My Droid X's stock facebook app kept complaining about my authentication not being valid anymore, so I deleted it and installed facebook's version. I can't get facebook's app to sync my contacts photos with their facebook picture. Is there a way to do this, and if not... Can someone point me back to the stock facebook app?

8/19/2010 4:29:48 PM

I wasn't aware there was a difference between the stock app and the one available in the android market...

[Edited on August 19, 2010 at 5:50 PM. Reason : is your droid x rooted?]

8/19/2010 5:49:54 PM

download a free app called "Facebook Sync"

it will do a better job

8/19/2010 6:13:36 PM

mine works just fine.

you can try this: go to contacts, menu, more, settings, remove account. then go back in and add it

8/19/2010 7:18:34 PM

Quote :

"I wasn't aware there was a difference between the stock app and the one available in the android market..."

I think he's talking about the blur integrated Facebook account, not an app exactly.

Settings -> Accounts -> Add Account -> Facebook
That is the blur facebook account which automatically adds contacts and attempts to sync them.

An alternate way would be to download the app SyncMyPix, which is similar to Facebook Sync but I believe it also checks Google contacts for pictures.

[Edited on August 20, 2010 at 5:02 AM. Reason : mine is rooted with clockwork recovery running on it. just need some roms now >.<]

8/20/2010 5:01:43 AM

disclaimer: syncmypix didnt do shit for me on my X for facebook pics being sync'd, it only grabbed like 13 people out of 50

8/20/2010 9:28:35 AM

Doesn't stock facebook app have a 'Sync My Contacts' option in preferences?

That worked on my droid a long time ago.

8/20/2010 9:32:51 AM

Quote :

"download a free app called "Facebook Sync" it will do a better job"

You've mentioned that before, and I've searched for it a couple times and it doesnt come up in the market for me. Maybe it's because I have an evo...i don't know




To the OP, if you open up each contact you want to sync, you can "link" them with their facebook account. Click the link icon in the upper right hand corner of each contact, and choose to link them with a facebook account. It sounds laborious to do that for each contact, but I had link 80 or so and it didn't take more than 5 minutes.

After linking, the Facebook App sync functionality works beautifully.

8/20/2010 9:41:01 AM

Facebook Sync
http://www.androidfreeware.net/get-facebook-sync.html

you may be right about it being the phone though:

Quote :

"Not all applications are available to all phones. The desired application may not be available for your device, depending on factors like your Android OS version, Your screen resolution or the country from which You are accessing the Android Market."

Hmm, when i scan that barcode, it didnt find anything, oh well if you search the string "facebook sync" in the market, it should be the first result, so it's gotta be something phone related i guess

[Edited on August 20, 2010 at 10:12 AM. Reason : ]

8/20/2010 10:10:09 AM

I tried the facebook sync app, it was ok.


Azaka's post was right on. Thanks Azaka!

[Edited on August 20, 2010 at 11:02 AM. Reason : I'm AstralAdvent and i approved this message.]

8/20/2010 11:02:14 AM

probably going to redo these steps as 2.2 update rolling out

8/20/2010 4:52:11 PM

i want to apply that update but it makes me nervous that something will be screwed up

8/20/2010 4:54:21 PM

It's a fairly mature update - I've had it on my rooted G1 for, dang, like a month without hitch. Nexus 1s have been rocking it a good long time too.

You can always keep your ear to the message boards just in case.

8/20/2010 5:00:34 PM

well this update for the X just came out today, so it's not the same update that you've had for a month im guessing

8/20/2010 5:02:02 PM

2.2 for the X isn't out yet... officially.

9/1/2010 2:39:38 PM

^^WAT?

9/1/2010 6:34:11 PM