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HTC Sense People/ People Widget problems.

Okay I admit I am new to Android, but I really though I could figure out something as simple as this.
First off, some of the auto downloaded pics of my contacts look great, the rest are low res and very grainy, the pic on their facebook page looks fine, how do I refresh to get a better copy of the picture? It look really horrible when I receive a call, and pretty bad on the widget.
Second, I cannot find how to change the default action for a press when I select a contact on the People Widget.
Any help will be appreciated.

1.) The photo thing I haven't figured out yet..Maybe its the image size or how it converts it who knows..Maybe we are just missing a setting..
2.) Easiest way for me is launch the People App and then click on a contact thats in your people widget. Click Menu - More - Set Widget Action

blkswanpres said:
Okay I admit I am new to Android, but I really though I could figure out something as simple as this.
First off, some of the auto downloaded pics of my contacts look great, the rest are low res and very grainy, the pic on their facebook page looks fine, how do I refresh to get a better copy of the picture? It look really horrible when I receive a call, and pretty bad on the widget.
Second, I cannot find how to change the default action for a press when I select a contact on the People Widget.
Any help will be appreciated.
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I have just recieved my Desire HD and this is really buggin me also! I have gone through my contacts and added decent images for each but those contacts that are 'linked' with facebook constantly sync and use the facebook profile image - which is generally REALLY poor quality and sometimes not a great image. I have beeen able to change it back to my own image but every now and again they revert back to facebook profiles. I have turned off facebook contacts sync and still it happens.

I had the htc Desire and all was working fine with very good quality foto image from sync with facebook and corping faces from images from my foto galery.
Now I have the new htc Desire-S with all latest software updates (v2.3.5 and htc sense 3.0) and I'm having the same problem you have...
-Poor quality in the pictures added to contacts, wen reciving a call, in the widget facebok and custom corped pictures, and in a call.
-The phone sync loses from time to time the linked contacts,pictures of the widget and contacts.
-Corping pictures for the widget and for the picture galery also loses too much quality.
In the old htc desire (non S) this was never an issue and the image quality in widget and in a call was amazing.
This problem is very stupid...

Text message picture compression

Anyone know how to change how much android compresses messages for sending in text messages? It's compressing them down to under 20kb and when I enlarge them on my phone, they look like crap. I'd think downsizing to only say 100kb would be fine, and would still look OK when displayed in bigger screens.

The stock tw SMS MMS app doesn't give you image size options unfortunately ....I know AOSP mms app does, and I believe it's included in one of the early roms.
Third party apps definitely give you the option, like go SMS pro, etc..I believe up to 1.2mb.
Hope it helps.
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Is it possible to do these things on the Galaxy Nexus?

I'm a new GNex owner, and having used other Android overlays such as HTC's Sense, I was wondering if it's possible (if there are any mods possibly?) to do:
- Link Facebook status updates with contacts
- Link Facebook pictures with contacts
If the two above are not possible:
- When setting a 256x256 picture that is good quality as a contact picture, is there a way to have it remain good quality? Every picture I assign contacts looks like crap and pixelated
Adding on:
- Is it possible to create folders in the app drawer?
- Is it possible to change the color of a new message in the text messaging application? When you get a new text it's white instead of light grey, and it's hardly noticeable which conversation is the new one.. is there a way to set the new conversation (in the message inbox overview) to say a light blue that matches the rest of the UI? Or even have a notification beside the message (where it displays all the messages) to let you know which one if the new message?
Thanks.

I'm a new GNex owner, and having used other Android overlays such as HTC's Sense, I was wondering if it's possible (if there are any mods possibly?) to do:
- Link Facebook status updates with contacts
- Link Facebook pictures with contacts
**I believe there is an app called hacksync or haxsync (not sure on the spelling) that lets you link up contact pics through facebook. having never used it I can't tell you if it is in the store or here on XDA. I would do a search and I'm sure you'll find it.
- When setting a 256x256 picture that is good quality as a contact picture, is there a way to have it remain good quality? Every picture I assign contacts looks like crap and pixelated
**Unfortunately this is a problem on Google's end. The servers they use to store contact information on have very low picture resolution. like 96x96 low. Solution: in the account settings, turn off sync google pics or use hacksync
- Is it possible to create folders in the app drawer?
- Is it possible to change the color of a new message in the text messaging application? When you get a new text it's white instead of light grey, and it's hardly noticeable which conversation is the new one.. is there a way to set the new conversation (in the message inbox overview) to say a light blue that matches the rest of the UI? Or even have a notification beside the message (where it displays all the messages) to let you know which one if the new message?
**Neither one of these options are possible unless your rooted. even then I haven't seen a mod for adding folders to the app drawer. It could be out there but I doubt it. There are mods for changing the apperance of the stock msg app but you are limited to whatever the themer wants it to look. (I actually feel the same way about the calender ut so far I haven't seen a good replacement theme for it yet). however, if you want full control to customize your SMS the way you want, you can either download GO SMS or Handcent SMS from the store. Both offer full customization for all aspects of the application.
I hope this helps

unity04 said:
I'm a new GNex owner, and having used other Android overlays such as HTC's Sense, I was wondering if it's possible (if there are any mods possibly?) to do:
- Link Facebook status updates with contacts
- Link Facebook pictures with contacts
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HaxSync (and others) will link photos to contacts from FB.
- Is it possible to create folders in the app drawer?
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Not to my knowledge. Definitely not in stock.
- Is it possible to change the color of a new message in the text messaging application? When you get a new text it's white instead of light grey, and it's hardly noticeable which conversation is the new one.. is there a way to set the new conversation (in the message inbox overview) to say a light blue that matches the rest of the UI? Or even have a notification beside the message (where it displays all the messages) to let you know which one if the new message?
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Alternate SMS apps can surely configure colors.

Thanks for the responses.
I downloaded HaxSync and it's awesome! The pictures are good quality and it shows recent activity from my contacts.
I'm going to try an alternative messaging application. If I have two messaging applications open though at the same time (does the stock messaging app run as a background process all the time?), will it slow my phone down?

unity04 said:
Thanks for the responses.
I downloaded HaxSync and it's awesome! The pictures are good quality and it shows recent activity from my contacts.
I'm going to try an alternative messaging application. If I have two messaging applications open though at the same time (does the stock messaging app run as a background process all the time?), will it slow my phone down?
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It will run, and is required to fetch the messages. It won't slow anything down.

Go launcher EX allows you to make folders in the app drawer i believe.
I havent used it for a while but its a really good replacement launcher and has tons of features.
You might like that.

unity04 said:
Thanks for the responses.
I downloaded HaxSync and it's awesome! The pictures are good quality and it shows recent activity from my contacts.
I'm going to try an alternative messaging application. If I have two messaging applications open though at the same time (does the stock messaging app run as a background process all the time?), will it slow my phone down?
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It'll be fine mate, just remember to turn off the notifications in the stock messaging app.

unity04 said:
Thanks for the responses.
I downloaded HaxSync and it's awesome! The pictures are good quality and it shows recent activity from my contacts.
I'm going to try an alternative messaging application. If I have two messaging applications open though at the same time (does the stock messaging app run as a background process all the time?), will it slow my phone down?
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Not at all. Just disable notifications in the stock app and you're good to go with the replacement.

I'm on stock yakju 4.04 and yes, I'm able to create a folder and drag it to my app tray.

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I'm on stock yakju 4.04 and yes, I'm able to create a folder and drag it to my app tray.
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And how exactly do you do that?

making the phone dial by moving it up to ear with other apps

I was wondering if anyone changed their SMS/text messaging app. I know that with the preloaded samsung text messaging app when I'm in the convo I can bring it up to my ear and it starts dialing. I honestly love this feature as I can tired of texting a lot and then I just called the person up if the texting gets too long. However, I'd like to use an alternative SMS app because the default one to me is extremely ugly. I hate looking at it a lot. So I was hoping to use something like chomp or panzi or something with a better looking theme and better support for emoji with my friends are relentless and not giving it up. So Does anyone have any ideas on keeping this feature? Any sms apps that work with this? I know it's a throw in the dark but what the heck. Thought I'd ask anyway.

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I was wondering if anyone changed their SMS/text messaging app. I know that with the preloaded samsung text messaging app when I'm in the convo I can bring it up to my ear and it starts dialing. I honestly love this feature as I can tired of texting a lot and then I just called the person up if the texting gets too long. However, I'd like to use an alternative SMS app because the default one to me is extremely ugly. I hate looking at it a lot. So I was hoping to use something like chomp or panzi or something with a better looking theme and better support for emoji with my friends are relentless and not giving it up. So Does anyone have any ideas on keeping this feature? Any sms apps that work with this? I know it's a throw in the dark but what the heck. Thought I'd ask anyway.
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The motion features, like the one your talking about are cool, but alas they seem to only work within the stock applications. I personally use GoSMS and I can not lift the handset to my ear and it call the contact unless I use the default messaging app (I switched mainly because of the way it slideshows any MMS - very stupid)
Another feature is the double tap the top of the phone to go back to the top of the page, but I use enhanced email (not the default email apps) and that feature doesnt work either.
If anyone finds a way to merge the motion features with 3rd party sms apps, I'd be interested.

Araltd said:
The motion features, like the one your talking about are cool, but alas they seem to only work within the stock applications. I personally use GoSMS and I can not lift the handset to my ear and it call the contact unless I use the default messaging app (I switched mainly because of the way it slideshows any MMS - very stupid)
Another feature is the double tap the top of the phone to go back to the top of the page, but I use enhanced email (not the default email apps) and that feature doesnt work either.
If anyone finds a way to merge the motion features with 3rd party sms apps, I'd be interested.
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Shucks, I feel the same way. The motion features are great but these default apps stink! lol. I prefer the alternatives way more. sigh.

[Q] Email App Help

Evening all,
I am after a bit of advice. Being new to this Droid world im having a bit of difficulty with the email app. The one in the iPhone just… worked but the one that is built in with my note is providing to be a little more challenging. The Gmail app works great and I love it, but it doesn’t support my Uni email which is via exchange.
If I use the stock app, it has a horrible black screen which makes text hard to read, and it doesn’t always sync my emails properly.
Any advice on email apps? I want what I had on my iPhone, or as close to it as possible.
Thanks in advance

I don't know what this "black screen" you mention is. I use the stock email for my multiple exchange accounts. I have no problem with reading or consistency.
I'm on a us at&t unrooted. Providing a screen shot may help.
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Thanks for the quick reply. The black screen is when I open the email app and it shows the email in thread form. When I open the email the background is usually white.

No black here. Did you change some other settings?
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I will try and upload something now

Please see attached screenshot. I have minimised all mail messages. Basically you have a black background and grey text. Its not ideal when reading. In addition to this i have found that Google will push the email to its own app, but using this Samsung app, it needs a time period to sync. I have tried a few different settings and not had much success.

I see now. I have too much mail for a condensed view to be an issue showing a black screen. That seems to be a very trivial issue. You can't really read your messages if they're closed up like that !
Yes gmail does have push, but you can have the same thing with exchange. However, it's not nearly as efficient; ive had exchange live push drain batteries way too quickly. Email polling is a standard feature on all email clients that are not "native" to the Microsoft ecosystem. The upside is you can set the time range for more often vs over hours (such as non work time or the middle of the night ).
Short story is, try to adjust to a different way of doing something. And nothing prevents you from doing a manual refresh on those OCD days.
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I was using the collapsed view just to show the background. The text from any emails are a shade of grey with a black background. Really annoying.