Adding photo's to contacts -htc Desire 3100

pistonvalve

Hi, can somebody explain how to select a photo from the gallery and then place into the contact. How do you select photo from gallery - tap photo nothing happens!!


Mike.

grumbler

pistonvalve wrote: »

Hi, can somebody explain how to select a photo from the gallery and then place into the contact.

I think you have to go from contacts to the gallery, not vice versa.


http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-add-a-picture-to-an-android-phone-contact.html

pistonvalve

Thank you, I have followed those steps as illustrated in the link, but the photo is not saved to the contact!! the photo has been imported from my PC into the gallery the size is 448x336 (119Kb)


Mike.

grumbler

In my phone I can do this the other way round:
Go the the gallery directly. For any photo tap Menu >> More >> Set as >> Contact icon >> ...

pistonvalve

Hi, just read the comments on that link and they say both contact and photo have to be stored on the SD card. In my case the contact was established before the SD card was installed so where would that contact be stored on the SIM or phone memory? in any case the contact will have to be exported to the SD card. how do you do that?


Mike.

grumbler

Normally contacts are stored in the phone memory (and get synchronised with your google account).
I don't see where it says that both the contacts and the photos have to be on the SD card.

pistonvalve

Hi, if you go to the link scroll down to the bottom of the page then 'Richard Ellingworth' has made the comment.


Mike.

grumbler

Some contacts can be stored on the sim card only (can be imported to the memory if needed).

He is correct that you can't add a photo to a contact stored on the sim.
He is wrong that contacts are stored on the SD card.
They can be exported to a SD card, but only if you want to move them elsewhere.


Yet another way is to add a photo on a PC in your google account, then synch contacts from your phone.

pistonvalve

As you suggested going from the gallery works for me.


Thank you for your help (android novice)


Mike.