What's your favorite Contacts / People Widget? (HTC Sense replacement)
The HTC Sense Contacts / People widget is probably THE BEST one I've seen to date.
It looks really clean and polished!
Can sync with groups you already have set up on your Gmail Contacts
It *does not* cause ANY WAKE LOCK problems!
It syncs FB updates
It only syncs when you view the widget, hence, no WAKE LOCK issues!
Has anyone found anything that comes close to this? So for, I've found "Android Pro Widgets" but it's not quite as polished or FB friendly as the HTC Sense widget.
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Facebook sync question. I have searched.
On a Sense Rom Facebook syncs all the latest Facebook pictures to my contacts just fine. Also on an AOSP Rom Facebook will sync all the contact pictures just fine. BuT... When I use the Launcher Pro people widget the widget will not sync the pictures. If I use the Sense people widget the pictures sync just fine. I have set up the the Launcher Pro to sync with Facebook and the Friends Widget works great.
Any ideas?
Hi my name is KeVo and I'm a flashaholic.
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Hi my name is KeVo and I'm a flashaholic.
I don't think the people widget in lp has anything to do with Facebook. Set up Facebook for HTC sense under accounts in settings to sync as little as possible, and that should sync up your fb contact pics.
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Edit - I just reread your post, and I think I completely missed what your issue was. If the pics are already synced, I don't know why the people widget isn't showing them, or even if its supposed to.
it doesn't work perfectly, but it does work, at least on mine. or, at least the last time i used it it did. i've been using adw for about 2 weeks now, so i don't remember exactly
anyhoo,
sync your facebook contacts, then start the widget. or, if you already have the widget up after a facebook sync, try using the refresh option on the widget. that should work for at least some of your contacts. not sure why it doesn't work for all of them...
does anyone know how to make the people widget behave like the sense people widget(when pressing on a contact to direct call him)?
I got my DHD 3 weeks ago and since then I have flashed more than 20 Roms.
In the end I decided to settle for CM7. However, this MOD lacks HTC Sense. Out of all the features Sense offers the only one I miss is Facebook for HTC sense. The reason for that is the very nice quality of pictures it links to your contacts. The Facebook for Android app didn't do it for me.
So my question is: Is there any replacement for FB for HTC sense which can be installed on CM7?
it's not the facebook for sense that sync with the phonebook, it's the htc sense itself ..
you dont need to login facebook for sense to sync (if you have htc sense based rom), if you have facebook for android , then htc sense will do the sync.
unfortunately, htc sense cant be integrate together with AOSP rom. but you still can merge contact. Once you merge your google account + facebook contact , you can have the facebook picture there.
here is the way to merge ..
open contact -> choose your phonebook friend -> menu -> edit contact -> menu -> join -> choose the facebook profile -> done
hedayat7 said:
it's not the facebook for sense that sync with the phonebook, it's the htc sense itself ..
you dont need to login facebook for sense to sync (if you have htc sense based rom), if you have facebook for android , then htc sense will do the sync.
unfortunately, htc sense cant be integrate together with AOSP rom. but you still can merge contact. Once you merge your google account + facebook contact , you can have the facebook picture there.
here is the way to merge ..
open contact -> choose your phonebook friend -> menu -> edit contact -> menu -> join -> choose the facebook profile -> done
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Thanks for the reply, but I think you might be wrong about one thing.
In sense ROMs when you go to the Accounts and Sync settings you have the choice between two facebook accounts: 1) Facebook (which is the Facebook for Android App) and 2) FB for HTC sense.
These two are not the same, but you can sign in with the same account for both of them. And when you try to link your contacts in the way you mentioned above, you get to choose between both accounts.
I have tested both apps, and there is a huge difference in the resolution of the pictures each app assigns to your contacts. The pictures Facebook for Android assigns to your contacts is very pixelated and look very stretched; while the other app downloads a nice quality of pics.
In other words, I know that you can use the Facebook for Android on AOSP ROMs, but this is not what I'm inquiring about. I would like to know if there is another app that can be used as a replacement for Facebook for HTC sense.
I've come across an App called SyncMyPix, have anyone tested it? Do you recommend it?
http://www.contapps.com does what you want. When I'm on CM7, I use contapps.
Hi all,
I'm using HTC Desire Z. Android version is 2.2.1 and also using stock rom.
I have two issues.
First one is about facebook for htc. When I open a photo which is uploaded by my friend to Facebook from my gallery (from Facebook tab) I can write comments to that photo and also I can see tags, other comments etc. these features are good but I can't see (or let's say, I couldn't find) who likes this photo and any like button. Is there a way to do that? I don't know if next update (2.3.3 update) will fix that. For now, there is no update for my country. (Turkey)
Another one is about Calendar widget (HTC one). It shows events very well but when I selected an event (f.e. it is X's Birthday) is there a shortcut to go X's Contact Card or something like that? The widget also shows that where did it get this information. f.e. if it is Facebook then go to X's wall at Facebook. Is there a way to do that?
I saw Launcher Pro. Are its widgets do that? And I want to use HTC Sense's Home, so if I install Launcher Pro, can I only use its widgets? Or should I use whole application? (with Home Screen)
There is no sync time option for sense facebook or friendstream, will htc add it back?
I can't find sense news app and widget another miss from HTC?
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There is no sync time option for sense facebook or friendstream, will htc add it back?
I can't find sense news app and widget another miss from HTC?
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The sync option for friendstream is in the narrow space at the bottom of the widget. (needs accurate touch)
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The sync option for friendstream is in the narrow space at the bottom of the widget. (needs accurate touch)
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I know mate, i'm asking for option how often it will sync like every three hours or every hour .
I am also wondering where I can find this.
I also don't receive any notifications for my Twitter mentions etc.
Probably they forgot to built this in?
This probably does not seem like a big deal but it's driving me nuts.
The HTC agenda/calendar widget causes sense to crash every time it loads.
Yes, I have tried the android one and Pure Calendar Widgets etc but they are not the same.
I was going to try digging the HTC Calendar widget out of the 1.20 Stock ROM to see if it will install. Anyone know if that's likely ?
I don;t want to be a whiner but I'm kinda mad some of the crap HTC pull. In this latest release I've lost the two widgets I used most, the news widget and the agenda widget
ozym said:
This probably does not seem like a big deal but it's driving me nuts.
The HTC agenda/calendar widget causes sense to crash every time it loads.
Yes, I have tried the android one and Pure Calendar Widgets etc but they are not the same.
I was going to try digging the HTC Calendar widget out of the 1.20 Stock ROM to see if it will install. Anyone know if that's likely ?
I don;t want to be a whiner but I'm kinda mad some of the crap HTC pull. In this latest release I've lost the two widgets I used most, the news widget and the agenda widget
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you are right...I am also facing the same BUG, sense is rebooting one we select the calander/agenda widget....
Regards,
Isn't that only if you have your Facebook calendar syncing before adding the widget though? Possibly because it's having to add too many events?
Agenda widget working fine here with two calendars syncing - plus you can add the FB calendar once the widget is on screen.
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WhiteHartMart said:
Isn't that only if you have your Facebook calendar syncing before adding the widget though? Possibly because it's having to add too many events?
Agenda widget working fine here with two calendars syncing - plus you can add the FB calendar once the widget is on screen.
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No. I am only showing 1 calendar in the agenda widget and it's not the facebook one. It's my exchange calendar.
The bug seems to be linked to the number of appointments you have.
Mine worked fine for the first few days and then this morning started crashing. This is because now that the easter holidays are almost over my work diary for next week is really full, hence lots of appointments etc.
If I change the widget to only show the facebook calendar or only show tasks etc it works fine.
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I was going to try digging the HTC Calendar widget out of the 1.20 Stock ROM to see if it will install. Anyone know if that's likely ?
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Damn. That does not seem to be working.
I;'ve got the system image out of the rom but I can't extract it using unyaffs.
Any pointers from any of you android chef genuises ?
Maybe someone could just extract and post the agenda widget apk and I will test ?
Cheers.
I had the same problem once. I have 2 calendars synced + facebook.
I removed the widget and re-add it and it's working.
I saw an other bug : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1590772
Fix Found (Sort of...)
I have found a fix for this.
If I tell the widget to "Show All Calendars" it's fine.
If i tell it to only show one, even if that's the only calendar with any events in it, it causes Sense to crash.
Guess I'll just tell it to show all calendars
Strange - show all causes mine to crash as it then includes Facebook.
If I just use my work exchange and Google calendars it works fine and I'd imagine there's more than 20 entries in those?
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I am using the standard Android widget (the 2x3 one) and it annoyingly doesn't seem to update. When I add items to my calendar they do not show up and sometimes the widget shows a day behind the actual date.
There also seems to be no refresh button for this widget. Is there a way to do that and does anyone else have this problem?
Ahhhhh ! Fixed in the 1.28 OTA update. Sweet, sweet bugfix
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