just crash and return to homescreen..
I just clear cache in settings - apps - gmail and it start working again perfectly.. no need factory reset and no need reboot..
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People with constant data drops

Uninstall Facebook app. Solved all my problems. It truely is a buggy pos.
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Chadashcroft22 said:
Uninstall Facebook app. Solved all my problems. It truely is a buggy pos.
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Really? Even if I'm getting data drops with other apps (Foursquare, Dolphin, etc)?

Give it a shot. U can always reinstall it later.
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Facebook app has a crazy wake lock too.
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disconnecktie said:
Facebook app has a crazy wake lock too.
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I can't check this right now, since at work I get no data anyway, but I already installed Fast for FB as an alternate, and ready to test this out. If it works that would be great, the data dropping in killing me.

I did the same thing. I noticed my data crashed repeatedly while in the Facebook app. Uninstalled, created a homescreen shortcut to the website. Works beautifully.

Just did it, and it seems to be much better, thanks. Installed Fast for FB as my FB app.

I don't even have FB installed and had data drops.

mi7chy said:
I don't even have FB installed and had data drops.
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Same.

mi7chy said:
I don't even have FB installed and had data drops.
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Same too

Facebook's problems seem to be seperate. That app often will not connect when everything else is still working.
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Yeah my data drops are back, it was really bad yesterday. This didn't seem to fix it for me.

I don't have fb app I get data drops too YouTube app is the one other app i have trouble with
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Verizon should give us some $$$$ back for their TERRIBLE mobile network service! It was never this bad a year ago.... smh

As soon my contract is done I'm out of this over priced network!
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I have been having issues w/ google data staying connected, I think its the ROM, but I can't find out, cause I need 10 posts, each one has to be 5 minutes aparts. Is this site built by nuclear engineers? Are we solving the worlds problems here, or just android development? Can't tell the difference...

Does anyone get that prob when Facebook is just a plain white page ?
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havy15 said:
Does anyone get that prob when Facebook is just a plain white page ?
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The Facebook App, or the Facebook website through the browser? In my case, I've had an issue with both. I have since given up on the Facebook app all together and just use a bookmark to the Facebook page. Anytime I would get the browser blank-white page, I would force-close the browser app and log back in. Typically would do the trick.

I flashed the new ICS radio and I don't seem to be getting data drops anymore
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I was having terrible drops, everytime i opened an app that needed data lately on skyraider. Since going to ICS it's been solid.
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Syncing issues with CM10?

I'm not sure if this is a CM issue or the nexus s or JB, but it seems like my phone is only syncing every few hours. This includes texts and emails, which used to come almost instantaneously. I've checked to make sure all my Google services are syncing under settings, does anyone know why this issue might be occurring?
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JensAiden said:
I'm not sure if this is a CM issue or the nexus s or JB, but it seems like my phone is only syncing every few hours. This includes texts and emails, which used to come almost instantaneously. I've checked to make sure all my Google services are syncing under settings, does anyone know why this issue might be occurring?
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texts don't "sync". you're dealing w/ separate issues there..

JensAiden said:
I'm not sure if this is a CM issue or the nexus s or JB, but it seems like my phone is only syncing every few hours. This includes texts and emails, which used to come almost instantaneously. I've checked to make sure all my Google services are syncing under settings, does anyone know why this issue might be occurring?
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Maybe some specifics would help.
So.....
Is it ur Google accounts under settings/Google that is not syncing as often as u want?
Or is it Google voice?
Is the issue with data or WiFi?
Ru using a stable or a nightly version? (Post this in the correct thread if u think its a ROM issue)
And if u want to backup ur SMS then try an app called "SMS backup+"
The more info, the better we can try to help
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vidaljs said:
Maybe some specifics would help.
So.....
Is it ur Google accounts under settings/Google that is not syncing as often as u want?
Or is it Google voice?
Is the issue with data or WiFi?
Ru using a stable or a nightly version? (Post this in the correct thread if u think its a ROM issue)
And if u want to backup ur SMS then try an app called "SMS backup+"
The more info, the better we can try to help
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It's all of my Google services, and it seems to be just a data issue, but I rarely go onto Wi-Fi with my phone so I can't be too sure.
I'm running a nightly, but I searched through the CM thread and no one has my problem, and I have Sprint and sadly I trust CM more than them so I thought I'd try here first...
I use Google voice so I don't worry about backing up
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Can't open any links from the Facebook app

Hi, the problem I'm facing is that I can't open certain links that are on the Facebook app. I didn't used to have this problem, and it's only started a week or 2 back.
I have changed my browser and cleared all data on the fb app. But this hasnt fixed the problem.
- also the links work fine on my laptop
Has anyone got any ideas on how I can fix this problem as it becoming a bit of a pain
Thanks in advance, Mo

Try clearing the defaults in Facebook and the browser?
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hellfire191 said:
Hi, the problem I'm facing is that I can't open certain links that are on the Facebook app. I didn't used to have this problem, and it's only started a week or 2 back.
I have changed my browser and cleared all data on the fb app. But this hasnt fixed the problem.
- also the links work fine on my laptop
Has anyone got any ideas on how I can fix this problem as it becoming a bit of a pain
Thanks in advance, Mo
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Did the facebook app update a week or two back? Might want to make the developer aware of this.

Ben36 said:
Try clearing the defaults in Facebook and the browser?
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I don't have any defaults set
Thanks, Mo
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I'll give you this a go too
Thanks, Mo
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