When I link my contacts to their Facebook account, their pictures appear to be extremely blurry and distorted. Is there a fix for this?
That's a limitation of ICS. A good workaround is to install haxsync from the market. It will download hi res pictures but may require some manual linking.
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orcsbane13 said:
That's a limitation of ICS. A good workaround is to install haxsync from the market. It will download hi res pictures but may require some manual linking.
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It's not an ics limitation but a google contacts one instead. Google contacts saves low res versions of contacts photos. Googles solution is to sync contact pictures through google plus.I think that's bogus. What I do is use hd contacts. Once you have high res pictures of all contacts set up through the program, its easy to reapply them to contacts after flashing.
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unity04 said:
When I link my contacts to their Facebook account, their pictures appear to be extremely blurry and distorted. Is there a fix for this?
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if you install facebook sync it fixes it ..app
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How do you get the contact photos in Hi Res? I tried haxsync but it would never load. I even followed the steps on how to activate it. All of my contact photos look bad.
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Would like to know a better way too besides Google+. I don't want to create an account just to sync pictures...
truciet said:
Would like to know a better way too besides Google+. I don't want to create an account just to sync pictures...
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Huh? Google+ accounts don't have hi-res pics either... Unless you know something I don't.
Plus, given that we all have contacts from various sources, this would be the furthest thing from a solution.
I had the Unlocked One X before I got the ATT version and it was exactly the same deal. I uploaded high res pics for my contacts and when you use Caller ID they look fuzzy, same when your editing them. I've taken pic's using the One X's camera and tried to use those pics as well, same result, fuzzy pictures.
On the other hand I'm using the Pictures Lock screen and I uploaded a bunch of high res pics, like I said and they look great bouncing around on the lock screen. Cool feature
The best way I have found is to download the Friendcaster app and tell it to sync high-rez pics from Facebook.
Here you go:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...J5b3NvZnR3YXJlLmNvbnRhY3RwaG90b3N1cGRhdGVyIl0.
How do you get the app to work, it says no data when I open app. It takes me to the app settings.
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So I setup my facebook as an account and told it to sync everything. The problem I am having is that the pictures are not being downloaded for most contacts.
I went into the address book and selected to view just facebook contacts and 99% of people who I did not like to a contact did not have a picture. The same could be seen for people's bdays who appear in my calendar.
Anyone have a solution?
Unfortunately, it's a problem with ICS. Facebook and Google are having a bit of a pissing match, much like those between Apple and Oracle. No ICS ROM period can sync facebook pictures without jumping through some hoops.
There are solutions; look for an app called HaxSync on the market, it's a workaround but it does work.
Or as a free alternative, Friendcaster.
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I knew about the facebook/google fight but I thought HTC's facebook implementation would get over it that just how alternatives like friendcaster can
try this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wsMSwxLDEsInJvLndlZWRuZXQuY29udGFjdHNzeW5jIl0.
its what i use. only downside is that it syncs EVERYTHING so you will have to link contacts to clean up your address book
It's been working fine for me. All of my contacts that have fb are synced and there pics are there
SkizzMcNizz said:
It's been working fine for me. All of my contacts that have fb are synced and there pics are there
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Contacts that have Facebook sync perfectly fine. It's the Facebook contacts, the ones that I don't have linked to my contacts, are the ones that don't have their pictures synced
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Mosch26 said:
try this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wsMSwxLDEsInJvLndlZWRuZXQuY29udGFjdHNzeW5jIl0.
its what i use. only downside is that it syncs EVERYTHING so you will have to link contacts to clean up your address book
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This seems to be working for me. Thanks
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dominican2589 said:
Contacts that have Facebook sync perfectly fine. It's the Facebook contacts, the ones that I don't have linked to my contacts, are the ones that don't have their pictures synced
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Oh I see
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SkizzMcNizz said:
It's been working fine for me. All of my contacts that have fb are synced and there pics are there
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same thing here. now if only the pics would show in Handcent...
cpcrazyfly said:
same thing here. now if only the pics would show in Handcent...
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I think the issue is with the HOX because it doesnt show up on Go SMS either. The only way I got it to show up was by installing this https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wsMSwxLDEsInJvLndlZWRuZXQuY29udGFjdHNzeW5jIl0.
So, as you all know, FB can't sync its contacts with your phone from ICS to JB, and there's been lots of hacks/apps to allow this. Back when ICS was barely released, HaxSync was one of the only working apps, and also produced high quality pics.
Fast forward to today, I can't use HaxSync to sync FB contacts, only to sync my Calender. Is this because HTC Sense already implements FB sync? Or is there another reason why it doesn't work? Will provide screenshots if it helps.
Also, reason I want HaxSync instead of the Sense FB sync is because HS produces very high reso pics, Sense produces some very pixelated images, which are made worse by the 720p display.
Any help is appreciated and thanked!
Nvm, fixed it. Had to freeze "Facebook for HTC Sense". Seems this part of Sense kept interfering with allowing HaxSync download/sync my contacts.
Used Titanium Backup Pro in case anyone was wondering.
Does this allow you to have high res contact pictures when receiving phone calls?
Also, does HS sync your fb profile pics everywhere in the phone? Ie, messaging app, contacts, etc.
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funkswing said:
Does this allow you to have high res contact pictures when receiving phone calls?
Also, does HS sync your fb profile pics everywhere in the phone? Ie, messaging app, contacts, etc.
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No high res yet, there's a compatibility issue with sense.
But yes, they show up everywhere, including apps that aren't Sense based, like Go SMS or Ex Dialer. This is the main reason I use HS, because if you sync the contacts directly through Facebook, they only show up in Sense apps.
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My HTC One S contacts photos are not HD. I have added HD ones in gmail / contacts but they don't display HD on the phone.
I have tried a lot of contact manager apps also and haven't found a solution I liked. Any ideas on how to display high def photos in contacts?
If I remember correctly Gmail downgrades the quality of contact images, if you want higher quality photos for your contacts try linking Facebook with your phonebook. It works well for me
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Thats because they are synced from Google, which doesnt save the photos in HD i think...had the same issue. I think you only can have them in HD if you save the HD pics in your phone and link them to your contacts. That was my solution...
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kai604 said:
Thats because they are synced from Google, which doesnt save the photos in HD i think...had the same issue. I think you only can have them in HD if you save the HD pics in your phone and link them to your contacts. That was my solution...
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Agree, I found out the same. The problem is that if I export the contacts with the built-in option (not via gmail) the same issue applies: i.e. when i restore the backup the images are blurry and ugly.
Hi guys,
What is the best way to set HD photos for contacts?
Contacts are stored on my gmail account, I have not sync them with facebook or any other service and I am not planning to do it.
Every time after flashing the rom pictures are blurry. I believe Google saves them in lower resolution.
Is there any trick to have them always in HD?
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I would like to know this too. I am a Google apps user and the contacts images once synced to Google go blurry.
This died not happen with regular Google account only Google apps for domains.
Any suggestions?
This has bugged me for a while but I realized they are actually HD.
What I do is open the people app and click the pic, after a few seconds it'll change to higher resolution and stay that way until you flash a new rom
littleguevara said:
This has bugged me for a while but I realized they are actually HD.
What I do is open the people app and click the pic, after a few seconds it'll change to higher resolution and stay that way until you flash a new rom
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Nope, nothing changes here. They are still blurry.
But, thank you.
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I know you said you didn't want to sync with Facebook but the most foolproof way is to use Haxsync. You can then go into the Haxsync settings and set it to sync with your Google account. They all show up in full resolution afterwards...
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