Ok, for those of you who sync your google contacts (and you should so they are available on all devices present and future) are using the stock contact app and have been suffering with the "bubble pictures" for contacts there is a way to fix this.
In order for your phone to show normal photos instead of the bubbles, you must first go to gmail.com on your computer. From the inbox, click the drop down box under the google logo on the upper left of the screen. Choose "contacts".
Select the contact that you wish to update to a high res photo. When the contact opens, select the "Groups" drop down box and check the "Starred in Android" box.
You will then need to select the picture for the contact and change it to whatever picture you want.
Shortly thereafter, (sometimes instantly, sometimes a few minutes later) the contact photo will update on your phone and the bubbles will be gone.
Note that there is an option on the phone under the contact settings "Download contact big photo on Wifi Only" so if you aren't on wifi and it isn't syncing the pic, that is why.
Also note that you can move the contact on gmail.com back out of the "Starred on Android" group without losing your nice new picture on the phone. Leaving the contact starred will mean it shows in your favorites tab.
Hope this helps-it was driving me crazy that some of the contacts would show up fine and others bubbled after change their pics on gmail.com. It all came down to if they were "starred in android".
This solution was brought to my attention by BizzySignal in another thread - thanks!
In order for your phone to show normal photos instead of the bubbles, you must first go to gmail.com on your computer. From the inbox, click the drop down box under the google logo on the upper left of the screen. Choose "contacts".
Select the contact that you wish to update to a high res photo. When the contact opens, select the "Groups" drop down box and check the "Starred in Android" box.
You will then need to select the picture for the contact and change it to whatever picture you want.
Shortly thereafter, (sometimes instantly, sometimes a few minutes later) the contact photo will update on your phone and the bubbles will be gone.
Note that there is an option on the phone under the contact settings "Download contact big photo on Wifi Only" so if you aren't on wifi and it isn't syncing the pic, that is why.
Also note that you can move the contact on gmail.com back out of the "Starred on Android" group without losing your nice new picture on the phone. Leaving the contact starred will mean it shows in your favorites tab.
Hope this helps-it was driving me crazy that some of the contacts would show up fine and others bubbled after change their pics on gmail.com. It all came down to if they were "starred in android".
This solution was brought to my attention by BizzySignal in another thread - thanks!
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