Hi All,
I am having this particular problem for a long time now.
I always link my contacts with facebook. But the new contacts I have created and linked can not update the "contact profile picture" from facebook. Also a few of old contacts people have changed their profile pic on facebook. I can't see the new profile pic as the contact pic.
But apart from this picture problem everything is working perfectly. I get regular updates. Just not changes in profile pic.
Finally I did a format of my HD Mini and put all contacts manually again. But still the problem exists. I can get the facebook updates but none of my contacts have a picture now. Can anyone please help me on this.
Thanks ..
Hi! I had the same problem and reported it in the general section of this forum. Here is the solution which worked for me:
seppe82 said:
Okay, I found a solution!
Picture sync does obviously not work, when safe browsing in facebook is enabled. I switched of this option in facebook under account settings. That means you don't use facebook via https when you're online. Afterwards pictures were loaded as usual. For further information read:
http://mgxp.blogspot.com/2011/07/htc-sense-facebook-profile-photos-do.html
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Thank you very much .. it worked perfectly ...
thanks and lot ..
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On my TP2 Facebook integration is fine for most contacts but for some of them it can't seem to get their profile picture. Its bizarre because it used to be able to get it for same users when I first got the phone.
Anyone else having this problem?
you have to keep refreshing it like a million times until they all load. its stupid, but that's the only way i got it to work
Yip, i just forgot about mine, and eventually the pictures were there.
xnifex said:
you have to keep refreshing it like a million times until they all load. its stupid, but that's the only way i got it to work
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Does anyone know how to clear all the contacts in the Facebook list? My mate logged in sometime ago and now when i log in, i dont see my friends list but his! i dont updates on updates page as well and even when i click the edit contact and click the "link to facebook" tab, it does not show my contacts list! is there a file i need to delete?
william-johnson said:
Does anyone know how to clear all the contacts in the Facebook list? My mate logged in sometime ago and now when i log in, i dont see my friends list but his! i dont updates on updates page as well and even when i click the edit contact and click the "link to facebook" tab, it does not show my contacts list! is there a file i need to delete?
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I remember seeing that in the registry, I believe. I think it was in hkey-user/software/manilla but i'm not positive on that. one of the values was for the facebook user login name.
I have the same issue.... Only a few of my friends don't update
I have one person that won't update. It's because of thier privacy/profile access setting on facebook. That's the only thing I can figure out.
Facebook issues
Wondered if you ever found a solution on the FACEBOOK photos.
Maybe I just have to wait longer.
I actually had more photos yesterday than today.
All other fuctions appear to work OK...but photos and INBOX just never stop fetching.
Thanks
Ron
The facebook pictures for my contacts used to show up on the stock messaging app, but after restoring a nandroid it doesn't anymore. This is also the case with other messaging apps, so I don't think it's related to the app.
Is there any way I can make messaging apps show contact pictures again? (the contact pictures are still there btw - checked the dialer)
Have you checked if your FB account is still linked and set to sync? If yes, try removing & re-adding it. If all else fails, try linking contacts manually.
I'm not sure about the stock app, but is there a part in the menu that you need to tick to show contact pics?
You could also check your accounts and make sure that the facebook sync is turned on etc. I'm just throwing ideas out by the way, I'm not really sure lol.
Edit: beaten to it by John!
socktug said:
I'm not sure about the stock app, but is there a part in the menu that you need to tick to show contact pics?
You could also check your accounts and make sure that the facebook sync is turned on etc. I'm just throwing ideas out by the way, I'm not really sure lol.
Edit: beaten to it by John!
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Steve, actually. That's why it's crammed in between John and Doe.
JohnSteveDoe said:
Steve, actually. That's why it's crammed in between John and Doe.
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Deepest apologies. lol.
JohnSteveDoe said:
Have you checked if your FB account is still linked and set to sync? If yes, try removing & re-adding it. If all else fails, try linking contacts manually.
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socktug said:
I'm not sure about the stock app, but is there a part in the menu that you need to tick to show contact pics?
You could also check your accounts and make sure that the facebook sync is turned on etc. I'm just throwing ideas out by the way, I'm not really sure lol.
Edit: beaten to it by John!
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Ah, I didn't try the obvious one. The account was still linked and was set to sync, but I deleted and re-added my facebook account and now it's working.
Thanks for the help guys . I should have tried this before posting a new thread here, my bad!
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Deepest apologies. lol.
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Apology accepted.
Glad we could help!
Thanks
I thought this was going to be a more serious problem but all I had to do was re add my facebook account thanks for the help!
thank you so much. I was searching for a while, but turns out to be a simple fix.
i had the same problem and i have managed to fix it by this way, thanks.
however i have another similar issue which i couldn't fix until now. even if sender's facebook or profile picture seems, my own picture doesn't seem at the conversation.
is there anyone who managed to overcome this problem??
I'm having this "odd" problem too.. however I do have facebook sync-ed (similar to leventmann i guess)
The problem appears to be that the messaging app thinks the contact comes from the SIM (thus lack of profile pics).
Short of deleting the contact form SIM, i've managed to 'trick' the phone into using the facebook/google contact by fiddling around with area codes.
However, whenever I have the contact pic, I then get this "ugly" extra (M <mobile numb>) appended to the name:
ie.
John Doe (M 1234567890): blah blah blah
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Which I guess is 'ok', but it just takes up so much space in the message itself (even more so with the new Sense 3.0 messages having an iPhone-like look with messages being left/right speech bubbles)
At first I thought it was because the contact had 2 mobiles associated with the account, so removed (unlinked) one of the mobiles, but problem still exists.
Any ideas on how to keep the contact pic but remove (M xxxxx) ?
Also, is there a way to get the original htc messaging style back? (Sort of like the one you see if you go to "Persons -> <contact> -> Messages"; a basic list of the messages where sender/recipient avatars are on the left...)
I've got a bunch of my contacts "linked" to their FB accounts, but for some reason their pics are all pixelated, I'm currently using RCMix's ROM.
When I was using SGBS ROM the pics weren't all pixelated.. anyone else have this problem?
I don't think it's specific to the ROMs mind you.
hmm, no dno't have problems with pixulated FB pics, when I do manage to get the to display they display fine.
Small update...I've noticed something that may be part of the cause of my problems... in the "People" application the SIM numbers/contacts are not shown (I chose to not view them). However, when I open 'Phone' (to dial someone) I see the SIM numbers/contacts!!!
I vaguely remember seeing this in another thread (shall go digging for it later) but wondering if anyone reading this thread knows how to fix it?
Thanks!
RealyPssd said:
I've got a bunch of my contacts "linked" to their FB accounts, but for some reason their pics are all pixelated, I'm currently using RCMix's ROM.
When I was using SGBS ROM the pics weren't all pixelated.. anyone else have this problem?
I don't think it's specific to the ROMs mind you.
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I have changed my ROM from Starburst Froyo to Cool VisionS and i can see my own profile picture now after creating a Google profile with picture.
However now i have this problem above. Pictures are pixelated and i am not sure if it is because of ROM. Another suspicious point is : Before i had "Facebook for HTC Sense" in the settings for syncronization but now in this ROM i have only "Facebook" to syncronize. Do you think it can be related to one of these reasons?
Yes, i found the solution for pixelation problem (at least for my situation)
When i tried to add account for syncronization (under settings - accounts&syncronization) i noticed that there is also "Facebook for HTC Sense" which requires another login process.
Use this account for syncronization and remove simply "Facebook".
It fixed pixelation problem
That did indeed fix the pixelated picture problem for me as well.
The pictures for my contacts in the messaging app are missing though, aside from the few that I have setup to use a picture on my SD card.
have you ever done "fix permissions" from CWM?
permissions's related problem.
leventmann said:
however i have another similar issue which i couldn't fix until now. even if sender's facebook or profile picture seems, my own picture doesn't seem at the conversation.
is there anyone who managed to overcome this problem??
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I have exactly same problem. Any ideas how to fix this?
I've tried to save my own number to contacts and linked it to my own facebook, but the pic just wont show up? I'm using CM-3.7 rom.
I am experiencing the same issue under stock 2.3.3, from time to time (in a SMS thread, my contact's picture is shown as default). The only solution i've found for this is to open my contact's details and re-add my custom picture.
I can't even find my own contact profile from the phone? Is this someting to do with CM-3.7 ROM or am I just blind? In the stock ROM, it was first at the contactbook, but after I installed the ROM I haven't seen it anymore.
Spotted several threads with the same issue but not quite what I'm experiencing. I have my contacts synced with their facebook account and its fine, but these never get updated! I go to sync now, says its fine but the photos just never get updated and neither do their 'status' that appears in the people app. Similarly, if I add a new friend on facebook and store their number... I can't link it because the contact is not found on facebook - obviously it is just not updating anything.
Any ideas?
I wouldn't like to remove my account and re-add it... whilst it works as I've done it once already, I have to manually go through my contacts afterwards and re-link them again! And still... following that syncing still won't work! I find it stupid having to do this simply to get it to update
This has been reported a number of times as a bug, hopefully HTC address it in their FroYo build
have you tried updating your software to the latest release from HTC - seems to be updating fine on mine now (although I was experiencing the same as you before).
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have you tried updating your software to the latest release from HTC - seems to be updating fine on mine now (although I was experiencing the same as you before).
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I'm on 1.21.405.2... updated about 2 weeks ago OTA. I would have thought they would fix it with the update... apparently not! At least in my case.
got the same problem on mine
me too, how to come over.......????
Sync My Pix is a good temporary fix i found
You can schedule it too
To grab if you're reading on your phone:
http://market.android.com/search?q=SyncMyPix
Be sure to look in options for HQ pictures checkbox etc
You can also find it on the market
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Sync My Pix is a good temporary fix i found
You can schedule it too
To grab if you're reading on your phone:
http://market.android.com/search?q=SyncMyPix
Be sure to look in options for HQ pictures checkbox etc
You can also find it on the market
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Thanks, good find!
I'll give it a go
Just go into people,online directories,facebook. Press menu and update from there. Works for me.
Log in to your Facebook profile and go into your Profile settings and enter a location in your workplace. Now try synch'ing your FB contacts on your HTC.
Worked for me and hearing reports of it working for others also.
Sorry dude, but I don't see anything that says "workplace" in my profile, are you refering to employer?
just tried this.
worked a treat for allowing the friendstream to show fbook updates.
still no synch with phonebook though
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Sorry dude, but I don't see anything that says "workplace" in my profile, are you refering to employer?
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Yes.
I'd already set my employer in once before, but i deleted it earlier and re-entered it and my contacts suddenly started synch'ing again.
If only I could "like" this.
jaztim said:
just tried this.
worked a treat for allowing the friendstream to show fbook updates.
still no synch with phonebook though
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Try re-entering the account under Settings>Accounts & Sync see if it helps
It helps, but can only sync part of my facebook contact..
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Try re-entering the account under Settings>Accounts & Sync see if it helps
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I did, as I had removed the account when it went wrong. still no phonebook synch.
I noticed when I flashed a new ROM that some facebook contacts were just missing when trying to link phone contacts to them. Others were there fine. I've since noticed that after a couple of days, some of those facebook contacts have appeared and I've successfully linked them to phone contacts. Others still aren't present. I'm presuming it's something at FB's end...
Just got this back from HTC Support..better late than never
We have been working with Facebook to determine a fix for your facebook problems. In the mean time, we have found that some customers have success when editing their work profiles on their Facebook page. If you have added a company and have checked the box next to “I currently work here,” simply add the City / Town of your office. This will allow for HTC Sense to communicate with Facebook without failing. I don’t want to reveal so much detail on my profile, is there another way? You can also delete the work information, and add it back after we have made the appropriate changes to solve this issue. What happened? There seems to have been a miscommunication between Facebook servers and your phone and that caused an inability to sync updates. Here’s the troubleshooting: Step Failure Action 1. User phone is connected to the internet. Connect phone to Wi-Fi or 3g internet 2. User has valid Facebook account Sign up for Facebook 3. User has Facebook work information. Make sure Work information has city / location, or remove Current work information. This should solve your problem.
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My problem is I can't even open up friend stream. I get an "unexpected error" and it closes.
SimonCraddock said:
Just got this back from HTC Support..better late than never
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Doesn´t work for me ...
Does anyone have this problem....spent a while linking all my contacts to facebook and then after i switched off the phone and turned it back on all the links had gone....tried it again with same results. Also does it when I reboot.
Its nothing major but really annoying as dont like rebooting cause of the work involved re doing it all.
Cheers
If youre trying to get your contacts to be represented by their facebook contact pictures, then use SyncMyPix from the market. Its free and it works.
Thanks alot
Syncmypics is not working properly in GV.
I used the app on stock and then on Leedroid. I moved to GV this weekend and noticed it links some non fb contacts with fb pics. Never did this on leedroid or stock. Some of the contacts are not even people (e.g. restaurant) so there are no similar names.
Or you can try Google Contact Sync
It works for me.
I have Syncmypix working fine on myne....some pics needed relinking but other than that was fine.