WhatsApp contact's icon not showing I have WhatsApp installed on my HTC Sensation running Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread). I also have other social contact related apps such as Google Voice, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc. For my Google Contacts, it links each of these services up to the people in my address book.

When using WhatsApp, only a few of my contact's icons shows up for the screen with recent messages. When I view the contact in my address book, they have an icon (headshot) either from Google contacts, Facebook, or some other social service.

Why do only some of my WhatsApp contacts have icons showing? The other WhatsApp contacts default to an Android avatar. I've refreshed the WhatsApp contacts list and the problem still persists.
Maybe you are talking about the contact picture. The contact picture is only visible if the user has specified it. 

By default you can have contacts sync with all account but Profile pictures will not be sync'd in app. Each app may have different profile pictures.  

Try this: go to sdcard -&gt; whatsapp -&gt; profiles Pictures-&gt;

Here you should see what and how many pictures are there. Only those will be shown in WhatsApp contact list.