Does anyone have the stock wallpapers that ship with the Dinc? (i've already searched the forums). I'm running CM7RC4 and love it, but I do miss that dark red and black swirl image that ships with it.
Can someone post those here for me please?
OH, and also, where would I put them to make them selectable as wallpapers (and not just from the gallery option)
thank you!
A Google Image Search turned up this:
http://droidpirate.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/incredible_wp_1.png
As far as having it be listed in the built-in wallpaper list, I'm not sure on that one. I know those files are generally stored in /system/media. However, CM7 may be different.
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I've been searching, and have seen lots of threads about similar problems with the Evo and it's fairly low-color screen, but I was under the impression that the Droid X has a 24bit color screen so this shouldn't be an issue.
Anyway, I've got some wallpapers (cropped and resized for the Droix X from the originals at Ultralinx)
They look fantastic on the computer. They're the right dimensions. Tried saving as JPG and 24 bit PNG, but the outcome is the same. When I copy them to the phone and set them as wallpaper, the gradients don't look smooth; there is color banding all over the place.
I've got screenshots and originals up on the web, but can't link to them until my account is approved by a mod.
EDIT: Added attachments instead, but the forum super-compressing the images doesn't help their clarity at all.
Hey,
i've got the same problem.
That's not funny at all, I really don't know how to save it, that it looks like on my desktop pc!
4tticuz said:
Hey,
i've got the same problem.
That's not funny at all, I really don't know how to save it, that it looks like on my desktop pc!
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Sorry to be off topic but I cant help but stare at your notification bar. What theme is it?
It's my own notificationbar.
Have to search the files first
It doesn't seem to be the screen. I dropped those images into my dropbox, and opened them in whatever viewer dropbox opened by default. The image was smooth as I zoomed in, until I zoomed in far enough to see a moire pattern. I also opened it in Astra's built in viewer; again there was no banding. However, when I set the image to be my wallpaper, I see the same banding you are seeing.
Bad news is, I don't know what the problem is; good news is it doesn't seem to be a screen limitation.
Thanks so far!
But what's the problem than?
I really have no idea :/
Ah ha! Google turned up this app: "Wallpaper Set and Save" (Sorry, can't post a link because I'm new, apparently. I attached an image of the QR code instead.)
It says it hasn't been updated for 2.x, but it worked fine on my droid x (running the stock rom with launcher pro.) Using it to set the exact same wallpaper, I now see no banding (although I did in the preview screen.) It's worth a try, although I'd still like to know what is causing this issue (since it obviously isn't a hardware issue.)
I attached a screen capture so you can see for yourself.
Edit: The forum's image compression adds some artifacts; it looks even smoother on my screen capture. Even here it's a big improvement over the others though!
Its probably the gallery app that is re-compressing the wallpaper and creating the bands
From a comment i made on the thread mentioned below, but seemed appropriate to start a new one considering lots of people have been looking to do this.
for any of those using launcher pro, and hate the default icons, ive attached the stock froyo ones for browser and phone. if you are an htc sense user and want a stock froyo experience without root/ custom roms then downloading launcher pro and using these icons is the easiest way to do it. if u want the stock android phone/contacts app, download dailer one and link it to the froyo phone icon (by long pressing) in launcher pro. bearing in mind the launcher2 phone icon is hardlinked to the stock android phone app, which is impossible to install on htc phones. this is the closest you can get, and it does a pretty good job!
i have also tweaked the nexus icon from another thread to fit.
it was coming up very small as the app drawer icon in launcher pro. screenshot and files for all icons attached.
ive also attached the froyo stock app drawer icon, the launcher pro one is close but a bit big and doesnt quite match the style
i know no-one has directly asked for all this info but ive been reading the forums and a lot of people want to do this so thought i had to share the knowledge somewhere! i can take credit for very little, all i have done is edit an icon and congregated stuff ive found into one place. from my own experience wanting to do this i found it very frustrating that those with sense but wanting stock had to resort to 'almost but not quite' solutions. ive also found that a lot of supposedly stable roms are far from it. this ensures a bug/ fc free experience. you get complete stock functionality but with the visual appeal and the added dock buttons from froyo.
please link this info on to any forum you might think could need it, also, if some kind soul could upload mirrors to the images for those who arent members (this thread is aimed primarily at them) and embedded photos of the screen grabs would also be appreciated, i dont have the permissions. thanks a lot, hope this stuff is useful!
Peter
How do I set one of my own pix, located in the eMMC /media as a wallpaper WITHOUT having resize it?
I can set any pix by tap and hold on the main screen then choose Wallpaper and select the pix I want but it always asked to resize before let me save as wallpaper.
Doing so will shrink my pix. I don't want to resize it, how do I do it?
Note: even I pre-cropped my pix to 1024x600, it still wont let me choose the entire image as wallpaper.
Not entirely sure, but you might try moving your presized images into the same folder where the Cyanogenmod wallpapers exist and selecting from there. I know when I select those, it doesn't ask for resize.
Good strategy, krevo.
I'll try that but b4 that, where is the Cyanogenmod wallpaper folder?
Try QuickPic and please don't think I'm being insulting when I suggest you double check your horizontal and vertical dimensions. I have swapped them a couple times without thinking about it and then couldn't figure out why the pics looked so messed up.
+1 for QuickPic--Love It!
Running off eMMC w/o uSD, Gallery didn't work so QuickPic was my one of my choice and is my favorite (other choices were Large Image Viewer, ...)
Anyway, as I stated above, even 1024x600 pix, still forced me to crop. Expanding the crop box to maximum, of course, still not happy with it. I look for a way to just use the pix as wallpaper w/o modifying the image.
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Good strategy, krevo.
I'll try that but b4 that, where is the Cyanogenmod wallpaper folder?
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I looked and it turns out that it isn't a folder its an app.
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I thought/hope krev said that he did put his pix in the folder.
anyway, I don't know why it's so complicate just to use our own image as wallpaper w/o doing resizing.
It's strange that you can't. I don't have any trouble. How many screens are you using? That might have something to do with it. This thread has some suggestions you might try.
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It's strange that you can't. I don't have any trouble. How many screens are you using? That might have something to do with it. This thread has some suggestions you might try.
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If you can and I don't then I blame myself first, must do something wrong. Will try again and again.
Anyway, I always set up 3 screens (note: by default, it's 5)
In that thread I linked some people are saying that Wallpaper Set and Save made it work for them.
I just don't understand why we are all having different experiences with setting wallpapers. I guess there are so many possible combinations of ROM, launcher, resolution, apps, and who knows what all else. I seem to recall a big thread at MobileRead about this very thing.
Another thing you might try is searching the Nook Themes And Apps forum here for wallpaper threads. This is a common situation that has been solved several times but not always the same way.
I can't see to find the lolocation of the stock wallpapers. I ask because I'm having a lot of trouble getting any wallpaper to fit even when sized correctly. But if I simple choose the wallpapers that came with it, the tab never forces me to use tthat stupid template. I assume if I dropped my picture I want into the stock wallpaper location I will be able to set it jjust as eeasily.
probably not much help but the default lockscreen wallpaper is in system/framework/framework-res/res/mdpi
Some of the wallpapers may be stored within the launcher apk as well. You could pull it off and unzip it to check out the folder/file structure.
Not as easy as I had hoped...
its so easy if u have root explorer, as milenko said its in the launcher apk.
Can someone give me a little guidance here?
I found the .apk with root explorer, but now what? Do I extract it, put the new wallpaper in it and overwrite the stock .apk with the new one? I was hoping it'd be more of a drag-drop situation.
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I can't see to find the lolocation of the stock wallpapers. I ask because I'm having a lot of trouble getting any wallpaper to fit even when sized correctly. But if I simple choose the wallpapers that came with it, the tab never forces me to use tthat stupid template. I assume if I dropped my picture I want into the stock wallpaper location I will be able to set it jjust as eeasily.
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In my galaxy 3 the wallpapers have to be exactly the same size as the stock one. Could it be the case?
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Kayak83 said:
I can't see to find the lolocation of the stock wallpapers. I ask because I'm having a lot of trouble getting any wallpaper to fit even when sized correctly. But if I simple choose the wallpapers that came with it, the tab never forces me to use tthat stupid template. I assume if I dropped my picture I want into the stock wallpaper location I will be able to set it jjust as eeasily.
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I had the same problem. Here is what I did, but this might not work on Stock ROM (odexed files):
Get the framework-res.apk from the ROM you use.
Open the framework-res.apk with 7ZIP (do not uncompress it, just open it with 7ZIP)
Change default_wallpaper.png in res/drawable-xlarge-nodpi
Change default_wallpaper.png in res/drawable-nodpi
Change defaultlockscreenwallpaper.jpg in res/drawbale-mdpi if you want a different lock screen wallpaper as well.
Close 7ZIP
Flash the ROM with the changed framework-res.apk, or push it with ADB to the tablet to system/framework.
I changed to different file size and picture size and had no problems.
oh my what a lot of steps involved. i will just stick with the stock one then.
I just though the Google Now backgrounds might make a nice dynamic background for my N7.
Does anyone know if anyone has done this?
I use paperland but I find animated backgrounds to be a bit laggy on the N7 so the GNow one might be a nice compromise.
I know blackbear has a gnex and has done this. Not sure if it was dynamic. I think so. I came across his g+ page and saw that he did it a few weeks ago.
I found this site, which appears to have everything I need to make it happen
http://mycolorscreen.com/2012/08/10/google-now-live-2/
I went there and downloaded the wallpapers and they aren't very clear they look upscaled. I really hope someone can vector those images and turn that into a functional live wallpaper, that would be outstanding. I'd rather not have to install some other apps to manage my wallpapers.
I was in London at the weekend and the top of the google now page was London themed.
Would be interesting if Google Now actually populated useful cards once in awhile.
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Would be interesting if Google Now actually populated useful cards once in awhile.
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It gives me a map and directions to appointments in my calendar, that's pretty useful to me anyway.
It also tells me what the weather was like several hours ago, which is useful if I build a time machine and just want to go back a few hours to test it.
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I went there and downloaded the wallpapers and they aren't very clear they look upscaled. I really hope someone can vector those images and turn that into a functional live wallpaper, that would be outstanding. I'd rather not have to install some other apps to manage my wallpapers.
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I was working on one, but the small details weren't turning out well. So I did a basic image of the large parts and it looked alright, maybe I will upload it later
I did it guys !
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2203949