SMS Contact picture (mine)

[Guest Andro0]

Hello there,

When I send/receive SMS I can see my contact's pictures in the SMS thread but not mine. It's a sort of grey square. Is there a way to add a custom picture on display?

[Guest flshg]

How vain that you want to see your own face even when texting :)

What SMS app are you using, and on what rom?

[Guest Anil k Solanki]

Hello there,

When I send/receive SMS I can see my contact's pictures in the SMS thread but not mine. It's a sort of grey square. Is there a way to add a custom picture on display?

Have you set up your own details and picture in the address/contact app? All apps use info including pictures from there, so add a picture to your contact details and it will appear in your SMS app.

Anil.

[Guest Andro0]

Have you set up your own details and picture in the address/contact app? All apps use info including pictures from there, so add a picture to your contact details and it will appear in your SMS app.

Anil.

Yep I did, I have myself as a contact but the little square is still grey. I'm using the default SMS app on ZTE.

[Guest Konstipated Kiwi]

Yep I did, I have myself as a contact but the little square is still grey. I'm using the default SMS app on ZTE.

If you go to Settings --> Status --> About Phone, is your correct number indicated under 'My Number'? If not, you need to get this set correctly. There is an app on the Market called 'My Phone Number' by Lytsing (or somthing similar sounding) that works for most people but some (including me) we unable to install it for some reason. If this doesn't work, I think the only option is to put your SIM in an older phone that allows you to manually enter 'My Number' in the settings then switch it back to your phone when done.

Sorry to be so vague. I had the same problem back in February when I first got my SF and can't remember much about getting it sorted. It eventually worked after much fiddling about and I was never 100% sure exactly what fixed it.

[Guest muller37]

If you go to Settings --> Status --> About Phone, is your correct number indicated under 'My Number'? If not, you need to get this set correctly. There is an app on the Market called 'My Phone Number' by Lytsing (or somthing similar sounding) that works for most people but some (including me) we unable to install it for some reason. If this doesn't work, I think the only option is to put your SIM in an older phone that allows you to manually enter 'My Number' in the settings then switch it back to your phone when done.

Sorry to be so vague. I had the same problem back in February when I first got my SF and can't remember much about getting it sorted. It eventually worked after much fiddling about and I was never 100% sure exactly what fixed it.

+1 for myphonenumber app. worked for me but seem to remember needing to be on either 2.2 or 2.3 but can't remember which as it was a while back now.

other option is handcent sms which is better anyway imo.