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Market apps unwanted syncing

Hey all,
Been having an issue and wanted to know if anyone has experienced the same thing.
I recently added a second Gmail account for my school email, and the first time it automatically downloaded some apps that I guess were downloaded from the market under that account. This is fine and I expected that, however...
I deleted all of the apps it downloaded because I don't want them anymore. A little while later it proceeded to download them all AGAIN without me doing anything. I deleted them a second time and then when I got home and connected to the wifi, it again downloaded all of the same apps.
Any idea on why it is doing this?
Thanks
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Settings > Backup and Reset > Uncheck automatic restore.
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Thanks. So it's normal for it to "restore" my apps more than once after adding an account, and after I delete them multiple times?
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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.
SGS2 T989 on Synergy kernel with beastMOD
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:
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?
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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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JB facebook sync workaround

Okay this isnt a complete solution for jb but if you use Facebook for alot of your numbers then this will work for you. Unfortunately for now haxsync doesn't sync numbers just pics, statuses, etc etc so what i did was use an app called super backup: sms and contacts and backup contacts in an ics rom that supports fb sync then flash the jb rom and restore contacts with the same app. You should have them all and it actually makes them into regular contacts so you dont have to use fb anymore for them. If you want hq pics then use haxsync or any of the other fb picture sync apps
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Nice find, I wish I saw this while I was still on ics. I made a post about this a few weeks ago but didn't get much input
Thanks
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Np and hey you can just backup your current setup and then flash an ics rom that has fb sync and go back to the backup. Itll take maybe 30mins max but its worth it if you need the contacts like i do
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I might just use my old sgs2. Sync the contacts there and copy over to my nexus
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that works too lol

Thanks for the info

Np. Glad i can help
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Just use haxsync awesome quality pictures lol
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Another workaround:
I was going to start a new thread on this, but since it's my first post I feared getting flamed..
So, here's the best workaround that I've come across for phone number syncing for Facebook on Jelly Bean..
1. Go ahead and sync your facebook contacts by clearing the Facebook app cache and adding your Facebook account to your phone. It will ask you to sign in, and then it will sync contacts without phone numbers.
2. As you try to dial someone's number and you realize that it's on Facebook instead of Google, open up the Facebook app and search for that contact by clicking the "three horizontal line" icon on the top left.
3. The contact will have a phone icon next to their name if they have their phone number stored on Facebook. Go ahead and click the phone and it will bring their number up in the dialer.
4. On the bottom right of your dialer, click the "three dot" icon and select "add to contacts". You know what to do from there.
It's not the best solution, but it's the best i've seen so far. You won't have all of your contacts at once, but you can search for the ones that you know right off the bat, and then search for them as needed later on.

Thats a really long process lol i have over 300 friends so that would take forever. My process saves you alot of time and has the added benefit of turning the fb contacts into regular Google contacts.
Also haxsunc doesn't sync numbers so alone it was useless to me lol
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Upstreammiami said:
Just use haxsync awesome quality pictures lol
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LOL, did you even read? sigh...

Bloodykiller86 said:
Thats a really long process lol i have over 300 friends so that would take forever. My process saves you alot of time and has the added benefit of turning the fb contacts into regular Google contacts.
Also haxsunc doesn't sync numbers so alone it was useless to me lol
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All of your facebook contacts can be dialed directly from Facebook. So just keep them on the facebook app until you need to dial a specific Facebook contact, and then take the extra 2 seconds and save it to Google contacts before you dial it.
Plus, I'm sure everyone doesn't need that weird kid from science class from the 7th grade's phone number. This way you can pick and choose who to add as you need it.
Even if there is eventually a way to sync every facebook contact, i much prefer this method.

Thank you for the tip

Whats the point of syncing to your samsung account.?

In the samsung account it has both backup and sync settings.
The backup is ok for sms, mms, call log and wallpaper, and I ve used it a couple of times to restore these things when its had a more recent backup than titanium.
My question relates to the sync to samsung account option for contacts, calendar, internet and s note. The only thing I see usefull here is the s note as the others are handled by your Google account. But although I have the sync enabled and my s notes have a little cloud in the corner, I've noticed there is no restore function, so if you wipe your phone and want to restore the notes synced to your samsung account, I cant see a way to do it?
Maybe I'm missing something but I'm not sure I see the point of syncing to the cloud if data can't be retrieved when needed?
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Actually if u delete them they will be deleted in Samsung account but if u factory reset it they will be there as soon as u add your account
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Actually if u delete them they will be deleted in Samsung account but if u factory reset it they will be there as soon as u add your account
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So it means that I cannt use them as backup, unless I also save it in the phone?

nicedino said:
So it means that I cannt use them as backup, unless I also save it in the phone?
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You can use sync and back it up to your Google docs

No it means when u save them they will be saved in phone and account but if u delete them also both account and phone file will be deleted
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I had to factory reset my wifes s3 a couple of days ago after a few fcs with thenew leaked firmware, all her s notes had the little cloud in the corner but when I re-synced with her samsung account, it didn't restore her notes which is why I don't think the sync is much use
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[Q] How to syn the contact to Galaxy Note II - N7100 from Outlook

Hi guys,
I'm facing to the problem to syn the contact from Outlook to Galaxy Note II via Kies (the software of Samsung), but it seems that it not workable. Since I'm very new to the Android OS, any of your inputs to fix the problem would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Kelvin

I gave up trying to do this in Kies some time ago. Researched and tried various alternatives and settled on the free app MyPhoneExplorer. One of the best apps I've used in Android, highly recommended. When syncing Outlook contacts it will list all the changes its about to make so you can check / edit them first. Works over USB, wifi or Bluetooth.

If you can use Microsoft exchange that syncs perfectly contacts calander and even sms. I suppose it depends who your email provider is
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Thanks guys, since this is my first android os running device and i'm not familiar to. I have uninstalled the Kies on my laptop and then install it again, now it's working properly thought the transfer speedy not too fast like Itunes that I have used before. Finally, I got it done
Another issue occured right after, when I choosed tab "merge the contact with samsung account" or "merge contact with google account", all contacts in the Phone tab has goned. When I went to the Phone and pressed the menu button, then choose the contact to display, press the "Phone", not any contact appeal. But when choose "the samsung or google account" the contacts now there. Is there any way I could move all contacts back to the tab "phone" that it supposed to be the right place?
Thanks for any of your advices
Kelvin
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Anybody help
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Anybody help
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Check out Go Contact Sync, it is on Sourceforge. http://sourceforge.net/projects/gocontactsync/ That lets you sync your contacts between Outlook and the GMail contacts, which sync with your phone.

Thanks mate, I followed your instruction but the contact could not sync into the "Phone" tab. All contacts now in google or samsung account tab. Sigh
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Thanks mate, I followed your instruction but the contact could not sync into the "Phone" tab. All contacts now in google or samsung account tab. Sigh
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You really want your contacts in the google or samsung account tabs. That way when you wipe the data on your phone, as soon as you add the accounts back, the contacts are resync'd back to your phone. Plus using GMail you have access to your contacts there if they are in the google account section when using webmail.