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Hi guys,
So I was hunting around to figure out what the wallpaper size is for the Nexus One... most people seem to state it is 960x800, or 2 times wider than the standard 480 resolution.
I did a test to see how it would look on the device by creating a 960x800 image with red vertical lines every 192 pixels (which will divide it horizontally 5 times to match with the 5 home screens on the N1). Much to my dismay, it actually renders it differently (showing almost 3 of the 192px blocks on the center screen).
When swiping back and forth, it seems like there is some sort of parallax scrolling going on. You can see a full screen of apps/widgets (480px wide) scroll to the side, but you will see the background move some other amount of pixels. It's almost as though the background is scaled in some fashion horizontally. I was assuming it would somehow work like the home screens on the N900, where each screen has 1 block of 800x480 wallpaper space...
Anyone have some insight into what is going on here?
technogecko6 said:
Hi guys,
So I was hunting around to figure out what the wallpaper size is for the Nexus One... most people seem to state it is 960x800, or 2 times wider than the standard 480 resolution.
I did a test to see how it would look on the device by creating a 960x800 image with red vertical lines every 192 pixels (which will divide it horizontally 5 times to match with the 5 home screens on the N1). Much to my dismay, it actually renders it differently (showing almost 3 of the 192px blocks on the center screen).
When swiping back and forth, it seems like there is some sort of parallax scrolling going on. You can see a full screen of apps/widgets (480px wide) scroll to the side, but you will see the background move some other amount of pixels. It's almost as though the background is scaled in some fashion horizontally. I was assuming it would somehow work like the home screens on the N900, where each screen has 1 block of 800x480 wallpaper space...
Anyone have some insight into what is going on here?
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I'm not exactly sure what resolution the backgrounds are, but the "parallax scrolling" has been used in Android since the G1.
If you pick an off-sized background, the OS will tell you to crop it, and the height width ratio is almost square. Anyway, each panel of the home screen will share a bit of the background with the adjacent home screens.
Yup, each homscreens background overlaps with the ones on either side of it.
I believe the correct resolution for the N1 is 960x854
The resolution should be 960x800, because the Nexus is not the droid, it's 800 pixels not 854.
And for there to be 5 home screens on 960 wide, it's only going to scroll 1/5th of the image on each home screen. The parallax scrolling is a cool feature.
Of course it's going to show almost 3 of the 192px blocks on the center screen, because the center screen is 480px wide.
960x800 is correct. Additionally, you could've sorted this quickly by pulling the Launcher2.apk from /system/app, then extracting it and checking the size of the default wallpapers.
So here is another question. Does anyone think its possible to change the scrolling of the background (and size) such that it would be 1 480x800 size block PER home screen?
technogecko6 said:
So here is another question. Does anyone think its possible to change the scrolling of the background (and size) such that it would be 1 480x800 size block PER home screen?
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When I had my g1 the Photoshop app would set wallpapers without asking for cropping even 480x800 so I would use iPhone wallpapers cause we allow know most Mac useres are have some skill in graphics design. Anywho when I tried to use this work around on my nexus it did not work, I'm looking further into this!
jmotyka said:
When I had my g1 the Photoshop app would set wallpapers without asking for cropping even 480x800 so I would use iPhone wallpapers cause we allow know most Mac useres are have some skill in graphics design. Anywho when I tried to use this work around on my nexus it did not work, I'm looking further into this!
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Came across this. I want to disable scrolling on the background wallpaper too and have a static image. Any updates?
Wallpaper Set & Save is a basic free app from the market that works wonders with hi-res and off-sized images...
Me too
Also having issues with this
Only using one homescreen...and the settings either zooms or stretches the HOMEMADE wallpapers
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Wallpaper Set & Save is a basic free app from the market that works wonders with hi-res and off-sized images...
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Yes, you absolutely need this app if you want to change your wallpaper, the built-in gallery just doesn't work.
Wallpaper Set & Save
downloaded, tried...no luck
Yea, it didnt work for me either. I formated some images to 480x800, but it just zooms in on them. Cant believe something so damn simple is so tough.
Guys, I found a solution. It is called Wallpaper Plus. Yes it is $1.99, but it is worth it. Not only can you do 1 static image with no scrolling, it will also let you pick images and "sew them together such that each screen is a different image! So right now I have 5 pictures that I choose, that the program formatted for the size of my screen and stitched together. Now when I scroll through my screens, I see a different image on each one, rather than one large image. But like I said, it can do just one static image as well! I highly recommend. I know the cost sucks, but at some time we need to support these developers making the things we want for our phones if they are gonna stay on the platform and develop more things!
Post em up!
Walls sized 960x800.... yeah i know the EVO resolution, but this is the correct size...same as the incredible
Here is a collection that i stole from another site... i take no credit...i just .rar'ed em up.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WT79M4Z2
40ish nice walls.
Why 960x800?
"The homescreen is 800 pixels in length and 480 pixels wide. The thing is, as you swipe between the 6 other panels, the wallpaper shifts a tad bit so you need to compensate for that. 960 pixels wide should be what all 7 panels are from end to end, not just the home panel."
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=544217
http://mrono.net/voguewallpapers
mine are in 800 resolution, there's a little over 900 total
Audi RS 8
Any requests?
Can you Zip those pics
Can you zip those 900 pics?
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Can you zip those 900 pics?
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I'm working on uploading them, they arn't the resized ones though, full sized.
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I lied, their resized, and there's over 1.1k
http://mrono.net/files/mobilewallpapers.zip
I think this will make a good wallpaper. It is a Solargram I made this winter/spring with a pinhole camera.
Hope you like it!
edit: I'm not sure what happened, it got scaled down to 959x799 somewhere. I'll try and fix it. (uh, yeah, lets try this again... disregard my ineptitude.)
Maybe I am doing something incorrectly, but when i attempt to take my image and select them as a wallpaper, it prompts me to crop the image and then its all stretched out and ugly on the home screen. can someone provide me with some help on this...thanks
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Maybe I am doing something incorrectly, but when i attempt to take my image and select them as a wallpaper, it prompts me to crop the image and then its all stretched out and ugly on the home screen. can someone provide me with some help on this...thanks
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I'm having the exact same issue, any one have any suggestions?
thanks!
When it prompted me to crop I just made the crop rectangle the size of the entire image. Then it just didn't crop anything off and looked fine.
Mine will only me to expand the box to a bit less then half the picture...so far ive tried playing with different picture sizes, but no joy. someone help, i feel like a window licker
Here are some i have
coming from the hero
I resized this picture i want as my wallpaper and even though I tried both sizes whenever I try to set it as wall paper it does a super enlarged zoomed in view as the wallpaper.
there's an app that will stretch the picture to go across all of the screens and use the full image.
does anyone know what this app is called?
I used to have it on my touch pro 2 with android.
slow4g63 said:
there's an app that will stretch the picture to go across all of the screens and use the full image.
does anyone know what this app is called?
I used to have it on my touch pro 2 with android.
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i think
"wallpaper set and save"
fdot said:
i think
"wallpaper set and save"
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WORKS GREAT!
thank you!!
here are a couple i've resized for personal use, but figured i'd post them in case anyone else has a similiar sense of style.
i'll keep posting more as i 'make' them, so if you like these, you'll probably like the rest i post.
all the wallpapers are zoomed in and i can only choose a small part of the picture am i doing something wrong?
I love that london bridge pic
Here are some that I use. I didn't create any of these images. They have been re-sized to 960x800
http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy119/koricua74/EVO%20Wallpaper/****Macs.jpg
slylust said:
all the wallpapers are zoomed in and i can only choose a small part of the picture am i doing something wrong?
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What do you mean? Remember the wallpapers stretch over all 7 screens of Sense. So you won't see the whole image on your screen at once.
I know you can make your own which I don't want to. Are there any fullsize Tab wallpapers (no live wallpapers) which I can download to my Tab and which I don't have to cut specially for the Homescreen before making it a wallpaper? Like the ones which come with 3rd party launchers)...
Thx.
http://www.google.ch/images?q=wallp...isz:ex,iszw:1200,iszh:1024&prmd=iv&source=lnt
Try "Flikie HD" from Market.
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I don't wanna save pictures from the net, as you have to cut them. I said that, rapax.
@AnttiV: Thx, man. Exactly what I'm looking for. A HD Wallpaper app which doesn't use your data (contacts etc.).
The google search I linked to only returns images that already have exactly the right size. No cutting needed.
1 - Guys, flikkie is very nice, but what's the resolution of the pictures it has?
2 - I have a folder with 1024x600 wallapapers and if I try to use them, the gallery crops them, how can I install them? My tab is rooted.
Garret said:
2 - I have a folder with 1024x600 wallapapers and if I try to use them, the gallery crops them, how can I install them? My tab is rooted.
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I'm pretty certain you need 1200x1024. Scrolling left and right across the homescreens requires half a screens width to either side of the central screen. If you use a smaller image, what you're effectively doing is scaling it up and then cropping. You end up using a scaled up version of a 703(?)x600 section of your image.
1200x1024?? Where the hell are we going to find wallpapers in that res???
Did you try that?
There may be some different rules on size here since the entire UI supports portrait and landscape. If the rule for a panning static wallpaper is in fact double resolution, then you would need images in 2048x1024 reslolution so that the panning still works correctly in landscape as well.
EDIT: Nope, 1200x1024 appears to be what it prefers to use uses either way, the interface simply scales down the panning percentage when in portrait. Just make sure the subject of the photo is no more than half of the height of the full image or it may look a little funny in portrait.
Flikkie HD's wallapapers aren't so "HD", they look worse than my 1024x600 ones, but they work FINE.
Sigh..someone has to tell us for sure, I can't find any info on that.
Rapax was RIGHT. I checked the default wallapaper found at root / system / wallapaper / default wallpaper and it has the weird...1200x1024 resolution....damn...
@ Beestee - I just saw your edit. Yep..1200x1024 it is...
Rapax said:
I'm pretty certain you need 1200x1024. Scrolling left and right across the homescreens requires half a screens width to either side of the central screen. If you use a smaller image, what you're effectively doing is scaling it up and then cropping. You end up using a scaled up version of a 703(?)x600 section of your image.
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That explains a lot, thx. I always wondered.
To me the Flikie Wallpapers look good. It's not perfect, but good.
@rapax: Ah, ok thx. I thought because of the different resolution (compared to the display resolution) I had to crop them too. Will try it these days with these wallpaper size!
PROBLEM guys. Even if you try to choose a 1200x1024 wallpaper, it STILL CROPS IT.
The only method that works now is using the Flikkie HD app....
I reckon the only way to use them without being cropped would be to install them in the wallpaper folder.. ( launcher.apk ? )
But if you do that, wouldn't you need a cooked rom? It seems to me the phone would crash if you put any more walls in there..
Hi
I had the same problemes with croppy wallpapers so I wrote a small app to set an wallpaper on the galaxy tab. With this app they won't get scaled or cropped. Start the app, select Wallpaper wait and you have a perfect wallpaper Just be sure that the wallpaper is in the right size.
Have fun
Added some nice wallpapers with the right size.
Thanks hateman
Guys, just checked the Flikkie HD wallpapers : 960x854
EDIT: Flikkie HD will set the wallapaper even if it has a higher res. Just put a 1280x1024 wallpaper in Flikkie's folder and it worked just fine
hateman said:
Hi
I had the same problemes with croppy wallpapers so I wrote a small app to set an wallpaper on the galaxy tab. With this app they won't get scaled or cropped. Start the app, select Wallpaper wait and you have a perfect wallpaper Just be sure that the wallpaper is in the right size.
Have fun
Added some nice wallpapers with the right size.
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What a great little tool to avoid bad wallpaper compression! Works very nicely, thanks for your generosity!
Preciate Ya hateman....really do
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Yeah, works fine, thanks a lot!
Here is a collection of my wallpaper 1200x1024. Hope you will like them.
Hateman is the MAN! That app kicks butt! Now i can load my Sprint wallpapers to my Verizon Tab correctly!
Does anyone know how to change fonts and/or font sizes? This is an easy task in the Galaxy S but I cannot find the option anywhere. My old eyes are really struggling with the Sensation's font size. Might be a deal killer. Thanks for any help....
p.s. i 've found ways to make font size changes when viewing an email or using the internet but I am more concerned with the default Android font.....too damn small!
You could try the spare parts app. I can't guarantee it would work, but from what I remember, you could set the font to one of like 7 or 9 sizes from the app that was available in CM versions. Not sure if you could just install that .apk though?
I got to the office today and compared the Sensation's font with an Evo 4G. HTC's thinking makes no sense. For example, the EVO 4G's contact list is infinitely more readable despite the Sensation's larger screen!!! The font is so small that it is useless to even use pictures because they are not viewable for practical purposes.....just a blob of color.
The font is probably the same size but since the Sensation has a higher resolution it will look smaller. Sensation has a higher DPI than any WVGA phone
curious also how you can change the system/default font on the Sensation
eXelero said:
curious also how you can change the system/default font on the Sensation
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I'd like to know this too, especially for the Sensation's e-mail client (Sense). I've tried using both HTML and Plain text formats but as soon as you send an e-mail - which you're copied on and then check the results you get crappy size 12 "Times New Roman" font.
It looks crap HTC, does anyone have a solution... ?
Please.
MMB.
answered MANY times before, not until rooted can you use LCD density
Ok.
For me, I'm not too bothered about the font size or screen 'real-estate', I'm actually interested in having a solution that alows me to choose my font type in the e-mail client because frankly it looks crappy and unprofessional.
MMB.
i actually prefer the font size for this fone, when i held it next to my HD2, the difference was MASSIVE, for the HD2 the density was set to 160, and on the sensation, it seems to be around 180 or 190, but with the higher res, the text looks crisp, especially in gmail and websites
Hi,
You've certainly seen that each time you want to use a picture as a wallpaper, the operating system is resizing it and you're loosing a part of your picture.
Nobody from HTC has been able to answer about the right size of images to have it wallpaperized... so I tried some resolutions to finally find which fits the best.
Here is how to make a wallpaper for the QHD resolution of the Sensation :
I'm working with The GIMP, but every image software will be able to make you wonderfull wallpapers.
First of all, you have to crop your image to a 9:16 ratio. Easy to do : the tool for cropping can be forced to keep a fixed ratio, very usefull.
When this is done, resize your picture to the exact size of 540x960 ((width x length). If the picture is widened, don't hesitate to use a filter to soften it to your liking.
After that, create a new picture at the exact size of 674x1198 (to avoid white lines on the left and the right on the phone) --> copy and paste your picture in the new one, it shoud appear in the middle with big white margins.
Save this picture (i choose png but jpg shoud also work).
Finally, send this to your phone or transfer it.
When you choose your lovely picture to become a wallpaper, the cropping will only cut white margins ! \o/
it works! Thanks.