Live Wallpaper Question

[Jody Conner]

I know these questions have probably been asked 1000 times over, but I am going to as anyway and risk the ire of the community:

-How are live wallpapers going to effect the performance of my tablet?

-How many of you are using live wallpapers?

-Best place to get them?

 

[Sierra1167]

I personally don't think the live wallpaper is worth my loss of battery life, but it is an individual thing. I have a Galaxy Tab 2 and when I had a live one it never affected any other facet of performance other than battery life. That being said, I like to use the Zedge app for free wallpapers, notification sounds, and ringtones. They are all free and I have never had any issues with anything I have downloaded from them. I have never tried any of the live ones, but know they do offer them.

 

[gerryp123]

Live wallpaper will definitely consume extra battery power. Just how much depends on degree of animation (cpu cycles) and pixel brightness.

I used a live wallpaper for a while, but after tiring of the "eye-candy" I replaced it with a static wallpaper of a dark color. Did not change performance, but (slight) improvement in battery drain noted.

 

[Jody Conner]

Thank you for the replies.

 

[cybernutte]

I'm glad you asked this question. I had considered using live wallpaper, but I read several accounts by people who stopped using it because it was a drain on their device's battery, and I decided to stay with a non-live wallpaper. The responses to your question have confirmed for me that I made the right decision.

 

[B. Diddy]

In this guide, I list a number of my favorite live wallpapers that I know use minimal battery:

http://forums.androidcentral.com/ge...uide-getting-started-android-2014-part-i.html