I figured out how to get high res contact photos.
First you need ICS
Have a google plus account and google plus on your phone
Create a folder on your computer called contact photos
Load all your contact pictures into this folder
Put this entire folder onto google+ picasa web albums
Have google+ picasa web albums synced to your phone with the google+ app
You should see in gallery an album called contact photos
Manually link all of your contacts to these photos
Now all of your contacts have high res photos! Its kind of time consuming but its finally a work around the stupid google blurry pictures. I have spent countless time googling a work around. I hope this helps everyone out!
They are working on it as we speak. Thanks for the feedback and suggestion, but personally I think I'll wait until I can manager higher resolution photos directly from GMail Contacts. Saves any future hassles
i hope they fix this!!! i hate low res contact pics.
It's not exactly a fix... but I've gotten many of my contact pictures in high res through Facebook and HaxSync. As long as you have them as a Facebook friend, you can at least see their face clearly with this
The only problem is, if you have to blast your contacts storage or switch phones for any reason, the pictures that get synced back down from Google are the low res versions, then you have to manually re-do the photos all over again. It's disappointing that Google has taken so long to fix what seems like a relatively simple issue.
The other suggestion from Google was to sync your G+ contacts to your phone, but most of the people I contact via text or phone aren't actually on G+, and most of the people I have as contacts in G+ I don't communicate with outside of professional social networks.
robertvarley said:
I figured out how to get high res contact photos.
First you need ICS
Have a google plus account and google plus on your phone
Create a folder on your computer called contact photos
Load all your contact pictures into this folder
Put this entire folder onto google+ picasa web albums
Have google+ picasa web albums synced to your phone with the google+ app
You should see in gallery an album called contact photos
Manually link all of your contacts to these photos
Now all of your contacts have high res photos! Its kind of time consuming but its finally a work around the stupid google blurry pictures. I have spent countless time googling a work around. I hope this helps everyone out!
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Any word when they gonna fix this? It's superridiculous, I have no words for it...
First rule of xda and google
don't ask for ETA
androidsjonnie said:
Any word when they gonna fix this? It's superridiculous, I have no words for it...
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There's now a fix!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ryosoftware.contactphotosupdater
Also downloads from Facebook & Twitter if you donate
Saved me from manually linking everytime I flash a ROM
avidmovies said:
There's now a fix!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ryosoftware.contactphotosupdater
Also downloads from Facebook & Twitter if you donate
Saved me from manually linking everytime I flash a ROM
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Manually choosing pictures for each contact is not a fix!
I have put together a tiny app that syncs the photos on the phone to picasa web thus preserving its quality. Of course you need to have choosen a high resolution photo on your phone.
This being probably my first post, I can't include a link so have a search of it on Google Play and if you found it useful, post the link yourself.
Search for "Contact Photo Sync" on Google Play (remember to include the double quote marks in your search).
I've also released the code under GPLv3. To get the code, search "contactphotosync" in github.
Hope this helps some of you
That is supercool!
oxplot said:
I have put together a tiny app that syncs the photos on the phone to picasa web thus preserving its quality. Of course you need to have choosen a high resolution photo on your phone.
This being probably my first post, I can't include a link so have a search of it on Google Play and if you found it useful, post the link yourself.
Search for "Contact Photo Sync" on Google Play (remember to include the double quote marks in your search).
I've also released the code under GPLv3. To get the code, search "contactphotosync" in github.
Hope this helps some of you
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THANK YOU
oxplot said:
I have put together a tiny app that syncs the photos on the phone to picasa web thus preserving its quality. Of course you need to have choosen a high resolution photo on your phone.
This being probably my first post, I can't include a link so have a search of it on Google Play and if you found it useful, post the link yourself.
Search for "Contact Photo Sync" on Google Play (remember to include the double quote marks in your search).
I've also released the code under GPLv3. To get the code, search "contactphotosync" in github.
Hope this helps some of you
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oxplot.contactphotosync
^ THIS
THAT APP did a good job for ICS AOSP user,
which google failed to provide.. :good:
i personaly dont like another app solution,
which syncing it with FB photo.. even though it's HD.
FB photo profile sync just sucks big time..
i simply don't want my friends picture on my contact phone is just like:
Cat, Guitar, Car or natural scenery,
or maybe his / her picture but way too far from camera..
which s/he set as profile picture on FB.
that app really good, suits my need, which i can't found for months..
oxplot said:
I have put together a tiny app that syncs the photos on the phone to picasa web thus preserving its quality. Of course you need to have choosen a high resolution photo on your phone.
This being probably my first post, I can't include a link so have a search of it on Google Play and if you found it useful, post the link yourself.
Search for "Contact Photo Sync" on Google Play (remember to include the double quote marks in your search).
I've also released the code under GPLv3. To get the code, search "contactphotosync" in github.
Hope this helps some of you
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Brilliant! solves my headache....U are my new hero
You can try also Facebook Contact Picture Sync (google play)
shados78 said:
You can try also Facebook Contact Picture Sync (google play)
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yeah.
because all of friends put a real profile picture of them on their profile.
not.
facebook contact picture sync is great but it's weird to get cat, guitar and etc at my friends contact profile.
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anyway im on Jelly Bean right now.
google already fix this thing.
contact profile already on HD size, and stays HD after sync from scratch.
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Hi everyone!
I have lost a lot of photos I was tagged in by my old friends on Facebook. I don't know why. I think my friends have deleted them.
To solve the problem, I have developed an application to help me view my photos on facebook and backup them if I need.
Now, I share it to you.
If you like this application, please try and give me your review.
Main feature:
- Load photos you are tagged in.
- Load photos in your albums
- Backup photo into Gallery, Dropbox and Drive.
- Share directly to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter etc...
Download here:
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.namlh.fphotos
I'm continue develop it. If you have any suggestion. Please tell to me here. Thanks a lot.
Hello, I'm looking for an app to upload photos (preferably automatically), but also allow others to upload to the same album. Ideally, the shared album would show up in their account as well so they don't have to go looking for it each time.
Facebook allows this, but I don't want to share on fb, I just want to share with a couple people. I really like Google photos, but the multiple contributor "feauture" is atrocious. It's not even a feature, it's more of a work around unless I'm missing something.
What do you guys think?
Thanks
Hey guys, I just recently got the Idol 5.5 and can not seem to figure out how to organize my photos into separate albums like I've been able to do on previous phones. Does anyone know how I can achieve this? Thanks in advance!
I haven't tried the gallery app, simply because I'm using "QuickPic" a universally recognised gallery application that lets you view and create albums and is greatly customisable! You might want to try that
I wish it was more compatible with Google Photo. Right now, it tells me to open Gallery to delete any photos
Does anybody know if and, or how it is possible to remove or hide my "backed up" photos on G+. I would like them not to be seen or visible to online viewing but not deleted from my personal viewing. I've tried the new archiving feature and it worked for all my photos in the Google photos app but my pictures still appear online in the "albums archive on G+. I'd really appreciate the help. Thank you... Keith G