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Sense contacts linking

hey guys so its my first time using sense, so bear with me, how do you do the auto contacts linking with facebook? stock android does it pretty well where if the name matches identically it'll pull facebook info like pictures and stuff to supplement your contacts. on Sense I can't figure out how to do that. Only way i got it to link was to link it manually in every contact which is a huge pain in the ass.

Go to Accounts and Sync and add a Facebook account. You should have had the option in the initial setup also.
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yea did that since first boot, it syncs the contacts, but its not linking it. what I mean by that is when you go through your contacts list, it doesn't show their facebook pictures n stuff.. until you manually go through each contact n link it with their facebook profiles. Its really quite stupid. Stock android does this wonderfully btw

This has always worked flawlessly for me so I can't really help you on that one.
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In the contacts app go to the updates page, and it'll show partial matches, hit that and it gives you a checklist of everyone to sync with facebook.

i don't see an updates page, and by contacts do you mean people?

[Q] Application for Contacts?

Hello,
Just wanted to use the Gingerbread custom ROM, which worked the best for me on my phone, however after some time of using HTC Desire with original ROM(Or later from ReflexTSense) I got pretty much used to the PEOPLE application, which links contacts from Facebook and Gmail together, now when I install the Gingerbread ROM, I do really miss this application. Is there somewhere application that does the same thing? Or better, is this application available for Gingerbread somehow? I tried to look, but no luck as of yet.
Thanks for replys

I'm using Oxygen 2.0 RC7 which I think has the standard Gingerbread contacts app. There is a way to link accounts but it is not as obvious... Here's how when viewing a contact...
Menu > Edit Contact > Menu > Join

Doesnt work, Installed REDUX ROM (RC6) go to contacts, hit menu button, and then theres button 'accounts' so I click that and then I have two accounts, Gmail and Facebook in there, both of them are synced, but Facebook contacts wont shop up in my list

Zheiko said:
Doesnt work, Installed REDUX ROM (RC6) go to contacts, hit menu button, and then theres button 'accounts' so I click that and then I have two accounts, Gmail and Facebook in there, both of them are synced, but Facebook contacts wont shop up in my list
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you read his responce wrong. you need to be IN the contacts info, then follow what he said.. Menu > Edit Contact > press Menu Again > and click Join.. this will then bring up your list off all your contacts on your phone.. you can join as many as you like by following the procedure again.
If your problem is that your Facebook contacts arent showing up.. that is a different problem all together.. You need to go into your Accounts and Sync settings, choose your FB account, and check Sync Contacts.. In the FB app, you need to goto Settings, and at the very bottom is Sync Contacts, set it to ALL. Next time your phone sync's it'll add all your contacts and their info, you can then follow the previous instructions to link them.

This was weird, I had done it just as you said earlier as well, and it didnt show up, so I went step by step and followed what you wrote, and kaboom, my contacts are there... brilliant, thank you
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And here goes another one, I'd like to sync calendar with facebook birthdays, just like its on sense calendar... any tips?
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Unfortunately, that you can't do. You need a seperate app for that.. there are a couple on the market. Alternatively, if you have a yahoo account you can log into that, import everything from fb including birthdays.. then log into google contacts ands import it from yahoo and it will take the bdays
Those are the only ways I've found at least..
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Do you have some app that you could recomend? I dont have yahoo account, but guess, that if I wont get any other choice, I'll create one...
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[Q] Contacts Help

I recently flashed my EVO 4G and running CM7 rom. I'm enjoying it, but miss a certain feature from the default factory EVO. I was able to sort contacts by & create groups for my contacts (business, personal, work, family, etc) before the flash occured. This allowed me to view the groups very easily. Contacts were also able to go in multiple categories. Is anyone able to assist me in doing so with the contacts i have on cm7, which are simply alphabetized at the present? Thanx in advance...

Rocket Dialer uses the contact groups that have been synced from your account. I'm sure there are other replacements that do as well.
I think that when you sync your contacts from Google on CM7, the groups sync as well. The stock contacts and phone apps just don't show them.
I could be wrong, though.
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Thx...I will give it a try

I have been using GO Contacts and like it very much. Does groups, etc... not sure if it is synced with any contact groups saved with Google. Gonna give Rocket Dialer a shot, too.
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Dialer One is very similar to the Sense Contacts/People apk.

The GO Contacts is working well for me...thx alot for the insight...

Haxsync / Contacts -People help

Ok so I realize facebook won't sync with ICS so I get Haxsync that was recommended and its ok. However, I don't like this People app that ICS uses compared to the old simple Contacts. When I need to manually merge contacts I used to longpress and choose join contacts and now I cant . But I've seen posts where people say they manually join them, so there must be another way I'm not seeing. Menu options don't bring up merge or join either.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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it is a bit annoying managing contacts in ics...i haven't figured how to automatically join contacts but I have been able to do it manually...for example...let's say your friend's name is "Michael B. Jordan" in facebook and simply "Michael Jordan" in your normal contacts...you have to change the name to "Michael B. Jordan" in contacts facebook and press "space" after the name change..you should see the "facebook name" be suggested right under the contact being edit..click it and it should say "join"..it is pretty annoying way to join contacts (maybe there is a better way, I don't know)...
it took almost an hour to properly sync my 70 contacts and their pictures with haxsync...sorry for the horrrible grammar and I hope it helped..

Annoying it may be... But open "people" Menu> edit> menu> join. Then either pick a suggested person or scroll down to find the right person.
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Speedin07si said:
Annoying it may be... But open "people" Menu> edit> menu> join. Then either pick a suggested person or scroll down to find the right person.
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Just made an already tedious process even longer. Damn girls and their stupid fb names. That's the only crappy part of wiping during ROM changes for me. Apps, data, ringtones, wallpapers, etc are all easy but damn having to manually rejoin contacts. Now even worse that's it's not native in ICS.

I'm at the point now where I think I'm just going to manually assign pictures to my contacts. Maybe download them from facebook assign them thru my contacts in google. This way the pix will stick from now on. Anytime I flash a rom, I won't need to go thru this tedious process any longer. I've given up lol.

big_bake said:
Just made an already tedious process even longer. Damn girls and their stupid fb names. That's the only crappy part of wiping during ROM changes for me. Apps, data, ringtones, wallpapers, etc are all easy but damn having to manually rejoin contacts. Now even worse that's it's not native in ICS.
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If you export your joined contacts to your sd card don't they come back joined when you import them?

Speedin07si said:
Annoying it may be... But open "people" Menu> edit> menu> join. Then either pick a suggested person or scroll down to find the right person.
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This works, I knew it was there somewhere, thanks! For anyone else reading this. You have to click on the contact first, then menu, then edit, then the menu button again, then join. Ugh! lol

kennyglass123 said:
If you export your joined contacts to your sd card don't they come back joined when you import them?
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You know I think this would make sense, but I just tried an import and the only option is to import a single vCard file from bluetooth or email.
This used to work out nicely in the 2.x.x days. You sync your google contacts and then facebook contacts. Join a few that the names don't match (ie John Doe and John D). Now with ICS, it won't even try to join John Doe with John D. Doe or Johnathan Doe, even though they are the same person.
The other thing is that haxsync only does photos. I have friends that I don't have saved in my google contacts because their info is on their facebook. Guess I could go through them and manually save a duplicate contact and number to my google contacts, but that's something I didn't have to do in the past. Taking steps backward is not what integration is about.

big_bake said:
You know I think this would make sense, but I just tried an import and the only option is to import a single vCard file from bluetooth or email.
This used to work out nicely in the 2.x.x days. You sync your google contacts and then facebook contacts. Join a few that the names don't match (ie John Doe and John D). Now with ICS, it won't even try to join John Doe with John D. Doe or Johnathan Doe, even though they are the same person.
The other thing is that haxsync only does photos. I have friends that I don't have saved in my google contacts because their info is on their facebook. Guess I could go through them and manually save a duplicate contact and number to my google contacts, but that's something I didn't have to do in the past. Taking steps backward is not what integration is about.
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Then switch to Friendscaster or Friendscaster Pro.
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Anyone know of a similar program that will work for syncing twitter?
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Speedin07si said:
Then switch to Friendscaster or Friendscaster Pro.
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Well I got friendcaster then used it to sync and it copied over with crappy low res pictures, so that pissed me off. The haxsync ones looked decent at least. I'll be fine for now until there is stock integration built into to CM9. I know the OTA ICS guys have figured it out.

big_bake said:
The other thing is that haxsync only does photos. I have friends that I don't have saved in my google contacts because their info is on their facebook. Guess I could go through them and manually save a duplicate contact and number to my google contacts, but that's something I didn't have to do in the past. Taking steps backward is not what integration is about.
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Haxsync does have an option "Additional friends to sync" under "Sync Preferences" - the help text says "These friends will be synced even if they don't match any contacts on your phone". Does this do what you want?

I think he means their contact info from facebook. The main app syncs not only a contacts photo, but any contact info they have on their profile.
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For those who have multiple accounts and want to join them in a few easy steps:
Log into you Gmail account and go under Contacts.
Right above your contacts list, right in the middle, there is a button you click and have some settings come down. One of them is a "join multiple contacts". Hit it and it will automatically join all of them together. A lot easier if u have LOTS of multiple contacts and dnt want to merge them manually
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I would love to have it sync the phone numbers . Like the FB app does.

big_bake said:
Well I got friendcaster then used it to sync and it copied over with crappy low res pictures, so that pissed me off. The haxsync ones looked decent at least. I'll be fine for now until there is stock integration built into to CM9. I know the OTA ICS guys have figured it out.
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haxsync is not showing my entire friend list from facebook
what is to be done??

In the options their is a setting which by default only syncs people already in your contacts. You can change it sync all your friends from facebook.
Also to some of the people earlier in this thread, the latest version of Haxsync lets you write HTC tags to the notes section of your contacts so at least you won't have to do it all again manually when you change roms

ICS no contact pics via facebook

Hey folks,
i installed Sandvolds ICS two days ago (v0.8) and i'm quite satisfied. But my contacts' photos won't update to their current facebook photo.
If i go to contact's details, i see a link to its facebook profile, but no picture. If i edit the contact, i can only choose to take a new picture or to choose one from the gallery.
If this has been posted before, please excuse, i used the search function and didn't find anything.
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Just found this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mots.haxsync
Is it a general ICS Feature-Lack?

Spatnonkl said:
Hey folks,
i installed Sandvolds ICS two days ago (v0.8) and i'm quite satisfied. But my contacts' photos won't update to their current facebook photo.
If i go to contact's details, i see a link to its facebook profile, but no picture. If i edit the contact, i can only choose to take a new picture or to choose one from the gallery.
If this has been posted before, please excuse, i used the search function and didn't find anything.
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Just found this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mots.haxsync
Is it a general ICS Feature-Lack?
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Try going into settings/apps and find the facebook app, clear data on it. Then open facebook, after entering your credentials it should ask you to sync again. Wait until its finished and check again.

The fellow who replied to you is correct.......if you were still on a sense ROM. Sense has FB sync, not native android, at least as far as contacts go.
The app you found works, my son uses it on his transformer prime.
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