No Contact Photos in Messaging App / GoSMS

[consultant]

I setup Facebook to sync contacts (of only existing contacts) and it pulled photos in more many of my contacts. However in GoSMS or stock messaging, it doesn't get any of the photos. I've seen a wide variety of proposed fixes. Looking for the 'cleanest' fix. I went into Settings > Accounts & Sync and saw I could add an additional Facebook account type called 'Facebook Sync' (which I think is so you can sync your Samsung Calendar and Photos without intalling the Facebook app) so now I have my Facebook account listed twice. I don't really want my Facebook Gallery photos synced and don't really use my Facebook calendar. So I'm guessing that second account type is unnecessary.


Here are the solutions I've come across. Would be good to leave a definitive solution thread here on Phandroid for others. I've yet to try any of these.

a) Use Friendcaster

b) Use Haxsync

c)

1. Delete Facebook from Accounts and Sync
2. Install Facebook Contact Sync
3. Sync Facebook Contact Sync
4. Wait until it completes (can take a long time)
5. Open Facebook, it will prompt you for what you want to sync. Select don't sync

d) Switch Contacts to display from the SIM card, and remove the SIM card entries one by one. The images in other sources should appear in both GoSMS Pro and the stock Messaging application. (detailed instructions anyone?)

-- edit --

(c) worked (first one I tried)

 

[murzz]

I setup Facebook to sync contacts (of only existing contacts) and it pulled photos in more many of my contacts. However in GoSMS or stock messaging, it doesn't get any of the photos. I've seen a wide variety of proposed fixes. Looking for the 'cleanest' fix. I went into Settings > Accounts & Sync and saw I could add an additional Facebook account type called 'Facebook Sync' (which I think is so you can sync your Samsung Calendar and Photos without intalling the Facebook app) so now I have my Facebook account listed twice. I don't really want my Facebook Gallery photos synced and don't really use my Facebook calendar. So I'm guessing that second account type is unnecessary.


Here are the solutions I've come across. Would be good to leave a definitive solution thread here on Phandroid for others. I've yet to try any of these.

a) Use Friendcaster

b) Use Haxsync

c)

1. Delete Facebook from Accounts and Sync
2. Install Facebook Contact Sync
3. Sync Facebook Contact Sync
4. Wait until it completes (can take a long time)
5. Open Facebook, it will prompt you for what you want to sync. Select don't sync

d) Switch Contacts to display from the SIM card, and remove the SIM card entries one by one. The images in other sources should appear in both GoSMS Pro and the stock Messaging application. (detailed instructions anyone?)

-- edit --

(c) worked (first one I tried)

This. Had the contact photo's problem since switching to the SGS3 and Haxsync sorts it