Hi,
Is anybody know how to get hi-resolution picture loaded into google contacts? Everytime I upload a hi-res picture "google" schrimp it so it look like crap if I use as contact photo??
This has asked again and again and Google doesn't seem to have this as a high priority. If you upload the hi res picture directly into the web version of Google Contacts it will convert it to low res. However, if you update the picture directly on your phone it will stay as a high res picture. Unfortunately if you wipe flash your phone you will need to change all your pictures back to hi res since when you resync your contacts it will bring down the low res images again.
Hi,
Yes I know.....I just thought that there maybe was a thirdpart app out that could do the job.............I got nearly 250 contacts.............it is a pain to edit all and update photo, just to do it again afrher flashing!!!!!
Preaching to the choir. I have updated my photos more times than i can count. Thankfully I am on CM9 now and planning to stick with it for a while which should minimize the amount of times I need to do this. I am amazed that one of the selling points of ICS at their launch event was the hi res contact photos but they are not updating Gmail to accept the sync. I suppose they had planned on a greater adoption of Google + but still i should be able to choose the photos I want and keep the synced with the cloud.
As if by magic (well as close as I could find) : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1621031
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Someone on the CM9 thread just brought this up. Haxsync from the market works as an alternative, I've been using it since native syncing was removed.
FYI.
http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/22/google-android-facebook-contacts/
Isadora said:
As if by magic (well as close as I could find) : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1621031
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Nice find, I'll have to give this a try.
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kchino said:
Someone on the CM9 thread just brought this up. Haxsync from the market works as an alternative, I've been using it since native syncing was removed.
FYI.
http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/22/google-android-facebook-contacts/
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Haxsync is good if you want Facebook photos. I prefer to choose the photos I choose for my photos.
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As if by magic (well as close as I could find) : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1621031
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Thank you so much, tried the program out and works like a charm.
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so, since we all know the asshats at Google won't get off their lazy asses and actually fix a problem that's been an issue since the inception of android (yes, thats the 96x96 pixel Gmail contact photos that look like complete garbage on our high def screens), i've tried taking the matter into my own hands while trying to be able to keep syncing contacts.
so, has anyone found a server or email that will sync contact pictures back at the NORMAL resolution you upload them to?
my grad school email address uses outlook web, so i can use microsoft exchange to sync my stuff back and forth..problem is, that syncs contact photos really low as well when my phone syncs back..and i can't add photos from teh Outlook web app.
what other email providers sync stuff, and possibly sync contact pics at a NORMAL resolution?
I also wanna know...
As I remember, the contact pics are fine on GB stock rooted rom.
I've flashed to ICS now, and pics are garbage.
rhplusa10 said:
I also wanna know...
As I remember, the contact pics are fine on GB stock rooted rom.
I've flashed to ICS now, and pics are garbage.
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Nah, they're still garbage on GB stock.
[edit] I love the use of asshat, btw.
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LunaticSerenade said:
Nah, they're still garbage on GB stock.
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Yeah they look much better on CM9 and AOKP. There actually full screen contact photos
Use haxsync if you are on ics. Your pics will look perfect if you are syncing from face book. If you are on gbread use friend caster pro and it will pull HQ photos to fill that little box with a clean pic.
That resolution issue bugs the heck out of me too and it's astounding that google hasn't fixed this for years (bugged me on my old DINC too and that wasn't a HD phone).
I downloaded Full Screen Caller ID and you can replace any contact pic with one of your choice at a high resolution. I've found the program a tiny bit buggy on the Rezound (may have to do with my Call Confirm app which prevents accidental calls), but it does look good on full screen vs the tiny box on stock...
You guys can try out "BIG! caller ID" in the app store. Of course, the Pro version is better, but It's worth a look.
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UltimateCallScreen HD is pretty good too
yeah I was looking into those apps... they replace the standard phone app right?
I'd use haxsync, but I don't have Facebook so I have nothing to sync to lol
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You guys can try out "BIG! caller ID" in the app store. Of course, the Pro version is better, but It's worth a look.
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Really liked "BIG! Caller ID", seems like a great app! Contact photos are really high def! Thanks for the tip!
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Pryltokig said:
Really liked "BIG! Caller ID", seems like a great app! Contact photos are really high def! Thanks for the tip!
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Big Caller ID is probably the buggiest of the 3 apps out there like this. Worked fine the first few times, then just stopped working at all, even after uninstalling and reinstalling.
Ultimate Call Screen seems to work the best for the Rezound.
Anyone have HaxSync working? I loved this app on my Epic 4G, it would download high-res contact photos from Facebook and use them instead of the low-res ones from Google.
Every time I try to set it up I get the annoying "Unfortunately HaxSync has stopped"
I got it to work no problem, but it has the same crappy quality pictures that come with the FB app contact sync.
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I got it to work no problem, but it has the same crappy quality pictures that come with the FB app contact sync.
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Yeah, I don't get it. On AOSP with Haxsync the pictures were beautiful. On Sense 4 it's just garbage, even when manually choosing the "Haxsync" picture in the inividual contact settings.
yup same problem here. strange how it worked on ics leaks and kangs but on an official shipped ics, it doesn't
I too am interested in this...
On ViperRom right now, it is not giving me higher quality images.
ALTHOUGH... I seem to remember before I rooted that it DID give better pics?
Ok I was able to get it to install. Had to uninstall, reboot (probably to clear the cache), then re-install.
It's not syncing my contacts though (0 contacts shown in Sense People) but it looks like that's a problem with everyone right now according to the HaxSync Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/HaxSync
Ok just checked their Facebook Page seems to be up and running. It's also downloading high res photos on my stock rom
Working for me
EVO LTE DRH
fastmikey1969 said:
Ok just checked their Facebook Page seems to be up and running. It's also downloading high res photos on my stock rom
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On a sense Rom??
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On a sense Rom??
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Yes. You have to switch the photos though manually to use the haxsync photo instead of the Google photo.
This works for me too. Super annoying to have to manually switch pictures on every contact. Has Anyone figured out how to set haxsync pics to default?
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This works for me too. Super annoying to have to manually switch pictures on every contact. Has Anyone figured out how to set haxsync pics to default?
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I just followed the directions in the play store and I've got it fully functional on my NuVo
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Finally gave up and switched to cm10! All my full size hi-res pics are back! No need to manually change anything! I did however have to clear all my Google account pics before hand
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Hi,
is there a way to get better pictures for the contacts ?
thanks,
syd...
By using high quality pictures to begin with.........
You dont,t say
But i already assigend hi def to my contacts but after i changed to another rom
the pictures are now crapy again. Also wenn i look the contacts up in google contacts the pictures are very very low def
Reading some reviews of jelly bean, it said it is spose to fix this. By the sounds of it regardless of what image you use for your contact it said currently google converts it to like a 90x90 image (about that anyway). Jb will supposedly use a 720x720 image, so much better.
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if i take a fresh picture and add it to my contacts they look fine. but if i sync them with the facebook-contact sync app theyre ****ty as hell...
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if i take a fresh picture and add it to my contacts they look fine. but if i sync them with the facebook-contact sync app theyre ****ty as hell...
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Download an app called contact sync that allows you to download 512x512 versions of your fb contact images.
Friendcaster has an option to sync the facebook pictures in high res.
anybody know of a non Facebook option? I sync between Outlook and Google contacts and I get the same problem.
use this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mots.haxsync&hl=en
high resolution picture and also able to sync fb status update into contact..
Is this what you are looking for?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25348758
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Try using quick pic from the market
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As the pictures of facebook are low res, I downloaded an app to insert high def pictures from my computer (HD contact photos)
Now I found a method to download the high res picture from facebook, but cannot find a way to set the contact picture back to facebook picture...
I had an HTC wich had a little arrow next to the contact pictures wich was used to switch between a preloaded one, or the most current facebook one.
Does this phone have this to?
thx
Use haxsync it works great.
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Use haxsync it works great.
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thats the program I use, but (for the future) if I want a picture for a contact of my choice and then after a while want to revert it back to the facebook picture, how do I do that?
thx
Ok we have all heard this before, but this seems to be G2 specific?
Previously this issue had been fixed google side circa 2012 and hi res images were sharp on stock Android with Nexus 4. Now however they're back to blur on G2. Anyone get the same?
Same here low res
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Yup. And I wish you hadn't pointed it out.
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Just use haxsync on playstore. Changes your pictures to hi res.
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Is there a way to do this without a Facebook account?
For example, my gmail contact photos on the desktop are higher resolution but those same contacts have different pictures *and* lower res on Android. I sync all my contacts, so I'd expect their photos to be synced as well.
Aw, man, this is a bummer. Wonder what the issue is, as this was resolved by Google some time ago...
Back when it was still an issue, I used "contact photo sync" from the play store. It stores your contact photos as a separate picasa/Google+ album, and syncs pictures there. You have to start with hi-res pics on your phone, though. At any rate, it worked well for me and doesn't use Facebook.
Still bummed if this is an issue (my sprint g2 arrives Tuesday)
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If you readd the photos it should be fine. I did this and then when I reflashed and synced there wasnt a issue.
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Just use haxsync on playstore. Changes your pictures to hi res.
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This app worked great. You just need to get the settings correct so it updates all your stuff correctly. Thanks.
-Frank
frankt2012 said:
This app worked great. You just need to get the settings correct so it updates all your stuff correctly. Thanks.
-Frank
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No problem I hate having lo res pictures. Had them on One X but not on the One. Used haxsync on One X and now G2...
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x714x said:
If you readd the photos it should be fine. I did this and then when I reflashed and synced there wasnt a issue.
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What do you mean by re-add the photos? Do you mean put the photos onto phone, then setting it for each contact?
Found a solution for Google+ contacts:
Download contacts+, go to the contact whose pic is ugly, tap the pic, choose sync from Google+.
This will fix the image, then you can uninstall contacts+ when ur done.
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I decided just to let LG know about this issue in a chat. I loved this part of the exchange:
REP: Unfortunately this will be the resolution that the phone will display after you sync with the account. Since the pictures are not coming directly from the phone but from the server, it will be displayed that way.
me: hmmm, i came from a Galaxy SII, running android 4.1, and it did not have this issue
me: the G2 is on a newer version of android
REP: That's right. This will be the actual phones feature.
me: so this is a "feature" of the G2? to have low res pictures on sync?
Low Res Contact Pics FIX
1) Star All Contacts or only Contacts with Pics
2) Settings > Sync > Sync Now (this is the step that helped me ensure all contacts will sync with high-res photos).
3) Clear Cache/Data in Contacts App & Contacts Storage
4) Go back to Settings > Sync
5) Sync all your contacts back in and you got your high quality pictures
EDIT EDIT:
Make sure you clear cache/data in both Contacts App and Contacts Data. When I only cleared Contacts App, half the photos were still low-res.
When I cleared both apps and then synced, all photos were high quality.
Special thanks to @AndroidStop & @yyz123 for figuring this out & posting steps