Help, sync problems!

[anon(373821)]

Hello all,

I've done my research before asking this question and I haven't been able to find anything relevant to my problem. Since the lastest version of Android's 2.3.3 I noticed Facebook no longer syncing pictures, new friends, lastest updates, and what not in the contacts. If I understood correctly, it has something to do with Facebook concerned about privacy? I was never a big fan of the Facebook sync, since I barely use Facebook. Not to mention half of my friends didn't keep their number on their profile information and the majority I don't talk to on a regular basis. So since it was there and it kept updating I never bothered to mess with it. Since the update and the no sync between Facebook and Android/Motorola I decided it's not worth keeping the contacts through Facebook since their not syncing or updating.

First off, I found that Facebook is not listed under accounts for some odd reason. I tried to add a Facebook account so I could readjust the settings. It told me that more then one account was not allowed, but as mentioned no Facebook account was shown. So I checked the market app installed on my phone, no options there and I don't use the stock Facebook widget. I went to Google listed under accounts, unchecked the Sync Contacts spot. So I thought I'd give it a try, deleted all but the contacts I needed. Woke up the next morning and some, but not all came back.

The last resort is to factory reset, which would reset some things that can't be synced. I'm asking for help to see if there's something I'm somehow missing. Hopefully some of you more experienced Android users can point me in the right direction. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I'm running the latest version of stock Android.

Thanks, Joel

 

[gordol]

What are you using to access Facebook? The built-in access? The official Facebook app? Friendcaster? Some other app?

 

[anon(373821)]

It was the official Facebook app and when I first got the phone I put my Facebook account under Accounts where it did not show up as mentioned after last update. I also cleared the data, didn't work either. So I decided that the last option was to do a factory reset. Now my question is, how do I make sure that Facebook doesn't sync anything in my contacts. I rarely get on, though I like the app, because it's more user friendly then any browser is. What's your suggestion?

 

[gordol]

If you're using an app, delete the FB account from the Droid's Accounts settings.

 

[dewmanshu]

If you're using an app, delete the FB account from the Droid's Accounts settings.

We have the same issue.

the facebook account doesn't show in the account list anymore. If you click "add account" the next screen shows two facebook icons, one that has a green check mark on it and the second which is your app. It won't let you click either. If you delete the facebook app, the one without the check mark will disappear from the account list, but the contacts are still linked. It's hard to believe there is no way to change the contact sync. I saw the news on what they (android) are up to. But the news story reads that we don't have sync at all, not like this symptom, where we are being forced to sync. Ours (2 DX's) don't add people who don't have cell #'s. At the top of the contact list it says "Displaying 159 contacts with phone numbers". But we aren't interested in seeing approximately ~120 of them.