Live wallpaper keeps reverting back to default wallpaper on my galaxy s9 plus

[Android Central Question]

I have this app called Walloop and the live wallpaper that i set has switched back to the default wallpaper over night. This is really frustrating sense i just got this phone and i'm already having glitches. Does anyone know why this could be?

 

[SpookDroid]

Is the wallpaper saved to SD card? If so that might be why.

 

[SilentKnowing]

No, I don't have an SD card.

 

[SpookDroid]

Have you tried setting up a different wallpaper? Wondering if it's the app you used to set up the live one

 

[SilentKnowing]

No, I haven't. I tried different wallpapers within the app but not a different app. Why would it even do it in the first place though?

 

[SpookDroid]

If it's an app that's setting it up and for some reason the app fails that might be making the live wallpaper unavailable, thus forcing the phone to revert to default settings. Try setting up the wallpaper from the native wallpaper options and not through an app.

 

[SilentKnowing]

How Would I go about doing that? I am new to android

 

[SpookDroid]

That's OK, that's what we're here for! Just tap and hold on an empty spot on your homescreen and select the Wallpaper option. Alternatively, you can go to your phone's Settings and select 'Wallpapers and Themes'. Those two are the 'native' ways of setting up a wallpaper.

 

[SilentKnowing]

but how do i get the wallpaper from the app i was using?

 

[SpookDroid]

That's the problem when it comes from an app... If it's registering properly in the system as a Live Wallpaper, you should see it as an option in the 'stock' methods I mentioned before (there's a 'Live Wallpapers' section there).
If it doesn't show up there, then it's an app that's forcing the image, and if the app fails or is stopped (because the system will automatically kill any apps that are consuming too many resources in the background), then that's why you 'lose' the image, because the wallpaper was never changed, it was just being forced by the app (I hope that made sense...).

Try setting up one with the methods above and let me know if they change back or if those do stick. If they do, then at least we know it's the app you're using and we can try to figure out how to make those work.