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Help Contact number changed when synced to Facebook

hocturnalsoul

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Apr 10, 2010
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Ive looked all through Desire threads and cant find anyone thats had this problem yet so lucky me i guess!

Whenever i sync a contact to Facebook, for some odd reason it changes the number for that contact. The number i have for the contact matches that of the number on their Facebook account.

I.E. 07890123456 on my phone, 07890123456 on their Facebook accont( fake number, dont be silly lol).

However, as soon as i sync the account to my contact on my Desire, the number changes to 447890123456.

try to call the contact and says numbers wrong, clearly because its suppose to be +44, not just 44.

have tried to edit number but still says 07890123456, and still wont work when i change it to +447890123456.

Anyone able to help?
 
Is it with every contact or just one?

I don't have many FB contacts who display their mobile number but for the ones that do I already had their numbers stored as +44.... (I used to live abroad) whilst on their profile it was 07.... Now they're synced it has just stayed at +44....

When you say you tried to change it to +44 was that while it was still linked? If not I'd un-link it, change the number then re-link it.
 
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If you unlink, then the contact number is fine, 077....., its as soon as you re-link that the facebook number takes over as the main number. If you try and edit the contact at this point it will still only allow you to change the information you have stored on your phone which is the correct number.
Its a right pain in the backside.
Its only one of my friends as far as I can see.
I asked him to remove his number.
Not sure if he has done it yet.
 
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If you unlink, then the contact number is fine, 077....., its as soon as you re-link that the facebook number takes over as the main number. If you try and edit the contact at this point it will still only allow you to change the information you have stored on your phone which is the correct number.
Its a right pain in the backside.
Its only one of my friends as far as I can see.
I asked him to remove his number.
Not sure if he has done it yet.

No what I meant was unlink, change the number to +44... and then re-link and see if the same happens.

How does the number start on his FB profile also?
 
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He has removed his number now so i am all ok as long as someone else doesnt add their number on facebook.

His number started 4477, no + infront which was probably causing the issue.

When you unlink then the number you could see there is fine, you could change it to whatever you liked, it didnt matter, the facebook one would take charge and be the number that was used for that contact.
 
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I have kind of a similar problem, I get a weekly text from my bank and itcomes up as a Facebook friend. The friend is not in my contacts list and their profile is not linked to the bank. When i search people her name comes up with xxxxxxxxx as her phone number. I've no idea how to change it.
 
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He has removed his number now so i am all ok as long as someone else doesnt add their number on facebook.

His number started 4477, no + infront which was probably causing the issue.

When you unlink then the number you could see there is fine, you could change it to whatever you liked, it didnt matter, the facebook one would take charge and be the number that was used for that contact.

the Facbook number is exactly the same as what i have, 077.
When i link the contact it stupidly changes to 4477 without the +.

Sorry took so long to reply, incredibly busy in the office.
 
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Im having the exact same issue with Facebook contacts who have incorrect phone numbers listed in their profiles. Once you link a phone or google contact to a facebook contact the facebook information over-writes the information of the other two.

With no way to edit or select what information the facebook displays its a right pain in the ass :(
 
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I have exactly the same issue. Say for example I have friend whose number is 071234567.
When I link them to Facebook the number they registered with Facebook takes over as their primary number.
The problem with this is that it changes their number to 441234567 not +441234567.
And that's it in a nutshell. it has been reported on numerous sites. I will edit this tomorrow with some links.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6390447
 
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Fixed:

Find a contact with a incorrect number (as mentioned starts 44)
Long press on the contact
Then click View contact
Scroll down and press edit
Change the mobile (This should have the proper contact number in it) to another option (Fax for example)
Click Save
Long press on the changed option above(Fax) and select "Set as primary number"
Select edit again
Change the Fax option back to mobile and click save.
This will make the proper number the default again rather than the facebook number.

(found on Vodafone Forum)
 
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Click on Phone

Find a contact with a incorrect number (as mentioned starts 44)
Long press on the contact
Then click View contact
Scroll down and press edit
Change the mobile (This should have the proper contact number in it) to another option (Fax for example)
Click Save
Long press on the changed option above(Fax) and select "Set as primary number"
Select edit again
Change the Fax option back to mobile and click save.
This will make the proper number the default again rather than the facebook number.
 
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Guys I can confirm that the following fix works

Go to contact- Un link from facebook contact.

Menu >> Edit change the mobile number from 07... to +447....

Save

Re-link.

and it works..

just annoying it doing for all the contacts that have their mobile stored on fb

I think it stores it on facebook funny - when you activate fb over text ...
 
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