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Apply Facebook Photos to Droid Contacts?

ok so i just cleared facebook data, resynced and some people are showing up in my contacts. problem is that its adding peoples lasts name to their name in the contact list which i dislike..

like if i had a contact in my phone as "Steve" it changed it to "Steve Smith" but when i hit edit, the last name isnt anywhere in any of the data fields lol.

still trying to find a way to manually go into my contacts, click a name and link to their account by searching through facebook for them.
 
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i was just about to start a new topic on this too. my issue is that i can't pick which facebook pic i want for the contact. i could do this on my omnia with an alternative home app but i guess the droid can't do it. dunno why i thought it could. thats literally the only thing i miss from my omnia.

but handcent does sync profile pics but only from gmail, not facebook. what i can't get to sync though is gtalk with the profile pics. i choose a profile pic on my pc in gmail and it syncs with handcent, but not gtalk. weird.
 
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There is an app called synmypix. I used it to sync facebook pix to my gmail contacts, then they show in handcent. You didn't specify what you wanted to sync to but if it is gmail this might work for you.
HTH.
J.

Very helpful, BUT its still not loading pictures for all my facebook contacts. Some of these are the people that were strictly facebook contacts to begin with, and some of them are regular contacts that I already had in my phone, but also have as facebook contacts. The names are set as the same for both contacts, so what gives??

This is getting frustrating...but then again, what else would I be doing on my day off?? :)
 
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Easiest way IMHO to get around this:
Right Click - Save As on the FB photo(s) you need on your PC
Log into Gmail
Go to contacts
Select a contact to edit
Click picture icon
Add pic from PC

Alot faster than doing it from the phone. If you need other pics you can paste the URL and it will add a pic that way too (doesn't work with FB pic URLs).
N
 
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my only issue has ever been, getting the names to sync up right.

I do my contacts by last names.

ex. Jobs, Steve

FB stock sync likes to make it say

Steve Jobs (putting him in the S's , instead of J's where I want him)

however to complicate things, sometimes it lets me rearrange the name and display it the way I want, sometimes not. I can delete the wrong formated name, and manually create the contact in the format I want, but then, no facebook sync or updated pics

I have found a FB sync app. If I put in a contact, and I can't display it the way I want, I delete it, then I redo it the 'correct way' then sync it manually with no issues.

long story short, find the FB Sync app. and you should have no problems.
 
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I uninstalled Facebook then rebooted my Droid X. Then uploaded the facebook ap and after it was installed put it back in "My Accounts" it then synced up but took forever. You can also do it thru the social networking app that is already on the phone if the other way doesnt work. It just takes a little longer.
 
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Although this thread might be dead...


Any reason why the pictures won't automatically update when the contact changes their default picture? Is there a way to reload all?
I've noticed the same thing. My phone used to update people's pictures but it hasn't done so for quite some time. Does SyncMyPix do a great job? I just don't want to use it and find out that it only does half of my contacts, etc.
 
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I just compared my contacts to my friends list on the pc. Everyone's pictures are in sync except for 1. I had the full name in the last name space on that 1, but when I went to edit the contact it showed 2 pictures the 1 in my phone's list and down below was the up to date FB pic. I removed the 1st picture and it automatically added the up to date FB picture..

You have to make sure that the phones contact name matches the FB name exactly and only use the First name space for first and last.
 
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You may have found a workaround to your problem but in case you haven't heres what to do. Go into facebook on your droid and go to the friends area. Press & hold on the person you want to add to your contacts and a menu pops up. Choose the contact icon. Menu button and choose Edit contact. Menu button again and choose Join. Choose the contact you want to join it with and voila!
 
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I know fustrating...!!! you go to contact list hit your contact that you want to edit..hit the menu option and hit edit contacts..hit the menu button again and hit the join button...and highlight their facebook photo and rhen hit the meno button again and hit save...yes i know a lot of work but the only way i have been able to make it work..
 
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I found this very frustrating at first also. The best way I found to add phone #'s to facebook contacts was to create a new contact with my friends name and cell #. Then hold down on the contact you created. Touch the menu key and then touch the join key on the right. It will bring up contact that can be merged. Usually your duplicate contact will automatically pop up. Select the dup contact you created and now you will have the persons picture from Facebook, all info from FB AND the cell number.
 
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