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Facebook sync

Sorry if this has been asked before but...
How do you add a Facebook account to sync contacts etc?
I have the Facebook app installed and have added twitter accounts etc through the accounts and sync in settings but Facebook never adds.
Thank you
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dave83uk said:
Sorry if this has been asked before but...
How do you add a Facebook account to sync contacts etc?
I have the Facebook app installed and have added twitter accounts etc through the accounts and sync in settings but Facebook never adds.
Thank you
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You can't. Support was removed back in 2.3.x for the Nexus S. Issues with Facebooks use of Google API's & local storage of contact data or something along those lines. Should be plenty if you search - either on XDA or on the wider intewebs.

Thank you
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whoa whoa whoa...
let's say I have all important people in my google contacts. I have manually related every one of them to corresponding facebook contacts so that essentially I could see their FB profile photo.
seriously, cannot that be acomplished using GNex??

prananas said:
.... I could see their FB profile photo.
seriously, cannot that be acomplished using GNex??
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Theres an app for that! Well, actually a few of them e.g. SyncMyPix

chandlerweb said:
Theres an app for that! Well, actually a few of them e.g. SyncMyPix
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Any others besides syncmypix that can download high res photos?
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dgwood12 said:
Any others besides syncmypix that can download high res photos?
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^YES!
Anyother?

this is the only place i will miss sense. i was kind of used to not having iton my nexus s, didnt the reg market facebook app sync conatcts

Facebook Sync
Don't fret folks. There are other options. I use Contapps. It has a feature to sync HIGH QUALITY facebook pictures. You're going to have to go with the pro version.

aznbatman said:
Don't fret folks. There are other options. I use Contapps. It has a feature to sync HIGH QUALITY facebook pictures. You're going to have to go with the pro version.
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Contapps pro on amazon appstore is free ^^
and thanks alot for the tip.

Facebook profile pictures

Hey guys,
I have a Galaxy W since yesterday,before I had a htc Desire with htc sense....
There was a facebook contact picture sync,i want to do this now again,so I downloadet syncmypic from market but when I try to use it, there comes the error,that contacts are read only...
Does someone knows an other app for this (to link or just download facebook profile pictures) or a programm for Windows like this one for mac OS :
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/29746/addressbooksync
Thanks in Advance
Julian
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the facebook sync doesnt actually "add" any real contacts but simply makes them look like they have been added. but will get deleted once you "un sync"

kingnba6 said:
the facebook sync doesnt actually "add" any real contacts but simply makes them look like they have been added. but will get deleted once you "un sync"
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I Don't really understand what you mean...better don't know how it is connected with my qestion.
I just need the contact picture of my friends nothong more ; not birthdays or anything like this,just the picture and manually it is too much to download each. (;
You know what I mean ?
Ahh,thanks anyway for your fast awnser.
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I think but am not sure but if your contacts are on the sim card then you can not add pictures to them. Copy them to the phone or use your google account instead.

robin0800 said:
I think but am not sure but if your contacts are on the sim card then you can not add pictures to them. Copy them to the phone or use your google account instead.
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They are saved on the phone :S
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There are 2 ways I know you can achieve this:
1) Use Samsung Social Hub, add your FB account and it will give you options to link each of your contacts to a their FB account, this will sync their photos and status updates into your contacts.
2) Use the official FB app, and check the Sync Contacts option. I havent tried it personally but should work similar to Social Hub
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2g11 said:
There are 2 ways I know you can achieve this:
1) Use Samsung Social Hub, add your FB account and it will give you options to link each of your contacts to a their FB account, this will sync their photos and status updates into your contacts.
2) Use the official FB app, and check the Sync Contacts option. I havent tried it personally but should work similar to Social Hub
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I tried it with Social Hub it does link my contacts but doesn't sync their photos :S
And with the Facebook app the same :/
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Facebook sync

Hi. I know in previous versions of Facebook you could sync contacts (numbers/photos ect)
Does anybody know how to do this on the n4, or a way to import all the contacts photos and numbers?
I have already gone into settings>accounts and set contacts to sync from there but no luck
Any ideas?
Thanks
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Ice Cream Sandwich and later versions of android don't allow Facebook contact syncing. My understanding is that this was because the way that Facebook had been allowed to do it in the past was a kludgy system that wasn't the same as the api available to other developers. Until Facebook decides to use the standard api, you have to use as third party app to make it work. I use one that's popular called Haxsync.
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same here. I use Haxsync. Great tool

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juventuss said:
same here. I use Haxsync. Great tool
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+1 for Haxsync
It is fantastic. You can sync your fb contacts - chose to sync those that match a contact you already have, or sync all.
It will also sync your fb calendar events and/or birthdays which I find really useful

+1 Haxsync. It syncs everything you might want and you can configure the sync in many ways.
It's not free though.

User that or Friendcaster for Facebook.
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juventuss said:
same here. I use Haxsync. Great tool
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Does Haxsync still work in JB 4.2? If so do you need the app plus the work around?

ZehnX said:
Does Haxsync still work in JB 4.2? If so do you need the app plus the work around?
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You need the workaround. If you install just the app, it prompts you on first launch to install the workaround.

Haxsync works great.
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Any free options on this?

phixional said:
Any free options on this?
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I already said one.. Look for Friendcaster in the Play Store.
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phixional said:
Any free options on this?
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Facebook contact sync
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wsMSwxLDEsInJvLndlZWRuZXQuY29udGFjdHNzeW5jIl0.
* High res images
* Syncs status updates as well
* Free

unsungkhan said:
Facebook contact sync
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wsMSwxLDEsInJvLndlZWRuZXQuY29udGFjdHNzeW5jIl0.
* High res images
* Syncs status updates as well
* Free
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I use Facebook Contact Sync, works great.

sync
i read something about changing de contactsprovider.apk, so facebook kann sync by its own.
Does it work on the nexus 4 as well?
if it works u dont have to use another app, to sync.

mbishop85 said:
I use Facebook Contact Sync, works great.
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Ditto on this.

[Q] Is there any JB Rom that can successfully sync Facebook contact numbers?

Hi there, Facebook syncing is a feature that I miss from a custom ICS rom I used to have. I read somewhere that there might be JB Roms that support this feature but I haven't been able to find one, so before I give up I want ask you directly.
Now before you answer make sure to read this, what I am truly looking for are the numbers and not anything else, so please don't redirect me to HaxSync or FriendCaster because I don't care about high-res pictures or calendar events. If there is a third party app that can sync numbers i'll happily take it. If there really is no way to workaround this issue then, oh well. Thanks for your time guys.

Maybe Haxsync will work
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daniel4653 said:
Maybe Haxsync will work
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That had to be on purpose, wasn't it?

Im on Fk09 and contact sync works should work on fk23 too.
Dont forget the thanks button
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daniel4653 said:
Maybe Haxsync will work
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geez

There is a workaround to just copy & replace ur contactproviders.apk
I have used it on a jb rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35867380
It enables u to sync contacts with pics. No calendar though
Make sure to backup orig file. Replace. Set permissions. Reboot. Clear fb, contacts cache. Reboot. U do have to manually join.
But for now m happy w/o getting any extra app can sync

Roncon93 said:
Hi there, Facebook syncing is a feature that I miss from a custom ICS rom I used to have. I read somewhere that there might be JB Roms that support this feature but I haven't been able to find one, so before I give up I want ask you directly.
Now before you answer make sure to read this, what I am truly looking for are the numbers and not anything else, so please don't redirect me to HaxSync or FriendCaster because I don't care about high-res pictures or calendar events. If there is a third party app that can sync numbers i'll happily take it. If there really is no way to workaround this issue then, oh well. Thanks for your time guys.
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Working on BlackBean, just hit sync on Facebook app... all my contacts and numbers are in People

HTC 10 No longer scapes Facebook for contacts

Title says it all really, I had to install the social media.apk just to get facebook in blinkfeed
This seems like a huge step backwards I assume I'm missing something
Any info on this would be much appreciated

Probably part of the debloat. I use Sync.ME for the same features though.

I don't know if it did for the M8 or M9 either did it?

Electronic Punk said:
I don't know if it did for the M8 or M9 either did it?
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yes it did for both

Bleak Outlook said:
yes it did for both
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Do you know which apk controlled that? Just checked both devices and neither has Facebook contacts so it may be something I removed on the custom ROM.
I thought Facebook themselves killed that functionality a long time ago.

Hasn't worked on Samsung devices for a while. I'm wondering if it isn't a FB thing.
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What the 10 doesn't have and I find a little odd is no Blinkfeed integration!
So it comes with Facebook and Messenger stubs but no Blinkfeed plugin.
It doesn't come with Twitter, but does come with a Twitter blinkfeed extension
It doesn't come with Google+, but does does come with a Google+ blinkfeed extension
;p

Electronic Punk said:
Do you know which apk controlled that? Just checked both devices and neither has Facebook contacts so it may be something I removed on the custom ROM.
I thought Facebook themselves killed that functionality a long time ago.
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I'm not sure. All I know is that I could add my Facebook account and it'd match names and photos
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I think at some point that was a Facebook feature that they killed off sadly.
Sync.me is a great tool for doing it tho!

My T-Mobile M8 did Facebook contact sync. I eventually reflashed to AT&T and lost that functionality. Later reflashed to the unlocked version and it was missing from that version by that time as well.

Just tried sync.me, wow it fixes what I've been missing for so long. How could I not have tried this app. I've tried so many others with no luck this works great thanks everyone
HTC 10

protoadies01 said:
Just tried sync.me, wow it fixes what I've been missing for so long. How could I not have tried this app. I've tried so many others with no luck this works great thanks everyone
HTC 10
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Yes but as far as I know sync.me only links facebook contact picture to contacts and no other information and it doesn't link the contact to their facebook page

Yes Facebook killed that feature. What worked for me on my M8, was to google facebook apk version 27(I may have the apk in dropbox). That version had the sync contact setting. Once you did this your contacts will be back and then you can update back to the latest fb apk.

mrwicked said:
Yes Facebook killed that feature. What worked for me on my M8, was to google facebook apk version 27(I may have the apk in dropbox). That version had the sync contact setting. Once you did this your contacts will be back and then you can update back to the latest fb apk.
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This is the method for syncing fb contacts if you dont wish to install other apps. facebook removed the contact sync from the app a while ago and an old app is needed to sync them them updating the app is possible.

MJL99 said:
This is the method for syncing fb contacts if you dont wish to install other apps. facebook removed the contact sync from the app a while ago and an old app is needed to sync them them updating the app is possible.
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Anyone got this handy?
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Nothing to do with HTC, it was Facebook who discontinued the feature unfortunately. Use Sync.ME.

droidiac13 said:
Anyone got this handy?
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This one worked for me.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5IILJU1xCkTSGVVYXdzN0tmY2c/view?usp=drivesdk
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Have you tried using this?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.htc.sense.socialnetwork.facebook&hl=en_GB

JazLiew said:
Have you tried using this?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.htc.sense.socialnetwork.facebook&hl=en_GB
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Not compatible with device.
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I tried installing the older Facebook app and keep getting an "app not installed" error. Could it be because of the Facebook app already loaded on the device...even though it's not the full app?