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How to use personal picture as wallpaper - gmcclintock - 2014-08-30
I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9006 (Clone) and I have been trying to figure out how to use an image of my own as the wall paper.
When I select "live Wallpaper" the selected image has to be cropped which means I can't use the whole image and this is what I want to do. So can someone show me how to use the full image and now have to crop it?
Thank you.
RE: How to use personal picture as wallpaper - aus9 - 2014-08-31
Hi
before you try to do a live (animated) I suggest you create a static first
bonus....static does not drain the battery as fast.
The more action in your live....the more likely it will drain
2) get your resolution from an app
credits Louis777
3) copy your image onto PC and rescale it
I use Linux and use mtpaint but I am sure you can find a suitable app for Windows
then copy it back but put it in your internal storage so your lancher can more easlily find it
RE: How to use personal picture as wallpaper - NexusTrix - 2014-08-31
It will depend on the resolution of your phone and if you want the wallpaper to slide or remain still as the homescreens slide across. It may also depend on the launcher you're using.
There are several tools for getting it the proper size on the Google shop
For live wallpaper, try this app
RE: How to use personal picture as wallpaper - gmcclintock - 2014-08-31
RE: How to use personal picture as wallpaper - Sniper47 - 2014-08-31
Why would you not want to us an app to do it?
Just placing images in a directory is unlikely to work and if it did, it will crop/zoom to fit the screen anyways, unless it is the perfect size or ratio, which will depend on display resolution and if you want it static or slide.
Regardless, as far as i know, wallpaper images become part of wallpaper.apk data, it's not just a directory you paste images into. After selecting the image and setting the crop, it becomes part of wallpaper.apk data/cache.
10x easier to just use the app to make it the correct size.
RE: How to use personal picture as wallpaper - gmcclintock - 2014-08-31
(2014-08-31, 23:35)Sniper47 Wrote: Why would you not want to us an app to do it?
Just placing images in a directory is unlikely to work and if it did, it will crop/zoom to fit the screen anyways, unless it is the perfect size or ratio, which will depend on display resolution and if you want it static or slide.
Regardless, as far as i know, wallpaper images become part of wallpaper.apk data, it's not just a directory you paste images into. After selecting the image and setting the crop, it becomes part of wallpaper.apk data/cache.
10x easier to just use the app to make it the correct size.
Thank you for your response, I have used apps to do my wallpaper before and it worked very will. I don't have anything against using apps it's just that I would like to know if it is possible and if it is how to do it that is all. I don't always like to take the easy way out. Thank you
RE: How to use personal picture as wallpaper - Sniper47 - 2014-09-01
(2014-08-31, 23:56)gmcclintock Wrote:(2014-08-31, 23:35)Sniper47 Wrote: Why would you not want to us an app to do it?
Just placing images in a directory is unlikely to work and if it did, it will crop/zoom to fit the screen anyways, unless it is the perfect size or ratio, which will depend on display resolution and if you want it static or slide.
Regardless, as far as i know, wallpaper images become part of wallpaper.apk data, it's not just a directory you paste images into. After selecting the image and setting the crop, it becomes part of wallpaper.apk data/cache.
10x easier to just use the app to make it the correct size.
Thank you for your response, I have used apps to do my wallpaper before and it worked very will. I don't have anything against using apps it's just that I would like to know if it is possible and if it is how to do it that is all. I don't always like to take the easy way out. Thank you
I understand that completely. In this situation though, using an app to do it is the best solution, unless you set the image size to the perfect resolution for your phone.
As far as I know, the wallpaper data is kept in wallpaper.apk data, so you'd still need to select the image as wallpaper. Might as well let the 3rd party app resize to the correct proportions and density first.
RE: How to use personal picture as wallpaper - gmcclintock - 2014-09-01
I can see now that this is not a easy task and probably best to use a 3rd party app to accomplish the task. I do not mind getting the image converted to the correct specifications as that is easy for me to do the part part is getting into the .apk that contains the wallpapers. Thank you
RE: How to use personal picture as wallpaper - Sniper47 - 2014-09-01
You can try
data/data/com.android.settings/files/wallpaper
And
/system/app/launcher2.apk/res/
I really don't see the point to this though, I mean, I understand not always wanting to do it the easy way... With some things ....but not this.. Unless you wanted to copy a bunch of them at one time so you didn't need to set them all manually.
RE: How to use personal picture as wallpaper - gmcclintock - 2014-09-01
I just want to see if it is possible my friend, and if I can do it myself that is all.
Also those paths that you provided aren't on my device when I try to find them using Root File manager.
data/data/com.android.settings/files/wallpaper
And
/system/app/launcher2.apk/res/