[sync] Photos not syncing (properly)

[Volker Then]

Zitat von Michael J Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org>:

> Quoting Volker Then <horde40 at volkerthen.com>:
>
>> Zitat von Michael J Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org>:
>>
>>
>>>
>>>> On Sep 21, 2014, at 5:26 AM, Volker Then <horde40 at volkerthen.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Zitat von Michael J Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org>:
>>>>
>>>>> Quoting vandman <adelium904 at gmail.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I already posted a long time ago a question about syncing photos from
>>>>>> contact. And the reply was it is working perfectly.
>>>>>> Cf: http://horde.690.n7.nabble.com/sync-contact-picture-td121736.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It is still not working. I do not know why.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not working with my phone (android 4.4.3)
>>>>>> With many linux (all debian wheezy)
>>>>>
>>>>> Using what type of synchronization protocol? I can verify that it
>>>>> works with ActiveSync.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I have tried also to export one contact and I do not see the photo in
>>>>>> the vcard (csv file).
>>>>>
>>>>> vcard != csv, the data should be in the vcard, but not in the csv file.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Is anyone aving this issue?
>>>>>
>>>>> Not I.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mike, as you talking about syncing contact images: Even "Nine" syncs
>>>> contact images to the Horde server only in the poor 96x96 resolution
>>>> (like the stock android email client does). So I usually edit the data
>>>> of contacts with a photo on the client side (Nine) only to prevent to
>>>> have low resolution contact images on my phone after a new sync. I
>>>> presume that this is due to Android's built-in ActiveSync mechanism
>>>> and I wonder why Nine isn't using a different one. On iOS this problem
>>>> doesn't exist.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a known way to avoid this issue?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Volker
>>
>>> Nope. Horde has no control over what the client does to the image  
>>> once it receives it. we send the image from turba as-is.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>
>> I sent a request to the 9folders support team on that matter. This  
>> is their answer:
>>
>> "We had modified so that the bigger photo than the current photo is  
>> able to sync to server. However, the original photo size is unable  
>> to sync to server due to Activesync size limit.
>> You can see on server that bigger photo is synced to server.
>> The modification will be apply to the upcoming version.
>> When it is ready, we will let you know.
>> Thank you for your patience."
>
> Sounds good, though the maximum allowed size for the picture field  
> is 48k of binary content. Not sure how much "better" a picture of  
> that size is going to look :)

Hi Mike,

Today's version 1.4.2e of Nine fixed this issue. Pictures have now 432x432.

Volker