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[Q]Wallpaper Size

So I want to make a wallpaper that fits across three home screens and has a different color on each screen. Now the size of the screen is 480 x 800 but when I create a wallpaper that is 1440 x 800 the pictures don't fit on each screen correctly. Anyone got any suggestions/experience with this? Thanks.

For it to pan (the many) homescreens, resolution should be at 960x800.
Don't believe it? Google it.
What I normally do to get wallpapers to fit my phone is to use any photo or image editor, or, go online and use http://www.resize.it/ (select advance tools)

I'll give that a shot. Thanks for the fast and good response!

I think you'd be better off downloading Multipicture Live wallpaper as the wallpaper does not scroll as far as one homescreen.

doesnt it also depends on how many homescreens you use?
using the same wallpaper with 3 homescreens will look different when you scroll compared to if you have 5 homescreens.

pmkrmr said:
doesnt it also depends on how many homescreens you use?
using the same wallpaper with 3 homescreens will look different when you scroll compared to if you have 5 homescreens.
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I think the only way it'll look different is the "amount" of wallpaper that pans when you slide your finger across the home screens.
3 home screens would result in more pan of the wallpaper per homescreen, while 5 would result in less pan of the wallpaper per homescreen.
In terms of resolution depending on home screens, maybe others could work as well (I have never tried anything but 960x800), BUT remember, doesn't the wallpaper picker "crop" your chosen wallpaper at a certain ratio?
Because of that, you *could* experiment with different wallpaper resolutions, as long as it respects the ratio I suppose.

I would say it depends of so many parameters as :
the launcher you use
the grid you choose
the size of your wallpaper
the colors to split and fake screens
but nice piece of subject to study, i will continue to test as more possibilities as i can and will keep you informed
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25 Android & Nook Inspired Wallpapers

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25 Android and Nook centric wallpapers
Variants:
High Contrast
Outline
Shadow
Small
Medium
Large
Two Sizes
Normal - (Compensates for menu bar) - (Images only included for the heck of it)
Wide 800 x 1200 - (Used for applying as wallpaper with basic Android Image viewer)
To properly apply 800 x 1200 wallpapers:
Download images from 1200 folder to SD card, doesn't matter where. (Ignore ._files, it's because I use OS X)
Unmount SD card safely (You better not just unplug the thing, or I swear I'll find you)
Use the Android aspplications such as Astro or Root Explorer to navigate your Nook to the folder in which you placed the wallpapers
View image in the default "Android" image viewer and select the "Set as" button on the top
Drag vertical arrows until the entire 800x1200 image is selected and confirm the selection
Done!
Free use, please give credit where credit is due.
-BBQ
*This post is assuming that you are rooted and have a launcher such as Launcher Pro or ADW installed.

Does any one know where the stock wallpapers are stored. The gallery app acting strange, and with out out the file location I cant use any alternative software to choose a wallpaper. Also the wall paper gallery only sees files in its default directory. where ever that is. Thanks

captfl said:
Does any one know where the stock wallpapers are stored. The gallery app acting strange, and with out out the file location I cant use any alternative software to choose a wallpaper. Also the wall paper gallery only sees files in its default directory. where ever that is. Thanks
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Look at the 9th post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1421935 There you can download default screensavers.

thank you for these beautiful backgrounds ^_^

These are great, thanks very much!

[Q] screen measurements?

What are the exact dimensions of the screen? For some reason, I haven't found a review site that bothered to use a ruler. As a result, everyone knows the [supposed] diagonal but not the width or height.
Also, if anyone could measure the height of the nav bar buttons, that would help in computing the de facto screen size. See here.
Please note that I'm not looking for diagonal measure, but height and width (though you can include it as well, it's not necessary because of Pythagoras).

H: 5 15/16" or 151mm
W: 3 11/16" or 94mm
Notification bar: 5/32" or 4mm
Nav Bar: 11/32" 9mm
Total Diag: 7"

Going off a screenshot:
Notification bar: = 33px
Nav bar: 75px
So usable content area of 800px x 1172px.

wes_s said:
H: 5 15/16" or 151mm
W: 3 11/16" or 94mm
Notification bar: 5/32" or 4mm
Nav Bar: 11/32" 9mm
Total Diag: 7"
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Thank you!
From this we can calculate:
Dimensions: 151mm x 94 mm = 5.94in x 3.70in
Diagonal: 177.9mm = 7.00 inches
Dimensions (not counting nav bar): 142mm x 94mm = 5.59in x 3.70in
Diagonal (not counting nav bar): 170.3mm = 6.70 in
Dimensions (not counting nav or noti bars): 138mm x 94mm = 5.43 in x 3.70 in
Diagonal (not counting nav or noti bars): 167.0mm = 6.58 inches.
[Accuracy to sig figs not guaranteed - because I forgot all that stuff.]
By comparison, the Galaxy Note (full phone, not just the screen) is 145.8mm x 82.95mm = 5.74in x 3.27in, (therefore with 167.7mm = 6.60in diagonal).
So the screen is 1cm wider than the Galaxy Note and about as tall, depending on how you're counting. Full-sized Note can be found here.
Good sign.

This just shows how small the Nexus is T_T
Now that I think about it, I'd prefer if it has no bezel at all...but that's preposterous.

Someone else started another thread on this subject a few hours earlier than this one, please continue all further discussion there.
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[Zooper Widget] ChromeRings

Stylish design - clock / weather widget with app-start capability (Tap-to-Launch)
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- 15 skins for different display resolutions included. For high resolution smartphones, it's best to use ChromeRingsThickversion (eg FullHD), for HD-Ready displays take the version ChromeRingMedium and low resolution devices take at least ChromeRingsThin
- Showing time, date, weather, wind, location and battery Information
- I recommend to set scaling in Zooper Widget Pro to a value between 125 to 130
- It can launch 9 different apps or activities. Choose "Layout" in Zooper Widget Pro from the menu, and set for the elements - AppStart oben/unten/Mitte/links/rechts - under setting "Module OnTap" the appropriate app / activity. The grid corresponds to the full width of the widget with 3 rows and 3 columns per line. Standard settings are to call the battery info in the top right area and the configuration menu of Zooper Widget Pro in the upper left area
Zooper widget PRO is required * Full version of this template at Google Play
http://tinyurl.com/ChromeRings
Fully working Preview has less Weather-Information, Standard-Font, Standard Weather-Icons and no Tap-to-Launch-Feature.
How to:
- Add a new widget to the Launcher
- Select zooper widget (4x2 is best)
- Select the widget in Zooper Widget Pro
- All settings can be changed, 9 different Apps / activities can be assigned (but changes of settings can not be stored on SD-Card)
- more variants of the widget will come soon
New: now Android 5.0 Lollipop compatible...

Stylish design - clock / weather widget with app-start capability (Tap-to-Launch)
New Preview available (without new items, but some finetunings)...
Changes of full version:
1.1
- new templates with items for "todays mobile data" and "mobile connection mode"
- some finetuning of shadows, positions, sizes

New: now Android 5.0 Lollipop compatible...

New designs for Zooper ChromeRings - clock / weather widget with app-start capability (Tap-to-Launch)

Screen resolution, aspect ratio and scaling issue for the 7 inch 2022 model

Hi, I just bought the 7 inch onn tablet (2022 model). I found that the pixels are not in a perfect square shape. Despite the screen resolution being 1024x600, the physical screen window is actually more like 16:9. This screen looks like one of those used in the portable dvd players back in the day, which is the same 1024x600 resolution but maintains a 16:9 aspect ratio. This means each pixel is actually a rectangle shape instead of a square shape. In other words, everything on the screen is actually slimmer than it should be:
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Even the official picture/render on Walmart's website looks squashed, just look at the icons:
Now if you don't see anything wrong and/or think I'm crazy, here is a Google image search for a circle shape, note that all circles look squashed, like an oval:
So I tried to change the screen resolution to 1024x576, to trick the system to think this is the resolution and then it would be a proper match for the 16:9 aspect ratio. I used "adb shell wm size" for this. However, after I made the change I found there are black bars on both sides, so basically it only uses 576 pixels instead of 600 pixels, leaving the unused area black, which is not what I wanted:
Then I tried different 16:9 aspect ratios, such as 1280x720, 1366x768 and 1920x1080, and also different densities from 80 to 480. They all have the same black bars on both sides, I also tried the scaling option, but both "auto" and "off" gave me the same result. It seems like the system is stick to the scaling and not willing to stretch the image. I then found the "faded-area" option which should be the "overscan" equivalent for older Androids. But this option does not work at all. Even if I set it to some numbers, it still shows "none" and won't take any effect:
So now I'm stuck here. I wonder if there are ways to change the screen resolution and at the same time stretch the image to full screen. The current/default settings (1024x600) is not looking right, as everything is squashed. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.