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Wrong resolution walls for Desire on Zedge!!!

I was checking zedge.net and found the wallpapers were posted there all of so small resolution. At first I thought it was the 480*800 resolution but then found the HD2 walls were right, but not Desire's. Why?

Its because as you swipe through the screens the wallpaper moves. I don't have a problem with them

While you're right about the wallpaper moving, the Zedge files are oversized. Try to set a standard wallpaper using the built-in function, not Zedge. You'll be brought to a screen with a crop rectangle that you can move around the picture, to select what will be shown on the screen. The crop is significantly smaller than the actual image.
The problem is... even the HTC original wallpapers are too large, as well. I don't think it's a Zedge-only issue. I wonder how the N1 handles standard wallpapers...

cezarL said:
While you're right about the wallpaper moving, the Zedge files are oversized. Try to set a standard wallpaper using the built-in function, not Zedge. You'll be brought to a screen with a crop rectangle that you can move around the picture, to select what will be shown on the screen. The crop is significantly smaller than the actual image.
The problem is... even the HTC original wallpapers are too large, as well. I don't think it's a Zedge-only issue. I wonder how the N1 handles standard wallpapers...
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Try giving that crop rectangle a pull at one of the corners or sides.

Thanks for the tip, I had no idea you could resize the crop rectangle
Well... I guess that leaves just Zedge acting weirdly...

Samsung Vibrant Wallpapper Expanded?

I just recently bought a Samsung vibrant from t-mobile and i want to set a background of a photo. At first it tells me to crop a certain part of the photo then expands it and looks all pixelated. I searched around and theres this app called "wallpaper set and save" which didnt set the whole image as the background. is there any way of setting a full image as a background and the phone auto adjusts?

jhuynh92 said:
I just recently bought a Samsung vibrant from t-mobile and i want to set a background of a photo. At first it tells me to crop a certain part of the photo then expands it and looks all pixelated. I searched around and theres this app called "wallpaper set and save" which didnt set the whole image as the background. is there any way of setting a full image as a background and the phone auto adjusts?
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Android lets you crop the picture when it's too big. If you touch the edges of the crop square, and drag it out, you can change the size of the cropped area, you might be able to drag it out all the way to encompass the entire image. Also, it shouldn't be pixellating the image unless the resolution is way low, like 170x200 low.

raduque said:
Android lets you crop the picture when it's too big. If you touch the edges of the crop square, and drag it out, you can change the size of the cropped area, you might be able to drag it out all the way to encompass the entire image. Also, it shouldn't be pixellating the image unless the resolution is way low, like 170x200 low.
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if u want them to fit PERFECT the Image has too be 960x800 i will be makin wallpapers so stay tuned -----here are some of my other i tweaked for the MT3g & Nexus but i was making the nexus 50 pixels larger instead of 960x800 i was making them 960 x850
http://picasaweb.google.com/neffstarr

the image is bigger than the full crop window. so when i try to crop it it crops half the photo and expands it to fit the full screen therefore making it pixelated. its a photo that wasnt taken by the phone btw.

I'm having the same problem. I downloaded some 480x800 wallpapers and when I try to set the wallpaper, it asks me to crop part of the image and does not let you encompass the whole the thing. How are you supposed to set the wallpaper?

As stated above, make the image 960*800.
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Ahhh, I see. It works now, thanks a lot!

I still find the whole cropping thing a pain. I had images set at 960X800 but the cropping tool never lets me select it properly. I either end up with a small black band at the top and bottom or I have to under size it. I found this on the Market that lets you just set the image without cropping and it works on the Vibrant: "Application Utility".

Alakar said:
I still find the whole cropping thing a pain. I had images set at 960X800 but the cropping tool never lets me select it properly. I either end up with a small black band at the top and bottom or I have to under size it. I found this on the Market that lets you just set the image without cropping and it works on the Vibrant: "Application Utility".
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Then you're doing it wrong.
960 wide
800 tall
crop to 100%
done.
-bZj

i have yet to crop anything and have a wide array of resolutions so far. Wallpaper set and save. get it.

[Q] Wallpaper sizing on HTC HD2 with Android Build?

I have tried out 3 different android builds, and what I found with the wallpaper when trying to use on the leo is the sizing aspect. You can actually look at the wallpaper in the gallery with no problem full view, the moment you try to use as wallpaper and set it it blows the picture up when set.I am quite aware that the android was not originally made for the HTC HD2 but if you can watch it in the gallery there must be a way.

what resolution are you trying to use for your wallpapers? on my nexus one (same screen res), i have to use 960x800+ backgrounds because of the wallpaper scrolling. if you're trying to use something smaller, it'll be blowing it up i think.

Thats a good question I never changed my screen resolution let me try that and I will get back to you.
Thanks a million

960 x 800 pixels

I need help finding out how to change my screen resolution if possible.

geewld44 said:
I need help finding out how to change my screen resolution if possible.
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I'm afraid that's hardware based. You can try to saw off a part of your screen, but post a vid
Just make sure you use 800x480 with DISABLED wallpaper-scrolling and 800x960 with ENABLED wallpaper-scrolling.
Also: Don't forget to pull the clipping border to the image edges when setting wallpaper from gallery!

Jealousy said:
Also: Don't forget to pull the clipping border to the image edges when setting wallpaper from gallery!
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that caught me out initially...

Jealousy said:
I'm afraid that's hardware based. You can try to saw off a part of your screen, but post a vid
Just make sure you use 800x480 with DISABLED wallpaper-scrolling and 800x960 with ENABLED wallpaper-scrolling.
Also: Don't forget to pull the clipping border to the image edges when setting wallpaper from gallery!
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Yeah I tried to crop the whole pic but it has a mind of its own it enlarges the pic when I hit set thanks for the info.

[Q] Wallpaper Problem

So, with my Fascinate, whenever I try to place a wallpaper, it brings up the cropping tool. But the cropping tool is a square. I turned off wallpaper scrolling, so cropping my screen size by eye using the square is difficult. Is there a tool that let's me crop to native 480x800 or whatever the Fascinate is without using the square?

obsidianchao said:
So, with my Fascinate, whenever I try to place a wallpaper, it brings up the cropping tool. But the cropping tool is a square. I turned off wallpaper scrolling, so cropping my screen size by eye using the square is difficult. Is there a tool that let's me crop to native 480x800 or whatever the Fascinate is without using the square?
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If you get the Wallpaper Set and Save app, it should fix your issue. Best wallpaper app I've found.

Well... I kinda want something that let's me crop in a rectangular format.

If you're finding the image online, long-press it and select "Set as wallpaper". No cropping necessary

If I want something offcenter, though... I need rectangular crop.

I always crop my wallpapers on my computer first. I highly recommend the GIMP (google it). The crop tool will allow you to crop any image to the exact dimensions you specify.

Daemonax said:
I always crop my wallpapers on my computer first. I highly recommend the GIMP (google it). The crop tool will allow you to crop any image to the exact dimensions you specify.
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+1. Gimp is great.

I use GIMP. What's the dimensions of the Fascinate?

obsidianchao said:
I use GIMP. What's the dimensions of the Fascinate?
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I crop to 480 x 800 I think...
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That's if you have the moving wallpaper thing enabled. My whole issue is because I don't. :/

No, the full wallpaper is 960x800. A single screen is 480x800. Although, using a picture of that size still opens the crop tool. You'll need to find an alternate way to set the wallpaper other than long-pressing the home screen.
Edit: I just modified an existing pic I had that was 480x800 and set it in the middle of a 960x800 layer. Choosing it through the normal method and cropping it to the entire pic, gave me a full screen wallpaper in portrait mode. When it flips to landscape, you see an extra 160 pixels on each side, but if you get creative, you can make that look good as well.

Is there an app that I can crop to 480x800 and use WSS to set it, no problem?

There are couple of photo editing apps that crop, PicSay and Photoshop Mobile come to mind. I tried setting a 480x800 pic with WSS, but it expanded it to cover landscape mode and it looked terrible.
I guess you could try a 800x800 wallpaper. That would cover both modes. With movable wallpaper turned off, it would show the middle 480 pixels width-wise and the full 800 length in portrait. In landscape, the full 800 width will show along with the top 480 pixels.

Ah. I don't use landscape, either.
Damn, wish this was easier. They should just make the crop tool a friggin' rectangle. -.-

Wallpaper Not Setting Correctly

I was wondering if anyone could help me out with a wallpaper issue I am having. I downloaded some 960x540 (or 540x960) wallpaper images and when I try to set them as the wallpaper using the stock ROM's cropping tool, the cropping tool displays the wallpaper image very large so that you are only able to crop a small portion of it to use as the background. I am wondering why it should not just be able to crop the entire image because it is the exact same size as the screen? Another strange thing I found was that sometimes I use Zedge to download wallpaper and they are not the correct size of the display and are usually larger (i.e. 800x480), but they show up smaller in the crop tool and I am able to crop a larger portion of them. Can anyone tell me how to resolve this? For now I am using an app called Wallpaper Changer which witll set the wallpaper to fit the screen exactly, but I kind of didn't want to have another app running for this. Thank you in advance!

I would l like some info on this too. Same issue here. Downloading correct resolution image but only able to display a chunk of it.
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This is actually the Android OS's fault. Because Android is made to work in both Portrait and on Landscape (even if your launcher locks orientation), selling the wallpaper will encompass both. I ran into this problem myself when I went to make my own wallpaper. The easiest solution is to find a square image, preferably 960x960 or larger. I've included the wallpaper I made and how it looks on my phone.