Help!! 30mb Contact Storage - Facebook Sync Related

tjerhada · Aug 9, 2010

I need some serious help. Ever since Facebook released its newest version my contact storage has sky rocketed. i only have 137 contacts, i orginally had all my facebook contacts synced, after the update they remained in the contact list but i lost the ability to view the contact picture or link it to a contact. i set the app to sync only phone contacts yet it keeps adding duplicate contacts and contact information. for example i have some contacts that now have 8 to 10 entries or i will have one contact their information like organization or email have multiple entries. ive cleared the data several times and even set it not to sync and it seems to continue to happen. is anyone having these issues or knows of a work around? at this point im relegated to hard reset and start from scratch? my phone isn't rooted but im willing to root if their is a work around that way? PLS HELP!!

alinaeem · Aug 9, 2010

http://androidforums.com/sprint-htc-hero/145385-serious-facebook-contact-issue.html

I had a similar issue that I was able to resolve. Could you open open your contacts, menu>view and list how many contacts are under facebook?

richlay · Aug 10, 2010

I have the same problem.

I have 0 contacts showing on facebook contacts

Does that help?

garrymccarthy · Aug 10, 2010

I'm having the exact same issue... My contacts storage is at 62MB... and keeps rising.
It's causing the low space warning to keep appearing... which is ultimately causing my email notifications to NOT come through!

I have 690 friends on Facebook...
But when I go to People > Menu > View...
It shows:
Facebook (18488) Which is wrong!!!!
Facebook for HTC Sense (690) Which is right.

I have the latest update of Facebook for Android, and I have Android 2.2 on my HTC Desire.

I deleting my contacts data to start from scratch... This was okay... But now I can't resync my contacts through HTC sync. I now have no phone contacts!!

Does anyone know of alternative software that I can use on my PC to load my phone contacts onto my Desire??

Wingzfan61 · Aug 10, 2010

I fixed this by syncing the facebook for htc sense contacts and not allowing the facebook app to sync anything.

tjerhada · Aug 10, 2010

Mine shows facebook for sense as (0) and Facebook (21593) google (130) and phone (137)...i have about 350 facebook friends. ive erased my contact storage and loaded my backed up contacts from wave secure and it will be fine for half a day and it goes back, plus i think this constant updating is crushing my battery life. i think im going to wipe the phone and start from scratch...ill let you know if using the facebook for HTC sense only option works.

Zinja · Aug 10, 2010

This is being reported all over the forums. Due to Facebooks latest 1.3 update contacts are synching upwards of 15 times per contact. This is adding a significant amount of data to your phones internal storage.

You must uninstall the Facebook update, clear your contact data in Manage Applications, re-open your contacts ("People") reinstall the Facebook update, and in Facebook settings, ensure that you do NOT sync your contacts with Facebook.

Many of us are waiting to sync with Facebook again until an update is released.

richlay · Aug 10, 2010

Wingzfan61 said:
I fixed this by syncing the facebook for htc sense contacts and not allowing the facebook app to sync anything.

were you able to link contacts to fb contacts then?

Zinja · Aug 10, 2010

richlay said:
were you able to link contacts to fb contacts then?

I am able to but I don't want another 22,000 contacts to sync.

dpetrancuri · Aug 10, 2010

Zinja, could you provide more specific / detailed instructions. I have an EVO with Froyo and I want to make sure I don't lose my existing contacts. Is there a way to back up the legitimate (non ghost/duplicate ones) first to Google or something? Please bear with me. I'm something of a Android newbie.

Respectfully,

Darryll

Zinja · Aug 10, 2010

dpetrancuri said:
Zinja, could you provide more specific / detailed instructions. I have an EVO with Froyo and I want to make sure I don't lose my existing contacts. Is there a way to back up the legitimate (non ghost/duplicate ones) first to Google or something? Please bear with me. I'm something of a Android newbie.

Respectfully,

Darryll

This is the thread I used to fix my issue yesterday. Like I said, I am not syncing with Facebook until they get their sh*t together...

http://androidforums.com/sprint-htc-hero/145385-serious-facebook-contact-issue.html

By the way, every time you open "People" you sync your contacts with Google Contacts. If you delete your contact data in Manage Applications, you should still retain your contacts next tme you open "People." But I can understand that it makes you nervous.

Wish I had an Evo...

http://androidforums.com/sprint-htc-hero/145385-serious-facebook-contact-issue.html

tjerhada · Aug 11, 2010

so far so good on only using facebook for htc sense syncing and disabling facebook application sync. still having some battery issues but ill chalk that up to my hero being my hero and the load its been under since the hard reset. I'm guessing this is the only plausible work around until facebook gets its act together, and knowing facebook that will be some time. thanks for the help everyone.

Zinja · Aug 11, 2010

tjerhada said:
so far so good on only using facebook for htc sense syncing and disabling facebook application sync. still having some battery issues but ill chalk that up to my hero being my hero and the load its been under since the hard reset. I'm guessing this is the only plausible work around until facebook gets its act together, and knowing facebook that will be some time. thanks for the help everyone.

How DO I even access Facebook for HTC?

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