I installed launcher pro and it blew up my background size, now everytime i crop a new background it is like oversize past the screen boundaries so it looks like i used a much small image. I removed launcher pro and restarted the nc but it made no differnce.
I've also tried several different pictures and compared it too another instore nook. What could have changed to cause this? I have no issues modifying android but I don't know what could cause a screen image resize change.
same thing happened to me, removing launcherpro didn't fix it
I am also experiencing this after installing LauncherPro. I have not found a fix yet.
same here!
check my post under the General Discussion for the NC for a fix.
Well I'll be damned if i have to used an app to fix what already worked right. Theres something launcher pro changed. Someone has to have knowledge of this.
You can actually still use the stock settings app to set the wallpaper. I've found that ~600x920 gives me a good result with no stretching (puts the bottom of the image right above launcher pro's dock).
Set the wallpaper extents in landscape mode. That fixed it for me.
There's a nifty app that fixed this issue for me and now the wallpaper looks great (960 x 800). I know it's not native resolution, but it looks plenty HD to me
For reference, here's the wallpaper, it's like some sort of sidewalk drawing with the android logo on there http://www.talkandroid.com/wallpapers/image-android-abstracts-1573/
EDIT: Clicked Submit before telling you guys the app - it's called: Wallpaper Set and Save - do a quick google search for the APK and you should find it
Can someone find a real fix?
I have read all the posts on this. I uninstalled Launcher. If I follow the steps outlined my Nook Color does not change the wallpaper preview orientation if I hold it in Landscape mode. Actually since installing uninstalling launcher, my nook no longer rotates the orientation when I hold the Nook differently. Launcher just kind of made a mess of everything. I agree with the previous poster, why should we have to install an app or result to tricks (that don't work for me) when it all worked fine before launcher. Anyone know of a real fix for this? I even did a reinstall from a backup using Titanium... didn't fix it
Doesn't seem to be a Launcher Pro specific problem, just something with replacement launchers in general. I have had the same issue with Zeam. So far the only work around for me is using the 'landscape' trick which sometimes takes a few tries to get it to take. Wallpaper-set-and-save works kinda-sorta, it still cuts off the bottom of the image and 'zooms' a bit.
I have had good luck with creating proper size PNG wallpapers and setting those as recommended in the big thread on this.
So, maybe its just me, but i notice that my nook, on any rom, does not seem to do well when displaying images that have subtle gradients. i have attached an image that i wanted to use for my background - it looks great on screen, but like crap on the nook. Anyone else notice this? I love the screen in general, but looking at that image makes it feel like i am using an 8-bit screen...
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So, maybe its just me, but i notice that my nook, on any rom, does not seem to do well when displaying images that have subtle gradients. i have attached an image that i wanted to use for my background - it looks great on screen, but like crap on the nook. Anyone else notice this? I love the screen in general, but looking at that image makes it feel like i am using an 8-bit screen...
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I've found it can display images fine, but that when setting it as the wallpaper it messes up the gradient and also tends to make the image blurry, as though its changing the resolution (despite the image being 1200x1024 or whatever its suppose to be(possibly 1024x1200)
Color Banding with live wallpapers enabled
Hijacking this thread.
Is anyone else noticing color banding on NC with live wallpapers enabled?
For example, take a look at your desktop with the two settings:
1. Livewallpaper + analog clock widget
2. Regular wallpaper + analog clock widget
The clock displays horrible banding in test case #1. I tested this on 7.0.3. stable and several nightlies since. I've see a few posts on this in the other device forums but most of them seem to be issues with the supported bit depth of the actual screen itself or wallpapers in general so I wasn't sure if they were applicable.
Is this an Android issue or an issue with the rom? Something else?
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I've found it can display images fine, but that when setting it as the wallpaper it messes up...
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I recommend Wallpaper Set and Save, free in the Market, to fix that problem.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.android.wallpapersetandsave
It's a funny old app, made for Cupcake I think and hasn't been changed since then. The UI is small and kind of odd looking. Changing the default settings won't stick on my Nook Color. It really wants your wallpaper to be in SDCard/wallpapers. So it barely works, but it does make wallpaper look better.
Thanks for the suggestion. I've tried that app before but it looked like it was only for regular wallpapers (where I'm not really seeing the banding)? That or I'm dense and overlooking something.
Also where are the stock wallpapers normally stored on cm7 install?
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You know, there were a lot of people who noticed banding on the HD2 roms, and it did seem to vary between various roms. I never really noticed it (perhaps I used the good roms), so didn't follow it much, and couldn't say if there was a fix. But, there should be many threads on it in the HD2 android section.
I've also noticed pretty severe banding in gradients for both jpeg and png images.
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So, maybe its just me, but i notice that my nook, on any rom, does not seem to do well when displaying images that have subtle gradients. i have attached an image that i wanted to use for my background - it looks great on screen, but like crap on the nook. Anyone else notice this? I love the screen in general, but looking at that image makes it feel like i am using an 8-bit screen...
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As said, use something besides Gallery and it'll look fine. I use Wall Switcher and have some 20 jpg's in a directory and it switches 'em every 15 minutes, but there are lots of options.
It's not the NC, the ROM... it's the app you're using to set the background.
Just to clarify, the entire desktop starts exhibiting banding (icons, Widgets) and not just the desktop background. Almost as if the os is switching color depth. Can you guys reproduce this on your cm7 installs? Maybe I need to post screens or something.
This ONLY happens when I select a livewallpaper. Regular wallpapers dont affect the widgets and desktop icons like this. If its a matter or how im setting the live wallpaper, How do you set a live wallpaper using gallery or any other apps? What directory are they stored? Thanks.
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7 replies and not one person mentions that the nook's screen is only 16 bit... of course there will be gradients, its a small issue and when I noticed it with a space themed background went ''meh'', and used a different one.
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7 replies and not one person mentions that the nook's screen is only 16 bit... of course there will be gradients, its a small issue and when I noticed it with a space themed background went ''meh'', and used a different one.
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Ah. Well that would make more sense. I always thought the display was 24-bit because people are always comparing it to the Ipad screen. The clock does look distractingly bad though haha...maybe I'm just anal.
Just added some screenshots using the Grass Live Wallpaper versus one of the stock CM7 ones. For posterity.
Go to the app store and download "Large Image Viewer" it will solve all your problems. The nook color screen is an IPS display, the same as the ipad and much better than other andriod tablets. Large Image Viewer is a very fast hi res viewer and no, I am in no way affiated with them.
Tom
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Go to the app store and download "Large Image Viewer" it will solve all your problems. The nook color screen is an IPS display, the same as the ipad and much better than other andriod tablets. Large Image Viewer is a very fast hi res viewer and no, I am in no way affiated with them.
Tom
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Errr...thanks but how is that related to this thread? haha
Dalingrin's OC kernels are 16-bit, stock is 24-bit. It's about that simple.
I campaigned for a way to switch live, and at one point he considered just such a kernel mod but I don't think it ever went anywhere.
Rodney
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Dalingrin's OC kernels are 16-bit, stock is 24-bit. It's about that simple.
I campaigned for a way to switch live, and at one point he considered just such a kernel mod but I don't think it ever went anywhere.
Rodney
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Finally some info related to my question. Going back to the stock kernel fixed the banding issue with live wallpapers. Thank you! If anyone else is interested...details are in the OC Kernel thread (search banding, color bit depth, etc.). Wish this was explicitly stated in the OC kernel OP.
Live Wallpaper Banding
Divine_Madcat said:
So, maybe its just me, but i notice that my nook, on any rom, does not seem to do well when displaying images that have subtle gradients. i have attached an image that i wanted to use for my background - it looks great on screen, but like crap on the nook. Anyone else notice this? I love the screen in general, but looking at that image makes it feel like i am using an 8-bit screen...
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I'm noticing the same thing. The screen seems to handle gradients in regular wallpapers fine, but gradients in Live Wallpapers look horrible. Like someone stated it's like it's changing bit-depth. I'm on a stock, totally virgin Nook Color. Does anyone know how to work around this? I'm building Live Wallpapers and what looks fine on other devices looks terrible on the Color.
Hi to all.
I cant find a solution to my problem and maybe someone can help me.
I have found some wallpapers for our Note in the right resolution (800x1280) to use these in my lockscreen.
The problem is that when i choose a wallpaper with lot of black color and choose it as lockscreen wallpaper i can see some horizontal lines on it.
If i choose the same image as phone wallpaper everything is ok.
Where is the problem?
Thank you all.
I have the exact same issue. Horizontal lines on lock screen, but looks fine everywhere else. I don't have the solution, but maybe I can help you out a bit.
I did some searching, it turns out that there's some sort of software bug that doesn't allow black images to be truly black but rather very dark grey. The thread is somewhere in this forum.
Also the native lock screen resolution is actually smaller than the screen resolution because of the notification bar. Per this forum: http://androidforums.com/htc-hero/37268-lockscreen-resolution-compression-issues-false-info.html
Also when you set an image to be the lock screen, it seems the picture is re-scalled and saved again (in another directory), which means compressed again.
Android phones usually don't display images in 24 or 32 bit color but rather 16 bit color, which means color banding. More on that information somewhere in this thread also.
My suggestion is:
1. Find out the native lock screen resolution. I'm also searching for the figure.
2. Edit your photo, change it to that resolution, and make sure the black areas of that image are truly digitally black (000000), and save it as an uncompressed image.
Maybe the horizontal lines are because the image is being re-scalled, re compressed, and the image being displayed at 16 bit color with a "true black but" is resulting in horizontal lines.
The solution is this. I'm using it and black is perfect.
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The solution is this. I'm using it and black is perfect.
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Not bad idea at all...I have used widgetlocker in my previous phones but somehow i had some little problems like small lugs or battery draining.
I dont know if in the latest version is fixed.
But ill try cause i love black lockscreen in our huge super screen...
edit:Not working properly for me cause i have lower destiny...
Ah, what a shame! But WL does work, so if you ever go back to the stock density i highly recommend you using it.
Magick locker is free so you can test that, get a theme and customize wallpaper, set any black image and its fine. so its samsung lockscreen software bug
One simple solution, use wallpaper wizardrii!!
It solved all my wallpaper problems!
Wicked app & highly recommended. Link - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.twistedapps.wallpaperwizardrii&hl=en
Functions of wallpaper wizardrii:
Wallpaper Wizardrii, "Changing the way you set wallpaper" ™.
Twisted Apps just bought an Asus Transformer to make WW work for tablets. We have a beta so if you want to try it e-mail.
Set your own images, Portrait, Landscape, and Crop; all with No Scroll or Scroll. Check out set Exact or Crop Exact! Set images from WW, file browser, or Android's Gallery (Share as). Check Home App compatibility with No Scroll option (only).
When trying to set an independant lockscreen wallpaper HTCs gallery insists on cropping the height, despite the lockscreen wallpaper space being the full 1080x1920, this results in a zoomed in wallpaper on the lockscreen for zero reason. When setting to use the same as the homescreen it uses the full 1080x1920 wallpaper no problem/distortion. I'm using arhd 71.1 w/ the sense 6 toolbox, I've been through all the settings, tried all the xposed modules that look relevent; even tried something developed for another device to unrestrict the crop bounding box but I think that was supposed to work with the aosp gallery. Everything that sounds remotely promising ends up back the the HTC gallery and it's restricted bounding box.
I'd be happy to manually change settings and files somewhere, just cram my desired wallpaper in where the system will look for the lockscreen wallpaper and reboot; if I had any idea where to look or if that's even possible. I'd even be happy to put the time in writing an app/mod, except I've zero idea how - "how to dev for noobies" is something I've never come across here, and not for not looking.
Any pointer in any useful direction? Please?
Hello i have an C6603 with android 5.1.1 and this problem,
on the upper and lower display area there are steps.
The wallpaper picture is fine no steps but if i use it as wallpaper. steps shows up (any picture i use)
I use this wallpaper also on diffrent xperia with 4.1.2 and there aren´t any problems or steps.
Picture has .PNG format with 2160x1920 resolution, pictures attached left is original and right is a screenshot from phone.
hope there is any solution.
Try converting it into .jpg and then if it is still perfect as you want it apply as wallpaper... post results here.
Graphic is self doesnt have that, so its mean that launcher put those shadows there. Check your launcher setting to turn it off.
But sadly some launchers doesnt provide such settings so you cant do more in this situation beside modifying graphic it self to make those shadows less "steppy".
Converting it to jpg format doesnt make any changes beside adding more compression artifact(but on hi-res screen they should not be visible)
where is the launcher option on android 5.1.1 ?
If you use stock Sony launcher... there is no such thing. I would recommend using custom launcher that are plenty in market, test them a bit, check what you like. I can ensure you that usage experience can be improved with custom launcher, because stock one is really useless and limited.