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by Dominik Bärlocher
How to make your iPhone lock screen dance using TikTok
30.8.2021
Looking for an active wallpaper that isn’t one of Apple’s soulless animations? Then you’re in luck! Social media pro and anime fan Miona Zagoricnik is here to show you how to set up your own live wallpaper using TikTok.
iPhone users currently only have one choice: endlessly billowing clouds of smoke in garish magenta or kitschy turquoise. How about a flowing glittery liquid? Or those neon dancing polar lights.
Yes, they’re all animated wallpapers for smartphones – or live wallpapers. We’ve been able to decorate our smartphone lock screens with them since the mid-2010s. Nevertheless, the selection – especially on iOS – isn’t particularly astounding.
Miona Zagoricnik, our social media editor, thinks that’s a shame: «I’m a big anime fan, and I much prefer having a relaxing sequence from some anime on my lock screen. I quickly found what I was looking for on TikTok.»
She’s here to remedy this dire situation and show you how to set your favourite movie characters, anime clips or aesthetic image sequences as dynamic backgrounds on your iPhone. However, the trick works just as well on Android.
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In the following video (only available in German), Miona will give you a step-by-step guide on how to set up your dancing background:
No time or desire to watch the video? We’ve listed the individual steps here as well:
- Open the TikTok app (Yes, you need an account).
- Search for «Live Wallpaper» combined with your desired topic (e.g.: «live wallpaper neon»).
- Out of all the videos that come up, pick one that you like.
- Click on the Share arrow and then on «Live Photo» (the short video will now be converted to the appropriate format)
- Open your iPhone settings.
- Scroll down to «Wallpaper», then «Choose New Background».
- Under «Live Photos», you should now find the TikTok.
- Make sure that «Live Photo: On» is selected, then click on «Save» – et voilà!
Your work is done – now you can lock your phone and immediately bring your wallpaper to life. If you hold down a little longer on the lock screen, your background should start dancing.
Did it work?
Have you set up a personalised live wallpaper on your iPhone? Which motif did you choose? Tell us your experiences.
«I want it all! The terrifying lows, the dizzying highs, the creamy middles!» – these words spoken by an iconic American TV celebrity could have been mine. It's a take on life I also apply to my job. What does this mean in concrete terms? That every story has its charm; no matter how small, large, exciting or trivial. The more eclectic the mix, the better.
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