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Contact picture sync

So i'm wondering if anyone is also having issues with syncing Facebook pics to your contacts? I've clicked sync in the Facebook app and also in my contacts on the phone and the pictures don't sync. Maybe i'm doing something wrong?
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Esevw said:
So i'm wondering if anyone is also having issues with syncing Facebook pics to your contacts? I've clicked sync in the Facebook app and also in my contacts on the phone and the pictures don't sync. Maybe i'm doing something wrong?
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yeah i have problems with it too... i end up using friendcaster to solve my problem. plus higher resolution pictures.

Ok I'll try that out. Anyone else have this problem?
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Ymmv for me too
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just flashed the latest darkside from, after about ten minutes fb pics started showing up by my contacts
Hercules was here

I just downloaded the friendcaster app and that seemed to work great. Thanks.
If anyone knows of another way to sync contacts please post.
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Esevw said:
I just downloaded the friendcaster app and that seemed to work great. Thanks.
If anyone knows of another way to sync contacts please post.
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well for the FB app.. the uh original one... you can always click "don't sync" let it erase everything then click sync again. Or Don't sync... remove FB app then dl fb app and sync.. just have toy around with it. Remember you need to let it fully sync before resetting or doing anything that will make you lose data connection. that just messes everything all up again lol.
Just realized... I should delete my FB account if I'm at a point where I help others on fb troubleshooting..

Mine will sync a handful of pictures (always for the same contacts, oddly enough) but never more than 5 or 6. Even though their Facebook page is displayed in their contact info, it won't bring their pictures over. Could this be a privacy setting on their end perhaps? I can't think why else it would sync the same people every time on three different ROMS and kernels and ignore everyone else.
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I'm a quick learner, teach me something.

I use syncmypix app and it add pictures to my contacts... check it out

MrKnitty said:
I use syncmypix app and it add pictures to my contacts... check it out
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Huh never heard of that app but I will try it out thanks.

Esevw said:
Huh never heard of that app but I will try it out thanks.
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That app works really good when I had the g2x and my contacts pics would never sync right lol
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I just tried that app last night and it worked good. All my contact pics are synced and I don't have to have a big program on my phone.
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Esevw said:
I just tried that app last night and it worked good. All my contact pics are synced and I don't have to have a big program on my phone.
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I'm glad its working out for u

Thanks for your help/comment.
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Google contacts
I am also having a issue with my "Google" contacts syncing pictures. I was on a stock rooted ROM with the issue, I now have the Juggernaut ROM and still, no contact pictures. I am not really interested in "Facebook" pictures, just Google contacts. If anyone has a clue on how to remedy this issue or can point me in the right direction I would be grateful. Thanks in advance XDA members.
UPDATE: I figured this out, it seems I am not the only one who came across this problem, so this is how I solved it, If you make changes to your contacts that you want to undo, you can restore your full contacts list to an earlier saved version. This allows you to undo changes like:
Recovering contacts that have been accidentally deleted
Restoring contacts after an unsuccessful sync
Undoing a recent import
Undoing a recent merge
To restore your contacts to a previous version, just follow these steps:
1Click Contacts.
2From the More actions drop-down menu, choose Restore contacts.
3Choose the time you'd like to revert your contacts list to (e.g. 10 minutes ago, one hour ago, one week ago, etc). We suggest that you also make a note of the time that you restore your contacts, in case you'd like to return to where you started.
4Click Restore. You'll see a confirmation at the top of the screen when the rollback is complete.
Hope this helps people restore their missing contact pictures and data!

If you guys wanna get the all pics for the synced contacts you should open the Facebook app and get to your friends list by using the draw on the left side. Friends is under the apps subsection. Once you are there scroll al the way down to the end of the list and wait for the pictures to load. Once you get photos for all friends loaded just reboot the phone. It should do.
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This happens to me all the time amd I final found away to solve it.
0) Have your contacs with same name as they have on facebook
1) Uninstall the Facebook App
2)Go and manually syn your contacs
3)Install Facebook app
4)Once you put your email and password choose syn all contacs from.facebook app
5)on your phone setting syn press syn so facebook and your google account get syn
6) Do step 5 again
7)Go to the facebook app and click settings. Then choose syn only contacs on my phone
8) Go to your phone setting and manually syn all contacs twice
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peconaut said:
This happens to me all the time amd I final found away to solve it.
0) Have your contacs with same name as they have on facebook
1) Uninstall the Facebook App
2)Go and manually syn your contacs
3)Install Facebook app
4)Once you put your email and password choose syn all contacs from.facebook app
5)on your phone setting syn press syn so facebook and your google account get syn
6) Do step 5 again
7)Go to the facebook app and click settings. Then choose syn only contacs on my phone
8) Go to your phone setting and manually syn all contacs twice
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sync*
and I'm assuming when you say to manually sync all contacts you mean to sync the contacts under your google account under settings>accounts?

Teo032 said:
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and I'm assuming when you say to manually sync all contacts you mean to sync the contacts under your google account under settings>accounts?
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Thank for correcting me and yes that's what I mean when I say manually sync
Or you can use this great app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ro.weednet.contactssyncFB Contact Sync
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Contacts

I dont wanna try it but if i format system from CWM do i lose contacts/joined ?

You will lose your contacts (and all other data) if you format system. If they are backed up by google though, all you have to do is sync contacts when you sign in on your google account and they will come back.

Is a pain if u also have them saved to sim. Cuz it will double up contacts. Its tedious to do but worth every bit of the time invested in order to get a clean flash. It just how I do it. Just my opinion
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I save all my contacts to my Google account. None of them are on my phone or sim card so there's no chance of losing my contacts. I can even see/edit them on google.com/contacts
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Reason I do it both ways is in the event I was hacked on my goggle. It happens just like any site. Everything is vulnerable to attacks so I rather not take no chances. Just being safe I guess.
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If you have the same contacts on both sim and google, you can "display" only one or the other in the contacts app so it doesn't show double.

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If you have the same contacts on both sim and google, you can "display" only one or the other in the contacts app so it doesn't show double.
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I guess is just the way I synch it. I open all my emails and such all of them. Just like having all my contacts handy. Is just personal preference.
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Am also backed up to google. But when u sync u lose the joined contacts from facebook account ... its the pain in the ass to rejoin them everytime
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I agree joining contacts is a pain in the ass, wish there was an easier way:-(
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I solved the sync issue with contacts and birthday's calendar between ICS AND Facebook with haxsync from the play store. Works like a charm
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gagb1967 said:
I solved the sync issue with contacts and birthday's calendar between ICS AND Facebook with haxsync from the play store. Works like a charm
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true, i use it too nice app, but the problem is u still have to join ppl that u name different from facebook

It has a fuzziness setting that it worked pretty good for me. Also the option to create HTCData links in your google account as a backup for restore
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I'm having an issue where once contacts are joint, I lose the google name and it defaults to their facebook name.
This is really annoying for people who don't use their real names on facebook...
Is there something I'm missing where I can default it to the google contact name?

Loss of Contacts....

I recently flashed a new rom on my girls GS2 and she now is telling me that she is missing several hundred contacts. i asked her if they were all tied to her google account and she told me that they were until now. she's had several other androids in the past and always had all the contacts transfer just fine. I work for T-Mobile and i have seen this issue in a couple of other devices before but have never been able to come up with any sort of rhyme or reason as to what, why, or how this is happening. can anyone shed some light on this for me? and if anyone knows a way to possibly recover those missing contacts that would help me out greatly. plus, it kinda worries me to think that one day if i flash a new rom onto my phone i may log in only to find i have lost all of my contacts......
thanks
josh

Has she logged into gmail from a pc and verify her contacts are there?
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blackangst said:
Has she logged into gmail from a pc and verify her contacts are there?
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thats the big issue, they deleted out of her google account completely. on the phone and online. she had something like 800 contacts (crazy i know) the other day and now she only has around 250. ive seen this happen with a few of my customers phones at work as well where one day they have contacts stored to gmail then suddenly they are gone. its very strange.

Umm were they mostly guys number?
Are you sure it wasn't part of fb of fb contact sync?
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Teo032 said:
Umm were they mostly guys number?
Are you sure it wasn't part of fb of fb contact sync?
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lol no isnt trying to hide anything from me haha. and i asked her if they were FB contacts she said no. these were contacts that were tied directly to her gmail account.

I dunno man if they were on her acct online and now they aren't...that's a Google issue. No idea where to begin to fix it.
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djtease37 said:
lol no isnt trying to hide anything from me haha. and i asked her if they were FB contacts she said no. these were contacts that were tied directly to her gmail account.
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bahahahahaha!
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I dunno man if they were on her acct online and now they aren't...that's a Google issue. No idea where to begin to fix it.
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By having her not delete them to hide all the guys numbers from her boyfriend xD
Bahahaha! Just having some fun ^-^
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I am having the same problem. Phone was setup to sync contacts to gmail... but now its gone off phone and off gmail.

If I recall correctly, Google has an option to revert to previous versions of contacts up to 30 days ago. Maybe that would work?
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/restore-your-contacts.html?m=1
Hope it helps. ; )
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[Q] Best contact hiding app?

What is the best contacts hiding app for the S III?

Why would you need to hide contacts
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The stock contacts app.

Rekhter said:
What is the best contacts hiding app for the S III?
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Lol man stop trying to cheat on your girl lol jk..
Hmm idk I never even heard of a contact hiding application, did you try searching the play store
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ionic7 said:
Why would you need to hide contacts
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Why does it matter to you??
Anyways op, if I wanted to hide contacts. I'd probably save the contacts to the sim card or to a second gmail account and in the contacts app I would hit menu>Contacts to display and just select to display my main gmail account contacts and not the ones in the sim or secondary Gmail
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What exactly is your purpose in hiding the contacts? Is it because you are sneaking around on a loved one? Or is it for guilty pleasures like dominos pizza hotline? Maybe even you setup your voicemail as a contact so you can easilly dial it.
An all around solution would be to use a "vault" application. Vault hide is pretty good.

I think it is because a lot of contacts from his Gmail account or fb is showing up so he's trying to hide them?. Or he's a slut. Probably the latter
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I think it is because a lot of contacts from his Gmail account or fb is showing up so he's trying to hide them?. Or he's a slut. Probably the latter
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Then he should use google voice, it worked wonders for me.

psykhotic said:
Then he should use google voice, it worked wonders for me.
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At being a slut or an actual solution? Lol
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Teo032 said:
At being a slut or an actual solution? Lol
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Keeping random hookups from having my number.. And not getting woken up by drunken booty calls on work nights.

psykhotic said:
Then he should use google voice, it worked wonders for me.
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I second google voice lol. It really is badass
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psykhotic said:
Keeping random hookups from having my number.. And not getting woken up by drunken booty calls on work nights.
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Best wake up calls ever!!
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If you just want to hide some contacts in order not to have them in your list, I'd suggest the configuration of the preinstalled contacts App. But if there are contacts, you want to keep "secret" give "Hide it" a try. It pretends to be an Audiomanager, but you can access a hidden vault by typing in a code. In this vault you can store pics, Videos, texts, contact, etc
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ALL - wow, so judgmental...
OP - I hide contacts frequently because I sync my office/exchange contacts but don't care to see them on my personal phone on the weekends...
solution: stock contacts app allows for viewing certain groups - if you really need contacts 'invisible' under passcode on your phone, there are third party apps to do that, or set them on your sim with a sim lock password or on you samsung account online or elsewhere...

FB.
Teo032 said:
I think it is because a lot of contacts from his Gmail account or fb is showing up so he's trying to hide them?. Or he's a slut. Probably the latter
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I have fb contacts I don't want/need on my phone (in main contacts), so I searched and found the answer in another thread. Works, so I'm happy
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Facebook not syncing photos with contacts

Sorry if this question has already been asked, I searched, which is useless with the xda app and did not find anything. Has anyone else had issue with Facebook contact photos not syncing with contacts in address book?
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I use contact sync for Facebook. .. It works great!
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Rhiannon224 said:
Sorry if this question has already been asked, I searched, which is useless with the xda app and did not find anything. Has anyone else had issue with Facebook contact photos not syncing with contacts in address book?
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Did you check the sync settings for facebook and select "sync with contacts"?

Rhiannon224 said:
Sorry if this question has already been asked, I searched, which is useless with the xda app and did not find anything. Has anyone else had issue with Facebook contact photos not syncing with contacts in address book?
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Facebook decided it wasn't going to place nice with google anymore and throw up all kind of restrictions on the API to sync contact pictures with Android. Basically it's not even supported with JB so that means you need to use a 3rd party app unfortunately. Don't ask me for sources because I read it somewhere when I was researching why my contact pictures weren't syncing. I just tried to go back and find where I read it but couldn't find it.
Personally, I've been using this app on the market: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wsMSwxLDMsInJvLndlZWRuZXQuY29udGFjdHNzeW5jIl0.

Yeah, I read about Facebook not playing well with JB. I just use Friendcaster to sync contact photos then remembered to un sync it after it drained the battery not allowing the phone to sleep, if you don't un sync it syncs constantly.
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Yeah, I read about Facebook not playing well with JB. I just use Friendcaster to sync contact photos then remembered to un sync it after it drained the battery not allowing the phone to sleep, if you don't un sync it syncs constantly.
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Friendcaster doesn't have the option of how often it syncs? The app I recommended does. I have it set to once a day on wifi only. And you can specify how large you want the picture to be. High Quality photos on the N2 is amazing!!!

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Friendcaster doesn't have the option of how often it syncs? The app I recommended does. I have it set to once a day on wifi only. And you can specify how large you want the picture to be. High Quality photos on the N2 is amazing!!!
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Big thanks, downloading now. Better options, imo.
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Big thanks, downloading now. Better options, imo.
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No problem. Let me know how it works out for ya. And feel free to pass on any other useful/cool apps. Love this phone

I'm using HaxSync and it works great for me.
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