Hello guys ,
I got problem with setting wallpapers I resized few pictures to 540*960 and upload them to my phone HTC sensation but when I try to set them as my wo phone demands to resize them again in square shape I have no idea what to do.
Please help me.
Yamaya said:
Hello guys ,
I got problem with setting wallpapers I resized few pictures to 540*960 and upload them to my phone HTC sensation but when I try to set them as my wo phone demands to resize them again in square shape I have no idea what to do.
Please help me.
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I'm pretty sure the launcher you are using is not htc sense. It must be cyanogenmod or miui. You can try go laucher, which can set the wallpaper in vertical mode( Preference-visual settings-backgrounds-wallpaper mode-vertical screen mode, this option should be enabled). If you don't want to try go launcher, htc sense can also satisfy your needs on the condition that you use htc-based rom. Cyanogenmod or miui can not experience htc sense.
I got insertcoin Rom installed 5.1.4 and its says it with sense 3.6.
Try one of mine wallpaper from signature to see if you need to resize it? Try setting it as wallpaper from "gallery" app only.
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I try it thanks, and yes it need to be resized again, I dl wizardrii app as one of xda members send me pm and its working without any problem, but I can't set wallpapers in normal way via gallery.
I would also like it if someone could explain why this seems to happen. I have three android phones and I always come across the same problem that Yamaya talks about. Why, if I use a wallpaper that is exactly the same size as my screen, does it not fill the entire screen? I understand that the width of the wallpaper needed, depends on how many screens you set with your launcher, but why, if I have a 960 height wallpaper, does it not fill the screen from top to bottom? I use wallpaper wizardrii, but could someone explain (or link to) how to set wallpapers correctly (without using an app). This should be so easy, but it just doesn't make sense to me. Thanks.
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Hi all,
I am still very new to my Xoom (have only had it for about a week) and I have noticed what seems to be a glitch with the "wallpaper resizer/cropping tool" in the gallery when I am trying to set new wallpapers.
On all of my other Android devices (past and present) when I resize the picture to make it may wallpaper I can simply do so by using 2 fingers (pinch to zoom) but when I try this on my Xoom it is only recognizing one finger at a time and I have to resize by moving the box down, then to the right, then up, then to the left, etc.
Does anyone else have this issue and if so does anyone know how to fix it?
Please advise...
Thanks in advance...
That's going to be the least of your concern. I'm trying to figure out how to enable the whole wallpaper instead of cropping it.
gqstatus0685 said:
That's going to be the least of your concern. I'm trying to figure out how to enable the whole wallpaper instead of cropping it.
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LOL... Ya... I read your thread as well. I can get my wallpapers to work from the gallery using the crop feature but it is a pain in the a$$ to do when it wont work properly...
One easy way to get all of the wallpaper to view is to install wallpaper slide show. It's a live wallpaper but it allows viewing of the whole thing.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.birbeck.wallpaperslideshow&feature=search_result
Hi all,
I had this same problem until another thread on this forum where some one mentioned the Live Wallpaper app that solves these problems and works really well you can give it a try as its free.
Marc
Can someone tell me how to configure the app? When I click on folders it FC's.
Hi!
I've got a Motorola Xoom, and I'm trying to personalize it a bit, but when it comes to setting the wallpaper I want I'm stuck.
Apparently some design-genious at Google found out that you have to crop your wallpaper so it fits both in landscape- and portrait-view. Doesn't actually sound too bad, but when you realize what resolution the wallpapers need to be; it starts getting utterly stupid. In order to make the wallpaper fit perfectly into the crop-frame it has to be 1920 x 1408px. That means that i have to crop all my 16:10 wallpapers quite a bit in order to make them fit.
What I actually want is a fixed wallpaper. I want a wallpaper that fits in landscape-view (1280 x 800px) and doesn't move when scrolling through the home-screens.
Is this possible?
bZerk
Maybe I can give you some ideas. First a disclaimer: I'm running ICS and using Trebuchet launcher, and I add my custom wallpapers to the Trebuchet launcher before compiling it myself. I like to have the fancy wallpaper selection screen with my custom wallpapers, so I don't know how this would turn out if you just selected a wallpaper from the sd card and used that annoying crop screen to select a wallpaper. Anyhow, with that out of the way, this is how I do what you describe using a photo editor such as GIMP. Maybe you can adapt this to your situation:
1. Resize the original wallpaper to 1920x1408
2. Add solid black background layer of same size (1920x1408)
3. Resize the foreground picture layer to 1280x800 and save
4. Using Trebuchet launcher, disable wallpaper scrolling
That gives me the entire photo inside one screen without scrolling (landscape mode only). When in portait I have black bars on top and bottom. I'll attach an example. Maybe you can adapt this somehow because I'm not sure how it would work with the wallpaper picker that makes you crop the photo.
That is actually the best solution I've seen so far, but I still feel it is a little too much hassle for something that really should be easy to do.
Thanks for your help!
I think, unfortunately, the most common fix to this issue is to install Multi Picture Live Wallpaper (free in the market).
You can set the picture as the source image and you'll want to disable vertical sync I think it is..
Unfortunately the cropping issue blows and we have to go elsewhere to fix it.
Multi Picture Live Wallpaper is an okay solution, but it is kind of buggy. When changing to portrait-view and back to landscape-view the wallpaper gets zoomed.
After checking the Android bug-tracker I found that there were several people with the same problem, and I added a comment. I suggest that everyone else who is bothered by this, does the same.
bZerk
i use Quickpic from market its free and use "set as quickpic wallpaper" and it doesnt crop the living hell out of the pic....best solution as cropping on xoom is def broken.
bucketmouth said:
i use Quickpic from market its free and use "set as quickpic wallpaper" and it doesnt crop the living hell out of the pic....best solution as cropping on xoom is def broken.
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I just tried QuickPic and it works great, no cropping necessary, but it leaves you the option to do it if you so choose.
Thanks!!
bucketmouth said:
i use Quickpic from market its free and use "set as quickpic wallpaper" and it doesnt crop the living hell out of the pic....best solution as cropping on xoom is def broken.
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you sir, just saved my life thank you!
Thanks!!
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I am using HTC One V and I tried using quickpic but it doesn't work for me as mentioned above I used option "Set as quickpic wallpaper" and still shows me frame to crop and it doesnt stretch to entire screen. Anybody else faced this problem? Please help. Its annoying that HTC is forcing crop to set image as wallpaper. I downloaded HD 480x800 resolution wallpapers to go with my screen resolution and it still doesn't work
What a great idea though....quick pic def crops but if you put an extension on the photo you could get the whole photo in the crop
How would one do that? Or if someone can make an app...
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I use PicSpeed from the market.
Select a pic from my gallery and then set as PicSpeed wallpaper.
Worked great for me.
dellenrules said:
I use PicSpeed from the market.
Select a pic from my gallery and then set as PicSpeed wallpaper.
Worked great for me.
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DUDE! PicSpeed works perfect for me!Thanks for the Suggestion
dellenrules said:
I use PicSpeed from the market.
Select a pic from my gallery and then set as PicSpeed wallpaper.
Worked great for me.
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How did you do that? I can't figure out how....
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How did you do that? I can't figure out how....
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Read my previous post.
dellenrules said:
I use PicSpeed from the market.
Select a pic from my gallery and then set as PicSpeed wallpaper.
Worked great for me.
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dellenrules said:
Read my previous post.
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I've tried this on kindle fire and transformer prime and my wallpaper always resets back to default crop after I go from landscape to portrait, or when I reboot. Any fixes for that?
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I'm not the creator of the app. I don't own a kindle fire to try it out so I'm not sure why that is happening or how to fix it.
As for the transformer... not sure either. I use that app on the tf01 transformer without any issues.
I have also used it on the xoom as well without a problem.
Both of those devices are running ICS ROMS with a custom kernel.
Maybe it's just my launcher then as I use nova prime on both devices
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That would make sense. I don't use nova.
PicSpeed to the Rescue
dellenrules said:
I use PicSpeed from the market.
Select a pic from my gallery and then set as PicSpeed wallpaper.
Worked great for me.
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FREAKING GENIUS!!! Made an account just to tell you THANKS!!! :good:
I did not face to this problem wit any phone i used before!
U cant set full screen wallpaper on ur Chacha, even on all Android phones. When u set an image to be a wallpaper, Android request u to crop it. Only 2 button show : Save and Discard. If u chose Discard, the process skips.
Even u chose crop full of ur image, u only can see a part of ur image in the main screen. Another parts u can see when u slide to left or right screen.
I tried to fix this prob wit WALLPAPER WIZZARDRII (i chose Scale mode), it was sucessful. However, when u restart ur phone, the wallpaper become smaller though it is 480x320 size (the size of Chacha screen)
Can anyone suggest me an application or a solution for this problem, Thanks!
I just use this App "Simple Image Wallpaper Free" its simples. lol
luke.arran said:
I just use this App "Simple Image Wallpaper Free" its simples. lol
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Many thanks. It works perfectly. It runs as a Live Wallpaper, that's the reason why it can skip "Wallpaper rule" of Android.
Btw, can i know the path of default wallpaper in Android, i want to delete some of them. Thanks
Wait a min, i've just checked this soft. It runs as a service (I see in Running). It means ur battery will drain a bit wit this software.
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Many thanks. It works perfectly. It runs as a Live Wallpaper, that's the reason why it can skip "Wallpaper rule" of Android.
Btw, can i know the path of default wallpaper in Android, i want to delete some of them. Thanks
Wait a min, i've just checked this soft. It runs as a service (I see in Running). It means ur battery will drain a bit wit this software.
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Which ROM? Sense or AOSP? And it doesn't take hardly any battery use it everyday with hardly any effect to battery. If its a super awesome live wallpaper which has flying dogs and 3D crap then that might take some battery.
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Which ROM? Sense or AOSP? And it doesn't take hardly any battery use it everyday with hardly any effect to battery. If its a super awesome live wallpaper which has flying dogs and 3D crap then that might take some battery.
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Im using CM7 ROM, this rom have some freakish default wallpaper like MegaFox Superwoman without bra )
That will be CMWallpapers or something like that in /system/app/, use apktool to decompile.
ZEGDE set wallpaper beautiful & update
abc_x3 said:
I did not face to this problem wit any phone i used before!
U cant set full screen wallpaper on ur Chacha, even on all Android phones. When u set an image to be a wallpaper, Android request u to crop it. Only 2 button show : Save and Discard. If u chose Discard, the process skips.
Even u chose crop full of ur image, u only can see a part of ur image in the main screen. Another parts u can see when u slide to left or right screen.
I tried to fix this prob wit WALLPAPER WIZZARDRII (i chose Scale mode), it was sucessful. However, when u restart ur phone, the wallpaper become smaller though it is 480x320 size (the size of Chacha screen)
Can anyone suggest me an application or a solution for this problem, Thanks!
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Please search on google play "ZEGDE", have fun!
Features:
• Set ringtones, notification sounds, wallpapers and live wallpapers directly from the app.
• Find new games recommended just for you.
• Start the games from within the app.
• Supports default ringtone, contact ringtones, message tones, alarms, alerts and all types notifications.
• Manage and organize downloaded items in your Downloads tab.
• Live sync with your online favorites.
• Setting for automatically changing wallpapers (auto change).
• Widget for switching wallpapers.
• Share your favorites with your friends.
• ..and more.
koolbk said:
Please search on google play "ZEGDE", have fun!
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Can we chose our own wallpaper or we must try wallpaper from zedge only. Thanks
only ZEGDE
abc_x3 said:
Can we chose our own wallpaper or we must try wallpaper from zedge only. Thanks
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Use only ZEGDE gallery.
lucasarran said:
I just use this App "Simple Image Wallpaper Free" its simples. lol
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can you post this app here because in market it says
This app is incompatible with your
Vodafone HTC HTC ChaCha A810e.
I have tried 3 of the best launchers around: APEX, NOVA and the brand new version of ADW (could not try CHAMELEON as there is no free trial).
With all of them I have the same problem: when i choose the wallpaper, it is not set properly, only the center portion of it is diplayed.
This does not happen with Touch UI.
Any one knows why and if there's a solution?
Thanks
Yea. Same thing here. That's the case with all TouchWiz devices. Nova had some advanced option to center the wallpaper correctly but this is missing in the newer builds. So I sent a mail to the Nova developer... no reply. That was like more than a month ago.
It is correctly centered if you first launch TouchWiz and then Nova. So there must be a workaround.
ouilsen said:
Yea. Same thing here. That's the case with all TouchWiz devices. Nova had some advance option to center the wallpaper correctly but it this is missing in the newer builds. So I sent a mail to the Nova developer... no reply. That was like more than a month ago.
It is correctly centered if you first launch TouchWiz and then Nova. So there must be a workaround.
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what do you mean with your last sentence?
I was actually planning to freeze TW not to have it running in the backgroud...
And I guess I will have to root to be able to add widgets with drag and drop
By launching TouchWiz first and then Nova the wallpaper is set correctly. However, this is no real workaround since as you said, you want a replacement for TouchWiz and do not want to launch it.
What I wanted to say is that there seems to be a workaround possible that you would have to write into Nova... but since we are no developers we are stuck.
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By launching TouchWiz first and then Nova the wallpaper is set correctly. However, this is no real workaround since as you said, you want a replacement for TouchWiz and do not want to launch it.
What I wanted to say is that there seems to be a workaround possible that you would have to write into Nova... but since we are no developers we are stuck.
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have tried go launcher hd for tablets and no wallpaper issue... pity it's a too basic launcher...
The wallpaper has to be 1280X800. if not, it wont center. that what happened to me and i figured it out. try it and you will see what i mean. or you can look at the pre installed wallpapers, all of them are 1280X800.
B.R
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makki666 said:
The wallpaper has to be 1280X800. if not, it wont center. that what happened to me and i figured it out. try it and you will see what i mean. or you can look at the pre installed wallpapers, all of them are 1280X800.
B.R
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oh come on this is so old fashioned...
there's a resize feature in android when choosing a wallpaper to avoid the burden of resizing/cropping the picture myself: with some launcher it works (TW, stock and go launcher hd) with some it doesn't... so the problem is in the launcher
Sorry, i though you dont know it
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Multi Picture Live Wallpaper is a great way to make sure your images fit the way you want them to on the screen, despite the resolution of the photo. Just set it to one picture, one screen, stretch to fit, and you will be a happy camper.
does anyone know what folder the stock wallpapers reside? I cannot find them using My Files or ES File Explorer.....
Thanks.
oh, and I wanted to use them with Simple Image Wallpaper Free (lets you use any wallpaper and not hve to worry about size)...
Sorry for my english first, but i find solution today. In play store, there is free app called "simple image wallpaper free" . It is "live wallpaper" app, where you can set static image from your gallery and it works pretty good.
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Thank you for this suggestion. This trick fills in the whole screen any image you choose, no mater it's static or live. I've got Apex L installed on my GN10.1 and it works really fine.
Lafiesta said:
Sorry for my english first, but i find solution today. In play store, there is free app called "simple image wallpaper free" . It is "live wallpaper" app, where you can set static image from your gallery and it works pretty good.
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Oh my god. Thank you so much. I've been trying to properly fit a wallpaper on my homescreen for AGES. you are the best.
Use "Photo Wall" live wallpaper
Maybe it was added with the JellyBean update because I don't remember seeing Photo Wall before. But you can just select one picture from the gallery and no more weird wallpaper problems.
I like Simple Image Wallpaper Pro because it has some really helpful features for me but it's good Samsung put a workaround right into the tablet without using a 3rd party solution.
Jonphinguyen7 said:
Multi Picture Live Wallpaper is a great way to make sure your images fit the way you want them to on the screen, despite the resolution of the photo. Just set it to one picture, one screen, stretch to fit, and you will be a happy camper.
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Thanks for this. Had the exact same issue (using Nova) and this seems to have fixed it. Really good app too...
Lafiesta said:
Sorry for my english first, but i find solution today. In play store, there is free app called "simple image wallpaper free" . It is "live wallpaper" app, where you can set static image from your gallery and it works pretty good.
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I came in here to recommend this app, but you beat me to it. Nice work.
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"Image 2 Live Wallpaper" works fine too. Plus it is fully free with no pro or premium version like "simple image wallpaper free"
So in Jelly Bean, the option to crop when setting a wallpaper is becoming a breaking point for me. I can never get the entire parts of the wallpapers I want to use, as it will let me crop mostly only a third of the whole picture! Is there a way around the cropping process so that I can set the picture directly to my wallpaper? I will provide a screenshot of what I'm talking about to help. Currently running Slim Bean ROM v3.0.0
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I noticed the same thing about my G3 and realized that its just ICE or even the Samsung firmware, of course you're obviously limited as to the size of image you can use but there is a way around this . I installed a new launcher( Next launcher) that gave me scrollable wallpapers but I still had the cropping issue. The next step was installing Quick Pic , it overrides the crop and you can scroll the image .
I hope that helps a little
deejis said:
So in Jelly Bean, the option to crop when setting a wallpaper is becoming a breaking point for me. I can never get the entire parts of the wallpapers I want to use, as it will let me crop mostly only a third of the whole picture! Is there a way around the cropping process so that I can set the picture directly to my wallpaper? I will provide a screenshot of what I'm talking about to help. Currently running Slim Bean ROM v3.0.0
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You should be thankful you can't get that whole picture as your wallpaper.... :/
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ajrty33 said:
You should be thankful you can't get that whole picture as your wallpaper.... :/
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I asked for answers, not petty remarks.
There are multiple apps in the play store that will not crop pics but if the pic has a small or a wide resolution obviously you wont fit it all on your screen. I use this app personally https://play.google.com/store/apps/...251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5qcGN4Yy53YWxscGFwZXIiXQ..
I have always used 'wallpaper wizardii' to set pics as exact and not cropped. I think all this stems from old phones that didn't have scrolling screens. We all(those of us old enough) got used to seeing the whole picture that we chose. With scrolling screens the software wants to expand the image.
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