is it possible to use your own gif instead of the original ones in the aod?
Yes you can , when you select an image as AOD instead of an image choose a gif of your choice
haha yup. just double tap on the always on display and the gif will play twice.
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Is there a way to, turning off wallpaper scrolling, set a wallpaper using portrait-oriention without having to use the cropping tool? The image I want isn't exactly setup for landscape...nor do I get the entire thing. It's kind of annoying. Any other device would just set it on it's own without having to crop it to a completely different size...
If you're using launcher pro, under appearance settings. As for no landscape, I'm not sure, other than to turn the whole feature off.
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The only ways I've found to do so is to use Multi-Picture Live Wallpaper or edit the image and turn off wallpaper scrolling if you're using a home replacement app.
For Multi-Picture LWP, go to common settings and select the image you want to use - for best results have the image sized at 480*800. If it's smaller it will look bad, and if it's larger it may also look pixelated and the app may only show a portion of the photo depending on what your settings are. Don't set any individual settings.
If you're using a home replacement that allows for turning wallpaper scrolling off, you can use Photoshop, Gimp, or another editing software to center the image. First crop/resize the image so it's 480*800. Then you will need to add 240 pixels to each side (left and right). In Photoshop, I do this by adjusting the canvas size (it's under "image", I think).
If you want to do it the second way, but don't have the software/knowledge to do so, you can send me the image & I'll do it for you. If you want to do it yourself, Gimp is a great free photo-editing software.
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I recently got an Epic 4G Touch. I created some custom wallpapers and sized them to 480x800 to match the screen's resolution. The wallpaper has a single object (the HAL 9000 eye) which is a circle.
When I use the wallpaper as the lock screen, the eye is distorted slightly so that it's no longer a circle.
The gallery displays the image properly and the selection screen for the lock screen also displays it correctly.
I think I can compensate for this by resizing the image slightly, but I don't know how many pixels to remove from the image. I think the status bar might be a good starting point, but I don't know how many vertical pixels it uses.
Thoughts?
Lobo Droid said:
I recently got an Epic 4G Touch. I created some custom wallpapers and sized them to 480x800 to match the screen's resolution. The wallpaper has a single object (the HAL 9000 eye) which is a circle.
When I use the wallpaper as the lock screen, the eye is distorted slightly so that it's no longer a circle.
The gallery displays the image properly and the selection screen for the lock screen also displays it correctly.
I think I can compensate for this by resizing the image slightly, but I don't know how many pixels to remove from the image. I think the status bar might be a good starting point, but I don't know how many vertical pixels it uses.
Thoughts?
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Because of wallpaper scrolling, you need 800x960 wallpaper. In other words, double the horizontal dimension to allow for scrolling...
My wallpaper doesn't scroll anymore, I'm not sure why.
nabbed said:
Because of wallpaper scrolling, you need 800x960 wallpaper. In other words, double the horizontal dimension to allow for scrolling...
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I tried creating an 800x960 wallpaper using the same eye image and it didn't work. I used GIMP to create a black background image and then inserted the eye image as a new layer. The 480x800 images I created were done with the same method.
The 800x960 wallpaper is still distorted. So the problem is that the aspect ratio of the lock screen is not quite 480x800 or any multiple of those dimensions.
Through some experimentation, I think that changing the vertical dimension to something less than 800 seems to work. For example, I took my original 480x800 image and cropped 30 pixels off to make an image of 480x770. I then resized the image back to 480x800 while ignoring the aspect ratio. This results in a distorted eye, but the distortion is in the opposite direction. (The 480x800 wallpaper is distorted in the horizontal dimension. The 480x770 resized image is distorted in the vertical dimension.)
The 480x770 image is slightly less distorted so I think this might be the way to go. Short of guessing the right dimensions, I was hoping for a way to determine the best dimensions to use.
To help anyone else reading this thread, I'm attaching the wallpapers I've created. Feel free to download them and try them out.
galaxytabevo said:
My wallpaper doesn't scroll anymore, I'm not sure why.
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I think I read somewhere here that the latest Samsung stock update disabled the scrolling wallpaper.
home screen or lock screen?
Lock screen does not scroll.
For home screen you need 800x960 image or you may need to adjust your original 800x480 image to 400x480 and double the pixel size.
To scroll the home screen wallpaper, you need to change the option to make it scroll.
kobridge said:
home screen or lock screen?
Lock screen does not scroll.
For home screen you need 800x960 image or you may need to adjust your original 800x480 image to 400x480 and double the pixel size.
To scroll the home screen wallpaper, you need to change the option to make it scroll.
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I'm working on the lock screen. With most wallpapers, the difference in the aspect ratio is likely not noticeable. I just happen to see it because my lock screen image has only one component and it's very easy to see when it's distorted.
Lobo Droid said:
I think I read somewhere here that the latest Samsung stock update disabled the scrolling wallpaper.
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This really sucks. I also miss the bounce effect on the browser/when you reach the end of a menu. Was it due to the Apple lawsuit?
So, this is going to sound a little odd...but I've noticed that when setting a wallpaper by either "long pressing > wallpaper" or from "settings > wallpaper > home & lock screens" that when setting the same image on the lock screen, and desktop, they are actually set as different sizes.
I have attached 2 screen shots to hopefully show what i mean better, along with a link to side by side images
If anyone has any suggestions on how to make the images the same size (prefer the lockscreen size) please let me know.
Thanks!
Full Size Images Side by Side: Here
I've been trying to set new wallpaper for both lock and home screens on my Pixel XL. I've used images sized at both 1440x2560 and 2880x2560 as recommended in several posts. However, both resolutions result in backgrounds that are shifted right, i.e. only the left half of the image shows as the background. I'm setting the backgrounds via the Pictures app using the "Use as" menu item.
What am I missing here?
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I've been trying to set new wallpaper for both lock and home screens on my Pixel XL. I've used images sized at both 1440x2560 and 2880x2560 as recommended in several posts. However, both resolutions result in backgrounds that are shifted right, i.e. only the left half of the image shows as the background. I'm setting the backgrounds via the Pictures app using the "Use as" menu item.
What am I missing here?
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I make all mine 1920x1080. And have zero issues. Our devices naturally zoom out the image when in the wallpaper selection. Double tap the screen and it adjusts to fit according.
i have a U1 S9 and it doesnt have the option for the AOD to have pics from the gallery in it
I don't think your able to change the wallpaper on the always on display, it's probably designed to save energy. You just need to set your lock screen wallpaper and set the screen to turn off after 10 minutes.
tracer200 said:
I don't think your able to change the wallpaper on the always on display, it's probably designed to save energy. You just need to set your lock screen wallpaper and set the screen to turn off after 10 minutes.
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[email protected] i know that there is an option to have a custom gallery flash on the AOD on the S8, do youd think we would have it on the S9 as well
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i have a U1 S9 and it doesnt have the option for the AOD to have pics from the gallery in it
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Just open gallery and pick any photo, click on the 3 dots button on the top right and you'll find "Set as Always On Display image".
jamil aboudaher said:
Just open gallery and pick any photo, click on the 3 dots button on the top right and you'll find "Set as Always On Display image".
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thank you. i hadnt been aware of that way to do it, but i was able to find how to set a custom picture as the AOD image, but it was just one pic i could select. I ended up making a gif of several pics of mine, and that works for the most part. Im open to ideas tho. What i was expecting is a tool that lets you select one or many pics that the AOD will show in different intervals and will offer different styles when going from image to image