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Companies messages appear as if from facebook contacts

Hi, im based in the UK and whenever i receive a message from a company such as Orange, or from companies who dont send with a number, the SMS appears as if it is from one of my facebook contacts (i have my phone synced with facebook)
If i select 'view message details' when reading the SMS, it says 'From: Orange' so it clearly isnt from my facebook contact that the sms application seems to think its from.
Anyone else had this problem and know how to fix it?
thanks in advance

Same problem on T-Mobile UK, would love to kno how to fix it.

It's fixed in the later ROMS.
Paul's R3 and those based on it.

ok, is it likely to be in the OTA update supposedly being sent out sometime in the next 12 years?

it will most likely be solved in froyo or in an update before that

I had the problem with my original orange rom, now running pays and no problem.
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It has already been fixed in the OTA update which Vodafone rolled out last week. Orange are supposedly putting theirs out this week. Don't know about T-Mobile, but I'd imagine they'll have one out soon too.
edit: 2nd of June for Orange, apparently. Comes from their customer service people.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6633743

will i still get this update if ive flashed to a generic rom (unfortunately not the one with the fix!) and away from the stock orange rom?

I honestly couldn't say for sure.
Best to ask the vodafone users who updated last week. At a guess, I'd say your phone won't give you the option to update, and you may have to do it manually.

This happens to me because one of my FB friends has a text entry in the mobile number field, the git won't change it either lol.
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gyro11 said:
will i still get this update if ive flashed to a generic rom (unfortunately not the one with the fix!) and away from the stock orange rom?
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I would like to know this also. Are OTA updates distributed based on vendor IDs or ROM versions or something else entirely?

gyro11 said:
Hi, im based in the UK and whenever i receive a message from a company such as Orange, or from companies who dont send with a number, the SMS appears as if it is from one of my facebook contacts (i have my phone synced with facebook)
If i select 'view message details' when reading the SMS, it says 'From: Orange' so it clearly isnt from my facebook contact that the sms application seems to think its from.
Anyone else had this problem and know how to fix it?
thanks in advance
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Yes! i had this problem too! but i know the cause. It' because your facebook contact put something other than a phone number in his/her info under the phone number box (a silly message in words), the phone reads these as unknown numbers hence any unknown number will be matched with this contact

Im getting this "texts from networks appearing as sent from facebook contacts" problem, im on vodafone uk and havent recieved any ota updates at all since i got the phone 2 months ago?
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Yeps...same problem here. Non branded phone with the original rom it came with on the dutch hi network.

C_S_R said:
Im getting this "texts from networks appearing as sent from facebook contacts" problem, im on vodafone uk and havent recieved any ota updates at all since i got the phone 2 months ago?
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try a manual update by going to system software checker thats what i done and am on vodafone uk also and this has finallly corrected this problem

mornixuur said:
Yeps...same problem here. Non branded phone with the original rom it came with on the dutch hi network.
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If you're on the stock rom 1.15.405, you can do a manual upgrade to 1.21.405.2 and see if that fixes the problem. It's a genuine HTC firmware, but I don't think it's been officially released yet... anyway, if you search the Desire development forums you'll find it.
I actually don't know if it fixes the Facebook problem (since I don't have a Facebook account), best to ask in the thread... it will wipe your data though, so make sure to back everything up using MyBackUp Pro (there's a free 30 day trial available).

im currently on 1.15.405.4
with firmware 2.1-update1
when you say do a manual update do you mean reflash my desire again as thats really not something i can be bothered doing just for this annoying issue (especially if there is some OTA update apparantly imminent anyway)

[Q] Bell Desire Z & HTCsense.com

hey i have a bell desire z which i am using in the US with at&t. i signed up for the htcsense.com service which lets me locate the phone, lock it, ect... however, I saw a video on engadget for the desire hd where they had more options on the website for sending remote texts, access to the htc hub, and footprints near the top of the web page. you can also see it here in the picture... http://www.htc.com/www/htcsense/index.html
my question is why don't i see any of these options when i log onto htcsense.com? all i get is the page that lets me locate the phone or send it a message. could it be because the phone is branded to bell that the other options aren't there? could someone with the generic desire z log onto htcsense.com and see if those options are there?
Also here is the video from engadget that shows the extra options, http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/27/htc-desire-hd-review/ it's the video under the HTC Sense part of the review.

I have a Bell Desire Z and I get all the options in the video when I log into HTCsense.

i have a bell dz debranded rooted and whatnot and i dont have those options either it wont even locate where the phone is when i click refresh location

Im same as OP - except the phone location function works for me. Anyone one what we're doing wrong?

HTCSense.com doesn't appear to have been finished by HTC yet, so it's flaky. See the attached reply I got from HTC on this a while back :
Htc sense
Sorry for the inconvenience. But htc sense has had to go under further construction to get all of the features to work. As they are always modifying the website etc. it is stopping the phone finder and phone ringer features from working. It is also stopping customers creating and logging in on our website.
You may find the features to work and then stop again, as they are very intermittent.
So please keep trying to create an account and log in, as eventually it will work because not all of our customers are having issues at this moment in time.
Htc apologise for the inconvenience. And hope to get the website working and fully functional as soon as possible.
HTC can confirm that HTC Sense.com is currently in development for use in a near future. Specific device variants, including regional or national variations that will have access have not yet been confirmed. Once more detailed information is available on the release date and which of the devices will use this feature then a more formal announcement will be made. We recommend following us in Twitter for instant notifications at http://twitter.com/htc_eu
I trust that this resolves your query, please do not hesitate to contact us again if required.
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[Q] HTCSense.com

Is it just me or can anyone else not access the manage contacts section ?
All i can do is remote lock, remote wipe & ring at full volume.
I thought there were meant to be more features

Does it looks like the image attached at my post?
I contacted HTC already 2 times about this, but they keep saying they're ''working on it''..
I hope they fix it soon, anyway.. i'm already developing my own htcsense.com-like app

Yeah, except Locate Phone isn't even working for me

I can confirm that it's the same for me too on HTCSense.com Greece.

In Poland the same HTC support said they should fix it till the end of this year ... HEHE 2 days left I don`t think so ...

Known issue. Just wait and see, can't do much more...
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Same here in Holland, can't do anything with htcsense.com

I have spoke to HTC about this and this is the (some what vague) reply i got:
Sorry for the inconvenience. But htc sense has had to go under further construction to get all of the features to work. As they are always modifying the website etc. it is stopping the phone finder and phone ringer features from working. It is also stopping customers creating and logging in on our website.
You may find the features to work and then stop again, as they are very intermittent.
So please keep trying to create an account and log in, as eventually it will work because not all of our customers are having issues at this moment in time.
Htc apologise for the inconvenience. And hope to get the website working and fully functional as soon as possible.
HTC can confirm that HTC Sense.com is currently in development for use in a near future. Specific device variants, including regional or national variations that will have access have not yet been confirmed. Once more detailed information is available on the release date and which of the devices will use this feature then a more formal announcement will be made. We recommend following us in Twitter for instant notifications at http://twitter.com/htc_eu
I trust that this resolves your query, please do not hesitate to contact us again if required.
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Hope this helps.
OH, and by the way, this was me asking them why the messages and contacts options had disappeared.

hi all,
i have a query regarding htcsense.com . prior to htc incredible s i had htc desire hd and it was running well but now i wanted to put my new device name instead of desire hd. therefore i cancelled my account on htcsense.com and tried to make new account with my latest handset incredible s, but unfortunately i used my all e-mail account to make new account on htcsense.com but everytime its just browsing and nothing happen. any idea please enlighten me. thanks

ramis7 said:
hi all,
i have a query regarding htcsense.com . prior to htc incredible s i had htc desire hd and it was running well but now i wanted to put my new device name instead of desire hd. therefore i cancelled my account on htcsense.com and tried to make new account with my latest handset incredible s, but unfortunately i used my all e-mail account to make new account on htcsense.com but everytime its just browsing and nothing happen. any idea please enlighten me. thanks
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It seems like htcsense.com is STILL not working properly. I only see the dashboard and can locate my phone and make it ring, but nothing else is there. You may have several hours after your registration for even the dashboard to show up. Also try a different browser - in the beginning the site didn't work in my Firefox for some reason, but it worked in Chrome - go figure

Still isn't working for me.
I tried to remotely lock my phone as a test, it didn't lock but now the website says my phone is locked

I tried using HTCSense.com yesterday, it was my first time since december. I cannot believe that the software is still broken. It is even more broken than it was on december.
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it's the same for

Same here, it keeps telling me I need to enable the locate my phone phone finder on my phone. Except it had been enabled since day one and I've never disabled it ever. :/

It works for me, but I can only use the dashboard (no contacts, footprints, whatever). Oh and the lock phone option takes a while to kick in.

Woao. The locate phone actually worked, no more Nigeria for meh! It was off for only like 50m. I turned on Locations while it was scanning for my phone, dunno if it worked just because of that.

i think all the things you can do on your phone.i don't think htcsense.com is very useful,but on your phone it can backup your settings and contacts.This is useful.

HTC peep

hi all
I recently noticed that my friendstream was not updating. So i logged out and tried to log back in but it is saying username/password incorrect which it is not. i have change my password and email address and it still doesnt work. Anyone got any ideas.
Thanks
Jonathan

I think I saw a thread a few days ago about this - something to do with https or something...
Sorry its a bit vague - I was using the official Twitter client more these days - but have a search in the forum - I am sure this was brought up recently
e.g. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016439&highlight=htc+peep

Yeah, seems Twitter have now changed to use HTTPS and sounds like it's knocked out Peep - Official apps works fine but HTC are going to have to update the Desire to get it working again

Yeah have no seen that its effecting a lot of people.
I have notice that HTC as released a fix for windows mobile devices. But nothing yet for android.

the WinMo fix for Peep I think was a security hole in their s/w rather than this issue if it was the one released a couple of months back.

Double-check on your Twitter account and see if you're using HTTPS - if you are see if turning it off works?

I had the exact same problem - Cannot log in!
T-Mobile customer services said it was my problem......grrrrr!
No it is your problem - please sort it!
I have had to add a bloated Twitter app....come on HTC, if you tie in these "apps" into the software - keep on top of it - OR allow us to remove the "app" as normals apps can be removed!
Rant over....for now!

i dont use it my self but they fix it

Mine works fine just logged in no problem, odd it only affects certain people.

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T-Mobile customer services said it was my problem......grrrrr!
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By the time it takes T-Mobile to do anything helpful, you might as well have bought another phone!

the advice to NOT use https does not work - same issue.
HTC are at fault here for not keeping their eye on the ball (well eye on Twitter that is!)
I will forgive them when they release gingerbread shortly!
Dave

not the first time peep has been having issues.
tried reporting it to htc? they'll probably say wait for a future update.
or in the meantime try the official app

[Q] Carrier/Operator messages appearing under personal contact

Hi there,
This is a problem that I'm experiencing since I got my Desire HD and I will explain exactly whats happening. I dont know if there is already a thread opened in relation to it, I searched the forum and couldnt find anything. I there is a thread already open, then I apologize and ask that someone direct me to it.
So...
When I receive a carrier/operator message that message appears under the name of one of the persons under my contacts list. It always appears under the same person.
I have already tried to make a factory reset twice and the problem occurs again and again.
Its not something that stops me from using my phone, but rather annoying. Also, because some of the carrier/operator numbers do not accept replies to it, sometimes I cannot text the person on my contact whos being confused by the carrier.
Hope I could make myself understood
Anyone else here experiencing the same problems? Do you know how to resolve it?
I know this is a problem affecting other people, not only me. This is my first Android phone so Im not sure if its Desire HD specific, Android specific or a HTC problem. I know one other person who is experiencing the same exact problem. That person also has a Desire HD.

Is that other person on the same network?
Not an issue specifically tied to the Desire HD nor Android.
My first thought would be to contact the network provider. Are your contacts sync'd with Gmail account or did you import from SIM card?
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Hey there,
First of all, thanks for the quick reply.
No, my friend who's experiencing the same exact problem he is not using the same network.
I might give it a try and call the carrier but Im a tech support guy myself and Im afraid I already know what their answer will be...
Im sure me and my friend, we are not the only ones experiencing this problem. I remember some time ago reading something about this problem somewhere but I overlooked it as I thought it would never happen to me. Now I cannot find it anywhere.
I guess not many people report this problem because it doesnt stop you from using the phone and only affects one of your contacts. The thing is that its quite annoying, even more when I cannot text the person as the phone thinks I want to text the network operator.
I dont think this is an Android issues, I think its probably something with the HTC rom. My contacts were pulled from my previous phone via bluetooth. I do not store my contacts in my SIM card. On the phone I see my contacts under 'people'. Also, HTC links my contacts (between my friends on facebook and the ones I have under 'people')... And I think that this is actually the problem.
I tried already to unlink this one contact but still Im keeps getting operator messages under his number.
As I said, my friend who's experiencing the same exact problem is on a different network operator. Also, I bought my phone SIM Free (not linked to any operator), while he bought his under contract and not SIM Free.

Actually, just searching a bit further on Google with different keywords and found a guy in Mexico who's experiencing the same problem (Im in the UK). Also found a huge thread on androidforums with people from different carriers also reporting the same issues.
Will read a bit further to see if I can get this sorted. Apparently is being caused by the 'facebook contact sync' and disabling it stops it from happening.
Not really a good resolution though, as if the 'facebook contact sync' exists, then we should be able to use it without causing problems for other applications.

Hopefully it is as simple as that.
I don't use Facebook which is probably why I never had or have seen this issue.
Please do let me know if that fixes it.
Cheers.
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