just been playing around. i removed my facebook account from the accounts & sync and that cleared the contacts from when you press "phone", just left my contacts on my phone. i re-added it (facebook for htc sense) and updated the sync live feed and it left the "phone" bit with just the contact from my phone and friendstream still worked.
im not sure how this works if you leave it to update every hour or so, whether it'll update all contacts again, but then you could always just turn it off?
just trying to work out whether if i link a contact in my phone to their fb profile and then do as above whether it'll stay linked - i doubt it but you never know!
edit: it doesnt stay linked. didnt think so. never mind i'll keep using people!
Hi i just purchase a desire a few days ago. I love this phone. It is a refresh from the windows mobile phones i used to have but, using it for a while i have a couple of questions.
First of all, i sync my facebook and gmail accounts and my flickr accounts. At the beginning i det auto sync to off because my nrw carrier and their unlimited data plan doesnt come into effect till july 1st. I would manually sync fb and email. However, after a night and in the morning i can no longer sync. Pressing the buttons doesnt do anything. I even turn on auto sync amd let it sync for everything. Still doesnt work. I have tried removing the widjets and accounts but it still doesnt eork.
I ended up doing a hard and everything works. However, once i turn off auto sync the next day it wouldnt work again. The only theory i have that i have only 10 megs left from installing apps and games. I have the low space indicator. Is this the reason i cant get my gmail or fb updates through friendstream?
Thanks for reading
have you tried to free up some more space or a possible cache clear to see if it sycns when you do it manually? My phone behaves strange when the space is very low
Are there any alternatives for Facebook for HTC Sense? It seems to be hanging up my auto-sync all the time and I get tired of having to kill it. However, I have a feeling it's the only thing that will work with HTC's People app, since the Facebook app's sync doesn't seem to work.
akudaikon said:
Are there any alternatives for Facebook for HTC Sense? It seems to be hanging up my auto-sync all the time and I get tired of having to kill it. However, I have a feeling it's the only thing that will work with HTC's People app, since the Facebook app's sync doesn't seem to work.
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can't you set it to sync like once a day? I have mine (HTC) syncs just contacts once a day and not sync feed at all. Turned off sync on the Facebook (Android) version.
You are probably have it set to sync freqently for feeds and such.
settings -> accounts & sync -> check it out
hope it helps!
MMBosstones86 said:
can't you set it to sync like once a day? I have mine (HTC) syncs just contacts once a day and not sync feed at all. Turned off sync on the Facebook (Android) version.
You are probably have it set to sync freqently for feeds and such.
settings -> accounts & sync -> check it out
hope it helps!
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I have it set to every day, but it seems like when it goes to do that sync every day, it never ends. The sync icon will be there all day until I get tired of it, go into Accounts & Sync and cancel the sync. Accounts & Sync doesn't show anything "actively" syncing at the time, but if I remove Facebook for HTC Sense I never have the problem, so it has to be the cause.
Does Facebook (Android) actually work in Accounts & Sync? It shows up in the list when I add an account, but selecting it does nothing.
You can just go on facebook with the browser. The mobile touch and full site work fine.
Meh!!!
My data syncs have been hanging lately and totally draining my battery unless I go in and cancel it. Sometimes it's Facebook for HTC, sometimes it's Twitter, sometimes it's Calendar. I can replicate the issue by going into my contacts, selecting a user and trying to update their events and updates (in which case it's fb for htc that hangs)...
If I then go into Accounts & sync in my settings, I can see the sync icon not spinning or doing anything and the option to sync now is available, but if I back out, cancel sync is available instead of sync all as if it does know something is syncing or attempting to...
I like the integration to fb, twitter, etc. in my contacts, but it sucks to suddenly be hanging up and draining my battery.
Any help will get 5 starts and a big thank you
@dboftlp
My HD always shows the sync symbol in the notification bar.
Ive searched in Accounts and Sync and it seems that its the HTC sense thats always syncing but, ive set it to only sync every 3hrs therefore I dont know why it continually syncs. It could also potentially be the cause of any lag.
I could turn htc sense sync off but that would defeat the purpose of having a smart phone.
Any help appreciated
kauka187 said:
My HD always shows the sync symbol in the notification bar.
Ive searched in Accounts and Sync and it seems that its the HTC sense thats always syncing but, ive set it to only sync every 3hrs therefore I dont know why it continually syncs. It could also potentially be the cause of any lag.
I could turn htc sense sync off but that would defeat the purpose of having a smart phone.
Any help appreciated
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My facebook ones got jammed and synced for about a full day and destroyed my battery, check to see in the thing if the circle is spinning or not..
Burning_aces said:
My facebook ones got jammed and synced for about a full day and destroyed my battery, check to see in the thing if the circle is spinning or not..
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Its continually spinning.
try turning off wifi/3g and the disable auto-sync in the settings menu, then re-enable wifi/3g and auto-sync. not sure if it will work tho.
lefty83 said:
try turning off wifi/3g and the disable auto-sync in the settings menu, then re-enable wifi/3g and auto-sync. not sure if it will work tho.
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No luck there either. When I push the cancel sync button in Settings/Accounts and sync, the "sync HTC Sense" account continually tries to sync again.
Its becoming a massive drain on my battery.
Can u go to settings, running services and stop HTC sense and sync there. Also in manage applications go to accounts sync and clear data, if still syncing force close it.
Sent using my brain, converted by my DHD
lefty83 said:
Can u go to settings, running services and stop HTC sense and sync there. Also in manage applications go to accounts sync and clear data, if still syncing force close it.
Sent using my brain, converted by my DHD
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Edit, didn't work.
Had this problem too. My Facebook for HTC Sense was f'ed. Removed the account and added it again, havn't had any problems since.
Mine was doing it for HTC sync. Turns out since HTCsense.com is not fully operational, it was constantly trying to establish a connection. For now I just unchecked that one for syncing until HTC has their site up and running normally.
Warium said:
Had this problem too. My Facebook for HTC Sense was f'ed. Removed the account and added it again, havn't had any problems since.
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This def worked. Removed HTC sense account and then added it again, boom no more constant sync icon in the task bar. Cheers for all the help.