diff --git a/include/api.php b/include/api.php
index 477eb94b4e..75f8ab069a 100644
--- a/include/api.php
+++ b/include/api.php
@@ -3099,13 +3099,14 @@ use \Friendica\Core\Config;
 
 		$scale = (x($_REQUEST, 'scale') ? intval($_REQUEST['scale']) : false);
 		$scale_sql = ($scale === false ? "" : sprintf("and scale=%d",intval($scale)));
-		$data_sql = ($scale === false ? "" : "data, ");
+		$data_sql = ($scale === false ? "" : "ANY_VALUE(data) AS data,");
 
-		$r = q("select %s `resource-id`, `created`, `edited`, `title`, `desc`, `album`, `filename`,
-					`type`, `height`, `width`, `datasize`, `profile`, min(`scale`) as minscale, max(`scale`) as maxscale
-				from photo where `uid` = %d and `resource-id` = '%s' %s
-				group by `resource-id`, `created`, `edited`, `title`, `desc`, `album`, `filename`,
-					`type`, `height`, `width`, `datasize`, `profile`",
+		$r = q("select %s ANY_VALUE(`resource-id`) AS `resource-id`, ANY_VALUE(`created`) AS `created`,
+				ANY_VALUE(`edited`) AS `edited`, ANY_VALUE(`title`) AS `title`, ANY_VALUE(`desc`) AS `desc`,
+				ANY_VALUE(`album`) AS `album`, ANY_VALUE(`filename`) AS `filename`, ANY_VALUE(`type`) AS `type`,
+				ANY_VALUE(`height`) AS `height`, ANY_VALUE(`width`) AS `width`, ANY_VALUE(`datasize`) AS `datasize`,
+				ANY_VALUE(`profile`) AS `profile`, min(`scale`) as minscale, max(`scale`) as maxscale
+				from photo where `uid` = %d and `resource-id` = '%s' %s",
 			$data_sql,
 			intval(local_user()),
 			dbesc($_REQUEST['photo_id']),
diff --git a/include/dba.php b/include/dba.php
index 62728acaed..96df072cfa 100644
--- a/include/dba.php
+++ b/include/dba.php
@@ -504,6 +504,14 @@ function dbesc($str) {
 	}
 }
 
+function any_value_fallback($sql) {
+	//Considerations for Standard SQL, or MySQL with ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY (default since 5.7.5).
+	//ANY_VALUE() is available from MySQL 5.7 https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/miscellaneous-functions.html
+	//A standard fallback is to use MIN(), or nothing () in old MySQL 5.6-
+	//TODO: Skip this line when we know we are on a platform supporting ANY_VALUE()
+	return str_ireplace('ANY_VALUE(', 'MIN(', $sql);
+}
+
 // Function: q($sql,$args);
 // Description: execute SQL query with printf style args.
 // Example: $r = q("SELECT * FROM `%s` WHERE `uid` = %d",
@@ -514,6 +522,7 @@ function q($sql) {
 	unset($args[0]);
 
 	if ($db && $db->connected) {
+		$sql = any_value_fallback($sql);
 		$stmt = @vsprintf($sql,$args); // Disabled warnings
 		//logger("dba: q: $stmt", LOGGER_ALL);
 		if ($stmt === false)
@@ -550,6 +559,7 @@ function qu($sql) {
 	unset($args[0]);
 
 	if ($db && $db->connected) {
+		$sql = any_value_fallback($sql);
 		$stmt = @vsprintf($sql,$args); // Disabled warnings
 		if ($stmt === false)
 			logger('dba: vsprintf error: ' . print_r(debug_backtrace(),true), LOGGER_DEBUG);
diff --git a/include/notifier.php b/include/notifier.php
index ed34288e8f..370611b4eb 100644
--- a/include/notifier.php
+++ b/include/notifier.php
@@ -516,8 +516,9 @@ function notifier_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 				$r0 = Diaspora::relay_list();
 			}
 
-			$r1 = q("SELECT DISTINCT(`batch`), `id`, `name`,`network` FROM `contact` WHERE `network` = '%s'
-				AND `uid` = %d AND `rel` != %d AND NOT `blocked` AND NOT `pending` AND NOT `archive` GROUP BY `batch`, `id` ORDER BY rand()",
+			$r1 = q("SELECT `batch`, ANY_VALUE(`id`) AS `id`, ANY_VALUE(`name`) AS `name`, ANY_VALUE(`network`) AS `network`
+				FROM `contact` WHERE `network` = '%s'
+				AND `uid` = %d AND `rel` != %d AND NOT `blocked` AND NOT `pending` AND NOT `archive` GROUP BY `batch` ORDER BY rand()",
 				dbesc(NETWORK_DIASPORA),
 				intval($owner['uid']),
 				intval(CONTACT_IS_SHARING)
diff --git a/include/photos.php b/include/photos.php
index 02d1b17403..b273c1726b 100644
--- a/include/photos.php
+++ b/include/photos.php
@@ -48,20 +48,20 @@ function photo_albums($uid, $update = false) {
 		if (!Config::get('system', 'no_count', false)) {
 			/// @todo This query needs to be renewed. It is really slow
 			// At this time we just store the data in the cache
-			$albums = qu("SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT `resource-id`) AS `total`, `album`
+			$albums = qu("SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT `resource-id`) AS `total`, `album`, ANY_VALUE(`created`) AS `created`
 				FROM `photo`
 				WHERE `uid` = %d  AND `album` != '%s' AND `album` != '%s' $sql_extra
-				GROUP BY `album`, `created` ORDER BY `created` DESC",
+				GROUP BY `album` ORDER BY `created` DESC",
 				intval($uid),
 				dbesc('Contact Photos'),
 				dbesc(t('Contact Photos'))
 			);
 		} else {
 			// This query doesn't do the count and is much faster
-			$albums = qu("SELECT DISTINCT(`album`), '' AS `total`
+			$albums = qu("SELECT DISTINCT(`album`), '' AS `total`, ANY_VALUE(`created`) AS `created`
 				FROM `photo`
 				WHERE `uid` = %d  AND `album` != '%s' AND `album` != '%s' $sql_extra
-				GROUP BY `album`, `created` ORDER BY `created` DESC",
+				GROUP BY `album` ORDER BY `created` DESC",
 				intval($uid),
 				dbesc('Contact Photos'),
 				dbesc(t('Contact Photos'))
diff --git a/mod/message.php b/mod/message.php
index 05a8d36f68..dd13d58be6 100644
--- a/mod/message.php
+++ b/mod/message.php
@@ -349,8 +349,8 @@ function message_content(App $a) {
 
 		$o .= $header;
 
-		$r = q("SELECT count(*) AS `total` FROM `mail`
-			WHERE `mail`.`uid` = %d GROUP BY `parent-uri`, `created` ORDER BY `created` DESC",
+		$r = q("SELECT count(*) AS `total` FROM `mail`, ANY_VALUE(`created`) AS `created`
+			WHERE `mail`.`uid` = %d GROUP BY `parent-uri` ORDER BY `created` DESC",
 			intval(local_user())
 		);
 
@@ -528,12 +528,16 @@ function message_content(App $a) {
 }
 
 function get_messages($user, $lstart, $lend) {
-
+	//TODO: rewritte with a sub-query to get the first message of each private thread with certainty
 	return q("SELECT max(`mail`.`created`) AS `mailcreated`, min(`mail`.`seen`) AS `mailseen`,
-		`mail`.* , `contact`.`name`, `contact`.`url`, `contact`.`thumb` , `contact`.`network`,
-		count( * ) as count
+		ANY_VALUE(`mail`.`id`), ANY_VALUE(`mail`.`uid`), ANY_VALUE(`mail`.`guid`), ANY_VALUE(`mail`.`from-name`),
+		ANY_VALUE(`mail`.`from-photo`), ANY_VALUE(`mail`.`from-url`), ANY_VALUE(`mail`.`contact-id`),
+		ANY_VALUE(`mail`.`convid`), ANY_VALUE(`mail`.`title`), ANY_VALUE(`mail`.`body`), ANY_VALUE(`mail`.`seen`),
+		ANY_VALUE(`mail`.`reply`), ANY_VALUE(`mail`.`replied`), ANY_VALUE(`mail`.`unknown`),
+		ANY_VALUE(`mail`.`uri`), ANY_VALUE(`mail`.`parent-uri`), ANY_VALUE(`mail`.`created`),
+		ANY_VALUE(`contact`.`name`), ANY_VALUE(`contact`.`url`), ANY_VALUE(`contact`.`thumb`), ANY_VALUE(`contact`.`network`),
 		FROM `mail` LEFT JOIN `contact` ON `mail`.`contact-id` = `contact`.`id`
-		WHERE `mail`.`uid` = %d GROUP BY `parent-uri`, `mail`.id ORDER BY `mailcreated` DESC  LIMIT %d , %d ",
+		WHERE `mail`.`uid` = %d GROUP BY `parent-uri` ORDER BY `mailcreated` DESC  LIMIT %d , %d ",
 		intval($user), intval($lstart), intval($lend)
 	);
 }
diff --git a/mod/photos.php b/mod/photos.php
index a24cee2559..8e47829774 100644
--- a/mod/photos.php
+++ b/mod/photos.php
@@ -1240,8 +1240,10 @@ function photos_content(App $a) {
 			$order = 'DESC';
 		}
 
-		$r = q("SELECT `resource-id`, `id`, `filename`, type, max(`scale`) AS `scale`, `desc` FROM `photo` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `album` = '%s'
-			AND `scale` <= 4 $sql_extra GROUP BY `resource-id`, `id` ORDER BY `created` $order LIMIT %d , %d",
+		$r = q("SELECT `resource-id`, ANY_VALUE(`id`) AS `id`, ANY_VALUE(`filename`) AS `filename`,
+			ANY_VALUE(`type`) AS `type`, max(`scale`) AS `scale`, ANY_VALUE(`desc`) as `desc`
+			FROM `photo` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `album` = '%s'
+			AND `scale` <= 4 $sql_extra GROUP BY `resource-id` ORDER BY `created` $order LIMIT %d , %d",
 			intval($owner_uid),
 			dbesc($album),
 			intval($a->pager['start']),
diff --git a/mod/videos.php b/mod/videos.php
index ea2e0d4a24..269d537854 100644
--- a/mod/videos.php
+++ b/mod/videos.php
@@ -356,9 +356,11 @@ function videos_content(App $a) {
 		$a->set_pager_itemspage(20);
 	}
 
-	$r = q("SELECT hash, `id`, `filename`, filetype FROM `attach`
+	$r = q("SELECT hash, ANY_VALUE(`id`) AS `id`, ANY_VALUE(`created`) AS `created`,
+		ANY_VALUE(`filename`) AS `filename`, ANY_VALUE(`filetype`) as `filetype`
+		FROM `attach`
 		WHERE `uid` = %d AND filetype LIKE '%%video%%'
-		$sql_extra GROUP BY hash, `id` ORDER BY `created` DESC LIMIT %d , %d",
+		$sql_extra GROUP BY hash ORDER BY `created` DESC LIMIT %d , %d",
 		intval($a->data['user']['uid']),
 		intval($a->pager['start']),
 		intval($a->pager['itemspage'])