Lock screen photo

I am trying to make a photo that I took with my phone my lock screen. I have 800 pics but not matter what one I use it enlarges it. For example if I use a friend’s pic it looks normal in the photo app but then when I set as lock screen it enlarges it so I can only see his eyes.


Posted on Apr 20, 2019 5:05 AM

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Posted on Apr 20, 2019 6:01 AM

That would probably be because the width of the photo is much larger than the width of your lock screen. By default, iOS makes the photo fill the entire screen. Unfortunately there is no way to change this.


However, a workaround you could try is:

  1. Open the photo in the photos app on your phone, in portrait mode.
  2. Zoom/position the photo how you would like it to look on your lock screen, and make sure there are no black bars.
  3. Tap to hide the menu so that the photo is filling the entire screen.
  4. Now take a screenshot, and set that screenshot as your lock screen background. Make sure to pinch out/zoom out as much as possible to ensure the photo is exactly how you want.


That should work.

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Apr 20, 2019 6:01 AM in response to Blond41

That would probably be because the width of the photo is much larger than the width of your lock screen. By default, iOS makes the photo fill the entire screen. Unfortunately there is no way to change this.


However, a workaround you could try is:

  1. Open the photo in the photos app on your phone, in portrait mode.
  2. Zoom/position the photo how you would like it to look on your lock screen, and make sure there are no black bars.
  3. Tap to hide the menu so that the photo is filling the entire screen.
  4. Now take a screenshot, and set that screenshot as your lock screen background. Make sure to pinch out/zoom out as much as possible to ensure the photo is exactly how you want.


That should work.

Apr 20, 2019 5:13 AM in response to Blond41

Was the photo taken in landscape mode (holding the phone side to side) or portrait (upright) ? If you took it in landscape mode, its designed to fit more in the photo, and therefore it will zoom in if you try to use it as a wallpaper

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