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Glad I found this awesome community that helped me and my phone's relationship grow.
I'm asking this question because I don't want to have to take pics of all my friends, I can't even fill the "People" tab, with my fav. people up with pics cuz it just takes too much effort haha. Connecting to facebook and getting their pic on caller ID would be waay easier!
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Sure!
If your using sense as your interface then yes you can. You'll have to link the contact to their fb profile in the "Updates and Events" tab of the contact. Once done it will automatically use the profile pic as the contacts default pic.
As moontashir said, the Facebook link will do this for you, although the links are made based on names, I would presume. If your contact list and your Facebook friends list names don't quite match up, they won't get linked. In my case, about 75-80% of my contacts with Facebook accounts get linked properly. Not too bad.
I'm not sure why but that's not the case for me. I linked the facebook account and the contact successfully, and in the updates and events page I can even see his photos and albums, but there is no button to save the picture nor does it link the picture automatically!
Nevermind, I got it! I had to go to "Edit Contact", click on the picture, and select Facebook Profile. Thanks... Love this forum!
"I'm not sure why but that's not the case for me. I linked the facebook account and the contact successfully, and in the updates and events page I can even see his photos and albums, but there is no button to save the picture nor does it link the picture automatically!"
yup is ture, even I can see the picture ...but I still can't save into phone ... maybe got others way???
do we have to do this linking individually for each contact? can we not do it for the entire contact list?
thanks in advance
"Link to Facebook".
"Update"
"Edit Contact, Click on the Picture, --Facebook Profile".
Do you have a quick guide to how I can do it with the "standard" SPB Shell theme?
Wehenever I click facebook when I choose a pic I just get sent to the FB login screen, and nothing happens.
Booksync
Do a quick search of the forums (or google) for a freeware called "Booksync" which will sync ur contacts photo ID with their profile pic in Facebook! Any use??
namwollem said:
Do a quick search of the forums (or google) for a freeware called "Booksync" which will sync ur contacts photo ID with their profile pic in Facebook! Any use??
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Yes, I've used that one. Its ok, but for some reason it only starts up once. So whenever I want to use it I need to unninstall and then re-install.
But I cant seem to figure out why the phone wont sync by it self... Should work without problems even with the SPB Shell..
ok so i got this phone around 20 days back. i set up the fb account (both in Android app for fb and facebook inside Xperia), and have synced the contacts. but i dont see my contacts being "synced" in real sense. i mean, when i see my contacts, they are just normal contacts, without pictures without the status updates and profile link. as if the FiX is not even working.
ok i know there are apps that allow me to sync pictures from fb and merge them with my contacts, but shouldnt the default well known Facebook inside Xperia work on its own?
am i doing something wrong here?
Settings - Accounts and Sync - Facebook account - Set what you want to be synced.
Someguyfromhell said:
Settings - Accounts and Sync - Facebook account - Set what you want to be synced.
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+ Contacts... Menu Button... Filter Contacs... And check and uncheck what you want to show.
Thanks,
Rick
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Someguyfromhell said:
Settings - Accounts and Sync - Facebook account - Set what you want to be synced.
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i have done that, but somehow the contacts are not synced, i cant see photos, interests, profile or picture in the contacts!
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+ Contacts... Menu Button... Filter Contacs... And check and uncheck what you want to show.
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i want to see all the contacts. plus its not about showing, im more concerned about the syncing the phone contacts with available fb profiles
ayaznoor said:
i have done that, but somehow the contacts are not synced, i cant see photos, interests, profile or picture in the contacts!
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are you running ICS with your LwW..??
Iswan19 said:
are you running ICS with your LwW..??
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nope, stock GB
ayaznoor said:
nope, stock GB
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well, it is weird if you have done all that you sad previous.
I guess you missed something in order to setting the Facebook for Xperia to run properly. but, if you didn't miss anything, perhaps you can repair it by PCC or SEUS or flash it again using flashtool.
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DragonClawsAreSharp said:
+ Contacts... Menu Button... Filter Contacs... And check and uncheck what you want to show.
Thanks,
Rick
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And you will see both Facebook and phone contacts. Then you can put together these contacts, which are the same. The system doesn't place FB and contacts together, even if the name is the same(I think).
i sorted out the issue using the app called facebook contact sync!
Check out performance assistant app, turn on facebook inside xperia
Note : it may decrease phone performance, I suggest you to turn off features you don't want, such as ANT+...
Edit : sorry I think you are in 4.0.4, but you are 2.3.x
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I'm experiencing the same issue on my Mini. I had never used Facebook for Xperia, but reading this thread I decided to give it a try. And here are my results:
The first screen shows a phone contact which has been synchronized with both Facebook for Android and Facebook for Xperia. As you can see, I have his phone number (Cellulare) and the only thing I managed to sync is his birthday (Data di nascita).
The second screen shows a contact I don't have in my phone. It's been synchronized with both Facebook for Android and Facebook for Xperia, and all I can see is his Name, his birthday and that he's married. Interesting.
The third screen shows a contact I don't have on my phone. It's been synchronized with both Facebook for Xperia and Skype. As you can see, his personal picture (from Skype) is correctly shown, together with informations from both Skype and Facebook.
Other synchronizations (calendar and photo albums through Facebook for Xperia) work just fine. Contacts seem to be bugged.
I thought it could depend on the fact I had frozen Timescape and its extensions. I tried and unfroze everything, but nothing changed.
I don't think it's because I'm using exDialer&Contacts as a system app (switched with Titanium Backup), could it be?
your phone doesnt simply sync the contacts that are only in your phonebook (ie with a number). it brings in all the contacts from whatever accounts you've setup for sync. so its actually showing you all the contacts, phone contacts (with number), gmail contacts, fb contacts and skype, plus any other service that you would setup to sync.
in contacts, touch menu and select filter, choose the account you want to see contacts from. and you're done
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your phone doesnt simply sync the contacts that are only in your phonebook (ie with a number). it brings in all the contacts from whatever accounts you've setup for sync. so its actually showing you all the contacts, phone contacts (with number), gmail contacts, fb contacts and skype, plus any other service that you would setup to sync.
in contacts, touch menu and select filter, choose the account you want to see contacts from. and you're done
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Looks like you didn't understand the problem, or didn't read my post at all.
Ok i got today similar problem. I sit for it for half hour and problem solved. Just make sure you have activated
1. menu --> performance assistant --> facebook inside xperia
2. in settings --> xperia --> facebook inside xperia
then for sure deleted all facebook acconunts in settings --> accounts and sync and manually add account FACEBOOK INSIDE XPERIA
if is all right you must see in this account three items (albums in gallery,calender,contacts)
Now just sync it and after few momments check contacts list.
If you help this pleas write and hit thanks button
Feanor88 said:
I'm experiencing the same issue on my Mini. I had never used Facebook for Xperia, but reading this thread I decided to give it a try. And here are my results:
The first screen shows a phone contact which has been synchronized with both Facebook for Android and Facebook for Xperia. As you can see, I have his phone number (Cellulare) and the only thing I managed to sync is his birthday (Data di nascita).
The second screen shows a contact I don't have in my phone. It's been synchronized with both Facebook for Android and Facebook for Xperia, and all I can see is his Name, his birthday and that he's married. Interesting.
The third screen shows a contact I don't have on my phone. It's been synchronized with both Facebook for Xperia and Skype. As you can see, his personal picture (from Skype) is correctly shown, together with informations from both Skype and Facebook.
Other synchronizations (calendar and photo albums through Facebook for Xperia) work just fine. Contacts seem to be bugged.
I thought it could depend on the fact I had frozen Timescape and its extensions. I tried and unfroze everything, but nothing changed.
I don't think it's because I'm using exDialer&Contacts as a system app (switched with Titanium Backup), could it be?
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Timescape has nothing to do with Facebook in Xperia.
I don't see a problem there. Only the info, that you can see on the person's profile, is available on your phone. In some cases, if the name matches fully(first and last name set properly), then contacts are placed together, if not then 2 separate contacts.
Someguyfromhell said:
Timescape has nothing to do with Facebook in Xperia.
I don't see a problem there. Only the info, that you can see on the person's profile, is available on your phone. In some cases, if the name matches fully(first and last name set properly), then contacts are placed together, if not then 2 separate contacts.
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There are not separate contacts. The contacts are automatically merged, and you can see it from the first picture. A phone contact (I only have his phone number) is merged with the information from Facebook (his birthday) but I can't see his personal picture or his facebook posts.
But maybe this is just how it should work. I don't know. I was sure that Facebook for Xperia would have synchronized Pictures and Facebook status as well.
Feanor88 said:
There are not separate contacts. The contacts are automatically merged, and you can see it from the first picture. A phone contact (I only have his phone number) is merged with the information from Facebook (his birthday) but I can't see his personal picture or his facebook posts.
But maybe this is just how it should work. I don't know. I was sure that Facebook for Xperia would have synchronized Pictures and Facebook status as well.
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The pictures should be synchronized, I got that feature on gingerbread, status only if you had set it to do it(Contacts-Settings, I think).
I didn't have chance to test it on ICS.
Contacts are only merged if first and last name match. On my phone, it didn't happen, as importing contacts from another phone resulted in whole name in Last name section.
Someguyfromhell said:
The pictures should be synchronized, I got that feature on gingerbread, status only if you had set it to do it(Contacts-Settings, I think).
I didn't have chance to test it on ICS.
Contacts are only merged if first and last name match. On my phone, it didn't happen, as importing contacts from another phone resulted in whole name in Last name section.
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You need to show all contacts even without numbers then link each contact yourself to a facebook contact then once u have do that unchaeck show all and check without numbers then uncheck show facebook contacts so only your google contacts show and boom all your contact will have there pics in place i had the same problem on my eperia p hope this helps u out my friend
I have several services like Linkedin, google+, Haxsync etc along with the regular google contacts linked together on my phone for contacts.
I have been unable to choose which accounts photo to display for each contact. The phone by default chooses Haxsync photos to dispaly. How can I, say, choose linkedin photo for a particular contact?
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I have several services like Linkedin, google+, Haxsync etc along with the regular google contacts linked together on my phone for contacts.
I have been unable to choose which accounts photo to display for each contact. The phone by default chooses Haxsync photos to dispaly. How can I, say, choose linkedin photo for a particular contact?
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I may have an answer.
It takes the first picture of the accounts set in the order how you configured from the first time.
So for example I configured Google when I turned on the first time or installed a new Rom. Therefore for a my contact I have (click on the accounts merged and you see the list):
1. Google no picture
2. Skype with picture
3. Phone with picture
4. Facebook currently no picture (Indeed I recently removed and re-installed it, and now is the last in the list).
For this contact it takes the picture of the account of Skype.
For others contacts it takes Google if pic is associated, or Facebook if in the all previous accounts no pictures is associated.
Summarizing: we cannot choose
I hope I have been enough clear.
Davidoffxda said:
I may have an answer.
It takes the first picture of the accounts set in the order how you configured from the first time.
So for example I configured Google when I turned on the first time or installed a new Rom. Therefore for a my contact I have (click on the accounts merged and you see the list):
1. Google no picture
2. Skype with picture
3. Phone with picture
4. Facebook currently no picture (Indeed I recently removed and re-installed it, and now is the last in the list).
For this contact it takes the picture of the account of Skype.
For others contacts it takes Google if pic is associated, or Facebook if in the all previous accounts no pictures is associated.
Summarizing: we cannot choose
I hope I have been enough clear.
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What a pity! Can't do such a simple thing.
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you can...click on edit contact, then the tab haxsync or google+ or whatever you want..then click on the pic & select use this photo...
kevinarjun said:
you can...click on edit contact, then the tab haxsync or google+ or whatever you want..then click on the pic & select use this photo...
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Tried it.. Doesn't work
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this happens when you have same contact on multiple accounts & its picking up the unjoined contact..it happnd to me..i deleted that contact from all accounts & created a new contact...then it works..hapnd to me many times..
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you can...click on edit contact, then the tab haxsync or google+ or whatever you want..then click on the pic & select use this photo...
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Great, it works, thanks.
But I believe by default the behavior is what I wrote.
So i have some friends with personal contacts that i have had for years, their facebook profile does not have their phone number attached. I go through manually and join them to merge the # with the facebook email and pictures. Then i use Ubersync to update the facebook pictures so when they call the picture isn't blurry its crystal clear.
Problem is when i factory reset my phone, and tried to do what i normally do, the contacts wont merge. It says Contacts Joined on the phone when i select the two i want to merge, but the data does not move nor does the pictures.
I then googled around for a bit and found a program called Sync.ME, ran it and it moves the pictures but will not move the emails or information provided by facebook.
When you delete the facebook contact by the way, it mentions read only and im not sure if there is some setting i need to enable or what.
Thanks for all the help in advance
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So i have some friends with personal contacts that i have had for years, their facebook profile does not have their phone number attached. I go through manually and join them to merge the # with the facebook email and pictures. Then i use Ubersync to update the facebook pictures so when they call the picture isn't blurry its crystal clear.
Problem is when i factory reset my phone, and tried to do what i normally do, the contacts wont merge. It says Contacts Joined on the phone when i select the two i want to merge, but the data does not move nor does the pictures.
I then googled around for a bit and found a program called Sync.ME, ran it and it moves the pictures but will not move the emails or information provided by facebook.
When you delete the facebook contact by the way, it mentions read only and im not sure if there is some setting i need to enable or what.
Thanks for all the help in advance
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Give the app Haxsync a whirl. Sound like it is similar to Ubersync but I never have issues after a factory reset. Been using it flawlessly for over a year on multiple devices.
Make sure you also install the jelly bean workaround file....you'll see it if you search haxsync
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Give the app Haxsync a whirl. Sound like it is similar to Ubersync but I never have issues after a factory reset. Been using it flawlessly for over a year on multiple devices.
Make sure you also install the jelly bean workaround file....you'll see it if you search haxsync
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is the jelly bean workaround file something i should already have? never heard of it
Daeo said:
is the jelly bean workaround file something i should already have? never heard of it
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It is haxsync specific. Without it only half your contacts will sync properly. You don't need to do anything with it aside from just making sure it is installed along with the app.
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It is haxsync specific. Without it only half your contacts will sync properly. You don't need to do anything with it aside from just making sure it is installed along with the app.
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So installed the app and the workaround, it said they were syncing. Added a bunch of contacts from facebook, but it still will not allow me to add phone #'s or merge the other contact with their # in it.
Still doing the Contacts Joined and not moving the information
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So installed the app and the workaround, it said they were syncing. Added a bunch of contacts from facebook, but it still will not allow me to add phone #'s or merge the other contact with their # in it.
Still doing the Contacts Joined and not moving the information
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You may just have to play around with the settings a bit. Some contacts won't auto-sync if the google name is slightly different than the way it appears on Facebook. In that case just go in the google contact, tick menu, then merge, then find their haxsync FB contact.
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You may just have to play around with the settings a bit. Some contacts won't auto-sync if the google name is slightly different than the way it appears on Facebook. In that case just go in the google contact, tick menu, then merge, then find their haxsync FB contact.
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exactly what i did, So i got it working and heres how just incase someone runs into the same issue.
Go into the facebook app -> Settings -> Disable Sync
Leave Hacksync enabled and syncing
Go to your contacts and the one with the # you want to attach to the hacksync'd contact information is the one you will edit
Change the name to the exact name they use on the other contact
It will ask you to merge, accept and feel superior.
Thanks for everything
Daeo said:
exactly what i did, So i got it working and heres how just incase someone runs into the same issue.
Go into the facebook app -> Settings -> Disable Sync
Leave Hacksync enabled and syncing
Go to your contacts and the one with the # you want to attach to the hacksync'd contact information is the one you will edit
Change the name to the exact name they use on the other contact
It will ask you to merge, accept and feel superior.
Thanks for everything
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Glad ya got it
Cheers
A co-worker of mine has a full stock S4 (work phone, Knox-enabled) running the official 4.3. He installed LinkedIn from the Play Store and set it up to sync his contacts to the phone. Within a few minutes there was a handful of them showing up in the custom list filtered to show only Exchange (TouchDown HD) and LinkedIn.
TouchDown contacts total near 4,000 and LinkedIn is nearly 10,000. (I know...)
Once all of the contacts show up, is there a way for the phone to automatically merge them and display the LinkedIn photo for the merged contact?
As far as I know u would have to do it manually, its gonna suck having all those contacts but that's the only way its possible on an HTC device.
Under the contacts menu there are options to merge accounts. Then I use the app sync.me to choose which social site to pull photos from. I'm pretty sure it supports LinkedIn. After it syncs, you need to go into the sync.me settings and enable photo override for it to remove the current/default pictures.
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As far as I know u would have to do it manually, its gonna suck having all those contacts but that's the only way its possible on an HTC device.
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It's a Galaxy S4
Towle said:
Under the contacts menu there are options to merge accounts. Then I use the app sync.me to choose which social site to pull photos from. I'm pretty sure it supports LinkedIn. After it syncs, you need to go into the sync.me settings and enable photo override for it to remove the current/default pictures.
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But do I still need to manually trigger each merge? Or is there an app that can compare names for and do that for me?
NotATreoFan said:
But do I still need to manually trigger each merge? Or is there an app that can compare names for and do that for me?
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It's been a while since I had to do this on my phone. But I think what happens is, TouchWiz automatically brings up a list of all contacts with the same name and asks you to 'join' them. I can't remember if there is a select all option, or if there's a 'join' button next to each pair of contacts.
Or what you could do is just merge all accounts into Google (automatic through settings), then customize display to Google contacts.
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It's been a while since I had to do this on my phone. But I think what happens is, TouchWiz automatically brings up a list of all contacts with the same name and asks you to 'join' them. I can't remember if there is a select all option, or if there's a 'join' button next to each pair of contacts.
Or what you could do is just merge all accounts into Google (automatic through settings), then customize display to Google contacts.
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Merging into Google isn't an option with our company security policy. I'll have to play around with the phone some more, which will be difficult since he's in an office hours away.
NotATreoFan said:
Merging into Google isn't an option with our company security policy. I'll have to play around with the phone some more, which will be difficult since he's in an office hours away.
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If it's not automatic in the settings, this app looks promising: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.compelson.optimizer