Clearer Contact picture?

[mlee21]

When receiving an incoming call, is it normal to have a really pixelated picture??

Whether its from their Facebook profile picture or a picture I took myself and linked, they're all pretty blurry.

Kinda disappointed by this issue.

 

[Minacious]

When receiving an incoming call, is it normal to have a really pixelated picture??

Whether its from their Facebook profile picture or a picture I took myself and linked, they're all pretty blurry.

Kinda disappointed by this issue.

I don't use images for contacts, so I tested to see your issue.

It appears that if the image is stored on the phone (incl/Card), it will be as clear as the image itself. If not, it will end up pixelated when pulled from from the servers you are syncing with. You must also make sure that the contacts are not being synced, otherwise it will always pull the image from the server and not the phone. There may be a way to alter this, but I didn't delve into it.

 

[angiebugg]

Same issue here. Not sure why the pics are blurry, could be resolution, but that would suck....I like to use the facebook profile pics as the contact photo. Any other ideas why?

 

[OptimusNotPrime]

The Facebook Picture issue? are you using Facebook for android or facebook for HTC. Because i notice when using facebook for android and syncing contacts the pictures are blurry. But the facebook for htc they are fine.

 

[flashpiti]

It's the same reason this happens on the iPhone, if your contact gets synced to the cloud with Google, the pic gets down ressed and then enlarge at that lower resolution when shown on the phone.

 

[SQurel23]

I had the same issue. Since I had both the Facebook app and Facebook for Sense syncing my contacts it seemed to pull from the app and result in blurry pics. I changed the settings so the app didn't sync my contacts but left sync on for Facebook for Sense. This seemed to do the trick.

 

[tony bag o donuts]

Doesn't matter in the phone app. Photos will still be pixelated in my experience because the devices crop them and the digitally scale them up using a bad algorithm.

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[wanax]

Agree with Minacious. It has to do with syncing contacts with the server. Images stored on the servers are 96x96 resolution that is scaled up (very poorly) on the phone. The only work around I have found is to unsync the gmail contacts (I uses the Gmail app, no the HTC one). Now, if you replace any picture with a higher resolution one (256x256), that one will stay. If you resync again, then you will lose the hi-res pics. Google needs to update their servers and support higher-res profile pictures.

 

[RUSH]

Even members profile pics are blurry when zooming in. This seem to be happening on most, or all devices.

 

[hunterswift]

I had no issues with my HTC incredible. But with my tb they are blurry.

 

[theGman911]

Yup, thats why....


1. you assign a picture
2. it gets uploaded to google's server
3. its re-downloaded to your phone in a much lower resolution than original
4. you have a blurry contact picture

Why it just wouldnt use the "local" picture stored on the phone is beyone me. The only reason I can think of is because if you were to a:delete the picture, or B: change phones and not use the same SD card, your contact pictures would reappear on your new phone.

 

[AndroidXTC]

When receiving an incoming call, is it normal to have a really pixelated picture??

Whether its from their Facebook profile picture or a picture I took myself and linked, they're all pretty blurry.

Kinda disappointed by this issue.

yea they are usually a bit blurry for some reason it was like that on my Evo too.

 

[realitydigg]

The Facebook Picture issue? are you using Facebook for android or facebook for HTC. Because i notice when using facebook for android and syncing contacts the pictures are blurry. But the facebook for htc they are fine.

+1 I had the same experience contacts synched through FB for android are blurry, contacts synced through FB for HTC are clear.

 

[DJBeanPole]

Which Facebook app is preferred though? I'm using FB for Android and I like the way its set up... argh!

 

[DJBeanPole]

I had the same issue. Since I had both the Facebook app and Facebook for Sense syncing my contacts it seemed to pull from the app and result in blurry pics. I changed the settings so the app didn't sync my contacts but left sync on for Facebook for Sense. This seemed to do the trick.

Douglas, you're the man!

 

[theGman911]

But what about can shots pulled from the gallery? No way to fix them right?

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