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Contact Picture with terrible resolution

Hi all, just wondering if there is a fix for this?
I sync all my facebook contacts with my google ones, but whenever I get a call it always shows a horrible low res picture instead of the high-res one that SHOULD be there.
Is there any app (non-rooted phone here) or fix that can remedy this?

..that´s a good question, would like to know that too...

This happens to me as well

Yeah..Wat up wit dat?

Unfortunately, I think this has to do with how much google compresses the pictures. It happens on my iPhone and on the TP2 I recently sold. Really wish google would fix this.

I was told that no matter what picture you take, it wil resize it to a specifc resolution, then uploaded and synced with your google contacts online. Thats why when you do a restore, your contacts + pictures will automatically be resized per "google" standards...

High quality contact pics?

I'm not going to go into great detail about this, (I can if you need me to), because I'm sure most people know what I mean, but is there a way to keep high quality contact pictures with Google contact sync left ON?
I was hoping with a combination of Froyo, and the new contacts system in gmail, the problem would be gone. No such luck.
Thanks guys.
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sub'd for a hopeful solution as this bugs the **** out of me as well...especially because I keep a few contact widgets on my home screen

I was wondering the same thing. Thoughts?

same. bump!

It's not much of a fix really, but if you get the full screen contact app, you do have to manually select hi res images for it to work, but that hiquality image does because the contact pic as well (as a side effect I guess) I didn't want to go through my contacts and do all of that so i ended up removing it, but maybe that will get you what you want.

SyncMyPix has an option to pull high quality pics from your friend's facebook account. I think it is better quality than the normal facebook contacts sync.

On top of that, with the new Google search widget if you want it to recognize your contacts when you say them, for example "send text to Amy" you have to have contact sync turned on. So I want the functionality of the search, or the low res contact images that are just not ugly, but embarrassing. Why won't Google fix this?
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[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!

bump
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

I hate the caller id

Is there someway to get a bigger picture or something for the caller id?
Also when I used pro launcher to set up my contacts the pictures were so crappy looking (synced from faacebook pics) so I just ended up using the contact shortcut and placing all of my contacts on the screen.
Any work around to this?
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Anyone?
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There is currently no easy way to get bigger and better looking caller id photos. The reason is Google. When your contact pictures sync to your gmail account they get shrunk to 96x96 pixels. And so this is the maximum dimensions that Samsung uses for the caller id, as do most other companies besides HTC (their Sense UI shows an enlarged picture that is of better quality, but still not the sharpest looking).
What I have done temporarily is disabled contact syncing under my gmail account on the phone, and using SYNC MY PIX to provide high resolution pictures straight from Facebook.
Until the EPIC gets themeing capability so that a themer can replace the 96x96 image(s) that the phone uses, your caller id will still be the same size, but at least it'll be perfect quality

Thanks DigitalThug. The picture synching from facebook is crappy. I have tried overwriting the pics manually, but I guess this is only successful if you have sync disabled. I wish I could choose which pic I want, either facebook synced pic or the pic on the phone. I am using Sync My Pix and the quality looks like it is a bit better.

This is a qualm I've had with android for quite a while. Thanks for helping me with that. Does the vibrant have a themer?
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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.
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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.
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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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