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Favorite live wallpaper

What is everyone's favorite live wallpaper and where you got it from?

Galactic Core. In the market.

the mario live wallpaper is easily the best

Flying Toast
New user, so can't post a link, but look it up on Appbrain. It's in the market.

Mario live wallpaper. And it doesn't consume my battery as other people have mentioned before
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Nexusmod, but I think that recently got removed from the market. I also like aSpiritBomb and Pixel Zombies. Both of those are in the market, but kind of drain battery.

halo45121 said:
Nexusmod, but I think that recently got removed from the market. I also like aSpiritBomb and Pixel Zombies. Both of those are in the market, but kind of drain battery.
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I don't know man my mario wallpaper does nothing to my battery. I don't understand you guys taking bout your live wallpaper drains battery
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Starfield. Unfortunately you have to look for a link to those file sharing sites.

khoavuong said:
Starfield. Unfortunately you have to look for a link to those file sharing sites.
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do you have a valid link?
I could not find it

This is the thread that i was looking for!

tjsooley said:
do you have a valid link?
I could not find it
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http://www.filestube.com/f5439908a519bae703ea,g/com-kalicinscy-wallpaper-starfield.html

Found another one: Justpictures!
It's actually an image viewer (better than the default, in fact), but it also gives you a live wallpaper that cycles through select favorited pics. Probably doesn't drag down the system like other live wallpapers, too. Free, too.

Thunderstorm live by far my fav
pay app .99 worth every cent for me

Nevermind. I figured it out.

my fav is NexusKang live wallpaper 'found in the market.

I really like the Light Grid wallpaper. It isn't interactive, or move when you switch screens. It is really costomizable; different colors, different size blocks, etc.
Personally I like having seasonal wallpaper, and being able to change the colors frequently is a way to have consistency and variety together.
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Wakka something or other. Its really pacman. Free. And customizable to the point that the board will form around your widgets. That and galactic core.
From a phone on an app

If someone knows of a wallpaper that uses the camera and works on the galaxy s please post the name.
From a phone on an app

shake them all, and zoomfield are pretty cool. i use zoomfield most of the time

'Seeds of Life' is awesome, and goes great with Samsung's TouchJizz if you have any sense of humor. You can find it in the market, along with 'Aquarium Free', 'AndWobble2 Premium' (if you're creative), and 'Bokeh Rainbow'

Wallpaper solution

If you've installed a new launcher, you may find the same thing I did: it's pretty much impossible to get an image to not distort when used for wallpaper. I messed with this for hours.
Then I discovered the app Wallpaper Set and Save. It runs on the NC, and it does one thing: set wallpaper so it's not distorted. Perfect.

Can you post the apk?
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Sure. Here 'tis.

Dolphin 4 set the wallpaper for me from an internet picture just fine, FYI.

This is only a work around though. I want undone whatever it was the launcher pro did or im going to flash my nook and start over.

I'd guess that Launcher Pro just undid whatever hackery B&N did to their rom to correct the natively terrible way android handles desktop images. This app just rehacks it.

Same issue
I had the same problem but what I did was just set launcher pro to show 1 col by 1 row then after the resize went back to 10 col by 10 rows. First pop-up the settings menu with the tiny little menu button between the battery and "U" buttons in the soft menu. Rows and columns are set in preferences>Homescreen settings.
Note this just got my icons back on screen but the wallpaper is still oversized.

Would a subforum for people who want to be LendMe friends be a good idea?
Or would it be better off here?
I think it would work out very well to separate the conversation so people can find people they want to lend books between. It didn't occur to me before for XDA because most of the forums have to do with phones that dont have this sort of social feature
just a thought

cabbieBot said:
Or would it be better off here?
I think it would work out very well to separate the conversation so people can find people they want to lend books between. It didn't occur to me before for XDA because most of the forums have to do with phones that dont have this sort of social feature
just a thought
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A very good thought. We just have to find Nookers who share similar interests. Its own thread would be a good idea.

devis said:
A very good thought. We just have to find Nookers who share similar interests. Its own thread would be a good idea.
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I'm certain a whole new website/forum will crop up with people willing to lend books to one another. The great thing about lending through the Nook is that you know you'll get your book back! (That is until someone figures out how to hack it to keep the book )

quietglow said:
Sure. Here 'tis.
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When I use the app, the wallpapers end up super-pixellated.
Any other hackery to get the wallpaper issues fixed?

Ev3rM0r3 said:
This is only a work around though. I want undone whatever it was the launcher pro did or im going to flash my nook and start over.
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*bump*
I agree... Any fixes?

Kindle app updated, Tablet support.

It looks very nice and fluid on the xoom. I like the new lay out it has for Honeycomb. The new store front UI is very nice as well. I like the scrollable Recommended For You across the top, and layout in general. I do like how in the settings it now shows which device name it is labeled as so you can change it on the amazon website to correctly reflect which device is which. I think my only gripe is that you can't change the background to a sepia effect so its more comfortable to read on.
My xoom updated automatically. I went to my apps on my Nexus s and it wasn't showing it as available for update, I had to search for it manually to perform the update. So for anyone not seeing the update on possible other devices do try the manual search in the market.
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Nice, millions times better than before but it would be nice if they added page turning animation and soother scrolling.

Any screenshot ?

yeah, i played around with it for a while. its a little buggy still, but a definite improvement. at least there is negative space around text. it would be nice to have better animations, two column support, and better overall horizontal screen responsiveness. the store in particular is borderline useless in horizontal orientation. about 30% of the way there

APK please?

mobilehavoc said:
Nice, millions times better than before but it would be nice if they added page turning animation and soother scrolling.
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diaa08 said:
yeah, i played around with it for a while. its a little buggy still, but a definite improvement. at least there is negative space around text. it would be nice to have better animations, two column support, and better overall horizontal screen responsiveness. the store in particular is borderline useless in horizontal orientation. about 30% of the way there
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I do tend to agree with both of you, while one of my main loves for Honeycomb is its drive to be very functional in landscape it does leave much to be desired in any apps as far as portrait goes.
Animations would be nice as would the two pages per screen, I guess owning a kindle myself it seems like they try to keep the app geared more like the device itself. I'm still surprised there aren't color options to increase ease of readability and provide longer battery options, two things the device itself captures but while Amazon designs the app to be more device like not just software like, fails to capture here.
I'm guessing the lack of these features leads to desire to want a kindle. Wouldn't want all the creature comforts and selling points in an app that could potentially steal your devices thunder.
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sirius b said:
It looks very nice and fluid on the xoom. I like the new lay out it has for Honeycomb. The new store front UI is very nice as well. I like the scrollable Recommended For You across the top, and layout in general. I do like how in the settings it now shows which device name it is labeled as so you can change it on the amazon website to correctly reflect which device is which. I think my only gripe is that you can't change the background to a sepia effect so its more comfortable to read on.
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There are option in setting for you to set your background colour (white / sepia / black).
Great app, got me to finally purchase kindle books!

dj_ghosie said:
There are option in setting for you to set your background colour (white / sepia / black).
Great app, got me to finally purchase kindle books!
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Under my settings all I see is Deregister This Device.
Device Name
And the option to use the volume buttons to change pages
No color controls. If I'm missing something please show me. I'd love to change this. I know some of the other readers in the market have this option.
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sirius b said:
Under my settings all I see is Deregister This Device.
Device Name
And the option to use the volume buttons to change pages
No color controls. If I'm missing something please show me. I'd love to change this. I know some of the other readers in the market have this option.
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You should have a brightness icon in the action bar, fourth from the right. Color options are there.

Can you sideload books into the Kindle app? I tried copying a mobi file to the kindle directory but it doesn't work..

Yes I have sideloaded books to kindle. Specifically some mobi files on android development from commonsware. I just dropped them in the kindle folder and they showed up.
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I'm not a huge fan of the layout now with the size of the gap around the text, there is a huge ammount of real estate wasted.
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Kcarpenter said:
I'm not a huge fan of the layout now with the size of the gap around the text, there is a huge ammount of real estate wasted.
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Me neither! So I wrote a quick email to Amazon and here's their reply:
Hello,
I'm sorry, currently the option to display 2 pages with adequate font size is not available in Kindle for Android.
I’ve forwarded your concern and suggestions to our development team and we'll consider your feedback as we plan further improvements. We regularly update our Kindle and Kindle application software with added features. I've let the Kindle team know you're interested in this feature.
We'll consider your feedback as we plan further improvements. It is always important for us to hear how customers react to all aspects. Your valuable feedback will help us to improve the selection and service we provide and we're glad you took time to write to us.
We do value the feedback of our customers and make every attempt to integrate their comments or suggestions into our stores and procedures.
As always, please feel free to contact us should you have future suggestions, questions or comments. We have team of experts who takes into consideration each and every feedback of our customers and brings them into practice.
Thank you for using Kindle.
Best regards,
Kaliraja M.
Amazon.com
Your feedback is helping us build Earth's Most Customer-Centric Company.

I can almost see the Xerox marks on that email response.
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JanetPanic said:
Yes I have sideloaded books to kindle. Specifically some mobi files on android development from commonsware. I just dropped them in the kindle folder and they showed up.
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Ok finally got it working. I had to force stop the kindle app first and restarted it before it could see the new books.
Are you sure the kindle app automatically detects the books once you copy them over to the kindle folder?

nice app but I like more to read ebooks on my Kindle. better for my eyes

musashiken said:
Ok finally got it working. I had to force stop the kindle app first and restarted it before it could see the new books.
Are you sure the kindle app automatically detects the books once you copy them over to the kindle folder?
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No I am not sure of that. I may have not had the Kindle app running or I may have hit "sync and check for new items." I have a few books I need to add to my xoom so I will try again today and pay attention.
On a different note is anyone else having problems with text select? It used to be the kindle app had a magnification of the text so I could tell what was being selected. They did away with that but kept the crappy handles. If they shift to the honeycomb text select I am fine without the magnification but using the small (kindle specific) handles I can not tell where I am which makes it difficult to grab a precise section of text.
Edit: I should mention I am at the smallest font size. I read mostly technical books and the more text I can get on the screen at once the easier it is to follow. Particularly sample code. On large font sizes text selection is not as much of a problem.

Does anyone know if text to speech will come to the Android Kindle??

What Ver do you have? im on 3.2.0.35

Nook Color CM7 Wallpaper size

I did a little searching on the forums but havnt come accross a post that has the correct size for a wallpaper size that wont look all pixelated and terrible when applied. ive tried 1200x1024 and even 1900x1024 it all looks pretty bad. Any information would be awesome! Thanks

No offense but didn't look to hard. The VERY first page of Themes and Apps section has the thread your looking for, with all the details you want. In a nutshell there is no REAL resolution, but that thread has the solution and it works very well.

obsidianblackhawk said:
No offense but didn't look to hard. The VERY first page of Themes and Apps section has the thread your looking for, with all the details you want. In a nutshell there is no REAL resolution, but that thread has the solution and it works very well.
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my bad i searched in General and Q&A i didnt think it would be in themes.

No worries, if you could see my face that was typed with a smile. We're all here (well most of us anyway) to make this awesome device more usable for everybody, i don;t mind helping at all. Didn't mean to come off rude if i did

obsidianblackhawk said:
No worries, if you could see my face that was typed with a smile. We're all here (well most of us anyway) to make this awesome device more usable for everybody, i don;t mind helping at all. Didn't mean to come off rude if i did
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Nah man its all good . Although i went to look at that wallpaper thread you were talking about. No matter WHAT i do when i apply a wallpaper i get this funky blocky gradient look 0_o. Runnin CM7 btw again. i dunno what the deal is

HaiKaiDo said:
Nah man its all good . Although i went to look at that wallpaper thread you were talking about. No matter WHAT i do when i apply a wallpaper i get this funky blocky gradient look 0_o. Runnin CM7 btw again. i dunno what the deal is
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Give Multi Picture Live Wallpaper a try, free in the market. Has worked 100% for me.
Rodney

Install QuickPic (free) and set wallpaper with it. It'll keep the image nice and sharp.
example: http://k.min.us/ib6DuE.png
It's also a great image viewer, faster than the gallery and easy to exclude certain folders.

Agree with previous post. Greaet app.

Quickpic does a good job for Portrait wallpapers but fails badly at Landscape. Ive tried everything possible on the nook for a locked landscape setup and the best result ive had was gathering a ton of pictures, slapping them into a folder, then selecting that folder inside a app called Wall Switch from the market, and just keep switching till a razor sharp one shows up.
I know its not a proper method, but after a while, at least one of them shows up super sharp and high-res and looks amazing. Wish i could be more precise, but thats all i got.

I love what you did
eozoon said:
Install QuickPic (free) and set wallpaper with it. It'll keep the image nice and sharp.
example: http:[slash,slash]k.min.us[slash]ib6DuE.png
It's also a great image viewer, faster than the gallery and easy to exclude certain folders.
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Eozoon, I wish you had posted how you arranged such a nice looking layout. Does anyone know what he used? I would love to know.
*EDIT* I found out where the battery and disk widgets come from, if I find out anymore I'll update my post.
Calendar widget
CPU widget
Folder icons
Battery % widget => Mini Info
disk usage widget => Mini Info
Toggle widget
Launcher/theme

I forgot what the clock is might just be beautiful widgets. Sorry I used to know but this ins't much help.
The cpu widget is SetCPU.
Not sure about the others.

Sm!th said:
Eozoon, I wish you had posted how you arranged such a nice looking layout. Does anyone know what he used? I would love to know.
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Calendar widget - I assume you mean the clock? That's Simi Clock, I also use Simple Calendar Widget for the actual calendar in an other homescreen.
CPU widget - SetCPU
Folder icons - Simi Folder
Battery % widget => Mini Info
disk usage widget => Mini Info
Toggle widget - Widgetsoid
Launcher/theme - ADW, default theme, I think. Wallpaper from Wallbase.

Thanks for the info. Now I can get mine looking spiffy.
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HaiKaiDo said:
Nah man its all good . Although i went to look at that wallpaper thread you were talking about. No matter WHAT i do when i apply a wallpaper i get this funky blocky gradient look 0_o. Runnin CM7 btw again. i dunno what the deal is
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Search on the market for an app called "Image 2 Wallpaper". It's given really clear images and allows for different scaling options.

[REQ] Blue wallpaper from GALAXY Nexus demos yesterday

Anyone know where I can get this wallpaper? I really like it.
http://phandroid.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/home-lg.png
Thanks in adv.

batting1000 said:
Anyone know where I can get this wallpaper? I really like it.
http://phandroid.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/home-lg.png
Thanks in adv.
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I believe it is a live wallpaper. I would like it as well. I don't think it was included in the system dump though. Someone could correct me if I'm wrong.
if the skies the limit, where's the urgency?

Yeah, it's live.
I'd be fine with a static version if someone could just photoshop the stuff ontop of the wallpaper, etc.

Would that be feasible?

How's this? I totally forgot where I found this, but I'm using it with Intel's ICS Launcher, and it's pretty nice. I'm working through the sdk now, so if I manage to get the live wallpaper to work, I'll post that as well.

jjhiza said:
How's this? I totally forgot where I found this, but I'm using it with Intel's ICS Launcher, and it's pretty nice. I'm working through the sdk now, so if I manage to get the live wallpaper to work, I'll post that as well.
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If you do, that'd be awesome! Then we could try to get the new youtube, launcher2, and more to work xP. But one step at a time lol.

jjhiza said:
How's this? I totally forgot where I found this, but I'm using it with Intel's ICS Launcher, and it's pretty nice. I'm working through the sdk now, so if I manage to get the live wallpaper to work, I'll post that as well.
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It's a Galaxy S2 wallpaper. (actually I'm not 100% it's gs2, but it's definitely a default wp from one of the latest phones lol)
Here's a better quality one.

You know what, I think you might be right. I think it's actually from the Nexus S…my fault. It looked kinda close to being a static image of the live wallpaper they used last night (granted I didn't get a great look at it), so I figured I'd share. The sdk dump has very little of value in it, other than for development purposes, but I'll download the Galaxy Nexus dump tomorrow, and see what I can find.
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