Facebook added all my friends to my phone's contact list

**sum spicy rice** · 04-28-2010, 07:25 PM

How do I delete them? Now I'm showing MULTIPLE listings for the same person.. I didnt want FB to sync with my contact list. is there anyway to undo this or do i have to delete everyone manually?

**6s1d9** · 04-28-2010, 07:29 PM

Not positive, but I deleted mine Manually. There was only like 11 people that I had to delete so no big deal to do so.

**mobiledevice** · 04-28-2010, 07:30 PM

if you've got multiple listings, merge them

I was able to do it in about 5 minutes, and that was with 350+ contacts (just from gmail/exchange) and 150+ facebook friends.

**sum spicy rice** · 04-28-2010, 07:43 PM

Is there anyway to delete contacts that Gmail has added in? It wont let me delete my Gmail account to re-do it without syncing contacts

**Strygun** · 04-28-2010, 07:46 PM

Originally Posted by mobiledevice

if you've got multiple listings, merge them

I was able to do it in about 5 minutes, and that was with 350+ contacts (just from gmail/exchange) and 150+ facebook friends.

this will be an issue for me tomorrow as well. I don't want my phone to sync contacts with Facebook. I have close 1,000 friends on FB - I don't want them all showing up in my phone's contact list.

**howarmat** · 04-28-2010, 07:50 PM

people>menu>delete>menu>select all and then delete

**douger** · 04-28-2010, 07:58 PM

Originally Posted by howarmat

people>menu>delete>menu>select all and then delete

I was going to give up putting my contacts into groups until I saw how easy that was...

Merging tomorrow.

**howarmat** · 04-28-2010, 08:10 PM

yeah i notice facebook did the same to mine and was hella pissed...i just now used HTC Sync with outlook and it worked perfectly

**Zombiepug** · 04-28-2010, 08:28 PM

i mean if you jsut got your device do a factory reset and when you get to the facebook part make sure you tell it not to sync

**Strygun** · 04-28-2010, 10:23 PM

I have a related question:

My Inc comes tomorrow. I've already prepped my Google contacts to be synced properly. I do NOT want my phone to sync my FB contacts into my phone, as I have close to 1k friends and don't want all their numbers in my phone. However, I would like for my contacts to be "linked" to their FB accounts if at all possible. On my current BB Curve 8330, the FB app will "link" the contacts with their FB counterparts, but it doesn't change any numbers or add any new numbers.

Is this possible with the way Inc is set up?

**frunkiss** · 04-28-2010, 11:15 PM

So what is the best solution to avoid this?
Sync with Gmail contacts first, then disable sync, then sign on to Facebook?

**homsie** · 04-29-2010, 12:34 AM

If you don't want to see all of your facebook contacts, just go into "people" and in the "all" contacts slide (first one on bottom left of screen) and click on menu ->view and uncheck the facebook contacts.

The facebook contacts will still be visible if you slide the selector on the bottom to the third selection which is "online directories" and select "Facebook".

James

**6s1d9** · 04-29-2010, 12:41 AM

My Facebook did it to! It never gave me the option not to sync them!! Under people, its ok but when I press my "phone" icon then everyone in my FB who have numbers in their accounts show up. MAJOR inconvenience for me. and pressing menu on my contacts only brings up my keyboard..ugh!!!!! please help!

**homsie** · 04-29-2010, 01:14 AM

6s1d9, did you try what I suggested above?

**6s1d9** · 04-29-2010, 09:59 AM

I didn't James, but thanks. that sounds easier. I ended up going to setting/Accounts,Sync then unchecked facebook from there. I then had to logout of facebook, and log back into it. Your way seems easier.

**cadman** · 04-29-2010, 10:02 AM

I want contacts in my phone book that have FB accounts to be synced like my berry does.
Is there a way to do this or no?
I have more FB friends then I do real friends LOL and don't want all in there, just some.

**6s1d9** · 04-29-2010, 10:15 AM

My Incredible sync'd them all automatically, well, anyone FB "friend" that has their phone number in their FB account anyway. This was quite annoying because like you, I have like 300+ FB "friends" but maybe only want about 20 of them in my contact list. There were two lists, one was under "people" which is contacts and then the problem list once you press the actual PHONE button as if to make a call. Thats where ALL the random people sneaked into my phone. There is a Facebook Sync thread explaining a couple ways to rectify this.
http://forum.androidcentral.com/droi...tact-list.html

**howarmat** · 04-29-2010, 12:16 PM

Originally Posted by tony bag o donuts

I want contacts in my phone book that have FB accounts to be synced like my berry does.
Is there a way to do this or no?
I have more FB friends then I do real friends LOL and don't want all in there, just some.

click on a contact, up top right corner there is a link button. click on that and you should be able to sync with facebook similar to the way BB does. I actually like the way this phone does it better, it pulls alot more info into the contact

**bcat73** · 04-30-2010, 11:45 AM

Originally Posted by howarmat

click on a contact, up top right corner there is a link button. click on that and you should be able to sync with facebook similar to the way BB does. I actually like the way this phone does it better, it pulls alot more info into the contact

this doesn't work unless you sync your facebook contacts. When you sync your facebook contacts you can choose to view only google ones in your contacts. The problem is when you go to send an email frmo your yahoo account it has every single facebook email in there mixed with your contacts and there is no way to change it.

I do not want to sync my facebook contacts but want to be able to link my current contacts with their facebook accounts...possible?

**howarmat** · 04-30-2010, 02:34 PM

i dont think you can do it then...you have to sync the FB contacts to the phone first. Sorry

**bcat73** · 04-30-2010, 02:39 PM

yeah. it isnt an issue within onboard gmail cause you have to start typing the name. with yahoo you can browse through a list and that is where the issue lies. I guess it is time to just move to gmail and make it easier