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Non moving fixed wallpaper :)

hi guys ... yes i just found a way how you can have a fixed wallpaper as a background
there is a live wallpaper by the name of droid x live paper or something it has an droid eye .. now here when u apply that in the settings u have to select the desired background.. lightning type- none, choose eye - none.. show particles- un tick this... and you are good to go.. now you have a wallpaper that wont move when you move the screens ... and if you know how to edit images.. make an image with the size 960 x 800.. but it will only show the first half ie 480x800 so keep ur image on the first half of the image..... i have attached a few wallpapers which i created may be you can understand what i m saying by looking at it... and i have also attached the apk file of the live wallpaper( this apk is not the full version, u can buy it from the market if u like it)
(the whole credit goes to the maker of this live wallpaper)

does anyone has a better idea than this to have a fixed wallpaper like in other mobile phones ?????

Tried this and got it to work half way, I made a 960x800 canvas and just placed a 480x800 on the left portion upon applying it using the livewallpaper the image quality is degraded seems like the phone is doing something to it.
I ended up making a 960x800 canvas and a blank space of 249 pixels to keep my image centered.
I cant believe why it such a trivial thing to do on andriod/touchwiz... also why hasnt any dev made an effort for a non sliding and really good scaling/cropping wallpaper app ?

I think TW Launcher is your problem. I'm using LauncherPro and its just a tick box to stop the wallpaper moving
I know some others also choose to use ADW Launcher instead of TW and that probably also has that tick box. Maybe that's why the devs haven't bothered?
I would suggest trying one of the above alternative home screen launchers, they add lots more options and can be used for free. If you don't like either just remove them and return to TW

I think you can have a non moving wallpaper using multi picture wallpaper app (please google for the app, I am unable to paste links) by setting the same picture for all screens and setting an appropriate transition method.
Cheers.

sorna said:
I think you can have a non moving wallpaper using multi picture wallpaper app (please google for the app, I am unable to paste links) by setting the same picture for all screens and setting an appropriate transition method.
Cheers.
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Yes...this live wallpaper is your friend...
http://www.appbrain.com/app/org.tamanegi.wallpaper.multipicture

kenkiller said:
Yes...this live wallpaper is your friend...
http://www.appbrain.com/app/org.tamanegi.wallpaper.multipicture
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This one is golden its very very close to perfect!!! All it needs is just a better cropping quality on some pictures!

This one is very good, but lacks of quality when doing the downsize:
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-galmoori-wallpapereditor-FzCp.aspx
And this one is usable, but unlike the below one you have to provide your own jpg at the correct size (480x800) instead of choose and crop your image from your gallery. Some error when rotating the screen though:
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-promevo-wallpaper-mywallpaper-BixF.aspx
In my opinion, the first solution will be the best IF the author update the application in order to fix the downsize quality.
Or you can make your own live wallpaper. There are scripts but i think they are difficult for the low user. We just want to choose a picture, crop it and use it, don't we?
Greetings

kenkiller said:
Yes...this live wallpaper is your friend...
http://www.appbrain.com/app/org.tamanegi.wallpaper.multipicture
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yup... this is the best app till date.. if you want a fixed wallpaper...
you can aswell have 7 different wallpapers for all the 7 screens..........

EarlZ said:
This one is golden its very very close to perfect!!! All it needs is just a better cropping quality on some pictures!
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Just get a bunch of 800x480 wallpapers and no more worries.

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Just get a bunch of 800x480 wallpapers and no more worries.
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Im thinking of looking for the best resize batch for my wallpapers, I currently have about 2,400 in rotation and I need to batch resize em xD

I use Sense on a Desire Z (HTC G2) and i bought an app called WallpaperPlus, which allows to select single or multiple pictures with the size of the screen.
The problem is the quality loss is important when cropping images.
After i apply a single fixed wallpaper with this app (bad quality when from a highres pic), then i use the default wallpaper picked (from Sense) and Tada! the crop zone is no more 960*800 (horizontal) but 480*800 (vertical) with a lot better quality (quite perfect!)
The only problem is when i reboot, i have to redo this because somehow the wallpaper goes back to 960*600, an zooms in the center of the 480*800 walpaper previously set.
Just to say that it must not be difficult to change the crop zone form factor, since this app does it somehow. When i have spare time i will look further into this.

[Q] setting wallpaper

hi guys i just bought this phone and i have a question. thanks for any suggestions
I downloaded an image at 550 × 1002 pixels, resized to 800x960, when i set as wallpaper it goes to crop screen and cant get fill image to become wallpaper. anyone know how to make it fit to screen without croping.

if you long press the image and select set wallpaper while looking at an image in the browser, it will not crop. Also if long pressed and set in some file explorers, their is no croping. Try Astro File manager.
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1440 x 1280 is the correct size
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thanks guys will try
happy new year to you all

i tried it out and it zooms in to the center of the pic, will not let me display full pic
im looking for a fit to screen type option

How to set 720 x 1280 wallpaer without scrolling

I have 720 x 1280 resolution wallpapers. Whenever i set those at home screen then that wallpaper auto scroll. I waqnt to stop that scrolling.

Instead of going to personalize and changing the wallpaper from there, go to your gallary manually, go to the desired image you'd like to set as your background, hit the "more" option and then the "set as" and select background.
I think that will work with the perfect sized image for the screen for you. If not you will need to replace the launcher completely to rid of the scroll feature
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mouzaihem said:
Instead of going to personalize and changing the wallpaper from there, go to your gallary manually, go to the desired image you'd like to set as your background, hit the "more" option and then the "set as" and select background.
I think that will work with the perfect sized image for the screen for you. If not you will need to replace the launcher completely to rid of the scroll feature
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launcher to be replaced for stop auto scrolling.

[Q] set wallpaper without cropping the image

Is there any way to set up a full image as a wallpaper?
What I mean is, every time I set up a wallpaper I have to go to the "cropping" (the little green square used to select the part of the image desired) process so that the image will fit the resolution.
I wanna know if there is a way to use a full photo like if it was a default wallpaper without cropping it.
I hope this makes sense. Thanks for the support.

Im afraid not You would have better luck with a custom launcher or maybe editing the image on PC/MAC first.
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Use Wallpaper Wizardrii..find it on Google Play and thank me later..

Quickpic from Play store works very well for me...
Open the desired image in Gallery, open the image normally via gallery app, click anywhere on image, and select the option in more to set as Quickpic wallpaper....
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"Image 2 wallpaper" allow you to make that too.
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I didnt know about these apps, you'd think HTC wouldhave the option
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As long as your wallpaper is the correct size (1440 x 1280) you should be just fine.

gimeru32 said:
Is there any way to set up a full image as a wallpaper?
What I mean is, every time I set up a wallpaper I have to go to the "cropping" (the little green square used to select the part of the image desired) process so that the image will fit the resolution.
I wanna know if there is a way to use a full photo like if it was a default wallpaper without cropping it.
I hope this makes sense. Thanks for the support.
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i read that you have to use a photo editor and make the picture 1440x1280 in size im gonna try it out my self and let you know

just took a picture from a backgroud of a rom the size in that is 960x854

To take into account the scrolling wallpaper, you need the following size wallpapers:
One X: 1440 x 1280 - HD
Atrix: 1080 x 960 qHD
Desire: 960 x 800 or 960 x 854 WVGA

Thank you for that info. Very useful.
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When i am changing my wallpaper trough Personalize/wallpaper/HTC Wallpapers then it puts the image as a wallpaper without cropping it. But when i want to choose an image from the gallery ( 1440x1280 ) then it asks me to crop it. And when i try to set the same image that was not cropped previously, directly from the gallery, it asks me to crop it . I was wondering if there was a way around this without using other apps to do it.

protosot said:
When i am changing my wallpaper trough Personalize/wallpaper/HTC Wallpapers then it puts the image as a wallpaper without cropping it. But when i want to choose an image from the gallery ( 1440x1280 ) then it asks me to crop it. And when i try to set the same image that was not cropped previously, directly from the gallery, it asks me to crop it . I was wondering if there was a way around this without using other apps to do it.
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If you expand the box out all the way, it should give you the WHOLE wallpaper over the screens. It's just asking if you want to choose part or all of the picture.

Baldilocks said:
If you expand the box out all the way, it should give you the WHOLE wallpaper over the screens. It's just asking if you want to choose part or all of the picture.
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I thought the same actually, but i tried with the stock wallpaper, the one that was on the phone when i got it, and when it crops it. Not a big deal because there are apps that can be used to go around it. It's just weird that we are not able to have the same picture full size as a wallpaper trough the gallery.

Wallpaper Set & Save free in Google Play Store is a good one. I've been using it for years, ever since the old versions of sense where the quality of the image used to be badly reduced if you set the wallpaper and cropped it through the phone's settings. WSS retains the full image quality and doesn't crop.

Really useful. Thanks!
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[Q] Wallpaper Sharpness

Not sure if anyone has noticed this, but I loaded several 720 x 1280 images onto my phone and set them as wallpapers on my home screen. I noticed that the image is not as sharp as when I view them in the gallery. I made sure it's not zoomed or anything, just that certain details in the picture are not as sharp until I click on the gallery app and view it in the gallery. Anyone notice this? or am I just being too nit-picky?

I was about to post the same thing. Not just the wallpaper, the icons are not sharp too. Somebody suggested to use a custom launcher but i like TW launcher
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Yeah, I'm already using Nova Launcher, and still having same problem ... anyone can help us with this?

Lol, the default system for setting wallpaper in Android is crap. It decreases quality drastically.
And Nova has wallpaper cropping issue, so it will be more worse than TW.
Solution: Use Wallpaper Wizardii to set wallpapers.
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mark_ol said:
Not sure if anyone has noticed this, but I loaded several 720 x 1280 images onto my phone and set them as wallpapers on my home screen. I noticed that the image is not as sharp as when I view them in the gallery. I made sure it's not zoomed or anything, just that certain details in the picture are not as sharp until I click on the gallery app and view it in the gallery. Anyone notice this? or am I just being too nit-picky?
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the same problem irritated me,mate here is the trick that worked for me,open the wallpaper in gallery--zoom it to cover ur whole screen n then take a screenshot,now set that screenshot as the wallpaper ,the sharpness will stay...ya i know u will end up with getting a potrait wallpaper but....n one more thing dnt forget to download the picspeed software,while setting the wallpaper select the PICSPEED n click the potrait mode...by the way m using go launcher

Same here
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sajadkhan806 said:
the same problem irritated me,mate here is the trick that worked for me,open the wallpaper in gallery--zoom it to cover ur whole screen n then take a screenshot,now set that screenshot as the wallpaper ,the sharpness will stay...ya i know u will end up with getting a potrait wallpaper but....n one more thing dnt forget to download the picspeed software,while setting the wallpaper select the PICSPEED n click the potrait mode...by the way m using go launcher
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thanks mate it worked for me..sry cnt thank,m out of thanks...may be tmrw

jujuburi said:
Lol, the default system for setting wallpaper in Android is crap. It decreases quality drastically.
And Nova has wallpaper cropping issue, so it will be more worse than TW.
Solution: Use Wallpaper Wizardii to set wallpapers.
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Cheers for the advice on the app mate working great

I had the same issue with my Motorola Xoom. I used the app 'Multi picture live wallpaper' which solved my problem. I imagine I'll be using the same app when I get my phone tomorrow.