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[Q] Live Wallpapers that run without killing framerates?

As many of you already know, there is a real issue with the Samsung Galaxy Nexus when it comes to using most live wallpapers on the market: The homescreen transitions become noticeable choppy, and it's just plain sad considering this is the latest Google experience phone.
However, some LWPs like Phase Beam run just fine, even though it's very complex. I read that ICS doesn't support HW acceleration for LWPs.... so till someone, somewhere sorts this out, I want to know: Are there any LWPs that should run as smooth as Photo Beam on my Galaxy Nexus?

Pixel rain runs great.
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Galaxy and Phasebeam from aosp do too.

I second pixel rain. Been running that for weeks now an no lag whatsoever.
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Lwp run great on any launcher but the stock ics one
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ishehu said:
Lwp run great on any launcher but the stock ics one
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Wrong. Microbes kills ADW EX just like Nova Launcher. Phase Beam has no impact on either.
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One wallpaper to rule them all!

Hey guys!
I'm sure we all love that brilliant screen on the galaxy nexus. So in this thread I would like each person to post their current homescreen (or wallpaper) along with their FAVORITE source for wallpapers!

I always get my wallpapers from Wallpaper Casa HD. ;-)

Little TARDIS love I usually just Google what I'm looking for at the time.
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I use wallbase.cc for my wallpapers
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Sorry didn't attatch the first time..
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+1 for wallbase.cc

maybe attach the wallpaper as well

Please use the existing wallpaper thread that has been stickied.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1352163

Galaxy S III wallpapers

Took these from the system dump from a few days ago.
There are two files, one with the XHDPI wallpapers (1280x1280), and one with HDPI wallpapers (960x960).
I've added the low res previews as thumbnails. The full res pics are in the download links.
~Rawat

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Nice on thanks
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nice wallpapers thanks

Nice!! Thank you . Are you able to get the live wallpaper from the gs3?
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great wallpapers thanks

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[Q] Extreme lag using Live Wallpapers on Galaxy Nexus

Hi,
I recently bought Galaxy Nexus and installed couple of Live Wallpapers.
I noticed extreme lag after setting wallpapers. The transition fps from page to page is drastically dropped.
Live Wallpapers tested with....
1. Fresh Leaves
2. Luma Live wallpaper
3. Deap Sea and Luminous dots (Galaxy S III - Apps downloaded from this forum.)
Does anyone has this problem? Is there any defect on ICS 4.0.4?

same here, seems like phase beam is the only one that's smooth

Why is this in themes and apps and not in questions and answers? This is a question.... and you eve checked the "is this a question" box....
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I was always having that problem too, even in 4.0.2 :/ im android 4.0.4 right now
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Same problem here
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Those LW are probably not hardware optimized.

arzbhatia said:
Those LW are probably not hardware optimized.
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Well i got lag even with stock LWs , the only one smooth is Phase Been...
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It's a known bug. Phase beam is the only one that is optimized for the Galaxy Nexus.
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If you disable wallpaper scrolling it would decrease the lag.. Most Roms have that option.. And launchers.
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It all depends on the live wallpaper. Even stock ones aren't optimized. Confounds me why Google would put live wallpapers on a phone that lag. Anyway look through the market. There are tons of nice ones that have 0 lag and are butter smooth.
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xxprodigyxx11 said:
It all depends on the live wallpaper. Even stock ones aren't optimized. Confounds me why Google would put live wallpapers on a phone that lag. Anyway look through the market. There are tons of nice ones that have 0 lag and are butter smooth.
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Examples?

Nexus Revamped Pro is a really good one.
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Most of the time LWPs don't lag for me except for just few.

seemingly, it has not supported ics yet, only is phase bean smooth
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redthunda69 said:
Examples?
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Rays of light and Vortex galaxy are my 2 favorite.
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Ahmato's suggested solution has been working for me for weeks. Just disable wallpaper scrolling.
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I can confirm that turning off wallpaper scrolling makes no noticeable difference.
I really wish that google would address this issue.

I said this before in another thread. What I noticed is that the phone puts the lwp before the launcher. As the launcher lags the lwp stays the same. When comparing to my ns4g I noticed its reversed If the lwp is to much for the phone the lwp lags and not such the launcher.
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xxprodigyxx11 said:
Rays of light and Vortex galaxy are my 2 favorite.
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Both seem to lag on mine. Even with things turned off...
Edit: dumbed down vortex galaxy enough to make it smooth... I'm loving it.
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collindubya said:
I can confirm that turning off wallpaper scrolling makes no noticeable difference.
I really wish that google would address this issue.
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I can confirm that it does. Holo spiral and nexus revamped has always lagged until I disabled wallpaper scrolling in apex launcher.
For example, phase beam doesn't move around when scrolling, does it?
Not trying to start some pointless argument, just pointing out that it does work for many.
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live wallpaper sg2

I have installed the live wallpaper samsung dandelion for galaxy s3;it works for galaxy note but I have just discovered that works also for sg 2.If you want to install this live wallpaper click here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1069207&stc=1&d=1337367259

Thanks for your contribution .

Might want to edit the thread title as its not what the threads about.
And is this the actual LWP or just that demo that's been posted everywhere?
Edit:
There isn't a LWP in the zip. Just lock screen sized wallpapers which aren't even from the GSIII.
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There's no live wallpaper at all in the download. Its 5 jpg files!
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live wallpaper gs2
I installed live wallpaper gs3 dandelion from galaxy note ,and installed in gs2 end works.post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1660993

Sorry download direct to live wallpaper dandelion here :http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1069205&stc=1&d=1337367259 , unzip and double click the apk file and install it ,I have only installed the live wallpaper and work on my galaxy s2

I'm sure there is a thread about this already, and about 100 overall on xda.
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