Since installing CM9 I have set the homescreen tables to 1 (I like to have a clean homescreen with no apps) however when setting the wallpaper it still shows the left and right smaller squares when cropping for additional homescreens... this in effect is not allowing me to crop my picture the way I want to (like how my lockscreen is cropped)
Any suggestions?
In CM9 on my I9100 it would recognize that there was only one homescreen and the cropping tool for wallpapers would lose the additional homescreen boxes either side of the main box...
hellaflush said:
Since installing CM9 I have set the homescreen tables to 1 (I like to have a clean homescreen with no apps) however when setting the wallpaper it still shows the left and right smaller squares when cropping for additional homescreens... this in effect is not allowing me to crop my picture the way I want to (like how my lockscreen is cropped)
Any suggestions?
In CM9 on my I9100 it would recognize that there was only one homescreen and the cropping tool for wallpapers would lose the additional homescreen boxes either side of the main box...
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Use this app. It works like a Live Wallpaper and it will allow you to set the wallpaper without cropping it.
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I can't find where to change the lockscreen wallpaper... anyone know?
found it. Settings -> Screen -> Screen Display
Settings, screen, screen display
plus icon -> wallpaper -> wallpaper -> Lock screen Wallpaper
Your best bet is to go into the Gallery and after selecting a photo, go into the picture settings and set as your lock wallpaper (top right corner). Going through the normal wallpaper settings doesn't give you a lot of options for lock wallpapers.
I have a related question, the update to 3.1 automatically changed the lockscreen wallpaper on the device, I want the old one back! but i barely remember what it was did anyone have it saved? it's not in the wallpapers folder i don't think.
I don't remember there being a separate lock screen wallpaper. I'm pretty sure it was just whatever wallpaper you had set on your device. If you're looking for the IO wallpapers that were missing after the update, there have been a couple threads with zip files. Just search around.
Anyone know how to make a live wallpaper as the lock screen?
There should at least be a default to set a live wallpaper as both since on the Transformer and Xoom the lock screen is whatever the home wallpaper is.
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Anyone know how to make a live wallpaper as the lock screen?
There should at least be a default to set a live wallpaper as both since on the Transformer and Xoom the lock screen is whatever the home wallpaper is.
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I agree, once I noticed this I became annoyed right away almost makes me want to take it back and get the Transformer but I prefer the look and feel of the SGT2 better my self. Hopefully with the touchwiz update they will fix this.
If you look close in this video you can see the Samsung Rep has a LWP for his lock screen.
How do I save the background image of a screen on my GT-P7500?
Are you trying to save the wallpaper in the launcher? Otherwise, you can always take a screen capture.
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Are you trying to save the wallpaper in the launcher? Otherwise, you can always take a screen capture.
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The wallpaper in the the launcher (I think), but I'm not sure what the difference is.
Screen capture saves the screen as you see it (wallpaper+icons,etc.), wallpaper is just the background.
I would also like to know how to save the current wallpaper on my Galaxy Vibrant (Gingerbread). My current wallpaper does not appear in the gallery or in available wallpapers list and I don't want to lose it if I decide to try out different wallpapers. Is there a way to save it?
Can anyone recommend a application that you can use in place of setting a wallpaper the stock way. I have tried Wallpaper Wizardrii which allows me to crop the picture the way I would like, but I still get a black bar on the bottom and the wallpaper doesn't extend behind the notification bar. Any help is appreciated as this is incredibly annoying.
The big thing is to make sure your wallpaper is the right dimensions
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This is incredibly annoying on HTC Sense. It doesn't support scrollable wallpapers, it doesn't rotate into landscape mode (without a mod) so then why does it insist that I need to crop a perfectly fine 720x1280 image that should otherwise fit the screen just fine?
What apps do you use to force such an image as a wallpaper, without any gratuitous cropping? I just want a static image on all the screens, no scrolling, I don't care for landscape.
What about a fancier setup with a different static image on each screen? Possible with Sense, without using a different launcher?
I've tired multiple apps but none of them seem to work long term. The "solution" I've come up in the mean is making a Photoshop file with the dimensions of the phone in landscape mode and putting the image I would like add the wall paper in the center. Then save the file as a jpeg and download it to your phone. I don't really consider this as a "solution" as it should not take this much work to apply a simple wallpaper. For now this is the best I could come up with.
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Try "Simple Image Wallpaper Free".
It works great for me.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ridgelineapps.simpleimagewallpaper&hl=de
What I use to apply images as wallpaper is an app called image 2 wallpaper. It's a free app and it's pretty good I hate how the stock wallpaper app does this weird zoom and splits the wallpaper 3 ways. Idk it's weird so I use that app and I'm pretty much happy with it
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I played with it a bit and it seems the key here is that at least when using Sense, the required wallpaper size is 1440x1280. Yes, that's 2 x 720 (the screen width). I'm guessing that's to allow for scrolling across screens and for landscape mode for launchers that support it. I looked at the stock Jelly Bean wallpapers and they are also exactly 1440x1280. Note that other launchers may have other size requirements and they have their own options to allow scrolling the wallpaper or not. The stock Sense launcher does not scroll the wallpaper or allow landscape and it has no preference to enable it.
So if you have an image that's exactly 720x1280 (as I tried to initially use), what apps such as Image2Wallpaper do is turn it into 1440x1280 by padding it with a solid color (border). You can play with the options and set a white border color for example and then save the image from Image2Wallpaper and look at it, it will be obvious what is going on. Of course, you can do all this yourself in a photo editing application and then set the wallpaper via the stock Gallery, making sure the crop rectangle is fully expanded.
I haven't tried "Simple Image Wallpaper" yet, that may work in a different way as it's implemented as a live wallpaper. I wonder if there's any impact on CPU and battery with using such an app as opposed to a static image.
There's also MultiPicture Live Wallpaper which allows cycling through an album and has plugin for some online services such as Picasa.
Bottom line is that the native wallpaper format is 1440x1280. Here are some nice ones in this size to get you started:
http://euphoricarythmia.com/showthread.php?t=31291
Image2Wallpaper is also valuable to see what the wallpaper and true screen size a device claims to have. Hit the "Info" option in the menu. E.g.:
HOX+:
Wallpaper size: 1440x1280 (with HTC Sense launcher)
Screen: 720x1280
Nexus 7:
Wallpaper size: 1406x1280 (with stock JB 4.2.2 launcher)
Screen: 800x1205
Weird numbers for the N7, I'm guessing because of the soft buttons menu bar.
Landscape Wallpaper is decent if you want to get scrolling wallpapers with the stock Sense launcher.
Here's what I settled on after playing with wallpapers for a couple of days:
Image2Wallpaper: the best app I found for dealing with static images. It has just the right options and lets you save a correct size image that you can later on set via a different app.
Landscape Wallpaper: great if you want scrollable wallpapers with HTC Sense launcher. Not perfect because of the Sense limitations, but good enough if you must have scrollable wallpapers.
MultiPicture Live Wallpaper: great app if you have a bunch of wallpapers and want to switch between them quickly to see what they look like (all you have to do is double-tap the screen in an empty area while your device is "live"). Also nice because you can set it to automatically change your wallpapers if you like that style of random wallpapers every few hours.
Every other app I've seen mentioned and I tried was not worth keeping installed.
I hope this helps someone. Unfortunately the only way to really understand how wallpapers work is to play with them for a bit.
HI all!
I just found this awesome wallpaper on the web, and decided that i want to use it on my phone, however when i choose the wallpaper in the wallpaper menu, it doesn't show the full wallpaper. It shows me a cropping tool, which i can increase the size of, but i am not able to have the full picture as my wallpaper, without cropping the sides off. Is there a way to avoid this and have the whole picture as my wallpaper, instead of a small portion, or an app that allows me to customize the wallpaper settings? I think that the reason it doesn't work is that it want's to have the paralax effect too, so it needs a horizontal view too.
Thank you in advance!
/Gammarik
I get that the developers/designers are only doing themes for specific screen resolutions right now, but why is the core tools for creating custom Themer widgets restricted by large grid settings?
Confused as to what I mean? Please let me explain.
I can create a custom widget, which starts with the background box. But, in order to line the background box up with my home page background, I have to set the color of the background widget to a solid color and then resize it since it doesn't visualize the snap-to grid element (which it does).
So, as I said above, why is this limitation there in the first place? On my Note 2 I can't create a widget that goes to the top of my screen because it is out of bounds of my screen and when I go to add elements to the widget, they don't line up correctly unless I resize the widget background box to snap to below the top of my screen (by a good amount).
So, is it at least possible to have the default grid snap distance greatly reduced or give us an option to set it ourselves in regards to setting the widget itself?
I've encountered zero issue with moving elements within a widget box other than the inability to lock items individually once placed (that would truly help in them designing).
Sorry for any confusion, I'm not aware of the standard labels for the various design elements of a widget or the like.
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I get that the developers/designers are only doing themes for specific screen resolutions right now, but why is the core tools for creating custom Themer widgets restricted by large grid settings?
Confused as to what I mean? Please let me explain.
I can create a custom widget, which starts with the background box. But, in order to line the background box up with my home page background, I have to set the color of the background widget to a solid color and then resize it since it doesn't visualize the snap-to grid element (which it does).
So, as I said above, why is this limitation there in the first place? On my Note 2 I can't create a widget that goes to the top of my screen because it is out of bounds of my screen and when I go to add elements to the widget, they don't line up correctly unless I resize the widget background box to snap to below the top of my screen (by a good amount).
So, is it at least possible to have the default grid snap distance greatly reduced or give us an option to set it ourselves in regards to setting the widget itself?
I've encountered zero issue with moving elements within a widget box other than the inability to lock items individually once placed (that would truly help in them designing).
Sorry for any confusion, I'm not aware of the standard labels for the various design elements of a widget or the like.
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Hows it going? Im Bill from MCS.
Im a still a bit confused as to what you are asking and what tools it is that you are using in Themer that are giving you the issue.
Im sure you have already made sure that padding is turned OFF in the settings, but I have to say just to be safe.
IF you are getting spaced on the sides or top or your widget, you might want to check to see if you are using odd numbers for the Grid (rows and columns). Because of the way custom build widgets from WYSIWYG editors like Zooper and Everything widget render on the screen you might be a 1px gap if you are using odd numbered Rows or Columns in your grid.
This is the first thing I would check. I have seen an issue where for some reason I get a 2 or 4px padding on the top and bottom of the widgets. It only happens to me now and again. I can usually delete the widget and re-add it to get rid of the issue.