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Q: How to get contact picture?

I just installed iOS 6 onto my iPhone 4S. I downloaded "Find My Friends" and was wondering how to get their contact picture next to their name? All there is right now is their email address. Anyone know how I can change that so their picture shows up?

iPhone 4S, iOS 6

Posted on Sep 19, 2012 6:45 PM

by Mike R,Solvedanswer
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A:

Solved it! If you, like me, accidentally tapped "No" when Find Friends asked if it could access your contacts (this happens on first launch in iOS6) you will have this problem. Go to "Settings>General>Reset>Reset Location & Privacy". After resetting this, launch Find Friends again and it will ask to access your contacts. Tap to Allow and all should be fixed.  Note this will likely cause other apps to ask again for permission to access things like contacts and locations.

Posted on Sep 20, 2012 5:42 AM

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  • by Mike R,

    Mike R Mike R Sep 20, 2012 5:11 AM in response to jessiicaaaa
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    Sep 20, 2012 5:11 AM in response to jessiicaaaa

    I have the same problem. Also cannot add friends by name, have to enter an email address. How do we fix this?

  • by Mike R,Solvedanswer

    Mike R Mike R Sep 20, 2012 5:42 AM in response to jessiicaaaa
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    Sep 20, 2012 5:42 AM in response to jessiicaaaa

    Solved it! If you, like me, accidentally tapped "No" when Find Friends asked if it could access your contacts (this happens on first launch in iOS6) you will have this problem. Go to "Settings>General>Reset>Reset Location & Privacy". After resetting this, launch Find Friends again and it will ask to access your contacts. Tap to Allow and all should be fixed.  Note this will likely cause other apps to ask again for permission to access things like contacts and locations.

  • by jessiicaaaa,

    jessiicaaaa jessiicaaaa Sep 20, 2012 10:15 AM in response to Mike R
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    Sep 20, 2012 10:15 AM in response to Mike R

    Thanks so much, Mike! I followed your advice, and it helped greatly. Thanks again!

  • by Mike R,

    Mike R Mike R Sep 22, 2012 2:03 PM in response to jessiicaaaa
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    Sep 22, 2012 2:03 PM in response to jessiicaaaa

    I have since discovered the new Privacy settings in iOS6, which let you control these things based on what data is being accessed. So you could go to Settings > Privacy > Contacts and change the setting for "Find Friends" to "ON". That should also allow Find Friends to now access your contacts and dispaly names and photos.