Set Wallpaper on Homescreen & Lockscreen on iPhone iOS 4

by Chris Martin on June 22, 2010

When your home-screen app icons slide into place, you’ll see your lock-screen wallpaper rather than a boring black background. Want to customize your wallpaper? Now, that iOS has been released for public download, you can easily set Homescreen and Lockscreen Wallpaper on your iPhone or iPod Touch running iOS 4. Unfortunately, if you have an iPhone 3G or iPod Touch 2G, the home-screen wallpaper is disabled.

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How to set Wallpaper on Homescreen and Lockscreen on iOS 4

Step 1: Tap to launch Settings from the Springboard.

Step 2: Tap to select Wallpaper from the Settings Menu.

Step 3: Tap the wallpaper preview button to continue

Step 4: Tap to open Camera Roll or Wallpaper folder

Step 5: Select an image you would like to make wallpaper

Step 6: Move and scale the image, if required and then press the Set button.

Step 7: Press to choose whether you would like the image set as the wallpaper for your homescreen, lockscreen, or both.

Step 8: Press the Home button to view your newly set wallpaper.

Voila! You have now successfully set wallpaper on iPhone homescreen and lockscreen.

Tagged as: iOS 4, iPhone 4

{ 11 comments }

Katierosemoto June 23, 2010 at 12:35 am: i can't believe that it's not compatible with the iPod touch! does anyone know when they're going to make that available for ipod touch users?
crazy June 23, 2010 at 1:36 pm: this is so unfair ….why can't it work on a ipod touch 2g…why is it so complicated to just add an icon for us to do it
MikeC_UK June 24, 2010 at 7:40 am: I've updated my iPod Touch 8Gb latest model to OS4 yesterday. Initially my old Loackscreen wallpaper was as I had before, but now it's black and I can't change it. Any ideas?
Death83197 June 26, 2010 at 2:53 pm: I KNOW SAME HERE!!!! So irittating
Dreamstrecher June 29, 2010 at 8:03 am: I also have had the same trouble but hey I ditched my Iphone for an Android it was by far the best move I have ever made and would never go back to Iphone while other manufacturers and OS's take massive steps forward apple give you a 3mp camera now multi tasking The Iphone era is over move on……. get a real smartphone.
Koreanpride25 August 2, 2010 at 5:27 pm: You can always jailbreak your iPod Touch. It’s simple and its 100% LEGAL now. Check out jailbreakme.com on your iPod if you really want to do it. It’s not that hard. Just slide and touch, and BAM. you can do mostly anything.
Koreanpride25 August 2, 2010 at 12:27 pm: You can always jailbreak your iPod Touch. It's simple and its 100% LEGAL now. Check out jailbreakme.com on your iPod if you really want to do it. It's not that hard. Just slide and touch, and BAM. you can do mostly anything.
JuanaKutch August 22, 2010 at 5:07 pm: I don’t know what is going on with mine. I got an ipod touch 3g, 8GB, with the iOS 4. And following the steps, I am not even asked if I want to set the image for home screen. It sucks!!
Josh Edwards17 August 29, 2010 at 12:47 am: i am having the same exact probably with the ipod 3g and it also wont let me multi task
Patiencehudson1 August 30, 2010 at 7:18 pm: how do you isable it
Luana August 31, 2010 at 12:23 am: But in my IPod Touch doesn’t appear this: “…homescreen, lockscreen, or both.” I don’t know what is happening because mine, is the one of 6.83 GB and it’s not working.