Hi Neil,

When a photo is uploaded it is scaled and converted in our servers to
a standard size and format. This is the cause of the md5 difference
and unfortunately cannot be prevented.

Cheers,
Julian.

On Sep 5, 4:24 am, nloko <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've posted a similar question on the Android dev forum, but maybe it
> will get the proper audience here.
>
> If I upload a photo using the API within the size constraints of
> 96x96px and later download that same photo, it does not match the
> original photo uploaded. This is confirmed by comparing the Md5 hash
> of both photos.
>
> So, my question is, how exactly is Google modifying the photo? The
> downloaded file has same dimensions, dpi, and it looks the same, but
> the Md5 hash is different from the original and is a few bytes
> smaller.
>
> So...
> 1) What is changing?
> 2) Can it be prevented?
>
> Thanks,
> Neil
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