diff --git a/lib/components/farcaster-data-handler.react.js b/lib/components/farcaster-data-handler.react.js
--- a/lib/components/farcaster-data-handler.react.js
+++ b/lib/components/farcaster-data-handler.react.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
   useSetLocalFID,
   useSetLocalCurrentUserSupportsDCs,
   useCurrentUserSupportsDCs,
+  useFarcasterDCsLoaded,
 } from '../utils/farcaster-utils.js';
 import { useDispatchActionPromise } from '../utils/redux-promise-utils.js';
 import { useSelector, useDispatch } from '../utils/redux-utils.js';
@@ -241,8 +242,9 @@
 
   const syncFarcasterConversations = useFarcasterConversationsSync();
   const currentUserSupportsDCs = useCurrentUserSupportsDCs();
+  const farcasterDCsLoaded = useFarcasterDCsLoaded();
   const [syncType, setSyncType] = React.useState<'none' | 'partial' | 'full'>(
-    'partial',
+    farcasterDCsLoaded ? 'partial' : 'full',
   );
   const tunnelbroker = useTunnelbroker();
 
diff --git a/lib/shared/farcaster/farcaster-hooks.js b/lib/shared/farcaster/farcaster-hooks.js
--- a/lib/shared/farcaster/farcaster-hooks.js
+++ b/lib/shared/farcaster/farcaster-hooks.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import {
   convertFarcasterMessageToCommMessages,
   createFarcasterRawThreadInfo,
+  useSetFarcasterDCsLoaded,
 } from '../../utils/farcaster-utils.js';
 import { useDispatch } from '../../utils/redux-utils.js';
 import { useSendDMOperationUtils } from '../dm-ops/dm-op-utils.js';
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@
   );
 
   const [inProgress, setInProgress] = React.useState(false);
+  const setFarcasterDCsLoaded = useSetFarcasterDCsLoaded();
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (!fullInbox || conversations.length === 0 || inProgress) {
       return;
@@ -203,6 +205,7 @@
 
       setConversations([]);
       setInProgress(false);
+      setFarcasterDCsLoaded(true);
     })();
   }, [
     conversations,
@@ -214,6 +217,7 @@
     messagesNumberLimit,
     sendFarcasterTextMessage,
     utils,
+    setFarcasterDCsLoaded,
   ]);
 
   return React.useCallback(
diff --git a/lib/types/synced-metadata-types.js b/lib/types/synced-metadata-types.js
--- a/lib/types/synced-metadata-types.js
+++ b/lib/types/synced-metadata-types.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 const syncedMetadataNames = Object.freeze({
   CURRENT_USER_FID: 'current_user_fid',
   CURRENT_USER_SUPPORTS_DCS: 'current_user_supports_dcs',
+  FARCASTER_DCS_LOADED: 'farcaster_dcs_loaded',
   STORE_VERSION: 'store_version',
   ENABLED_APPS: 'enabled_apps',
   GLOBAL_THEME_INFO: 'global_theme_info',
diff --git a/lib/utils/farcaster-utils.js b/lib/utils/farcaster-utils.js
--- a/lib/utils/farcaster-utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils/farcaster-utils.js
@@ -87,6 +87,17 @@
   return currentUserFIDDCs === 'true';
 }
 
+function useFarcasterDCsLoaded(): boolean {
+  const farcasterDCsLoaded = useSelector(
+    state =>
+      state.syncedMetadataStore.syncedMetadata[
+        syncedMetadataNames.FARCASTER_DCS_LOADED
+      ] ?? 'false',
+  );
+
+  return farcasterDCsLoaded === 'true';
+}
+
 function useSetLocalFID(): (fid: ?string) => void {
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
   const { invalidateCacheForUser } = useUserIdentityCache();
@@ -136,6 +147,22 @@
   );
 }
 
+function useSetFarcasterDCsLoaded(): (loaded: boolean) => void {
+  const dispatch = useDispatch();
+  return React.useCallback(
+    (loaded: boolean) => {
+      dispatch({
+        type: setSyncedMetadataEntryActionType,
+        payload: {
+          name: syncedMetadataNames.FARCASTER_DCS_LOADED,
+          data: String(loaded),
+        },
+      });
+    },
+    [dispatch],
+  );
+}
+
 function useLinkFID(): (fid: string) => Promise<void> {
   const identityClientContext = React.useContext(IdentityClientContext);
   invariant(identityClientContext, 'identityClientContext should be set');
@@ -160,7 +187,9 @@
 function useClearFarcasterThreads(): () => void {
   const threads = useSelector(state => state.threadStore.threadInfos);
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
+  const setFarcasterDCsLoaded = useSetFarcasterDCsLoaded();
   return React.useCallback(() => {
+    setFarcasterDCsLoaded(false);
     const farcasterThreadIDs = Object.values(threads)
       .filter(thread => thread.farcaster)
       .map(thread => thread.id);
@@ -178,7 +207,7 @@
         updateInfos: updates,
       },
     });
-  }, [dispatch, threads]);
+  }, [dispatch, setFarcasterDCsLoaded, threads]);
 }
 
 function useUnlinkFID(): () => void {
@@ -518,8 +547,10 @@
   NO_DCS_SUPPORT_METADATA,
   useCurrentUserFID,
   useCurrentUserSupportsDCs,
+  useFarcasterDCsLoaded,
   useSetLocalFID,
   useSetLocalCurrentUserSupportsDCs,
+  useSetFarcasterDCsLoaded,
   useLinkFID,
   useUnlinkFID,
   useLinkFarcasterDCs,