stop Google images

[FakMeSideways]

How the literal eff do I stop Google images? I am so pissed off that Google doesn't send text images as SMS. It sends them on their POS service which means that the thumbnail pic doesn't align with the actual picture. Doesn't sound too bad until you start having recieved going out as sent messages and thank you Google idiots for sending pictures of titties to my mom. I want to sue the crap out of them over this stupid shit.

 

[FakMeSideways]

Hopefully some has an answer really quick because so far the drywall has lost the battle of phone v wall. Why is this even an issue? Text worked fine now my phone keeps trying to share pics on Google instead and I want to throw the phone away if if doesn't share the correct picture.

 

[FakMeSideways]

Seriously wanting to just smash this phone right now I am so pissed. It has somehow survived the wall, tile floor, lawn and rebooted itself after a lovely journey into the fridge. (FML it dented the stainless steel even)

Why is it so hard to make it send a normal pic message instead of using Google? I thought I'd never say this because I hate them more than life almost but maybe I need an iPhone? :-(

 

[chanchan05]

Because no device sends pictures as SMS, not even an iPhone. An iPhone uses iMessage, a server based messaging system like Facebook messenger. Basically it uses data instead of SMS to send pictures. If the recipient is an iOS device, it will use this, but if the recipient is an Android device, it will receive it as an MMS which creates a very compressed picture.

Android does not do this because of decisions it had to to enter the game several years back. Back then, it can't afford to alienate carriers so Google can't create an iMessage-like service built into the phone. You had to download it, (Allo/Hangouts), which means the other person also needed to download it.

As of now, Android is moving to use Google RCS which allows to send full resolution pictures through the carriers. It's basically the next generation of SMS. However, AFAIK not all carriers in the US has implemented it yet.

 

[KBU2]

How the literal eff do I stop Google images? I am so pissed off that Google doesn't send text images as SMS. It sends them on their POS service which means that the thumbnail pic doesn't align with the actual picture. Doesn't sound too bad until you start having recieved going out as sent messages and thank you Google idiots for sending pictures of titties to my mom. I want to sue the crap out of them over this stupid shit.

This may sound too much like work but you want to consider rearranging your pictures by moving them into a .backup\ hidden folder in your device. You will have to manually move each of your images you want to send out as a attachment image file. This will stop Google from randomly choosing images to send out with your email app.

 

[Hadron]

How the literal eff do I stop Google images? I am so pissed off that Google doesn't send text images as SMS. It sends them on their POS service which means that the thumbnail pic doesn't align with the actual picture. Doesn't sound too bad until you start having recieved going out as sent messages and thank you Google idiots for sending pictures of titties to my mom. I want to sue the crap out of them over this stupid shit.

I understand that you are annoyed, but am having trouble understanding what you are saying.

By "text images" you mean images in messages, as opposed to images made out of text? In that case you mean MMS rather than SMS (by definition), and of course it can send MMS (and use many other message services if you prefer).

Received outgoing as sent? Outgoing messages are sent. Do you mean an app set to cc messages to yourself (so they appear in your inbox)? If so, which app? "Google images" to me means the image search feature on the web, so I also don't understand what "POS service" you mean: Photos puts sharing images by sending links as its first option, but there are many other options below that (I generally just select my email app, or ocassionally WhatsApp depending on who I'm sending to).

 

[Dannydet]

If I'm reading correctly, it sounds like you are getting upset at the wrong person here.
Don't take it out on Google or the phone, your downloaded images are automatically uploaded to the cloud, which your mother has access to.
Talk to your parents about this setting so that the future images don't get you in trouble.

 

[zuben el genub]

Are you sending images from wherever Google stores them? Photos app that came with the phone?

2 suggestions. Try using a different messenger - Chomp is one and there are others recommended here, and get another app to store images. I use Fstop.

Then disable Photos.