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Old November 12th, 2012, 09:13 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Hi all,

I've tried this a few times but the phone seems
to refuse to do it :-\
anyone managed it?

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Old November 12th, 2012, 09:20 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Hi all,

I've tried this a few times but the phone seems
to refuse to do it :-\
anyone managed it?

cheers
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Settings -> Display -> Wallpaper -> Home and Lockscreen
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Old November 12th, 2012, 09:31 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Hi all,

I've tried this a few times but the phone seems
to refuse to do it :-\
anyone managed it?

cheers
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right from the Gallery app find the picture you want, menu button, set picture as, Lock Screen, crop it and hit done
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Old November 12th, 2012, 09:37 AM   #4 (permalink)
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thanks guys.yes you would think that wouldn't you, but on
mine neither way works.only get stock lock screen :-\
I'm talking about the screen with the
pattern unlock on it btw

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i set up my patter lock to see if thats the issue but i can still change the background image no issues
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thanks for testing. yes it's odd, mine just won't set it
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I've found that I can only set it from the gallery and only using the gallery to crop too. If I use quickpic to crop (which I use for the homescreen to accommodate scrolling) it just wont set
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Old November 12th, 2012, 11:33 AM   #8 (permalink)
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just tried setting both again through the display settings route
and mine doesn't even set the home screen :-\
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Do you have a different launcher installed or any other apps that might be overriding the controls?
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Assume this is all with gallery? Maybe clear defaults?
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Old November 13th, 2012, 11:47 AM   #12 (permalink)
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yeah I'm using apex launcher. wallpaper ok for home screen
on that. yeah just been trying it with gallery stock app recently
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yes using apex launcher.just been trying with stock gallery.
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