Hangouts high res MMS? - G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Seeing as I have zero app skills, I was just wondering if it was on anybody's radar to tweak the hangouts app to allow high res pictures to be received through the SMS side. I used a unofficial CM on my GS3 that had full res pics through the stock messaging app. I would love to see that on Hangouts.
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cornelious1212 said:
Seeing as I have zero app skills, I was just wondering if it was on anybody's radar to tweak the hangouts app to allow high res pictures to be received through the SMS side. I used a unofficial CM on my GS3 that had full res pics through the stock messaging app. I would love to see that on Hangouts.
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Seeing as how Google apps are not open source... I doubt any one is 'tweaking' the Google Hangouts app.

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ICS Poor quality contact display picture

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.
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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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.

Messaging app for Nexus 7

Before I got my Nexus, I used my Droid X as my primary internet browsing device. Now, of course, I use my Nexus for that but I don't have an easy way of sending links or pictures to all my friends (preferably straight to their SMS inboxes). I'm using Google Voice for texting but you can't send pictures. Anyone have any good alternatives? It would be nice to have a hacked stock Messaging app that can utilize your Google Voice number or something but I'm not sure how feasible this is. Also if anyone could assist me in getting calls to work through the Voice app I'd appreciate that too
Check out Tablet Talk in play store. Don't know if u can send pictures though.
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MakeW00t said:
Check out Tablet Talk in play store. Don't know if u can send pictures though.
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Not quite what I'm looking for only because I'm looking for a more standalone approach but I do appreciate your suggestion
I just installed Google voice on my sons N7, let's him use it for text and seems good so far.
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Contact photos

So this is my return to android after some time and I'm trying to get my device all setup. One of my biggest pet peeves about Android was the terrible resolution of the contract photos.
I have Facebook and installed the app. I went through the sync procedures to get the contacts matched up and noticed that the photos look terrible. But, I have one contact that had a gorgeous hd pic. I don't understand what is different about his contact info but why can I do to fix the test of them?
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Suggest you turn off the contact sync in the FB app and install Haxsync.
I second the poster above. Download Haxsync and make sure to check the 'use high resolution photos' option.
Lil
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Yes. Haxsync is the way to go.
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What SMS app do you use?

Hey guys. With the new hangouts there are a lot of the features from previous SMS apps missing. Like the quick pop up reply from notification menu and multiple contacts.
I like hangouts and to be honest I'd like to use just one app only. Using Textra and it is awesome but can I uninstall hangouts and just use Textra on its own? What you guys use
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Goku80 said:
Hey guys. With the new hangouts there are a lot of the features from previous SMS apps missing. Like the quick pop up reply from notification menu and multiple contacts.
I like hangouts and to be honest I'd like to use just one app only. Using Textra and it is awesome but can I uninstall hangouts and just use Textra on its own? What you guys use
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I use google voice, barely any improvements, very buggy. But I haven't found anything better for texting thru voice. Also kakaotalk which is very bloated. I want a clean app that has option to send/not send push notifications. Know any?
I'm glad u said Hangouts is mandatory, I hate that. Can't we revert back to an older version and not be forced to use proprietary crap.
Hangouts is NOT mandatory, you can use any texting app you want.
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BKsFinest said:
I use google voice, barely any improvements, very buggy. But I haven't found anything better for texting thru voice. Also kakaotalk which is very bloated. I want a clean app that has option to send/not send push notifications. Know any?
I'm glad u said Hangouts is mandatory, I hate that. Can't we revert back to an older version and not be forced to use proprietary crap.
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Yea totally not Mandatory I used it for a week or so as my default sms application but then i switched back to the regular that came with the phone.
I use Hangouts. Its functional and full featured. The only annoying thing is that convos with the same person are separated by SMS and IM hangouts.
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Can we uninstall hangouts if I am not using it?
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love hangouts.. just wish it had a popup...
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Still using Handcent and I love it, but I am still 4.3... for now I don't see this changing.
try GO SMS Pro
it´s awesome and can alot of things. It also gives you a pop up notification
samskisam said:
try GO SMS Pro
it´s awesome and can alot of things. It also gives you a pop up notification
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Unless something has changed I will stay with handcent, I never liked Go SMS Pro, or any Go product... But you never know, if its better for some reason I would try it.
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New Google + Update New UI and more

Google+ App Gets A Big Update To v4.4 With A New UI, Auto Awesome Stories, Improved Support For Large Photo Libraries, And More*
http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/0...-large-photo-libraries-and-more-apk-download/
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Excellent probably means Google play services will suck even more of my battery. I use Google+ to backup photos otherwise I'd delete it
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mrbubba999 said:
Excellent probably means Google play services will suck even more of my battery. I use Google+ to backup photos otherwise I'd delete it
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Dropbox can backup your photos too
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mrbubba999 said:
Excellent probably means Google play services will suck even more of my battery. I use Google+ to backup photos otherwise I'd delete it
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rayiskon said:
Dropbox can backup your photos too
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They also have an app by Dropbox called Carousel. Really nice actually.
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mrbubba999 said:
Excellent probably means Google play services will suck even more of my battery. I use Google+ to backup photos otherwise I'd delete it
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I use the app very much and have never had a noticeable drain in neither use nor for non-use. Greenify looks wonderful. But everyone as he wants, so no one is forced to use the app. Personally I do 1000 times better than the FB garbage
I think the new design is very interesting.. I'm excited to see how the other GApps are going to look like. For me it's very interesting that they removed the navigation drawer..
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Now if only Google will get some consistency on a UI standard across their Google products. Every damn app has a different ui lol. What is the Google design team smoking over there? Lol.
Hehe yes, it's true but on the other side it's good to see they update the apps and the most updates are good updates
Hangouts , G+ are fine now , Gmail i don't use but looks ok. Maybe in the future we see a package of the apps that visually harmonize
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Tylog said:
Hehe yes, it's true but on the other side it's good to see they update the apps and the most updates are good updates
Hangouts , G+ are fine now , Gmail i don't use but looks ok. Maybe in the future we see a package of the apps that visually harmonize
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I wish. One thing I love is consistency. The one thing that Google lacks. I think each app has its own team. They need to collaborate for a collective ui.
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