Hi, I have a problem that has been puzzling me for some weeks now. Here is the situation:
I have a Galaxy S, running a custom ROM on 2.3.3. I have my Google and Facebook accounts and my Android calendar shows events from both Google (events I entered, contact birthdays, etc) and Facebook (FB events and birthdays). The Facebook account is the integrated one (the one listed in the top, with Twitter and Myspace).
So I bought my wife a Galaxy Ace. It has a stock ROM from our local Braziloan carrier (Claro). When we bought it, it was running 2.2.1 but Kies just updated it to 2.3.4 this weekend. In the Ace, my wife also has a Google and a Facebook account (the integrated one as well) but with a difference: her calendar shows all Google events but for Facebook it shows only the events, not the birthdays!
I hoped the upgrade to 2.3.4 would solve it but nothing... I already checked and the Facebook contacts do have birthdays (when viewed from the contacts app).
I tried peeking at the "calendar.db" as suggested here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1100191) but could not find anything wrong in there.
I also searched for "calendar", "facebook", etc here in XDA but no help sp far...
Any clues???
Did you reinstall Facebook ?
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Try to sync? In the settings in facebook.
its a common problem i think...
when i sync my contacts with fb, the birthdays are showing in the agenda but there is no way to display those birthdays in the calendar...
what i did is export your facebook birthday calendar and import it in google calendar (web), then you can go into calendar app and sync that calendar.
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EmoBoiix3 said:
Did you reinstall Facebook ?
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Actually, I did... I even wiped it all and re-installed everything. Did not work either... But please notice that the Facebook app itself is not the case here. Why? The Facebook app uses a non-integrated Facebook account and I'm using the integrated account.
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Try to sync? In the settings in facebook.
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Yes. I configured it to sync contacts and calendar... And I synced hundreds of times, just to make sure.
stranxk said:
its a common problem i think...
when i sync my contacts with fb, the birthdays are showing in the agenda but there is no way to display those birthdays in the calendar...
what i did is export your facebook birthday calendar and import it in google calendar (web), then you can go into calendar app and sync that calendar.
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This is a workaround, indeed. But I don't want to to this way because it is not automatic: each way a new friend is added in Facebook, I'd have to re-export the FB calendar to Google.
Here is some additional info. I did some more peeking in the databases (the .db files) and found out that the birthdays are not being loaded in the "events" table from the "calendar.db" file (not sure about the exact names, I don't have the phone at hand now...). If I look at this database in my Galaxy S (where it works), I see all Facebook birthdays and events in this "events" table. In the Ace, only the Facebook events were there...
Now it looks like the problem might be in the syncing itself, not in the actual Calendar app (which only display what is in the database).
I had this weird idea: since everything works in my Galaxy S (I even did a real-case test: I wiped my Galaxy S, configured my wife's Gmail and Facebook accounts and it worked perfectly), would it make sense to copy the .apk's from my phone to the Ace? If true, which .apk's could it be?
It doesn't work for me too. Actually, facebook only has the option of syncing contacts. Do I have to have a google account tied to facebook for facebook events to be synced to calendar?
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Just setup ICS on my Samsung Galaxy S2 and I've downloaded the Facebook app from the Play store. However, once installed, it never asked me as to which contacts I wanted to Sync. Within the app, I can't find the option anywhere either.
I un-installed the app and re-installed it and still no sign of any prompting to sync all contacts.
So as it stands, I've got all contacts sync'd from MS Exchange, Gmail, LinkedIn but no way will the Facebook contacts sync. It all worked perfectly on Gingerbread.
championc said:
Just setup ICS on my Samsung Galaxy S2 and I've downloaded the Facebook app from the Play store. However, once installed, it never asked me as to which contacts I wanted to Sync. Within the app, I can't find the option anywhere either.
I un-installed the app and re-installed it and still no sign of any prompting to sync all contacts.
So as it stands, I've got all contacts sync'd from MS Exchange, Gmail, LinkedIn but no way will the Facebook contacts sync. It all worked perfectly on Gingerbread.
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I believe it's broken on the FB side of things - I'm using a custom rom and up until the second last version, it used a 'hack' to sync up FB contacts but it's since removed that and putting it in FB's hands.
You could try using FriendCaster instead, it's an FB replacement app that seems to have working contacts sync.
Hi
I have added birth dates to my gmail (google synced) contacts on my desktop pc. When I go to calendar on the pc birthdays show up.
I want the birthdays to show up on my phone calendar.
I have turned Google sync on to update my contact info, in the stock calendar I have found the option "My Calendars, Gmail, Contacts Birthdays and events, Synced & Visable"
The birthdays still dont show up in my phone calendar also when I go to contacts/Info in my phone there is no entry box for Birthdays?
Any ideas if I'm missing somthing?
Paul
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Hi
I have added birth dates to my gmail (google synced) contacts on my desktop pc. When I go to calendar on the pc birthdays show up.
I want the birthdays to show up on my phone calendar.
I have turned Google sync on to update my contact info, in the stock calendar I have found the option "My Calendars, Gmail, Contacts Birthdays and events, Synced & Visable"
The birthdays still dont show up in my phone calendar also when I go to contacts/Info in my phone there is no entry box for Birthdays?
Any ideas if I'm missing somthing?
Paul
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DAMN I got the same problem...
I actually missed one of my best friends birthday due to this. I was calm that my phone would inform me, but NOPE! Although I have the birth dates on my Contacts, and they show OK on PC and on my Samsung Y Pro, they dont on Xperia S!
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Birthdays are not even shown in the contacts details! And I cannot even add a birthdate in a contact!
We must be missing something, this cant be real...
It sure does suck! Just hope were missing somthing simple.
Same here but I added the birthday details in google contacts it doesn't show up neither in the contacts nor in the calendar but it shows up in the 3rd party Birthday app.
I think this is a known problem.
K900 (if I remember correctly) said that it would be fixed in ICS.
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So! Is it true that the problem was not fixed with 4.0.4 update?
Can anyone clarify?
Ive not seen anything to make me think its fixed
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Hi guys just got my samsung galaxy s3 so far its good phone .Just wondering I can not sync my facebook birthday in S planner though Facebook account is already added in S planner .please some one help me
I have the same issue, the facebook birthdays don't even show in the contacts. All i did was manually add the birthdays into my phones contacts and then joined them onto there facebook account, then they appear in the S-Planner.
How about adding Facebook Birthdays as a calendar in Google Calendar and then syncing it?
Friendcaster for Facebook will do this automatically for you, and it's probably a better/nicer looking app to use than the original fb app.
I tried friendcaster and no luck there either... the high res pics dont translate into the contacts list either from friendcaster.
Try haxsync! It also sync Contacts with high quality pics instead of the ****ty facebook pics
derfo said:
How about adding Facebook Birthdays as a calendar in Google Calendar and then syncing it?
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what he said
You can export your friends' birthdays from Facebook into many other programs such as Apple iCal, Microsoft Outlook and Google Calendar.
1.Select Events from the left side of your home page
2.From the events page, click on the magnifying glass icon and select Birthdays
3.From the birthdays page, click again on the magnifying glass icon and select Export Birthdays
4.Use the provided URL to export your friends' birthdays to your calendar
face book birthday sync to SGS3
mitesh8746 said:
Hi guys just got my samsung galaxy s3 so far its good phone .Just wondering I can not sync my facebook birthday in S planner though Facebook account is already added in S planner .please some one help me
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For some reason, the SGS3 doesn't sync facebook birthdays to the calendar but if you install Friendcaster, it will work. I read a post saying it didn't but I downloaded it anyway and it works. because it works with FB (i think) it somehow allows some or all notifications to sync. you must follow step by step instructions on the set up including logging into FB twice.
Hope this helps!
tim
friendcaster worked
clarkgable said:
Friendcaster for Facebook will do this automatically for you, and it's probably a better/nicer looking app to use than the original fb app.
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Thanks man, friendcaster entered all fb birthdays to S planner
thanks
timmy17 said:
For some reason, the SGS3 doesn't sync facebook birthdays to the calendar but if you install Friendcaster, it will work. I read a post saying it didn't but I downloaded it anyway and it works. because it works with FB (i think) it somehow allows some or all notifications to sync. you must follow step by step instructions on the set up including logging into FB twice.
Hope this helps!
tim
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thanks man its works for me .you are champion
Find in wannam rom sns 1.1.0 apk system file then put it in yours system/app :silly: In setting click on facebook and there will be sync interval which includes calendar sync :laugh:
Im trying to sync my contacts and calendar from the phone to gmail so its available out there in case I need to pull it down to reset/new phone etc. I finally figured out how to get my freaking contacts out there. But the calendar is still not showing up on my gmail account calendar online. I only have the one calendar on the phone, everything is checked and it acts like it syncs, no errors, but calendar is blank online gmail. What could be the issue?
I just read that one person stated you can NOT sync from the phone calendar to gmail, only the other way around...this cant be true.
wiz4769 said:
I just read that one person stated you can NOT sync from the phone calendar to gmail, only the other way around...this cant be true.
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Its not true. You can sync between your gmail calendars fine between phone and gmail. But the samsung also adds a new calendar in the Calendars app called "Samsung Calendar" and this does not show up in gmail. At least from my experience.
Same issue here. Except I think I'm trying to do the opposite. I'm trying to get what's in my gmail calendar to show up on the phone's calendar and I can't figure out how. When I open up the calendar app, I have "My Calendar" and below that I have my gmail calendar. If I put a checkmark on the gmail calendar, all my events show up, but if I remove the checkmark and only show "My Calendar", obviously none of my events show up.
Is there any way I can move the events in the gmail calendar into "My Calendar"?
Actually you just said the same thing, so it does appear you cant sync the phone default calendar with gmail, at least not sync from phone to online, only the other way. Why the hell would there be more than one on there? Sorry coming from an iphone pretty much you had the calendar app right there on the home screen and the S3 is the same, but sorry this one doesnt play well with google?? Ok so is there an easy way to sync the phone calendar with the phone gmail calendar, then sync it online?
Dont get me wrong, I will not miss the iphone at all, just seems some simple tasks should well, be simple. Thanks guys
just got my new S3 last night, pretty happy. However, I can't get FB events/birthdays to show up in the calendar like my previous Amaze did? There is no calendar option under the accounts and sync option for facebook?
Any ideas?
You have to add a "Facebook (for sync)" account (I don't if that's the correct translation, I don't have my phone in English), you don't even need to install the Facebook app. Then you need to allow the permissions it asks, if you reject or remove any of it, then it won't work.
Awesome! Thanks!
I'm getting events but no birthday?
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seanvree said:
just got my new S3 last night, pretty happy. However, I can't get FB events/birthdays to show up in the calendar like my previous Amaze did? There is no calendar option under the accounts and sync option for facebook?
Any ideas?
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The easiest way to do it is, go to facebook calendar on your browser, copy the export calendar link, add this link on your google calendar via web browser. Now when you go to your google calendars on your android, you will be presented with 2 new calendars facebook events and facebook birthdays.
Its very effective that way
AlwaysNoob said:
The easiest way to do it is, go to facebook calendar on your browser, copy the export calendar link, add this link on your google calendar via web browser. Now when you go to your google calendars on your android, you will be presented with 2 new calendars facebook events and facebook birthdays.
Its very effective that way
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Whoa! That's slick! THANKS!
AlwaysNoob said:
The easiest way to do it is, go to facebook calendar on your browser, copy the export calendar link, add this link on your google calendar via web browser. Now when you go to your google calendars on your android, you will be presented with 2 new calendars facebook events and facebook birthdays.
Its very effective that way
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Thanks!
I tried that and gave me the link was wrong. So i exported it as iCal and imported in good calendar. Worked like a charm.
One question though, every time i have a new event coming up or add a new friend on FB, i will have to re-export, am i right? because it doesn't auto update them.
The only way to keep updated is the app?
Thanks for your input guys