I have 2 issues with the pre-installed apps:
A- People app does not display Facebook contacts
In the people app under "Contacts to display" I have selected All Contacts, which include Google, G+, Facebook and Linkedin.
I have also made sure that under Settings - Accounts - Facebook, the check box for sync contacts is marked.
I have cleared data for the People and Facebook apps and restarted but that didn't help.
How to get this to work?
B- Gallery app displays some empty Picasa folders
These folders are displayed only with a date, the Picasa logo and the number 0 (as in zero pictures in this album).
I've cheked my Picasa Web Albums and my G+ albums, and I do not have any empty folders, but the Gallery keeps showing them.
Again, I've cleared the app data and restarted - same result.
I know I can easily replace these apps and disable them, but I was hoping to keep the stock ones.
I'd really appreciate some help or suggestions.
Thanks to all in advance.
Regarding People app
After comparing both tablet and phone version of Facebook I've realized that contact synchronization is not available in the tablet version. It's just not available in the Facebook app options!
Gave up on this one
Regarding Gallery app
I spent some time looking for alternative gallery applications that are able to synchronize Facebook and Google Plus pictures as well as play videos. And that's really all I need nothing more. And I failed. I could not find 1 single application that could do that. Sad.
SO, does anyone know of such an application???
If not, does anyone know how to get rid of the empty non existent Picasa folders?
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using XDA Premium HD app
Related
As title.
I can't seems to get the latest facebook profile pic for my contacts listed in the People application.
I tried clear the cache for People and Facebook for HTC Sense in the application settings but to no avail.
I am able to get their latest contact number and facebook status message.
Is there a way to manually update the picture?
Please advise.
I have the same problem.
The only solution I found is that I delete the account "Facebook for HTC Sence" and I re added it. This way I force the Sense to synchronize itself with the latest pictures.
Thanks, it works, though the sync take quite a while.
just go into the gallery, switch to Facebook and then update after pressing menu
Only problem I got is that MY pic is not really syncing..
I use an app called syncmypix
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
Thanks for more suggestion
What may help, before syncing your contacts with HTC Sense Facebook, ensure that "People --> View --> Only contacts with phone numbers" is unchecked!!!
For some reason, when syncing contacts, this option comes into play.
Cheers,
Charles
My facebook contacts no longer sync with my contact list. Gone are all of my pictures on my contact list. in settings i went to the Accounts and Sync and tried to add account but when i hit the facebook icon it just backs to the previous screen. how can i fix this?
Get the Facebook app, that creates a new account in the OS
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App
should be noted that for it to work correctly you have to have the same name in your contacts list as it shows on their facebook.
and also i believe there is a privacy setting on facebook that allows users to block the facebook app from pulling information
had facebook app installed but ended up removing it and reinstalling it and now it works like it used to. contacts all have pics with them now
Moved to Q&A
Hi guys
Love the transformer, much better than the advent vega i had ages ago! Just a question about fhe gallery app. For some reason i have 3 albums with 0 photos i cant remove : scrapbook photos, profile photos and profile photos (draft) no idea why those are there, assumed it may be google+ orientated but i dont have it and i wouldnt mind getting rid of them?!
Thanks!
Greenie-UK said:
Hi guys
Love the transformer, much better than the advent vega i had ages ago! Just a question about fhe gallery app. For some reason i have 3 albums with 0 photos i cant remove : scrapbook photos, profile photos and profile photos (draft) no idea why those are there, assumed it may be google+ orientated but i dont have it and i wouldnt mind getting rid of them?!
Thanks!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That's weird. I have Google+ install but don't have any of those "folders".
Any other apps you install recently?
Check in Account & Sync, see if any of those accounts have any kind of "photo" sync.
Gallery syncs with your google account so ANY pictures you post or share while signed in on a computer or phone will be synced to one place.
You can clear these by going to settings-applications-manage-all items-gallery -clear data...
And to permanently stop the syncing go into settings-accounts and sync-click on your account and deselect picasa web albums.
That should fix it
Sent from my Inspire 4G using XDA Premium App
I have the same issue.
what i did was delete the pics of picasa and the albums which got rid of 2 of the albums.
but i still have 4 i cant seem to locate.
I have nothing other than my google account in accounts syncing.
they are empty and i cant delete them, i tried the above suggestions but that didnt clear the 4 remaining empty folders.
how can i locate them and remove them?
i dont get why there is not "hide albums" options either
Ignore this post
Dont ignore mine
I use Quickpic and you can excluded and include what folders you want to see and hide pics, great for showing friends things in default gallery without showing your valuables =D its free
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using xda premium
Coming from the Galaxy Nexus where the gallery displayed all of my picasa images, I can't figure out how to do the same with the One X! There's an option to view Picasa images but it doesn't find any of my albums. Does anyone know how to add picasa images to the gallery? Thanks.
Anybody else have this issue with a google apps account!?! Its really frustrating!
Not sure what you are talking about, click onGallery,/Albums/should be a list Facebook, Fickr, Media Servers, dropbox and Picasa web albums, click on the Picasa web albums and they should display, at least mine does. Not sure if you want them to show up in Gallery? Would think that they have to be on your phone storage?
When I go to Picasa in the gallery it doesn't show any of my albums (and yes, they're public albums). I think it might be an issue with Google apps. Can someone else with google apps please let me know if their images are showing?!
I believe you have to change your sync/account settings to sync your picassa...
Settings->Accounts & Sync->Click on your google account->Make sure Google-Photos and Picasa Web Albums are selected...
centex99 said:
I believe you have to change your sync/account settings to sync your picassa...
Settings->Accounts & Sync->Click on your google account->Make sure Google-Photos and Picasa Web Albums are selected...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Both are selected. It just says "The user has no albums to display." I'm getting very frustrated!
NextNexus said:
Both are selected. It just says "The user has no albums to display." I'm getting very frustrated!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Have you tried clearing Gallery app data and re-syncing?
Yep just tried it and it was no help. Can someone else who uses google apps with their picasa account let me known if theirs is working? Thanks.
Anybody show skydive in there list of accounts to sync with? as shown here
http://www.htc.com/www/help/htc-one-x/
Does anyone who uses a Google Apps account (not regular GMail) with their Picasa Web Albums been able to view their albums in the gallery? I have a feeling there is a issue with Google Apps accounts where regular GMail accounts seem to work fine.
NextNexus said:
Does anyone who uses a Google Apps account (not regular GMail) with their Picasa Web Albums been able to view their albums in the gallery? I have a feeling there is a issue with Google Apps accounts where regular GMail accounts seem to work fine.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I doubt very much GApps will work. I don't have an account myself, so I can't verify, but I've seen numerous issues in the past with GApps and Android. If you've got GApps for Business (I don't know about the other plans), then you've got phone support with Google. Call them up and see what they say.
craig0r said:
I doubt very much GApps will work. I don't have an account myself, so I can't verify, but I've seen numerous issues in the past with GApps and Android. If you've got GApps for Business (I don't know about the other plans), then you've got phone support with Google. Call them up and see what they say.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's not an issue with Android as it worked perfectly with the Galaxy Nexus...it's an issue with the Sense gallery app. Can someone else with a Picasa Web Album account associated with Google Apps let me know if it works for them? Thanks.
Somebody please help me!!! One of the main perks of Android is the ability to view my Picasa images on my mobile device! Can someone who uses a Google Apps account with picasa please let me know if they are having the same issues!? Is there another gallery app in the play store that I could use instead that works with the built in camera as well as picasa?!
NextNexus said:
Somebody please help me!!! One of the main perks of Android is the ability to view my Picasa images on my mobile device! Can someone who uses a Google Apps account with picasa please let me know if they are having the same issues!? Is there another gallery app in the play store that I could use instead that works with the built in camera as well as picasa?!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Maybe try installing the stock ICS gallery app.
rfound said:
Maybe try installing the stock ICS gallery app.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Just tried installing Gallery ICS from the Play Store and there isn't even an option for Picasa. Also when you go to the Camera from the app the video option is gone. The app is no good.
When I tap on Albums in the top left corner, I get a drop down menu that has Picasa listed.
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium
mrmjv said:
When I tap on Albums in the top left corner, I get a drop down menu that has Picasa listed.
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Me too...then when I click Picasa it says "The user has no albums to display" even though I have about 50 publicly visible albums on my account. Is your Picasa account associated with a Google Apps or a regular GMail account b/c I think it might be an issue with Google Apps accounts.
After doing some more research is seems that EVERY SINGLE HTC GALLERY APP has this problem with Google Apps accounts. The HTC Gallery simply doesn't work with Picasa accounts that are associated with Google Apps. This is a pain in the ass.
You might be right sir...mine is associated with my gmail account!
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium
I have a Google Apps account and mine doesn't work either. Quite annoying!!
I see tons of questions towards this, but nothing towards the particular issue I'm having. Just picked up the GS3 from vzw a couple days ago and getting everything installed and configured how I want. One major issue I'm having is that my facebook contact pictures are not syncing with any program in the phone.
I got fb contacts to sync with pictures in the contacts section, but no where else will the pictures filter through. My Handscent app does not get fb pics, and my free ADW quick dial widget does not get the pics either. If I have a saved picture from my phone it transfers through everywhere as it should, but not FB.
Additional issue is I don't see any birthdays in the contacts area, and birthdays do not sync with the built in calendar.
Having the Dinc and flashing it various 100 times, I've deleted all cache and data from my calendar and the two facebook programs and restarted phone, but no such luck.
Any ideas what could be wrong or what to do?
Don't sync through the Facebook app anymore. Download Facebook contact sync and they'll show up in all apps, and you can setup high quality images as well.
Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2
I had the same problem and gave up a long time ago and decided to link everyone's contacts with photos I have on my cell phone.
I'll have to check out that facebook sync app
---------- Post added at 10:29 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:27 AM ----------
At the same time, I had problems with Facebook automatically linking to contacts, and had to do it manually much of the time with the 100 or so in-phone contacts that I had. Pretty annoying.
Chuki82 said:
Don't sync through the Facebook app anymore. Download Facebook contact sync and they'll show up in all apps, and you can setup high quality images as well.
Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Awesome suggestion... the sync app works just as I wish the Facebook app did... thank you very much!
I thought the S3 came pre-installed with the FB Sync app? There are two FG apps that need to be used in conjunction, one for syncing, one for actual FG access to posts, feeds. At least that is how I understood it and have it set up...
Here's the 2 apps that I've used before.
SyncMyPix - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nloko.android.syncmypix&hl=en
and
High Res Google Contact Photos - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1621031