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Help Problem with contacts & facebook

DesireMe

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May 20, 2010
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OK, so i've had my phone since release date and i'm still messing with it and getting to grips.

I have one problem i can't seem to figure out. I've got a contact in my phone, with a picture. When i receive a message/call from her, it comes up with her Facebook picture, not the one on the phone. The contact is not linked to facebook and i've un-sync'd facebook.

I'd live with it if it was just the picture change, but i also get problems returning messages. It is not picking up the correct number. I have her number as 07....... In facebook it's +44. It is using the facebook one and not picking up the "+", so is an incorrect number.

It's frustrating the hell outta me, especially as it's the person i text most. :mad:
 
I get the same issue with Pics. I have a good image of someone on my Google contacts, but I am stuck with whatever Facebook pic they have - often not their face. I have not broken any contact/FB links, which by the sounds of things does not sort the problem, so I guess I am lumbered with it. It would be nice to have a few contact default-settings capabilities.
 
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You can change the pic to the Google one, someone else posted about it.
Go to the contact in People, click on Link at the top right, then click on the picture on the left and a drop down will appear for you to select another picture.

I've done this and selected the photo from the SD card. Saved. All fine. Then when they text, their facebook image comes through. This happens whether they're linked or not.
 
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OK, so i've had my phone since release date and i'm still messing with it and getting to grips.

I have one problem i can't seem to figure out. I've got a contact in my phone, with a picture. When i receive a message/call from her, it comes up with her Facebook picture, not the one on the phone. The contact is not linked to facebook and i've un-sync'd facebook.

I'd live with it if it was just the picture change, but i also get problems returning messages. It is not picking up the correct number. I have her number as 07....... In facebook it's +44. It is using the facebook one and not picking up the "+", so is an incorrect number.

It's frustrating the hell outta me, especially as it's the person i text most. :mad:

Oh and there is a fix for the facebook number also, can't remember off the top of my head now and my phone is not with me, but there is a another thread on how to change this.
 
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Nobody else had this problem?

If not, how do i remove the facebook contacts altogether, i don't really want them in the phone when i do a search.

Yes, I have the same or similar problem. Just with one contact.

No matter what I do it a defaults to the Facebook profile picture. What's strange is that I know they have changed their Facebook profile pic, but I still get the old one. I've tried un-linking/re-linking but no joy. I'm sure a hard reset would sort it, but that seems a bit drastic!
 
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To fix the facebook number issue, I'm sure this is how you do it:

1. Edit the contact who's facebook number is being used.

2. Change the mobile number type to Fax or something other than mobile, save the changes.

3. Press and hold on the Fax number (or whatever you chose) a menu will pop up, so select "Set as primary"

4. Now edit the contact again and change the Fax type back to mobile, then press save.
 
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To fix the facebook number issue, I'm sure this is how you do it:

1. Edit the contact who's facebook number is being used.

2. Change the mobile number type to Fax or something other than mobile, save the changes.

3. Press and hold on the Fax number (or whatever you chose) a menu will pop up, so select "Set as primary"

4. Now edit the contact again and change the Fax type back to mobile, then press save.

Great worked a treat :)
 
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I deleted the person from my facebook account on the PC. Sync'd the facebook on my phone. Received text and call and their phone pic came up. Then re-added them on facebook and with a text and call it still came up with the phone pic.

So all is good for now. If i get the facebook pic coming through again (which will probably lead to the problem with the "+" and not being able to send texts) then i'll try the above fix.
 
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It was only a couple of hours later that the persons picture when calling/texting reverted back to the Facebook one.

It seems that if you have a person in your contacts page and is not linked to facebook, it still comes up with their profile picture over the phone you have in your phone book. I would've liked the pictures i have stored for friends to come up over the facebook one.

I've not had the "+" error since though. Will see if it comes up again.
 
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