How to Set Wallpaper without it turning low resolution - AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL

Ok, I'm sure that it's not only me having this issue, but
I'm trying to install the CleanROM 3.0 Wallpaper and any time that I do, it crops it and turns all pixelated. I've noticed this with any wallpaper I try to set that's not a system wallpaper.. is there any way to fix this??
I'm currently Running CleanROM DE 3.1
but i've noticed this on pretty much every ROM i've ran
here is the wallpaper
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27624455&postcount=24

I've actually spent yesterday figuring out how to do this in a super roundabout way.
I put the wallpapers I want into CleanROM 3.0 SE ROM itself. I edited the ROM zip file with 7-zip, inserted the background I wanted in the correct location and performed a full data wipe. Then I flashed it to the phone.
And walla, it works... I now have the 2 wallpapers I want in full resolution.
I'm sure there is an app that can put a full resolution wallpaper in your phone for you. I just never looked... lol

We had a similar problem with the HP Touchpad and a guy made an app on the play store to remedy it (here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sMSwxLDEsImNvbS5raGFubmluZy50cHdwYXBwbGllciJd)
Unfortunately it only works with the Touchpad's resolution, though if someone made an app to support our resolution then it would work fine.

Just resize it when you select the wallpaper. Touch the opposing corners on the crop box and drag to make it bigger.

_MetalHead_ said:
Just resize it when you select the wallpaper. Touch the opposing corners on the crop box and drag to make it bigger.
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Yuck
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ECEXCURSION said:
Yuck
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He means the selection window you can choose what part of the image it uses.
My wallpapers always look great.
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kleeman7 said:
He means the selection window you can choose what part of the image it uses.
My wallpapers always look great.
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This.

It still blurs the image a ton when sense does the resize after crop.
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Yeah setting wallpapers are awful.. any fix for this?
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download crop wallpaper from market it is free and does overall setting of pic for wallpaper

I remember back when I first got my inspire and was using the sense launcher, i believe I used an app called wallpaper wizardii or something like that. Might be worth giving a shot.
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kravguy said:
I remember back when I first got my inspire and was using the sense launcher, i believe I used an app called wallpaper wizardii or something like that. Might be worth giving a shot.
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Of the apps I've tried so far that one worked the best for the wallpapers. Thanks
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will900 said:
Of the apps I've tried so far that one worked the best for the wallpapers. Thanks
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np, glad I could help.

this is by far the best app ive found
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...Folder&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd

I've been using Zedge to set my wallpaper. When I set it through the app, it doesn't seem to lose quality, but if I try setting it through Sense from the downloaded picture, it does lose some quality.

Look up "dodol wallpaper" in the playstore. I set some pretty damn high quality photos as my wallpaper. Always amazes people!

I use an app call wallpaper set and save. It will keep the resolution of the image you are setting as the wallpaper.

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Honeycomb wallpaper app?

I use wallpaper Casa, and sometimes HD wallpapers to set wallpapers on my cappy,but those walls seem really washed out and grainy on the transformer. Ne1 know of any honeycomb compatible wall paper app yet?
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I noticed that the stock wallpaper is VERY CRISP...and most of my efforts and finding wallpaper that looks as good has been unsuccessful.
Also guys other than the extra walls pack posted earlier,I never found anything else related to tf walls
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im glad im not the only one with these issues... EVERY wallpaper i have tried to load looks absolutely gorgeous and as soon as i set them as wallpaper they look grainy and ****ty
what are we doing wrong?
Are you using 1920x1280 images?
*Daedalus said:
Are you using 1920x1280 images?
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that i am not... i thought our screen resolution was 1280x800?
slowhatch said:
that i am not... i thought our screen resolution was 1280x800?
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You should use the suggested above or 2560 x 1600. It works well. try picturecasa app, it's not that bad but the website version has more links.
elnoxvie said:
You should use the suggested above or 2560 x 1600. It works well. try picturecasa app, it's not that bad but the website version has more links.
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I've been using 2560 images and none are as crisp as the stock "tree" wallpaper...
AFAIK, Honeycomb uses 1920x1280 images. The extra width is so it has enough room to shift the image when you change screens, and the height so that there's room to zoom the image out when you open the app folder, or widget srceen or whatever.
even when i use the suggested wallpaper dimensions none of the wallpapers ever look as good on the homescreen as they do on the browser... which makes no sense.
get the "wallpaper wizzardi" app. Its a bit buggy but it will take ANY image size, res, etc and make it look amazing on the TF.
Sometimes it gets black bars on the screen but all you do is switch it to landscape/horizontal and it will go back. Its really nice. Still buggy but nice.
i use wallpaper set and save with very large images that i find at wallbase.cc (at least 2560 x 1600) and i've got pretty crisp background images.
I use Flikie Wallpaper app, it auto sizes them for me and you get to pick from a bunch online, its worth it, great app
Guys check out this new app. Tablet wallpapers. Seems 2 b specifically for honeycomb.
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I'm trying to find the perfect dimensions to use so that Honeycomb's crop box will fill the entire picture, and none of the suggested sizes have worked. Interesting...
psycho2097 said:
Guys check out this new app. Tablet wallpapers. Seems 2 b specifically for honeycomb.
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Didn't see it on the market or a google search....got a link?

Cannot use widescreen wallpaper after ICS install

I just loaded the ICS leaked and Now I cannot use images from my gallery as widescreen/scrolling wallpaper. Is there a setting I. Not aware of. It seem to flash the control for a second then goes away. Help please.
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I had the same question. Fixed it by installing a more ics gallery. Try this. Thank me if it worked!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1567115
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I was able to load the new gallery but still it will not let me do the wallpaper in wide/scrolling mode like the ones in the wallpaper gallery. I was able to do this on in gingerbread...this sucks.
I also tried the new gallery and didn't work for me... but I found a quick and easy fix; no reboot required.
Just install and apply a wallpaper from the App Zedge from the Market; a.k.a Google Play... (new name really sucks BTW).... once you do this, the scrolling wallpaper is back.
coldracerx said:
I was able to load the new gallery but still it will not let me do the wallpaper in wide/scrolling mode like the ones in the wallpaper gallery. I was able to do this on in gingerbread...this sucks.
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What you have to do is open ics gallery select the picture and hit menu set as, then wallpaper. If you select home screen wallpaper it will not work.
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I just did that amd still no dice. It will not let me use and image from gallery to do a widescreen wallpaper
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try quick pic from the play store.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alensw.PicFolder&hl=en
I tried that and same thing. I also notice that the images from the wallpaper gallery does the same. Will mot allow widescreen. I am very anniyed now
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coldracerx said:
I tried that and same thing. I also notice that the images from the wallpaper gallery does the same. Will mot allow widescreen. I am very anniyed now
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Odd, worked fine for me. Try factory restore and try ICS gallery again?
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I over it now and dont really care much. I guess I will just wait for the official release by att .
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Good news. I found that google + will do the trick. Just have the photo uploaded to picasa and then tell google + to make it the wallpaper and it will scroll if the image is in widescreen format.
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I tried Zedge also. It worked but it was because they happened to have the exact same pic that I wanted to use in their gallery.
I amnnow using go launcher and widecreen is fine in it.
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What ROM did you flash and what launcher are you using. I want to say that I did see that same thing on one of the ICS ROMs. Don't remember offhand which one though.
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deezhemi said:
What ROM did you flash and what launcher are you using. I want to say that I did see that same thing on one of the ICS ROMs. Don't remember offhand which one though.
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I use one click and apex launcher. Everything works great. But i think apex will work with any rom.
Yeah, it looks like he switched launchers and it started working correctly for him. I think it actually may be a launcher/gallery combo as well. I wish I could remember what I was trying when I saw that it wasn't doing the widescreen correctly.
I am on the leaked ICS ROM. I found it is the touchwiz launcher gallery combo that has the issue. I now use Google+ to set a image I want to use as widescreen.
QuickPic > *
Seriously. Use it for everything. Gallery is broken.
I'm on Sky ICS UCLD2 base and I can set any 960X800 image as a scrolling widescreen wallpaper just like in GB.
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QuickPic > *
Seriously. Use it for everything. Gallery is broken.
I'm on Sky ICS UCLD2 base and I can set any 960X800 image as a scrolling widescreen wallpaper just like in GB.
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doesn't work for superlite 5.1
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Stop wallpaper from scrolling

I can't for.the.life of me get it to stop.scrolling. any tricks other than wallpaper wizardrii that's not working. Plus my backgrounds look horrible all the time.
HELP!!! LOL
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I'm not sure that it can be done in the Sense launcher without modification.
You could try an alternate launcher until a ROM supports it
I could live with the scrolling if the background would show clear. Any ideas with that?
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I could live with the scrolling if the background would show clear. Any ideas with that?
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What do you mean by clear? I hate scrolling wallpaper also, but they look and scroll fine on mine (assuming you use the correct size).
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Are you using a picture that you took?
Not blurry. No not ones I took. I am talking about any wallpaper. The only ones that look clear are the HTC ones.
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I had this same problem on the LG Nitro. Try downloading QuickPic from the Play Store and use that app when you set your wallpaper. It should keep it clear and sharp...
roooooooot
You bumped a 7 month old thread to say that? Wtf?
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Nice move now I have to move this to Q&A
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Noob question about setting wallpapers

So every time I try to set a wallpaper it seems to zoom in a bit and become distorted. I've tried different resolutions and nothing seems to work.
I'm coming from an iPhone so I haven't used Android in a while and wasn't sure how to get it too work. I'm using GoLauncher as well.
Is there a specific resolution I need to use or maybe a setting??
Thanks!
mpetruzz said:
So every time I try to set a wallpaper it seems to zoom in a bit and become distorted. I've tried different resolutions and nothing seems to work.
I'm coming from an iPhone so I haven't used Android in a while and wasn't sure how to get it too work. I'm using GoLauncher as well.
Is there a specific resolution I need to use or maybe a setting??
Thanks!
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Wallpaper wizardrii in the play store. Thank me later
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nosympathy said:
Wallpaper wizardrii in the play store. Thank me later
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Thanks!! I downloaded that and after playing with it a few minutes I got it to work. It's gonna be a little bit of a learning curve coming from my fruit phone
OK so I got wizardrii to set the wallpaper. But after a few hours it defaulted back to the zoomed in wallpaper.
I using Go Launcher, could that be causing it??
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OK, I'm pretty sure that Go Launcher was causing the issue. From what I read it hasn't been fully update for ICS. I switched to Nova Launcher and am not having any issues with my wallpaper while using Wallpaper Wizardrii.

Full Size Wallpapers

In Cyanogenmod, what resolution do you need for the wallpaper to fit the maximum border sizes?
groundrocket said:
In Cyanogenmod, what resolution do you need for the wallpaper to fit the maximum border sizes?
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Well, the Skyrocket has a screen resolution of 480 x 800, so an image with those dimensions should fill up your screen background perfectly. Is this what you were asking?
Somewhat. Whenever I try and use a wallpaper it shows the landscape and portrait view borders and I can never get it to go over that. Is there a way to get around that or am I stuck with it?
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groundrocket said:
Somewhat. Whenever I try and use a wallpaper it shows the landscape and portrait view borders and I can never get it to go over that. Is there a way to get around that or am I stuck with it?
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In a program like MS Paint you can make a large image (any color, black would probly be best), then paste the image you want as your wallpaper in the center.
Maybe make the new image that is 1440x2400 and just paste the wallpaper dead center. Thats what I did for the tablet I used to have an it worked pretty well.
If you have an OS other than windows I'd use Gimp.
Thanks! Never thought of that. Wish there was a much lazier way lol.
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groundrocket said:
Thanks! Never thought of that. Wish there was a much lazier way lol.
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There's an app called Wallpaper Wizardrii that can do what you are looking for. It has tons of scaling options.
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