Hello all. I'm using an M919 still running on the stock 4.2.2. I was wondering if there was a way to have the picture for the contact for incoming and outgoing calls to display at full screen like the image that I attached. On calls, the picture of the contact is not at full screen. Is there a way to change this? Again, I'm running stock 4.2.2 still.
Have you replaced the contact images? The way I do it is I back up all my contact images and then restore them whenever I change ROMs or phones.. Google saves contact images very poorly and rescaled, that's why they don't show full screen when they are restored from your account
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serio22 said:
Have you replaced the contact images? The way I do it is I back up all my contact images and then restore them whenever I change ROMs or phones.. Google saves contact images very poorly and rescaled, that's why they don't show full screen when they are restored from your account
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That worked! Thanks. Is there an easier way to upscale the default pictures without having to set new photos for each of my contacts? It looks like by default, the contacts is using facebook profile pictures.
You can use an app that will sync your contacts picture to Facebook, they didn't work very well last time I used them, but that was a while back, might be better now
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Thanks. I'll look into the app.
phuzion420 said:
Thanks. I'll look into the app.
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There's also an app called Full SCreen Caller ID.
It does exactly what it sounds like. It makes you caller ID the FULL screen. Every pixel. Not just the part above the dialer.
Workrs like a charm. No root required. There's a free version you can use to try it out and see if it's for you.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.androminigsm.fscifree
There are all kinds of options as well for how to answer the phone and how the contact info looks. There are about 10 similar apps. This is the one that I've enjoyed the most. But it's all a matter of opinion.
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With the default messaging application when i receive a mms it comes in as a slide show even though it is only one picture. If i open picture up and hit menu ,pause, the picture still goes away after a little while.
Why am i receiving a slide show when one picture is sent to me. I know i can use chomp or handcent but i would rather jut get this fixed.
Is it possible to stop slide shows or just the way things are on the phone?
I would like to know if there is a fix for this too.
Thank you
djfred500 said:
I would like to know if there is a fix for this too.
Thank you
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The fix is to replace the htc messing app with the standard android app. It's been a while since I did it but a google search will yield the instructions and the apk.
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So far i seen that happen in the beginning Also.. the reason it goes to slide show is cause there is a caption to the pic. Have the person or persons not write something and just send the pic.. it will come not as a slide show
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So far i seen that happen in the beginning Also.. the reason it goes to slide show is cause there is a caption to the pic. Have the person or persons not write something and just send the pic.. it will come not as a slide show
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Actually that is not totally true... I have recieved plenty of messages with captions... I have seemed to narrow it down to
1. Iphones like to create slideshows for us. (Randomly at that)
2. The file format of the picture..
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Actually that is not totally true... I have recieved plenty of messages with captions... I have seemed to narrow it down to
1. Iphones like to create slideshows for us. (Randomly at that)
2. The file format of the picture..
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Hmmmm that's when it does it for me in messages to my peeps.. good to know tho..
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The fix is to replace the htc messing app with the standard android app. It's been a while since I did it but a google search will yield the instructions and the apk.
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Thank you doing a search i found the Mms.apk file removed old one and installed new one and it worked out just great.
@masterfuel:
I get what your saying, that might be true in some cases, but i have tested this method with only Androids sending me the pictures.
Its been from DroidX, Evo, both bring up a slide show, but after doing what "baknblack" suggested actually turned out to be a better solution.
If anyone needs the fix here it is
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=846231
Thanks for all the feedback on this. I have been getting a slide show for pretty much everything. From android, blackberry and iPhone. Maybe it has something to do with the captions people are adding like someone mentioned. But it is annoying that u can't stop the slide show. If u click on picture there is a pause button but it starts again by itself. I will try that basic Android fix and see how that works out. I am guessing u push file to system/app and delete the old one.... whatever that is called. I have to see if there are instructions in the other thread linked here.
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awesome .. i put on the new MMS application and the MMS pictures are right in the chat .. no more slide show .. u guys are the best !!
@djfred500 glad it worked for you.
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Is it just me?
I can't send MMS messages. It force closes!
iTouch24 said:
Is it just me?
I can't send MMS messages. It force closes!
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That's what mine was doing. Installing the vanilla app fixed it. It was then I noticed the side effect of the sideshow being gone.
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That's what mine was doing. Installing the vanilla app fixed it. It was then I noticed the side effect of the sideshow being gone.
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the sense mms application was working fine ... i installed the vanilla mms app to get rid of the slide show ... but now with the vanilla mms application ... i cannot send MMS messages...
if i try to compose a mms from the picture gallery the message shows up blank with no picture attached .. if i add the picture manually and then try and send the app force closes ...
I used to have this issue also, I remember searching for a fix and then found that it was just the messaging app, downloaded handcent and have never looked back, just remember to disable the notifications on the stock app and then you have a fully functional, kick ass, text messaging app.
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I used to have this issue also, I remember searching for a fix and then found that it was just the messaging app, downloaded handcent and have never looked back, just remember to disable the notifications on the stock app and then you have a fully functional, kick ass, text messaging app.
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i was just testing out gosms as well ... doesnt seem as polished as handcent though
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i was just testing out gosms as well ... doesnt seem as polished as handcent though
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Something got borked on mine on new years eve I was sending some pics and it hung. I know the network was jammed that night and i think the thing got itself into some state it couldn't recover from. Like having a file that didn't close properly or something.
This happens to me as well...with handcent....HATE IT!
When someone calls me or even when I place a call....why is it that the pix resolution looks crappy. How can I get to look better. I'm using pictures I take from my phone and its 8 megapixel. Is there a solution for this. Thanks in advance.
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jessegio34 said:
When someone calls me or even when I place a call....why is it that the pix resolution looks crappy. How can I get to look better. I'm using pictures I take from my phone and its 8 megapixel. Is there a solution for this. Thanks in advance.
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I would like to know this too!
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It has to do with having your contacts synced through Google. Once you set the picture and it syncs for some reason it lowers the picture resolution. If you turn contact sync off and reset the picture to the contact it will stay in good quality. Why it lowers the resolution I have no idea.
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Because it uploads the picture to Google, which converts it to a very small size, so if you get a new phone, Rom, whatever and you sun your contacts it won't take forever to download all the pics, so if sync is on your using googles pic that was uploaded to the server. Another way around this without turning sync off is to go into the people app, then pic the contact, then change it from google, to phone, of course, if your phone breaks any contacts you have set to phone that have never been set to Google will not be there when you get your new phone, but, there is a way around that also, you can export your contact to a file on your SD card, so as long as your SD card is ok, you can then import them from that to your new phone. To be extra safe, you can copy that backup file from your SD card to your computer so if a tractor runs over your phone and even destroys your card, you'll still have a backup, hide you've enjoyed readin this lengthy answer as much as I have writing it, I'm REALLY bored...
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I really rely on Facebook contacts sync as it has pretty much all the numbers i need. I know there are apps like Friendcaster and Haxsync but those do not sync the numbers with the profiles. My GNex is running stock 4.1 right now and it is rooted I believe, since i rooted it myself last night (i think i did it right). Is there something that will allow me to Facebook Sync my contacts and still keep the standard OS without noticing anything changed. Or i guess in other words, how can i quickly enable it so that it can sync and then delete whatever i put to enable it to do that so that I am back at square one just this time with all my contacts I would backup and put on my computer. Using a standard GSM Gnex on the latest Jellybean update, I hope I was descriptive as possible. Also I am a noob so please don't go too crazy on me, I've never actually done any of this stuff but i just want my contacts so i can use the stock until im comfortable doing more of this
HaxSync from the play store. Even import birthdates to calendar.
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HaxSync from the play store. Even import birthdates to calendar.
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Yes but what I was saying is I need to Sync the contacts with the phone numbers, not just the contacts with pictures, i actually need the phone numbers that's what im after!
jerfy said:
Yes but what I was saying is I need to Sync the contacts with the phone numbers, not just the contacts with pictures, i actually need the phone numbers that's what im after!
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+1 been wondering this too. I have a Verizon toro model on a 4.1 ROM. Need the numbers from fbook.
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Download Friendcaster from the app store, just run it side by side with the official FB app. I did that for my fiance, even though friendcaster is more robust.
She loves it now though because she can finally get realtime push notifications from facebook
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Download Friendcaster from the app store, just run it side by side with the official FB app. I did that for my fiance, even though friendcaster is more robust.
She loves it now though because she can finally get realtime push notifications from facebook
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I don't think you guys are understanding what I am saying lol, I understand these apps give you the contacts. This is what I want yes, but what they lack is adding the contacts WITH the phone NUMBERS. I want the the phone numbers. I am trying to get the phone numbers of with the contacts lol am i clear yet :crying:
Exactly. I want numbers too. I have like 5 people synced to my Google account. The rest are on Facebook. Friend caster only syncs them to my "people" app. If I go to the phone app the numbers aren't there. When I open the menu and select "choose contacts to display" I select friend caster and it says 0 contacts. Looking for contacts phone numbers not just names and HD photos...
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Apparently that is not possible due to restrictions in the fb api
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Apparently that is not possible due to restrictions in the fb api
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Is there not a way to get around those restrictions? I don't want to repeat my first post too much..
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Is there not a way to get around those restrictions? I don't want to repeat my first post too much..
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Custom ROMs usually have Facebook sync working fine, you could also search how to modify a stock google image to allow facebook sync, if I'm not mistaken you'll need root and busybox, you will need to edit a text file and run a script that will update a database in your phone... Unfortunately I don't have this information handy, so, you'll need to search for it if you want to modify stock rom (remember, you need root), or, you can always use custom roms that do not have this limitation.
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Custom ROMs usually have Facebook sync working fine, you could also search how to modify a stock google image to allow facebook sync, if I'm not mistaken you'll need root and busybox, you will need to edit a text file and run a script that will update a database in your phone... Unfortunately I don't have this information handy, so, you'll need to search for it if you want to modify stock rom (remember, you need root), or, you can always use custom roms that do not have this limitation.
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I've flashed about 2 ROMs now that claimed to allow the facebook sync and they haven't worked lol can anyone direct me to one that actually does work and they know first hand? I'm going to look into that busybox editting text file business now in the meantime.
Lol Hino, what ROMs have that actually working? JB ROMs at least. I've tried just about all of them and I didn't have numbers from Facebook on any one of them.
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Custom ROMs usually have Facebook sync working fine, you could also search how to modify a stock google image to allow facebook sync, if I'm not mistaken you'll need root and busybox, you will need to edit a text file and run a script that will update a database in your phone... Unfortunately I don't have this information handy, so, you'll need to search for it if you want to modify stock rom (remember, you need root), or, you can always use custom roms that do not have this limitation.
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Do you think you could link me to the ROMs that actually have the Facebook sync working properly, or link me to a thread that walks me through how to use busybox to bypass this stuff. I've honestly tried everything and searched since you posted this and nothing I can find works.
I don't think there is any that works the way you want, sorry. Is a fb issue. If that is a must have for you, maybe you will have to try another phone.... a shame
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Is there not a way to get around those restrictions? I don't want to repeat my first post too much..
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Custom ROMs often have Facebook sync hacked into them. You can't do this on stock if you need full contact and number syncing.
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Custom ROMs often have Facebook sync hacked into them. You can't do this on stock if you need full contact and number syncing.
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Can you please tell me which ROMs i can install to have this done ? Can i install that ROM and then export my contacts into my computer and revert to stock and import them again? or will that not work either? even so what is the custom rom i can use, i've used tons that claim it but none perform it
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Can you please tell me which ROMs i can install to have this done ? Can i install that ROM and then export my contacts into my computer and revert to stock and import them again? or will that not work either? even so what is the custom rom i can use, i've used tons that claim it but none perform it
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I thought that too. If you go to "Contacts" your fb friends show up, no numbers or other info though. Nothing in "Phone"
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RoyJ said:
I thought that too. If you go to "Contacts" your fb friends show up, no numbers or other info though. Nothing in "Phone"
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You tried to export them? There must be a way once you do get the contacts synced to save them into the phone and not just under the synced profile that way you can export them. I tried to export them off my other phone running gingerbread and put them onto my Gnex but it was a no-go the file i extracted had 0 bytes for some reason it just didn't want to export the contacts at all.. Was hoping it was still possible but I suppose its not
This is from Facebook site. Only option I found for you, would be to export them and add them to Gmail.
http://m.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150091734742206&_rdr
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This is from Facebook site. Only option I found for you, would be to export them and add them to Gmail.
http://m.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150091734742206&_rdr
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I guess there is no way to bypass this at all. I checked that out and the extension is deleted and with more research apparently this used to work until facebook updated their coding so it doesn't work anymore.
Well, this is embarrassing.
Something I just found interesting about (what I assume is) a TW limitation?
When I want to take a picture to attach to an SMS, or attach an old picture to an SMS, I seem to only have the choices of the stock cam and stock gallery apps.
I thought that perhaps I had inadvertently set a default in the first day of ownership (although I don't remember doing so, and I am fastidious about these things), but there were no defaults to clear, either in the MSGing app, or the cam app.
While I find being forced to use the stock gallery for attachment annoying (I like QuickPic far better, for several reasons), not the end of the world.
But I use Vignette almost exclusively for taking pics, and having to close txt app > open vignette > take pic > close vignette > (wait for pic to process) > open txting > attach pic... P.I.T.A.
Am I missing something obvious? It's been quite some time since I used TW stock for any period of time. (On my E4GT I used anything but TW for the last 6 months of ownership...) But even then I still seem to remember TW offering me a choice of installed cams for attachments. Is this a Note II "thing"? Or something in the newer iterations of TW?
Thanks for reading, comrades-in-nerdiness.
Clear defaults in the gallery app?
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w7excursion said:
I can't see your spam
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10 post spam :thumbdown:
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w7excursion said:
Clear defaults in the gallery app?
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There are no defaults to clear in the cam, gallery or messenger. I am literally forced to use the stock cam in attaching a pic to a msg.
Can someone confirm that this is the case on stock for them as well?
Or perhaps confirm that on a different rom its Not the case?
(fu*king spam, thanks for the bump)
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I downloaded the quick pic and I get no option to use it when picking a picture from the messaging app. Maybe contact the developer about it.
Edit: actually it might be how the phone software is meant to handle attachments. I installed another gallery app and it doesn't show up either.
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I downloaded the quick pic and I get no option to use it when picking a picture from the messaging app. Maybe contact the developer about it.
Edit: actually it might be how the phone software is meant to handle attachments. I installed another gallery app and it doesn't show up either.
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thanks, if you're on stock, than I consider the issue confirmed. for stock at least. with gallery.
anyone on any other ROMs can confirm?
(I already assume that anything AOSP does not have the issue, but I am wondering if any TW base ROMs have tweaked something that would allow for other apps to be used as either defaults.)
I've only had the option to use stock camera/gallery on TW.
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When choosing to add an attachment if you choose take picture it defaults to the stock camera. But when u chose to attach an image and click on the stock images symbol you get options to choose from different apps. And quickpic pops up fine for me. Just downloaded it since above poster mentioned it.
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When choosing to add an attachment if you choose take picture it defaults to the stock camera. But when u chose to attach an image and click on the stock images symbol you get options to choose from different apps. And quickpic pops up fine for me. Just downloaded it since above poster mentioned it.
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thanks for that! would never have found that, counter-intuitive! (also, I tend not to attach many images from the gallery, usually take them on the spot.)
(found another cool little thing, if you long press any icon in the attachments menu, takes you to the app properties...)
still hoping to find a way to use a better/different camera app in attachments though. hrm. far more important.
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thanks for that! would never have found that, counter-intuitive! (also, I tend not to attach many images from the gallery, usually take them on the spot.)
(found another cool little thing, if you long press any icon in the attachments menu, takes you to the app properties...)
still hoping to find a way to use a better/different camera app in attachments though. hrm. far more important.
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What I hate is when browsing the gallery if you have your dropbox synced to it you don't have an option to share. However I do for my Facebook pictures which is also an online service. So in order to share I have to go to the messaging app and click attach from the dropbox in the attach photo selection I posted above. If you attach directly from dropbox it created a link to visit instead but if you use it from the massaging app it loads up the photo.
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I recently updated to the latest firmware, but I flashed the ROM posted in the development section. I had set pictures for a couple of my contacts, and after updating my phone and letting Google sync my contacts back onto my phone I noticed that the pictures will not stretch to fix the area for pics when making a call.
I should say that some pics are stretched. But some aren't. None of the photos that are used to set the contact pic is stored on the phone.
Google doesn't save it in hd when you sync.
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So how can I get the phone to display the pic in HD?
If it's only a couple of contacts then you can do what I do and make a folder on your SD card with the pictures of the contacts you want and then set them again every time you go to a new ROM. Get the pictures however you got them in the first place, or maybe go on their facebook or something. Depending on how many you want to set, it should only take a few minutes.
If you use fb you can get hax sync and it will use hd pics and you can back it up to your Google contacts
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Everytime you flash a new rom this will happen. I used to just go one by one reassigning pics, until I found this app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jgarrison.hdcontacts
Just assign pics using the app and after you assign all the pics go into the settings and do a backup. After that when ever you flash a rom juat restore the pics using the app.
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