Help Facebook Contact lists

[SuperDaveP270]

Facebook Contact lists
When first setting up this list, it prompted me as to which contacts I wanted to sync. Now though, there are others I would like to add to that sync, but cannot figure out how to get that to work.

How do you add contacts to this list to sync with their FB accounts like the others do?

 

[SuperDaveP270]

OK, someone finally told me how. It was (embarrassingly) simple.

Just in case anyone else was wondering I will give the answer here.

Open the FB App
View your Friend's profile
Click the Menu button, and then touch Add to Contacts

If they are already in there, it links them up and everything. So far only one did not and then I just joined them.

 

[alfick3]

I have a question along the lines of SuperDave's; when I set up my wife's phone, I went ahead and had it sync all her facebook contacts. Now, she wants to go back in and modify a contact (such as add a phone number since her contact doesn't have the # in the profile) but it won't let her if it was sync'd with Facebook. She doesn't want to add in the same name with other info; she just wants to modify what is already there.

 

[Darnell0216]

I have a question along the lines of SuperDave's; when I set up my wife's phone, I went ahead and had it sync all her facebook contacts. Now, she wants to go back in and modify a contact (such as add a phone number since her contact doesn't have the # in the profile) but it won't let her if it was sync'd with Facebook. She doesn't want to add in the same name with other info; she just wants to modify what is already there.

You can't edit FB contacts, hence why it's best to create manual contacts and allow automatic linking or force a manual link if needed.

She's going to have to create a new contact. People who haven't done anything funky with their FB profile names will link automatically to an account that has the same first and last name. Ex: FB Profile "Jane Doe" will automatically link to a contact with first name "Jane" and last name "Doe".

She can then put in the personal info she wants to add to the contact and force a manual sync or wait for the next auto update. The contacts should join automatically. If not, it's as simple as choosing "Edit Contact" on the created one and then "Join". The FB profile should appear in a list for her to select.

 

[alfick3]

Darnell0216, thanks for that info. I went in and deleted her facebook sync from her phone and then added it back in, this time selecting only to sync with current contacts.

 

[Darnell0216]

Not a problem. My wife did the same thing with hers and I had to help her out. Now she just manually adds contacts and lets them auto-merge or joins them manually (usually those with nicknames).