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   Carlos E. R. to Maria Sophia   
   Re: How to create a plain wallpaper/back   
   17 Feb 26 11:25:06   
   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-02-16 23:21, Maria Sophia wrote:   
   > Carlos E. R. wrote:   
   >>>  �Settings -> Wallpaper -> Add New Wallpaper -> Color (18 exist)   
   >>>  �It doesn't seem like there are any others though, than those 18.   
   >>>  �However you can slide a bar below them to change the brightness.   
   >>   
   >> No such thing in mine.   
   >   
   > That was for iOS because the Alan Baker troll was clearly trying to   
      
   Arlen trolling and egomania removed.   
      
      
   > If people can't search before they ask a question, I'm not their customer   
   > support guy unless they search first and then ask NEW questions which we   
   > haven't covered already a thousand times in extremely gory details.   
      
   False. Already debunked.   
      
      
   > Back to the topic since we've covered that the OP is trolling us, to add   
   > technical value since each Android phone does it differently due to the   
   > launcher involved, the *simplest* way to set a solid color is perhaps   
   >  id=com.google.android.apps.wallpaper>   
      
   Ok, so you propose to install an wallpaper app. So you acknowledge that   
   Android has no method on its own to set solid colours, but instead   
   emulate a solid colour with a wall paper that is a single colour.   
      
   >   
   > It's anathema for me because it requires GSF, but since I test most of my   
   > suggestions, I just installed it for the team where yo9u have to allow   
   > access to "styles" on Android 13, and then you pick "Solid colors".   
   >   
   > Mine showed 26 solid colors (about 1-1/2 times the solid colors of iOS for   
   > the Alan Baker troll to revel in) including black and white (yes, I know,   
   > they're not colors per se).   
   > When you pick a color in Google Wallpaper, you get the choice of   
   > Home screen   
   > Lock screen   
   > Home screen and lock screen   
   >   
   > If Chris Green had run a search before trolling us, he'd have known that.   
   >   
      
   We know that, but there is no point of mentioning it.   
      
   > Note that there is a privacy element inherent in setting unique wallpapers,   
   > which we've covered in gory detail, but which only one out of a million   
   > people has an clue even exists. But that's for another thread altogether.   
      
   Sure.   
      
   --   
   Cheers,   
           Carlos E.R.   
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