Help Low resolution picture viewer

[StuartTheFish]

Recently my phone only shows my pictures in low resolution until I zoom in a tiny bit, then suddenly it sharpens into the full quality image. Is it suddenly displaying low res thumbnails for my images until I try looking at them? It never did this before, and it's not a 2.2 change as it started doing it a day or two before I updated it...

 

[lekky]

if you leave it a minute, do the hi res ones then appear? it might just have reloaded the cache

 

[StuartTheFish]

No, it only shows the full quality image once I try zooming in. It still shows it in poor quality when in fullscreen too, until I zoom. The next time I view it, it's back to low res again until I zoom.

 

[mikebell]

No, it only shows the full quality image once I try zooming in. It still shows it in poor quality when in fullscreen too, until I zoom. The next time I view it, it's back to low res again until I zoom.

That definitely does not happen on my phone (2.2).

 

[StuartTheFish]

It never used to on mine either, just noticed it recently. It wasn't the change to 2.2 that caused it either, as it started doing it just before I updated. Odd.

 

[beyond]

i have the same issue though it's not a big one of course.

i too noticed the same thing a week or two ago but since 1) my eyesight is poor 2) it's not that unreasonable for the preview pic to be of a low res until you zoom, i just brushed it off. however, i did think 'wait a minute, i swear preview pics was a bit clearer before' so i guess this confirms it's not just me.

btw i have my photo albums set in grid mode; the low res thumbnails is when you press to view an individual pic.

p.s i'm on stock 2.1, not unrooted or debranded etc + it's not 'low' res as in 'omg i can see the pixels!' but they're a tiny bit blurred out. it's subtle but noticeable since i already subconsciously thought of it.

 

[StuartTheFish]

Mine isn't just doing it while in grid view, it's doing it when I have actually clicked on the picture and started to view it fullscreen. It still looks poor until I zoom in a little. So does anyone know a way of forcing it to show the images in full quality without the smudge filter?

 

[mikebell]

Mine isn't just doing it while in grid view, it's doing it when I have actually clicked on the picture and started to view it fullscreen. It still looks poor until I zoom in a little. So does anyone know a way of forcing it to show the images in full quality without the smudge filter?

This is a well-known consequence of being a fish

 

[StuartTheFish]

It seemed to right itself for a bit yesterday, but today the pictures look even worse, they're actually pixellated now right until I zoom in, then they suddenly sharpen up. Could it be a file space issue? My 4gb microSd card is brimmed...

 

[mabizela]

All pictures such as app preview pics, facebookpictures and album pictures al show in low res which is really bugging me.

 

[danielvago]

I have exactly the same problem! I view my pictures in full-screen and they look smudged, fuzzy, un-sharp, then I zoom in a little bit and they sharpen right up. When I zoom all the way out again it smudges up again.

How common of a problem is this? Anyone knows anything about this?

 

[mistaguy]

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