Android Sync Facebook Contacts

Android Sync Facebook Contacts - Linking your contacts with Facebook can be handy, however it can likewise be quite frustrating. Typically, you'll discover that some didn't sync immediately, that you have actually now got replicate contacts due to the fact that the names do not rather match, or that your contacts book is overflowing with the information of Facebook buddies you didn't know you had.

Luckily, there is a method to manually link or unlink contacts with Facebook on Android, and here we reveal you how. (Likewise see: Ways to switch off notifications in Facebook Messenger.).

 

Android Sync Facebook Contacts

If in your contacts book you can't see any connected Facebook contacts, you'll first require to go to the phone app, tap contacts, then tap more. Now, click accounts, and if you've got the Facebook app installed on your mobile phone and are visited, you must see Facebook there as an option.

Tap it, and after that examine whether you've turned Sync Contacts on. If not, you'll wish to turn it on now. It'll take a moment to sync.

Now return to your contacts book and you'll discover lots of brand-new contacts, all of which have actually been imported from Facebook. Not all of them will have phone numbers however lots of will have e-mail addresses at least, and they ought to likewise have profile images.

You need to now tap Merge replicate contacts in the Phone app's Settings menu to clean your contacts book up a bit.

Still not working? If it's simply that you desire to erase some of the contacts that are showing up, you can go through your contacts book and tap and hang on a contact you do not desire to see. Then tap erase.

Ways to manually connect contacts with Facebook.

Irritatingly, however, manually merging and connecting your contacts with their Facebook profiles has actually been challenging because Android 4.0. It's not ideal, however the best solution we have actually found comes from a third-party app. There are a number of alternatives, but the best one we have actually discovered up until now that's free and works well is Sync.Me.

Sync.Me lets you match Facebook contacts with contacts already kept on your mobile phone. It's less choosy than the built-in Facebook sync tool, and lets you by hand pick which contacts match with which Facebook profile.

If you find that a contact is matched with the wrong profile you can simply tap on it within the Sync.Me app, tap Wrong Profile and browse Facebook to discover the one that matches.

Any contacts that Sync.Me isn't really sure about will show on the Solve Matches page. Simply tap the contact's name, and then tap the profile in the "Ideas" section that matches, or click Facebook to manually browse your contacts and find the best person. This usually uses to contacts in your phone book that you have actually saved with simply a given name.

When you have actually completed, tap Done and the app will sync all your contacts.
You may discover that some contacts still have not synced, particularly if you have actually listed that contact in your phonebook with a nickname, or maybe simply 'Mum,' or 'Papa,' for instance. Do repair that, fo into the Sync.Me app, tap on the pertinent contact, and then tap the plus icon below Facebook. You can now discover that individual's profile and by hand sync it.

The best ways to erase all Facebook contacts.

If you've currently synced from Facebook using the method described previously in this article, you may discover that hundreds of Facebook contacts that you actually do not desire on your phone will still be appearing.

Android Sync Facebook Contacts, To erase them all at when without eliminating the Sync.Me contacts and the contacts you have actually imported from other accounts, go to Contacts, tap Menu, then tap Accounts. There, tap on Facebook and after that tap Eliminate account.

If you ever alter your mind you can always return to this page, tap Add account and then choose Facebook.

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