Problem resolved - see post 5 for answer
The other day when looking for a new wallpaper for my phone, using the 'Menu > wallpaper' process I managed to select an option which wasnt 'HTC Wallpapers' or 'Live Wallpapers' which had quite a few different wallpapers I hadnt seen before, I think this came from installing the 3DGallery app.
However, today when I try to change the wallpaper to one of these 'new ones' I can no longer find them through the same method. I have searched and searched but I cannot figure out where they are or how I did it in the first place. I am still using one of the 'new wallpapers' I set the other day so they must exist somewhere.
Does anyone know how I can find the option im looking for or these mysterious wallpapers? I have a feeling when I chose wallpapers I selected gallery and then I was presented with an option for 'gallery wallpapers' or something similar. It is extremely frustrating not being able to work out whats happened or why I cant do it again. I have tried resetting the phone but still have the same issue.
I know this is possible, surely some one else must know what I'm talking about? I'm assuming it its the default android 2.1 way of setting wallpapers. I have got to the point where I dont care about the actual wallpaper I jury want to know how its done and that it can be done.
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Can you describe or post and image of the wallpaper you are using?
There must have been about 15 to choose from, not organised into any particular categories, some abstract ones but the ones that stand out are two different ones of beaches. I remember trying several different ones, setting them and then going home to view them, before going back to the same option and changing them. This must only have been at the start of the weel. It was late at night when I was doing it which is why its not 100 percent clear for me.
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I have found out how it was possible. It came from installing a different launcher, which I then went onto remove. The launcher I installed can be found here. I reinstalled it from the apk and I have the different wallpaper option back.
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I've been clicking around all morning trying to figure this out with no luck. I've found a few threads, but they either say to look where I've looked or lack answers altogether.
So. New Droid Incredible II. Not rooted. Running regular ol' sense. I had LauncherPro on my moto Droid, but I want to use the HTC widgets.
I've tried 5 different skins, all for 2.1 sense. I've tried pulling them from my computer to the sd card and downloading directly from the XDA app on the phone. In either case I can easily install them following download.
After installing, they're supposed to pop up under skins in the personalize menu, right? Nothing's showing up there, or anywhere else I've thought to look in that menu. What am I doing wrong?
Look HERE These are updated skins to work with you current setup.
i have had a similar problem and even after installing skins from that forum i have only gotten 4 really rough skins actually to work, i wish i could make them specifically for the DInc2
AlanWarrick said:
i have had a similar problem and even after installing skins from that forum i have only gotten 4 really rough skins actually to work, i wish i could make them specifically for the DInc2
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I have considered making some skins. Mainly to refresh some themes that have been abandoned from my days on the Inc1.
Apologies if this has been covered elsewhere, but I couldn't find an answer. I currently have a DHD, and several icons on the home screen do not display their names properly (Opera Mobile displays as Opera Mo, Go SMS Pro displays as Go SMS Pr, Advanced Task Killer displays as Advanced - you get the picture). What I want to know if this is an issue with the phone, if it is the developers being lazy, or if it is a general android issue, and I obviously want to know if it can be fixed. It looks amateurish.
I'd think it's a launcher issue rather than anything else. What ROM/launcher are you using?
They're fine for me on cm7 with ADW Ex, but I can't remember ever having that problem on Sense either. I could be wrong though, of the examples given I only used Opera Mobile when I was on a Sense ROM - anyone else care to check?
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Yes, it's known bug for some launchers. It can be also caused by the system font you currently use. Try to change mix for both of it.
Im just using the stock rom with HTC Sense. the device hasn't been rooted as yet I assume that I need to root the device to change the system font?
Not a bug. It is normal. It only shows the first 8 letters of the name so as not to hog up the home sreen with rediculous long names. If you ever took notice your windows computer does the same thing.
You didn't mentioned that you use the stock launcher. Thus, I'm jumping to blind conclusion. Which is also my bad. *sigh*
Yeah, only 8 characters per icon are displayed on the stock homescreen. Kinda weird, but it's normal.
Thanks for your help. Apologies for not mentioning what rom/launching I was running.
I know windows pc's do something similar, but its normally at a much longer length of text before it cuts off (probably because a pc generally has a bigger screen to display things on). Also, with the phone, you can actually see the start of the 9th charactor, so it just looks odd. Anyway, thanks for your replies, now I know that there isn't much I can do about it, I'll just have to live with it.
I've run across some issues setting wallpaper on my most recent ROM, and none of the information I've dug up seems to help much.
When I attempt to set my wallpaper to an image, I get a selection gallery, and the system wants to use only a portion of the image. My research on the forums indicated that my image size might be the issue, so I switched to an image of the indicated size (960*800). Unfortunately, I still get a crop window to select only a portion of this image. I installed Wallpaper Wizardii; it assigns my image to the wallpaper with no apparent changes or stretching, which sidesteps that portion of the issue but does not correct it.
However, the plot thickens: the ROM I'm using allows me to set a lock screen wallpaper, and that process runs me into the same issue (though the selection window is portrait instead of landscape, as one might expect for a 480*800 image). Wallpaper Wizardrii doesn't address lockscreen settings, so I can't use it to bypass the problem.
If the image sizes I have are correct, why is it prompting me to crop the image? If they're not, what are the proper image sizes? Am I doing something else wrong?
Since you reference your "rom" a few times, it may be good to mention which rom you're using.
Have you tried resizing the crop box? I'm able to use the entire image at a max resolution of 960x800. I just have to resize the crop box to encompass the whole image.
Using SRF 1.2
Gah. As it turns out, it seems the ROM is irrelevant. Trying to unpinch to resize the crop box doesn't work, but apparently just grabbing and dragging the corner will do so. Kudos to you for pointing out my ignorance of the simple solution.
trying to avoid starting a new thread for an issue that I suspect has been covered somewhere (but where I dont know..couldnt find this with a search)..and since this is about wallpaper size and selection..ill put it here!
I had problems with my phone..so I just followed these instructions to "bring it back from the brink"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
I thought this was restoring it to a factory ROM...but before I had a wallpaper that would slide side to side as I moved through home screens...but now it just stays exactly the same. Is this a ROM issue or a setting that I have been unable to find?
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trying to avoid starting a new thread for an issue that I suspect has been covered somewhere (but where I dont know..couldnt find this with a search)..and since this is about wallpaper size and selection..ill put it here!
I had problems with my phone..so I just followed these instructions to "bring it back from the brink"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
I thought this was restoring it to a factory ROM...but before I had a wallpaper that would slide side to side as I moved through home screens...but now it just stays exactly the same. Is this a ROM issue or a setting that I have been unable to find?
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Good job on finding a similar thread
First off what launcher are you running?
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slug420 said:
trying to avoid starting a new thread for an issue that I suspect has been covered somewhere (but where I dont know..couldnt find this with a search)..and since this is about wallpaper size and selection..ill put it here!
I had problems with my phone..so I just followed these instructions to "bring it back from the brink"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
I thought this was restoring it to a factory ROM...but before I had a wallpaper that would slide side to side as I moved through home screens...but now it just stays exactly the same. Is this a ROM issue or a setting that I have been unable to find?
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El30 tw roms don't have this option anymore with the standard tw launcher... use a different launcher and it should work fine...
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thanks guys! I didnt know what a launcher was even but i saw ur post, googled it, installed a new launcher and ta-daa....sliding background and about 500 more optins i never knew i needed
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thanks guys! I didnt know what a launcher was even but i saw ur post, googled it, installed a new launcher and ta-daa....sliding background and about 500 more optins i never knew i needed
Hello,
I am currently on SlimICS, but since the beginning I am really annoyed by the ICS recent apps menu (when long pressing the home button), which shows minatures of the recent apps.
The thing takes several seconds to pop up, and then you need to scroll up and down to find the app you want to fall back to ; usually it also lags quite a lot when doing that (different roms, same issue, don't think it's my phone).
Besides having miniatures being irrelevant in my opinion, switching to a different application became rather long with ICS, and I really miss the Froyo/GB way, with just the list of icons popping up instantly --all the icons showing up in the screen.
I am looking for a mod that could change that ICS recent app menu to the one used in earlier versions of Android. Does anyone know if that exists, or would know how to create it ?
Cheers
I'm using an app called "morerecent" from the market. Same recent view as gb. I've linked it to another app called "swipestarter" so I can launch it from a screen swipe.
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not a bad workaround, yes. However I had tested an AOKP rom few months ago, which I remember was offering different kinds of such list, including the Froyo/GB style. Maybe I can try to extract the relevant files from the rom and push them to my own.
I don't think that could work at all given my current knowledge though
the latest 4.6.1 is missing some lock screen scenes that were in some previous versions like metropolis or the tortoise with the castle on the back.
I've searched the web but can't find any apk or other means of download. any ideas how to get them?
not missing here
I have an unlocked US gsm, with latest 4.6.1, but I still have them.... not sure how to extract them for you, but they did not disappear here.
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the latest 4.6.1 is missing some lock screen scenes that were in some previous versions like metropolis or the tortoise with the castle on the back.
I've searched the web but can't find any apk or other means of download. any ideas how to get them?
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i managed to find Fire_image.bin\system\etc\com.amazon.lock\files\lockscenes
-> two *.vbl files which seem to be lockscreens.
however cant find any others in the three 4.6.1 images i checked and also nothing in the 3.5.1 =(
After updating did you go back to settings and check for more updates? There were two lock screen packs that were downloaded on mine after updating to 4.6.1.
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I fixed it by doing a factory reset, still don't know where it actually is stored
Did you get those fancy new ones that they jusr sent out? Funny, the timing on their release...... maybe they were reading this thread.
Some users have received yesterday 8 new lockscreens, however as all of you, I am also still waiting for them to arrive!!
http://dl-1.va.us.xda-developers.co....jpg?key=SVIWlF4KblKTwiA5Qi9IKQ&ts=1432134039
http://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-phone/general/lockscreen-scenes-updates-t3112606