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iPhone XS Do you use different wallpapers on the home display and on the lock screen?
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Yes. It’s like the only way I can customise my phone so I use one for the lock screen and one for the home screen.
This is a corker of a thread. Can't wait to read more fascinating replies.
I think you're being sarcastic, but I actually find this interesting. ?
I'm actually weirdly neurotic about my wallpaper. I have an album with over 150 wallpapers which I'm always adding to, and during the course of a day I may cycle through half a dozen wallpapers depending on my mood at any given time.
One of my wallpaper quirks is that I prefer my lockscreen and homescreen to be the same. I've occasionally tried having different images but for some reason it usually doesn't sit well with me. One semi-exception is that I've at times had an image on my homescreen and used a black & white version of the same image on the lockscreen. I like how it gives an impression of the image waking up, so to speak, and gaining colour when I unlock the phone.
I usually do. Like @Shanghaichica said, it's one custom tweak I can do to make my phone more "unique" if you will.
Yes, a more lively one on the lock screen and a plainer black wallpaper for the home screen so easier to see the apps.
Yes. If my phone is lost I don't want a family photo in the hands of a stranger. I put those on my home screen.
Yes. My home lock screen on my iPad and iPhone is a Live Photo of my wife laughing. Black wallpaper for my OLED iPhone. A colorful Apple wallpaper for my iPad. My Mac has a thousand plus folder of wallpapers I purchased.
Agreed. I assume they're worried about battery drain but battery life is so much better on my 11 Pro that I would think it wouldn't matter.
Lock screen on every one of my iPhones is solid black with my contact email address in the bottom corner - in case the iPhone gets lost and someone nice finds it (reward mentioned too). Nothing is visible on the lock screens- all disabled: messages, notifications etc (in case phone gets lost)
Home screens are different
Home screens are different
I had this back in 2013. Unfortunately, Live Papers (a jailbreak tweak) was never updated past iOS 6. Forecast, however remains functional on iOS 9.
Mine used to be identical - now they are different...
For me, the lock screen is a singular opportunity where a piece of art may be displayed with *some* semblance of verisimilitude -- a moment -- however brief -- for it to have my attention...
I have adapted "Under the Wave off Kanagawa" by Hokusai for mine. I like making a connection between something created around 1830 with something created in the 21st century...
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For me, the lock screen is a singular opportunity where a piece of art may be displayed with *some* semblance of verisimilitude -- a moment -- however brief -- for it to have my attention...
I have adapted "Under the Wave off Kanagawa" by Hokusai for mine. I like making a connection between something created around 1830 with something created in the 21st century...
If I have a high-contrast image on the lock screen, sometimes I'll duplicate it and make a low contrast (or lightened or darkened, depending on the image) version for the wallpaper so it's not too distracting. So: "same" image for both but optimized.