Unable to assign a saved picture to a contact
Tromos
Enthusiast - Level 2

I am unable to use a picture saved on my SD card for a contact in my contacts list. When I click on the icon in the Edit Contact screen, it provides the option to select a picture by taking it on the camera (Take photo) or by selecting one from a file (Use existing photo). When I choose Use existing photo, I can navigate to the photo I want. When I select the photo, I am taken back to the Edit Contact screen, but the selected photo has not been applied.

 

Alternately, if I choose to Take photo, the picture I take is applied immediately as it should be.

 

Why can't I use an existing photo and apply it to a contact?

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Re: Unable to assign a saved picture to a contact
Tromos
Enthusiast - Level 2

Wow. More than two full days and not even the sound of crickets in this thread.

 

So, as far as I can tell, this is a bug in the OS. All of the process flow steps seem to be correct, yet the assignment of picture to contact does not happen. Not sure if Facebook is interfering or not.

 

Regardless, I was able to perform the operation another way. Instead of starting at the contact and choosing the picture, I started at the picture and chose the contact. From the Gallery view of thumbnails, press and hold on a picture, choose Set As, choose Contact, and pick the contact from the Contacts list. As long as Facebook hasn't already assigned a picture to that contact, it appears to correctly assign the picture to the contact.

 

To my knowledge, Facebook is god on the D2. If Facebook has control, any attempt to change or override is futile.

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Re: Unable to assign a saved picture to a contact
Tromos
Enthusiast - Level 2

Wow. More than two full days and not even the sound of crickets in this thread.

 

So, as far as I can tell, this is a bug in the OS. All of the process flow steps seem to be correct, yet the assignment of picture to contact does not happen. Not sure if Facebook is interfering or not.

 

Regardless, I was able to perform the operation another way. Instead of starting at the contact and choosing the picture, I started at the picture and chose the contact. From the Gallery view of thumbnails, press and hold on a picture, choose Set As, choose Contact, and pick the contact from the Contacts list. As long as Facebook hasn't already assigned a picture to that contact, it appears to correctly assign the picture to the contact.

 

To my knowledge, Facebook is god on the D2. If Facebook has control, any attempt to change or override is futile.

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Re: Unable to assign a saved picture to a contact
pool_shark
Specialist - Level 1

I never saw this thread, but your question has been asked an answered many times, a search would have given you the answer more quickly.

 

By the way, yes, it is a bug in the OS that when trying to select the contact pic using the files option it doesn't work, however, had you chosen the gallery in stead of files, it would have worked. You can still do it from the contact instead of going to the gallery first.

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