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as...@gmail.com
Thanks for the report!
Unfortunately you can't specify a height or width for video files at the moment, and the 'dv' parameter returns a downsampled version of the video. There is currently no option to retrieve the video in its original resolution.
I have forwarded this to the team and will update here once I hear back.
Unfortunately you can't specify a height or width for video files at the moment, and the 'dv' parameter returns a downsampled version of the video. There is currently no option to retrieve the video in its original resolution.
I have forwarded this to the team and will update here once I hear back.
ma...@gmail.com
Thanks
The documentation should be updated then?
https://developers.google.com/photos/library/guides/access-media-items#video-base-urls
If specifying a video width or height is not possible the sentense "with your required dimensions:" makes no sense then.
The documentation should be updated then?
If specifying a video width or height is not possible the sentense "with your required dimensions:" makes no sense then.
[Deleted User] <[Deleted User]>
Thanks - Good catch, I'll get the documentation updated. (The previous sentence is quite explicit, but we must have missed this one.)
ss...@gmail.com
Is there a separate ticket for adding the ability to download full resolution video? Or does this documentation ticket also cover that? I want to make sure I'm tracking the correct ticket so I'll know when that feature is added.
ma...@gmail.com
Re #5, we can track this here. I have renamed the title of the issue to capture this.
ma...@gmail.com
Not sure if this works (or is fool-proof), but I tried reverse-engineering this based on the URLs I see in Google Photos directly, and in Picasa. My hunch is, if you pass the attribute "=m37", you might get a higher resolution video. How I tracked this down is:
1. Go to Picasa's API for showing your albums:https://picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/api/user/YOUR_USER_ID_HERE?kind=album&prettyprint=true . Find the album you are looking for, in the element <gphoto:id>xxxxx</gphoto:id>. Note that this album id is different from your Google Photos album id.
2. Now look at your album via Picasa's API:https://picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/api/user/YOUR_USER_ID/albumid/YOUR_ALBUM_ID?kind=photo&prettyprint=true . Find the video you are looking for (you can search by title etc.).You will see the following defined:
<media:content url='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/dummy-image-url=m18 ' height='360' width='640' type='video/mpeg4' medium='video'/>
<media:content url='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/dummy-image-url=m22 ' height='720' width='1280' type='video/mpeg4' medium='video'/>
<media:content url='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/dummy-image-url=m37 ' height='1080' width='1920' type='video/mpeg4' medium='video'/>
Specifically look for those items where the type='video/mpeg4'.
If you observe the URLs you will see that they have the same URL with a different suffix: =m18 for the smallest resolution, =m22 for the medium resolution, and =m37 for the highest resolution. This is what I see in my albums; you might see something else. What I have found, though, is that if I simply append "=m37" to the URL shown in Google Photos API, it seems to neatly bring me a good resolution video.
Product Team,
Is my hypothesis correct? Or am I completely off-base?
1. Go to Picasa's API for showing your albums:
2. Now look at your album via Picasa's API:
<media:content url='
<media:content url='
<media:content url='
Specifically look for those items where the type='video/mpeg4'.
If you observe the URLs you will see that they have the same URL with a different suffix: =m18 for the smallest resolution, =m22 for the medium resolution, and =m37 for the highest resolution. This is what I see in my albums; you might see something else. What I have found, though, is that if I simply append "=m37" to the URL shown in Google Photos API, it seems to neatly bring me a good resolution video.
Product Team,
Is my hypothesis correct? Or am I completely off-base?
we...@gmail.com
One more thing - I got the idea of looking at the Picasa API because in the preview page of Google Photos I saw that the small preview of my video was suffixed with "=m18", and I had seen that while I was working with the Picasa API.
we...@gmail.com
Re #8 Adding "=m37" works for me in a browser but gives me a 404 when calling the API.
Furthermore, requesting 'https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/[video-baseUrl]=dv ' now results in an Error 400 (did work before for low-res videos) - do I just leave that here, or do I open another issue?
Furthermore, requesting '
we...@gmail.com
Please do not use any flags that are not documented on the "Access media items" guide in our developer documentation: https://developers.google.com/photos/library/guides/access-media-items
Undocumented flags are not supported and should not be used directly. If you have a use case for other types of encoded or processed video, please do file a new feature request, describing your use and any technical requirements.
Undocumented flags are not supported and should not be used directly. If you have a use case for other types of encoded or processed video, please do file a new feature request, describing your use and any technical requirements.
ma...@gmail.com
How is this a feature request, this is clearly a bug. The dv link should download the full resolution just like the documentation states and also its a minimum functionality of getting a media item. Currently there is no way to download the video so the feature is broken. Please update the bug type and priority.
as...@gmail.com
Correction (I shouldn't say just resolution but rather full quality of the video):
Based on the description in the documentation the dv parameter should download the full quality video. There is no mention of down sampling the in documentation.
In addition it the basic expectation of getting a media item is to have access to its full quality download.Not having this ability makes the api incomplete missing basic functionality most apps require.
Finally access to full quality video would be consistent with the way images download works (full quality with some tagging stripped).
This is why I think this is a bug, the behavior is unexpected, undocumented, and inconsistent with other interfaces.
Thanks!
Based on the description in the documentation the dv parameter should download the full quality video. There is no mention of down sampling the in documentation.
In addition it the basic expectation of getting a media item is to have access to its full quality download.Not having this ability makes the api incomplete missing basic functionality most apps require.
Finally access to full quality video would be consistent with the way images download works (full quality with some tagging stripped).
This is why I think this is a bug, the behavior is unexpected, undocumented, and inconsistent with other interfaces.
Thanks!
co...@gmail.com
Any update on this? There's little point in me using the API if I can't download the original (or thereabouts) video. It can't be that hard to implement.
or...@gmail.com
It's blocked by 109754198 but I don't have permission to view that.
co...@gmail.com
We have made some changes recently to the way data is returned from base URLs for videos.
Can you confirm if the quality and resolution is of higher quality now?
If you are still seeing this, could you provide an example of the file or the exact codec, resolution and framerate of the video?
Can you confirm if the quality and resolution is of higher quality now?
If you are still seeing this, could you provide an example of the file or the exact codec, resolution and framerate of the video?
co...@gmail.com
What I'm trying to do is transfer photos and videos from my phone to my computer, where I keep my master copy of 20 years worth of photos. I don't want a higher resolution video, I want the original. For me, having my photos on Google Photos is nice, but it's secondary, TBH.
I tried using the Google Drive integration with Google Photos, but it was a nightmare because deleting a photo from Drive wouldn't necessarily delete it from Photos. Now I'm hoping to use the Google Photos API.
I tried downloading a video from Google Photos today, but the 50MB video from my phone resulted in a 13MB download. Also, the video was taken at a time as per the filename on my phone: 20181124_140007.mp4 but the EXIF data in the downloaded video had been rewritten by Google Photos and the only timestamp in there was 2018:11:24 16:48:07, which was probably the time that my phone uploaded the video. So now I have a poorer quality copy of my original video with the wrong timestamp.
And it's just this second dawned on me that I've deleted files from my phone to free up space, so the only original copy of those files is on Google Photos and I can't get access to them.
I'm just trying to keep a few files in sync between different devices. It shouldn't be this difficult.
I tried using the Google Drive integration with Google Photos, but it was a nightmare because deleting a photo from Drive wouldn't necessarily delete it from Photos. Now I'm hoping to use the Google Photos API.
I tried downloading a video from Google Photos today, but the 50MB video from my phone resulted in a 13MB download. Also, the video was taken at a time as per the filename on my phone: 20181124_140007.mp4 but the EXIF data in the downloaded video had been rewritten by Google Photos and the only timestamp in there was 2018:11:24 16:48:07, which was probably the time that my phone uploaded the video. So now I have a poorer quality copy of my original video with the wrong timestamp.
And it's just this second dawned on me that I've deleted files from my phone to free up space, so the only original copy of those files is on Google Photos and I can't get access to them.
I'm just trying to keep a few files in sync between different devices. It shouldn't be this difficult.
[Deleted User] <[Deleted User]>
what about this issue any news how to download the original file size, i have a video 2GB and when i download it it downloaded as 320MB and not working..
Any solution about this issue ???
Any solution about this issue ???
tr...@gmail.com
Hello
Any news about this issue. ?
Any news about this issue. ?
do...@gmail.com
Hi,
someone work on it?
someone work on it?
da...@gmail.com
In answer to https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/80149160#comment15
I have recently discovered that my 1080p 60fps videos are now transcoded down to 30fps with high compression - they look terrible. But if I directly download them from the Google Photos Web they are fine. Why is the API transcoding, please?
Here is an example which I share globally for all to see.
Album =https://photos.app.goo.gl/Avm52meJycEH8N5o6 contains a single video showing the issue.
The attachment contains three copies of the video:
- the original file from the phone directly (1080p 60fps)
- the file as downloaded from the Google Photos Web (similar but not identical to the above)
- the file as downloaded from baseUrl with =dv -- this shows only 30 fps and file size is 1/10 of the above
I have recently discovered that my 1080p 60fps videos are now transcoded down to 30fps with high compression - they look terrible. But if I directly download them from the Google Photos Web they are fine. Why is the API transcoding, please?
Here is an example which I share globally for all to see.
Album =
The attachment contains three copies of the video:
- the original file from the phone directly (1080p 60fps)
- the file as downloaded from the Google Photos Web (similar but not identical to the above)
- the file as downloaded from baseUrl with =dv -- this shows only 30 fps and file size is 1/10 of the above
br...@gmail.com
Hey Google. Any news here? Not sure why this was ever switched to a feature request type of ticket, as this is 100% a bug.
This is getting really ridiculous. This API has been the only means of interacting with Google Photos since you all did away with the Google Drive folder a couple months ago and yet we still can't get any traction on this issue that's been open for OVER A YEAR???? What kind of terrible management is going on over there that the person assigned to this hasn't been canned already for not completing their work?
For the love of all things holy Google... PLEASE FIX THIS DUMPSTER FIRE OF AN API!!!!
This is getting really ridiculous. This API has been the only means of interacting with Google Photos since you all did away with the Google Drive folder a couple months ago and yet we still can't get any traction on this issue that's been open for OVER A YEAR???? What kind of terrible management is going on over there that the person assigned to this hasn't been canned already for not completing their work?
For the love of all things holy Google... PLEASE FIX THIS DUMPSTER FIRE OF AN API!!!!
be...@gmail.com
I think step back on this or similiar issue when fetching video with =dv suffix
I'm using
com.google.photos.library:google-photos-library-client:1.4.0
to fetch videos. It was working pretty well but for some new videos i got issue IOException with reason 500 from google endpoints:
It describe itself more like this:
java.io.IOException: Server returned HTTP response code: 500 for URL:https://video-downloads.googleusercontent.com/ABzBgw2CdMg09PwSry__Bl [...]
this is (partial) output from fields of MediaItem
google.photos.types.MediaItem.base_url=https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/lr/AGWb-e6s [...]
google.photos.types.MediaItem.mime_type=video/mp4, google.photos.types.MediaItem.media_metadata=creation_time {
seconds: 1570301787
}
width: 576
height: 1024
video {
fps: 29.918403416437823
status: READY
}
, google.photos.types.MediaItem.filename=video-c523eb1bb7a18b3e31f97ac581bffabf-V.mp4}
all i do is append =dv to the end of baseUrl
I'm using
com.google.photos.library:google-photos-library-client:1.4.0
to fetch videos. It was working pretty well but for some new videos i got issue IOException with reason 500 from google endpoints:
It describe itself more like this:
java.io.IOException: Server returned HTTP response code: 500 for URL:
this is (partial) output from fields of MediaItem
google.photos.types.MediaItem.base_url=
google.photos.types.MediaItem.mime_type=video/mp4, google.photos.types.MediaItem.media_metadata=creation_time {
seconds: 1570301787
}
width: 576
height: 1024
video {
fps: 29.918403416437823
status: READY
}
, google.photos.types.MediaItem.filename=video-c523eb1bb7a18b3e31f97ac581bffabf-V.mp4}
all i do is append =dv to the end of baseUrl
pa...@gmail.com
sorry for the above. I meant to paste it in related issue that point to this one. But there is also mention about 400 return from the endpoint not 500
mean:https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/111638708
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xs...@gmail.com
Is there any plan to fix this bug?
ed...@gmail.com
Hi there also wishing that issue was prioritized :p
[Deleted User] <[Deleted User]>
It's been nearly 3 years. Why has this not been fixed yet?
bp...@gmail.com
Bumping this...
an...@gmail.com
Hello,
will this be fixed anytime soon?
will this be fixed anytime soon?
an...@gmail.com
I second the people above, this should not be listed as a feature request - not having the ability to download an original quality video is obvious a bug. Also, coming up on the 2 year anniversary of this bug, which I can only imagine is a major blocker for anyone doing anything with video where the user expects high quality.
an...@gmail.com
I think this limitation is entirely deliberate, for limiting bandwidth and prevent a large number of apps most often than not using the original video rather than a smaller transcode.
sa...@gmail.com
Kinda like keeping a car under the speed limit by slashing it's tires. There are already limits and quotas in place, they could just make a new limit on data downloaded or on number of full quality video requests pretty easily.
td...@gmail.com
I'm using the Original Quality option and paying for storage, but I expect to also be able to download the Original Quality then. Please fix this _issue_ (this is not a feature request).
go...@gmail.com
That's my situation exactly. I had hoped to write something to auto backup all my photos and videos to my network attached storage every night, in case anything happens to my Google account.
ro...@gmail.com
If you need some inspiration on the auto backup: I did exactly that. Working every week in my case flawlessly for months now. Didn't fix the video issue though... https://github.com/paranerd/backup-my-accounts
ra...@gmail.com
I to have written a backup service that works OK and I believe a few thousand people use it. But here is my list of Google API issues that mean that it is not a true backup https://github.com/gilesknap/gphotos-sync/issues/119
dm...@gmail.com
Any news on this? I just spent a whole bunch of time adding Google Photos support to our desktop video application only to discover that I can't retrieve video files in their original resolution, which unfortunately makes it useless to me.
pe...@gmail.com
Bumping this up as a user in need of the video feature
an...@gmail.com
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ke...@gmail.com
how do i download original quality video ???
gl...@gmail.com
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As a paying costumer, I would also like to be able to download my data at the original quality if I requested to using the API.
da...@gmail.com
Hey Google, dont be evil? please? we can all see where this is going...
el...@gmail.com
As someone who's been paying for 1tb (now 2tb) google drive storage since 2015. I also demand that we should be able to download the original files as we uploaded them
vq...@gmail.com
I'll chime in that this is important to me as well, as another paying Google customer.
jo...@gmail.com
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an...@gmail.com
my problem is totally reverse
i can easily download the original video with =dv but =m18, =m22 etc simple dont work after full video encode
it works for a few then is gone
i can easily download the original video with =dv but =m18, =m22 etc simple dont work after full video encode
it works for a few then is gone
bk...@gmail.com
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go...@gmail.com
Hello Google,
any news on that topic? The first issue has been introduced in 2018. Would you please come with a solution? ${baseUrl}=dv does not work and it has definitely something to do with the exposed endpoint.
Many thanks
With best regards
ma...@gmail.com
Hello Google,
are you still working on this? I don't want do download my videos squished down in quality with the api...
are you still working on this? I don't want do download my videos squished down in quality with the api...
gt...@gmail.com
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an...@gmail.com
As a paying customer I need this issue fixed asap. If not fixed in 1 month moving to icloud
lo...@gmail.com
As a paying customer, I need this issue, and other issues related to syncing MY photos libraries with an external storage, to be fixed.
br...@gmail.com
when will this problem be solved, is anyone doing this at all?
cr...@gmail.com
Bueller, anyone????
Come on google, I'm PAYING you extra to store original quality video. you are holding my data ransom here... please fix this bug.
Come on google, I'm PAYING you extra to store original quality video. you are holding my data ransom here... please fix this bug.
ak...@gmail.com
Dang :(
mu...@gmail.com
I second the importance of downloading an original quality video. This is absurd.
ma...@gmail.com
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sc...@gmail.com
Poor decision. OneDrive provides original quality via API.
di...@gmail.com
My family's memories are now trapped in Google Photos. This is unacceptable.
ke...@gmail.com
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ko...@gmail.com
This bug is still open after 4 years?!?!?!
ma...@gmail.com
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What the fuck is going here Google ? Do you want users let your services down ? I always lov(ed?) Android, but those kind of WFT is making me really reconsider it for the future
What the fuck is going here Google ? Do you want users let your services down ? I always lov(ed?) Android, but those kind of WFT is making me really reconsider it for the future
st...@gmail.com
Wow, as a paying customer I'm disgusted that I can't get my original photos ans videos. I'm freaking paying for that exact reason. I'll be moving away for SURE, it's one thing on top of too many.
ku...@gmail.com
Is Google Takeout also affected with this ?
sc...@gmail.com
No Google Takeout is not affected, however it gives you a chaotic set of images/videos and metadata. It also takes maybe a day or so to download my library, so its not a very effective backup process.
cr...@gmail.com
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My data is too valuable to entrust to Google if they are going to snub their customers by not fixing a bug like this after knowing about it for 3 years. I'll be exfiltrating my Google One data and canceling my subscription ASAP.
My data is too valuable to entrust to Google if they are going to snub their customers by not fixing a bug like this after knowing about it for 3 years. I'll be exfiltrating my Google One data and canceling my subscription ASAP.
an...@gmail.com
Quick poll - for those that have left gphotos due to this (or related) issues, what have you switched to instead?
ko...@gmail.com
As a paying customer I'm joining to the comments above. WTF, Google? Obviously, your infrastructure is able to return full raw original video since I can download it in original 4K60fps by google photos web UI. I need the same behavior in the API.
st...@gmail.com
@Google please raise the priority of this ER. It is a shame !
sa...@gmail.com
Come on, Google, don't be evil and fix this. We shouldn't rely on Takeout to get the best versions of our videos.
po...@gmail.com
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re...@gmail.com
bump this as this still an issue
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I never heard of Google Photos product previously although I have been working in Google Cloud Partner ecosystem for over two years, so am quite familiar with Google's product portfolio both in and outside Google Cloud.
When I learned about Google Photos from one of the Machine Learning courses that I am taking I thought that it sounds like a pretty good product so I spent some time to check it out. I liked the interface and the features but I also learned that this product does not allow to export the photos and videos back at their original resolution/quality level. This is vendor lock-in and is a deal breaker.
I cannot recommend this product to my customers and friends. In fact, I feel that now that I know about the vendor lock-in situation, it is my duty to mention this to any client or friend who is using Google Photos or is considering it. I also feel it is my duty to mention this every time I mention Google Photos in my line of work as an example of successful application of ML models.
I believe that in our time, and I'm writing this in year 2023, not allowing customers to export and take away all their data is socially unacceptable for a SaaS. I'm looking forward to this being fixed so that I can try this product again and begin recommending it to my clients and friends.
an...@gmail.com
Issue still there. Absolutely unacceptable for a paying customer like me. I have to look elsewhere now, thanks google photos.
me...@gmail.com
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Please provide a solution to this
Please provide a solution to this
an...@gmail.com
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This is very frustrating; there shouldn't be a difference between downloading through API and through web browser
This is very frustrating; there shouldn't be a difference between downloading through API and through web browser
gr...@gmail.com
6 yeas wow
an...@gmail.com
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er...@gmail.com
Seriously, 6+ years without resolution?! This is an essential feature and I can't believe this hasn't been fixed yet. C'mon Google!!!!
sb...@gmail.com
Assignee
li...@google.com
Does this person(s) still work for Google?? Why would it take 6 yrs with no update??? I literally discovered this bug just AFTER signing up with 5tb plan. Well...just cancelled the account and moving to another provider.
li...@google.com
Does this person(s) still work for Google?? Why would it take 6 yrs with no update??? I literally discovered this bug just AFTER signing up with 5tb plan. Well...just cancelled the account and moving to another provider.
br...@gmail.com
It is worth noting that the open source Immich is becoming more and more a viable alternative to Google Photos.
I've started the process of migrating my large library over to a self-hosted instance. (You can export your photos with Google Takeout, and there are scripts to add back the metadata.)
Once you self-host, getting the highest quality version isn't a problem.
https://immich.app/
I've started the process of migrating my large library over to a self-hosted instance. (You can export your photos with Google Takeout, and there are scripts to add back the metadata.)
Once you self-host, getting the highest quality version isn't a problem.
vo...@gmail.com
Huh, is this still an issue? I’m in the process of migrating my media from dropbox to google photos now, but if I don’t have a programmatic way to access my original media… that entire effort is a non-starter.
Is there at least a private API we can use for this? How is the web interface accessing the media?
Is there at least a private API we can use for this? How is the web interface accessing the media?
ma...@gmail.com
I was trying to use Google Photos API and faced this problem.
How on earth is the core function of downloading the original video missing from the API? Do you say this is intentional?
Has anyone tried any workarounds, private APIs or anything else? There must be a way
How on earth is the core function of downloading the original video missing from the API? Do you say this is intentional?
Has anyone tried any workarounds, private APIs or anything else? There must be a way
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Android has some picture re sizing feature for faster load times and less load on mobile internet. That is why pictures in a browser look crap and I suppose that is why synced photos look crap. Or maybe Google uses some kind of server through which all the data goes and that server compresses all the images synced or downloaded. Anyways, I would have thought that with froyo this nonsense would be fixed. We can always wait for 3.0 :D
ma...@gmail.com
Please address this issue, no reason that contact photos on a cheap phone should look better than on an EVO running state-of-the-art Android 2.2! Simple solution seems to be to allow local storage of contact photos in original high resolution.
st...@nextevolution.co.uk
Hope this gets sorted soon.
vf...@gmail.com
Why is it reduced so?
I am sure there is enough room on these devices to allow a little more detail in the contact pictures.
I am sure there is enough room on these devices to allow a little more detail in the contact pictures.
mo...@gmail.com
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Even the Facebook profile pics are processed through Google, which reduces the quality to a 96x96 thumbnail and then blows it up in a blurry mess on the screen. IMO the resolution that Google compresses the image to should match the resolution of the device you're syncing with.
Even the Facebook profile pics are processed through Google, which reduces the quality to a 96x96 thumbnail and then blows it up in a blurry mess on the screen. IMO the resolution that Google compresses the image to should match the resolution of the device you're syncing with.
al...@gmail.com
HTC Hero, Android 2.1
I have the same problem.
I have the same problem.
da...@gmail.com
This has to be fixed
cr...@gmail.com
A workaround should not be needed, Google could fix simply by allowing storage of a large contact image or by allowing my phone to keep it's image instead of the Google contacts one.
gr...@gmail.com
The solution posted October 21 works. Just change your Contacts' photos option from Show All to the second option (Only show pictures I have chosen for my contacts) and you will retain your hi res photos.
vm...@gmail.com
Do it, please!
ba...@gmail.com
Search: android low res photo contact
About 258.000 results
Guess Google should fix it.
About 258.000 results
Guess Google should fix it.
ma...@gmail.com
Fix it ! )
ha...@gmail.com
yes please.
de...@gmail.com
oh, common Google, WTF?
me...@gmail.com
At the very least, clicking on the person's contact photo should bring up a larger picture, at least the size of the screen - this way you can show clients or friends pictures of your contacts on the fly, especially if you're referring a person to someone else for further assistance.
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ba...@gmail.com
please fix it!!!!
ba...@gmail.com
please fix it!!!!
al...@gmail.com
Please please PLEASE make the contact photo a higher res! Being able to set it up to like 800x400 or even higher would be awesome. Also having it displayed bigger (and configurable) when a person calls would be fantastic too.
th...@xsbyte.com
Same on Hero
fa...@gmail.com
same on Froyo
pa...@gmail.com
Fix it ! )
kl...@gmail.com
Contact Photos on my Desire HD are terrible, please fix the resolution in Google, make it higher to get better photos to my contacts ... PLEASE!
tr...@gmail.com
yup getting similar issues here... hurry up and provide a proper fix not these work arounds that are being posted everywhere.
fo...@gmail.com
This should be merged with
This is a minor but nevertheless very frustrating issue (it reminds you of being there everytime you make / get a call).
This is a minor but nevertheless very frustrating issue (it reminds you of being there everytime you make / get a call).
ma...@gmail.com
just give us nice big crisp images of our contacts
ka...@gmail.com
Very irritating when seeing upscaled image on large screen.
mi...@gmail.com
Oh man, this should be embarassing dragging it so long.
rr...@gmail.com
OMFG I can't believe this is not fixed yet!!!!! GOOOOOOOOOOOOGLEEEEEE !!!!!
cp...@gmail.com
If you want to do something about it, please go to the link above, and vote for the suggestion!.
http://goo.gl/mod/6ZHo
mi...@gmail.com
This should be merged with 1265!
va...@gmail.com
Allowing free gigabytes for your Gmail account and services and forcing contact images downsampled with horrific compression level as a final touch.. Ain't that a really bad, bad joke, Google?
While God is in the detail, you guys are in denial. You will never see such an obvious fail from Apple, and that's why Android UI sucks balls in many places.. I really would like Matias Duarte to do a great job towards cleaning this whole mess. Yeah, I've switched from Apple to Google in terms of mobile phone, but you gotta name things, you know.
This is a well deserved rant, because you got no lives as this is something people see each darn call. Two years of ignorance and counting.. You guys know how to freak a man.
While God is in the detail, you guys are in denial. You will never see such an obvious fail from Apple, and that's why Android UI sucks balls in many places.. I really would like Matias Duarte to do a great job towards cleaning this whole mess. Yeah, I've switched from Apple to Google in terms of mobile phone, but you gotta name things, you know.
This is a well deserved rant, because you got no lives as this is something people see each darn call. Two years of ignorance and counting.. You guys know how to freak a man.
mr...@gmail.com
Same problem on the MyTouch 4G running Android 2.2.
One fix is to choose "T-Mobile" instead of "Google" under "Select contact photo". This should appear after you've assigned a photo to the contact IF you have contacts for the same person saved under your Google account and your T-Mobile account, and have linked them on your phone. I don't have T-Mobile entries for all my contacts, but if I could figure out how to back up all my Google contacts to T-Mobile, that would solve my problem.
I was sure this was a problem HTC Sense. I can't believe the #1 Smartphone OS can't even do contact photos.
One fix is to choose "T-Mobile" instead of "Google" under "Select contact photo". This should appear after you've assigned a photo to the contact IF you have contacts for the same person saved under your Google account and your T-Mobile account, and have linked them on your phone. I don't have T-Mobile entries for all my contacts, but if I could figure out how to back up all my Google contacts to T-Mobile, that would solve my problem.
I was sure this was a problem HTC Sense. I can't believe the #1 Smartphone OS can't even do contact photos.
mr...@gmail.com
Okay, here's a work-around for T-Mobile customers, at least with the Mytouch 4G and Android 2.2:
1. Add the customer as a Fave. This will create a "T-Mobile Contact" which should automatically link to your Google contact if you added the fave from your contacts rather than adding them as a new contact.
2. Assign a photo to the contact. If you already had a photo assigned, you will have to do it again for the T-Mobile contact. If you didn't, then make sure to choose "T-Mobile Contact" from the "assign photo" menu AFTER assigning the photo, otherwise it will default to the low-resolution Google contact photo.
3. (Optional) Once the photo is assigned, you can delete the contact from your faves (be careful not to delete the contact from your phone when asked). You can even delete the photo from your phone!
I'm not sure if the high-res photo will follow you to a new phone, but it should work at least as long as you keep the same phone.
1. Add the customer as a Fave. This will create a "T-Mobile Contact" which should automatically link to your Google contact if you added the fave from your contacts rather than adding them as a new contact.
2. Assign a photo to the contact. If you already had a photo assigned, you will have to do it again for the T-Mobile contact. If you didn't, then make sure to choose "T-Mobile Contact" from the "assign photo" menu AFTER assigning the photo, otherwise it will default to the low-resolution Google contact photo.
3. (Optional) Once the photo is assigned, you can delete the contact from your faves (be careful not to delete the contact from your phone when asked). You can even delete the photo from your phone!
I'm not sure if the high-res photo will follow you to a new phone, but it should work at least as long as you keep the same phone.
an...@gmail.com
for myself I found a solution. what I have done: export to sd card all contacts . delete all contacts from gmail, delete all contacts from my phone. import contacts from sdcard to PHONE and this is it!
You can also backup contacts from gmail.
I made many many synchronisations with gmail and now everything is fine for me. no blurry icon anymore :D
You can also backup contacts from gmail.
I made many many synchronisations with gmail and now everything is fine for me. no blurry icon anymore :D
al...@gmail.com
Wow Google? Why don't you fix this? Or give us the option to "Use Hi-Res Photo"
HTC Desire : This works for me.
1. Add a new Phone-Contact, just give it a name.
2. Select a photo to use as Contact picure.
3. Link the new Phone-Contact to your Google-Contact. (now the phone will display just one contact)
4. Edit the Contact, click on the photo and select "Use Phone Photo"
Now you can sync all you want and the phone will always display the Phone-Contact picture.
HTC Desire : This works for me.
1. Add a new Phone-Contact, just give it a name.
2. Select a photo to use as Contact picure.
3. Link the new Phone-Contact to your Google-Contact. (now the phone will display just one contact)
4. Edit the Contact, click on the photo and select "Use Phone Photo"
Now you can sync all you want and the phone will always display the Phone-Contact picture.
ht...@gmail.com
How this god.dam... pb could still exist ? Do we really need to wait for gingerbread to see this pb fixed ?
Is it really so hard or what ?
Here 's an idea, how about changing 96x96 by 800x800 ? Voila ! Fixed...
Is it really so hard or what ?
Here 's an idea, how about changing 96x96 by 800x800 ? Voila ! Fixed...
da...@gmail.com
Pretty ridiculous flaw for Android. I tried the fix in the other thread and it didn't work (makig mail only show your contact photos).
bk...@gmail.com
This needs to be fixed. The linked contacts option from Sense works well, but it's of no help to anyone with an original Droid, Nexus 1, Nexus S, or any other stock Android phone or ROM (like Cyanogen). I really love Android, but Google's lack of support for things that can be fixed very easily on their end is very discouraging.
av...@gmail.com
Issue open from Oct 2009. Cant believe this issue is not yet fixed
bi...@gmail.com
Agree with everyone else! Come on google!!!! A multi-billion dollar company can't make a quick fix for this?!
lu...@gmail.com
this must be fixed, this won't be so hard to change, will it?
go...@gmail.com
What about all those "Google employes" having an Android phone!!! Don't they want a high res picture themselfs in their Android?? This is getting ridicilous!
ma...@gmail.com
It's almost one year and a half since this issue has been opened, you guys really don't give a rats ass about our input... can't believe you ignores us like this, after all, we all are the backbone of your multi-billion industry...
bi...@gmail.com
still waiting. This is absolutely ridiculous. It may be time to go back to a windows phone.
ma...@gmail.com
Seriously google, you suck for not addressing this yet. You should be ashamed.
pu...@gmail.com
Please, please fix this. Seriously detracts from phone experience. (HTC Evo Shift).
re...@gmail.com
Guys, whilst I agree with the Google side of your argument, no-one here has yet mentioned another issue which is totally outside of Google's control.
Mobile network operators apply massive compression to images passing through their networks eg, for web pages but equally for contacts. So the level of pixelation I'm seeing on contact images is far worse than the plain 96x96 pixel reduced resolution. Not only is it worse but, as images bounce back and forth between phones and Google, they can get gradually more and more corrupted.
Sadly the only solution I can see to this is to adopt the duplicate entry in the phone linked to the Google entry. Any change Google might make is unlikely to alter a root cause of image corruption unless you only sync your contacts when connected to a WLAN.
Mobile network operators apply massive compression to images passing through their networks eg, for web pages but equally for contacts. So the level of pixelation I'm seeing on contact images is far worse than the plain 96x96 pixel reduced resolution. Not only is it worse but, as images bounce back and forth between phones and Google, they can get gradually more and more corrupted.
Sadly the only solution I can see to this is to adopt the duplicate entry in the phone linked to the Google entry. Any change Google might make is unlikely to alter a root cause of image corruption unless you only sync your contacts when connected to a WLAN.
ni...@gmail.com
No way this has to do with bandwidth. Google stores so much data and this would be insignificant. Please fix.
so...@gmail.com
yup, pleeeeeease fix it...htc desire hd froyo...
bo...@gmail.com
Confirmed on Desire Z with Android 2.2. 1.5 years after the problem is signaled, no fix and no fault acknowledgment. This is the price we all have to pay for Google's free software.
sa...@gmail.com
Apple's probably got a patent on it that Google doesn't want to bother with...
to...@gmail.com
should be most important :))))
because using a google account just brings benefits, but if you have to deal with such a low resolution on incoming calls you think twice before using it. :(
please improve this!
because using a google account just brings benefits, but if you have to deal with such a low resolution on incoming calls you think twice before using it. :(
please improve this!
gi...@gmail.com
FIX THIS FUCKING PROBLEM
st...@gmail.com
Please fix this issue, it is very annoying!
an...@gmail.com
I also have this issue. It seems the phone takes the high res picture, uploads it to google at first sync, where it gets shrunk and compressed, then it gets downloaded again at a second sync, overwriting the high res version.
Hopefully with the recent change in contact file size from a max of 32kb to 128kb, we will finally see higher resolution pictures.
Hopefully with the recent change in contact file size from a max of 32kb to 128kb, we will finally see higher resolution pictures.
ta...@gmail.com
Problems with LG optimus 2x too. Very low quality with the contact photos.
fe...@gmail.com
My workaround:
Save the highres photo on the phone in the DCIM folder, where the camera stores the photos. On my phone, that's /sdcard/DCIM/
* Then open the contact
* Open linked on the top right
* On the top left there's a little down arrow beside the picture, click there and choose the camera picture you stored before (Albums - Camera). Crop like you want.
Then the contact uses the highres image on your phone, and a lowres is saved on the google server. This way I don't need a duplicate contact and also have the image on gmail ;-)
Tested on HTC Desire - Android 2.2
- Felix
Save the highres photo on the phone in the DCIM folder, where the camera stores the photos. On my phone, that's /sdcard/DCIM/
* Then open the contact
* Open linked on the top right
* On the top left there's a little down arrow beside the picture, click there and choose the camera picture you stored before (Albums - Camera). Crop like you want.
Then the contact uses the highres image on your phone, and a lowres is saved on the google server. This way I don't need a duplicate contact and also have the image on gmail ;-)
Tested on HTC Desire - Android 2.2
- Felix
mi...@gmail.com
I have just tested the solution of Felix, but after sync with Google the photo appears of low resolution.
HTC Desire S
HTC Desire S
fe...@gmail.com
Yes, same issue here. My Workaround worked for about one day, till the next google sync. Now there is the blurry picture again :-/
- Felix
- Felix
vi...@gmail.com
Same Issue. Please fix it ASAP!!
jo...@gmail.com
+1, this is ridiculous, please fix this!!
ka...@gmail.com
Same here. Low res contact picture. Looks very, very uglly. I do not think changing contact picture resolution a bit is some kind of big deal for google. Please fix this, cause it is not very representative.
fr...@gmail.com
Fix this problem please. It's ridicolous that a smart OS like Android has this little but annoying bug from more than 2 years o.o come on!!! It takes for you probably only an hour or a little more... -.-
st...@gmail.com
Wish you'd fix this, Google. Contact pictures are so blurry that I don't have a chance of seeing who is calling me. Of course I can read the taxt, but then what's the reason for having contact pictures at all?
re...@drijkoningen.net
Especially now that apple is talking about iCloud, i tried ticking the "contact" box of my android google sync settings and it really downgraded all my contact pix to a blurry mess :-/ damn it, people put hi res pix of their contact for a reason, we have hi res phone for a while now, if other device OS can manage this properly, why does daring sync with google messes everything up? :s
Maybe only enable pix syncing over wifi, or make it optional, but never, ever alter the picture because the next time those are synced back, every well chosen pix comes back grainy, blurry, and cropped :( make them qHD at the very least :-/
Maybe only enable pix syncing over wifi, or make it optional, but never, ever alter the picture because the next time those are synced back, every well chosen pix comes back grainy, blurry, and cropped :( make them qHD at the very least :-/
gy...@gmail.com
pls fix
pe...@sasnyk.name
I can't undestand how the google can't ignore such basic stuff so long.
bf...@gmail.com
I really don't understand how this lack of such a highly desired feature could go on unsupported for 2 years... and the worse part is Google hasn't even taken the time to address anyone regarding this subject... and the WORST part is they still haven't fixed this in Gingerbread - Droid X GB .596
lr...@gmail.com
WOW This has to be the LONGEST thread I EVER seen about one dumb bug. And to piggy back on the person before me, I honestly do find it really sad that we get a 100MB+ update and this little bug still doesn't get fixed tsk tsk Google.
la...@gmail.com
IS SOMEONE FROM GOOGLE READING THIS?
This is so poor that you guys cannot fix this simple bug after so long.
Look at the poor quality of that picture in my attachment.
For anonymity sake, I hid the contact name and number myself. Luckily I didn't have to pixelate the face in the picture, you guys did that one for me.
This is so poor that you guys cannot fix this simple bug after so long.
Look at the poor quality of that picture in my attachment.
For anonymity sake, I hid the contact name and number myself. Luckily I didn't have to pixelate the face in the picture, you guys did that one for me.
fr...@gmail.com
For some reason google are ignoring this problem.
I wonder if at google they do use phones with android and what they think when see a ugly pixelated picture on the contact photo.
umbelivable 96x96 pixel in 2011 is just a insult for our high resolutin screen
I wonder if at google they do use phones with android and what they think when see a ugly pixelated picture on the contact photo.
umbelivable 96x96 pixel in 2011 is just a insult for our high resolutin screen
br...@gmail.com
Of course, google people are not using android phones, at least not the ones available on the market. Otherwise, they would already be aware of this crappy application.
They should be using iphone or win7 phones.
They should be using iphone or win7 phones.
jj...@gmail.com
had same problem!
jl...@gmail.com
That sucks, I hope icloud come soon. sure to be before google fix this bug.
rg...@gmail.com
I just can't believe that high res contacten pictures aren't allowed yet ...
This can't stay ignored, it's just horrible, all gmail contact pictures
This can't stay ignored, it's just horrible, all gmail contact pictures
e....@gmail.com
Google, please indicate whether the fix for this problem? When?
lg...@gmail.com
Same problem on Telus HTC Desire HD running Gingerbread. Come on Goolge - this is F***ing ridiculous. Agree with previous comments that this is what makes Apple so successful.
th...@yahoo.com
please fix this issue. the 96x96 resolution doesnt do justice to my droid incredible 2 screen. please change the resolution so i can show off how awesome my screen actually looks
ma...@gmail.com
I would like to see this problem fixed. Annoying, when you see this pixel photos of your beloved contacts.
al...@gmail.com
Hahahaha!!! Nexus S, Google's baby with gorgeous "super AMOLED" 480x800 screen.. and the contact pictures look like CRAP. Thank you Google.
ph...@gmail.com
Sorry, the millionst comment on this topic :-(
In my opinion the root cause of this problem is the google contacts service and NOT the android os/apps.
But both are owned by Google.
So please Google - I'd like to read one single statement how and when this "bug"/problem will be addressed.
Please! *begging*
Otherwise this issue should be closed.
In my opinion the root cause of this problem is the google contacts service and NOT the android os/apps.
But both are owned by Google.
So please Google - I'd like to read one single statement how and when this "bug"/problem will be addressed.
Please! *begging*
Otherwise this issue should be closed.
go...@gmail.com
on a 3.2" screen seeing a stamp size photo...huh...worthless...iphone outplays android here...google r u der?????
om...@gmail.com
This is getting really ridiculous.
It's been TWO YEARS (!)
TWO F***ING YEARS
Without *ANY* COMMENT, WHAT-SO-EVER, from google.
WTF ???
This is getting really ridiculous.
It's been TWO YEARS (!)
TWO F***ING YEARS
Without *ANY* COMMENT, WHAT-SO-EVER, from google.
WTF ???
This is getting really ridiculous.
tl...@gmail.com
ya no crap GOOGLE WAKE UP THIS IS CRAP>>
i have had pics go from good to bad and i havent ever updated anyones pic on my phone.
You have 2 picture formats. one for gmail that is 100x100ish and google profile (and google+) that is 200x200 and then my phone does it bigger.
i dont know wich is being synced to the phone but you need to set the default google pic size to a larger size and then go down.. never go up..or since your so big and powerfull have your servers help us do this most simple of tasks..
2+ years WTF WTF WTF
i have had pics go from good to bad and i havent ever updated anyones pic on my phone.
You have 2 picture formats. one for gmail that is 100x100ish and google profile (and google+) that is 200x200 and then my phone does it bigger.
i dont know wich is being synced to the phone but you need to set the default google pic size to a larger size and then go down.. never go up..or since your so big and powerfull have your servers help us do this most simple of tasks..
2+ years WTF WTF WTF
du...@gmail.com
Is this EVER going to get fixed? I have a full screen called id on my galaxy S2 and the blown up image looks absolutely HORRIBLE.
Can someone from google please comment on this because this is really bad support for a major issue
Can someone from google please comment on this because this is really bad support for a major issue
jo...@gmail.com
Please fix this google :'( :'( :'(
gr...@gmail.com
Please fix this google :'( :'( :'(
ac...@gmail.com
Please fix this google :'( :'( :'(
cz...@gmail.com
Please fix this google :'( :'( :'(
co...@gmail.com
Please fix this google :'( :'( :'(
mo...@gmail.com
please fix this google
ra...@gmail.com
just bought the "fabulous" Nexus S, got same problem no matter what I tried till I bumped into this thread. It gives me the bad feeling that google is never gonna fix it. My 5-year-old Sony Ericsson phone did better job...Please listen to what the users are complaining...
[Deleted User] <[Deleted User]>
fix it please or just comment. 2+ years. it's crazy
er...@gmail.com
please fix
ra...@gmail.com
Please fix this google :'( :'( :'(
sz...@gmail.com
please!!!!!!!!!
ze...@gmail.com
Please fix that big issue with the poor resolution of the contacts is really bad in a high res screen this ridicolous resolution for a contact photo.
wi...@gmail.com
Google, I love your products and my Droid X to death. But this is my number one single gripe with the phone. Please, please, for the love of Android fix this problem!
dt...@gmail.com
I cannot get my contact icon to show when they call..only the Android shows up. I have the Sanyo Zio.
da...@gmail.com
this is silly, how long has this been around for!? cmon google!
ba...@gmail.com
i can't be so difficult to fix!
ne...@gmail.com
Same Problem with Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc.
What to do?
What to do?
ar...@gmail.com
Same Problem with HTC HERO.
What to do?
What to do?
sm...@gmail.com
Got the same problem on HTC Desire. Probably all android users that are using google sync have is :/
gi...@gmail.com
Same problem FIX IT
wi...@gmail.com
Can we at least get an update? Come on Google, this is ridiculous.
an...@gmail.com
One more complaint. F I X I T!
ne...@gmail.com
Is there anything we can do in order to get Google's response to this irritating problem?
Can we all somehow send Google messages reporting the bug so they could FIX it?
Can we all somehow send Google messages reporting the bug so they could FIX it?
at...@gmail.com
It is not a bug it is a feature, it's a limitation of Google Contacts service. If they enable bigger contact pictures than 96x96 that will solve the issue. It has nothing to do with Android software.
ba...@gmail.com
Same problem FIX IT
be...@gmail.com
Seems to be fixed in 4.0: http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-4.0.html
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.
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.
at...@gmail.com
It seems fixed, but 256*256 is not large enough to put in 1280x720 screen right?
so...@gmail.com
256x256 is not enough :(
ga...@android.com
Per the previous comments, contact photos have been dramatically improved in Android 4.0 - see http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-4.0.html . The max size is now 256x256, which looks much much nicer on incoming calls, contact details, and quick contacts. Large photos can be supplied by manually associating them with contacts, or by syncing them down from social networks. So, I'm going to close this issue out. Related requests should be tracked in new issues.
to...@gmail.com
Great, thanks !
ra...@gmail.com
256 pixels is only 35% of the width of the Galaxy Nexus. 256x256 only covers 7% of the screen area of the Galaxy Nexus.
This doesn't seem like much of an improvement considering the increase in display size.
This doesn't seem like much of an improvement considering the increase in display size.
z....@gmail.com
256*256 it is miserable...Just checked Gmail Contacts... No option to add even such resolution picture instead of the old one...
td...@gmail.com
I'm pretty sure the 256x256 size doesn't apply to Gmail Contacts, only Google+ and device-side photos.
bl...@gmail.com
Are you serious Google?!?!? With devices (lousy ones at that) that can take at least 2 megapixel photos you are thinking that you are doing the Android users a favor by giving us "large photos" of 0.0625 megapixels?
What were the factors that you all considered when deciding 256x256 was as far as you could push Google/Android?
What were the factors that you all considered when deciding 256x256 was as far as you could push Google/Android?
ni...@gmail.com
Is this a joke? Love comment 231 - that 256x256 only covers 7% of the Galaxy Nexus screen! Come on google.
ry...@gmail.com
Wow...it only took two years to make some kind of progress. Good luck getting this improved for tablets now.
lu...@gmail.com
I solved the issue on my HTC Desire Z.
I think that the problem is not on Android but on Facebook.
Enable applications on your Facebook profile (on mine apps where globally disabled).
Make your phone sync not using Facebook, but using HTC Sense Facebook app.
Now on your Facebook profile you'll see the HTC Sense app, and your contacts photos synced with your phone will now be in a good quality.
I think that the problem is not on Android but on Facebook.
Enable applications on your Facebook profile (on mine apps where globally disabled).
Make your phone sync not using Facebook, but using HTC Sense Facebook app.
Now on your Facebook profile you'll see the HTC Sense app, and your contacts photos synced with your phone will now be in a good quality.
ul...@gmail.com
LOL, what a cheap crappy solution: Android 4.0. Most phones beeing used right now will never get Android 4.0. Shitty update policy, google...
al...@gmail.com
Even on Samsung S8500 the contact picture resolution is 336 x 336
So this is actually not the problem at all - just give a choice to users in customizing their contact's photos.
So this is actually not the problem at all - just give a choice to users in customizing their contact's photos.
rr...@gmail.com
FFS!! I updated Sony Xperia Arc to Android 4.something but the problem remains!!! OMG gooooooogle ....
sg...@gmail.com
Got a Galaxy nexus, and still the problems remains. As with all large organisations, departments can get fragmented and communication between them become woefull. People have already suggested that the Contacts team would need to take this up and that is the case, probably explains why this has taken so long. Its no excuse though, it is a rediculous thing not to yet have been fixed and with ICS i dont think you can even store contacts on the phone memory at all, so you cant even work round it. Nor can you sync facebook contacts so the only option you really have is to use Syncmypix and then you get the lower quality images. Not impressed
ma...@gmail.com
WHY IS THIS STILL A THING?!?!?! Come on, Google! This has been a problem for years, and now the "big beautiful contact pictures" are a selling point for phones! This is absolutely ridiculous. I will NOT recommend the Galaxy Nexus to a friend until this awful problem is fixed.
ma...@gmail.com
And yes, I'm talking about 256x256. That is still a tiny picture! It really destroys the whole UX for me. Absolutely atrocious.
ma...@gmail.com
"It’s no longer possible to limit your contacts’ pictures to only the ones you’ve chosen for them. You’ll always see your contacts’ chosen pictures next to messages from those contacts; if you have contacts without associated pictures, you can still add ones of your own."
No more workaround either.
No more workaround either.
bi...@gmail.com
Ok this issue is 2 years old now. You have a gorgeous flagship phone with pixelated images for contacts. Make this right already.
pa...@selvatico.co.uk
Sorry to say ICS is exactly the same, this is VERY poor!!
ry...@gmail.com
wow...they "fixed" the problem... yeah right, for android 4.0 users!!! what about those stuck with gingerbread and froyo?
Fix it for EVERYONE, google!
Fix it for EVERYONE, google!
at...@gmail.com
And yet they didn't fix it, if you again sync your Gmail contacts with your phone, that 96*96 photo will replace your 256*256 high(!) resolution photo :(
id...@gmail.com
I'd like to see Google fix this issue. It seems like such a minor thing, but makes such a big difference. Star this issue, comment, and tell your fellow android users to do the same.
ma...@gmail.com
Is there anything we can do in order to get Google's response to this irritating problem?
to...@gmail.com
There are two threads on the Google Support forums about this issue:
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=49e2b1adea1aa11c
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/gmail/thread?tid=65bdd85db9e34815
And a different Issue here, one that is still "New" and not "Released":
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3870
And a different Issue here, one that is still "New" and not "Released":
va...@gmail.com
1124 people starred this issue and nothing changed in 3 year! Shame on you google!
an...@gmail.com
SHAME ON YOU GOOGLE!
ba...@gmail.com
What is going on with this? I have a nice, new, flashy galaxy nexus and the contact photos look terrible. It's 2012 and this is not a problem for the iPhone.
fr...@gmail.com
WTF?
du...@gmail.com
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ww...@gmail.com
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ww...@gmail.com
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bp...@gmail.com
Nothing yet. Problem persists and no one from google cares.
k1...@gmail.com
I'm want too
cu...@gmail.com
2009 !!!! SHAME ON YOU GOOGLE.SERIOUSLY.
HOW YOU CAN WATCH THIS SHIT HAPPEN.
HOW YOU CAN WATCH THIS SHIT HAPPEN.
po...@gmail.com
2012, HD display and still only 96h96 pixels per image. Pathetic!!!
ja...@gmail.com
It's a shame. Google please fix it.
ij...@gmail.com
Yes, fix it asap....
mi...@gmail.com
Please fix this google :'( :'( :'(
ae...@gmail.com
please, this is so awfull
dh...@gmail.com
please, fix this issue.
ox...@gmail.com
2013.
ka...@gmail.com
Still not solved ? quite disappointed !
ma...@gmail.com
Fix thist
ne...@gmail.com
Very very bad resoulution.
Fix thist please.
Fix thist please.
sp...@gmail.com
Guys please fix it. In hope that it's really to ask you something...
ma...@softkube.com
Fix please!
in...@josephevans.com
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je...@niehoff.me
Still Present? Google Nexus5, replaced all Contact Photos, resynced -> blury.
te...@gmail.com
Still Present! Google Nexus5
po...@gmail.com
Fix please
ka...@gmail.com
Please fix. We have XXI century...
bi...@mediateam.in
Its really bad for Google please fix it
mo...@gmail.com
Here we are on our way to 2017 and the problem remains. They added stacked notifications and a bunch of other stupid crap though.
da...@gmail.com
We are in 2023 and still pixelated Contact images when looking at the phone Contact (up to date Pixel 5)
Shame. Big shame.
Shame. Big shame.
to...@gmail.com
Haha same for me. Happened on pixel 6 pro, oneplus 8t and now samsung s23+.
Same issue as back then. Crazy, please still fix it!
Same issue as back then. Crazy, please still fix it!
Description
saving it in the contacts app) it always comes out pixelated and at a very
low resolution.
I've tried it with many photos from different cameras and it always ends up
ugly and pixelated even though the original photo was much bigger and i
cropped down in resolution, not up.
I have an HTC Dream (rogers Canada) with 1.5 Cupcake.
thanks.
what should happen: contact photos should be crisp and not pixlated.
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