It definitely all works on iPhone 4S. I can see both the dynamic wallpaper (set on lock screen here) and the parallax effect on the home screen. When you select the dynamic wallpapers, don´t you see the bubbles move about on the screen? Also make sure you have reduce motion turned off under the accessibility settings
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Did You Turn Off The Parallax?
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It definitely all works on iPhone 4S. I can see both the dynamic wallpaper (set on lock screen here) and the parallax effect on the home screen. When you select the dynamic wallpapers, don´t you see the bubbles move about on the screen? Also make sure you have reduce motion turned off under the accessibility settings
I certainly don't dislike parallax, it just didn't really add anything for me personally.
Im on an iPhone 5. the "lag" is extremely small, just a fraction of a second, but it makes it feel less natural for me.
Maybe its that I was expecting the effect to be much more pronounced than it is so I'm expecting things to move further and faster than they are.
I can confirm after doing tests with Xcode's Instruments that the parallax effects only uses the CPU/GPU in the home screen or when a system alert is visible.
What percentage of the time do you spend on your iOS device staring at your home screen or a system dialog? Probably a very small percentage...
So the parallax feature in itself shouldn't significantly contribute to battery usage.
It's possible though, that there's a bug in some iOS 7.0 installations that makes the parallax effect always use CPU even though it should not.
On my 4S I left just about everything on, including parallax and background updates, and I'm getting better battery life than on 6.0. I can almost go 2 days without a charge, and I installed the GM on the 10th.
What percentage of the time do you spend on your iOS device staring at your home screen or a system dialog? Probably a very small percentage...
So the parallax feature in itself shouldn't significantly contribute to battery usage.
It's possible though, that there's a bug in some iOS 7.0 installations that makes the parallax effect always use CPU even though it should not.
On my 4S I left just about everything on, including parallax and background updates, and I'm getting better battery life than on 6.0. I can almost go 2 days without a charge, and I installed the GM on the 10th.
Thanks for your help, got it now.
I have found the space one as well, i hadn't even noticed the effect as i have been using the dark grey speckled wallpaper and it doesn't show up very well on that one, it's a lot more noticeable on the space wallpaper. Think i might as well leave it turned on as i hadn't even noticed it anyway.
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Thanks sorted now.
I haven't noticed any difference in battery by having it off, so I keep it on.
It's also present when you view your open tabs in Safari; you can tilt to see a little more of each web page.
It's also present when you view your open tabs in Safari; you can tilt to see a little more of each web page.
Yeah of course also the lock screen. Still, it should normally represent only a small percent of your global usage and shouldn't make a big difference in battery life.
Essentially, parallax is used only for things that you use only for a few seconds at a time.
I disabled it so I don't have to go find a more loosely cropped version of my wallpaper. Because of the way parallax effect works*, it will crop your image, in some cases chopping off important parts (in my case, text was truncated on the right and left sides).
*It pre-renders the outer edges an image so it can slide it around the display to simulate a parallax shift.
*It pre-renders the outer edges an image so it can slide it around the display to simulate a parallax shift.
I like the effect
I have a picture of a wall someone made from large different naturally colored river rocks to create a scene with 2 large lizards (we are in the Arizona desert)
Lots of texture
The parallax effect is a subtle & interesting twist that I enjoy for a few moments now and then
I have a picture of a wall someone made from large different naturally colored river rocks to create a scene with 2 large lizards (we are in the Arizona desert)
Lots of texture
The parallax effect is a subtle & interesting twist that I enjoy for a few moments now and then
Thanks - it would have never occurred to me to look for it there. I'd have put it in the Brightness and Wallpapers.
I turn it off simply because it zooms in the pictures I want to set for my lock screen. Otherwise I'd keep it on.
I had it on for a day, but found that with prolonged usage it makes me dizzy so I turned it off...It may be slower on a 5 than it will be on my 5S so I will give it another shot when my new phone comes. I also use static wallpapers as the dynamic ones distract me.
turned it off
I turned it off since I have a photo on the background that does not work well with the parallax affect. In addition, I remember reading that looking at 3-D movies give people headaches if they watch movies for too long since the brain is not used to working this way. I figured the parallax will work out the same way.
I turned it off since I have a photo on the background that does not work well with the parallax affect. In addition, I remember reading that looking at 3-D movies give people headaches if they watch movies for too long since the brain is not used to working this way. I figured the parallax will work out the same way.
