I actually like that facebook and my contacts are synced however the pictures are the same from the day I got my phone and I want to know if they should be updating when people are changing their profile pictures.
I had a similar problem with outlook sync and discovered that I inadvertently set sync with google and it was taking control.
Even though I synchronized with outlook and it updated the picture, moments later it resync'd with google and google overwrote the new update with the old pic.
Check your google account if you have one and make sure the contacts are current. You may have to purge and reload.
I just deleted all my google acct contacts and then turned off the sync with google option... Problem resolved.
I have the same problem with mine and cannot get it to work. I noticed there is not a sync option on the Facebook app and wondered what was meant by purge and reload. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!
From your homescreen hit menu> settings> accounts & sync. When you go to your Facebook application, select setting then select sync contacts.