Hero contact photos facebook - Hero, G2 Touch Android Development

Is it possible to retrieve the Hero's contact phots that are connected to facebook?
With the android sdk and the function loadContactPhoto i only get the manually added photos ...
Where the facebook contact photos stored?
Is there any API in the Hero rom?
I hope anybody can help me...

chrisonline said:
Is it possible to retrieve the Hero's contact phots that are connected to facebook?
With the android sdk and the function loadContactPhoto i only get the manually added photos ...
Where the facebook contact photos stored?
Is there any API in the Hero rom?
I hope anybody can help me...
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yes that's possible.
Use the app "Facebook Sync" and it will do the rest

Thanks, but i need a program code not an app!
I want to read the already stored facebook photos (Hero do this) into my programmed app.
With the standard SDK from android i dont get the photos..

HTC overrides the normal contact photo with the facebook one, try to look at the contact database probably you find something

Thank you i will look into the contacts database.
But curious why the loadContactPhoto only gets the manually added..
In case that HTC overrides the normal contact photo with the facebook photo, loadContactPhoto should get also the facebook photo...

chrisonline said:
Thank you i will look into the contacts database.
But curious why the loadContactPhoto only gets the manually added..
In case that HTC overrides the normal contact photo with the facebook photo, loadContactPhoto should get also the facebook photo...
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loadContactPhoto will grab what *android* has set as the contact's photo. However, the facebook integration is an HTC addition, so there is no android API to grab it. An illustration of this: A contact in my phone has a facebook pic associated with it. I look at that same contact in my GMail's GTalk list, and it shows the manually set pic. So the HTC People app chooses its own pic from either Facebook or the Google Contact pic.
This may change in Eclair, as android 2.0 will have facebook integration included. HTC may have gone with the android API over their own, I'm not sure.

Thanks, i know, but i have seen other apps that are display the facebook photo on the HTC Hero on there app. For example Handcent SMS...
So there must be a way to grab this HTC facebook photo...

Does nobody knows how to get the HTC Hero Facebook photos?

I personally don't know. Try contacting the dev for ChompSMS or Handcent. I know those two pull the facebook pics.

Thanks i already had send an email, but until now no response...

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How to move a contact picture?

I'm using Sense, I linked my Facebook profile so it automatically downloaded the Facebook profile pictures for my contacts and set them as their contact photos. However, some of them are off-center and cropped in the wrong places, a couple even cut off the peoples' heads so you just see their bodies. Is there any way to readjust the pics quickly? (without actually downloading their pictures and then manually setting them as the contact photo and cropping them)
At least with MCR v17 (Froyo), you can't.
Facebook contact information is not editable on this device
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my issue about contact picture:
I've link my phone contact with facebook. i've set my facebook to auto sync. it works well syncing event & updates & contact picture of my contact but when my friends changed the profile pic on their facebook, my desire won't change the contact picture according to their facebook profile pic.
Have you tried cropping them and then uploading to Facebook? Might then appear properly and not be truncated.
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antu_pogroms said:
my issue about contact picture:
I've link my phone contact with facebook. i've set my facebook to auto sync. it works well syncing event & updates & contact picture of my contact but when my friends changed the profile pic on their facebook, my desire won't change the contact picture according to their facebook profile pic.
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Yeah mine doesn't update either. It just shows the original picture it downloaded from the first time it synced them, and it never updates if they change them.
MasDroid said:
Have you tried cropping them and then uploading to Facebook? Might then appear properly and not be truncated.
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I'm talking about my friends' pictures, not mine.

Only thing I dont like bout rooting..

The ONLY thing I dont like about rooting is
I dont get the Stock HTC Facebook app that you can sync your contacts with their facebook pictures.
All the other Fbook apps on the market suck. Can anyone port it, make an app similar to that one, or anything?
I know you like 2.3... but if you are willing to use Froyo migueltherocker's GratiousSlide has the same facebook syncing with contacts.. and I was happy with it till my A.D.D lead me to the next 5 ROMs
Balem said:
I know you like 2.3... but if you are willing to use Froyo migueltherocker's GratiousSlide has the same facebook syncing with contacts.. and I was happy with it till my A.D.D lead me to the next 5 ROMs
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Lol actually I opened the market and found an app that I can sync my contacts to pictures on fbook, just sort of like the stock contacts app.
The app is a replacement for your contacts but w/e. Ill just use that to sync all my contacts, and assign as main contact app the one with cyanogen
TA-DA!
I wouldn't mind checking that out, what is the program called?
It seems like it's been so long since I had stock. What am I missing here? The official Facebook app syncs its contacts with my own on the phone and imports pictures. The only thing I don't see is the link/unlink that sense has.
beartard said:
It seems like it's been so long since I had stock. What am I missing here? The official Facebook app syncs its contacts with my own on the phone and imports pictures. The only thing I don't see is the link/unlink that sense has.
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The stock Sense overlay, if I remember, by default synced all contacts photos linked to a FB account with their FB profile pic, and even gave you the option of which photo to sync with (FB/Google/manually set).
With vanilla, the FB app will sync contacts, but I am noticing that your Google account image will be the default image, and I do not see a way to make it switch to the FB picture.
You guys should download
"Contapp"
its really good, does the same thing as the original froyo app... its a contact replacement.. just dont set it as default and your done
Wohoo!
Now, is there anyway to make the caller ID pictures bigger?

Any app to download friend's facebook pictures and apply hi-res photos to contacts?

Is there any app that downloads a high resolution Facebook contact picture and assigns it to your contact on the phone?
Theres a plethora of apps that sync "high res" pics (Syncmypix), but attaches it to your gmail account, which then downgrades the quality to all hell, because its like 48x48 res.
You can obviously manually download pictures and assign it to each contact, but that will take forever!
The only other solution is to contact everyone to sign up for Google + and upload a high res picture as their profile picture
friendcaster
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friendcaster
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Thanks. I've been wondering as well.
If I remember correctly, the low-res limitation is due to Google Contacts sync. I believe when google grabs the picture from the contact (which is in high-res first time) it uploads it to Contacts and converts to 64x64px (?) and then it use that low-res picture for all things.
I dont know if it still works like this but as other people said, there is a bunch of threads about this "problem".
beejizzle said:
If I remember correctly, the low-res limitation is due to Google Contacts sync. I believe when google grabs the picture from the contact (which is in high-res first time) it uploads it to Contacts and converts to 64x64px (?) and then it use that low-res picture for all things.
I dont know if it still works like this but as other people said, there is a bunch of threads about this "problem".
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exactly, the current syncing apps sync it with gmail, therefore downsizes it to 64x64 pixels, which looks awful on a 720p screen.
I did do a search, and could not find a straight answer.
andy2na said:
exactly, the current syncing apps sync it with gmail, therefore downsizes it to 64x64 pixels, which looks awful on a 720p screen.
I did do a search, and could not find a straight answer.
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I assume that Friendcaster also uses this method? I have "high res" checked but the pictures come out as anything but =/
Google Contact Sync (sorry cant post links yet)
Anyone tried it?
If you google it you just get the google version. there is another which if you search on facebook you will get. Wish I could post a link.. grrrr
heartofangel,com/google-contact-sync/
dalumberjack said:
Google Contact Sync (sorry cant post links yet)
Anyone tried it?
If you google it you just get the google version. there is another which if you search on facebook you will get. Wish I could post a link.. grrrr
heartofangel,com/google-contact-sync/
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Tried it.. still gets 64x64 pics.
This is a limitation with Google contacts online and not the phone. When you it syncs it resizes them.
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Br0wNb0y said:
Tried it.. still gets 64x64 pics.
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It was worth a shot. Thanks for trying
Why would google release this OS with this new half screen picture UI on contacts and then not allow facebook to use high res photos, it looks like ****!
I can't understand how they looked at that feature and said yeah that looks awesome..
Have you tried Syncmypix ?
from what ive been reading about this phone, the only way to get hi res photos would be if the other users are using google+, all other apps the pic gets downgraded in quality
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Wow people, some of the comments in here were completely uncalled for... If you see a thread that's a repost, than by all means respond like a normal human being and politely link them to the other thread. Then either report it or PM a mod so it can be merged.
But this BS about flaming each other for petty **** is going to stop.
godsfshrmn said:
No application is going to do this unless you stop syncing contacts. When syncmypics, friendcaster, whatever else app links a photo to a contact, it is sync'd with google contacts, which downsizes them automatically. If you want to complain, go complain about google contacts.
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So if this is the case, could I just sync with friendcaster, then go to accounts & sync and turn contact sync off and the pics would stay high-res?
joshnichols189 said:
So if this is the case, could I just sync with friendcaster, then go to accounts & sync and turn contact sync off and the pics would stay high-res?
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Tried this, unfortunately it still does not work.
facebook vs google
From what Ihave heard, google is not agreeing with some policy of facebook and therefore facebook is not letting them sync. However i think its odd that its only with ics. Maybe it has something to do with the use of the large image?
Read more at http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/22/google-disables-contact-sync-in-facebook-for-android-only-nexus/ about the Google vs. Facebook spat.
mg3point said:
From what Ihave heard, google is not agreeing with some policy of facebook and therefore facebook is not letting them sync. However i think its odd that its only with ics. Maybe it has something to do with the use of the large image?
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Its not only ics, its all nexus devices.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App

Facebook for HTC Sense doesn't work anymore?

Hi, after i got my new HTC One X (The old one had Display problem)
I can't find Facebook for HTC in Accounts & Synchronisation?!
Only the normal Facebook.
Setting the preferences back and Delete all accounts doesn't work.
How to get it back?
So completely stock and a hard reset done.
Firmware is 1.28??
to be honest no idea at the moment
In the friendsstream app....., is it there??
no worries about that.
since ICS, htc integrate (linked) their facebook for htc with original facebook app (katana).
just sign in and it will showing up on friendstream widget or app.
Pictures of some of my FB contacts don't show on People. Anything wrong I'm doing?
hell_freezer said:
no worries about that.
since ICS, htc integrate (linked) their facebook for htc with original facebook app (katana).
just sign in and it will showing up on friendstream widget or app.
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yes, but then when uploading a photo through gallery "share" with Facebook for HTC Sense the upload fails at 100% (every time).
on a probably unrelated note, installation of LinkedIn for HTC Sense from HTC Hub fails too
enyaj said:
Pictures of some of my FB contacts don't show on People. Anything wrong I'm doing?
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Most probably the contact is not completely sync the picture yet. It happens to mine too, after awhile the picture will appeared, no worry
Actually every since Sense 3.5, the Facebook For HTCSense is no where to be seen in the Account. Everything is done via official FB, but you still hv the function of uploading a picture via FB for HTCSense, and it works for me everything. Benefit of this is it allows you to tag ppl in picture but the official FB lack of this function
Kudos to HTC Sense
enyaj said:
Pictures of some of my FB contacts don't show on People. Anything wrong I'm doing?
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Same for me! I had to re-link some of my contacts manually...
It took at least 30mins.
Login and Passwords
In response to enyaj, may not help the OP.
Wow I have been having the same problem for some time now (FB for HTC Sense not linking up profile pics with contacts), and my wifes phone would always error on photo uploads) figured out that I changed the FB password awhile back to prevent a possible hacking video issue. If you change your password on FB and use FB for HTC Sense, you must go into: Menu> Settings> Acctounts & Sync. Then delete your FB for HTC Sense account. Then just add account (bottom of screen) FB for HTC Sense and login with the correct email and password. Bam all my contacts pictures sync'd with their FB profile pics, status updates and such are working also. Hope this helps.
I got the same issue .. and after googleing .. I found out that I have to unistall Facebook update ..delete my FB account from Account$Syncing in the settings .. and make a restart,, then add My FB again in Account&Syncing ..

[Q] Some contact pictures won't sync with Facebook contact pictures on HTC One X

I don't want to use third-party apps like Sync.Me.
I've correctly linked contact list with their Facebook profile. But some pictures Sync with HD, some pictures sync blurry and some picture won't sync at all. I'm sure they have their profile picture on Facebook and original image quality is not that bad.
I've tried removing Facebook account and add again from Settings-Accounts and Sync, Facebook->App Setting->Sync, Unlink and link again, scroll through all friend list in Facebook app. None of them worked for me.
I think it worked when I bought my phone. At least, when I go to specific contact and click the absent or blurry contact picture, it downloads from Facebook. I have no idea why it was stopped working.
Is there any workaround for that without using third-party apps? Thanks!!
I have the same issue
bosas200 said:
I have the same issue
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And almost identical flags
Just kidding.. please tell me if you fixed it somehow..

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