[Q] Filesystem location of the lockscreen walpaper? - Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Where on the android filesystem is the lockscreen wallpaper stored?
Is it different from version to version of the Android?
Or maybe it is launcher specific?
I couldn't find any mentioned of it in the SDK.
I'm not just looking for the way of setting the lock screen WP via menu, which has mandatory cropping in new TW anyways.

obender said:
Where on the android filesystem is the lockscreen wallpaper stored?
Is it different from version to version of the Android?
Or maybe it is launcher specific?
I couldn't find any mentioned of it in the SDK.
I'm not just looking for the way of setting the lock screen WP via menu, which has mandatory cropping in new TW anyways.
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On launcher2.apk under /system/app/. Copy it to the PC and use 7zip to extract launcher2. I don't have my personal PC, else I would have given you the exact folder name.
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Interesting, so whenever use changes lock wallpaper it get's repackaged in to that APK?

I've examined the above mentioned APK and although it contains a bunch of wallpaper images none of them is a lock screen one. Which makes sense, why the APK will have current lock screen repackaged in to it. Just doesn't make sense.
So the currently set lockscreen wallpaper must be saved either on the file system or in the launcher DB.
Any ideas where it is?

In case someone needs it, it is here (for TouchWiz):
/data/data/com.android.sec.galery3d/zzzzzz_lockscreen_wallpaper.jpg

obender said:
In case someone needs it, it is here (for TouchWiz):
/data/data/com.android.sec.galery3d/zzzzzz_lockscreen_wallpaper.jpg
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This is killing me. I've spent a couple hours now looking for the frickin' location of my lockscreen wallpaper, and was super excited to find this, the only post on the internets with a path to the file rather than a path to the default system wallpapers or some other answer to a question similar to the one asked (where's my current lockscreen wallpaper stored?), but this path isn't on my galaxy s2.
Anyone have any idea where it might be? It HAS to be somewhere, right? I mean, it's being loaded when I turn on the phone, so even though the original that I used to set it is gone, it has to be cached somewhere.

obender said:
In case someone needs it, it is here (for TouchWiz):
/data/data/com.android.sec.galery3d/zzzzzz_lockscreen_wallpaper.jpg
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Found it at /data/data/com..sec.android.galery3d/lockscreen_wallpaper.jpg on an AT&T Gnote2 with stock Android 4.1.2.

How to find lockscreen wallpaper photo on Samsung Galaxy Note 4.
Root needed and an app like Root Explorer to navigate to the file.
/data/data/com.sec.android.gallery3d/files/lockscreen_wallpaper.jpg
My girl passed away and I had her photo on my lockscreen Note4... if anyone else needs this information.

for Samsung Stratosphere ii it's under /system/wallpaper

what about s3 mini?

For my grand is at data/data/com.sec.android.app.wallpaperchooser/files. The files have not extension

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ADW Launcher and cooking

Hi All,
I'm wondering if anyone knows how to define the settings for ADW.Launcher in a custom ROM. Is there some sort of XML file I can put in /system or something?
I'd like to pre-define the icons/widgets on the desktop and the action buttons.
jrebeiro said:
Hi All,
I'm wondering if anyone knows how to define the settings for ADW.Launcher in a custom ROM. Is there some sort of XML file I can put in /system or something?
I'd like to pre-define the icons/widgets on the desktop and the action buttons.
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Umm. You would need to look at how ADW stores its settings just now. They will be in /data/data/com.adw.launcher/ or something like that. Play with the files there and see what happens and look inside the sqlite databases etc.
Then try putting those files into the data folder of your zip.Give that a go.
Did anybody get this to work yet? A similar question was asked in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7571896#post7571896
I replied with an XML file I found that may be useful, but I didn't get a chance to test it yet.

Samsung Galaxy S2 wallpaper

Is it possible to get the wallpaper of Samsung Galaxy S2 (the one which is used in S2)?? I googled but could not find..
Wait till the phone is released..
download them from here:
http://androidadvices.com/samsung-galaxy-s2-stock-wallpapers/
Or you can find some here: galaxy-s2.com/?p=305
minty1978 said:
download them from here:
http://androidadvices.com/samsung-galaxy-s2-stock-wallpapers/
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Thanks guy its gre8
how can i get these images from phone? where are they in the system?
Would also like to know how to add images to the wallpaper gallery.
Ever since installing ICS it now only lets me crop my damn images resulting in part of the image, seeing as I can only expand the orange square so far
Tried it with both the old & new galleries as well, guessing its an ICS issue as it happens on my tablet too (also on ICS)
If it doesn't expand to the full size, it means the downloaded picture is larger than 960x800 which is the scrollable resolution. Try opening the file in Paint or Photoshop and adjusting the resolution.
emre220 said:
how can i get these images from phone? where are they in the system?
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If downloaded from a browser, they should be in App drawer > My files > Download. Otherwise if you're using a wallpaper app, check it's corresponding folder in My Files. Hope that helps.
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[Q] wallpaper folder

Hi all, wondering if anybody could help me!!
Google has turned up nothing so far so im gonna ask away!!
I am currently using nobodyatall's cm7 2.0 on my x10mini and am wondering where and how I can save pictures that I want as wallpapers.
Basically I don't want wallpapers to show up in my regular picture gallery, I want them only to show in the wallpaper gallery when i go to change wallpapers.
Is there a folder on the SD card or the internal memory, or is there a way I can open an APK in winrar or whatever and drop the pictures in there?
Regards
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There are two ways that I can think of for you to do this. First, just create a folder in your SD card labeled wallpapers (or whatever you want). Then place all your wallpapers there.
Easy way: Use QuickPics. It has an option to hide a folder from the gallery. Just long press on the folder and you'll find the option.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.alensw.PicFolder
Still easy (just not automated):create an empty file in your wallpaper folder with filename ".nomedia" without the quotes. This will prevent the gallery from scanning that folder. This also works to prevent music files from showing in the player.
To change your wallpaper, if using QuickPic, just press your menu button > show hidden > enter the folder and click the picture > use as wallpaper. If you don't want to use QuickPic, use a file manager to go the wallpaper folder then select your picture from there.
Great sugestions, especially the hideden folder option, however what I'm looking for (I wasn't quite sure how to explain this properly before!!) is to be able to add images directly to the menu of wallpapers like when you long press the screen and it gives you options to change the wallpaper I get a list of options, cyanogen wallpapers, gallery, live wallpapers, wallpaper gallery and wallpapers.
I would like to be able to add wallpapers directly to one of these menus, so I'm looking for the folder in which they are all kept in. I found one in one of the internal apk's, but i'm not sure if I can just inject them into the apk and also whether i need to include thumbnail size png's as the ones included with cyanogen seem to have these to.
Thanks for a great comprehensive reply. If all fails, I'll be looking at the hidden folder option!!
Cheers!
That's a bit harder. Sounds like it shouldn't be but it actually is since you'll be modding an apk. Here are a couple of links to get you started if you're really interested in doing this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=646424
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2915198&postcount=4
http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f4/wallpaper-directory-11685/
leftAlone said:
That's a bit harder. Sounds like it shouldn't be but it actually is since you'll be modding an apk. Here are a couple of links to get you started if you're really interested in doing this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=646424
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2915198&postcount=4
http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f4/wallpaper-directory-11685/
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Thanks man, some great info, the first post really hits the nail on the head, I didn't think of checking the other forums (duh me, it's all android!!)!!
So it looks like I will have to take out the launcher.apk and recompile it after editing the xml file that contains the details of the names of the wallpapers. I'm guessing this is some sort of framework xml for the purposes of creating the horizontal table that you can swipe across to view the previews of the pictures.
This makes sense I guess, loading a table reather than using up memory to load a gallery style viewer that indexes the pictures seems much more streamlined seeing that is only for the use of wallpapers, however I do like the wallpaper gallery style that the xml framewrok brings.
I guess I'm going take the newer(and some older) wallpapers from other cm roms and rename them over some of the exisitng files. This way I shouldn't have to delve too deeply!!!
Thanks again for the help and info leftAlone, you are a star!!!

"Wallpaper switcharoo" for android

Does it exist?
This is hands down the coolest app ever and it's the ONLY reason I haven't flashed CM9 on my touchpad.
Is there anything even close to this app for android.
J3ff said:
Does it exist?
This is hands down the coolest app ever and it's the ONLY reason I haven't flashed CM9 on my touchpad.
Is there anything even close to this app for android.
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I haven't tested any of these on my TP, but
here and here are apps that should be able to do the job.
The best way to do this I found was:
1. downloading a similar Android app (I'm using "Wallpaper Changer"),
2. getting the "Wallpaper Switcheroo" files you downloaded accessible in Android (I downloaded them to a PC and then back to Android in a new folder), and
3. In Wallpaper Changer, make the files your default folder, set to randomly change at x-interval and voilĂ . All set.
bdesja1 said:
The best way to do this I found was:
1. downloading a similar Android app (I'm using "Wallpaper Changer"),
2. getting the "Wallpaper Switcheroo" files you downloaded accessible in Android (I downloaded them to a PC and then back to Android in a new folder), and
3. In Wallpaper Changer, make the files your default folder, set to randomly change at x-interval and voilĂ . All set.
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Cool thanks, do u know if switcheroo automatically downloads new photos after a while? or is it always just a default set.
Multi Picture Live Wallpaper app in Market works well.
I have a different wallpaper for each of my 5 homescreens plus a sixth wallpaper for my lockscreen.
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[Q] Apex Launcher / MultiPicture Live Wallpaper

After perusing the Nexus 10 Themes and Apps forum, I was motivated to finally try out a custom launcher. I successfully installed Apex Launcher and the Sphere Theme icons on both my Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 and really liked them. However, I then saw what some people were able to do with custom wallpapers via apps such as MultiPicture Live Wallpaper.
Unfortunately, that's where I started to run into trouble. Even with the assistance of the wonderful niteowl360, I have been unsuccessful getting MultiPicture Live Wallpaper to display correctly. All attempts to set a wallpaper through the app result in "Screen #: Picture is unavailable. Need to setup or reload."
I have also run into an issue where other wallpaper apps also simply display a black screen when I try to set an uncropped picture as the wallpaper.
I was wondering if anyone else has run into this issue and found a way around it. Is it Apex launcher causing problems with uncropped live wallpapers?
(Apologies for not putting this on the Themes and Apps forum, but as a new member, I can't post there.)
Make sure the location to your wallpapers you want set is dead on, even capitals matter. Best to use something like Solid Explorer or ES Explorer to see the exact name of the path, you can even copy and paste it. I had that problem because I had a capital off.
Varekai said:
Make sure the location to your wallpapers you want set is dead on, even capitals matter. Best to use something like Solid Explorer or ES Explorer to see the exact name of the path, you can even copy and paste it. I had that problem because I had a capital off.
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At no point does it ask me to input the location of the wallpaper. When I select "Single Picture", it displays my gallery and I can select any picture on my device (or in Picasa, though I've been trying with one that I know is on my device, because that seems like it would work better).
Lokitez said:
At no point does it ask me to input the location of the wallpaper. When I select "Single Picture", it displays my gallery and I can select any picture on my device (or in Picasa, though I've been trying with one that I know is on my device, because that seems like it would work better).
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Okay, I have gotten it to where I can specify the exact directory and file, but it still hasn't resolved the issue. Is there a specific file-type or location required? I've tried both .png and .jpg, to no avail.

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