Last night once we got the JB update, I took the liberty of going to each one of my of my contacts facebook, saving a high res picture of them and then adding it to their contact profile in my phone from the SD card. I'm that guy that has to have good looking pictures for everyone when they call.
With ICS we got a bump in contact icon size. However when you switch roms and your contacts get sync'd to the new rom, their icons are blurry and low res like hell. This was supposedly fixed in Jellybean. So as I stated above I took the time (almost 3 hours actually) to update some 200 contacts.
I just want to let you guys know, don't waste your time, it's not fixed rofl. Googles contact sync feature still completely decimates high res pictures into 3x3 pixelated bogus.
That is all. -___-
All of mine are high res....just dont be in a hurry to sync everything or they will look like crap...Ive tested this with several installs...set up your google contacts when you first boot, nothing else...give the rom time to settle, especially let the sync icon stop..do your google play, whatever while you wait....then setup facebook with "existing contacts"...give it a bit to run and you should have high res contatcs..
jauger said:
All of mine are high res....just dont be in a hurry to sync everything or they will look like crap...Ive tested this with several installs...set up your google contacts when you first boot, nothing else...give the rom time to settle, especially let the sync icon stop..do your google play, whatever while you wait....then setup facebook with "existing contacts"...give it a bit to run and you should have high res contatcs..
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I did exactly that when I discovered they didn't sync in high resolution. I did a factory format and started over and they still synced in low res quality.
Thats odd, cause Im sitting here looking at mine and there is a huge difference from ICS....Last night when I only set up Google then played around for awhile I noticed how great they looked...today when I reinstalled and rushed through the setup they looked horrible...reinstalled again and took my time and they look great again....
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Thats odd, cause Im sitting here looking at mine and there is a huge difference from ICS....Last night when I only set up Google then played around for awhile I noticed how great they looked...today when I reinstalled and rushed through the setup they looked horrible...reinstalled again and took my time and they look great again....
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I'm trying again. Just formatted factory. Signing all my stuff in now..
Only Google....leave everything else alone for a bit...
This pic looked horrible on ICS....(sorry about the dog as a example )
If you want proper hi-res contact photos, use a real JB ROM like CyanogenMod or an AOSP ROM. Contact photos will always be hi-res once you update the photo to a hi-res one.
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Only Google....leave everything else alone for a bit...
This pic looked horrible on ICS....(sorry about the dog as a example )
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How they look after being synced
How they look after re-adding the photo after sycing is 100% finished
See what I'm saying? It's doing butchering the contact icons. I'm not sure how you're getting them to sync properly but I've added the pics from the contact app and also at google.com/contacts @[email protected]
Wow, not getting that on mine...sorry dude.....are you stuck on 3g only maybe?? I dunno...Ive got 4g and thats the only other thing I can think of, amount of data downloading...
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Wow, not getting that on mine...sorry dude.....are you stuck on 3g only maybe?? I dunno...Ive got 4g and thats the only other thing I can think of, amount of data downloading...
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My phone is always on wifi when im at home. :/
kusanagi-sama said:
If you want proper hi-res contact photos, use a real JB ROM like CyanogenMod or an AOSP ROM. Contact photos will always be hi-res once you update the photo to a hi-res one.
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I uploaded them through both my phone and google.com/contacts, which is where they're pulled from for syncing. You'd think high res icons at the source = high res icons at the destination but I'm not seeing it lol.
New contact photos look sexy. thanks htc!
gameaddict8 said:
New contact photos look sexy. thanks htc!
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you guys should really get hax-sync
its an app that lets you use proper photos from FB and syncs them to the contacts, although google has talked about this before and there is a fix in the works but dont expect it until key lime pie
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mots.haxsync&hl=en
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you guys should really get hax-sync
its an app that lets you use proper photos from FB and syncs them to the contacts, although google has talked about this before and there is a fix in the works but dont expect it until key lime pie
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mots.haxsync&hl=en
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While Facebook sync is a great option for people who aren't picky about their contact icons, a lot of my friends have pictures of them kissing their girlfriends, or blowing out clouds of smoke or have profile pictures that aren't even them. I'm just confused to why google has said this is fixed, when it is not. I've done a factory wipe multiple times now and cannot get the high resolution pictures to stay high res once synced. Only way to do it is to manually set the picture phone side, and not google side.
If I back up my contacts through Titanium Back up with the high resolution icons, that theoretically would preserve everything, correct?
fifasarajevo said:
you guys should really get hax-sync
its an app that lets you use proper photos from FB and syncs them to the contacts, although google has talked about this before and there is a fix in the works but dont expect it until key lime pie
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mots.haxsync&hl=en
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If you're having issues just use Haxsync like mentioned above..I always used Haxsync but since upgrading to JB all of my photos are Hig Resolution already even after syncing(its even pulling high rez photos from my facebook contacts) So i've yet to re install Haxsync.
BrianBaker said:
If you're having issues just use Haxsync like mentioned above..I always used Haxsync but since upgrading to JB all of my photos are Hig Resolution already even after syncing(its even pulling high rez photos from my facebook contacts) So i've yet to re install Haxsync.
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FML. I feel like everyone has this feature working but me. hahaha
saboture said:
FML. I feel like everyone has this feature working but me. hahaha
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nope same here thats why i use hax sync, my contact photos would always be blurry as well so i had to use it but it sound like youve got a real conundrum there, hax sync was my only answer so im out
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FML. I feel like everyone has this feature working but me. hahaha
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i feel ya man..But Haxsync is Boss so your all good man..
Odd, mine is fine and HQ too...
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It is fixed. If you sync from facebook, go to your people app and just click a contact,back out,then go back in and it resizes automatically... For me at least.
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Just tried this it works. Basically log into Facebook on a Blackberry and get push notifications. I know we all hate Facebook works on android but if you want a notification instantly when someone contacts you, try this.
http://m.androidcentral.com/want-push-notifications-facebook-grab-blackberry
hey why don't you try........Ahhhhh.....its you again!!!!!
beyond882001 said:
Just tried this it works. Basically log into Facebook on a Blackberry and get push notifications. I know we all hate Facebook works on android but if you want a notification instantly when someone contacts you, try this.
http://m.androidcentral.com/want-push-notifications-facebook-grab-blackberry
hey why don't you try........Ahhhhh.....its you again!!!!!
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You should change it to "making facebook notifications work" I did that yesterday I though it was interested and for some reason so far is working, even tho i have been getting most of my notifications on my evo 3d already
If you don't have an Evo3d well you don't have an Evo3d
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You should change it to "making facebook notifications work" I did that yesterday I though it was interested and for some reason so far is working, even tho i have been getting most of my notifications on my evo 3d already
If you don't have an Evo3d well you don't have an Evo3d
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Thanks for the input, did sound better.
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Thanks for the input, did sound better.
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Np man, my friend went to the sprint store to do it in a store demo and it worked lol
If you don't have an Evo3d well you don't have an Evo3d
I read about this and thought about trying it. It's always annoyed me that I never got any facebook notifications, because I thought I was supposed to...ya know?
...but the more I thought about it the more I realised how irritating it would be to actually get all of my facebook notifications in my notification bar...and how much more annoying it would be to have a notification sound to go with it....and I don't even have a huge friend list...
Even though notifications was a huge problem with fb app, its still not that useful of an app compared to like bb or ios versions. Ive found friendcaster works way better nd always shows notifications and takes u directly to the appropriate place in the app. It does forward u to the touch or mobile site for a few things here nd there but overall way ahead of official app!
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I like friendcaster a bit better than the standard app as well. Still, it could be much better.
Haha...this is funny because I posted these exact same findings on another Android site (the "Central" one) last Friday, August 5th and by Sunday the mods had tested it, put up a video, shot it to the front page and made a Sticky of it in the Applications forum. I can tell you that it works. Facebook for Android basically piggy backs on the Blackberry for Android permissions. There's approximately about 95% functionality with this. One of the things that doesn't work correctly for example are Poke notifications. You get the push notification but when you click on that particular one nothing happens. It's a very minor issue in my book.
What is this Facebook?
Don't worry guys, After Nov 5 Facebook is no more.
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Haha...this is funny because I posted these exact same findings on another Android site (the "Central" one) last Friday, August 5th and by Sunday the mods had tested it, put up a video, shot it to the front page and made a Sticky of it in the Applications forum. I can tell you that it works. Facebook for Android basically piggy backs on the Blackberry for Android permissions. There's approximately about 95% functionality with this. One of the things that doesn't work correctly for example are Poke notifications. You get the push notification but when you click on that particular one nothing happens. It's a very minor issue in my book.
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My recent phone history: BB Curve>BB Tour>HTC Hero>HTC EVO 4G>Samsung Epic>HTC EVO3D
I just checked and I still have the BB permissions on my FB Account Setting and I'm not getting push notifications.
I will try to sign in on a BB when I get access to one because I remember getting push notifications on my Hero when I had it, which was directly after I had the Tour.
Got it!
So:
1. Nice surprise. Leather carry pouch and screen protector
included.
2. Looks great and it's well built. Feels less plasticky than
Arc. Back covers is removable in a great way.
3. Screen is great too, just so much more refined than -
already great - Arc.
4. New widgets are nice, however they removed the batt
indicator from the tools widget.
So you don't know the batt percentage uless you go to
settings, or I just can't find it.
5. The capactive buttons: basically I like physical ones so
it's already a step back.
But they are ok, they just need a certain amount of
pressure. What is actually good! Because there is no way
you can press them accidentally.
They are definitely working well, more like hardware ones.
6. Internal memory - still visible as separate - is around 1,8
MB.
Whole available RAM is around 620 MB, so now about
370MB free.
7. Ui looks great, more matt than glossy on Arc. There is
quickdial.
8. Camera is fast, the UI still good but I'm just used to Arc.
But it's still ergonomic.
I have to still test things like calling, internet and photo.
Don't have that much of a free time now.
Oh and one more thing, this one pisses me of or I can't
get it:
After calendar sync I see only events back in Feb.
Everything older is not present. What is a problem since I
have events back in May 2011 which I need.
Call quality is very good I'd say. Loud and clear.
BTW, Calendar app is better with comfortable preview of any day still seeing whole month.
Email pretty much the same but looks great.
Office preinstalled, viewer only though.
Preinstalled apps are uninstallable: McAfee Security, PlayNow, Energy Save, Wisepilot.
In some countries you can uninstall McAfee and Wisepilot. You have always been able to uninstall them in Belgium (and usually on the Dutch versions too).
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Call quality is very good I'd say. Loud and clear.
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That's good.
doministry said:
BTW, Calendar app is better with comfortable preview of any day still seeing whole month.
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Maybe problem is with sync. Did you try to wipe calendar data and sync again?
doministry said:
Preinstalled apps are uninstallable: McAfee Security, PlayNow, Energy Save, Wisepilot.
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Just wait for root (if you don't want to unlock bootloader) and then it won't be a problem.
Please share ur experience with audio output (music) thru speaker n headphone both..
Also please try taking video n confirm the quality please..
Last thing hows the front cam?
sent from xperia aRc !!
Cholek3 said:
That's good.
Maybe problem is with sync. Did you try to wipe calendar data and sync again?
Just wait for root (if you don't want to unlock bootloader) and then it won't be a problem.
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If I wipe off the whole Calendar and perform sync, everything will be synced = lost forever, cleaned from Google.
The same crap on X10 Mini.
doministry said:
If I wipe off the whole Calendar and perform sync, everything will be synced = lost forever, cleaned from Google.
The same crap on X10 Mini.
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Are you serious? If you remove the account from syncing, wipe the calendar and re-add/re-sync the account everything is lost from your calendars?
Alien987 said:
Are you serious? If you remove the account from syncing, wipe the calendar and re-add/re-sync the account everything is lost from your calendars?
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Sure, deleting the WHOLE account won't delete stuff from Google.
Naa, it doesn't look like an error but "planned" behaviour.
Deleting the whole account won't change anything. As I mentioned, the same **** on X10 mini.....
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That's good.
Maybe problem is with sync. Did you try to wipe calendar data and sync again?
Just wait for root (if you don't want to unlock bootloader) and then it won't be a problem.
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Hmm, what I meant YOU CAN uninstall those apps.
xperiax10.awesome said:
Please share ur experience with audio output (music) thru speaker n headphone both..
Also please try taking video n confirm the quality please..
Last thing hows the front cam?
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Music is very good from Headset and speakers. Which are nice, of course not bassy (that's impossible) but very clear.
Video tomorrow since it's quite dark now.
I made test video though, in difficult light, and it's very clear still but doesn't focus when very close to the object (suppose it's normal). Sound is very good.
I made one night shot, and it has a great detail but also a little noise on some dark parts when zooming in. But the quality is good too.
I don't know what do you want me to try with front facing camera.
ola folks,
just ordered mine, for change ov my htc evo3d can t wait to have it
got mine today and the first impression is really good.. more imputs coming
Yeah, a great phone.
No problems whatsoever.
Absolutely fantastic stuff guys cannot wait to get mine please please please let it be by the end of this week, I cannot take the pain of waiting any more.
Flash Light performance doesn't seem to be really different than Arc, I must test more though.
doministry said:
If I wipe off the whole Calendar and perform sync, everything will be synced = lost forever, cleaned from Google.
The same crap on X10 Mini.
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No, I dont mean delete events from calendar, because then you would loose content. What I mean is, go to settings, applications, manage applications, filter all, find calendar and clear data. This won't delete content on your account, it just reset calendar to default settings kind of thing. Then you can re-sync and you will get your content downloaded again. Create new calendar online (just for test) with two events. One now, one more than a month back and sync only that calendar and test it if you are not sure
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No, I dont mean delete events from calendar, because then you would loose content. What I mean is, go to settings, applications, manage applications, filter all, find calendar and clear data. This won't delete content on your account, it just reset calendar to default settings kind of thing. Then you can re-sync and you will get your content downloaded again. Create new calendar online (just for test) with two events. One now, one more than a month back and sync only that calendar and test it if you are not sure
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Thanks! Of this I am not so sure though if deleting Calendar data would not complicate things more.
BTW Picasa Album got stuck and doesn't sync.
And all the changes I do on my previous Xperia Arc, are reflected on S once synced. So it looks like it meant to be this way as Xperia X10 mini does the same... Just don't know how to change this crap!
I would be really interested to hear how people are finding the audio output on the xps. I've been waiting a while to replace my Samsung galaxy s2 and the audio quality was my biggest gripe with that phone. Anyone tried hooking this up too some decent hifi or headphones yet? I'm really hoping this is going to be more pleasing to the ear!
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I would be really interested to hear how people are finding the audio output on the xps. I've been waiting a while to replace my Samsung galaxy s2 and the audio quality was my biggest gripe with that phone. Anyone tried hooking this up too some decent hifi or headphones yet? I'm really hoping this is going to be more pleasing to the ear!
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I'm the musician
Anyway I honestly rarely complain about sound quality just because it's usually quite good.
I didn't have enough time to heck it properly but for the qick checkout:
Xperia S seems more smooth than Arc, more "round". I find it sounding very good.
Hi guys,
No matter what I do, the pictures of my contacts remain not only small, but also pixelated beyond recognition. I know there are replacement apps, such as UCS and BIG!, but isn't there anything I can do in order to get decent caller photos in the stock Phone app?
Thanks!
zkvvoob said:
Hi guys,
No matter what I do, the pictures of my contacts remain not only small, but also pixelated beyond recognition. I know there are replacement apps, such as UCS and BIG!, but isn't there anything I can do in order to get decent caller photos in the stock Phone app?
Thanks!
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zkvvoob said:
Hi guys,
No matter what I do, the pictures of my contacts remain not only small, but also pixelated beyond recognition. I know there are replacement apps, such as UCS and BIG!, but isn't there anything I can do in order to get decent caller photos in the stock Phone app?
Thanks!
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Yes, it is. Get contapps in G Play. It will sync ur contacts pics.
Cheers
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pedrotorresfilho said:
Yes, it is. Get contapps in G Play. It will sync ur contacts pics.
Cheers
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thats not what he asked. he asked if theres any way to get decent caller photos in the stock Phone app
gunness1991 said:
thats not what he asked. he asked if theres any way to get decent caller photos in the stock Phone app
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Yes, exactly. I wonder, am I the only one's whose pictures are not as they should be? Perahps I've done something incorrectly, though I cannot imagine what....
Use friend caster pro. My caller id pics are crystal clear. App makes it look crispy
If you getting the pics from facebook then friendcaster is the way to go. Nice, clear pics
zkvvoob said:
Yes, exactly. I wonder, am I the only one's whose pictures are not as they should be? Perahps I've done something incorrectly, though I cannot imagine what....
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Its not you at all. I have had the same issue with several Android devices. Some had painful work arounds. I have seen this talked about numerous times for the RAZR and it is always the same. Use a different app or you will have crappy pics.
Its the same problem anyone with an android phone runs into.
When u sync your contacts with your Gmail/Google account the pics are reduced for the icon it uses online, and then resynced over your phones pics.
Absolutely the stupidest problem which should have been taken care of a long time ago.
either way u need to turn off the syncing. And then manually fix your pics. Or go the Facebook approach as mentioned.
Either way u need to turn off the sync or it will happen again
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thats not what he asked. he asked if theres any way to get decent caller photos in the stock Phone app
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And I said how to have nice pics in default app. After syncing with contapps all pictures will be there. This will not, of course, fix his buged contact app, but will make possible what he asked for.
Cheers
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Easy fix. Take a pic of every person in your contact list and then assign them to the contacts. There is the answer as well as many others. This is not new to android. HTC seems to be able to produce a better image for some reason when synced w Google but still an overall android issue. Been like that since the DROID Eris.
Thank you everyone for taking the time to answer these type of questions !! No matter how good you leave the quality of your photos when you assign them to a contact and that contact calls, the photo looks very grainy. Is this due to a crapy HTC phone.apk? Is there a way to get the photos to look better other than installing something like, full screen caller I.D.?
I've noticed this too. The pictures that are linked from my Facebook contacts look fine, but the ones I took on my phone or come from Google contacts look bad when selected as contact pics
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coal686 said:
I've noticed this too. The pictures that are linked from my Facebook contacts look fine, but the ones I took on my phone or come from Google contacts look bad when selected as contact pics
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I downloaded full screen called I.D. and it allows me to save the contacts as HD pictures and it looks great, I just do not like how it has taken over my messaging as well and I have to close it to get to my normal messaging program.
Been a issue for a long long time. Even back on the EVO .
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What seems to be happening is it scales and compresses the picture to look good as a tiny thumbnail (to save space) but then blows that up for other uses so it looks bad.
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coal686 said:
What seems to be happening is it scales and compresses the picture to look good as a tiny thumbnail (to save space) but then blows that up for other uses so it looks bad.
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I have gone through that thumbnails folder before and that seems to make perfect sense, but someone dropped the ball there at HTC. Well, I just hope someone realizes the huge mistake that was and corrects it. Thanks coal!!
You can drop a script into your int.d folder to run at boot to prevent the blurred contact pics. I've been using the script for a while. I snatched it from myns old 3.5 rom. Not sure If I can post it because its there script. But if you dl the rom and extract it you can find it.
#Root-Hack_Mod*Always\
So, my gallery app is so slow that it is almost unusable. If I open it, I get a bunch of blank boxes that take forever to populate. I think it has something to do with me checking 'sync picasa', 'sync facebook', etc. options when I setup the phone. Can somebody tell me how to unsync these galleries? I went to the Facebook account settings and unchecked sync pictures, but I still have a bunch of albums and it's crazy slow.
Any ideas?
the picasa sync option is in your google account section of the menu.
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the picasa sync option is in your google account section of the menu.
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Yeah, I already ended up unchecking the sync pictures boxes for Facebook and for Picasa. But the albums are still there in gallery. Maybe I should clear data for gallery or something?
the blank boxes... do they every populate?
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the blank boxes... do they every populate?
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After waiting a while, and they have the picasa and facebook icons. So it's still pulling my galleries off the web, even though it is no longer synced. I also wiped the gallery app data, and they are still there. I think that is why the app is so freaking slow for me.
you could try uninstalling facebook and try running a 3rd party facebook app. I personally can't stand the stock facebook app for crap like this and the way its always running.
as far as picasa, if you use it, i'm not sure what else could be done. if you dont't use it, you can remove a lot of its functions via the pc. and that would clear that up.
I have a tip for you OP.
Turn off Wifi then try using your Gallery.
Not really a solution for the stock gallery but I've used Quickpic for as long as I can remember and it's always fast, reliable, and no sync issues to deal with. Currently I use that for normal picture management and use the stock gallery in the rare instance I need Picasa or Facebook photos synced.
Yeah I have found I have this issue if I am connected to wifi at my house.. I know the reason too. Looks like the phone is trying to connect to my networks dlna server (plex) which for whatever reason it is unable to do.. I just removed allshare and the problem is gone.. you can either rename the three or so files in your app dir (if you have root) or you can install a ROM as most of them give you an option to not install allshare.
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Yeah I have found I have this issue if I am connected to wifi at my house.. I know the reason too. Looks like the phone is trying to connect to my networks dlna server (plex) which for whatever reason it is unable to do.. I just removed allshare and the problem is gone.. you can either rename the three or so files in your app dir (if you have root) or you can install a ROM as most of them give you an option to not install allshare.
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I'm sure you've heard this plenty, but great to see you on here kejar31! I've used your roms on at least 4 or 5 phones over the last couple years. Glad you are enjoying some downtime these days .
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I'm sure you've heard this plenty, but great to see you on here kejar31! I've used your roms on at least 4 or 5 phones over the last couple years. Glad you are enjoying some downtime these days .
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Thanks! While I am not making any ROM's anymore I figure I can at least help people out here and there
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Thanks! While I am not making any ROM's anymore I figure I can at least help people out here and there
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Will be great to have your help around for sure! As classy a Dev as Android has seen. Now you have more time to sample the ever growing craft beer revolution lol . If I recall, that was another interest we shared. See ya around!
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Yeah I have found I have this issue if I am connected to wifi at my house.. I know the reason too. Looks like the phone is trying to connect to my networks dlna server (plex) which for whatever reason it is unable to do.. I just removed allshare and the problem is gone.. you can either rename the three or so files in your app dir (if you have root) or you can install a ROM as most of them give you an option to not install allshare.
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Yep I was just under the assumption that the OP is on stock firmware.