I don't want iPhone to compress photos synced FROM computer.

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I don't want iPhone to compress photos synced FROM computer.

I am transferring pictures to my iPhone, and they end up roughly 5x smaller than on my computer. Original is 500K, on iPhone it ends up 100K.
I could not find any setting that says "don't shrink them" or so...

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macbook pro, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Mar 5, 2010 5:31 PM

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Tamara

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Mar 5, 2010 5:37 PM in response to unixnerd09

You don't have a choice. Photos transferred to the iPhone are optimized for the iPhone.

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roaminggnome

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Mar 5, 2010 5:39 PM in response to unixnerd09

Sorry, this is the way it is.

The iphone is not a storage device. It merely allows you to view the pics that are stored on your computer, so it sync them in a size and quality that is optimal for viewing on iphone.

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unixnerd09 Author

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Mar 5, 2010 5:46 PM in response to unixnerd09

Thanks all. That's very frustrating. Have no such problem on my jailbroken iPod touch, I simply copy them over, but I was hoping I would not have to jailbreak my iPhone.

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Mar 5, 2010 5:57 PM in response to unixnerd09

Try one of the 3rd party file transfer apps, like Air Sharing.

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unixnerd09 Author

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Mar 5, 2010 6:39 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

Thanks, I am currently us Air Sharing for storage. The problem is I wanted more than storage. The problem is I want both storage and the nice viewing/scrolling of the built in photo viewer..

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Inteq

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Mar 8, 2010 5:51 PM in response to unixnerd09

Send them by mail and save to your IPhone.
This is how I did it.
Time consuming but it works.
PS. Try with a Yahoo account not a normal POP3, or you will block your Mail application ( (c) Apple )

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Mar 8, 2010 6:43 PM in response to unixnerd09

get mobileme, set up albums on mobileme (you can upload full size photos) and use the mobileme iphone app called gallery to view your photos:
http://www.apple.com/mobileme/features/gallery.html

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unixnerd09 Author

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Mar 8, 2010 7:22 PM in response to Inteq

Thanks, I tried yahoo. I see the attachments as full size in my yahoo mail on my iPhone. I see them in my POP3 too, but of course no size info.
I think that was the last straw. No more iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad for me 🙂 When I make a movie on the i-Thing on my computer, I have many options and I decide how to optimize the movie. I cannot believe they adopted this stupid behind-the-scenes approach with pictures.

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Mar 9, 2010 5:42 AM in response to unixnerd09

Wise choice. Get rid of the iPhone and buy one of the many phones on the market that DO display full resolution photos...Oh, wait a minute...there aren't any? Well, better no photos than reduced resolution photos, I guess.

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unixnerd09 Author

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Mar 9, 2010 1:14 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

Dude, this is not a Yahoo message board, why are you posting here? You didn't even get my point, and I will not bother to explain you the obvious...

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Inteq

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Mar 9, 2010 3:24 PM in response to unixnerd09

Lawrence, you are right. But, are there any phones that "optimize" photos made by the same device? Hope not 🙂
Ex: Copy the images from IPhone to computer.
Want to upload to IPhone again. (let's say you deleted them by mistake)
Guess what: stupid iTunes will "optimize" your IPhone made images and on top, will screw their orientation also :))

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Dave Hutch

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Mar 10, 2010 4:21 AM in response to Inteq

I had a search around and couldn't find anything, but does naybody else know of a 3rd party app that will let you transfer photos over wi-fi and show them as a nice full screen slideshow type view?
It can even swipe if necessary, not worried about it being an auto slide show

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