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laz305 · #1 (**permalink**) 05-22-2008, 09:21 AM

ok before I was able to go to Photo or settings and change my wallpaper and once I went and set a Customize wallpaper now I cqan't go back. The only wallpaper I can set now is any from Customize. I can no longer set a wallpaper from Photo Library or in Settings, I set it and nothing changes.

EDIT: Found the answer
Go to private/var/mobile/Library and you will see a file called LockBackground.jpg and delete it. Then go into settings and change the Lockdown Wallpaper to whatever you want and restart.

vokal_guy · #2 (**permalink**) 05-22-2008, 10:45 AM

wow we got the same issues... any help here?

JAG2621 · #3 (**permalink**) 05-22-2008, 10:53 AM

Do you have summerboard installed?

laz305 · #4 (**permalink**) 05-22-2008, 02:46 PM

of course, and yes i have tried everything turning off & on wallpaper & theme wallpaper nothing works. My issue is not not being able to see the wallpaper it's not being able to set any wallpaper but the one's in Customize which is very limited for me since I keep most of my wallpaper in iTunes.

Found the answer
Go to private/var/mobile/Library and you will see a file called LockBackground.jpg and delete it. Then go into settings and change the Lockdown Wallpaper to whatever you want and restart.

JAG2621 · #5 (**permalink**) 05-22-2008, 03:27 PM

Great i will remember that.

vokal_guy · #6 (**permalink**) 05-23-2008, 10:00 AM

yea i found that too but i have to ssh into my iphone everytime i change a theme through customize......

Junior2377 · #7 (**permalink**) 05-25-2008, 12:58 AM

Here's an idea..... Go into Summerboard... and change the theme to "customize" then when you use customize to change themes, it will change everything correctly

THEREUGO · #8 (**permalink**) 05-27-2008, 07:27 AM

I'm having major problems. Before I install the " Customize 2.0 " app i was able to put what ever photo from camera roll and wallpaper picture for the wall paper picture, you know where you have to slide the slider to open your Iphone, right. In the " Customize 2.0 I go under the " Customize Tools Catergory " I tap the Customize Images/Sounds, It takes me to " Catorgories " I then tap Wallpaper, which takes me to " Wallpaper " and 2 choices come up, 1 is " LockScreenWallpaper " and the other is " Wallpaper ".
when I tap on the " Locked " one it takes me to the "OringinalBackup" which is the picture of the Earth. Is there anyway for me to change it back to choosing the wallpaper I want. I did what I was told to do about the SSH and deleted the file on the
" winscp " and nothing, please help.

thanks for the Information on the problem, everything seems okay for now.

ValN · #9 (**permalink**) 06-02-2008, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by laz305

ok before I was able to go to Photo or settings and change my wallpaper and once I went and set a Customize wallpaper now I cqan't go back. The only wallpaper I can set now is any from Customize. I can no longer set a wallpaper from Photo Library or in Settings, I set it and nothing changes.

EDIT: Found the answer
Go to private/var/mobile/Library and you will see a file called LockBackground.jpg and delete it. Then go into settings and change the Lockdown Wallpaper to whatever you want and restart.

hi. i have the same problem. i installed customise not too long ago and now my wallpaper wont change no matter what i do. i dont know what private/var/mobile/Library stands for. My iphone doesnt seem to want to show as a storage device in my computer anymore either. Im pretty sure it used to. can anyone help me, please?

mrarambula · #10 (**permalink**) 06-02-2008, 09:54 AM

I had the same issue not too long ago. I fixed the problem by installing "mobileFinder" and then deleting the "Lockbackground.jpg" in the very bottom. Once you delete the .jpg you should be able to switch to whatever picture you want....back to normal. I hope this helps.

ValN · #11 (**permalink**) 06-02-2008, 01:48 PM

that worked. thank you!

jbrandonf · #12 (**permalink**) 06-23-2008, 11:12 PM

I'm having this problem right now. I solved it a couple days ago when I first started messing with customize but I had to rejailbreak and now my mobile finder won't delete the file, and when I ssh into the phone and delete the file I set which picture will be my wall paper and restart only to find that lockbackground.jpg is reset.

soginuwine01 · #13 (**permalink**) 08-01-2008, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by laz305

ok before I was able to go to Photo or settings and change my wallpaper and once I went and set a Customize wallpaper now I cqan't go back. The only wallpaper I can set now is any from Customize. I can no longer set a wallpaper from Photo Library or in Settings, I set it and nothing changes.

EDIT: Found the answer
Go to private/var/mobile/Library and you will see a file called LockBackground.jpg and delete it. Then go into settings and change the Lockdown Wallpaper to whatever you want and restart.

Find the permissions of the file and set them to 0755

dragon x · #14 (**permalink**) 08-05-2008, 12:45 AM

I had (have) the same problem too but when I upgraded to 2.0 EVERYTHING was erased except the damn wallpaper! I see someone has posted a fix that refers to a thread. Is that Mac function or is there a program I don't know about?

palmmedicine · #15 (**permalink**) 08-05-2008, 08:04 AM

dragon x - if you go use winscp you can delete the file. if you need help using winscp on windows let me know. iphoneaholic thanks a million for the thread it worked perfectly.