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Solution to avoid cropping wallpaper

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 for the tip

Well there u go, been trying to do that for ages, even had that app installed, thanx mate.

slow down the performance of my desktop, is normal?? im on 3.1
sorry for my english

morfeus333 said:
slow down the performance of my desktop, is normal?? im on 3.1
sorry for my english
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I am not sure if it is when you are running stock. I am running tabooney custom rom which is deodexed and has several tweaks including kernel tweaks. It doesnt slow anything on mine. All i can suggest to you is to be sure that transition effects is set to none within the settings menu of the live wallpaper itself.
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Nice App
Great Tip
It even puts a different desktop on each screen. I love this app.
Thanks Much

Another way of doing it is with Wallpaper Wizardii:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.twistedapps.wallpaperwizardrii&feature=search_result
The app works only in portrait here but sets the wallpapers just as it should. You can select for the wall to be scrollable or not plus other fine tuning options.

Thanked for the tip, the wallpaper scaling was just downright horrible before

[Solution]How to avoid cropping wallpaper and use full pic instead.

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...

drkalo said:
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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[Solved] Wallpaper Without Streching, use WALLPAPER WIZZARDRII

Hi Guys,
I want to know if there is any app to set/display the home screen wallpaper as it is (i.e. without stretching the wallpaper).
Currently I am using Multi-Live Wallaper to do so, but it makes my ARC a bit laggy..any other better alternatives.
EDIT: use WALLPAPER WIZZARDRII

Custom launchers (GO, ADW...) have the option to disable the wallpaper scrolling.

azaberl said:
Custom launchers (GO, ADW...) have the option to disable the wallpaper scrolling.
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Sorry but I want to use Xperia Default launcher..
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Any suggestions guys???
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I think your only options are to make custom pages yourself with the set dimensions so it doesnt stretch out; or download a wall paper app, the one that i'm using is HD wallpapers, and when you find the one you want, they give you several wallpaper settings; 1 page, 2 page or full. So in theory, you are not stretching it out. Its hard to explain but give that app a try or make your own custom wallpaper with the proper dimensions.

Lusterboi said:
I think your only options are to make custom pages yourself with the set dimensions so it doesnt stretch out; or download a wall paper app, the one that i'm using is HD wallpapers, and when you find the one you want, they give you several wallpaper settings; 1 page, 2 page or full. So in theory, you are not stretching it out. Its hard to explain but give that app a try or make your own custom wallpaper with the proper dimensions.
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u mean Wallpapers HD (INCREDIBLEAPP!) or some other app ???

This is what you are looking for, hit menu no scroll then crop to what part you want to display
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.twistedapps.wallpaperwizardrii&hl=en

xperiax10.awesome said:
u mean Wallpapers HD (INCREDIBLEAPP!) or some other app ???
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I use QuickPic from Market. You have the choise between "scrollable wallpaper" and only "one screen". Works a treat ...
pix

I have QuickPic wallpaper, but I could not see the settings for single screen option, where it is?
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Wallpaper Wizardrii is the app you're looking for.

Yes use Wallpaper Wizardi
Best thing

Yeah, thanks guys
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[Q] Wallpaper isn't scaling correctly.

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)

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

SeaCaptain said:
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.....

brees75 said:
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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How to set wallpaper without crop crap ?

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.