Basic wallpaper questions - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
Sorry for the very basic questions but I JUST got a GS4 and coming from a HTC One X there's a lot of instinctive stuff that is just different.
1 - How can I use an image as a wallpaper WITHOUT having to resize it (I know there are apps that do this, but I would like to know if this can be done natively).
2 - How can I change the lockscreen wallpaper?
3 - How can I customize the shortcuts on my lockscreen wallpaper?
thanks in advance

rawfa said:
Hi,
Sorry for the very basic questions but I JUST got a GS4 and coming from a HTC One X there's a lot of instinctive stuff that is just different.
1 - How can I use an image as a wallpaper WITHOUT having to resize it (I know there are apps that do this, but I would like to know if this can be done natively).
2 - How can I change the lockscreen wallpaper?
3 - How can I customize the shortcuts on my lockscreen wallpaper?
thanks in advance
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2 hold anywhere on screen set wallpaper for lock screen
3settings,my device,lockscreen then press shortcuts

rawfa said:
Hi,
Sorry for the very basic questions but I JUST got a GS4 and coming from a HTC One X there's a lot of instinctive stuff that is just different.
1 - How can I use an image as a wallpaper WITHOUT having to resize it (I know there are apps that do this, but I would like to know if this can be done natively).
2 - How can I change the lockscreen wallpaper?
3 - How can I customize the shortcuts on my lockscreen wallpaper?
thanks in advance
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1 with stock rom you can't

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animated wallpaper help...please, earlier issues resolved

i have seen aload of roms, like swift 7.5, and also the italian one, i asked the question, how do i get the home screen to look as the screen shots.
I was told it was the wallpaper...
not wanting to sound like a total thicko here, but can someone help me out here, how do i change the wallpaper...????
help
cheers
the above issue has been solved.... cheers for the assistance, now looking for some nice eye catching animated if possible wallpaper...
goto your settings tab and wallpaper is the third one down.
press it,press no if it asks you to use default,navigate to where your wallpaper is and click on the one you want.
easy if you know how.
no menu or tab....
can you give me the exact name of the tabs, items and how to access them...
i cant find anything as youve described...
help....
You want to change the wallpaper of your htc diamonds Home screen right?
Thats what the instruction above does.
You know the menu icons along the bottom of your Home screen, as default they are, from Left to Right:
Home / People / Messages / Mail / Internet / Photos & Videos / Music / Weather / Settings / Programs
Its this Settings menu, or Tab...
Underneath there you have the following:
Sync Data / Sound / Wallpaper / Communications / Data / About
Go to there, then follow the settings as mentioned in the previous post. That should do it
i feel like....
such a prat....
followed instructions, sorted... now i know how too.....
Can you help with a good animated page to use as my homepage wallpaper...
Something like moving flames??? or something equally as spectacular...
suggestions....
again cheers for help so far
Moving Wallpaper e.g gifs are not possible at the moment but I am sure that it may be in the future
above post
cheers for the info....
I would like to have some animated background like carwash girl in iPhone. or any kind of animated backgrounds. Are they available for diamond?
Thank you!
sonyuk143 said:
I would like to have some animated background like carwash girl in iPhone. or any kind of animated backgrounds. Are they available for diamond?
Thank you!
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buffystar said:
Moving Wallpaper e.g gifs are not possible at the moment but I am sure that it may be in the future
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Custom Wallpaper

Were i can locate the default wallpapers on my HTC and if anyone know whats the default size of them
Maybe i will sit and make one of my own so i need those info
And ..what i need to make it a weather - wallpaper ? And what i need to make it animated?
Thanx in advance
MOD EDIT - Moved to General forum as not related to rom development
no one can help me?
You're free to decide in which direcotory to put your own wallpapers, no need to put them in the default directory. I for myself have put several wallpapers in a directory on the storage card. Later, as you change your wallpaper, just go to the TouchFlo tab called "wallpaper" or "background picture" (I'm not sure since I use another language version) and navigate to this directory, then select your own wallpaper.
They can be of different sizes. Since this is not a full answer to your question, I added a container with some nice wallpapers which I found in another forum. The last one ("fantasy") is special, it has an additional frame.
Thanx for reply !
i need to know the dimensions cause i like to make my own theme (Starcraft 2 )
Anyway you know how to make it animated ... or like those new "Weather Wallpaper" ?
i have an HTC HD with Maryone Rom... 6.5
dalunatic said:
...i need to know the dimensions cause i like to make my own theme (Starcraft 2 ) .... Anyway you know how to make it animated ... ?
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I only can tell you the dimensions of the one I use myself ("fantasy", it's included in the *.zip file I uploaded). Its dimensions are 533 x 800 pixels.
Sorry, no idea how to animate a picture, my knowledge in graphics is down to almost zero. However, searching with "how to animate a jpg" brought instant access to several solutions (software packages). Some are to be found here: http://bit.ly/cblIdu. Good luck, though!
ok mate
thanx a lot

Wallpaper Question

Is it at all possible to have a separate image for lockscreen and start menu or not? Like a tweak or something?
Any help appreciated.
Cookies home tab thingy already does this..... you can have a different wallpaper for lock, main, all other tabs.
Thanks, this is exactly what i wanted to know.

[Q] Launcher Pro, Some questions

Hi everyone,
First post here, so I hope I won't make any mistakes.
I recently got a Wildfire, and I installed LauncherPro as my new home.
It's great, I like it, but I have a few questions :
-How can i change the text color of the default widgets? Cause the text is white at the moment, which sucks with any wallpaper that's not black. I'd like to change the color, but I didn't find anything.
- I heard that I could have live wallpapers with LauncherPro.
How can I set one? When i try to switch wallpaper, the "live wallpaper" icon doesn't show, so I can only set my photos, or the HTC ones..
Thanks in advance guys =)
Zezomys said:
Hi everyone,
First post here, so I hope I won't make any mistakes.
I recently got a Wildfire, and I installed LauncherPro as my new home.
It's great, I like it, but I have a few questions :
-How can i change the text color of the default widgets? Cause the text is white at the moment, which sucks with any wallpaper that's not black. I'd like to change the color, but I didn't find anything.
- I heard that I could have live wallpapers with LauncherPro.
How can I set one? When i try to switch wallpaper, the "live wallpaper" icon doesn't show, so I can only set my photos, or the HTC ones..
Thanks in advance guys =)
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Dunno about font but u need to root to be able to use live wallpapers. I'm using launcherpro+ and i think my battery runs out faster? Is it possible that sense is running on the back or something?

sense 3.5 launcher /clock

Are there any launchers which have the sense 3.5’s rotating carousal effect? (The effect you get when you unlock the phone and the transition effect when slide between screens ), also are there any clock widgets which act like the htc shortcuts and clock widget ? thanks in advance (i wanna recreate these elements of the newwer sense versions )
keith456 said:
also are there any clock widgets which act like the htc shortcuts and clock widget ? thanks in advance
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try out "beatiful widgets"
Hi, does this site have what you are after?
code project -/Android-3D-Carousel
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