Unable to move and scale photos for wallpaper on IPad mini after iOS 7 update.

thank you, jellyree

this only works for ONE direction:

side-to-side (left to right or vice versa) 'setting' of pictures.

it does not work, for me, for moving a picture 'up' or 'down'.

nor- crucial!- does it work for reducing or enlarging the size of a photo.

for 'up' and 'down' finger swipes, there is NO motion/response at all.

for reducing or enlarging.. the picture changes size only and for as long as I have two, active fingers ON the picture itself, i.e. while swiping and/or holding it- but the moment I let go, the image reverts to its original size

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I was able to move and scale the wallpaper on my iPad 4 by turning off the parallax motion....

1. Go to Settings > General > Assessibility > Reduce Motion "set to OFF"
2. Next, in Settings > Wallpapers & Brightness > Choose Wallpaper (pick the wallpaper) - you should now be able to "Move and Scale" the photo that you've chosen for your wallpaper.
3. After you've SET the wallpaper, you can go back to Parallax motion by turning Reduce Motion to "ON" (see step 1)

having same problem! please help

What a nightmare! Had I known what was in store for me, I would never have updated my iPAD Mini to iOS7.

The calendar with it's ultra-thin Helvetica is near impossible to see. To add insult to injury, not being able

to move and size a wallpaper photo is just totally unacceptable. So annoying when software is thrown out

there for the general public when it's obviously not ready. I tried the solution:

1. Go to Settings > General > Assessibility > Reduce Motion "set to OFF"
2. Next, in Settings > Wallpapers & Brightness > Choose Wallpaper (pick the wallpaper) - you should now be able to "Move and Scale" the photo that you've chosen for your wallpaper.
3. After you've SET the wallpaper, you can go back to Parallax motion by turning Reduce Motion to "ON" (see step 1)

And it just DOES NOT WORK. Plain and simple. I am so tired of Apple products that have bugs that we are all expected to work through and work out while paying anywhere from $500 to $2000 for a product. And of course you can't get online support in a quick, efficient manner. My big old $600 bite out the Apple is tasting mighty sour at the moment.

This "solution" doesn't work

Worked for me. Thank you.

Did not work for me either, what's going on....

Did not work mine was already off

If it dosn't work you can edit a photo placing the object you want in the center. Use that photo for wallpaper, then go back to photos and restore your picture to it's original size.

Come on Apple ***. I need my kids on the wallpaper to help increase sales!

Come on Apple, fix your bugs. The IOS 7 interface is nothing to brag about. Earlier OS's were nicer and things worked. This solution didn't work for me, either.

Works so well on iPhone but not on the iPad mini. How awkward! I ended up adding a big fat black border in Photoshop. Then the 'move' let me get the framing I wanted.

First suggestion is a no go. What I did that worked well enough for me was go into photos, edit which ever photo you wish to use, select crop, then aspect ratio and use 5x7. Which is about the iPad mini size. The issue i think is the pictures are to "big". Once I edited my photos I could moved them at least left to right, though not up and down when setting to backgrounds. They do look much better then before editing.

So this is the best fix I have found so far. Of course it's an app. The app is free, it's called instafix and it will resize the image automatically with the touch of a button. Simple to use and free.