topic Re: Where is current lock screen wallpaper stored? Can I retrieve it in Galaxy S23

Where is current lock screen wallpaper stored? Can I retrieve it

smokiibear1 — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 15:34:44 GMT

Where is current lock screen wallpaper stored? Can I retrieve it?

Re: Where is current lock screen wallpaper stored? Can I retrieve it

GaryB82 — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 15:50:31 GMT

If its a factory installed wallpaper you cant retrieve it they are built into the software but if its a wallpaper you added it would be in your Gallery

Re: Re: Where is current lock screen wallpaper stored? Can I retrieve it

smokiibear1 — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 17:20:17 GMT

It was a photo, no longer in photo folder.

Re: Where is current lock screen wallpaper stored? Can I retrieve it

Popsicle20 — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 22:38:01 GMT

If you use Good Lock's LockStar plug-in, you can remove clock, widgets, notifications, etc from the lock screen and then take a screenshot of it. The screenshot will end up in your Gallery and can then be used for wallpaper.

Re: Where is current lock screen wallpaper stored? Can I retrieve it

AD_LB — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 01:04:28 GMT

If your device is rooted, you can reach the current wallpapers in the paths:

"/data/system/users/0/wallpaper_orig" for the home wallpaper
"/data/system/users/0/wallpaper_lock_orig" for the lock screen

They don't have an extension, but they should be image files.

If you don't have a rooted device, you have 2 options:

Backup+ - A backup app of various things. It fetches the wallpaper. This is better than a screenshot as it takes the real image and not a scaled version of it. It can also fetch home and/or lock screen wallpapers, as well as other things the app offers.
LWP+ - a live wallpaper app that adds some extra features to just showing some content (image/animation/color) . Don't set my app as live wallpaper yet, and instead go right to its settings screen, and choose to show the current wallpaper in full screen. Then take a screenshot. Sadly this will work only for the home-screen wallpaper.