Lock screen wallpaper - Galaxy S II Themes and Apps

When I try to set the Wallpaper in the Settings -> Display -> Screen display -> lock screen wallpaper it doesn't launch the "Wallpaper Gallery" , it just shows a list of file choosers eg Astro, Gallery...
Where are the stock Wallpapers and is the above correct?

Instead, go to your home screen, HIT the MENU Key and select Wallpaper. From there you will be able to see Wallpaper gallery.

dhruvmalik said:
Instead, go to your home screen, HIT the MENU Key and select Wallpaper. From there you will be able to see Wallpaper gallery.
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this is just for the home screen wallpaper right, I would like to change the "Lock screen"

Yes, I think this is a bug. The lock screen wallpaper chooser doesn't invoke the wallpaper gallery activity.
Here is a workaround:
The stock wallpapers are stored in TwWallpaperChooser.apk. You can download it and extract the wallpapers onto the sdcard, then use gallery to configure the lock screen wallpaper:
Download TwWallpaperChooser.apk off of the device to your computer using command:
adb pull /system/app/TwWallpaperChooser.apk .
Or if you don't have Android SDK installed, install a file manager like Astro on the phone and copy /system/app/TwWallpaperChooser.apk to /sdcard, then download it to your PC via USB.
Open TwWallpaperChooser.apk as a zip archive
Extract res/drawable-hdpi/
Delete thumbnail images (files <90KB)
Create directory /sdcard/wallpaper on the phone
Copy the remaining full-size images files to /sdcard/wallpaper/ using USB mount (do not use adb push)
Go to Settings -> Display -> Screen display -> Lock screen -> Wallpaper -> Gallery, select the wallpaper you want, click Save. Done!

I liked the transparent lockscreen on the Galaxy 1.
Is there any way to make the lockscreen transparent on the Galaxy 2 (without an app?)
I know about widget lock but I like the Samsung style lockscreen.

How do I get back the original lock screen..I changed it to a new one, need to revert back..

I guess if its a bug , perhaps I'll report this to samsung.
I wonder how responsive they are?

Joe_Nalin said:
How do I get back the original lock screen..I changed it to a new one, need to revert back..
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Just found that when the we set the phone's wallpaper to the one as the original lock screen wallpaper, a option pops up asking if the lock screen wallpaper needs to be changed to the same. Once you click yes, bingo you get your original wallpaper..
I've now restored my original (factory set) lock screen wallpaper!

My lockscreen appears to have disappeared entirely. Not sure if I've accidentally disabled it in my travels, but has anyone else had the same problem?

Yes if you wanna choose a wallpaper for lock screen then the wallpaper gallery doesn't show up. It's definitely a bug. But there is a way. Try to set a wall for Homescreen but not lockscreen, Wallpaper gallery will show up, choose a picture, now set it on Portrait mode, not Landscape mode, Set, then you will be asked if you wanna choose it for Lockscreen also. But don't check the 'Don't ask again' box.
This bug should be fixed in next firmware update anyway.
Regards.

Hi guys. I got a quick question about this.
I like the way the stock lockscreen unlocks. ( By dragging anywhere)
However, I don't like the size of the clock and the date.
Is there a way to change the font size of the clock and the date and keeping the way it unlocks?
I tried using WidgetLocker, but it changes the way the screen unlocks.
If there is a solution to it, please let me know. I use ADW Ex.
Thank you.

I can change mine no problem independently of the homescreen. I'm on KF1
Settings>Display>Screen Display>Lock Screen

Thank you. But that gives the option only to change the clock location. Or the wallpaper.
If I want to change the font, it will change the whole phone fonts.
Isn't there another way? Maybe using ADW Ex?
Thank you for the tip anyway.

Hi,
I have absolutely no problem with setting the lockscreen wallpaper.
Going to display/screen display/lockscreen then wallpaper. It brings up gallery. After installing a file manager the popup menu shows different options to search the wallpaper, but gallery is also listed there.
Eric
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+111111111111

You can also pick the picture you want indepently in the Gallery, then go More -> Set as -> Lock Screen Wallpaper.

hi,,
where is the default lock screen image located? i.e in which file?

efjbdejong said:
I have absolutely no problem with setting the lockscreen wallpaper.
Going to display/screen display/lockscreen then wallpaper. It brings up gallery.
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Which ROM version do you have? XWKE2 definitely does not bring up a gallery from settings/display/screen display/lockscreen/wallpaper.
Edit: Nevermind, I can see the gallery option now. The issue is gone...

juffo said:
where is the default lock screen image located? i.e in which file?
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/system/app/TwWallpaperChooser.apk

rustamabd said:
Which ROM version do you have? XWKE2 definitely does not bring up a gallery from settings/display/screen display/lockscreen/wallpaper.
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Try scrolling up and own a few times until it appears .
jje

Related

No more forced cropping on wallpapers

The application I want to talk about is PicSpeed Wallpapers.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...1bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5zcnNkZXYud2FsbHBhcGVycyJd
A promising application which offers pretty good wallpapers, in my opinion. However it is more than a simple wallpaper application... Not special in a sense where it gives you super exam cheating skills (which I so desperately need right now)... but it gives you MUCH better cropping for your wallpapers in the Gallery app .
So how do you use it and how much better is it? Well to use it start by getting a Wallpaper. So once you got that on your phone go ahead and open up the Gallery. Find and tap on the image. Now hit the menu button and select "Set picture as" (on ICS) or whatever you need to click to set a wallpaper. You will notice a pop-up comes up. The normal options would be contact photo and wallpaper (and maybe whatever else you have), but now we are introduced with the option of "Set as Wallpaper" - with the PicSpeed icon beside it. So tap it (of coarse). Underneath the image will be three images. The first (left) crops the image to use just the middle (based on dimensions) and is not a scrollable Wallpaper. The second (middle) gives you the traditional full-use of the wallpaper in a scrollable state. The one that is most interesting is the last (right) option. This one offers a custom crop. Which means you can make the wallpaper scrollable or not and perfectly set the crop to whatever you want. So once you use the right custom option go ahead and hit the set option underneath it to the far right.
I think that is amazing finally a way to break the terrible cropping options the Gallery gave us. At first when PicSpeed released an earlier version the wallpaper would auto resize and mess up the image. They have updated the app since then and I no longer have to re-set the wallpaper on boot. Another bug I noticed is I cannot set a Wallpaper 'properly' with the traditional set wallpaper function my phone offers me, after I use PicSpeed to set a "custom" crop. This is easily fixable. Go into Gallery and the set the wallpaper with PicSpeed (again) with the Wallpaper with the traditional (middle) option. Or you can just reboot your phone, either way works.
Well yeah I just wanted to share this new amazing application with you all . You're welcome all! No more terrible cropping options YAAAAY!
90% of it was written by 309041291a (thanks) in the nexus forum on xda.
If it helped please press thanks
Simpler way
I found that the Galaxy app in the S3 only crops to portrait too. Simplest way I found was to extract the Galaxy2.apk from a Nexus and install it on the S3 (or replace it entirely) and us it to set the background. You then get the portrait and landscape cropping so you can then have a decent scrollable home screen wallpaper.
Ho there gents.
Has this file been uploaded somewere.
I dont have a clue on were to start to obtain this
Overmars_om1 said:
Ho there gents.
Has this file been uploaded somewere.
I dont have a clue on were to start to obtain this
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its in the market, link in first post
gouldy26 said:
its in the market, link in first post
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It is yes,
But Picspeed dose not make it scroll.
Overmars_om1 said:
It is yes,
But Picspeed dose not make it scroll.
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You have to install a different launcher to make the scrollable background work.
May you share that galaxy2.apk please?
Thanks !
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Or quickpic
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I use wallpaper changer to change my wallpaper, doesn't crop and allows for scrollable wallpapers without needing to change anything.
Set wallpaper with Zedge app works great No cropping.
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The most brilliant gallery is "fish bowl photo gallery".check it out, it's in the market and it's. Free,no adds.
Most cool features you're ever seen in a gallery app
ics gallery
Dawnload ics gallery and you are finished
I dont know if this thread is still active, but I have been running into issues lately with pic speed. I have used it for a while (on my original vibrant) but now im getting issues. Im trying set an image as my background and crop it. Works fine. Crops for me I get it smack dab center and everything is nice. I turn on the scroll function because I just want the static image. Spits out the image and my wallpaper is great, but as soon as I turn the phone into landscape mode, regardless if im in an app or not the image gets distorted and its annoying as balls. Can anyone help me out?
No one know about this app
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...xoDIBA&usg=AFQjCNFv0rDOUgckqV5m9qLt6zcESlfbAw
The best one
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[Q] Changing Lock Screen Wallpaper on T999

I recently rooted my phone and am using the Stockorama ROM. I'm also using Nova Launcher.
I've been wanting to change the wallpaper for my Lock screen, but when I get to the point of choosing which folder to get the picture from
all I get is the "Wallpaper" folder. Now I've looked around many threads/forums and I can't seem to find the answer.
Please help,
Thanks in advance
are you trying to set it from the home screen, or settings?
If you've replaced the launcher it won't give you access to TW gallery from home screen and maybe not settings.
Install quickpic and try it again.
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Thanks for the reply, but Quickpic didn't help me.
Is un-rooting my phone the only way to change my lock screen through the Gallery (or anything other than the "Wallpaper" folder) ?
I've seen other rooted phone users online who have this option available to them. It's really frustrating because I feel like
I can't change the settings for something I paid for
I'm running nova launcher and I can change lockscreen wallpaper fine.. it doesn't give you a "set as" option in gallery?
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Nova should have nothing to do with the LockScreen. Look under Settings>Security options for it, it is hidden. (I'm on CM10.1 or I'd post exactly where it is.)
Its Settings, Lockscreen actually. You can customize it there, but to set wallpaper go to Settings, Display, Wallpaper, Lockscreen.
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Thanks Doc, I knew it was in a weird place, but couldn't remember exactly.
The phone won't let me change the lockscreen image AT ALL. When choosing a picture and selecting "Set As" I get the following options: Contact Photo, Nova Wallpaper, QuickPic wallpaper, Wallpaper.
When I go to Settings -> Display -> -> Wallpaper -> Lockscreen The only "Select wallpaper from" option I get is: Wallpaper (The wallpaper folder of course). Could I have done something wrong when I rooted the phone? I'm pretty new to this after all (A friend rooted my last phone for me).
Are you using the Touchwiz gallery when you do this, or a different gallery like quickpic?
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DocHoliday77 said:
Are you using the Touchwiz gallery when you do this, or a different gallery like quickpic?
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I'm using the Touchwiz gallery, but the same goes for QuickPic.
+1 to the "wallpaper [app??]" ONLY choice, for the lock screen
Any luck with finding the solution? Rooted quite a few devices, so far, but the combo s3+rooted stock kills me - regardless how many picture manipulation apps I tried installing/uninstalling/making defaults (gallery, quickpic among others), when going into settings -> display -> wallpaper -> lockscreen, the only available "app" to use to choose the wallpaper is ... well ... wallpaper. Trying to set up the lockscreen from one of the picture manipulation apps, via "save as", does not work with lockscreen either.
I scanned the device for the string "wallpaper", and there are some folders obscurely placed in /data/data/com.samsung.....wallpaper/.... Maybe I should try to create my own and place them in one of those wallpaper folders??? But there ought to be an easier method, otherwise why would they offer the one mentioned in the paragraph above???

[Q] Cant change Lock Screen Wallpaper

I've been trying to find a way to change the lockscreen wallpaper (not one of the lame preinstalled ones) to no avail.
I know how to access the option but I want to be able to select one of my own and the only 2 options I get are to use either Travel wallpapers or Wallpapers. Neither of these allows me to select my own images, just the default preinstalled 6 or so.
i downloaded quickpic hoping it would create an association when opening the lock screen wallpaper changer , to no avail.
This is really getting annoying
SGH-M919
Android v, 4.2.2
Firmware M919UVUAMDL
Go into:
Quickpic
Press on pic
Hit Menu button
Choose 'Set As'
- Pick your 'Set As' choice
and edit/crop
Press Home and test it out.
Or:
Settings
Device
Wallpaper
- pick the app you want to get your pic from
Hi Biker1
thanks for the reply. But unfortunately them 2 methods do not allow me to select a wallpaper for the lock screen.
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Biker1 said:
Go into:
Quickpic
Press on pic
Hit Menu button
Choose 'Set As'
- Pick your 'Set As' choice
and edit/crop
Press Home and test it out.
Or:
Settings
Device
Wallpaper
- pick the app you want to get your pic from
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The 2 methods I posted are the standard. Both methods not working would be highly unlikely to be a hardware or software issue and would lean towards user error.
Can you go through the steps you attempted when going into QuickPic to set Wallpaper for let's say Lock screen so I can see where the failure is occurring
Edit
Prior to the above, can you go into Applications
Wipe cache and data in QuickPic
Go into QuickPic and try again.
Let the files load.
Deleted Cache.
When I pic the image and select menu it gives me the following 4 options: Quickpic wallpaper, Set as wallpaper, Contact Photo, Nova Wallpaper.
There is no option to set it as a lock screen wallpaper. i can select the image edit it and whatnot but once checked its set as home screen wallpaper.
I go to:
QuickPic
Choose pic
Press device Menu button
Press Set as
And below is the option screen I get:
Biker1 said:
I go to:
QuickPic
Choose pic
Press device Menu button
Press Set as
And below is the option screen I get:
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Yep. thats how it should be. but for some reason im not getting the lock screen option...
Chunko said:
Yep. thats how it should be. but for some reason im not getting the lock screen option...
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Try the above options I mentioned in my earlier post.
Ive tried multiple times...seems as if the file association or executable for lock screen wallpaper no longer exsists.
Im wondering if one of the pic apps i downloaded has something to do with it.
i just went into app manager and reset all preferences. That brought back the option.

Change lockscreen?

Hey guys I totally dislike the TouchWiz lockscreen... how can I change it?
Settings, my device, lockscreen.
Knock yourself out.
Pp.
PanchoPlanet said:
Settings, my device, lockscreen.
Knock yourself out.
Pp.
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Lmao. I should a been more specific I want a swipe to unlock. More like aosp
Guess you have to wait for a dev to cook up a rom and add it.
Pp.
Unless you're absolutely apposed to to using a different launcher, you can use Smart Launcher and enable the lock screen. It will give you the AOSP style with many themes to choose from. The TW widgets work on it as well. I use Smart Launcher on every device I have.
Go to Gallery. Select a picture, open options (bottom left button) , scroll down select Set As. You can select to change your lock screen.
Hope this helps!
smaisonville said:
Go to Gallery. Select a picture, open options (bottom left button) , scroll down select Set As. You can select to change your lock screen.
Hope this helps!
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That is only changing the lock screen wallpaper. He is wanting to change the actual lock screen to this.

how to change lockscreen wallpaper?

So in nougat, we should be able to change the lockscreen wallpaper separately from our home screen wallpaper. and although i barley spend anytime in my lockscreen, since i use the fingerprint reader and it bypasses the lockscreen. i would still like to know how to doit.
i tried doing a google search and articles show that i just change my wallpaper the normal way and it will ask me whether i want to change it for my lock screen, home screen or both. but for me, it doesnt ask me anything, i just choose a regular wallpaper and hit set wallpaper, then it just automatically sets both my lockscreen and home screen to be the same.
Where are you choosing a regular wallpaper? It shows up for me by long pressing the home screen and selecting wallpapers unless I pick the option for it to change daily.
ahhh ok, i was doing daily wallpapers and live wallpapers. thanks!

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