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Contacts won't sync to FB >.<

Facebook have removed the sync feature altogether something to do with privacy. I haven't found a good app for doing the job yet either..
 
l3rodie said:
I've been at this for a couple days now, and I've reached my limit. I need help before I toss this phone into oncoming traffic.
This is especially aggravating because I am a CAD/CAM Specialist and I should be able to figure this out.

All I want to do, is to be able to link my Facebook contacts with my phone contacts. I've owned every Galaxy phone ever made and never had any issues with this before. I've tried, Accounts>Facebook>Sync Contacts
(that only updates the last synced 'date and time' but it happens instantly. No loading wheel/bar or anything that would signify a short time delay of any information actually being exchanged,... just an instantaneous "ok, yur synced.")

I'll then go to, Contacts>pick a contact>Edit>Link Another Contact (little chain link icon), and then my contacts list pops up, but none of them are Facebook contacts, just Phone, Google, etc.

I just got this Note 5 a week ago. I noticed that Facebook is a pre-installed app (this is new :-/) that I can not completely uninstall and reinstall. Just disable and uninstall updates, which I've done already a few times to see if an initial setup option would allow my contacts list to pick up Facebook. No option to do so ever came up.

Tried, Contacts>Import Contacts, but no Facebook option.
Tried, Contacts>Contacts To Display>Facebook, still nothing.
Tried, Contacts>Contacts To Display>Custom, selected Phone, Google, Facebook,... still nothing.

At this point I wouldn't even mind having to go through and individually link each contact to their Facebook profile. I just want the option to be there when I go to Link Another Contact from the Contacts app on my Note 5.

PLEASE HELP! The life expectancy of this phone depends on it. Maybe it's something stupid that I forgot, or maybe it's a bug, either way I need answers!!!!!
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You have to Uninstall the current facebook you have installed and install this one.

http://dw.uptodown.com/dwn/7IE5eQoi...EEahJauHR-gPnttuyFljKRczM4uqvfCXyCaSUTpENq4C/

It should auto open and accept it then install but make sure you don't have auto update on or it won't work. Then once installed login and update contact.
That is what I did.
 
Note4
I was stuck on this for a very long time. The only way is to downgrade your facebook app to a lower verison. I am currently running facebook app version 27. Facebook stop syncing contacts in the newer version. STUPID of them. You can delete it and redownload it here . http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/facebo...e/facebook-27-0-0-25-15-android-apk-download/

Not sure for the NOTE5 since facebook is preinstalled - if you can delete it then it should work. Good luck.
 
So here is my hint, I did not solve the problem yet but have a clue what is going on.
Look at the attached gif! when I first start up facebook on the new marshmallow on my note 4 and log in I notice an approval request on my status bar, when clicking on it it doesn't however give me the option to approve.

This used to work with android 5
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