Can't set up background for lockscreen

[Raju7]

I am unable set up different lockscreen wall paper from home screen wall paper.
Please help me my friends

[Didrik]

Hi @Raju7,

Welcome to the community!

I'm sorry to hear that you are having trouble with setting up your wallpaper. When you are trying to do so, are you receiving any error messages as to why it isn't working?

I am also wondering how you are attempting to set up the background for your lockscreen, is it through Settings > Wallpaper or are you setting up the background up from the Album application?

[Lord_viridis]

That^^
Settings, wallpaper, lockscreen.
Or in album
Long press on the image you want, when highlighted, press the options button top right and "use as" then select lock screen wallpaper from the options

[azmadu]

I'm having the same problem and the option to "use as lock screen" no longer appears after the Nougat upgrade.

Right now my lock screen is blank and only shows the clock but I want to be able to set my own as I've been doing for the past few years.

How do I set my lock screen wallpaper on my Xperia Z5 Premium after upgrading to Android 7.0?

[Lord_viridis]

Settings, wallpaper, lock screen

[Jonas]

Hi @Azkuma,

That sounds strange, sorry to hear about that.

If you go to Settings > Wallpaper > Album, find the picture that you want to set as background > tap on it > "Lock screen". Does this apply the picture you chose to the lock screen of your phone?

If it doesn't, could you try taking a totally new photo and see if that works?

Let me know how it goes!

[crybz]

Hello,
I am experiencing the same issue - I can't set up or change my lockscreen background due to the missing option for changing the lockscreen background picture.
I've tried it over "Settings > Background",
"Settings > Display", "Settings > Lockscreen" but nowhere is an option for changing the lockscreen background image.

I tried it, too, via going into the album app and even third party Album apps like "QuickPic" but there is still no option in their menus when selecting the image and chosing "use as..".

My device is a Z5 Compact running Android Nougat. Prior to Nougat I didn't experience this issue.

I'm looking forward to your replies.

Best regards,
crybz

[ViBaYo]

Since lollipop I could change the background of the lockscreen with any image program like quickpick. Now with Nougat the options are missing. I can only change it through Settings > Wallpaper but the image can't be resized or cropped so the background ends ugly (decentered and only a part of the image)

[NeoBeum]

@Viridis wrote:
That^^
Settings, wallpaper, lockscreen.

@Viridis wrote:
Settings, wallpaper, lock screen

lol ... need bold + font size 100

@ViBaYo wrote:

Since lollipop I could change the background of the lockscreen with any image program like quickpick. Now with Nougat the options are missing. I can only change it through Settings > Wallpaper but the image can't be resized or cropped so the background ends ugly (decentered and only a part of the image)

Z5C on Nougat.

If you want less ugly wallpapers, get in to a Image editor, and crop the Wallpaper at 720x1280 for a Z5C

[Jonas]

Hello everyone!

I'm sorry to hear both of you are experiencing similar behavior.

@crybz, Do you want to use one of your pictures that you have taken as background? If you do, go to Settings > Wallpaper > Album >  tap on the picture that you want as lock screen background > Lock screen.

You can also do it from inside the Album application if you tap on the picture > tap on it again > 3 dots in the bottom right corner > Use as > Wallpaper (Album app icon) > Lock screen.

If you can't any of these options make sure that the Album is updated to the latest version in the Google Play store.

@ViBaYo, I'm afraid that I can't give you any support for the Quickpick application since we have not developed it. Have you been in contact with them regarding Android 7.0 and how the application is working? If you haven't I'd recommend doing so.

As @NeoBeum wrote, you can resize or crop the image using a Image editor > save the picture when you are happy with it and then add it as a wall paper in your phone.

Let me know how it goes!