Does custom wallpaper affect battery?

[ctychick]

Sorry if this sounds silly, but after installing Juice Defender, my custom wallpaper reverted back to one the stock options. Of course I might have done something inadvertently to cause this in a way unrelated to Juice defender, but I thought I would check here first. Juice defender defender is amazing, btw, and if using stock wallpaper is part of it's magic, I'm fine with it.

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[Dovahkiin]

Live/animated wallpapers drain your battery at a greater pace than a regular, still image would.
Your best bet is to go with a regular still image if battery matters more to you than personalizing.

EDIT: By regular still image, I mean to say ANY image at all. It doesn't have to be one of the stock wallpapers, you can choose your own.

 

[dontlookatme]

I only use live wallpaper when I'm in a public area and I started off with a full battery. And I want to show off my fone. Other than that. I have a regular still wallpaper.

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[MrSmith317]

I only use live wallpaper when I'm in a public area and I started off with a full battery. And I want to show off my fone. Other than that. I have a regular still wallpaper.

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iRonic...especially given your screen name and that this is Android.

OT, Everything you can touch, see, hear, taste, think, etc... effects how much power your phone consumes. Even when it has nothing to do with your phone, it still drains your battery. I'm being 99% serious here..

 

[ctychick]

Thanks for the replies? I should have clarified that I meant static wallpaper. I don't understand how people can have lived wallpaper on their phones and maintain power for a decent of time. They really are so tempting, but I learned the pitfalls of live wallpaper long ago.

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[SurfingJerry]

What is live wallpaper doing with the phone off other than data updates that would drain the battery? Certainly that is no worse an offender than email syncing every15 minutes.