Wallpaper problem - Kitkat 4.4 - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Installed Android 4.4 via adb sideload onto 2x Nexus 4 and 1x Nexus 7 (2012). Installation was smooth as the rom is stock (un-rooted).
While trying to change the wallpaper (which I used earlier in 4.3), the wallpaper does not center anymore. Tried with multiple wallpapers meant for Nexus 4 and 7 respectively.
I later launched airdroid and saw --> com.android.wallpapercropper running in the background and consuming anywhere between 33-44MB of RAM.
The cropping tool to select the wallpaper no longer appears in Android 4.4. Anyone else facing similar issues?

mohan_168 said:
Installed Android 4.4 via adb sideload onto 2x Nexus 4 and 1x Nexus 7 (2012). Installation was smooth as the rom is stock (un-rooted).
While trying to change the wallpaper (which I used earlier in 4.3), the wallpaper does not center anymore. Tried with multiple wallpapers meant for Nexus 4 and 7 respectively.
I later launched airdroid and saw the system processes running --> com.android.wallpapercropper still running in the background and consuming anywhere between 33-44MB of RAM.
The cropping tool to select the wallpaper no longer appears in Android 4.4. Anyone else facing similar issues?
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same result for me

Arhtard said:
same result for me
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Glad to know . Wonder if a bug is already reported.

In the same topic, even when I manage to center the wallpaper after reboot it get distorted (like zoomed in), do you have this to?

FreakyDR said:
In the same topic, even when I manage to center the wallpaper after reboot it get distorted (like zoomed in), do you have this to?
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I got the exact same problem. The wallpaper looks stretched and real ugly.

FreakyDR said:
In the same topic, even when I manage to center the wallpaper after reboot it get distorted (like zoomed in), do you have this to?
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me so much is happening. where you can report bugs android 4.4 ?

Stock DPI??????
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maulich said:
Stock DPI??????
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Yes, never touched/modified DPI

maulich said:
Stock DPI??????
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Yep all stock...
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Ya mine does it too stock or modified.....weird
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Has anyone raised a bug with Google on this? If not, any idea how to submit a bug?

Wondering if the wallpapers are the proper res for nex 4. Possibly a small detail that needs to be corrected in the build env.
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solved?
ok i figured out how to center my wallpaper image on the lockscreen.
using the oem launcher, on the desktop, swipe from left to right, to the last screen on the left...
hold down finger on screen till choose wallpaper option comes up, pick image from gallery and save as wallpaper....
shut off screen via power button press, press power button to wake device to lock screen...
image should be center on lock screen.. if its not, you didn't do it right, try again.
default screen in stock launcher is the screen all the way to the left... lame but whatever.
now you can set your default launcher to your choice, ie NOVA - APEX - WHATEVER and your lockscreen wallpaper is aligned

FreakyDR said:
In the same topic, even when I manage to center the wallpaper after reboot it get distorted (like zoomed in), do you have this to?
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arex766 said:
me so much is happening. where you can report bugs android 4.4 ?
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The same problem happened to me, anyone knows what to do to solve?
Nexus 4
Android 4.4

LucasArts said:
The same problem happened to me, anyone knows what to do to solve?
Nexus 4
Android 4.4
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My friend also have this problem on 100% stock kitkat and after factory reset, so i guess everyone have this issue but i'm very suprised that no one talk about this... don't you ever restart your phone?

LucasArts said:
The same problem happened to me, anyone knows what to do to solve?
Nexus 4
Android 4.4
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FreakyDR said:
My friend also have this problem on 100% stock kitkat and after factory reset, so i guess everyone have this issue but i'm very suprised that no one talk about this... don't you ever restart your phone?
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Yes, the problem happens after turn off and turn on the phone.
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LucasArts said:
Yes, the problem happens after turn off and turn on the phone.
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The problem happens when we set any photo as wallpaper, after restarting the phone, the picture appears as if it had applying a zoom.

have the same problem
I have the same problem with Nexus 7 2013 on KitKat.
Because the photo wallpaper will automatically zoomed in, now I'm using 3rd party wallpaper apps.
I'm just wondering how the app set wallpaper without being zoomed in. If the logic of setting wallpaper is the same, it should be zoomed.

Arhtard said:
ok i figured out how to center my wallpaper image on the lockscreen.
using the oem launcher, on the desktop, swipe from left to right, to the last screen on the left...
hold down finger on screen till choose wallpaper option comes up, pick image from gallery and save as wallpaper....
shut off screen via power button press, press power button to wake device to lock screen...
image should be center on lock screen.. if its not, you didn't do it right, try again.
default screen in stock launcher is the screen all the way to the left... lame but whatever.
now you can set your default launcher to your choice, ie NOVA - APEX - WHATEVER and your lockscreen wallpaper is aligned
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That works for the centering, but after the power cycle the image (if a huge res is used) is blown up to a section of the picture and not how it was originally set as.
It's crazy that it lets you use a whole image for the wallpaper yet when the device rotates or power cycles it buggers it all up..

I had the same problem on stock 4.4.2. I even f-reset my nexus 4 but uh it didn't worked. in wallpaper cropper, if you choose it as is (positioning), it will be positioned in the hard left screen, so choose the half of the image like this

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[Q] Home screen text is half cut always.

Hello everyone,
Mine is a strange issue. I rooted my wildfire using downgrade method from this forum and flashed it to 2.1 with Hboot 1.01.001 and then installed CM7 stable build as suggested by the thread.
everything was good and then suddenly the icons and the text has been burried under so i need to touch it by judging what it is from the icon.
please help.!!.
Can you post a screen shot?
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Could just need the simple icon size adjustments in adw?
" once its gone,its GONE."
Well I use go launcher and I have the option to turn off the names under them, so is it possible you've click on a similar setting in adw?
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I checked everything on ADW,nothing works.how to take screenshot ?
Depends what cyanogenmod you have. If you have 7.1.0.1 then hold the down the power button and select screen shot. If not then you'll need a screen shot app
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Ohh thank you so much. You guys are wonderful. I did something and now the icons are showing in full.
Is it possible to have live animated wallpapers as background on home screen ?
if yes, will that slow the entire phones operation.
The reason i'm asking is this
I tried overclocking and after reboot the phone was working ok,but i don't notice any faster than before.
digiguy said:
Ohh thank you so much. You guys are wonderful. I did something and now the icons are showing in full.
Is it possible to have live animated wallpapers as background on home screen ?
if yes, will that slow the entire phones operation.
The reason i'm asking is this
I tried overclocking and after reboot the phone was working ok,but i don't notice any faster than before.
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Well when you overclocked did you select the "Set at boot" checkbox because else when you reboot the phone slows back to default speeds. Also, to enable live wallpapers long-touch a blank space in the home screen and touch "wallpapers">"live wallpapers" to select one. The default "nexus" one works fine with little lag for me on the overclock settings shown in my signature
Thank you so much Matt.
The overclocking is now working good,yes i didn't ticked the CPU set at boot. ON live wallpaper-- when i click live wallpaper all i see is google maps. and nothing else on the list.
I guess i have to get a seperate live wall paper.
Do i need to reboot my phone to make the CPU overclock settings to be implemented ?.
Thanks once again.

How to get an HD Widgets widget on the lock screen of 4.2?

Hey guys, I unfortunately upgraded to 4.2 and want to get rid of that awful clock on the lock screen. From what I've heard, you can get an HD Widgets widget on the lock screen and I want to do so, but I have literally no idea as to how to do so.
Can anyone help?
On the lock screen swipe right until you see the plus sign, tap on it and the unlock your screen the option for HD widget should be there if you have it installed!
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corkiejp said:
On the lock screen swipe right until you see the plus sign, tap on it and the unlock your screen the option for HD widget should be there if you have it installed!
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When I swipe to the right, the clock tilts, but nothing else appears (the animation is similar to when you try to swipe to a homescreen but the one you're on is the last one, so it just stops).
I have also tried to add HD Widgets to the lock screen but when I swipe all the way to the plus sign it's greyed out and I cannot do anything other than log in. Strange.
Before I installed HD Widgets, I could click the + sign and I had the option to add the clock and a few other widgets.
This baffled me for a bit too.
You have to go into HD Widgets Settings>Widget sizes and enable lockscreen.
iElvis said:
This baffled me for a bit too.
You have to go into HD Widgets Settings>Widget sizes and enable lockscreen.
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Okay, thanks. So I've enabled lockscreen, but when I go to the lockscreen, it still won't let me swipe at all.
Tylertc13 said:
Okay, thanks. So I've enabled lockscreen, but when I go to the lockscreen, it still won't let me swipe at all.
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Meaning you don't see the white line/box along the left at all when the screen starts up?
This baffled me for a bit too.
You have to go into HD Widgets Settings>Widget sizes and enable lockscreen.
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Already tried that myself, infact mine was already ticked for tablets, unticked for phones, so perhaps the latest version detects a tablet.
Anyway, this didn't work for me either. I can swipe to the plus sign, then that is about all I can do.
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Already tried that myself, infact mine was already ticked for tablets, unticked for phones, so perhaps the latest version detects a tablet.
Anyway, this didn't work for me either. I can swipe to the plus sign, then that is about all I can do.
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The plus sign doesn't even show up for me...
How did you guys get to 4.2? You might try reflashing the OTA.
iElvis said:
How did you guys get to 4.2? You might try reflashing the OTA.
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OTA update. And it solved the issue. I had the lockscreen state to disallow widgets. I'm dumb.
Tylertc13 said:
OTA update. And it solved the issue. I had the lockscreen state to disallow widgets. I'm dumb.
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How do you set the lock screen to disallow widgets? Do I have to be rooted? I hate those widgets.
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Thanks. Didn't know this was an option on 4.2
Pretty sweet

[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?
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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
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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Wallpaper Sizing

I apologize if this has been addressed before but I'm a little pressed for time right now. Has anyone else had the issue with their wallpaper sizes being different on the home screen and lock screen? As in when you unlock the device it seems as if the wallpaper zooms almost? If so is there a fix for it? I am currently on Apex Launcher if that means anything.
Thanks in advance
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Yup mine does that too.
Using Nova Launcher with a PIN lockscreen and wallpaper set from gallery using a photo taken by S4 camera.
Edit: Just tried with different photos and still same resizing change from lockscreen to home screen. No idea why.
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Go to playstore and download an app called picspeed. Use that app to set your wallpapers. It wont oversize the pics like the phone system does. So when you pic your wallpapers from gallery and it ask what app to install with click picsoeed. It has 3 box sizes to choose from. The good thing is you can use any wallpaper in your gallery it dont have to be a download from picspeed.
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[Q]Lock screen wallpaper won't set

I'm trying to set my lock screen wallpaper and when I try images from the gallery it won't set. It says saving but doesn't actually do anything. Seems like it only wants to use the stock wallpapers and even that sometimes didn't want to work. Anyone have this issue?
I can confirm this bug, it's driving me crazy.. Yesterday it workt just fine, last night turned my g2 off and in the charger.
And this morning i powerd it on again wanted to change my lockscreen wallpaper but it doesn't stick cant get it to work in anyway tried everything....
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bova80 said:
I'm trying to set my lock screen wallpaper and when I try images from the gallery it won't set. It says saving but doesn't actually do anything. Seems like it only wants to use the stock wallpapers and even that sometimes didn't want to work. Anyone have this issue?
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instead of trying to set the wallpaper through lockscreen setting go directly to the image you want and set it through there. probably will not work but it did once for me.
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Wish I knew about this last night. Couldn't figure out how to fix it and ended up doing a factory reset. ?
Go to app. List in settings - All apps - search for Lockscreen - wipe cache, data and stop the app service...
Change the lockscreen wallpaper once again...
Worked for me..!!! ;-D
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