[Q] Can't change lock screen wallpaper - Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I think I played too much with apps that changed lock screen photo cause now Im stuck with one and cant change it. I purged the gallery data which effected in changing the wallpaper onto default one (the kid with the balloons on the meadow) but still not much I can do. My phone is rooted. I didnt use QuickPic or any other apps to view my pics, only the Stock one. Any ideas?

zbysogi said:
I think I played too much with apps that changed lock screen photo cause now Im stuck with one and cant change it. I purged the gallery data which effected in changing the wallpaper onto default one (the kid with the balloons on the meadow) but still not much I can do. My phone is rooted. I didnt use QuickPic or any other apps to view my pics, only the Stock one. Any ideas?
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There is a bug on 4.2.2 that you cannot change the lockscreen wallpaper if you have the Ripple effect. Other than that I have no clue, maybe a senior person can guide you!

ThuGzta said:
There is a bug on 4.2.2 that you cannot change the lockscreen wallpaper if you have the Ripple effect. Other than that I have no clue, maybe a senior person can guide you!
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Im on 4.4.2

Go to gallery and choose any pic of choice and set it as home+lock wallpaper.
It will change the lock wallpaper too.

sasank360 said:
Go to gallery and choose any pic of choice and set it as home+lock wallpaper.
It will change the lock wallpaper too.
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Good to know that You dont take people as idiots. No I didnt try that. c'mon :/
Ive got rooted phone. Just made hard reset, cleaned cache as well... problem still exists :/

I am able to change the wallpaper for animated one (as long as I pick home and lock screens together), but then when I change it to normal one it goes straight to the default.
Can anyone tell me where is the default one kept? Im gonna delete it (or move it) and see what happens.

Im on rooted stocked system android 4.4.2 and I have the same bug with being unable to change the lock screen while on unlocking the screen with ripple effect :/ bummer

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[Q] Can i use a different wallpaper for each homescreen?

Is it yet possible to have a different wallpaper for each homescreen??.. Or are we still stuck with jus the one that spans all homescreens?
wingnutta said:
Is it yet possible to have a different wallpaper for each homescreen??.. Or are we still stuck with jus the one that spans all homescreens?
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I don't think it's possible yet.
Think we're just stuck with them spanning across all the homescreens.
MnmlThang said:
I don't think it's possible yet.
Think we're just stuck with them spanning across all the homescreens.
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hmm.. try this.. screen resolution.. divide width by 7 and in each section of the width add your own wallpaper (in paint) and put it onto the phone and should work.... just thoughed of that so it might no
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We're stuck. MaybeTasker is your way to go. You can change background pics and icons by triggering application, time, date, location, event etc. So it's just a bit more than changing a background pic.
(Tried to link to Taskers homepage outside the forum, but as I'm new here it's not allowed. Ok so far, Google is your friend.)
wingnutta said:
Is it yet possible to have a different wallpaper for each homescreen??.. Or are we still stuck with jus the one that spans all homescreens?
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I don't think this is possible. In Sense, the phone automatically scrolls through your current wallpaper.
I believe in LauncherPro, there is an option where you can disable wallpaper scrolling, but I've not seen any way of getting a separate wallpaper for each homescreen
wingnutta said:
Is it yet possible to have a different wallpaper for each homescreen??.. Or are we still stuck with jus the one that spans all homescreens?
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Now you can with "MultiPicture" live wallpaper...works great for me so far...nice transition effects between screens also...just search for it at AppBrain or the Market.
nope
davewjr said:
Now you can with "MultiPicture" live wallpaper...works great for me so far...nice transition effects between screens also...just search for it at AppBrain or the Market.
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Sad to say i can't get it to work on standard note 10.1 with ics (4.0.4)
tried all workarounds in program but no luck, can you please explain how you did it?

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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How to fit wallpaper as static without stretched

I am trying to get some wallpapers to fit, when i view them they look good for the screen, but when i set them as wallpapers they get realy messed up.
I tryed alot now including apps that should resize them to fit etc.
the wallpapers i try to use is from here:
http://s700.photobucket.com/albums/ww2/aandrew1967/walls/#!cpZZ10QQtppZZ36
Only ones i get to work are the wide ones that are very rare.
Is there a way to fit the other wallpapers you see there, the tall normal ones ?
Hope someone can help!
Digidice said:
I am trying to get some wallpapers to fit, when i view them they look good for the screen, but when i set them as wallpapers they get realy messed up.
I tryed alot now including apps that should resize them to fit etc.
the wallpapers i try to use is from here:
http://s700.photobucket.com/albums/ww2/aandrew1967/walls/#!cpZZ10QQtppZZ36
Only ones i get to work are the wide ones that are very rare.
Is there a way to fit the other wallpapers you see there, the tall normal ones ?
Hope someone can help!
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I think I know what you're talking about. It's a problem with the way ICS and JB handle wallpapers.
I found that using wallpaper wizardrii or multipicture live wallpaper will do the trick.
kylec said:
I think I know what you're talking about. It's a problem with the way ICS and JB handle wallpapers.
I found that using wallpaper wizardrii or multipicture live wallpaper will do the trick.
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Download 'crop wallpaper' from the gplay.
subhani said:
Download 'crop wallpaper' from the gplay.
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I tested crop wallpaper from play store, and selected the part i wanted to use as wallpaper, clicked set wallpaper and the picture is still stretched out and don`t look like how i selected to crop it.
Something is messing up the pics by stretching them.
Also tested the first mentioned app and that one dosen`t work eighter.
Any more ideas i can try ?
Wallpaper Wizardrii is what you need. Press 'Set' and choose 'Crop Portrait'.
if all your looking to do is set a static wallpaper and not have it scroll with screen swipe then you can only enable this on a third party launcher. Sense has a permanent wallpaper scroll and thats why it stretches those pics for you. I recommend apex where you can set static non scroll option.
Alternatively, as mentioned by first reply here, multi picture live wallpaper will also do the trick so long as you set the source folder to contain the ONE wallpaper of choice because sense forces the wallpaper to change automatically to another on screen swipe. If you only have one in the selected source folder, it should just swipe to the same paper of your choice. I may be wrong.
scream_clarity said:
Wallpaper Wizardrii is what you need. Press 'Set' and choose 'Crop Portrait'.
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Sorry that was also a no go..
Must be something that stopping me to crop the pictures, could be some function in my ROM or ST(suite Tools)
Not sure how i should solve this, maby reflash without Suite tools.
I also use apex launcher with wallpaper option set to fixed when I want my wallpaper not to scroll
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[Q] Wallpaper Error - Plz Plz Help

Hi...
Guys, I'm farely confident that I may have messed up something. Its easy to apply a wallpaper. You go to the gallery and select a wallpaper that you would like to assign. (Tap the left side button and say set as...). Then you have options like Contact Photo, Home Screen, Lock Screen & Both...
Now there is something new like wallpaper & WhatsApp profile.
If I select wallpaper a stupid screen opens and it is ridiculous. I have made my own wallpapers and I have something wrong with it.
Guys please help me...
I dont think you have messed up anything...they are just the options when you use set as:
For example contact photo,whatsapp profile etc...
To set a wallpaper for home screen,just select homescreen...for lock screen select lockscreen..etc..
To set the photo as whatsapp wallpaper...select whatsapp...
The screen you have given is a cropping screen that is used to set the photo acc. to note's display.
Ajinkya... Thanks for the revert.
The problem is previously when I would select to set as wallpaper it would let me, however now it directly goes to this cropping screen. I want it to go back to the image where it would allow me to zoom in or out and then set the entire image as a wallpaper.
All the walls that I use are custom made to the screen resolution of 720 x 1280.
Please help me to reset the wallpaper function to default. I cannot find a way to go back...
Please Help.
Guys, please help as I have tried everything but still it doesn't work.
There are so many Guru's here. Please someone help me out.
nahhush said:
Ajinkya... Thanks for the revert.
The problem is previously when I would select to set as wallpaper it would let me, however now it directly goes to this cropping screen. I want it to go back to the image where it would allow me to zoom in or out and then set the entire image as a wallpaper.
All the walls that I use are custom made to the screen resolution of 720 x 1280.
Please help me to reset the wallpaper function to default. I cannot find a way to go back...
Please Help.
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It is a default on 4.3 I guess.
Sent from the corner of this rounded earth (N7105 v4.3, powered by LionROM)
From what i understand,you want to set your full image on a single screen,i.e do not want to use a part of it.Am I right??
Well by default it isn't possible,but there are third part apps that would let you do so.
One of them is:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.twistedapps.wallpaperwizardrii&hl=en
After install go to gallery,select set as for an image->select wallpaper wizardrii->select set->preview->select stretch portrait->Done.
Hope this helps.
akp.ajinkya said:
From what i understand,you want to set your full image on a single screen,i.e do not want to use a part of it.Am I right??
Well by default it isn't possible,but there are third part apps that would let you do so.
One of them is:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.twistedapps.wallpaperwizardrii&hl=en
After install go to gallery,select set as for an image->select wallpaper wizardrii->select set->preview->select stretch portrait->Done.
Hope this helps.
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Ajinkya...
This has done the job. Thanks.
Previously by default I could set it, but off lately a few days ago when I guess the Software was updated, this changed to something else.
My problem is resolved. I'm Glad...
Thanks so much.
Glad to help you bro..

Change Lockscreen wallpaper on Stock OOS with a different launcher

Hey all,
I have searched for this to no avail. Does anyone know of a way to change the lockscreen wallpaper without using the stock OOS launcher? I have tried it while rooted in different ways and it doesn't seem to work. I know I can install a custom ROM and be on my way but I wanted to know about stock. Thanks!
Open picture in Gallery app, three dots in top right corner, set...
I just freeze the app and unfreeze it when i am done
rpmtech said:
Hey all,
I have searched for this to no avail. Does anyone know of a way to change the lockscreen wallpaper without using the stock OOS launcher? I have tried it while rooted in different ways and it doesn't seem to work. I know I can install a custom ROM and be on my way but I wanted to know about stock. Thanks!
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I used an app I usually use to crop photos precisely when setting wallpapers, it turns out to be able to set lockscreen wallpaper as well. When you hit apply it asks lockscreen or home screen pretty simple.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.surmin.assistant&hl=en
Teekki said:
Open picture in Gallery app, three dots in top right corner, set...
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I can't believe I missed that!
shalom06 said:
I just freeze the app and unfreeze it when i am done
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Not sure what this accomplishes.
StykerB said:
I used an app I usually use to crop photos precisely when setting wallpapers, it turns out to be able to set lockscreen wallpaper as well. When you hit apply it asks lockscreen or home screen pretty simple.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.surmin.assistant&hl=en
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Great recommendation, thanks!

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