Hello everyone
I recently bought a Galaxy S4 mini GT-I9195 and so far I love it.
I am synchronizing my contacts with Facebook because that way I get all my friends' images in my phonebook.
But those images are small and blurry, and they look very bad especially in the call screen.
Is there any way I can set a larger photo size for my facebook contacts? I didn't see such an option in the Facebook app.
Thanks
Use HaxSync.apk to sync your contacts. Their images will be very clear and big.
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marselcj said:
Use HaxSync.apk to sync your contacts. Their images will be very clear and big.
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Is there any way to do it without installing extra apps?
No. You have to install HaxSync.
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Hi all
When you link Facebook to contacts it uses the generic profile picture as the contact picture. If the person/contact has more than 1 profile picture can you chose which profile picture is used for the contact in the phone. For example, I don't like one particular profile picture but like another.
The reason for my question is that my HTC Touch HD would allow you to chose which profile photo (from Facebook) is used ..
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It seems to default to the FB one over Phone one. I quite like it because it means it changes, when they change their FB photo.
You can choose between Facebook and GMail (and maybe local) picture for a contact : go to the contact details, if the contact comes from more than 1 source (GMail and Facebook) there is a little "linked" symbol on the upper right. Click on that symbol. You'll see the 2 sources. On that screen, you can click on the picture of your contact and choose which one to display.
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bradavon said:
It seems to default to the FB one over Phone one. I quite like it because it means it changes, when they change their FB photo.
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That is the general idea but it seems it doesn't do so. My contacts have changed their pictures a long time ago 9on FB) and i still see their old photo. I can seem to trigger it to change. If i un-link them i see my google picture BUT Facebook shows the NEW picture. If i re-link the profile i get back the old picture.
Any ideea how to force it to update the bloody picture?
Thanks.
Am I right and from all the threads here Contacts is a mess on the Desire?
You might have to remove and add your account again in settings
It seems to default to the FB one over Phone one. I quite like it because it means it changes, when they change their FB photo.
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That is the general idea but it seems it doesn't do so. My contacts have changed their pictures a long time ago 9on FB) and i still see their old photo. I can seem to trigger it to change. If i un-link them i see my google picture BUT Facebook shows the NEW picture. If i re-link the profile i get back the old picture.
Any ideea how to force it to update the bloody picture?
Thanks.
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It's not a mess, it just that it has A LOT of extra features (more or less useful) that don't work as they should.
As a basic contacts to select, search, call, message, email etc it's perfectly fine, they just tried to make it do a lot more and with some consequences.
@slybeans: well that works, but really isn't a solution.
I just flashed Cyanogen and so far it seems awesome, but is there an easy way to import people's facebook pictures to use for my contacts like sense has?
Also, is there a way to get sprint's visual voicemail working on it?
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Also, is there a way to get sprint's visual voicemail working on it?
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Scroll the the bottom of the first post in this thread. There you'll find the Sprint voice mail apk.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731637
Thank you for that! Any ideas on the facebook?
Also, are there any other kernels besides snap that work with cyanogen? I can't seem to find a stable setup.
for facebook pictures: http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.nloko.android.syncmypix
free app that works well
facebook and twitter are syncing with contacts in cm6 now, not sure about the contact pictures. i haven't really tested it out.
contacts sync works in cm6...works fine on mine. works the best if you do first and last names in your contacts, it makes it earier for the facebook program to match the contacts
_MetalHead_ said:
I just flashed Cyanogen and so far it seems awesome, but is there an easy way to import people's facebook pictures to use for my contacts like sense has?
Also, is there a way to get sprint's visual voicemail working on it?
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Do you have facebook contacts appearing in your contacts, and linking with regular contacts?
If for some reason a contact is using a different image than facebook, open that contact and scroll to the area of the contact with the facebook data, if you click on the picture from facebook it will prompt you to use that image
Anyway to link contacts. Every time I use a CM Rom, I end up with 600 contacts most of them doubles. One being a FB contact and the other being the actual contact stored in the Google Cloud. I love the roms, but this is very upsetting.
Yes you can link your Facebook contacts. First go into your Facebook app, hit menu and you should be able to sync Facebook.contacts.
From there, go to your contacts, select a contact, hit menu to edit contact, and you should see an option to 'join' - this will let you link your contact to their Facebook profile. Also, after linking the contact, you can choose to use their Facebook photo or leave it on their default photo if you have one.assigned.
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abanh said:
Yes you can link your Facebook contacts. First go into your Facebook app, hit menu and you should be able to sync Facebook.contacts.
From there, go to your contacts, select a contact, hit menu to edit contact, and you should see an option to 'join' - this will let you link your contact to their Facebook profile. Also, after linking the contact, you can choose to use their Facebook photo or leave it on their default photo if you have one.assigned.
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you can only do this in a sense rom. with cm6 and facebook you can only choose to sync all fb contacts or sync only existing contacts
Thanks man. That worked like a charm!
Hello everyone,
Well, I'm storing my contacts through Gmail account.
However, as long as I register a contact I upload its photo from facebook!
From that time on, every contact stands with its photo as header which means it's displayed on top of the contact info.
Unfortunately, as long as we sync it with Gmail account, the photo gets resized to a smaller size and it gets displayed as a square (not as header anymore) on the left corner of contact info.
My question is: Is it possible to revert those images to the standard size?
Thanks
As I know.. Nope!
I'm not sure
Pr0xXxY said:
As I know.. Nope!
I'm not sure
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I hate that pixelized square lol
If you store the contact to the phone it retains any full size photos. Leaving them on sim card makes all photos smaller
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If you store the contact to the phone it retains any full size photos. Leaving them on sim card makes all photos smaller
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When I'm storing it I have to options:
1. Phone Contacts
2. Google Contacts
As I wanted them synchronized, I've chosen Google Contacts to all my entries. However, As long as I synchronize it, I'll get a small picture of each contact which's the one that's on Gmail Account
Is it impossible to get the standard size back?
I i want to delete InfiniteView.apk, is this needed for anything?, and what it is for, i believe is a higher resolution and animated visualization mode for the contacts, but if i want the contacts in plain mode and save space and memory, can i delete it without problems?
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the the little "infinity" logo u get when u press on a contacts picture, and it shows up all of there info, like extra numbers, emails, address, stuff like that. by all means get rid of it, but u wont be able to see or edit contact details without it (i think)
No you can't, without it you wont be able to select a contact to call I believe; I removed it a few months ago and you can restore it after you remove it so I suggest you download titanium backup and then try using it.
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Yeah, it definitely messes up your contacts and stops you calling from them.
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whay about facebook in infinite view, if i delete facebook, will there be unusable facebook icons on infiniteview?
You can delete anything Facebook. As long as you don't need Facebook. Before flashing any ROM I always delete Facebook stuff. You can always install the app from the market and move it to your SD card, but you won't have any integrated stuff. Or just use your browser.
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i mean because i opened infiniteview.apk and saw facebook icons there, if i dont have facebook installed, does this icons appear in infiniteview somewhere as buttons or anything?
You can sync your Facebook friends' contact details to your phone's contacts. Maybe that's why there's Facebook icons in there?
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Thanks, i wonder if the facebook contacts sync will stop working if i remove facebook integration and i only leave the facebook app.
On my LG Thrill I used to use Go Contact Widget, then "Photo Contacts Widget" because it has larger contact icons. Both showed the pictures very clearly. Any contact widget I've tried on my SGIII displays their picture rather blury and pixelated. However When I click on their picture and it brings up the option to call/text etc the resolution is perfect.
Anyone have any input/advice on this?
mikeeey said:
On my LG Thrill I used to use Go Contact Widget, then "Photo Contacts Widget" because it has larger contact icons. Both showed the pictures very clearly. Any contact widget I've tried on my SGIII displays their picture rather blury and pixelated. However When I click on their picture and it brings up the option to call/text etc the resolution is perfect.
Anyone have any input/advice on this?
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Have you tried any of the apps available to sync HQ photos to your contacts (IE: Haxsync, etc.)? That may make a difffence.
May I ask what contacts widget you are using with your phone??? Any I've tried won't work.
Jelly Bean has also moved to using higher res contact images natively, so perhaps when this update hits it'll rectify this.
mikeeey said:
On my LG Thrill I used to use Go Contact Widget, then "Photo Contacts Widget" because it has larger contact icons. Both showed the pictures very clearly. Any contact widget I've tried on my SGIII displays their picture rather blury and pixelated. However When I click on their picture and it brings up the option to call/text etc the resolution is perfect.
Anyone have any input/advice on this?
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Sync the pictures with something like Facebook Contact Sync from the market that bring in HQ photos, it makes a difference.
What contact widget are you using on the S3? Are you using Touchwiz as your launcher or a 3rd party? I haven't found a single contact widget that works with touchwiz unless I use a third party app to sync the pictures (but then lose syncing other info from facebook.)