Google contact photo sync question

benjio · 08/14/2009, 12:44 PM

This may need to be in a different category, but I figure this is where the most intelligent of us read and post..

I noticed that, on my pre, if I set assign a photo to a contact, it will also sync that photo to my google contact. The photo that is uploaded to google, however, is VERY low res and bad quality. When I perform a hard reset, my contacts are then synced back from google to my pre with the terrible quality pictures being used as my CallerID photos. (LAME)
I know google contacts can handle much higher quality photos, so I wonder if Palm or Sprint chose to lower the quality of the photos to save bandwidth.

So here is my question: Does anyone out there know of a way to have a higher-quality photo sync with google???

psm9 · 08/14/2009, 01:42 PM

Same problem here.
It seems to be a Google issue. If I add a photo on Google contacts, it's always low res on the Pre, no matter what size it starts with. I think Google uses just a thumbnail since that's all they ever show you

benjio · 08/14/2009, 07:29 PM

Yes, But if I upload a high-res photo to google from a computer, I get a high-res on my google contact, but it still sends a low-res to my pre. I also have my google contacts sync with my mac address book, and I always get the high-res version back on that. There seems to be something on the phone that either compresses the image, or tells google to compress the image before sending it, or both.

knobbysideup · 04/27/2010, 02:01 PM

bumping for justice.

08/14/2009, 12:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
benjio Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 33 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 36 Thanked 131 Times in 15 Posts	Google contact photo sync question This may need to be in a different category, but I figure this is where the most intelligent of us read and post.. I noticed that, on my pre, if I set assign a photo to a contact, it will also sync that photo to my google contact. The photo that is uploaded to google, however, is VERY low res and bad quality. When I perform a hard reset, my contacts are then synced back from google to my pre with the terrible quality pictures being used as my CallerID photos. (LAME) I know google contacts can handle much higher quality photos, so I wonder if Palm or Sprint chose to lower the quality of the photos to save bandwidth. So here is my question: Does anyone out there know of a way to have a higher-quality photo sync with google???
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08/14/2009, 01:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
psm9 Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: South Jersey Posts: 329 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 84 Thanked 68 Times in 54 Posts	Same problem here. It seems to be a Google issue. If I add a photo on Google contacts, it's always low res on the Pre, no matter what size it starts with. I think Google uses just a thumbnail since that's all they ever show you __________________ Palm V -->m505 -->Tungsten T3-->T5->Centro-->Pre!
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08/14/2009, 07:29 PM	#3 (permalink)
benjio Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 33 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 36 Thanked 131 Times in 15 Posts	Yes, But if I upload a high-res photo to google from a computer, I get a high-res on my google contact, but it still sends a low-res to my pre. I also have my google contacts sync with my mac address book, and I always get the high-res version back on that. There seems to be something on the phone that either compresses the image, or tells google to compress the image before sending it, or both.
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04/27/2010, 02:01 PM	#4 (permalink)
knobbysideup Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Central PA Posts: 840 Likes Received: 3 Thanks: 305 Thanked 108 Times in 70 Posts	bumping for justice. __________________ : (){:\|:&};:
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