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[How to] update facebook contact pictures.

Same issue...FB contact pics on favorites widget not updating all of the pictures...Werid..When I click on the favorites FB pictures that do update when you go to their pictures their albums show up but for the ones that aren't updating it wont display their albums for some reason...Other than that I can't see any difference between the ones that update and dont...
 
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Yeah I have a contact in the people favorites widget that won't update. Any help would be appreciated. I already refreshed the facebook contacts as outlined above.

The ONLY way to get this to work is to remove your Facebook for HTC Sense account completely and then add it again (and then you may have to re-link some contacts) .... its a pain and a ******ed way to do things but evidently the people behind the software on this phone were not smart enough to design this aspect of the software correctly...

Although I know there is an app on the marketplace that supposedly will update all your photos for you as well...
 
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The ONLY way to get this to work is to remove your Facebook for HTC Sense account completely and then add it again (and then you may have to re-link some contacts) .... its a pain and a ******ed way to do things but evidently the people behind the software on this phone were not smart enough to design this aspect of the software correctly...

Although I know there is an app on the marketplace that supposedly will update all your photos for you as well...


I have the same problem with FB and favorites. I've erased FB for HTC Sense and re-synced, but the photos still don't show. When I try to link manually, the FB Friend cannot be found in search, even though I have verified that they are, indeed, my friend in the FB app.

I like this phone less and less every day.
 
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I d/led this app. It DOES NOT fix the problem with FB/Favorite pix not linking.

It doesn't do any linking for you, it just updates your friends' FB photos as they are changed. You have to link them yourself, but once they are linked, it will sync the pictures on a schedule you set. Yes, it'll take a little work in the beginning, but once its set up you never have to manually go in to update them nor do any uninstalling or reinstalling of FB apps, etc.
 
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why isnt MY profile pic updated though ?

Go to edit your contact card, press and hold your picture. A menu will pop up asking to set the picture. My options came up as facebook, camera, photos, remove picture. Select facebook, it will update to your current profile pic. Maybe if you set up flickr or twitter (through htc peep) it will ask to select one of those (i have only set up Facebook).

Mine came up a little pixelated as Sense/Incredible has done for others when assigning contact pictures.

EDIT: I tried setting up my twitter through Peep. An option did not come up asking to use my twitter picture as my contact card picture.
 
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@ Jayefef

The problem is, even though I updated all facebook pictures as detailed above, certain contacts aren't shown as updated when i got to their contact card. Even if i press and hold and click facebook, I get an older picture, not a new one.

I see. I've seen this happen too. This is probably an HTC bug.

The friendstream app and Sense syncing is not too reliable IMO.
 
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I have the same problem with FB and favorites. I've erased FB for HTC Sense and re-synced, but the photos still don't show. When I try to link manually, the FB Friend cannot be found in search, even though I have verified that they are, indeed, my friend in the FB app.

I like this phone less and less every day.

i ran into the same problem stockmoose. has anyone found a fix for this yet? I tried everything and for the life of me I can not find certain people. They are not linked to anything but when you go to link them they are GONE in facebook.
 
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