[gator352]

1. Add a contact to your favorite list (doesn't matter if a pic is already assigned)

2. Goto your photo tab and pull up a picture.

3. Assign that photo to your contact. (tap picture, tap bottom right menu icon after it pops up, select add to contact (contact list appears), find contact and tap, tap assign to contact)

YOU MUST Do that for ALL contacts in your favorites list and it will be smooth as butter with fast scrolling and the pics will be high rez.....and it doesn't matter the size or resolution.

For some reason though, it sometimes has a slow down when I sync with outlook....I just find the favorite contact pic that's been de-resolutionized and readd that pic from photo tab....problem solved.