Android Facebook Contact Sync
Android Facebook Contact Sync
How to sync contacts with Facebook
If in your contacts publication you can not see any kind of connected Facebook get in touches with, you'll first should most likely to the phone app, tap get in touches with, then tap more. Currently, click accounts, and if you have actually got the Facebook app set up on your smart device as well as are logged in, you should see Facebook there as an alternative.
Touch it, and after that examine whether you have actually turned Sync Contacts on. Otherwise, you'll want to turn it on now. It'll take a minute to sync.
Now go back to your get in touches with book and also you'll locate great deals of brand-new get in touches with, all which have been imported from Facebook. Not all them will certainly have contact number but many will have email addresses at the very least, and also they need to also have account photos.
You should now tap Merge duplicate contacts in the Phone app's Settings menu to cleanse your calls publication up a little bit.
Still not working? If it's simply that you want to erase some of the get in touches with that are appearing, you can undergo your calls publication and tap as well as hold on a contact you don't wish to see. Then touch erase.
Ways to by hand link contacts with Facebook
Aggravatingly, though, by hand merging as well as linking your contacts with their Facebook profiles has been hard since Android 4.0. It's not perfect, yet the very best option we have actually located originates from a third-party app. There are numerous alternatives, however the very best one we have actually found thus far that's cost-free and also functions well is Sync.Me.
Sync.Me allows you match Facebook contacts with calls currently kept on your smart device. It's less fussy compared to the built-in Facebook sync tool, and allows you by hand pick which calls match with which Facebook profile.
If you find that a contact is matched with the wrong profile you could simply tap on it within the Sync.Me app, tap Incorrect Account and also browse Facebook to find the one that matches.
Any type of calls that Sync.Me isn't sure about will reveal on the Solve Matches page. Simply touch the contact's name, then touch the account in the "Suggestions" area that matches, or click Facebook to by hand search your contacts and locate the best individual. This usually puts on calls in your phone book that you have actually kept with just a first name.
When you've completed, tap Done as well as the app will certainly sync all of your calls.
You might discover that some contacts still haven't synced, particularly if you have actually detailed that get in touch with in your phone book with a label, or possibly simply 'Mum,' or 'Daddy,' for example. Do solution that, fo right into the Sync.Me application, faucet on the pertinent contact, then tap the plus icon underneath Facebook. You can now locate that person's account and also manually sync it.
How you can erase all Facebook calls
If you've currently synced from Facebook making use of the approach described previously in this write-up, you may discover that hundreds of Facebook get in touches with that you in fact don't want on your phone will still be showing up.
To remove them simultaneously without removing the Sync.Me contacts as well as the calls you have actually imported from other accounts, go to Contacts, tap Menu, after that touch Accounts. There, tap on Facebook and then tap Remove account.
If you ever change your mind you can constantly return to this page, faucet Add account then pick Facebook.