Simple question, what is the path to the lock screen wallpaper images?
Phone = stock MT4G
I'm referring to the pre-installed images that are behind the horizontal bar with the date and time on it, that you have to pull down to unlock the screen.
I've attached a picture.
On my phone there are 8 pre-installed images that you can chose from. If you go to:
Home Screen - Menu - Wallpaper - Lock Screen, and finally - Wallpaper Gallery.
There are 8 images to choose from. They are named: Carrera, Downtown, Graffiti, Red Rock, Ruby, Safari, Wildflower, and KidZone.
I've attached a really crappy picture of me holding my phone with one of the lock screen images present. It's called Red Rock.
I'm really interested in where these 8 file reside. I believe they are within an apk file. If someone know or figures it out, I'd sure appreciate it.
Thanks,
Sam
You can try system> customize> resource...I am running iced glacier and have the zebra one in there, but also have the lock screen deleted and running the aosp one, so not totally sure....maybe someone else can confirm?
On a side note, if you are just looking to change the pic, you can do that in settings> personalize> lock wallpaper
Thanks for the reply.
I can see the "Safari" theme files in there (/system/customize/resources/)
The Safari Wallpaper: wallpaper.jpg
The Safari Preview file: preview.png
and
The Safari Lock Screen Wallpaper: htc_wallpaper_01_lockscreen.jpg
along with a lot of other wallpapers, but not the other "Theme's".
Some of the other theme's files are in:
/system/app/ under "theme name".apk.
If you click on the file and then browse the file you'll see that particular theme's wallpaper and a "preview" file, but not the lockscreen wallpaper.
I realize one could select any image file from the
Home Screen - Menu - Wallpaper - Lock Screen - Gallery
vs.
Home Screen - Menu - Wallpaper - Lock Screen - Wallpaper Gallery
but I'm kind of partial to the Red Rock Theme lockscreen image and I just want to find the file...
Thanks if anyone can help.
sam
It's in the RedRocks.apk, try and use root explorer to copy it to sd card, extract files and in res>drawable-hdpi folder it's called com_htc_launcher_lockscreen_wallpaper.png
ronin178 said:
It's in the RedRocks.apk, try and use root explorer to copy it to sd card, extract files and in res>drawable-hdpi folder it's called com_htc_launcher_lockscreen_wallpaper.png
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Thanks...
I can open it from within the *.apk. I had looked in that /drawable-hdpi directory, but was overwhelmed by the number of files. I'll just save it elsewhere from there and manipulate as required.
I'm wanting to add some small text in the upper left edge saying, "Reward if Found, Call (206) 555-1212".
If someone finds the phone, it'll be locked, but now on the lock screen they'll have a number and motivation to try to get it back to me.
Thanks again,
Sam
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does anyone know how do i change my lock screen photo to one of the default wallpapers??
As far as I know you can't - quite annoying.
I had to reset the whole theme to default then re-configure it to my liking. Once you have done this remember to save it before making any changes.
Can you not do it by going to >Settings>Personalize>Lock screen wallpaper>Select
s1977 said:
Can you not do it by going to >Settings>Personalize>Lock screen wallpaper>Select
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That only gives you the option of selecting another from your downloads and camera albums. The default wallpapers are unavailable.
s1977 said:
Can you not do it by going to >Settings>Personalize>Lock screen wallpaper>Select
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hmmm you must be misunderstanding, when you want to up a wallpaper you get two options 1 use photos from the Albums or 2 you use the default wallpapers as your wallpaper, I would like to know how to set these wallpapers as my screen lock cause when i try to I always get sent to my Albums
kalairn said:
hmmm you must be misunderstanding, when you want to up a wallpaper you get two options 1 use photos from the Albums or 2 you use the default wallpapers as your wallpaper, I would like to know how to set these wallpapers as my screen lock cause when i try to I always get sent to my Albums
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Ok. Now that i am completely confused as to what you want to do, can I suggest that you look at
http://htcsource.com/index.php?opti...=1&PHPSESSID=ac33b78594e2afe40e49e2fb360c2b8b
The default wallpapers are available there and you could download them to your phone and use them.
Apologies if this is not what you were asking for.
Kalairn is saying you get the options to use your album photos and HTC wallpapers when you choose a wallpaper.
You only get the option to use album photos and NOT the HTC wallpapers when you select an image for the lock screen (even though by default they use the HTC wallpapers).
Your post should get around the issue because you can put the HTC wallpapers in your album folder.
s1977 you are a star!!! i guess I'll have to copy them images to the phone
Yep, you definitely can copy the images to your sd card. From there on its easy
HTH
Those are the wallpapers, not the lockscreens. The lockscreens is available in the etc/lockscreen folder. But you can't save or copy them from there (usually) so I uploaded them: http://fluesoppen.com/android/lockscreens/
Enjoy.
Is there any way to select the lock screen image without any compression?
When selecting the lock screen (and the standard wallpaper if it's from an album) I get a preview of the image on the screen with a green rectangle that can be resized. Even selecting the full image, the colours/compression seem to be worse than the original image.
This still occurs when I have copied the HTC lock screen images to the SD card, so it shouldn't be a problem with the images themselves, just a problem of how to get them onto the lock screen at full quality!
Any ideas or solutions?
Anybody ripped out the stock Vibrant wallpapers yet? I'd really like to get the roses one to use on a different device.
Thanks!
Edit: Nevermind, I got them. They're in the "TwWallpaperChooser.apk" file.
So if I want to add my own wallpapers to the program, is it as simple as extracting the files, adding both resolutions of the photo I want (960x800 and 170x142), and repacking? Is the package a standard zip file with the file extension changed from "zip" to "apk"? I know I can just drag it over to the memory card (or internal memory), open it, then choose "set as wallpaper" from the options/settings menu, but there are only a few wallpapers that I would ever choose from. Mostly because it will be my business name and logo 90% of the time, but when I travel I would like to change from just my small private collection and not any of the wallpapers that are included. The menu of the wallpaper chooser looks cool which is why I want to keep it and not use the "set as wallpaper" option when I open the picture. Thanks in advance if anyone posts a solution.
djmaxx007 said:
So if I want to add my own wallpapers to the program, is it as simple as extracting the files, adding both resolutions of the photo I want (960x800 and 170x142), and repacking? Is the package a standard zip file with the file extension changed from "zip" to "apk"? I know I can just drag it over to the memory card (or internal memory), open it, then choose "set as wallpaper" from the options/settings menu, but there are only a few wallpapers that I would ever choose from. Mostly because it will be my business name and logo 90% of the time, but when I travel I would like to change from just my small private collection and not any of the wallpapers that are included. The menu of the wallpaper chooser looks cool which is why I want to keep it and not use the "set as wallpaper" option when I open the picture. Thanks in advance if anyone posts a solution.
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No, all apk's are signed, and if you changed the contents the signature wouldn't match anymore, although it's not hard to resign it. If you want to go that route, search around the G1 dev forum.
i downloaded some images from the wallpapers thread onto my PC. i didnt know where to put them on the phone so i made a Wallpapers folder and stuck them in there. i go to home screen, menu, wallpaper, and gallery (and look for my directory). i can pick wallpapers, but when they are loaded i can only select a rectangular segment, losing the rest of the wallpaper.
is there an easy way to deal with tihs?
Maybe the pics resolution is a problem? The file format?
Download wallaby from the market it will let you use the full image
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
the image are all correctly sized, just when i choose "Gallery" and select the wallpaper, it takes me to a screen to 'crop' a part i want. won't let me use the whole image.
looking at wallaby right now. maybe it's the fact that i need to use "Gallery"
I think if it bigger then 480x800 you only get the option to pick a certain area which really sucks..
Hi all, wondering if anybody could help me!!
Google has turned up nothing so far so im gonna ask away!!
I am currently using nobodyatall's cm7 2.0 on my x10mini and am wondering where and how I can save pictures that I want as wallpapers.
Basically I don't want wallpapers to show up in my regular picture gallery, I want them only to show in the wallpaper gallery when i go to change wallpapers.
Is there a folder on the SD card or the internal memory, or is there a way I can open an APK in winrar or whatever and drop the pictures in there?
Regards
A
There are two ways that I can think of for you to do this. First, just create a folder in your SD card labeled wallpapers (or whatever you want). Then place all your wallpapers there.
Easy way: Use QuickPics. It has an option to hide a folder from the gallery. Just long press on the folder and you'll find the option.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.alensw.PicFolder
Still easy (just not automated):create an empty file in your wallpaper folder with filename ".nomedia" without the quotes. This will prevent the gallery from scanning that folder. This also works to prevent music files from showing in the player.
To change your wallpaper, if using QuickPic, just press your menu button > show hidden > enter the folder and click the picture > use as wallpaper. If you don't want to use QuickPic, use a file manager to go the wallpaper folder then select your picture from there.
Great sugestions, especially the hideden folder option, however what I'm looking for (I wasn't quite sure how to explain this properly before!!) is to be able to add images directly to the menu of wallpapers like when you long press the screen and it gives you options to change the wallpaper I get a list of options, cyanogen wallpapers, gallery, live wallpapers, wallpaper gallery and wallpapers.
I would like to be able to add wallpapers directly to one of these menus, so I'm looking for the folder in which they are all kept in. I found one in one of the internal apk's, but i'm not sure if I can just inject them into the apk and also whether i need to include thumbnail size png's as the ones included with cyanogen seem to have these to.
Thanks for a great comprehensive reply. If all fails, I'll be looking at the hidden folder option!!
Cheers!
That's a bit harder. Sounds like it shouldn't be but it actually is since you'll be modding an apk. Here are a couple of links to get you started if you're really interested in doing this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=646424
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2915198&postcount=4
http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f4/wallpaper-directory-11685/
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That's a bit harder. Sounds like it shouldn't be but it actually is since you'll be modding an apk. Here are a couple of links to get you started if you're really interested in doing this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=646424
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2915198&postcount=4
http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f4/wallpaper-directory-11685/
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Thanks man, some great info, the first post really hits the nail on the head, I didn't think of checking the other forums (duh me, it's all android!!)!!
So it looks like I will have to take out the launcher.apk and recompile it after editing the xml file that contains the details of the names of the wallpapers. I'm guessing this is some sort of framework xml for the purposes of creating the horizontal table that you can swipe across to view the previews of the pictures.
This makes sense I guess, loading a table reather than using up memory to load a gallery style viewer that indexes the pictures seems much more streamlined seeing that is only for the use of wallpapers, however I do like the wallpaper gallery style that the xml framewrok brings.
I guess I'm going take the newer(and some older) wallpapers from other cm roms and rename them over some of the exisitng files. This way I shouldn't have to delve too deeply!!!
Thanks again for the help and info leftAlone, you are a star!!!
Hi all my First Post as new member, (I think I was a member a long time ago, but no email search works)
I have 3 Android devices, my trusty old Galaxy S5, TCL 4K UHD TV and now new TAB7+5G.
Anyway I am trying to change my Lockscreen Image from original but can't seem to find a way and I did search before this thread, I have changed Homescreen Image OK, but not Lockscreen.
Appreciate any help,
Thanks
Ash
There is a service that will change the lockscreen image daily. Go to settings - wallpaper - wallpaper service - enable.
It would have been nice for samsung to enable the service to work for home screen wallpaper too.
Go to wallpapers and when you pick on it asks you which to use for.... home or lock screen.
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Go to wallpapers and when you pick on it asks you which to use for.... home or lock screen.
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Hi thanks for that But the Lockscreen Settings are either None (what came with Tab) or Dynamic which gives you options of about 4 category titles and then others within each title, BUT you must have WiFi on and they must update every 2 weeks to change LS cycle.
I don't want this at all I just want to set my own Lockscreen to my image as I can do with the Homescreen (use my image).
Guess we have different tabs.
Edit: Not sure why can't upload a screen shot.
When I go to "Wallpaper" in settings I see my current home an loclscreen images at the top, below that I ..
My Wallpapers
Gallery
Wallpaper Services
Apply Dark Mode
If I pick either My Walpapers, or Gallery and then pick an image I get a meny that asks me where I want to apply it.
gottahavit said:
Guess we have different tabs.
Edit: Not sure why can't upload a screen shot.
When I go to "Wallpaper" in settings I see my current home an loclscreen images at the top, below that I ..
My Wallpapers
Gallery
Wallpaper Services
Apply Dark Mode
If I pick either My Walpapers, or Gallery and then pick an image I get a meny that asks me where I want to apply it.
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Well finally got it,
Because I First added a particular single Jpeg Image from my Mega Cloud it saved in Gallery to a folder called Pictures first when I bought Tab new.
I also use a Recovery App for images off Twitter, etc....some I save and "restore image' from same app.
The image goes in Gallery in 'Restored 'folder.
Even though Gallery has 4 options in bottom of screen the Picture option Only has my Restored Images and not THE Picture I want as Home and Lockscreen.
As I said Yes I can use My jpeg as Homescreen Only as it gave me no other options, BUT when I copied this same Jpeg over to Restored Folder and opened up image there were the options to add to Hone and Lockscreen...so it worked.
Anyway all good, just the usual learning BS with Sammy and their control with OEM.
I am going from Android 6 to 10 in one hit, still learning.
Thanks.