diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/contact/ContactDataInterface.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/contact/ContactDataInterface.kt
index 95132a0b4..892e30d61 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/contact/ContactDataInterface.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/contact/ContactDataInterface.kt
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
  */
 package org.linphone.contact
 
-import android.net.Uri
 import androidx.lifecycle.MutableLiveData
 import org.linphone.LinphoneApplication.Companion.coreContext
 import org.linphone.activities.main.viewmodels.MessageNotifierViewModel
@@ -37,12 +36,6 @@ interface ContactDataInterface {
 
     val showGroupChatAvatar: Boolean
         get() = false
-
-    val thumbnailUri: Uri?
-        get() = contact.value?.getThumbnailUri()
-
-    val pictureUri: Uri?
-        get() = contact.value?.getPictureUri()
 }
 
 open class GenericContactData(private val sipAddress: Address) : ContactDataInterface {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/contact/ContactsManager.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/contact/ContactsManager.kt
index feb478f24..8b5c6c899 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/contact/ContactsManager.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/contact/ContactsManager.kt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import android.util.Patterns
 import androidx.core.app.Person
 import androidx.core.graphics.drawable.IconCompat
 import androidx.lifecycle.MutableLiveData
-import java.lang.NumberFormatException
+import java.io.IOException
 import kotlinx.coroutines.*
 import org.linphone.LinphoneApplication.Companion.coreContext
 import org.linphone.LinphoneApplication.Companion.corePreferences
@@ -353,36 +353,41 @@ fun Friend.hasPresence(): Boolean {
     return false
 }
 
-fun Friend.getPictureUri(): Uri? {
-    val refKey = refKey
-    if (refKey != null) {
-        try {
-            val nativeId = refKey.toLong()
-            return Uri.withAppendedPath(
-                ContentUris.withAppendedId(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI, nativeId),
-                ContactsContract.Contacts.Photo.DISPLAY_PHOTO
-            )
-        } catch (nfe: NumberFormatException) {}
-    }
-
-    val photoUri = photo ?: return null
-    return Uri.parse(photoUri)
+fun Friend.getThumbnailUri(): Uri? {
+    return getPictureUri(true)
 }
 
-fun Friend.getThumbnailUri(): Uri? {
+fun Friend.getPictureUri(thumbnailPreferred: Boolean = false): Uri? {
     val refKey = refKey
     if (refKey != null) {
         try {
-            val nativeId = refKey.toLong()
+            val lookupUri = ContentUris.withAppendedId(
+                ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI,
+                refKey.toLong()
+            )
+
+            if (!thumbnailPreferred) {
+                val pictureUri = Uri.withAppendedPath(
+                    lookupUri,
+                    ContactsContract.Contacts.Photo.DISPLAY_PHOTO
+                )
+                // Check that the URI points to a real file
+                val contentResolver = coreContext.context.contentResolver
+                try {
+                    if (contentResolver.openAssetFileDescriptor(pictureUri, "r") != null) {
+                        return pictureUri
+                    }
+                } catch (ioe: IOException) { }
+            }
+
+            // Fallback to thumbnail if high res picture isn't available
             return Uri.withAppendedPath(
-                ContentUris.withAppendedId(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI, nativeId),
+                lookupUri,
                 ContactsContract.Contacts.Photo.CONTENT_DIRECTORY
             )
-        } catch (nfe: NumberFormatException) {}
+        } catch (e: Exception) { }
     }
-
-    val photoUri = photo ?: return null
-    return Uri.parse(photoUri)
+    return null
 }
 
 fun Friend.getPerson(): Person {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/utils/DataBindingUtils.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/utils/DataBindingUtils.kt
index 15b4343e6..5e2eba3c3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/utils/DataBindingUtils.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/linphone/utils/DataBindingUtils.kt
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import org.linphone.activities.voip.data.ConferenceParticipantDeviceData
 import org.linphone.activities.voip.views.HorizontalScrollDotsView
 import org.linphone.contact.ContactAvatarGenerator
 import org.linphone.contact.ContactDataInterface
+import org.linphone.contact.getPictureUri
 import org.linphone.core.tools.Log
 import org.linphone.views.VoiceRecordProgressBar
 
@@ -344,7 +345,7 @@ private fun loadContactPictureWithCoil(
     if (contact != null) {
         val context = imageView.context
         val displayName = contact.contact.value?.name ?: contact.displayName.value.orEmpty()
-        val source = if (useThumbnail) contact.thumbnailUri else contact.pictureUri
+        val source = contact.contact.value?.getPictureUri(useThumbnail)
         imageView.load(source) {
             transformations(CircleCropTransformation())
             error(
@@ -390,7 +391,7 @@ fun loadContactPictureWithCoil(imageView: ImageView, contact: ContactDataInterfa
 @BindingAdapter("coilContactBig")
 fun loadBigContactPictureWithCoil(imageView: ImageView, contact: ContactDataInterface?) {
     loadContactPictureWithCoil(
-        imageView, contact, true,
+        imageView, contact, false,
         R.dimen.contact_avatar_big_size, R.dimen.contact_avatar_text_big_size
     )
 }