i installed cm6. i cant find any guide anywhere on how to add custom ringtones and custom wallpaper to cm6 on the g1. how do you do it? what types of files are recognized? in what folder do i put them? the cyanogenmod wiki shows how to install cm6 but doesnt explain how to do such basic things. how do you do this on cm6? thanks
first of all try to post your questions in the q&a section.
what purpose are you trying to add ringtones and wallpapers, is this for your own rom development? do you want these saved into the system files?
if you just want more useable ringtones and wall papers there are tons of apps that give you this just fine, zedge for example has lots.
i know you said custom, there are apps in the market for this too, mp3ringtone or something like that.
or real easy just put a folder on your sd card named ringtones, one notifications, and one wallpappers --
make sure you have the files in the right format and put them in there
1. what format do the ringtones and wallpapers have to be?
2. do i just create 2 folders 1 called ringtones and the other called wallpaper? where do i place them in the sd card? root of the card?
thanks in advance
wallpaper .jpg is fine, others should work
ringtones .mp3 - again others probably work
put on the root of the sd card, yes name the folders wallpapers and ringtones
your os should put them in place like when you go into settings>sounds>ringtones it should show up. if not they are still accessible once on your phone and you can set them. such as when you go into wallpaper you can pick from your gallery to set wallpaper or contact icon.
if you want to incorporate these into the rom your running that takes a bit more effort
well maybe not too much, i think you can use root explorer (or other file managers) to add directly into the proper place in your os, i know you can go into system>fonts then add font choices
im not in front of my g1 right now but if you want to do it this way im sure a little exploring on your own will give you the answer
i put a jpeg image in several folders on my sd card. i go to the phone clikc settings wallpaper, then gallery, it doesnt show up in gallery. i then click file manager and find my jpeg. i click on it and it sends me back to the previous menu. ??????? did cyanogen make it so you cant use custom wallpapers???? your forced to use his choices? the same for ringtones. i cant even get my mp3 to be listed with cyanogens ringtones. this is such a simple task on all my other phones. but with this custom firmware i have no idea how to do this.
put the .mp3 into a folder named ringtones. put that folder on the root of your sd card. this should work fine ive done it on many roms including cyanogen based ones. if not you can download an app from the market that will do custom ringtones for you.
as for images, yes they can be used as wallpaper, hell if you take a picture with camera on your phone it can be used as wallpaper.
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put the .mp3 into a folder named ringtones. put that folder on the root of your sd card. this should work fine ive done it on many roms including cyanogen based ones. if not you can download an app from the market that will do custom ringtones for you.
as for images, yes they can be used as wallpaper, hell if you take a picture with camera on your phone it can be used as wallpaper.
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i did that. the dumb software doesnt work. i made a folder called ringtones put it in root of sd and put an mp3 in it. i go to sound and ringtones and its NOT on the list. i made a folder called wallpapers and put in a jpeg. then i go to home and click settings then wallpaper then there are 3 choices: cyanogen wallpaper its not in there. then i click gallery. it asks do i want gallery or file manager. i click gallery. it takes me to a screen with a frozen pic that doesnt change or let me choose anything. on the upper right is a camera buton. i click it and takes me to camera but i cannot even choose photos ive taken for wallpaper. then i click on file manager i find my jpeg and i click on it. it takes me back to choosing gallery or file manager. WTF???? you cant use a custom wallpaper or ringtone with this cyanogen software? did he do this on purpose to force you to use his wallpapers and ringtones. how the hell do i use a custom jpeg as a wallpaper or custom mp3 as ringtone????? nothing you said is working and there are no guides, not even on cyanogenmods wiki. all ive found is guides for the stock OS. none for this custom cm6 firmware
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i did that. the dumb software doesnt work. i made a folder called ringtones put it in root of sd and put an mp3 in it. i go to sound and ringtones and its NOT on the list. i made a folder called wallpapers and put in a jpeg. then i go to home and click settings then wallpaper then there are 3 choices: cyanogen wallpaper its not in there. then i click gallery. it asks do i want gallery or file manager. i click gallery. it takes me to a screen with a frozen pic that doesnt change or let me choose anything. on the upper right is a camera buton. i click it and takes me to camera but i cannot even choose photos ive taken for wallpaper. then i click on file manager i find my jpeg and i click on it. it takes me back to choosing gallery or file manager. WTF???? you cant use a custom wallpaper or ringtone with this cyanogen software? did he do this on purpose to force you to use his wallpapers and ringtones. how the hell do i use a custom jpeg as a wallpaper or custom mp3 as ringtone????? nothing you said is working and there are no guides, not even on cyanogenmods wiki. all ive found is guides for the stock OS. none for this custom cm6 firmware
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Calm down first of all.
It's not on the wiki because it's a general android question, not specifically cm6
Try the file manager way.
im thinking your problem is not cm6, i think its an error in your flash of the rom. something is corrupt. there shouldnt be any issues, if you are willing to reflash your rom. if you are fed up flash a new rom all together, cm6 worked poorly for me and i got rid of it a long time ago. but it did let me choose custom ringtones and wallpapers i remember that specifically (had a wallpaper of my girlfriend) so be patient, try the fixing it with the file manager or just reflash or choose another rom. try not to get too upset here
Hi,
what you need is a folder media in the root of your sd-card. Under media create folders audio and resource. Under audio create the folders alarms, notifications and ringtones. Put wallpapers into resource, alarms in audio\alarms, notification in audio\notifications and ringtones in audio\ringtones. That's it!
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My first mod, the LCARS Lockscreen! Make your lockscreen resemble the panels on the Enterprise! Yay! Also included, the original files they replaced.
Ahem...
Anyway, here is a zip file of everything needed to make your own lcars lockscreen. It's a zip because apparently the cabs I had up here didn't work properly... Can't beat placing real files yourself, I guess. haha
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Instructions:
First- Add files in the icons folder to windows\ directory in phone. Just the icons in the folder, not the full folder. Either use icons in the zip or install the icons cab file. Also, put the lcars.ttf font into the /windows folder.
Second- Add lcarswallpaper.png and LS_LockScene_480x800.cpr to windows\lockscreen.
Third, reset the phone and you're done!
I've also included the original files for what this mod changes in case you want to revert back.
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I have no lockscreen mods, cookie's home tab lockscreen is set to the default lockscreen so it won't interfere, or anything aside from the memclock app as you can see on the top right of the screenshot so I can't guarantee it will work with any mods. Like I said, This is my first so I apologize if it doesn't work properly on your HD2. As far as mine goes, everything lines up perfectly.
Restart your phone and enjoy!
When you tap the slider to get your notifications, the calendar and clock disappear. I don't know how to keep them their the entire time. If anyone can help with that, I'd appreciate it. \
For people that have flashed their roms only, try either the cpr courtesy of SolShade posted here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7153849&postcount=58
Or the updated cpr titled "LS_LockScene_480x800 FLASHED ROM.zip" at the bottom of this first post. This one contains minor tweaks to SolShade's working version, plus with my anastasia rom, there was a gap at the bottom that wasn't black, so everything was shuffled down accordingly to fix that.
While I havent tried it out, it looks cool.
Grats.
Now to make an interactive home tab with a captains chair perspective of the bridge.
Dear,
i have downloaded and installed 3 cab. but its not showing anything but only unlock button beside start button only...
Sorry, rasumia. I've posted the full files, not just cabs, so they should work a lot better for you. Guess quickcab doesn't want to play nice with me. Anyway, also has the original files for a manual uninstall also, so no risk of goofing with your lock screen again.
Not somethine I personally would have, but still a great job with putting it together!
thanks for your quick reply...
i have tried as you have mentioned in the Readme.txt but still same problem. only unlock button shows.
i use CHT 1.7.1 with editor...could it be causing this?
it could be better if there is a final cab so it would be all easier for everyone... thanks a lot!
i am personally star trek fan. it would be very nice if we can have a complete theme with icons slider and lock screen...
i know its too much to ask but its just my idea...
I would love a full manilla okudagram refit, but that would be a lot of work getting the layout right... I would almost like to do that, but someone else would have to program it.
I have cookie's home screen 1.70 enabled but all the custom lockscreen stuff disabled, only using the default lock at the default settings there. Your signature says you have a custom rom, maybe that could be a conflict? Looks like in the logs that they did do things to the lock screen. I wouldn't think it would be much different than what I did but who knows. I wish I knew more and could help better but I learned just with tweaking the lock settings. I have a friend that has an hd2 with the stock rom so I'll know soon if it works on his.
huh ?
want to use this but dont know how to replace files in windows DIR, system says cant replace ??????
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Works great.
Here on my german stock rom there is no Icon folder, just copy those files into windows folder, the rest as statet in first post, soft reset and there you are.
To copy the files I've used resco explorer
The only thing that doesn't work is the notification button for missed call. I can see it in taskbar but not instead of button comm1
Live long and prosper
jusD said:
want to use this but dont know how to replace files in windows DIR, system says cant replace ??????
D.
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Which files won't it replace? The icons? Try adding the lockscreen480x800.cpr file and wallpaper and restarting. If it changes the layout to match the wallpaper, then try the cab here to install the icons.
When I did this originally on my phone, I copied the files onto the storage card, then with the phone, copied and pasted the cpr file into the lockscreen folder. I hope any of this helps.
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My first mod, the LCARS Lockscreen! Make your lockscreen resemble the panels on the Enterprise! Yay! Also included, the original files they replaced.
Ahem...
Anyway, here is a zip file of everything needed to make your own lcars lockscreen. It's a zip because apparently the cabs I had up here didn't work properly... Can't beat placing real files yourself, I guess. haha
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Instructions:
I've included a readme that says the same thing...
First- Add files in the icons folder to windows\ directory in phone. Just the icons in the folder, not the full folder.
Second- Add lcarswallpaper.png and LS_LockScene_480x800.cpr to windows\lockscreen.
Third, place the lcars.ttf font into windows\font. I saw instructions from here that said it could only be done by connecting your phone to the computer and adding it through activesync, but they could be mistaken.
Fourth, reset the phone and you're done!
I've also included the original files for what this mod changes in case you want to revert back.
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I have no lockscreen mods or anything aside from the memclock app as you can see on the top right of the screenshot so I can't guarantee it will work with any mods. Like I said, This is my first so I apologize if it doesn't work properly on your HD2. As far as mine goes, everything lines up perfectly.
Restart your phone and enjoy!
When you tap the slider to get your notifications, the calendar and clock disappear. I don't know how to keep them their the entire time. If anyone can help with that, I'd appreciate it.
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Hey, great job.
Where can I get LS_LockScene_480x800.cpr?
Thanks.
Working !
weightlifter that file is in the .zip file from the first post !
All good here the .cab file made the difference, thanx !
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Using windows active sync for replace wont work but using fileexplorer works...
for i couldnt make it work yet still trying...
use .cab
rasumia i used the .cab file for step 1 and then did the rest of the steps and it works for me !
good luck !
D.
ok let me try once again =)
Sorry no luck at all...may when it is completed i will give a try... thanks a lot anyway...
Very nice mate. I hope you can get the notifications showing all the time, like you said. Also, it would be better if the taskbar could be either removed or replaced with something else of equal functionality. It just seems a shame to have it not fullscreen.
Other than that though, very nice indeed!
Incidentally, I used total command to copy the files around and didn't use activesync to copy the font, and it works fine for me.
rasumia said:
Sorry no luck at all...may when it is completed i will give a try... thanks a lot anyway...
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I have the same problem as you have. It might be caused by Cookies home tab or the editor.
johncmolyneux: How did you get it to work, how did you set up CHTEditor?
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I have the same problem as you have. It might be caused by Cookies home tab or the editor.
johncmolyneux: How did you get it to work, how did you set up CHTEditor?
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I turned off the CHT lockscreen and turned on the default lock screen (and then a soft reset, because that's what the editor does then). Then I just copied all the files into the relevant locations, as described in the 1st post.
I did copy all the files onto my storage card first and then used total commander to copy them onto the device, which meant that I could overwrite any existing files without windows moaning at me.
Incidentally, I do have both lockscreens working independantly. I turned the CHT lockscreen back on and that is now my default lockscreen (from the home tab menu, or from pressing the end button), but if I go to the start menu and lock from there then I get this lovely lockscreen
(I do then get the CHT one as well, when I unlock this one, so it's not perfect but at least I can see both of them working.)
hasn't worked for me, used the zip from the first post, when i lock the device i get the default unlock soft button and no lock screen atall
So miui had been great and allows us to customize our own icon on launcher. So I thought maybe we can share our icons here for theming needs.
Some background for those who are not aware of what this is.
In MIUI, at first boot after flashing, miui will rip through your list of apps in /data/app/ and extract the icon associated with that app and put it into the "/data/system/customized_icons_1" folder. For instance, if I have the appbrain app on my /data/app/, there will be a corresponding PNG file in /data/system/customized_icons_1/com.appspot.swisscodemonkeys.apps.png.
Now what do you do with this PNG file?
First of it's an image file, and if you do theming or for some reason you don't like the default icon, you can certainly replace them with newer icon.
So cool, how do I replace the default icon?
OK, so go find an icon of your choosing in PNG format and specific size (check mine for sample). Rename your new PNG to the exact same name of the app, so in my example the new icon I downloaded named "someofthepic.png", then I'll rename it to "com.appspot.swisscodemonkeys.apps.png" to match with appbrain.
After you renamed it, upload these to /data/system/customized_icons_1/ and reboot your phone. You will then have a brand spanking new icons.
This process can be applied to newly installed apps as well.
CREDIT: these icons are from Suave HD theme I got over miui forum.
I know the app but not sure what is the related "system" name of the app, what do I do?
Head over to http://www.androlib.com/, put in the name of your app, in my example it'll be "appbrain" and search. Scroll to the middle of the page, the section above screenshot will have what is call a "Package Name". This is the one that you need to copy&paste.
EDIT: these customized icons will only work if your apps are located on /data/app and if MIUI launcher parsed it to create an icon in /data/system/customized_icons_1 folder. For maps and other which is system apps, you will have to tinker with the apk itself or the framework-res.apk
Thanks for the write-up, I swapped a couple of icons (Yahoo!, facebook, ScanLife and Spare Parts..) and plan to make more custom icons to match for the others I have installed now..
Great guide. Already been doing this since miui started on the evo, but go od to show others
-Swyped away on my addiction
Thanks for the how to! Already put my newfound knowledge to use!
cool dudes, glad it helps out...
After following the steps to change the icons. It worked after the reboot but after subsequent reboots, Miui reverted back to the original icon. I am using version 11.5 stable. Any thoughts as to why this may be occurring?
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After following the steps to change the icons. It worked after the reboot but after subsequent reboots, Miui reverted back to the original icon. I am using version 11.5 stable. Any thoughts as to why this may be occurring?
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Same here. Some of the ones I changed are still my custom icon, where the others reverted back to the original ones.
I'm trying to change my Google maps app icon and I cant
Yup I got it to work but after a couple of reboots and and some mounts to the computer, some of them reverted back to default and after a check inside the customzied_icon folder they had reverted there to and after a delete of the file and a copy with the new icon it directly reverted back.
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Yup I got it to work but after a couple of reboots and and some mounts to the computer, some of them reverted back to default and after a check inside the customzied_icon folder they had reverted there to and after a delete of the file and a copy with the new icon it directly reverted back.
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I had the icons there and reboots countless of times but not reverting back. What you experience is that might be some of the apps got updated in market and therefore, icons revert back obviously, and yes you have to replace them again.
Maybe I'm missing something, but I couldn't find the folder "/data/system/customized_icons_1" anywhere, not on my phone, or on my sd card
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So I really liked the new weather animations from Sense 3.0, and the wait for the Pyramid port, while advancing quickly, is sooo hard to wait for. So I thought of a way to sort of give myself the weather animations from Sense 3.0 without actually having it. Here's how:
I was playing with Go Weather and noticed that Go Weather also uses .mp4 videos for the weather animations, so I did the dead simple: took the weather .mp4's from the Pyramid thread (can't recall who uploaded them, credits to them) and plugged them into the Go Weather folder that stores the videos. What do you know? They work! Here's a link to a .zip that contains the HTC videos that have been renamed to function with Go Weather:
http://www.mediafire.com/?h7n7c961wjkvf9c
You'll need to unzip and drop the "remastered" folder in the goweather folder on the root of your SD card (or replace it if you've already downloaded the remastered default videos from the app).
I set up Fancy Widget Pro with all of the appropriate HTC flip clock and weather skins as my home screen clock (so it looks like stock HTC), and set it up to open Go Weather when the weather below the clock is tapped. Now, in Go Weather hit Menu>Settings and scroll down to Appearance. Make sure that the background style is set to video and click on Select Background Video. It should detect the remastered folder, so select that. Back out and it will reload the weather with the new HTC videos.
I tried my damndest to get a screen shot it but I couldn't get it to work properly.
Hope some of you guys enjoy this, I did. Obviously you'll need to download Go Weather from the Market (it's free).
Also, if anyone knows how to force the HTC weather widgets to open a different weather app that the stock one, that would be awesome. That would save us the trouble of having to use Fancy Widget.
Thanks for the tip and folder however, I cant seem to find the GO Weather folder for the life of me anywhere on my phone. Any idea where it is? System or SDCard? - Please Help...
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tat2me2 said:
Thanks for the tip and folder however, I cant seem to find the GO Weather folder for the life of me anywhere on my phone. Any idea where it is? System or SDCard? - Please Help...
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It should be on the root of your SD card, that's where mine was.
Thanks for sharing, looking good.
Was wondering how battery life comsuming will be
pakxelaos said:
Thanks for sharing, looking good.
Was wondering how battery life comsuming will be
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Glad that you like it. I don't have it set to auto refresh, since Fancy Widget does that. I just click on Fancy Widget to open the app and tell it refresh, so I haven't noticed any battery hit.
I just realized that I accidentally made the, "mostly cloudy" videos the thunderstorm. Oh well...I could change it but there doesn't seem to be much interest. At least the thunderstorms look cool...
That and with Go Weather I get refresh errors more times than it will work, which is super annoying.
This is a cool combination - thanks for figuring this all out for us!
-Mike
about fake sense 3.0 weather for Go weather!
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Mods delete this if it shouldn't be here.
So I really liked the new weather animations from Sense 3.0, and the wait for the Pyramid port, while advancing quickly, is sooo hard to wait for. So I thought of a way to sort of give myself the weather animations from Sense 3.0 without actually having it. Here's how:
I was playing with Go Weather and noticed that Go Weather also uses .mp4 videos for the weather animations, so I did the dead simple: took the weather .mp4's from the Pyramid thread (can't recall who uploaded them, credits to them) and plugged them into the Go Weather folder that stores the videos. What do you know? They work! Here's a link to a .zip that contains the HTC videos that have been renamed to function with Go Weather:
You'll need to unzip and drop the "remastered" folder in the goweather folder on the root of your SD card (or replace it if you've already downloaded the remastered default videos from the app).
I set up Fancy Widget Pro with all of the appropriate HTC flip clock and weather skins as my home screen clock (so it looks like stock HTC), and set it up to open Go Weather when the weather below the clock is tapped. Now, in Go Weather hit Menu>Settings and scroll down to Appearance. Make sure that the background style is set to video and click on Select Background Video. It should detect the remastered folder, so select that. Back out and it will reload the weather with the new HTC videos.
I tried my damndest to get a screen shot it but I couldn't get it to work properly.
Hope some of you guys enjoy this, I did. Obviously you'll need to download Go Weather from the Market (it's free).
Also, if anyone knows how to force the HTC weather widgets to open a different weather app that the stock one, that would be awesome. That would save us the trouble of having to use Fancy Widget.
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Let me just start by saying great work on this. Im a motorola droid 2 global owner. Im pretty sure most Droid owners would like to have the look of Sense 3.0 on their phone. I notice that if you unpack and apk file then replace the actual videos of the app with the sense 3.0 under assets folder(changing also "Double checking if videos that will take over have the same name as the ones in the assets folder of the unpacked go weather app") Once this is all done, repack the apk file. I've tried repacking but i get a parsin error when trying to install install on my droid. Could you help on this.
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Can someone help me get these wallpapers
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103342
I like the Sony Ericsson wallpapers from this ROM, but i'm switching to EB.
I'll will donate to anyone who helps, after I set up my new Paypal.
Private message me your email so I can send them to you.
EDIT: The wallpapers included are stock Android 2.1+...
Sent from my LG-P999 using XDA App
You should also be able to download the ROM (make sure this is a copy that you don't intend on trying to flash to your phone), extract it, go to /system/app and change the name of Launcher2.apk to Launcher2.zip, then extract that, and go into a folder called 'res', then inside a folder called, "drawable-hdpi', you'll find all kinds of static wallpapers.
I've done that several times to pull wallpaper from roms that I saw, including the stock g2x wallpaper.
Someone told me I could also use androzip (or maybe it was astro, can't recall) to insert files like jpgs and pngs INTO a zipped folder without extracting it first, thus leaving it in its flashable state...I haven't tried it yet, but maybe I"ll toy with that today after I make a good nandroid.
edit: I can't find that particular wallpaper in that folder location, so I'm going to keep digging and report back.
edit 2: Found it...it's in \system\etc\customization\content\com\sonyericsson\wallpaperpicker\wallpapers , all KINDS of cool wallpapers I hadn't noticed before in there...so thanks for motivating me to dig.
I have tried a couple of roms recently. Both times my wallpaper changer app has replaced the rom's wallpaper. I have searched and not seen an easy way to get the original back. I really don't want to have to reinstall if not necessary. Any help?
I can offer you two approaches:
1. Long press on home screen and choose Wallpapers > Wallpapers and click Reset to Default
2. Using Root Explorer (or similar), navigate to /system/framework and "View" the framework-res.apk - navigate to framework-res.apk/res/drawable-hdpi and find the file called default_wallpaper.png - copy and paste it to your sdcard to use as you'd like...
EDIT: Maybe i'm not understanding you properly - does your wallpaper changer app (btw, what does that app do besides change wallpapers?) possibly swap out the default_wallpaper.png file mentioned above? If so, you can just browse to the same file location in the full ROM file you originally downloaded, using 7zip (or the like), and grab the original wallpaper that way..
Found file with explorer. Must not have looked in right dir. Wallpaper changer will change wallpaper at assigned intervals; hours, minutes etc. It pulls images from designated folder. I . bored with same wallpaper day after day. Its nice to wake up each day and see what my wallpaper of the day is. Thanks for the help.