SMS sent photos upside down

**Mika140** · 07-13-2011, 07:47 PM

I've found that every time I try to send a photo (from my gallery) with a text message, the photo displays upside down. I thought maybe it just showed that way on my phone, but I verified it on a friend's phone today - the photo they received from me was upside down.

Any way to fix this?

**BlackHawkA4** · 07-13-2011, 07:57 PM

Are you left handed? Did you take the picture upside down? Lol.

**Mika140** · 07-13-2011, 09:49 PM

That's too funny. I guess I am kind of ambidextrous w/ some things, but mostly right handed. With the way that everything for the camera auto-rotates (even w/ auto rotate screen off), it never occurred to me that I might be holding it the "wrong way" when shooting horizontal photos. I thought your comment was just being a smarta**, but it helped fix the problem

Thnx!

**Thrasherx2k1** · 07-13-2011, 10:38 PM

I'm actually having similar issues. I take photos with the phone upright and the photos display upright in my gallery. Then as soon as I try to send a SMS to someone and insert the picture it puts the photo sideways to send to them and there is no way to adjust it! Anyone else having this problem?

**Lanny84** · 07-14-2011, 09:23 AM

Originally Posted by Thrasherx2k1

I'm actually having similar issues. I take photos with the phone upright and the photos display upright in my gallery. Then as soon as I try to send a SMS to someone and insert the picture it puts the photo sideways to send to them and there is no way to adjust it! Anyone else having this problem?

I have the same problem sometimes and have not figured out a way to fix it.

**adrianfern92** · 07-14-2011, 04:33 PM

Same problem here, take a photo in portrait, looks fine in the gallery then once I send it via MMS it switches orientation to landscape and there's no way to control it.

**btc0526** · 07-14-2011, 05:09 PM

Just go in the gallery and rotate it until its fixed

**linh.nguyen** · 07-14-2011, 05:23 PM

Originally Posted by btc0526

Just go in the gallery and rotate it until its fixed

except it's correct in the gallery.

Tried with goSMS and stock... it does not happen to every single picture. It happened to my mom's the other day and I was so confused.

**scoobdude** · 07-14-2011, 05:57 PM

Have you tried what the 2nd poster stated?

**linh.nguyen** · 07-14-2011, 09:28 PM

Originally Posted by scoobdude

Have you tried what the 2nd poster stated?

no, the phone was not upside down. Even if it was, wouldn't the gallery pic reflect that based on the accelerometer?

**Thrasherx2k1** · 07-15-2011, 12:20 AM

Originally Posted by scoobdude

Have you tried what the 2nd poster stated?

It is messed up no matter which way you take the picture. Samsung better get this fixed along with the 160 character limit. Can't stand typing sending typing sending typing sending just to send 1 full message...

**oxeneers** · 07-15-2011, 03:45 AM

This has been a problem on tons of Samsung phones since the beginning of Android. It has to do with the EXIF data not properly being read. The Gallery (or JustPictures!, for example) sees it as what it should be. However, any SMS/Picasa upload/Facebook upload intents just show it sideways. It's ridiculous.

I found a work-around to be go into the Gallery, crop the picture but select the entire thing, then select crop. You'll get a new copy of the image, and it will send in the right orientation. The downside is that the damn Gallery makes the picture like 90% compressed and it loses all EXIF data like Camera model, ISO, etc.

**carysb7478** · 07-15-2011, 08:02 AM

I've found that the only way they show the correct orientation when sent via email or SMS is if you take the picture holding the phone in landscape position with the home button at the top and the back button at the bottom. Holding the phone upright when you take a picture results in pics that appear correctly in the gallery, but when you email or sms them, they are always rotated incorrectly.

**linh.nguyen** · 07-19-2011, 12:23 PM

Originally Posted by Thrasherx2k1

It is messed up no matter which way you take the picture. Samsung better get this fixed along with the 160 character limit. Can't stand typing sending typing sending typing sending just to send 1 full message...

I was under the impression the 160 char limit is a stock messenger app limit which in turn, is google's fault.

Originally Posted by dylandersen

This has been a problem on tons of Samsung phones since the beginning of Android. It has to do with the EXIF data not properly being read. The Gallery (or JustPictures!, for example) sees it as what it should be. However, any SMS/Picasa upload/Facebook upload intents just show it sideways. It's ridiculous.

seriously!??!

**Thrasherx2k1** · 07-19-2011, 12:54 PM

Originally Posted by linh.nguyen

I was under the impression the 160 char limit is a stock messenger app limit which in turn, is google's fault.

seriously!??!

Read the manual. It states on page 231 of the user guide right off Sprints website that "You can send text (SMS) messages of up to 160 characters to another mobile phone. If you keep typing after the limit, your message is delivered as a series of messages."

So I dunno what the deal is but they need to get this corrected asap!

**linh.nguyen** · 07-19-2011, 01:36 PM

Originally Posted by Thrasherx2k1

Read the manual. It states on page 231 of the user guide right off Sprints website that "You can send text (SMS) messages of up to 160 characters to another mobile phone. If you keep typing after the limit, your message is delivered as a series of messages."

So I dunno what the deal is but they need to get this corrected asap!

Ah, I stand corrected. I'm getting the impression pure google is nice for major updates... but little things still are like the rest of us... begging and pleading for a fix.