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[APP] [GB][ICS][JB] High Resolution Google Contacts Photos (in stock contacts app)

Native Google contacts app uses a strangely lower resolution (96x96px).
This was normal in the firsts Android versions.
The new phones includes a large amount of memory and a large screens, and also, the new Android version (Ice Cream Sandwitch) predisposes to a better user experience.
But, by default, the contact photos stored in Android 4.0 uses the older resolution (96x96px), and the photo contacts appears pixelated.
With this app you can make a bulk update of your contact photos to a increased resolution (256x256px) that's shows much better in your new devices.
Also, in older devices, that aren't running ICS, the app allows to make a bulk photo contacts update and increase the resolution to the device max supported size.
Finally, if you have rooted your device, you can increase the size of the contact photos to 400x400px (or more). That sounds good in devices with a large screen, like Galaxy Note.
Instructions
1) Place the desired contact photos (in PNG or JPG format) in a folder of your sdcard. I recommend to use square photos.
2) Open the app
3) Click settings and configure the sources folder to the stored photos folder
4) Go main window in the app
5) Select the photos that you want to update
6) Click the update photos button (the photos was automatically resized to the max resolution supported by the device).
* If you want to use photos greater than the maximum supported device size, you need to be rooted. If you're rooted, go
settings, check the "Use HD photos" checkbox then apply the desired photos.
Please, if you have troubles or issues, contact with the developers via email or at the XDA thread.
Requirements
For real HD photos you need to be rooted and, in stock ROMs, you need to install busybox (available in Play Store).
To collaborate in the translations
http://www.getlocalization.com/hd_contact_photos

CHANGELOG
0.1
First beta release
0.2
-Solved issue that's no applying photo if contact don't haves previous photo
-Working for Froyo and Gingerbread (probably does not make much sense, then do not display photos in HD, but at least it used to very quickly assign photos)
-Provably solves the issue with joined contacts (please confirm)
0.3
- Added customization to ignore case in photo name and contact name
- Added case to match partially photo name in contact name (sorry, only for donors)
0.4
- Fixed crash when you apply photos and previously have set the max images height
- Automatically ignore accents
- Working with joined contacts and also for exchange contacts
0.5
- Internal improvements
- Fixed reported issues
- Removed setting for image height. Contacts scales the image to a maximum of 256x256. I rescale to these values now
0.6
- Removed grayed effect for the photos contacts that are no matching for none contact (it's causing troubles in some devices)
- Added preview effect (click in the contact name)
- Added context menu (to apply only one photo or for show the preview)
1.0-RC1
- Fully UI redesign
- Internal improvements
- Facebook export don't works (don't implemented yet)
1.0-RC2
- Added support for JPG images
- Re-added support for Menu key
- Added more setting options
- English strings corrected
- Sorted folders in file explorer
- Added exit confirmation
1.0
- UI improvements
- Memory improvements
- More configuration settings
- Added facebook profile photos downloader
1.3
- First market release
- Facebook exporter improvements
- UI improvements
- Spanish translation
1.4
- UI improvements in the second view (for photos that matches more than one contact)
- Spanish strings corrected
1.5
- UI improvements in the list
- Internal changes to reduce memory requirements
1.7
- Algorithm that updates the photo modified, for improve compatibility (is working fine with ICS and GB based devices)
1.8
- Facebook sync is working fine now (thank's to @Bobanovicz for test)
- Added setting to allow photos cache or not (by default is disabled to reduce resources comsumption)
1.9
- Added functions to delete/rename photos to the context menus
- Added setting to overwrite or not the existing files when download or export stock photo contacts
1.91
- Corrected strings
- Facebook export includes owner photo
- Shows a dialog at startup with the maximum supported width and height (depends from the OS) [I'm interested in known if any Android version is showing a value upper to 256]
1.92
- Changed load bitmap algorithm (solves FCs when load very large bitmaps)
2.0-B1
- Download followers/followings photos from Twitter
2.0-RC1
- Optimized code
- Export operations (stock contacts, facebook and twitter) are cancelable now
2.0-RC2
- Included multiple photos deletion
- Included replaceable characters (for comparaison) [eg. if you configure "ü" is replaceable by "ue", the photo "Arthur Müller" can match with the contact "Arthur Mueller" and vice versa]
2.0
- Added large click into photo name to show the contextual menu (same of click the triangle at the right of the list item)
- Added fast scroll and indexer
- Added russian translation (thank's to Vitalyi600)
2.0.1
- Solved FC on rename file
2.0.2
- Solved FC when set empty replacements table
- Added traditional chinnesse translation (thank's to Chris Yu)
2.0.3
- Added german translation (thank's to [user_99])
2.0.4
- Removed submenu for (downloads -> twitter). Double submenu isn't compatible with all devices
2.0.5
- Added Czech translation (thank's to Bobanovicz)
3.0.0
- Added ability to use resolutions greater than 256x256 pixels (to use it, go settings and enable it [you need a rooted device])
- Added search button in title bar
- Added refresh button in title bar
- Added download button in title bar
- Removed menu button in title bar
- Improved list speed and stability
- Added Slovakian translation (thank's to pRo_lama)
3.0.3
- Don't automatically check "Upload HD photos" setting
- Updated german translation
3.1.0
- Facebook exported photos in original size
3.1.1
- Auto remove facebook credentials if coming from a previous version (3.1.x requires more Facebook permissions)
- Remove numbers from the end of photo name (for compatibility)
3.1.2
- Solved issue with Facebook (now actual profile photo is downloaded)
3.1.3
- Facebook exporter optimization
- Support export for users with many friends
4.0.0
- Ability to add your own images (select from camera/gallery)
- Buttons bar (AKA blue bar) can be showed at top screen, bottom screen or hide [in this case all options are showed in menu] (go settings)
- Facebook export improvements
- Added notification icon for export operations (stock/facebook/twitter)
- Added french translation (thank's to tomcruisader)
- Back button when a photo is selected don't finish app, only unselects all
- Search key actives the photos search utility
- Added italian translation (thank's to be_on_edge)
4.0.1
- Corrected strings
4.0.4
- If the device isn't supported by the app you can see a dialog at first start
- For Gingerbread devices the real HD method (photos bigger than 256x256 px) isn't supported at this moment
4.0.5
- Added catalan translation
5.0.0 (not released in markt, only available in XDA thread)
- Added ability to manually link protos with contacts (without name match)
- Added ability to create backups (and restore) from the settings and manually linked contacts
- Facebook and Twitter own photo is also exported
- Other small changes
- Added Georgian translation (thank's to giorgi_alonso)
5.0.1
- Updated translations
5.0.3
- Corrected FC when display contacts list (in manually assignment) and a contact has no defined name
- When download from Facebook, if two friends have the same name, the two photos are correctly downloaded
6.0.0
- Capable to select the Facebook/Twitter photos will be download
- Auto repositionate in main list when refresh
- UI improvements
- Translation updates
6.1.1
- In selections lists (download [Facebook/Twitter/Stock] and manually link, if you click in the contact icon left to the contact name, it will be show the contact photo
6.1.2
- Solved issue when loading large contacts list (in manually assignment activity)
6.1.3
- Solved bug releated to manually set contacts that are unset when restart app
7.0.0
- (Possible) workaround for Gingerbread devices
- Strings corrected
7.0.1
- FC when upgrading preferences from older versions
- FC when listing a contact that has no name
8.0.1 [EXPERIMENTAL]
- Reboot is no longer required when apply HD photos [experimental]
- Added a message when select HD photos in preferences and you don't have busybox installed
- Internal improvements in the root photos assignment
- Translations updated
8.1.0
- Reboot is no longer required when apply HD photos [experimental] [has an option in settings]
- Enhance partial matches function to match correctly "John Doe" with "John B. Doe" (select partial matches option)
- When apply more than one photo in HD, root is only requested for the first photo (i use the same root session to all photos apply)
- Solved issue when applying photos and the pathname contains accentures or special chars
8.1.1
- Updated language translations
8.1.2
- Solved issue with app-data in root mode
8.1.3
- Solved issue (introduced in 8.1.2) that prevents to set app photos source folder. I'm sorry!
8.1.4
- Removed root options from preferences in Jelly Bean (Android 4.1). No longer required because JB support pictures in 720x720px
- Only 1 photo is applied at the same time in free version (i'm sorry for that, but i need your small donations)
8.1.5
- Solves issues applying photos in contacts that (abnormally) has more than one photo
8.1.6
- Support for "JPEG" file extensions for "JPG" image files
8.1.7
- Works with CM10
8.1.8
- Added ads in free version
8.1.9
- Solved exception in preferences in JB
Differences between donate and free versions
Donate and free versions are contained in the same apk.
The only differences are related to the nexts functions,
that are only available for donors.
- Download facebook friends profiles photos
- Download twitter followers/followings photos
- Download stock contact photos
- Apply more than 5 photos at the same time
- Apply real HD photos (photos greater than 256x256 pixels) [root required]
- Ability to create backups (and restore) from the settings and manually linked contacts
Donate app uses google license service in order to get info about whether application has been purchased

Known problems
In Gingerbread devices the HD real photos (bigger than 256x256px) isn't supported

Weird Google hasn't come with an update on this low res problem. It's been known for years. Now even with HD screen resolutions Google doesn't fix this :-(
I use a similar solution to yours. I use the internal Phone book in my Galaxy S2 to create duplicate contacts with only a single high res image. After this I merge the contacts using settings with my GMail contacts, setting the high res picture as default profile.
This causes two problems though. One, it doesn't change anything on my Google contacts so it only works on my phone. Second, you have to apply this trick every time you get a new phone.
Would be nice if your application could do something similar but with some sort of simple import/export function. But I'm afraid that's not that simple, right?

I love the idea, but get "At least one of the selected photos can't be applied" when trying to apply. Image is 300px in height, named the same as the contact and in .png format.
Am I doing something obviously wrong?

mccune said:
Weird Google hasn't come with an update on this low res problem. It's been known for years. Now even with HD screen resolutions Google doesn't fix this :-(
I use a similar solution to yours. I use the internal Phone book in my Galaxy S2 to create duplicate contacts with only a single high res image. After this I merge the contacts using settings with my GMail contacts, setting the high res picture as default profile.
This causes two problems though. One, it doesn't change anything on my Google contacts so it only works on my phone. Second, you have to apply this trick every time you get a new phone.
Would be nice if your application could do something similar but with some sort of simple import/export function. But I'm afraid that's not that simple, right?
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your're right.
the operation only works in the phone.
the contact photo in google servers are unchanged,
but the (phone) photo was no changed when you sync, only if you wipe the data in the device.

dialmformostyn said:
I love the idea, but get "At least one of the selected photos can't be applied" when trying to apply. Image is 300px in height, named the same as the contact and in .png format.
Am I doing something obviously wrong?
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you have a log file in /sdcard/
open and find a contact with error code different from zero.
if the error is due to a contact picture had not previously assigned, the error will be corrected in the next version.
also, appreciate a logcat

Had a quick peek at the log file, says "-4"

dialmformostyn said:
Had a quick peek at the log file, says "-4"
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hi,
the filename (without the extension) of any photo is the display name for two or more contacts (correct me if I wrong)

You are quite correct, it was a contact that had been joined - tried it on an un-joined contact and it worked like a charm!
Thanks for a good app and great help.

dialmformostyn said:
You are quite correct, it was a contact that had been joined - tried it on an un-joined contact and it worked like a charm!
Thanks for a good app and great help.
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ok, i'm working on joined contacts for new release

dialmformostyn said:
You are quite correct, it was a contact that had been joined - tried it on an un-joined contact and it worked like a charm!
Thanks for a good app and great help.
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hi,
version 0.2 is out.
you can confirm if works with joined contacts?
thank's

Which is the default directory for photos ?
I get no data found when i open the app.
Thanks

aalupatti said:
Which is the default directory for photos ?
I get no data found when i open the app.
Thanks
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click menu key and then settings

Hey mate, still not getting data for ICS,after assigning folder
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA

vasili_defy said:
Hey mate, still not getting data for ICS,after assigning folder
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA
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have you stored png's in the selected folder?

Love the idea.
But the app FC's every time i try to apply pictures...
i'm on SG Note, rom Stunner 1.4.26.1 (android 4.0.4), pictures stored as png's, appropriate folder setup in settings. does that irrespective of whether i apply a batch or single contact.

remiotte said:
Love the idea.
But the app FC's every time i try to apply pictures...
i'm on SG Note, rom Stunner 1.4.26.1 (android 4.0.4), pictures stored as png's, appropriate folder setup in settings. does that irrespective of whether i apply a batch or single contact.
Click to expand...
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PLEASE
start the app, select desired pictures and apply
then send me a logcat (ryo.software _AT_ gmail.com)

bartito said:
PLEASE
start the app, select desired pictures and apply
then send me a logcat (ryo.software _AT_ gmail.com)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i'd love to, but i can't find a logcat anywhere

remiotte said:
i'd love to, but i can't find a logcat anywhere
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.jtb.alogcat

Miui rom 2.6.1 rom [ics]

this is the latest release for the pyramid miui rom for the sensation, i take only credit for copying and pasting from the miuiandroid site.
ICS MD5 Checksums:
c2edfc3e067733a43928cfc35c89dc9f miuiandroid_pyramid-2.6.1.zip (HTC Sensation)
ICS Downloads:
http://files.miuiandroid.com/2.6.1/miuiandroid_pyramid-2.6.1.zip
Change log
[System]
Fix some applications, pressing the back key player gif results in locking
Remove the "Disable" button to disable the system applications on app info page to prevent incorrectly shutting down core services which may lead to stability problems
[Phone]
Optimise light-sensor strategy to tackle screen lighting issues
Optimise (CDMA) call ended still shows the green return to call information
Fix problems leading to FC caused by database errors
Fix in some cases the answering interface, vertical slide does not show the correct details
[Messaging]
Fix creating new message from the contact list of selectable contacts does not disappear after choosing contact(s)
[Lock screen, Status bar and notifications]
Added support for displaying music spectrograph animations
Optimisation without SIM card will display the phone in Airplane mode
Optimisation of lock screen to provide 720P HD support
Repair the wrong call in green text colour problem
[Desktop]
Added support for 720P resolution icons on desktop
Adding 4x4 Music Widget playing music sometimes leads to desktop not responding
Fix in some cases the Desktop widgets cannot be used
Fix in some cases long pressing the desktop (Home) button to open recent tasks list causes FC
Fix problem updating the default wallpaper
[Themes]
Optimise package download logic
Optimisation of theme thumbnail masks, description text is now clearer
Fix in some cases online themes does not show listing
Fix in some cases theme manager FCs
Fix select "Ringtones" through other applications such as Music player cannot play problem
[Camera]
Fix in some cases the scene mode cannot be opened from the function menu
Fix open shutter for zero delay, restoring the default camera settings still sets size to 8M pixels
Fix restoring video mode default settings and returning to view finger screen leads to FC
[Gallery]
Optimisation of the image details page, double-click the small pictures are enlarged up to three times that of the original image
Optimisation, the filter does not display the size of a picture of 0 bytes
Fix image details page animation when opening pictures
[Backup Manager]
Added support for backup and restore of emoticons, lunar calendar / birthdays and Network Assistant (Monitor)
Fix problems restoring MMS attachments
[Settings]
Optimisation to indicate incoming Bluetooth file transfer interface layout
NEW Allow to show / hide system FC error messages (See developer options for further details)
Added restore factory default settings can be opened to delete application(s)
New Factory Settings
New Bluetooth information display and phone name info
[Download Manager]
Optimisation to delete all entries, exit edit mode more efficiently
Repair the switch "To download / download / downloaded" leads to potential memory leak problems
[Calendar]
Fix creating a birthday notice is not updated in calendar
Fix delete a contact's birthday calendar, birthday reminders to all empty (also requires you to manually clear the data: enter "calendar store" in the Application Manager, click the "Clear Data" button) (05-31)
[Browser]
Optimised the default setting is turned off for "Automatically adjust page" feature to solve the wrong layout of web pages in some cases
[Traffic Monitor]
Optimisation of traffic usage over limit, status bar prompts once per day only
hopefully the changes will make some people happy, the themes are still not fully working on the sensation XE (status bar mods)
enjoy..................sudeki300

Question:
When I installed the 2.5.25 build from miuiandroid, I was getting a red ring around the screen when entering/leaving most apps...I installed trobys build of 2.5.25 and have not encountered this issue.
Can someone who has installed today's build confirm if it is still happening or not? If so, is there anything to do to fix it? I imagine that it has to do with the screens resolution
Sent from my MIUI Sensation via Tapatalk 2

EDIT: Nevermind, this is MIUIANDROID.

Still Sense based.

[APP][1.6.1][Mar 24th] DCIM Helper: make your device DCIM compliant!

IMPORTANT: after an update, be sure to turn on the app, as Play Store turs it off!
Do you hate when iPhoto won't show the pictures you shot with your Android device, but it works fine with your friend's HTC Sense device? Why is that?!?
That's simply because Google's camera does not comply with the DCIM standard, used by every other Digital Camera in the world (HTC Sense does it!) and properly recognized by iPhoto.
With this app, your Android device will be able to comply and iPhoto will display and import your pictures.
FEATURES:
- Hassle free "Configure once and forget forever!"
- Works with any picture taking app, not just the stock Android Camera!
- "Automagic" background moving of newly taken shots into the proper folder. No need to open the app each time you connect to iPhoto.
- Fully DCIM compliant and fully Android MediaServer compliant (pictures will not vanish from the Gallery).
- If you don't feel like moving, you can select to copy the pictures (but don't forget to check your free space!)
- ON/OFF switch to quickly enable or disable the app.
- Supported picture format: JPG, JPEG, PNG.
- Supported movie format: 3GP, M4A, M4V, MOV.
- Supports Windows, Linux and Mac OS X hosts (don't worry about Thumbds.db, ._IMG0001.jpg files and so on!)
ADVANCED FEATURES (which require a once-in-a-lifetime donation):
- Multiple folder monitoring: if you use Third Party apps (Camera MS, ICS Camera, ...) you can move/copy their pictures as well! Just add their folder to the monitored list.
For more information about the DCIM standard: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_rule_for_Camera_File_system
DOWNLOADS
The app is available for free on Google Play Store.
CHANGELOG
2013-03-24 - 1.6.1
- New translation: German.
2013-01-12 - 1.6
- Online help & FAQ available at http://sineo.it/android/dcim/help.html (or "Menu" -> "Help" in the main screen).
- IMPORTANT: Android 4.1+ "JellyBean" CAMERA HACK/FIX. Please read online FAQ if you are using Android 4.1 and above.
- Fixed service restarting by itself even after being turned off.
- Some UI changes (context menu)
- Fixed some minor bugs.
- New translation: Dutch.
2012-12-01 - 1.5
- Android 4.2 support.
- Hopefully fixed the issue of app not running (not moving pictures) after a while.
- Fix: black gallery pictures on devices with wrong case (upper/lower) in filenames
- Fix: home navigation in preferences screen.
2012-11-01 - 1.4
- Fix: preserve last modified date of copied files.
- Fix: no more "Application Not Responding" popup when using "Move/Copy all files to DCIM" from the context menu.
2012-09-28 - 1.3
- Fixed blank Gallery on Samsung/TouchWiz devices such as Galaxy S3. Thanks to Brunella for the help!
- UI fix: "Add directory" was enabled even when DCIM directory had not been selected.
- New "Keep alive" option (default: false) to (try to) keep the service running when Android is low on memory.
- New translations: Catalan, German.
2012-09-08 - 1.2
- In-app purchases are now available from Google Play Store!
- Automatically disable interface buttons if the external storage is not mounted (this fixes FC people had while trying to move items when the SD card was disconnected from the device and connected to iPhoto).
- Fixed preview for 2x1 widget.
- New translations: Spanish, Indonesian, Italian, Malay, Polish.
2012-08-28 - 1.1
- Added support for MP4 movies.
- Added Homescreen Widget to quickly toggle the app ON/OFF (1x1, 2x1) and display the current number of pictures and movies processed by the app (2x1 only).
2012-08-25 - 1.0
- First public release.
- Support for themes (dark, light, light & dark).
- Automatic discovery of right folders on first launch.
- Option to monitor multiple folders (Donation required).
PLANNED FEATURES
- Translations: if you want to contribute, you can submit your own translation to http://www.getlocalization.com/DCIMHelper/. If I feel like it, I may give you a special package enabling extra features as a thank you... but the translation has to be good!
- A homescreen widget to turn on/off the service (without having to open the app) :victory:
- Optionally rename 3GP, MOV, M4V, etc files to MP4.
- Improve auto-discovery on devices using "_externalSD" hack.
- "Share to..." service to be used in Gallery and such apps. After a review, it looks like it's impossible due to Android internals.

Reserved.

Cool! Will install as soon as it's up.
Also, is there any way to transform photos that are already taken (on HTC One X but using CM10) so that they conform to the standards?

rajitsingh said:
Cool! Will install as soon as it's up.
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It's up! :highfive:
rajitsingh said:
Also, is there any way to transform photos that are already taken (on HTC One X but using CM10) so that they conform to the standards?
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Sure: long press on the directory and if the directory isn't empty, you'll see "Move all pictures to DCIM" and "Copy all pictures to DCIM".
If you have a lot of pictures it will take some time (and you may get the "App is not responding" message), just give it some time and it will complete its job. In future releases I'll make it so you won't get the "App is not responding" message but I felt it was useless to delay the app further for such a silly "feature".
If you like the app, rate it please.
If you need help, post here.

Gonna try as soon as I can
Sent from my SGH-T989 with Cyanogenmod 10 Alpha Power.

I definitely will try this. On monday I can start working on a german translation.
Sent from my GT-I9003 using xda app-developers app

It is Great

Hi hrk!
I just finished Spanish Latin American translation for this app. I hope you can include it in the next version.
Cheers!

Can you add support for video extension .mp4. That is what my camera record in.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using Tapatalk

winfirewire said:
Can you add support for video extension .mp4. That is what my camera record in.
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Yes, MP4 support will be added in 1.1, coming tonight (GMT+2).
New features:
- Support for MP4 files
- Homescreen widget to quickly turn service ON/OFF and quickly know if it's been turned off by Play Store after an update

2012-08-28 - 1.1
- Added support for MP4 movies.
- Added Homescreen Widget to quickly toggle the app ON/OFF (1x1, 2x1) and display the current number of pictures and movies processed by the app (2x1 only).
I hope you'll like the widgets, the icon should be self explanatory. The number (only available in the 2x1 widget, so people can have a toggle-only-widget) is the count of pictures and movies that the app moved. So you can keep an eye on it increasing when you shoot a picture!
I tried them on a HDPI (HTC Desire Z) and a LDPI (Samsung Galaxy Mini) devices. They should look fine on other screen sizes as well, both portrait and landscape. :fingers-crossed:

hi hrk,
just wanna ask..
sorry for being noob :silly:..
what is the benefit actually by using it on Galaxy mini??
and what is iPhoto??

If you deal with a lot of photos, then this app helps if your phone doesn't sort the photos according to the DCIM standard. I don't own any Samsung devices, so no idea how they arrange the folders, directories, name, etc.
iPhoto is a photo editing software for Mac and iOS.
Btw, I've helped translated the program to Malay. Had a lot of fun too. Thankies~

iddeen said:
If you deal with a lot of photos, then this app helps if your phone doesn't sort the photos according to the DCIM standard. I don't own any Samsung devices, so no idea how they arrange the folders, directories, name, etc.
iPhoto is a photo editing software for Mac and iOS.
Btw, I've helped translated the program to Malay. Had a lot of fun too. Thankies~
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ouuhh,, i see..
thanks dude..
I also done on Indonesian.

This is excellent. I was going to do something similar but you have saved me the effort! Thanks for the hard work, seems to work great!

Btw, how to use it??
I already turn it on, and press back app closed. but whenever i open again the apps, the status is off.
I m running it on galaxy mini using theWhisp cm10 and michie sdext script
Sent from my amazing GT-S5570

Put the widget in your homescreen and check its status (grey = off, white + light = on).
I am using it on your same device and rom.
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda app-developers app

Ok, finally work after restart my device.
Weird, but i dont see the widget on the list previously.
Is the a2sd script is the cause?
Sent from my amazing GT-S5570

since I installed this app my Instagram doesnt work anymore, any suggestions?

TastyTorge said:
since I installed this app my Instagram doesnt work anymore, any suggestions?
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I haven't used instagram, so I wouln't know. If you help me understand what is not working, I can try and fix it. Did you put instagram folder in the watched directories? What happens when you take a picture with instagram?

[APP][4.0+] 500 Firepaper v3.00

500 Firepaper provides a live wallpaper and a daydream showing you the latest images from /r/EarthPorn throughout the day.
You never need to look at that boring old wallpaper again, or search for hours for a nice new one. This app will show you quality photographs from all over the world - different ones each day!
NOTICE: This app switched from using the 500px API to showing images from Reddit's /r/EarthPorn sub, as 500px is shutting down their API. Please read the statement on my G+ page - https://plus.google.com/+Chainfire/posts/W52tb4kp8zN
Configurable options include the refresh interval, brightness of the images, oversaturation, and blurring.
Please note that high resolution imagery and animation takes quite a bit of memory, so obviously this app is aimed at high-end devices.
If you are a Muzei user, 500 Firepaper also presents itself as an art source to Muzei.
FAQ
What does buying Pro get me?
I've already made all the features available to you for free. Supporting my developments is optional, but certainly appreciated.
Why is there no save feature ?
Not allowed per API terms
Three finger tap to go to the next image doesn't seem to work, what now ?
On some devices (like the HTC One) you need to put down your fingers one-by-one.
Why does this use so much RAM ?
High-resolution imagery takes a lot of memory in uncompressed form, and multiple buffers are required. But fear not, should your device need the memory while the wallpaper/daydream is not visible, the memory occupied by the app will automagically be released and repurposed.
Can the cached images be put somewhere else, like on my sd card ?
No, they cannot.
Do you want a balloon ?
No, but thanks for asking.
Notices
This application uses the Reddit(tm) API and is not endorsed or certified by Reddit or Reddit Inc. All images (c) their respective owners.
No personal or private information about you or your device is collected or transmitted by this app.

Why ? (you can skip this if not interested)
So this really isn't anything special and probably nobody cares about it. But here it is anyway.
I actually started writing something a little bit like this years ago (which was called Firepaper) which had loads of advanced options, but due to Android 2.x and the constant fighting with memory limitations, I never released anything. Then past February I thought about doing something with 500px, and wrote a lot of the code, but for some reason never finished it. This weekend I had some time to spare and didn't feel like working on any of my usual apps, and I was annoyed with the Nexus 5 wallpaper, so I finished this up (this is something I actually want for my own phone).
There's other live wallpapers and daydreams that do similar things. But due to the nature of background syncing, caching and transferring images I didn't really feel like trusting somebody else to get that right, and not drain my battery when I need it most or rake up the data charges. Not that I'm convinced I did it right, but it works for me so far

Download
You can download the app on the Play Store for free:
Download 500 Firepaper
DO NOT REDISTRIBUTE
In other words, please don't post the APK elsewhere, rather just link to this thread.
Changelogs
2018.05.29 - v3.00 - RELEASE NOTES
- Switch out 500px API for Reddit's /r/EarthPorn
2017.09.15 - v2.80 - RELEASE NOTES
- New API keys
- Grand algorithm reworking:
--- API call rate limiting
--- Daily quotas
--- Cache period extension
--- Display order randomization
- Fixed bug where images would auto-change for a few seconds
2015.12.03 - v2.70 - IMPORTANT NOTICE
- Broke up with 500px
2015.03.16 - v2.65
- Fix low resolution display (use 'clear cache' feature or wait a few days for it to clear up)
- Fix for Muzei art source which would stop working after a while
- Fix black screen on some devices during wallpaper startup
2015.02.25 - v2.60
- Significantly reduce the number of requests to 500px API servers (more speed, less bandwidth)
2015.02.24 - v2.59
- Fix issue with pinned images not sticking
- Further cache tuning
2015.02.22 - v2.57
- Reduce default cache size
- Fix removed image (at 500px) triggering a download loop
- Fix fallback image download failure
2015.02.15 - v2.55
- Add value display to slider dialogs
- Add orientation bias setting
- Add min and max cache size settings
- Add cache settings category (moved some settings around)
- Improved memory utilization in history browser
- Improved cache clearing behavior
2015.02.14 - v2.50
- (C) 2015
- Adjust wallpaper selection icon on Lollipop
- Fix blurry images due to 500px API changes. Use "clear cache" option to force fix.
2014.12.22 - v2.45
- Exit Daydream on unused key press
- Added button to share title, author, and link from history browser
- Fix possible loop issue during image change
- Fix pinned images not staying pinned when refresh set to 'every screen off' or 'every home display'
2014.12.02 - v2.42
- Icon replacements
2014.11.26 - v2.40
- Hardware acceleration now default
- Fix Pro not showing on secondary devices
- Basic L theming (more and new icons coming soon)
- TV compatibility
2014.10.21 - v2.32
- Fix some black screen issues
2014.10.19 - v2.30
- Android-TV related changes
- Fixed high CPU due to network failure
2014.05.10 - v2.27
- Fixed crash on close
- Fixed occsasional rapid succession refresh
2014.05.09 - v2.26
- Crash fix on 4.0 and 4.1 devices (ditched DexGuard)
2014.05.09 - v2.25
- Hardware acceleration: reduce flicker
- Hardware acceleration: fixed an auto-refresh issue
- Hardware acceleration: double tap to deblur
- Muzei: fixed an auto-refresh issue
- Added wakelock timeouts (just in case)
- Adjusted rotation refresh behavior
- Separated all components into their own processes for better memory management
- Blur setting no longer affects daydream
- Pinned image no longer affects daydream or Muzei
- Reworked parallax scrolling
- Reduced background resource usage
- Touch detection adjusted again
2014.05.03 - v2.06
- Fixed crash on launch (DexGuard again!)
2014.05.03 - v2.05
- History Browser no longer automatically closes when selecting it from recent apps
- Fixed some premature refresh issues
- Fixed refreshing of unseen images
- Clear cache now also removes orphaned files
- About a dozen reported minor crashes fixed
- Hardware acceleration: transition effect changed
- Three-finger tap detection adjusted
2014.04.29 - v2.00 - RELEASE NOTES
- Triple tapping the wallpaper now opens the history browser
- Complete reworking of the history browser
--- Twopane layout now vertically oriented in portrait mode
--- During navigation position is remembered (singlepane)
--- Improved thumb loading
--- Implement auto-release memory cache
--- Use disk cache if image available
--- Load shown image first
--- Swipe to navigate
--- Animations
--- Margins
- Revamped cache algorithms, spreading throughout the day
- Clear history moved to main screen
- Garbage bin icon in history browser now deletes only current image
- Added experimental hardware acceleration (some caveats)
- Reworked touch detection code
- Improved LWP setup wizard (skips a screen if possible)
- Allow user to set default image (shown when no other image can be displayed)
- (Pro) Pin wallpaper to the screen for X days (or manually progressed, if sooner) (LWP only, no daydream or Muzei)
2014.02.26 - v1.70
- Fixed "Transportation" category: un- and re-select it in config to fix
- Added option to clear history
- Fix a number of potential crashes that could cause black screen
- Batch together incremental image downloads
- Adjusted image download strategy if not limited to Wi-Fi. Should reduce data usage in that case.
2014.02.13 - v1.60 - RELEASE NOTES
- Added Muzei support
- Dream: hide navigation bar pre-KitKat
2013.12.15 - v1.53
- Fixed (one) possible issue where image will not refresh
- Fixed issue with In App Purchase detection (again)
2013.12.14 - v1.51
- Fixed some categories not working (if you have this problem, use "Clear cache" option)
- Fixed issue with In App Purchase detection
- Changed nag frequency to at most once a day
2013.12.13 - v1.50
- Added blur option
- Added oversaturate option
- Added history browser
- Added setup wizard
- Added donation
- Fixed another black bar issue
- Fixed some spelling errors
- Current image now survives restarts (rotation on some launchers, reboot)
- Parallax disabled by default
2013.11.20 - v1.20
- Fix possible crash at normal daydream exit
- Fix freeze at power cord pull while daydreaming
- Changed triple tap algorithm - no longer pops up during fast swiping
- Triple tap to open 500px is now optional
- Loading a new image on rotation is now optional
- Added option to refresh image each time the home screen is shown
2013.11.18 - v1.12
- Fix crash on startup - if still happening: Settings->Apps->500 Firepaper->Clear data
2013.11.18 - v1.11
- NOTE: UPDATING WILL CLEAR CACHE
- Triple tap opens 500px
- Added NSFW switch
- Longer refresh intervals for LWP
- Fixed a scaling bug that could cause horrible pixelation
- Change to interval settings now active immediately instead of at next image
- Fixed miscalculation that could cause black bars
2013.11.12 - v1.04
- Evermore crash fixes
- Optimized away some redundant drawing operations
- Fixed some rendering issues
- More aggressive memory management (reduce memory use when device low on memory)
2013.11.12 - v1.03
- Fixed some more crashes
- Fixed some spelling errors
- Added option to disable parallax effect
2013.11.11 - v1.02
- Fixed some crashes
- Fixed some issues with daydream on S4/Note3
2013.11.11 - v1.0
- Initial release

Thank you! This sounds great! From a trusted developer as well. I'll give it a whirl on my new Nexus 5.

Where are stored the images till they became cleared?
Nice work!
Sent from my One using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

It crashd on first run
Anyway,after that working well
i9300 - Android 4.3 last stock rom

It also crashed on me immediately. It has worked flawlessly after that
Sent from my SM-N900V using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Nice work Chainfire, needed also a new wallpaper on my Nexus 5
Gesendet von meinem Nexus 5

Thanks guys. Thanks for the crash reports also. Seems live wallpapers and daydreams are handled slightly different across devices and I mostly tested on Nexus 5 and Nexus 10.
I've already fixed a couple of crashes, and some trouble with daydreams specifically on S4/Note3. Play should update in a few hours.
Keep the crash reports coming, and don't forget to mention such details as your exact device and Android version, and if possible provide a logcat.

Chainfire said:
Thanks guys. Thanks for the crash reports also. Seems live wallpapers and daydreams are handled slightly different across devices and I mostly tested on Nexus 5 and Nexus 10.
I've already fixed a couple of crashes, and some trouble with daydreams specifically on S4/Note3. Play should update in a few hours.
Keep the crash reports coming, and don't forget to mention such details as your exact device and Android version, and if possible provide a logcat.
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Works very well on the N5, the 3 fingered system works a treat :angel:
Thanks once again for yet another great app, something the nexus 5 definitely needed.

azzinder said:
Where are stored the images till they became cleared?
Nice work!
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In the app's files directory under /data/data/<packagename>/files ...

Installed on N5 & N7 2013, and for now, works like a charm Thank you.

Great app, uses quite the amount of memory though (up to 102MB now) on the N10. Also annoying that even with a static live wallpaper like this, the scrolling still becomes choppy on the N10...

Exactly what I wanted! There used to be an app on the market with changed the wallpaper periodically from images from 500px, but it stopped working a long time ago Now this is even better Btw, working fine on official Xperia Z Ultra

App works flawlessly on Xperia z1 aswell. This app is really neat.
I got feature request but i'm not sure if its even possible to create. Do you think it would be possible to make the live wallpaper set the picture its currently displaying as the lockscreen wallpaper aswell? Would be neat to have the same wallpaper on my lockscreen aswell. :laugh:
Anyway Chainfire great work as allways, Keep up the great work!

CazeW said:
Great app, uses quite the amount of memory though (up to 102MB now) on the N10. Also annoying that even with a static live wallpaper like this, the scrolling still becomes choppy on the N10...
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That sort of memory use is to be expected when working with high resolution imagery (and Java, heh). It shouldn't become much more than that though.
I don't really see it being choppy on my N10 but my homescreen is pretty much completely empty. The N10 isn't that fast graphics wise due to it's ridiculous resolution, and unfortunately live wallpaper drawing are not hardware accelerated unless OpenGL is used, which is a whole other world of hurt waiting to happen (development wise) and quite overkill for this purpose.
Maybe I should make an option to disable the parallax in the stock launcher, that should speed it all up a bit.
veghov said:
App works flawlessly on Xperia z1 aswell. This app is really neat.
I got feature request but i'm not sure if its even possible to create. Do you think it would be possible to make the live wallpaper set the picture its currently displaying as the lockscreen wallpaper aswell? Would be neat to have the same wallpaper on my lockscreen aswell. :laugh:
Anyway Chainfire great work as allways, Keep up the great work!
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That's up to the lockscreen, I'm not going to implement anything specifically for that. On Android 4.4, the lockscreen actually shows you the LWP as well.

I think parallax effect not working but well pics are awesome... thnx :good:
LG Optimus G Pro E988
stock LG (rooted) ROM 4.1.2
Any feedback about battery consumption... since i have a travelling job i stay away from the charging point have to look at battery consuption
Edit: I don't know why but wallpaper changes with every auto rotation + in landscape mode size of wallpaper doesn't fit full screen. There is a black strip in the left (actually upperside) and right (lowerside) of display ...

Parallax effect not working on N9005 and why when I exit the setting after pressing the shorcut to setting, it will not get back to the app?

works prefect in Samsung galaxy S4 mini.... except from the first crash. Thanks a lot for your whole work!

It works flawlessly without any crash on Galaxy Note II, Android 4.3 (Touchwith). Great work as always Chainfire. :good:

[APP][4.0+] Pictures Optimizer

Pictures Optimizer optimizes your images and photos before sharing them by email, twitter, google drive, picasa, ...
It creates an optimized copy of your pictures using the following techniques:
- Remove unnecessary informations (camera, location, date, ... tags in the image)
- Encode them to PNG, JPEG or WEBP
- Compress the images with quality loss (JPEG or WEBP)
- Remove transparency (PNG)
- Resize the pictures. You can choose between a maximum dimension the optimized image will have or a percentage of the original image size.
You can also add a watermark in the image to protect it.
How to use:
- Select one or more images in the list in the original tab. Press a image to open it in a viewer or the row to select/unselect it. You can also press the "Select all" in the action bar.
- Press the "Optimize" button in the action bar.
- A progress bar shows you the progression.
- At the end of the process, a popup shows you the optimization result. You can choose to share the optimized images.
- Press the tab "Optimized" to see the optimized version of your pictures.
- You can also select some or all the optimized pictures and press the "Share" button to send them to another app (email client, ftp, drive, picasa, ...) or you can delete them.
Link: https://cyberneticlifeform.wixsite.com/cylonu87/legacy

Crashes on selecting any option on settings menu.
Nexus 5 stock kk

nightfishing said:
Crashes on selecting any option on settings menu.
Nexus 5 stock kk
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It's a bug that happen only with android 4.4
It's fixed on version 1.0.1

!!
update working well!
very nice simple app; fills a void in the market.
(one further bug report: in portrait mode the "ignore files in thumbnail folder" setting has the text truncated)

nightfishing said:
update working well!
very nice simple app; fills a void in the market.
(one further bug report: in portrait mode the "ignore files in thumbnail folder" setting has the text truncated)
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a new version fix the truncated text (at least on my GS3)

version 1.1.0
A new version is available that allow you to select the first level folders you want to scan for images.

version 1.5
A new version is available. You can convert GIF and SVG to PNG/PNG/WEBP.