Temporary Solution: Go to the image in your photos app, go to crop. Click on the third button from the right that looks like multiple screens overlapped. Select 'wallpaper' and adjust the photo from there. Save it and set it as your wallpaper.
After updating my iPhone to iOS 17.1.1 i've figured out that the blur effect on Home Screen wallpaper isn't working anymore. Even after reboot my phone, changing the picture or turning OFF/ON the blur effect.
On my iphone 12, same ios17.1.1, same problem, this solution did work. Even though, within Settings, after adding blur and clicking done, the Wallpaper selection page still showed it as unblurred. Nonetheless, taking the next step, quitting Settings completely still revealed a blurred wallpaper.
"iOS 17.1.1 Home Screen wallpaper blur effect not working: After updating my iPhone to iOS 17.1.1 i've figured out that the blur effect on Home Screen wallpaper isn't working anymore. Even after reboot my phone, changing the picture or turning OFF/ON the blur effect."
c) Anytime you change your Wallpaper choice (I have about 10 on my phone that I move between depending on my mood) ... for any Wallpapers that use a single image, blur holds Ok ... any wallpapers that use two images lose the blur setting ... even though the customisation screen shows it is in play.... you then need to unset it, quite Settings, go back into settings and re-set it and quit settings again... should stay until you change your Wallpaper.
I can make the background image blurry, but I believe all of you here when you restart your iPhone the wallpaper will no longer be blurred, it's not like iOS 16. I bet this is a bug in iOS 17, I hope Dev fixes this.
I spent some time recently modifying an alternate image of the Currents album art (see below) into various iPhone wallpaper dimensions, and I felt as if this would be a perfect place to share these.
There are 6 different images that span all of the different models of iPhones that have come out. You can find the wallpaper suited for your specific iPhone based on the file name of each image (some of the image resolutions are almost identical, but each resolution was chosen to maintain the exact aspect ratio of each iPhone).
I have also included simulator screenshots for each device type with the wallpaper set so that you can visualize what the wallpaper will look like once applied to your phone, and have also included the original full-res image the wallpapers are based on.
I have a photo set as my current iPhone wallpaper, which I would like to save. I have forgotten where I stored this file on my computer originally, so I can't easily go back to place it back on my phone. It has since been deleted from my camera roll.
You cannot export the wallpaper, depending on the pattern (if it were repetitive) it would be possible to take screen shots and after emailing these to your self you could edit in Photoshop (other editing software is available)
One way that may require the help of an octopus is to go to Wallpaper settings click on wallpaper preview that is not the lock screen and pinch the image so it shrinks in the screen - this will get the "Cancel/Set" buttons out of the image. If you let go of the pinch, it'll bounce back, so the trick is to pinch and screen grab at the same time. Then you can crop out the wallpaper setting details in newly captured image in Photos. I was able to do this with four fingers on two hands (no feet required :)) on an iPhone 4s, not sure how dexterous you need to be on an iPhone 6 or 6 plus.
With iOS 7 installed on my iPhone 5 and while viewing my lock screen I plugged a power cable into my phone. For a split second all the text overlays disappeared from my lock screen then a battery power status icon appeared. If you are quick you can take a screen grab of the clean wallpaper.
Important to note
Before doing this, go to Settings->Wallpaper and make sure "Perspective Zoom" is turned off. Otherwise when setting this newly captured image as a wallpaper it is automatically scaled up so you will lose some information around the edges.
Easy( if lock screen wallpaper) just go to settings wallpaper the selet the lock screen one and pinch the wallpaper with fingers and bring it in the middle may take a few tries and thats when you screenshot. Crop later.
Always upload your pictures to Google Photos. I found my wallpaper photo from 5 years ago of my daughters by searching on my Google Photos list by my daughter's name. Google photos will index all your photos. Just assign a name to a person in one of your photos, and Google will find all matching photos and assign that name to them. Even group photos will be found under multiple names.
I just took screen shot (simultaneously press wake/on and home buttons) of wallpaper photo on old iphone 5. I will crop out the bottom homepage icons. Before taking screen shot, to get a clear wallpaper photo without icons, I moved all icons off the last page of homepage except one icon which I transferred to bottom icon bar. When I initially moved all the icons off last homepage, the last page disappeared so I moved last icon to bottom icon bar in order to get clear wallpaper photo for screen shot.
Just take a screenshot of all the default screenshot choices in settings where you change wallpapers. Then take the saved image and zoom up on the one you like and crop it. It's indistinguishable from the full-size image.
Dragged the image onto the simulator (iOS 9.3) as @boltclock suggests, but nothing happened. However, I then noticed that the images I dragged were showing up in the Photos app on the simulator. From there I just set the wallpapers the same way that you set them on a physical device. Did not need to restart the simulator.
Over the years, Apple has made significant changes to how to customize wallpapers on iPhones. Currently, you can create wallpapers in pairs for both the home screen and lock screen of your iPhone. You can also add widgets to wallpapers and automatically activate a Focus mode when specific lock screens are in use.
Most people spend a good chunk of their day staring at their phone. Because of this, it's important to be able to customize your phone with the apps and settings you want, as well as the image (or images) you want displayed as your phone's wallpaper.
7. A pop-up will appear asking you to choose whether you want to Set Lock Screen, Set Home Screen, or Set Both. Tap on your choice and the wallpaper will be set.
I am starting to create some items using some of the photos that I've taken over the years (it's actually something a few people had suggested when they took my reader survey a few months ago) and for now I'm branching out (flower joke) by doing an iPhone wallpaper and an accompanying desktop wallpaper.
And just because I use the term iPhone it does not mean it is exclusively for an iPhone. I was an android user for YEARS and only recently switched over to the dark side. The iPhone wallpaper is sized to work well with the iPhone 6+ and 6, but should work with Android phones also. And the desktop wallpaper is sized to work well with full-sized Macs or pc desktops.
1. Go to Settings on your iPhone.
2. Tap Wallpaper.
3. Tap Choose New Wallpaper.
4. Choose an image. Newer iPhones include stock wallpaper that moves as well as regular still Dynamic, Stills, Live or one of your photos. New stock wallpaper often comes with OS updates.
5. Once you choose an image, you can adjust it to fit the screen how you like.
6. You can choose where you want the wallpaper to appear as well -- home screen, lock screen or both.
1. Select the image you want from a folder or your camera roll.
2. Tap the share button in the bottom left.
3. Scroll down and choose Use as Wallpaper.
4. Once you choose an image, you can adjust it to fit the screen how you like.
5. You can choose where you want the wallpaper to appear as well -- home screen only, lock screen only or both.
The Pexels website has over 1,000 free iPhone backgrounds, and more are added every day. You can scroll for ages through landscapes, fruit, surreal art, cityscapes and more. Simply search iPhone wallpaper on the site and apply any filters you'd like -- orientations, sizes and color schemes. It's free to download images, but if you want to favorite or collect images on the site, you'll need to create a free account.
Pixabay is another option for iPhone wallpapers. Similar to Pexels, simply search iPhone wallpaper in Pixabay to find a background you like. You can also filter photos, vector graphics, illustrations and more. Once you find an image, tap Free Download and choose the dimensions that best fit your phone.
Similarly to Pixabay and Pexels, Unsplash has thousands of free images to search for the perfect iPhone wallpaper. The site has an Instagram-like feel where you can follow the photographers and artists, as well as like and collect images. Its more social features like collecting, favoriting and following artists require that you make an account.
Pinterest is one of my favorite places to find phone wallpaper that matches my personality. It's not difficult to become familiar (or obsessed!) with the photo-sharing site. Simply download the free app and make an account -- also free.
Search any image you like -- or more specifically iPhone wallpaper -- and tap to open it. You'll see a Read It button (opens corresponding articles that the image appears in) and Save (which lets you "pin" the image to a board.) Tap the three-dot Settings button for more options and choose Download Image.
Remember the blogging site Tumblr? It's still out there and is a fun place to find new wallpaper for your phone. You'll need an account to explore the app to the fullest, but like Pinterest, you can search images from Tumblr through Google. To save a photo -- in the app or through a Google search -- tap the photo and then long-press. You'll be able to find the new image in your Camera Roll. For dedicated wallpaper, you can search "iPhone wallpaper."
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