When you first turn on your iPod Touch or after it becomes locked, you are greeted with a screen where you must slide a slider to unlock the iPod Touch. Well, on that screen there is a fancy picture. By default, my iPod Touch had a picture of the Earth on the lock screen. You do have the ability to change that image. Here’s how.
- From the home screen, tap the settings Application
- Then, tap the General option in the menu
- On the next menu, tap the Wallpaper option
- Finally, tap the image you wish to display
This will not change the background on your Home screen. It will only change the image that displays when your iPod Touch becomes locked. Now, just simply turn your iPod Touch off and then back on again, or let it automatically lock, and see your newly set background image.
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Thanks for the advice. It worked
Thanks for this, good to catch up!
nope didn’t work!
terri,
What exactly did you do that it didn’t work? Keep in mind that this will not change the black background that is behind your application icons. This ONLY changes the picture on the lock screen.
I know how to do this, but how do you change the background behind all of your applications?
I can find my wallpaper, but it does not stay unless i have a password, which gets in the way of the image, how can i use that wallpaper, but with the slider, like the battery screen? e-mail me the answer if u can, or just post
Some Random Guy,
My iPod Touch is the same way. The background image will not show up on the battery/sync screen. It only appears on the “Slide to unlock” screen. If you password protect your iPod Touch or iPhone, that will be placed over the background image.
This doesn’t work
I just did it on my iPod Touch. It works as stated.
i’ve now tried using this and it doesnt work ever. it wont change the wallpaper at all. please help!
Keep in mind that you can only change the background for the lock screen, as the article states. The background behind your application icons will always be black unless Apple changes that in a future update. The steps written in this article work as written.
!!Note!!
to see the lockscreen image, make sure your ipod is not connected to the computer as the battery image is overwriting the lockscreen.
once disconnected the image you selected will appear
Is there a way to make a screen of your own so you can show who the iPod belongs to on that lock screen if it is lost? I would assume this would be in Photoshop back on your Mac . Thanks
I assume you could do one of two things:
1. Create an image formatted for the size of the iPod Touch screen, sync the image with the iPod, and then set that image as the background.
2. Start up a note-taking application, type all the info you want, take a screenshot of it, and use the screenshot as the background.
Of course option 1 will give you the best look, and option 2 will just be basic.
well, there is a way to do this but this requires you to hack the ipod/Iphone.
I have it on my ipod and I am able to change backgrounds, fonts, etc…
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keep up the good work and thanks for sharing.
How do you make google images your background?
If you’re asking whether you can make an image on Google images your background or not, as far as I can tell, you can’t directly do that. You will need to download the image from the computer on which you have iTunes installed, and then sync the image with the iPod Touch.
Alternately, if you can get the image to fit your iPod Touch screen properly on Google images, you could always take a screenshot of the image.
As far as I know, you can’t. Background images are only for the lock screen.