Can this finally mean the 5 year old Google *bug* is solved?
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/18/android-4-0-ice-cream-sandwich-now-official/
"Refreshed people app with social network integration, status updates and hi-res images"
No more crappy resolution contact images for Google contacts? I can't wait to see incoming call photo to be displayed with proper pixel resolution.
Could someone check this on ICS? Maybe the contact image resolution specs are in the SDK?
~220 views but found the answer myself:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-4.0.html
"Large photos
Android now supports high resolution photos for contacts. Now, when you push a photo into a contact record, the system processes it into both a 96x96 thumbnail (as it has previously) and a 256x256 "display photo" that's stored in a new file-based photo store (the exact dimensions that the system chooses may vary in the future). You can add a large photo to a contact by putting a large photo in the usual PHOTO column of a data row, which the system will then process into the appropriate thumbnail and display photo records"
zerozoneice said:
~220 views but found the answer myself:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-4.0.html
"Large photos
Android now supports high resolution photos for contacts. Now, when you push a photo into a contact record, the system processes it into both a 96x96 thumbnail (as it has previously) and a 256x256 "display photo" that's stored in a new file-based photo store (the exact dimensions that the system chooses may vary in the future). You can add a large photo to a contact by putting a large photo in the usual PHOTO column of a data row, which the system will then process into the appropriate thumbnail and display photo records"
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Sweet, good find.
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If you use facebook, Sync your contacts with Facebook For HTC Sense and you'll get high res display pictures.
zerozoneice said:
~220 views but found the answer myself:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-4.0.html
"Large photos
Android now supports high resolution photos for contacts. Now, when you push a photo into a contact record, the system processes it into both a 96x96 thumbnail (as it has previously) and a 256x256 "display photo" that's stored in a new file-based photo store (the exact dimensions that the system chooses may vary in the future). You can add a large photo to a contact by putting a large photo in the usual PHOTO column of a data row, which the system will then process into the appropriate thumbnail and display photo records"
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finally... about freaking time Google...
sromer said:
If you use facebook, Sync your contacts with Facebook For HTC Sense and you'll get high res display pictures.
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i don't care about facebook, it's one of the first bloats i remove...
Guys,
My Sensation XE will be arriving soon, so, no experience with Android yet.
The question is does HTC Sync actually sync high-res pictures with Outlook?
Dmitry N said:
Guys,
My Sensation XE will be arriving soon, so, no experience with Android yet.
The question is does HTC Sync actually sync high-res pictures with Outlook?
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Exchange actually, but looks like it yes.
zerozoneice said:
Exchange actually, but looks like it yes.
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Pardon?
zerozoneice said:
~220 views but found the answer myself:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-4.0.html
"Large photos
Android now supports high resolution photos for contacts. Now, when you push a photo into a contact record, the system processes it into both a 96x96 thumbnail (as it has previously) and a 256x256 "display photo" that's stored in a new file-based photo store (the exact dimensions that the system chooses may vary in the future). You can add a large photo to a contact by putting a large photo in the usual PHOTO column of a data row, which the system will then process into the appropriate thumbnail and display photo records"
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But how? I can't make it in contacts app. Even if I select high quality photo its pixalated in contacts list or call screen. Am I missing something here?
I always use Outlook to sync my contacts! On GB Roms they look fine but on ICS the pictures totaly blury and full of pixels.
EDIT: Just have tested it if htey are better when i make a new contact and add a new Picture, but no the photo is totaly blury and looks very very bad!
Many so called high res photos look like **** when you crop out a persons face btw. So don't crop too much.
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So the new ICS brung an improvement to google contacts... but... 256x256?
Yesterday I've got a mail from google about solving this issue at last that lingered from Cupcake time...
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=4147
And what now? Instead of 96x96... we have now 256x256 pics? Still Gmail hasn't adopted and that higher res picture seems to be as an extension in the csv file. And after new custom OS flash - the old ugly pictures pour in etc etc... (I hate backups as I have various devices and could cause an nonobjective of the OS causing other bugs)
New HD resolutions are coming in and calculate the percentage of these pics mates... Why I have to use a 3rd parity sync service?
Maybe someone could explain, why google is so stubborn with this basic need? At least 2MP pictures anyone??
The only ones that solved this problem seems to be Sony Ericsson(Funny Eh?), as their custom framework and contacts app works like it should in high res, and fetches up high res images from various social networks and links those accounts up, and their contact app is the most astonishing no MIUI, SENSE, 3rd parity contact app and etc are even close at their functionality and style...
Or Maybe I am the only one with this aesthetic need?
The only anwser I have for this is that people at google are soo ugly that they prefer to see their pic pixelated. It makes no sense not to have hd pics on contacts...
After we have been waiting for this for so long 4.1 finally brings it
Higher-resolution contact photos
With Android 4.1, you can store contact photos that are as large as 720 x 720, making contacts even richer and more personal. Apps can store and retrieve contact photos at that size or use any other size needed. The maximum photo size supported on specific devices may vary, so apps should query the built-in contacts provider at run time to obtain the max size for the current device.
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i wonder if it will also work for 4.0 since the problem was the google sync (pics look sharp before syncing)
i found this here:
http://developer.android.com/about/versions/jelly-bean.html
there are many features that were not presented like USB audio YAY
Finally! Guess I will redo contact pictures one last time soon...I wonder if it stores them higher res in contacts already...not really a way to test it that is coming to mind.
it won't auto update your images to HD, since the google server used to store them in the low resolution.
the images used to be crisp untill you synced your contacts. that always made them blurry again
Hi
Long time ago, I took time to use HD pictures for all my contacts. Everything is saved on my google account.
There wasn't any problems until now. I don't know if it's because I was using only Nexus devices. Now i own a Galaxy S7, and all my contacts (except the favorites) got blurry pictures.
If i use a computer to check and change a photo, it's still blurry.
But if I change it from the phone, the photo is nice and clear (it's always save on my Google account).
I know there was some issues with the release of Google Contacts V2, when they decided to use small circle profile pics.
Is it possible it can be related the google account in general and affect everything?
If I load (again) all pictures with the phone, are HD pictures will be be saved and synced for future use?
Thanks
I own a Pixel 2 XL and I'm slightly confused by Google photos. When I'm in an area that I'm not connected to the internet, my pictures won't load. I can see like a low quality version of it, but the full resolution picture won't load unless I have an internet connection. Is there another gallery app I can download to view and edit my pictures in full resolution? I love everything about Google photos except for that one thing. Any tips are greatly appreciated, sorry for the noob question.
I'm fairly sure that's expected behavior. When your Photos are stored on the cloud only, you'll only see low-res versions that may be cached. Adding a gallery won't do much if the photos aren't stored locally.
If you really want a local gallery (I use one for local folders that never sync) I like QuickPic.
Are you using the "free up space" option? That deletes your photos from your phone; after that they can only be accessed via the internet. I don't use that feature (unless or until I'm desperate for more storage). To check, I just switched my Pixel 2 to airplane mode and was still able to access photos I've taken since I got this phone at full resolution.