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  • March 17, 2015
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So I'm finally getting around to working with iPad wallpaper features and love that you can do this en masse with the remote commands for a group of iPads, however I cannot seem to get the wallpaper to show properly on the screen. Been playing around with resolution sizes and using ipad Air's right now. I've just tried 1024 x 1024 and its cutting the image off. I saw something about forced perspective, so should I try shrinking it to 768x768? Just curious if anyone has some tips.

Gabe Shackney
Princeton Public Schools

Best answer by acodega

Here's the wallpaper sizes you'll want to use. You'll also want a design that works well in portrait and vertical orientation.

  • iPhone 5, iPhone 5s, iPod touch 5th gen - 1136 x 640
  • iPad Air, iPad 4, iPad 3, iPad mini with Retina display - 2048 x 1536
  • iPad 2, original iPad mini - 1028 x 768
  • iPhone 4S, iPhone 4 - 960 x 640

For my iPads I made a 2048 x 2048 wallpaper that was more texture than illustration.

GabePrinceton Public Schools

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    • acodega
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    • March 17, 2015

    Here's the wallpaper sizes you'll want to use. You'll also want a design that works well in portrait and vertical orientation.

    • iPhone 5, iPhone 5s, iPod touch 5th gen - 1136 x 640
    • iPad Air, iPad 4, iPad 3, iPad mini with Retina display - 2048 x 1536
    • iPad 2, original iPad mini - 1028 x 768
    • iPhone 4S, iPhone 4 - 960 x 640

    For my iPads I made a 2048 x 2048 wallpaper that was more texture than illustration.

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    • GabePPS
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    • March 17, 2015

    After some playing around I just made our logo in the center of a white background at 2048x1536 and that finally seemed to do the trick.
    Thanks!

    Gabe Shackney
    Princeton Public Schools

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    • RWitt
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    • June 15, 2015

    So how do you do it en masse to groups? I can only see how set it one device at a time which isn't feasible in my environment.

    I used to do it in Configurator but am going to DEP this year.

    Thanks
    Ryan

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    • GabePPS
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    • June 15, 2015

    Its when you have a group you click the action button then click send remote command.

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    • RWitt
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    • June 15, 2015

    I was playing in there I just didn't go deep enough into the remote command settings.

    Thanks
    Ryan

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    • GabePPS
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    • October 11, 2016

    So I'm revisiting this seeing that as I push wallpaper in the sizes listed above its getting cutoff on the iPad mini 4s that Im pushing to. I'm not sure if this is iOS 10 or just something else that is not correct.
    Any ideas?
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    • GabePPS
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    • October 11, 2016

    I set a template for the size listed above and then centered my picture inside that template (with bars at the top and bottom) and it fixed it.

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    • mpatterson
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    • April 13, 2022

    Change to different blueprint  and save.

    Restart phone

    Change back to desired blueprint

    Restart phone,

    Wah-la! There's your Wallpaper.

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