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wallpaper quality ...n removed apps

i have 2 quick questions...hope u guys can help...
1)is there a way i can improve the quality of the wallpaper i set... the pics i use as wallpaper r super fine but the when i set them as my background the look like it was taken with a cheap camera...
2) When i remove some apps on my wing some time i still have this ugly icon that does notting... n its bugging the hell out of me...i tried everything i can u get rid of this left-behind icons but there still the...n advise???

wallpaper- try setting the wallpaper through the file explorer. this will allow you to set the transparency. I'm assuming by "cheap camera" you mean the grey overlay thing.
icons- connect your device to activesync and explore it to device>windows>start menu. delete the unwanted icons.

thanks i got thouse ugly icons off but the wallpaper problem is still the ... its not the trasperacy ....for example do n look for a nice pic of what ever u want on ur ppc n the click on it n set it as ur background now go look @ it on ur home screen... i doent look so nice does it...

Same thing here. When i set the wallpaper (using a file explorer) the image looks like it's converted to 16 colors or something. It's far from sharp en perfect as when i look at it on my pc or with my favourite imageviewer.

Same problem here
Syd159 said:
Same thing here. When i set the wallpaper (using a file explorer) the image looks like it's converted to 16 colors or something. It's far from sharp en perfect as when i look at it on my pc or with my favourite imageviewer.
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I have WM5 and when setting an image as wallpaper the image looks bad on the today screen. How did you guys fix this?
The default images from the themes are showing fine. Only when trying to change the image I have this issue.
Thanks

wallpaper library

i have a rooted htc magic. i want to change wallpapers. how do i access the wallpaper library on the device

It's inside an APK file, you'd need to compile and sign an APK every time you wanted to change something.
If you press the Menu key on your home screen you can choose Wallpaper and select any image from your Gallery.
Android saves this image to /data with JPEG compression, which can look crap for some pictures. If you want to set an image directly as wallpaper get the "Wallpaper Set & Save" app from Market, make a folder on your SD card called wallpapers and put 640x480 pixel images in there.

[Q] Wallpaper Scaling

Hi Guys
Not had my SGS long but I wondered if anyone knew what the res should be for wallpapers and also why does the gallery seem to screw up all my pictures when I set them as the wallpaper!?
Thanks for your help

Use ES explorer.

Ok so Ive found the image in downloads within estrongs file explorer but I cant seem to find an option in the app to set as wallpaper anywhere?
Cheers.

open the gallary, choose your picture, options=> set as =>background

Falloutboy2000 said:
open the gallary, choose your picture, options=> set as =>background
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Thats how Ive been doing it so far but that method is producing the really poor quality image on my 2nd screenshot.
I have also noticed that Flikie wallpapers app has no problem scaling full screen wallpapers but the default gallery app only allows me to select a small portion of the area of the whole image and then blows up that selected area to fill the screen, which looks bloody awful

1. Wallpaper size for SGS is 960*800
2. On your first screenshot, try to put one finger on one orange line and another finger on the opposite orange line. It should let you change the size of the piece of your image which will be use as wallpaper
(sorry for my poor english...)

Falloutboy2000 said:
open the gallary, choose your picture, options=> set as =>background
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Mopral said:
1. Wallpaper size for SGS is 960*800
2. On your first screenshot, try to put one finger on one orange line and another finger on the opposite orange line. It should let you change the size of the piece of your image which will be use as wallpaper
(sorry for my poor english...)
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Hello
I have tried that but I can only select a small part of the image. Perhaps I should try resizing my image
Cheers
EDIT - Just noticed that my image is only 320x480 anyway so now Im even more confused as to why it wont full screen for wallpaper.

wallpapers must have 960*800 for good results/sharpness
then chosen the size with the orange rectangle to the max
thats how it works

Falloutboy2000 said:
wallpapers must have 960*800 for good results/sharpness
then chosen the size with the orange rectangle to the max
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Ah so my image is too small. Thanks for your help

I have wallpapers in 1280x800. I try to cut them but after that wallpaper is very very poor quality. Same as in gallery after zooming...

Just found this, will give it a go and see if it cant make my pics a bit better.
http://samsunggalaxysforums.com/showthread.php/223-How-to-Make-a-high-res-Galaxy-S-wallpaper-yourself-from-any-photo-or-picture

n1ck2010 said:
Ok so Ive found the image in downloads within estrongs file explorer but I cant seem to find an option in the app to set as wallpaper anywhere?
Cheers.
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While you're viewing a photo with estongs - just tap & hold for 2 seconds, and a "set as wallpaper" message will show up, tap it and viola!

(HELP PLEASE) how to mod Genie widget

Hi
Anyone know how to mod the News and Weather widget (genie apk) to not show pictures?
Im using an already modded widget (transparent)
and it looks lush on a black wallpaper, problem is that the pictures are lowish res and just take the shine off the overall look.
is it possible to stop them from showing somehow?
if anyone could point me in the right direction i would be most pleased.
thanks everyone

you could try editing the .png files inside.
pull it from the phone
open the .apk with and .zip program
look for the relevant .png files
replace each pic with a 1x1pixel transparent .png
push back to phone
if the alignment is out then you will have to use transparent .png images that are the same size as the originals. this will however leave a gap on the left of the widget that is empty (where the pics were)

[Q] How to modify a live wallpaper ?

Hi !
I would like to extract the image of a live wallpaper, but I can't seem to find it.
Used apk tool to decompile the apk, and when I look for the image there's only a 256x256 thumbnail of the wallpaper in the res/drawable folder... How come ?
Another solution would be to modify the apk to make the wallpaper still instead of animated, but I don't know where to start. Is there a file I could modify to do that ?
Thanks a million for your help !
Cheers

It sounds like the wallpaper is generated entirely with an algorithm. Live wallpapers are actually special apps that run behind the icons.
A simple solution is to just take a screenshot of the wallpaper. You can select it in the Live Wallpaper picker and take a screenshot of it. Then, you can crop out the bottom area that has the Settings and Set Wallpaper buttons.
What wallpaper are you trying to take a still image of?

That's what I thought... Damn.
I tried to use a screenshot but it's not the same since it's smaller and can't cover the sliding effect. Better than nothing though.
I'm trying to get a still image of the "Holo Grid" wallpaper.
Thanks anyway