Hi, I am on a Jellybean leak custom ROM and I found that I could set full screen call contact picture, precisely half screen picture. It took me quite some time to change the pictures from a small square pic to the half screen one... I backup my ROM through recovery.
Unfortunately, after I flashed a new ROM and restored from recovery, I found that the half screen pictures were lost! Only small pics left.
Does anyone know how can I backup the big pictures so that I would not lose them after setting again? It would be helpful if I could know which folder are they stored. And is it possible to have them survive after flashing another ROM?
Thanks in advance.
Anyone is gonna help on this? Thanks.
tczhang said:
Anyone is gonna help on this? Thanks.
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Why not go back to the backup before you did all the editing.
Kangburra said:
Why not go back to the backup before you did all the editing.
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Actually I did backup and restore it but most of the pictures were gone. Only some (not all) in my "Favorites" remained. It's weird... That's why I would like to know the answer.
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tczhang said:
Actually I did backup and restore it but most of the pictures were gone. Only some (not all) in my "Favorites" remained. It's weird... That's why I would like to know the answer.
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Are these Google contacts? If so you probably synced them to Google.
JB now supports hd contact images, all you have to do is change the contact images to hd one and sync it with your Google account, and the second step make sure you synced properly
Once you finish this process all you contact images will be in hd on all the jb roms you flash.
Sometimes you need to force sync more than one time to get back hd contacts images back...
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bala_gamer said:
JB now supports hd contact images, all you have to do is change the contact images to hd one and sync it with your Google account, and the second step make sure you synced properly
Once you finish this process all you contact images will be in hd on all the jb roms you flash.
Sometimes you need to force sync more than one time to get back hd contacts images back...
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Really? I didn't know. I will try it out again. Opening background sync all the time though... Thanks for your answer.
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Are these Google contacts? If so you probably synced them to Google.
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Yes I am using Google contacts with background syncing.
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I have an xt910 running on the latest EU version and I am facing a problem. I have some of my contacts linked with their Facebook so their photo shows when they call me. The first time I linked them everything was ok and their pics was shown correctly. But when someone updated their pic it showed it as blanc. Now none of my contacts has a pic displayed regardless if it is a simple Facebook contact or a linked one. I have the latest Facebook app from the market. I think it has something to do with the folder which the Android stores those pics and I want to delete it to see if it will force the update. Does anyone knows where they are stored or has any suggestions about the matter;
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It was easy to force update of Facebook contacts on wp7.. Not so easy on Android..
I'm interested in a way to force it besides using an app which is free on goggler play, which messed up my contacts by attaching the wrong image to the wrong person..
Sorry, this is my first Android phone.. Previously on wp7, blackberry and Nokia 5800..
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arisgoku said:
I have an xt910 running on the latest EU version and I am facing a problem. I have some of my contacts linked with their Facebook so their photo shows when they call me. The first time I linked them everything was ok and their pics was shown correctly. But when someone updated their pic it showed it as blanc. Now none of my contacts has a pic displayed regardless if it is a simple Facebook contact or a linked one. I have the latest Facebook app from the market. I think it has something to do with the folder which the Android stores those pics and I want to delete it to see if it will force the update. Does anyone knows where they are stored or has any suggestions about the matter;
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Go into config/aplications/manage apps/... and clear the contacts app cache, this may solve the black pics.
Thanks
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pedrotorresfilho said:
Go into config/aplications/manage apps/... and clear the contacts app cache, this may solve the black pics.
Thanks
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did not worked, any new ideas? has anyone found out where in which folder those pics are stored?
arisgoku said:
did not worked, any new ideas? has anyone found out where in which folder those pics are stored?
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I just cleared data for anything with "contacts" in the name, and your contacts will resync.
I have Facebook and friend caster pro installed. Friend caster syncs HQ pics when setup correctly and has kept them up to date for me.
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I have Facebook and friend caster pro installed. Friend caster syncs HQ pics when setup correctly and has kept them up to date for me.
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I use contapps, it's an amazing free app
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arisgoku said:
I have an xt910 running on the latest EU version and I am facing a problem. I have some of my contacts linked with their Facebook so their photo shows when they call me. The first time I linked them everything was ok and their pics was shown correctly. But when someone updated their pic it showed it as blanc. Now none of my contacts has a pic displayed regardless if it is a simple Facebook contact or a linked one. I have the latest Facebook app from the market. I think it has something to do with the folder which the Android stores those pics and I want to delete it to see if it will force the update. Does anyone knows where they are stored or has any suggestions about the matter;
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I use contact-sync from the market. It's really awesome
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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
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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 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/
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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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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.
Hello to all,
My question is simple. When I export my contacts with built in export procedure of gs3 or with MC backup all is okay.
When I restore this vfc file the images of contact are small and the resolution is really low!
How can I make a good backup with images at full resolution?
Thanks!
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mattiadj said:
Hello to all,
My question is simple. When I export my contacts with built in export procedure of gs3 or with MC backup all is okay.
When I restore this vfc file the images of contact are small and the resolution is really low!
How can I make a good backup with images at full resolution?
Thanks!
From universe with my gs3
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Synchronizing with Gmail works fine. Full resolution images are supported in JB. The images used to be downsized in ICS.
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Oomahey said:
Synchronizing with Gmail works fine. Full resolution images are supported in JB. The images used to be downsized in ICS.
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I'm using jb of course but I don't want sync it with Gmail. I want take all my contacts only on phone. It's possible?
Or using Gmail I'll not need anymore to backup and restore when I change rom?
Thanks
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mattiadj said:
I'm using jb of course but I don't want sync it with Gmail. I want take all my contacts only on phone. It's possible?
Or using Gmail I'll not need anymore to backup and restore when I change rom?
Thanks
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No clue about backing up on the phone. But once you sync, you can always restore from Gmail. When you flash a new ROM it first syncs all your contacts and you'll have the full resolution contact pictures, provided you've set good resolution contact pics in the first place when synchronizing. That's what I've been doing for a long time now.
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No clue about backing up on the phone. But once you sync, you can always restore from Gmail. When you flash a new ROM it first syncs all your contacts and you'll have the full resolution contact pictures, provided you've set good resolution contact pics in the first place when synchronizing. That's what I've been doing for a long time now.
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So your suggestion is to not have contact on phone but have them sync with Gmail and stop?
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mattiadj said:
So your suggestion is to not have contact on phone but have theme sync with Gmail and stop?
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Precisely. Very safe that way, even if the SD card goes tits up and/or internal memory gets buggered.
Once synced, the contacts are always available to you. Even if you lose your phone too (I hope that never happens, though)!!
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Oomahey said:
Precisely. Very safe that way, even if the SD card goes tits up and/or internal memory gets buggered.
Once synced, the contacts are always available to you. Even if you lose your phone too (I hope that never happens, though)!!
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Ok mate so not need to restore but is always restored when I sync my Gmail account in Android right?
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mattiadj said:
Ok mate so not need to restore but is always restored when I sync my Gmail account in Android right?
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When you first setup your Gmail account after flashing the ROM, they are synced. Just give it some time to fully download.
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When you first setup your Gmail account after flashing the ROM, they are synced. Just give it some time to fully download.
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I'm doing that... I'll report my experience
Thank you for your support
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mattiadj said:
I'm doing that... I'll report my experience
Thank you for your support
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Good luck! :thumbup:
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I was wondering why the pictures of my contacts look like dots. It's like the image is broken up into dots, anyone else experience this?
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That's just how they are if you don't have the contact linked to a social networking profile or choose your own picture from the gallery.
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I have the contact linked to facebook
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theroo said:
I was wondering why the pictures of my contacts look like dots. It's like the image is broken up into dots, anyone else experience this?
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like this (see attached)?
No idea why it shows up like that for some of my contacts. I use haxsync.
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Exactly like that
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Exactly like that
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That is when the sync picture resolution is not big enough to prevent the picture blurr. That is why I think they use dots to display it.
hey bro i had the same problem... if u transferred the contact from a different phone by HTC transfer tool, this what u will get............
best solution is change your contact to gmail account (no more on phone) and change the contact pictures that u want with pictures from gallery for one time (i know its sucks).... also if u have some of ur contact linked to facebook, that should update ur friend pictures without dots
Actually, there are issues with gmail as well. Check out this long thread over at Adroidcentral about the issue:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/htc-one/270273-contact-picture-issue.html
I setup all my contacts on gmail.com and uploaded hi res images (some 3000x3000!) and they still show up dots. I'm just living with it right now until I get the urge to move all my contact photos locally to the phone.
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Actually, there are issues with gmail as well. Check out this long thread over at Adroidcentral about the issue:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/htc-one/270273-contact-picture-issue.html
I setup all my contacts on gmail.com and uploaded hi res images (some 3000x3000!) and they still show up dots. I'm just living with it right now until I get the urge to move all my contact photos locally to the phone.
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here's what I did
open the contact touch the picture it gets larger with a setting in the bottom right corner. Choose that and then from the choices choose phone and the picture cleared right up. Did not work with every picture so I deleted those and got new one's from gallery / facebook or where ever.