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[Q] How to set/sync SMS profile picture

I'm tired of my grey Android! So, How can I add my own picture or sync it w/ facebook?
I'm using cm6-rco fyi.
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i would like to know as well. The stock rom did it, but i think that was because of Facebook for sense. I don't even have the android, i just have a grey square in messages.

any solution? I've set my phone number in settings, added myself as a contact that matches my facebook, synced facebook, etc etc. I got a grey android for 2 days then back to a grey square. really irritating.
running CM6.

You need to put your picture in your contact on your device.
The reason it's not syncing your facebook photo is you don't have yourself as a friend on facebook. I don't think if you can do that either.
Also, you may have to reset your number if/whenever you reboot. Sometimes just going into call setting/additional settings/my phone number will cause it to re-recognize the number.

[Q] Low Resolution Contact Pictures...

I have done some searching but was not able to find any answers. I have been using Android pretty much exclusively these days. I noticed that when I sync my contacts with my Facebook account it adds pictures to the contacts, just like windows mobile. The difference though is that on Windows mobile the pictures are nice and clear. On Android the pictures look very low res and very blurry. It seems like it is using the same picture on the little thumbnail on the as it is on the picture during a phone call.
Does anybody have any thoughts on how to fix this?
Thanks!

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same issue here

yep..
I am disapointed with contact pics 2
very low res..

Same here for disappointment with contact pics resolution, I'm not Facebook sync'ing but selected the contact photo's using the gallery app. I'm sure they were good quality when I first set them, but on reboot they are much lower quality.
I was thinking this was an issue with the way we're running Android, via the SD? Can't think why, but I don't believe this could be a generic Android issue (surely).

I got this exact same question this morning.
Use friend stream that's Included on htc sense.
I believe the pictures are actually better.
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Still no answer? I believe the issue still exists. My profile pics are low res. On WM6.5 and WindowsPhone the pics are high-res and very nice.
Any thoughts?

There is an app called sync my pics it is on the market download it and sync your contact pictures on wifi..

This has probatly to do with the Exchange protocol, and how Google uises it. This is for WP7, but should also work for Android... At least; the second part;
1. Log into your Google account
2. Settings --> General (1st tab)
3. Under "Contacts' pictures" select "Only show pictures that I've chosen for my contacts"
4. Save, exit
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http://wpcentral.com/tip-get-high-res-photos-contacts-your-wp7-device

With NAND Desire HD build i got same problems...
but now i use mdj cyanogenmod 2.4 and pro launcher but i dont see facebook pictures from my contacts in the "person" widget from pro launcher?? What to do?

Bump. This issue is intolerable. I would like to link my phone contacts to FB and Gmail, but still be able to use my high-resolution photos of them. They get overwritten every time by either FB or Google.
There has to be a fix somewhere, I'll keep looking.

???
if anyone finds a fix...please post !

registering interest in a solution

I use the Full Screen Called ID App. works wonders, if u dont want full screen images to show when people call, just disable its appearance in the option settings. you can set it to use that contacts facebook display pic as their contact picture, although for people that ring often, I set a preffered picture of choice

Display pictures in messages

this is a question some of you could answer, in messaging app, contact's display pictures will not show or my display picture wont show, i have all my contacts synced with facebook and "People" shows display picture fine, its just messaging app that wont display any display pictures. Ive tried resyncing, any help or a fix?
extra info: I have Bell Desire Z and stock sense ROM 1.34.655.5 displayed the pictures just fine, also my contacts or calendar wont sync with htcsense.com or hts sync 3.0 ...htc sync 3.0 gives me "unknown error occurred"
and htcsense.com doesn't work at all, phone finder or phone lock or erase or ring wont do anything, it also said my phone is locked and i have not gotten any screen on my phone prompting me for me pin
i put it with this forum because im using Virtuous 0.6.1 and haven't been able to get an answer in developer forums
any way to get pictures to show like they did with the stock rom?

Cyanogen = no contact sync

Hello! I put the cyanogen rom a few days ago. I really don't like the contacts management....the list is ok, but the sync of the photos just doesn't work. Only some contacts are being sync-ed with facebook showing the right photos.
And the problem is that if I use a contact widget (for example photo contact widget or animated contact widget), the contacts won't have the facebook photo....but if I go in the contact list, those contacts correctly display the facebook photo, although of course if I go into the contact description, the contact itself has no photo, but it has only the '[email protected]' of facebook, synced to it.
Is there a way to make a proper sync? I don't want to use a photo for every contact...it would be just so easy to have everything working again like it was with HTC sense (everything automatic and synced).
Is that because the HTC facebook for sense is missing with cyanogen?
And also, do you have another ROM to advice? I am not sure i really prefer this cyanogen to the stock htc sense one....

i have the same problem with Cyanogen roms... is there a solution for this?

i have no idea...the way cyanogen manages the contacts looks really not that good...htc sense was way better.
anyway, the really weird thing is that now, among my contacts, everyone has the facebook photo but 3. 3 contacts seem they cannot sync the photo from facebook...i did it 3 times, i also reset the sync with facebook and then synced again....those 3 contacts just don't sync. i checked the names: 100% correct.
it is a bit annoying...sure not so important, but it is anyway annoying.

rogermorse said:
i have no idea...the way cyanogen manages the contacts looks really not that good...htc sense was way better.
anyway, the really weird thing is that now, among my contacts, everyone has the facebook photo but 3. 3 contacts seem they cannot sync the photo from facebook...i did it 3 times, i also reset the sync with facebook and then synced again....those 3 contacts just don't sync. i checked the names: 100% correct.
it is a bit annoying...sure not so important, but it is anyway annoying.
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If the picture doesn't sync, try going to the facebook app and going to the person's facebook page. When the picture loads there, I noticed it also loads in my contact list.

As far as know, Facebook for HTC sense lets you sync contact photos, and remembers the link (in the comments). Facebook app only sync contacts that have their number shared in their profile, and you cannot manually create a link.
Cyanogen and Htc sense don't go together, so unfortunately you wouldn't be able to sync it the way you did with htc sense.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

It will sync automatic as long as the name is the same. Thats why some are done and some are not.
Also if you edit a contact and then press menu then join if the name is similar it will show there facebook profile and you can join them.

rogermorse said:
i have no idea...the way cyanogen manages the contacts looks really not that good...htc sense was way better.
anyway, the really weird thing is that now, among my contacts, everyone has the facebook photo but 3. 3 contacts seem they cannot sync the photo from facebook...i did it 3 times, i also reset the sync with facebook and then synced again....those 3 contacts just don't sync. i checked the names: 100% correct.
it is a bit annoying...sure not so important, but it is anyway annoying.
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I had a similar issue, and it seemed the problem was certain contacts who I'd previously (before I had the phone) assigned contact photos in Google Contacts. They were correctly linked to their Facebook accounts, but still showed the other photo. Solved it for each one by selecting 'edit contact' then scrolling right down to the end where it shows their facebook details, tap the photo there and select 'use this photo.' If the photo doesn't even show up in the 'edit' dialogue then I don't know.
//Sent from my Desire HD using Tapatalk

have to restart and delete cache

@rogermorse
Would you mind amending your original thread subject to reflect the fact this is about Facebook please? Many thanks in advance.
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Facebook pictures are not shown anymore in Sence

Hi everybody!
Yesterday I did a hard reset to get completely rid of CHT 2.0. After I linked my phone to my facebook account I waited for the pictures from my contacts to show up. Nothing happend! Therefore I checked whether the picture are visible in the contacts menu of sense. Also no pictures were seen there. Strange is that the amount of pictures for persons is shown, but instead of the images themselves I just see a stop-like sign. Does anybody else have this problem?
My rom version is: RUU_Photon_HTC_GER_1.36.407.1_Radio_Signed_32.2803.05.06_0.63.05.36

Okay, I found a solution!
Picture sync does obviously not work, when safe browsing in facebook is enabled. I switched of this option in facebook under account settings. That means you don't use facebook via https when you're online. Afterwards pictures were loaded as usual. For further information read:
http://mgxp.blogspot.com/2011/07/htc-sense-facebook-profile-photos-do.html