FB14094648: Contact Pictures get shifted when set on an iPhone and uploaded to sync via CardDAV

[mlclns]

• Date: 2024-07-27
• Resolution: Open
• Area: Contacts
• OS: iOS 18
• Type: Incorrect/Unexpected Behavior
• Keywords: contacts, sync

Details

What kind of account is having the problem?
Something else not on this list
What kind of account?
Standard CardDAV sync to a local server
Which app are you using when you encounter the issue?
Contacts

Description

Set an image as a contact picture on iPhone, and allow it to sync to other devices. When checking on all other devices, images are now shifted and zoomed, typically on a corner (all devices show the same crop for a given contact, so it's how it was uploaded to and stored on the server). This has been an issue, in some form or another, for years as far as I can tell. Oldest record I can find is from 2014.

• https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255327153 —2023
• https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254226497 —2022
• https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252776062 —2021
• https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250963364 —2019
• https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/contact-photos-keep-changing-shifting.2098526/ —2018
• https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6567091 —2014
• https://www.reddit.com/r/applehelp/comments/2npzrt/ios_78_contacts_pictures_sizing_issues/ —2014