Samsung Facebook Contacts Sync

Samsung Facebook Contacts Sync - Linking your contacts with Facebook can be convenient, but it can likewise be rather frustrating. Often, you'll find that some didn't sync automatically, that you have actually now got duplicate contacts since the names don't rather match, or that your contacts book is overruning with the information of Facebook good friends you didn't understand you had.

The good news is, there is a way to manually connect or unlink contacts with Facebook on Android, and here we reveal you how. (Also see: Ways to switch off notifications in Facebook Messenger.).

 

Samsung Facebook Contacts Sync

If in your contacts book you cannot see any linked Facebook contacts, you'll initially have to go to the phone app, tap contacts, and then tap more. Now, click accounts, and if you've got the Facebook app installed on your mobile phone and are visited, you need to see Facebook there as an option.

Tap it, then check whether you have actually 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 great deals of new contacts, all which have actually been imported from Facebook. Not all them will have contact number however lots of will have e-mail addresses a minimum of, and they need to likewise have profile images.

You must 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 want to erase some of the contacts that are appearing, you can go through your contacts book and tap and hold on a contact you don't want to see. Then tap erase.

The best ways to manually link contacts with Facebook.

Aggravatingly, however, by hand combining and connecting your contacts with their Facebook profiles has actually been tough given that Android 4.0. It's not ideal, but the very best service we've discovered originates from a third-party app. There are a number of options, but the best one we have actually found so far that's complimentary and works well is Sync.Me.

Sync.Me lets you match Facebook contacts with contacts currently saved on your mobile phone. It's less fussy than the built-in Facebook sync tool, and lets you manually select 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 Incorrect Profile and browse Facebook to discover the one that matches.

Any contacts that Sync.Me isn't sure about will reveal on the Solve Matches page. Simply tap the contact's name, and after that tap the profile in the "Ideas" area that matches, or click Facebook to manually search your contacts and find the best person. This usually applies to contacts in your phonebook that you have actually kept with just a first name.

When you have actually completed, tap Done and the app will sync all your contacts.
You might find that some contacts still have not synced, particularly if you have actually listed that contact in your phone book with a label, or maybe just 'Mum,' or 'Papa,' for example. Do fix that, fo into the Sync.Me app, tap on the appropriate contact, and then tap the plus icon underneath Facebook. You can now discover that individual's profile and by hand sync it.

Ways to erase all Facebook contacts.

If you've currently synced from Facebook using the method described earlier in this article, you might find that numerous Facebook contacts that you in fact do not desire on your phone will still be appearing.

Samsung Facebook Contacts Sync, To erase them simultaneously without eliminating the Sync.Me contacts and the contacts you've imported from other accounts, go to Contacts, tap Menu, then tap Accounts. There, tap on Facebook and then tap Remove account.

If you ever alter your mind you can always go back to this page, tap Include account and after that choose Facebook.

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