I'm a big fan of customizing homescreen and that's one of the reasons why i love android so much and never liked the scrolling wallpapers in android launchers, So i always stop the wallpaper scrolling and then the next thing is that it's always awesome to have model wallpapers once in a while as the wallpaper but then it's really hard to find a good collection of model wallpapers that fits nicely. So i always have to search alot to find good stuff, so i thought of sharing what i've found with yo'll.
I'm not sure if all the lauchers support "wallpaper scroll" to stop or allow but most 3rd party launchers like NOVA, APEX,TSF shell...ect supports this, So this is for all those who want hot model wallpapers that does not scroll
I'm using these on my Galaxy Note 2 and they look great not full HD but still it's all good quality.
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http://www40.zippyshare.com/v/10840691/file.html
Here's something special for those who does not like to use the same wallpaper every single day. Most of you might know these apps already but this is for those who does not know about these amazing apps. So basically what they do is that they let you change your wallpaper automatically or with a simple click of a widget. so that you don't have to go through all the photos over and over again to select a new photo as your wallpaper. you can select a your folder or album with your favorite photos and then the app will change the wallpaper according to your settings. This is just the basic idea about these 3 apps you will understand what to do with it once you instal and check em out for yourself.
#1
Wallpaper Changer
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.j4velin.wallpaperChanger&hl=en
#2
Automatic Wallpaper Changer
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.ohanasiya.android.flickwallnet&hl=en
#3
Multipicture Live Wallpaper
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.tamanegi.wallpaper.multipicture&hl=en
I highly recommend wallpaper Changer #1 which is what i use daily.
> Low Ram use
>Low battery use
>Very simple
>2 modes - Live wallpaper and Stand alone app mode (if you don't tick the live wallpaper option it goes as a stand alone app
Multipicture live wallpaper is also great and has alot more features than my #1 and the best thing about it is that you can select different wallpapers for different screens it looks really cool. but make sure when you're in the settings you edit the memory consumption setting to LOW or Medium because otherwise it mat take too much of your ram.
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Hi,
I know u can uncheck the wallpaper scrolling option in ADW, but i was wondering if someone has a trick to modify the selection area for setting your wallpaper.
Basically I would like that selection area of your wallpaper fits the size of N1's screen.
Right know the selection includes the scrollable area and when u make it "un-scrollable" you end up with just a part of the wallpaper ,
any idea?
thanks!
i don't think you can do it with the stock launcher, but other like ADW and LauncherPro have options like that.... although it looks weird after seeing how cool it is.
When you make the wallpaper, create it "full size" and then just leave whatever you want to stay put in the center of the wallpaper.
Don't crop it, set it, ????, profit.
Or search for Wallpaper Maker in the market, allows for custom cropping for a portrait image, or image stitching.
FOR THE USERS WHO JUST WANT TO SEE THE VIDEO DEMO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZHIH7F0Z4g
Have you had an LG phone like the BL-40 Chocolate or the KP-500 cookie before with that cool 3d cube thingy, and wish you had the same for your android phone? Well, here's something that closely resembles that.
The chocolate had 2 home screens, and the wallpaper can be set differently for the two screens. When i bought the galaxy s, my very first android phone, i hoped that it had a similar thing, only now with 7 home screens to fill widgets with. Sadly, it didn't come with that feature (although the live wallpapers was a cool alternative).
And then i came across MultiPicture Live Wallpaper (free on the market) that let me set a different picture for each homescreen. AND it came with some AWESOME screen transitions. Also, you are not limited to just one picture, you can set a whole album to be shuffled for each homescreen. Cool yeah?
So i was impressed with that. Then I saw that launcher pro was having an update. In the newest version, Fede included some cool transition effects so I immediately updated and tried it out.
I don't know if it was fate or what, but the transition effects of the live wallpaper and launcher pro really work great together. Now my phone looks cooler than before!
Here's how to create the same setup
1. Download launcher pro. It's free and i believe the transition effects come with the free version.
2. Customize to your hearts content. Place widgets, shortcuts, etc just fill the homescreen with content so that you can see the effect.
3. Select transition effect. Press the context menu button while on your homescreen > preferences > homescreen settings > transition effect.
4. Download Multipicture Live Wallpaper and set it as your wallpaper
5. Set a picture for each homescreen. You can even set a whole folder to shuffle pictures from.
6. Set the transition effect that you want to go with your launcher pro transition effect. Press the context menu while on your homescreen>wallpaper>configure.
7. Enjoy!
Tip - go to launcher pro settings > advanced settings > minimum scrolling speed, then set it to 0.. it will slower the swipe speed (provided that you swiped your finger slowly as well)
Transition effects that go nicely with each other as shown in the video:
LP - Cube
MPLW - Cube
LP - Scale
MPLW - Swap
LP - Flip
MPLW - Swing
Okay So First of all this is not an app or something which I developed , Its just a tutorial to make your phone look better and give a 3d sense.
Please take out some time and try this cuz it's really cool. You will not regret it. But if you are not interested dont proceed further
EVERYTHING WILL BE IN LANDSCAPE AND 3D. Works smoothly!!
Things you will need.
1. ADW Launcher EX (The latest version cuz it had an option to remove the dock completely) I hate docks
2. Multi Live wallpaper. (download from market for free)
ADW launcher Settings
Go to UIsettings-->Icons
(select new icons)
Icon size: 70
Icon Label Color: #06474747 ( That's all in icons)
Go to Main Dock
Disable dock(on)
Go to Screen Preferences
Desktop Columns: 8 Desktop rows: 6
Home orientation: Landscape
Hide status bar : on
Advanced settings--> Check Auto Stretch (for widgets)
Go to drawer settings
Fullscreen : on
Then come out of UIsettings and go to General behaviour --> Gestures
Swipe up actions :Open/close App drawer
General behaviour---> ANimation and effects
Infinite scroll : OFF
Desktop scrolling speed: 657
Wallpaper scrolling: On (Make sure its on other wise this tut is not gona work)
Thats all with the adw launcher. Now your screen must be in landscape and you will have more room on your Screens
Now lets add 3d
Multi Live Wallpaper
Install Multi live wallpaper (make sure you have a folder with awesome wallpapers on your sdcard)
Multi live wallpaper settings--> Common Settings
Picture source: picture folder (Give path of your folder with wallpapers)
Crop/Resize ratio: Fit to fullscreen
Decrease Saturation: 70%
Go back to multilivewallpaper
Transition Type: Inside cube
Double Tap to change pic: On
Color depth: High color(16bit)
That's it save and enjoy:
Gives you a complete tablet experience with 3d
Notable apps
1. 3 music player
2. Wp7 messaging metro
3. Colorize widgets
4. Circle battery widget
5. Alternative drawer(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1154299)
6. A.I type keyboard
7. My settings
8. One more clock
9. Sms enhancer (popup's like iphone)
All this looks like a lot of work but once you get it done then you will never want to go back. Just wanted to share this with you guys hope this helps atleast a few. Thankyou [
Screenshots
The Screenshots with multiple wallpapers are the pics taken during 3d transitions of the screens Dont mind
press thanks if u find anything useful
good post, seems like you put a lot of work into it. do you have any screen shots?
mfndoom said:
good post, seems like you put a lot of work into it. do you have any screen shots?
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sadly i need time to post my screenshots cuz i gave my phone to a frnd. it will be back by 2mrw
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I've been looking around a lot but can't find anything.
Any suggestions?
I love the minimalistic look of S8/N8 animated wallpapers, however the problem with them is that they can only be applied to both lock and home screen. You can't choose only one (at least I couldn't find that option). Applying infinity wallpaper on both and then a separate lock screen only wallpaper would break the infinity wallpaper on home screen.
Hit me up with some minimalistic live wallpapers
Don't need to be too flashy and I'm fond of blue-ish colors.
I dont know if it is what you are looking for but I sometimes use one called black live wallpaper, from the playstore
It's not bad but it's basically just parallax with sparkling effects and not really what I'm looking for.
I found an app called simply Motion by maxelus.net on Play Store. It's paid but one of the most beautiful live wallpapers I've seen and very much like Samsungs infinity stuff.
Fair warning: I'm extremely anal about icons, so yeah.
I can't stand ugly icons on my home screen and in general. One my biggest gripes about any non-OxygenOS UI's is the fact that you can't customise your icons. Third party launchers don't play well with Android's native gestures (though using Good Lock's Task Changer fixes it) and doesn't allow for two different displays on our phones. And since FNG doesn't work well at all with the Z Fold 2 - I was forced to use OneUI with native gestures.
Hex_ theming allows for different icons, but you're stuck with the specific theme's icons which doesn't allow for diversity at all. Not to mention, certain icons (such as Chase Bank's, and Dunkin Donuts') are blurry and look dreadful. Hex is perfect to change the quick setting colour and status bar icons, so I highly recommend everyone look into it if you're looking to theme your quick settings/status bar. However, for those that are extremely picky about icons - it may not be the best.
However, I came across this app that looked interesting, it's called Shortcut Maker: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=rk.android.app.shortcutmaker&hl=en_US&gl=US
It's a free app so feel free to play with it. But what it allows for is creating a 1x1 widget that when you click on, you can launch an app, do a specific command, etc., and it looks like the creator is adding more functionality. You can add these 1x1 widgets into folders and the dock too. You can also choose the size of the icon, the shape, and you can even select your desired icon from icon packs from the Play Store! Watch it action in the video below.
One thing that I absolutely love about OneUI is the beautiful animations when you swipe up to go home. The animation, fluidity, and the way the icon actually wiggles a little bit looks amazing. When I first created a widget with Shortcut Maker, I saw that the swipe home didn't do the animation, much to my dismay. I thought that it's fine, and a smaller price to pay to not look at ugly icons. But then I decided to add the default icon in one of my folders and try to swipe - 'lo and behold, the animation is there. When you do swipe home, it does go into the folder with the app, but it still looks great. I highly recommend it for those that enjoy custom icons and don't mind spending quite a bit of time perhaps redoing their apps.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4WZXBcCK2c
would be good to be able to create an icon for launcher folder (not the file folder!) where you can put apps icons. That would be an ultimate customizer.
sorg said:
would be good to be able to create an icon for launcher folder (not the file folder!) where you can put apps icons. That would be an ultimate customizer.
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Not a bad idea at all! I think you can leave it as a comment on the Play Store and the developer may look into it. The app isn't crazy popular and being flooded with comments so the developer can actually read them and respond.