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Facebook Sync F2.0d?

androidtp

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Dec 15, 2009
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Houston, Texas
Ever since I flashed to this ROM, I haven't been able to sync none of my contacts through the People app even though it says "all contacts synced" within Accounts & Sync. When I try to match a contact with their facebook account, "no matches" show and I don't even have a list of who I can choose.

Does this have something to do with the PRL not being 60663? Mines says 60662. I've tried every solution that was said in the forums. Delete then restart then readd the account. Still nothing.

Should I just reflash? I don't want to but my contacts look so boring without their pictures and statuses :(
 
Ever since I flashed to this ROM, I haven't been able to sync none of my contacts through the People app even though it says "all contacts synced" within Accounts & Sync. When I try to match a contact with their facebook account, "no matches" show and I don't even have a list of who I can choose.

Does this have something to do with the PRL not being 60663? Mines says 60662. I've tried every solution that was said in the forums. Delete then restart then readd the account. Still nothing.

Should I just reflash? I don't want to but my contacts look so boring without their pictures and statuses :(

It should be 60664 by now. That's what I've got. I had the same problem when I loaded Fresh, and got rid of the problem by deleting my FB account completely and then installing it again (not the HTC sense version). It took a few hours, but eventually they all trickled in and I saw everyone's pictures.
 
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It should be 60664 by now. That's what I've got. I had the same problem when I loaded Fresh, and got rid of the problem by deleting my FB account completely and then installing it again (not the HTC sense version). It took a few hours, but eventually they all trickled in and I saw everyone's pictures.

how do i get 60664?! what's the advantages? and i deleted my fb account from my phone. am i doing something wrong? all i did was push the "remove account" from the account and sync tab. wha did u do?
 
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Settings>About Phone> System Updates>Update PRL

No advantage. Just the latest PRL.

Yep, that's how I deleted my FB account. Perfect. Now you add it again, and then sync the account manually. It may take a while, but it should work.

i get all that, till you say sync the account manually. Meaning?...

i just updated prl and it didn't work. said it failed with an error. :(

Nevermind..got it to 60664..thanks!
 
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What works for me usually is doing this, go to People -> Updates and Events -> Menu -> Refresh
Do this like 5 times then put your phone down for like 15 or 20 min without touching anything. When you come back it should be done. You might have to do it a couple times, but it works I assure you. I saw it on XDA called the "Regaw brute force".

i tried this and still didn't work. wha do u mean when you say "what works for me usually..."

does that mean it didn't work for you sometimes and one day it just randomly worked for you? do you have to keep hitting the sync button in the "accounts and sync" tab?
 
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Here is how I got FB sync to work:
I went into menu->settings->applications. Deleted all data from my contacts and all data from the HTC FB and the regular facebook. Delete HTC facebook application altogether under settings ->accounts & sync. Manually resynced my google contacts and let it fully load. Then re-installed the HTC facebook and manually synced. Took quite a while but everyone is linked up properly. Good luck.
 
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Here is how I got FB sync to work:
I went into menu->settings->applications. Deleted all data from my contacts and all data from the HTC FB and the regular facebook. Delete HTC facebook application altogether under settings ->accounts & sync. Manually resynced my google contacts and let it fully load. Then re-installed the HTC facebook and manually synced. Took quite a while but everyone is linked up properly. Good luck.

thx i'll try this, but what do you mean it took awhile? like you kept checking back and contacts loaded slowly in your people app? whenever i do this, no contacts show up and "no matches were found" is shown. not ONE contact shows up for my facebook..but i'll try your method
 
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i tried this and still didn't work. wha do u mean when you say "what works for me usually..."

does that mean it didn't work for you sometimes and one day it just randomly worked for you? do you have to keep hitting the sync button in the "accounts and sync" tab?
Ok, when I say "usually" I mean it DOES work for me. It works in about 15 min. Just do like so:

1) go to People -> Updates and Events
2) hit Menu -> Refresh as fast as you can 5 times
3) touching nothing else, set the phone down and walk away
4) come back to it in 15 or 20 min and go to People
5) come back here and thank me :D
 
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I've had this same problem. I've tried EVERYTHING listed here numerous times. I ended up just giving up on it. I downloaded the Facebook Sync App from the market. It works pretty well, just takes a little bit of work for the contacts it doesn't automatically sync because of differences in names. I've reflashed and it didn't work a couple times. Now I figure I'll wait until the official 2.1 comes out and Flipz makes another ROM. Hopefully facebook sync will work then.
 
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Ok, when I say "usually" I mean it DOES work for me. It works in about 15 min. Just do like so:

1) go to People -> Updates and Events
2) hit Menu -> Refresh as fast as you can 5 times
3) touching nothing else, set the phone down and walk away
4) come back to it in 15 or 20 min and go to People
5) come back here and thank me :D

step 5 would be awesome if it'd worked out for me :(
 
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I've had this same problem. I've tried EVERYTHING listed here numerous times. I ended up just giving up on it. I downloaded the Facebook Sync App from the market. It works pretty well, just takes a little bit of work for the contacts it doesn't automatically sync because of differences in names. I've reflashed and it didn't work a couple times. Now I figure I'll wait until the official 2.1 comes out and Flipz makes another ROM. Hopefully facebook sync will work then.

i think i'm gonna give up to. the only contact it synced was my contact card. uh wtf right?.. anywho..i'm gonna try out that app you're referring to to see if it works
 
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Another thing that I found worked for me was going into my contacts, unlinking someone, then manually linking them to their FB account. In addition, I also went into the contact, made sure they were linked, navigated to their photos (in contacts) choose a FB album, let it load a bit, then backed out. From there, everything sync'd up fine for me.

After I manually sync'd, I let it sit for a bit and all went well.
 
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