Is there anyway I can just use the wallpaper I download without cropping?
I tried wallpaper slideshow but it like locked up when I set it up and when it applies wallpaper its shifted way to the right and part of the background is dark.
Any help thanks!
Did you try Multipicture Live wallpaper app?
I used the app called wallpaper wizardri. Just try to look for a picture of resolution (1200x800) i believe.
Google wiffed on the wallpapers having to be cropped, which i believe is bs and another pain users have to hurdle through.
Should I resize the image before trying to set it?
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Should I resize the image before trying to set it?
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You dont really have too, you either will be resizing it in honeycomb when you crop it but if you do it then, the resolution would suck
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I found that to have crisp unpixelted wallpapers I needed to get a much bigger image than I though as it needs to work both vertical / horizontal.
So i ended up downloading huge pictures to make it work - 1200x1920
^^ completely agree. This will give you the best results. Even over an app.
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miltipicture live wallpaper is the best bet. if you cant figure it out pm me and ill walk you through it.
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I recently copied my 1920x1200 wallpapers from my PC onto the Tab, but when I set any of them as wallpaper you can easily tell how bad/low quality they become. I read somewhere that the Gallery app does this, but I couldn't find any other app that sets wallpapers! Even root explorer or Astro points to the Gallery.
Doesn't sound like the gallery app to me. Sounds like those wallpapers are too high of a resolution. When you set it as wallpaper it has to resize which is causing the poor image quality.
Try setting the wallpapers to the resolution of the tab, they'll be good then.
N.B the gallery issue doesn't touch your images, just the way they are displayed in the app
Yes, it's gallery which makes the wallpaper blurry. Try QuickPic, you'll see the difference. Myself, I'm using MultiPic live wallpaper, so I can have different pic for each page.
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Now it works. I used a wallpaper chooser/creator app called dodol wallpaper and now my wallpaper is displaying high resolution images.
I don't know why Gallery app is down sizing the quality when setting a selected image as wallpaper, infact, I have no idea how this whole thing works lol.
thank you sooooo much for this thread; i never knew what caused all the wallpapers I set to be so low quality, i just couldn't figure it out and I assumed since no one was talking about it that either it was my tab or that's just the way it was and I'd have to deal with it.
How do you get it to not force you to crop your wallpaper? I have a 720p wallpaper I would like to use but I have to pick 3/4 of the size. I really want to quit using my lwp for the extra battery life. Am I using the wrong res? I really want the picture to stay the same even when I swipe screens. Can someone help me out please?
Kippui said:
How do you get it to not force you to crop your wallpaper? I have a 720p wallpaper I would like to use but I have to pick 3/4 of the size. I really want to quit using my lwp for the extra battery life. Am I using the wrong res? I really want the picture to stay the same even when I swipe screens. Can someone help me out please?
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download Multipicture Live Wallpaper from the market, tons of ppl use this to fix that problem. Resizes the images perfect everytime.
Just add it from the live wallpaper list and set it to a single image source. Good to go.
p2flol said:
download Multipicture Live Wallpaper from the market, tons of ppl use this to fix that problem. Resizes the images perfect everytime.
Just add it from the live wallpaper list and set it to a single image source. Good to go.
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Cool! Forgot about this. I've been looking for a way to do this on my Xoom for awhile. Now my wallpapers look awesome because I can view the whole entire image now. Thanks!
I think there should be these kind of resize options as a part of the Android OS by default within the gallery app.
For all of those asking this question i have found a solution. In android market download the free live wallpaper "multi picture" you may find it by simply typing live wallpapers in the search bar. When you go to set the live wallpaper click settings and change the picture source to the the image you desire and set the transition effect to none, then be sure the pic size is set to full screen. This will give you any full image as a solid background with no resize or cropping needed.
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yutzyscott said:
For all of those asking this question i have found a solution. In android market download the free live wallpaper "multi picture" you may find it by simply typing live wallpapers in the search bar. When you go to set the live wallpaper click settings and change the picture source to the the image you desire and set the transition effect to none, then be sure the pic size is set to full screen. This will give you any full image as a solid background with no resize or cropping needed.
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thanks..but think this one belong to themes and apps
Isn't this method actually a live wallpaper that constantly changes the background picture (in this case changes endlessly one and the same picture) and thus leading faster to a battery drain? Thank you for pointing this out, I've read about it somewhere before but haven't tried it yet...
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Isn't this method actually a live wallpaper that constantly changes the background picture (in this case changes endlessly one and the same picture) and thus leading faster to a battery drain? Thank you for pointing this out, I've read about it somewhere before but haven't tried it yet...
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Ive been using it a while now and have noticed no drain. What it is really intended for is allowing you to have a different picture for each of your home screens. It is not one of those slide show apps but instead just allows multiple picture with nice transition effect.
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Not quite sure what I'm missing, but I can't get my wallpaper to scale correctly. It is consistently zoomed in such that what should be a really crisp, beautiful wallpaper (such as to those bundled with CM 10.1), is instead fuzzy around the edges. I've tried messing with both my launcher (Apex) settings and my developer settings, but to no avail. Any help? What more information should I provide?
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Use something like quickpic or wallpaper wizardii or my preferred simple image wallpaper not sure why this always happens but don't fret just use an app and itll scale down properly
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I have the same experience, QuickPic provides sharper wallpapers than standard Gallery. Use it to set your wallpaper (otherwise I think the default gallery is better for viewing photos (smoother))
Simple Image Wallpaper Free from the play store works great and very easy to use. if you decide to use it, you wont find with the other apps. long press the screen, hit live wallpaper, and there it is. after that its easy
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Simple Image Wallpaper Free from the play store works great and very easy to use. if you decide to use it, you wont find with the other apps. long press the screen, hit live wallpaper, and there it is. after that its easy
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Im using it but I dont like that you cant choose that the wallpaper doesnt move. When I set the wallpaper, it scales good, but on the homescreen only, on the other screens I have to choose a colour to be shown because the image doesn't cover all the homescreens. Hope you understood me, sorry for my english.
i also found simple image wallpaper free to provide the best visual quality. i especially enjoy its ability to define completely different images for landscape and portrait orientations. that is a stylish effect, and it is very unexpected (compared to usual themes).
somehow, wallpaper wizardrii and other apps which use an image instead of a live wallpaper provoke my n10 to occasionally reset the background to that ugly green leaf... i don't know if anyone has already fixed this since the last time i checked.
Multipicture live wallpaper let's you set any amount of pictures to rotate as the background or you can set a single picture... Works great with no crazy android zooming
roperp said:
Not quite sure what I'm missing, but I can't get my wallpaper to scale correctly. It is consistently zoomed in such that what should be a really crisp, beautiful wallpaper (such as to those bundled with CM 10.1), is instead fuzzy around the edges. I've tried messing with both my launcher (Apex) settings and my developer settings, but to no avail. Any help? What more information should I provide?
Nexus 10 (16gb Wi-Fi)
CM10.1 20130313 Nightly
Stock Kernel (interactive/noop)
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Make sure your wallpaper is sized properly for the launcher you are using. If you are using the stock launcher, the wallpaper should be 3966x2560. This will fit your wallpaper perfectly in the 5 home screens...with the center of the image being in the main home screen.
I tried Simple Image wallpaper but could not stand the fact that it always runs and uses 13 MB of RAM. Great program just hate that it needs to run all the time.
brees75 said:
I tried Simple Image wallpaper but could not stand the fact that it always runs and uses 13 MB of RAM. Great program just hate that it needs to run all the time.
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I just set my wallpaper and uninstall it. Install as needed rinse wash repeat.
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iamikon said:
I just set my wallpaper and uninstall it. Install as needed rinse wash repeat.
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Hmmm. I killed the process and the wallpaper disappeared so I assumed it needed to run as long as I wanted the wallpaper to fit perfectly. I will try that thanks for the tip. Weird that leaving it installed but killing it didn't work.....
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Hmmm. I killed the process and the wallpaper disappeared so I assumed it needed to run as long as I wanted the wallpaper to fit perfectly. I will try that thanks for the tip. Weird that leaving it installed but killing it didn't work.....
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Ah my mistake. It still does reset. Must have been one of the other wallpaper apps I tried that I was able to do that with
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Use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alensw.PicFolder, it's just setting the wallpaper (you can uninstall it) but it does it properly. Maybe even with some sharpening, I don't know. The result is simply good.
Search ”image 2 wallpaper” on the play store. Works perfectly for me.
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Hello all,
How to set wallpaper without cropping in ?
It always set as zoomed in & it's no fun. I want it like the ginger bread way !!
Thanks.
rohan_avni said:
Hello all,
How to set wallpaper without cropping in ?
It always set as zoomed in & it's no fun. I want it like the ginger bread way !!
Thanks.
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try this
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ardrii&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd
QuckPic
You could use PicSpeed wallpapers. Also has alot of other neat wallpapers.
Thanks guys for so quick replies. Will try & update u soon.
Try an app called image 2 wallpaper. Works like a dream.
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I use a combination of QuicPic and/or Nova Launcher
Highly recommend Nova launcher as you can set it to scroll or lock the background and crop it to your liking
+1 for Image 2 wallpaper!
i have the same problem.
just rooted the phone to install GMD Hide Soft Keys, and now the wallpapers span unto the soft key bar and then its just black background.
tried image 2 wallpaper and still the problem persists.
any other way to get the wallpaper unto the bottom of screen.
thanks in advance.
Between using QuickPic, and setting my Apex Launcher setting to : "Single Screen (non-scrolling)" I can accurately plan for portrait orientation images for the phone, rather than to have to think about how big I need to make it for scrolling.
PS: If anyone knows the Nova Launcher's equivalent to "Single Screen (non-scrolling)", let me know because I haven't found it yet.
galaxys said:
+1 for Image 2 wallpaper!
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This ^^^
rohan_avni said:
Hello all,
How to set wallpaper without cropping in ?
It always set as zoomed in & it's no fun. I want it like the ginger bread way !!
Thanks.
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You just need to create your wallpaper with the correct resolution. There are threads where this is discussed.