Hi guys,
Ive got a nexus s running ICS. The problem I have is that as I keep my contacts sync with gmail, the display picture of the contacts is very poor! some of them are so bad that its difficult to tell who he/she is.
Can anyone please help me fix this problem? I have read some forums and people have commented that this is fixed in ICS but clearly it isnt as I still have the same issue.
Thank you
Saud
There is an app called haxsync on the market. It syncs your Facebook photos to the contacts, and they look great
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It's caused by syncing with Google contacts. There's nothing you can do aside from syncing with Facebook (which AFAIK, suffers the same problem).
rocket999 said:
There is an app called haxsync on the market. It syncs your Facebook photos to the contacts, and they look great
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thanks for the quick reply.
Im not really a facebook user. Are there any other alternatives? I usually get my photos from picasa. Is there anyway I can get them higher quality?
saudkhan said:
thanks for the quick reply.
Im not really a facebook user. Are there any other alternatives? I usually get my photos from picasa. Is there anyway I can get them higher quality?
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Only way is to add them in manually on a contact by contact basis via gallery.
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saudkhan said:
thanks for the quick reply.
Im not really a facebook user. Are there any other alternatives? I usually get my photos from picasa. Is there anyway I can get them higher quality?
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or you can back-up them by Titanium backup, and then restore. Quality will be the same.
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There is an app called haxsync on the market. It syncs your Facebook photos to the contacts, and they look great
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They really do look fantastic but contact pictures that were taken with the camera still look awful
But haxsync really does make a gigantic difference
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jcr81 said:
Only way is to add them in manually on a contact by contact basis via gallery.
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This is true. If you manually assign contact pictures AFTER your contacts have been synced, they will stay hi res. A PITA, but it works.
an alternative is Friendcaster that has an option that allows the use of high resolution images, it is also best of the original facebook app.
Is there any alternative app for non-facebook users?
I would hope so, but afaik there isn't any.
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I'm making this as a new post in the general section for a reason. The Gingerblur thread is too crazy and moving too fast for a question like this and I'm also not even sure that this is Gingerblur related.
The problem I'm having is with my Contact information staying synced on the phone. It seems that no matter how many times I edit a contact, particularly the contacts photo that should be supplied by FaceBook, it won't stick. I am trying to get this to work correctly but haven't found a way to do it. I would like everyones contact information in my phone to be synced with facebook and pull their photos down from facebook and link to their profiles. It appears that this OS has everything required to do that but it's just not functioning correctly. Some of my contacts have the right facebook pictures, but a lot of them have none at all. I also have duplicate entries and some other anomolies as well.
Is there a setting I'm missing?
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I have this problem also. For example, Ill text someone and their picture won't show up in the text thread, even though the contact is synced with Facebook.
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CRAZED SOB said:
I have this problem also. For example, Ill text someone and their picture won't show up in the text thread, even though the contact is synced with Facebook.
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Yes that too. Or sometime the pics will.be there in the text thread itself but it wont be when you're looking at all the text threads. Really glitchy.
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Definitely an issue with GingerBlur. I had the same issue.
RootPhisher said:
Definitely an issue with GingerBlur. I had the same issue.
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Can anyone confirm that this DOESNT happen on stock motor blur.
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Hi ! Someone tell me why Contact pics in ICS is so smudgy and distorted ? Miui rom had great Contact pics . Maybe like this in future ? GT-I9000 using XDA
i think it's because of the sync with your google contacts.. google resizes your contact pics
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Hi ! Someone tell me why Contact pics in ICS is so smudgy and distorted ? Miui rom had great Contact pics . Maybe like this in future ? GT-I9000 using XDA
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Gmail only sync a lower res of your contacts picture. If you want higher res, just sync with google+ or facebook
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Funnnny said:
Gmail only sync a lower res of your contacts picture. If you want higher res, just sync with google+ or facebook
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Is there any way to change this setting? I remember that when ics was showcased, the contact pics were so big, clear and beautiful!
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itspb said:
Is there any way to change this setting? I remember that when ics was showcased, the contact pics were so big, clear and beautiful!
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We have to wait for google to update their contact. If your friends are using Facebook or Google+, you can use its picture. This is not the problem with the phone, it's the problem with the server handle the sync.
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We have to wait for google to update their contact. If your friends are using Facebook or Google+, you can use its picture. This is not the problem with the phone, it's the problem with the server handle the sync.
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Is it even possible to have a Google+ account without my contacts knowing that I have one? I want the high res pics, but I hate social networks. There are also people that I don't want to have any contact with.
lcmazza said:
Is it even possible to have a Google+ account without my contacts knowing that I have one? I want the high res pics, but I hate social networks. There are also people that I don't want to have any contact with.
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Just don't add them to your circles. And if you want high res pics, manually select them for your contacts.
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Is it even possible to have a Google+ account without my contacts knowing that I have one? I want the high res pics, but I hate social networks. There are also people that I don't want to have any contact with.
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+10 on this
this is a major major problem for me too i hate having the low resolution pics .. makes my phone looks like it was from 5 yrs ago .. i have used several 3rd party apps and they always cause some delay or lag before the phone rings or shows the pic ..
and even if i add Google+ most of my contacts with gmail havent signed on to get a plus ac ...
wish some dev would help us and find a fix for this (plsss) .. or google does so instead .. wasnt it better resolution in GB or Froyo ?
Er... the only trouble I see with this is that almost no one I know uses Google+.
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Er... the only trouble I see with this is that almost no one I know uses Google+.
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"[...] or Facebook."
Funnnny said:
We have to wait for google to update their contact. If your friends are using Facebook or Google+, you can use its picture. This is not the problem with the phone, it's the problem with the server handle the sync.
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Who said Google+ only ? People please read
try miui. Excellent pics. Never better.
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Hi All
I would like to know how to sync my contacts with Facebook. I need the profile pictures as contacts' picture.
Thanks for the help in advance
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best sync app i know of
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ro.weednet.contactssync
HaxSync is hands down the best contact sync for facebook. It will let you pick how accurate names have to be (similar spelling or exact, and everything in between), cropping the face, if the picture they have is too big and all in HD (no low res pics). Also lets you sync facebook calendar and contacts birthdays into their contact card and their timeline statuses.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mots.haxsync
Thank you all. Why Facebook does this sync? Isn't there a setting for that?
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ofczi said:
Thank you all. Why Facebook does this sync? Isn't there a setting for that?
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There's a LOOOOOOONG running issue between FB and Google over all of this...Google it for more info as it's too long to get into here!
Just a quick question..
Does these apps incorporate all those Facebook contacts into our phone's contacts which aren't there at present?
As in I have a number of Facebook contacts which aren't on my phone and i don't even want them to sync.... Just want the pictures of people in my phone through Facebook.
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filthykid said:
Just a quick question..
Does these apps incorporate all those Facebook contacts into our phone's contacts which aren't there at present?
As in I have a number of Facebook contacts which aren't on my phone and i don't even want them to sync.... Just want the pictures of people in my phone through Facebook.
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In HaxSync, there is a setting to only sync existing contacts, yes.
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Chrono_Tata said:
In HaxSync, there is a setting to only sync existing contacts, yes.
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Really? thanks.. will try
HaxSync was my app of choice but now I just added photos to my Google contacts as I'm not fussed if all the FB info is there
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HaxSync was my app of choice but now I just added photos to my Google contacts as I'm not fussed if all the FB info is there
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Ditto this. Plus, it is easy and quick to manually add/change a profile picture from FB to Google contacts. And this actually works better since on occasion some people insist on having a goofy @SS profile pic.
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Hi, all
I am using Ubersync for facebook in my N4. It has imported all of my contacts but no phone numbers. How can i sync my facebook contacts with phone numbers to my Contact list. Normal sync thru the phone is also unsuccesful
On my gs3 in the gallery app it would have all my Picasa albums separated. Now on my gs5 all the pictures are showing in one big group. I'm guessing it's a bug or something but not sure if anyone else uses this and wanted to know if there's any way to change it. I spoke with Samsung and the told me "that software is written by Google", so obviously they are of no help and don't know what they're talking about.
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briantacker said:
On my gs3 in the gallery app it would have all my Picasa albums separated. Now on my gs5 all the pictures are showing in one big group. I'm guessing it's a bug or something but not sure if anyone else uses this and wanted to know if there's any way to change it. I spoke with Samsung and the told me "that software is written by Google", so obviously they are of no help and don't know what they're talking about.
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Yes.. Samsung told right things.. This apps written by google.. here it is http://picasa.google.com/ You can Google+ sharing and tagging with this. it' ok?
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Yes.. Samsung told right things.. This apps written by google.. here it is http://picasa.google.com/ You can Google+ sharing and tagging with this. it' ok?
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I know picasa is from Google, but the gallery app is obviously written by samsung.
I don't use it for sharing or tagging, I just use it a free cloud for my pictures that integrates right into the gallery app.
If anyone knows of a similar service that works the same or better I'd definitely be willing to switch.
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I know picasa is from Google, but the gallery app is obviously written by samsung.
I don't use it for sharing or tagging, I just use it a free cloud for my pictures that integrates right into the gallery app.
If anyone knows of a similar service that works the same or better I'd definitely be willing to switch.
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Why you find another? Picasa is better than others..
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Why you find another? Picasa is better than others..
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I don't want to find something else but since the gallery app isn't working the way it did on my gs3 I'd like to either find a way to make it work or find something that works that way
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Lodaserves said:
You are using Picasa?
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Yes. I have use it.. It's so much easy..
I use carousel by Dropbox, and if you sign people up you get more space free!
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I use carousel by Dropbox, and if you sign people up you get more space free!
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Picasa actually has unlimited storage. (Last time I checked)
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briantacker said:
Picasa actually has unlimited storage. (Last time I checked)
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Yes. i see it has unlimited storage.. But @briantacker Want another service. But i think Picasa is better than others. Is not it?
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Yes. i see it has unlimited storage.. But @briantacker Want another service. But i think Picasa is better than others. Is not it?
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I think it's better than others, that's why I use it. I just wanted the albums to be separated in the gallery app
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briantacker said:
I think it's better than others, that's why I use it. I just wanted the albums to be separated in the gallery app
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oo. You just want gallery apps? (just separate your photo album)
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oo. You just want gallery apps? (just separate your photo album)
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Yes, the gallery app in the s5 doesn't separate the picasa albums, it just puts all the pictures in one group.
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briantacker said:
Yes, the gallery app in the s5 doesn't separate the picasa albums, it just puts all the pictures in one group.
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okay. you can choose Photo Gallery (Fish Bowl) app from google play store. I have use it now. I think it is better for gallery pic separate together.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.littlefatfish.photo
Guadalupeohara said:
okay. you can choose Photo Gallery (Fish Bowl) app from google play store. I have use it now. I think it is better for gallery pic separate together.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.littlefatfish.photo
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I don't see anything about picasa. Am I missing it?
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I don't see anything about picasa. Am I missing it?
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It's not same as picasa. it just gallery app that help you to look all picture together in your phone..
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It's not same as picasa. it just gallery app that help you to look all picture together in your phone..
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The regular gallery app works fine for the pictures on my phone. I'm just talking about my picasa pictures.
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briantacker said:
The regular gallery app works fine for the pictures on my phone. I'm just talking about my picasa pictures.
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Okay. wait for that's reply.
Lodaserves said:
How many Mb size of picasa app?
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16.7 mb
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I see thanks! Let me try this
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ok. You are welcome.
Any updates on this?
Picasa albums still are broken in UANE1
Hello everyone. It's been quite some days (6 months or more) I have been using my g2. I used samsung galaxy S, previously.
The problem I am facing right now is that most of the contact photos in my phonebook is not HD. I have synced it from Google backup (since I backup-ed my contacts to my gmail using the Samsung galaxy S previously). So now, when I sync my contacts' photos from Facebook/whatsapp/viber etc., I see that not all are HD photos. What is the probable reason behind this and how may I have ALL hd contact photos ?
PS. I even used some 3rd party apps like Sync.Me. But it eats a lot of RAM and also it jumbles up the contact photos with the corresponding names... :crying: And, sync.me doesnt sync ALL the contact photos with HD photos. so, what should I do now?
[Attached: sample screenshot of conact photos from my LG g2]
Have you tried ubersync for facebook?
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corrsea said:
Have you tried ubersync for facebook?
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No bro. Not yet. How's it? did it do any good to sync all HD photos ???
Yes works for me.
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Try contact picture sync app. Makes the images HD
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Try contact picture sync app. Makes the images HD
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Any other solution ???