Wallpapers - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey everyone, I am trying to get some nice wallpapers on my nexus 4 but all the ones i find become blurry after I apply them on the phone, the resolution of the wallpapers are 1280x768 yet they still come out blurry. Does anyone have any nice wallpapers or links to some websites with nice nexus 4 wallpapers?
Thanks

You need something higher than 1024. Since the screen is scrolling left and right, you need the resolution to take those into account. I can't remember the value though.
If you don't want the wallpaper to scroll then try Wallpaper Wizadrii.
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[Q] Best Wallpaper App for N10

What is the best wallpaper app for Nexus 10?
Most of the common apps like Zedge don't seem to support the N10's resolution yet and the wallpapers downloaded from the web gets poorly cropped when applied as wallpaper ( tried using the Wallpaper Wizardrii) and looks horrible.
Simple Image Wallpaper Free
or
Image 2 Wallpaper
Those 2 programs worked the best in my experience.

Wallpaper Sizing Issues

I used some of my own images and sized them to the pixels of the screen and they look perfect in the gallery. Any time I try to turn into wallpaper however, either using galley or quickpic, it crops it down to just a little piece of the image.
Obviously I am doing something wrong....ideas?
Use image 2 wallpaper app
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jfenton57 said:
I used some of my own images and sized them to the pixels of the screen and they look perfect in the gallery. Any time I try to turn into wallpaper however, either using galley or quickpic, it crops it down to just a little piece of the image.
Obviously I am doing something wrong....ideas?
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You are not considering the scrollable areas. Nexus 10 wallpapers are 3966x2560.
Solution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3SIm7rQnzE
Easily fit wallpaper maintaining the quality of image
I use PicSpeed: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.srsdev.wallpapers&hl=en
I use Simple Image Wallpaper....in conjunction with the wallpapers from http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper/downloads/date/widescreen/2560x1600/
Works perfectly and is beautiful.

Wallpapes H E L P

Hi guys. I looked everywhere but i can't find wallpapers for this device.
When i find something cool and try to set it it looks horrible.
Can you please link some cool wallpaper and the size of the ideal wallpaper for the G pad?
Thanks.
aldipiroli said:
Hi guys. I looked everywhere but i can't find wallpapers for this device.
When i find something cool and try to set it it looks horrible.
Can you please link some cool wallpaper and the size of the ideal wallpaper for the G pad?
Thanks.
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The screen resolution for the gpad is 1920x1200. Any wallpaper this size will fit perfectly. There are also a lot of apps that let you download and setup wallpapers.
colwellkr said:
The screen resolution for the gpad is 1920x1200. Any wallpaper this size will fit perfectly. There are also a lot of apps that let you download and setup wallpapers.
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Yeah, trouble is a lot of wallpapers usually found is made with the proportions in reverse. So basically a 1080p wallpaper wouldn't be enough! We lack right around 900 pixels on the long end. You would need to find a site that offers highres, above 1080p images as wallpapers. I'll see if I can find a few when I get home.
On the other hand, if you were to use the tablet mostly in landscape mode, a cut og a 1080p desktop wallpaper would look crisp..
CuraeL said:
Yeah, trouble is a lot of wallpapers usually found is made with the proportions in reverse. So basically a 1080p wallpaper wouldn't be enough! We lack right around 900 pixels on the long end. You would need to find a site that offers highres, above 1080p images as wallpapers. I'll see if I can find a few when I get home.
On the other hand, if you were to use the tablet mostly in landscape mode, a cut og a 1080p desktop wallpaper would look crisp..
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wallbase.cc
Guys... The following apps on the play store have some great choices..
Droidpapers
Wallbase
Backgrounds
Check them out!
yubeie said:
Guys... The following apps on the play store have some great choices..
Droidpapers
Wallbase
Backgrounds
Check them out!
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I find my pictures already. But I thank you anyways for giving some nice apps!
The app Simple Image Wallpaper Free allows you to set the image at the native resolution instead of cropped.
LG G Pad 8.3 wallpaper download and thousands of latest free wallpapers for LGGPad8.3 cell phone.
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Note 3 Kitkat Wallpaper Resolution

so for 1080p Note 3 the resolution is 1080x1920 in portrait mode with wallpaper scrolling locked..
I set a 1920x1080 picture as my wallpaper and while I kept adding screens the picture basically ended scrolling at a certain point to the right so I estimated that a max of 4 screens was sufficient using Kitkat but I cant figure out the correct wallpaper size to get the entire picture of those 4 homescreens..I know before we used to double the width size but I cant image it being 2160x1920
anyone know the correct size
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@TheGame1083 I dont get wallpaper scrolling on my device. Can you share some wallpapers which work well with yours.
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well I use the KitKat Launcher and it had an option for wallpaper scrolling
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Issue with wallpaper quality

Anyone else have an issue where the lockscreen wallpapers aren't crisp and sharp looking? Seems like android compresses the wallpapers and they never look as good as the original image. I've tested out the new moto x and the stock wallpapers look tack sharp on the screen. This isn't just the lockscreen that's giving me this problem, it's the home screen wallpapers as well.
I've tested 1440p and 4k wallpapers as well with the same result. No, im not using low res photos.
Any ideas?
Pi_ said:
Anyone else have an issue where the lockscreen wallpapers aren't crisp and sharp looking? Seems like android compresses the wallpapers and they never look as good as the original image. I've tested out the new moto x and the stock wallpapers look tack sharp on the screen. This isn't just the lockscreen that's giving me this problem, it's the home screen wallpapers as well.
I've tested 1440p and 4k wallpapers as well with the same result. No, im not using low res photos.
Any ideas?
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You are not alone. I have noticed the same thing. I believe its something with TouchWiz. I cropped my wallpapers to 1440x2560 in photoshop and they seem a lot better. Its funny how they still look a tad sharper in Gallery.
Anyone else with this issue / a solution?
Pi_ said:
Anyone else with this issue / a solution?
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No problem here, maybe I have the same issue but I never noticed it. . I also crop all my wallpapers to 1440x2560 and set them as a wallpaper using Quick Pic.
Ahmadmob said:
No problem here, maybe I have the same issue but I never noticed it. . I also crop all my wallpapers to 1440x2560 and set them as a wallpaper using Quick Pic.
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I've tried this, and still no luck. Wallpapers on the Nexus 5 are tack sharp, same as the moto x 2014.
The images in the gallery look amazing, but when they are applied as a wallpaper they look compressed and
blurry, even when they are cropped to match the 1440p resolution. This isnt a huge deal, but just wish it didn't look like this.
This is True
I am going to buy Galaxy Alpha .
and when I looked at wallpapers on home screen and Lock screen on my friend's Alpha it really looked pixalated
I thought its because of 720p and 316 ppi .
but when I checked Gallary app and other apps pics and resolution was looking really superb .
I can see pixels only if I really look Deeply .
2k screen is wastage of battery , Frame rates and performance , specially on S805
I hope they solve this Wallpaper problem
I can confirm this, I've compared a 1440p pic on gallery and when I set it as a wallpaper, as a wallpaper it definitely doesn't look as sharp as when I opened it in gallery. hmmm I hope they fix it with a firmware update or something. Don't know if it has anything to do with this issue but did any of you guys try a different launcher to see if the problem is solved?
Pictures look better in Gallery if you're using Adaptive display mode, because what this mode does is increase sharpness and saturation when viewing images and videos.
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iridaki said:
Pictures look better in Gallery if you're using Adaptive display mode, because what this mode does is increase sharpness and saturation when viewing images and videos.
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I go back and forth between basic and adaptive display, same issue on either display mode.
On both my Moto X and Moto G, whenever I apply wallpaper through Zedge the wallpaper image looks sharp but when I downloaded the same image and apply from photo album the resulting wallpaper looks like their image quality has been reduced. The effects are really noticeable since it produces color banding.
I'm using both stock Moto and Google Now launcher, both have the same issue so I guess it's not Touchwiz related. If anyone can help in pointing to apps that will allow me to apply my photos in gallery without reducing quality I will be grateful.
MattMJB0188 said:
You are not alone. I have noticed the same thing. I believe its something with TouchWiz. I cropped my wallpapers to 1440x2560 in photoshop and they seem a lot better. Its funny how they still look a tad sharper in Gallery.
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Gallery does automatic sharpening.
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darekz said:
Gallery does automatic sharpening.
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Yeap... That's it. Thanks a lot!
An easy way to have the same effect on the homescreen wallpaper, is to open the image with studio and apply the Sharpen effect (100%). Then save as 8MP> and set that image as wallpaper. That image will have noise in the stock gallery, but when applied as wallpaper should look almost identical to how the original one looks in the stock gallery.
Cheers
I have no problems with wallpapers.
I edit them to an ideal size, which on the note 4 is 2880x2560 for AOSP-based launchers(scrolling wallpaper) or 2560x2560 for touchwiz/lockscreen.
I then set them through FX File Explorer which doesn't edit the image unless it's really needed.

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