Are you getting a new lock screen wallpaper every time you turn on your display on your Xiaomi device? This feature, which is pre-installed on Xiaomi / Redmi phones, is called Wallpaper Carousel by an app called ‘Glance for Mi’.

• Changing Wallpapers Automatically

• Or you can install any third-party apps to set wallpaper and change it automatically. But if your organizations set any policy to restrict users to change the wallpaper. Then it is very difficult to set wallpaper. If you go to the Personalization option to set the background, then you can see “Some of these settings are hidden or managed.
• If users right-click a picture and then click Set as Desktop Background, they can change their desktop wallpaper even though you (the administrator) have enabled the Prevent changing wallpaper property in Group Policy. The Prevent changing wallpaper Group Policy prevents users from changing the desktop wallpaper by using Display Properties.

How To Repair Damaged Wallpaper. If your wallpaper has torn you can patch it using a piece of leftover wallpaper: Tear away the damaged wallpaper leaving only that which is firmly attached to the wall. Hold the new wallpaper over the damaged area and adjust it so that the pattern matches.

Is the changing wallpaper articles bothering you and you want to turn it off? You have come to the right place. Here, you will learn some methods to disable Wallpaper Carousel.

What is Wallpaper Carousel?

Wallpaper Carousel is the main feature of the application Glance for Mi. This app delivers news articles for tech, entertainment, sports, music, tourism, etcetera right to your lock screen every once in a while with a wallpaper. Glance for Mi is owned by Xiaomi Inc. and can be uninstalled.

Is it safe to disable Wallpaper Carousel?

Yes, it is completely safe to disable Wallpaper Carousel on your Redmi phone if you don’t need it. Wallpaper Carousel is just an extra feature after all.

In fact, we recommend disabling Wallpaper Carousel/Glance for Mi because:

1. It consumes internet data: If you are subscribed to a limit data pack for the internet on your device, you should disable this feature immediately as it consumes mobile data.
2. It causes some phones to lag or stutter:If you own a budget Xiaomi phones, which do not have high specifications, this feature can cause minor lags on your device as it is constantly running in the background to fetch new articles and wallpapers which can consume RAM and processor resources.
3. Irrelevant content: Wallpaper Carousel sometimes offer irrelevant content which can be really annoying. Moreover, it interferes with the wallpaper of your choice by displaying its content over it.

Refer to the methods below to disable Wallpaper Carousel on your Redmi device.

Methods to disable Wallpaper Carousel

This method work on almost on Redmi phone from Redmi 5, 6, Note Pro, and other Xiaomi Android phones.

Disable Glance for Mi/Wallpaper Carousel from MIUI settings

1) Go to Settings

2) Click on the Lock screen option

3) Under LOCK SCREEN, click on Wallpaper Carousel (High quality wallpaper carousel)

Wallpaper Carousel feature for Mi phone lock screen

4) Uncheck the ‘Turn on’ radio button

You are done, now next time when you lock your screen, the wallpaper won’t get change!

Uninstall ‘Glance for Mi’ application

If you don’t need the Wallpaper Carousel in the future and want to remove it permanently, you can uninstall the application from the Play Store.

1) Open the Google Play Store application

2) Search for ‘Glance for Mi’ and click on it

3) Click on Uninstall and press OK

This app can only be uninstalled via Google Play Store as it is a feature application

That was it for the methods to disable Wallpaper Carousel from your lock screen. I hope this article was helpful and informative. For any suggestions or queries, kindly leave a comment below or contact us.

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Posted December 11, 2011 by Rob Rogers in Android, Entertainment

The Kindle Fire automatically changes the wallpaper each time the device wakes from sleep mode or is turned on. If you’ve installed a third party launcher and want your wallpaper to always be displayed instead of being changed to one of Amazon’s default wallpapers. Here’s how to keep the Fire from changing your wallpaper.

Note:The following was performed on a rooted Kindle Fire.

We are going to use ES File Explorer to do this, it allows you to do this easily and you can create a shortcut to the appropriate system directory so that you can make changes easily in the future. If you don’t have ES File Explorer installed on your Kindle Fire, open the device’s web browser and go here to install it.

Use your third party launcher (AWD, Go Launcher, etc.) to change the wallpaper on your device. Don’t let the device go to sleep yet, it will change your wallpaper.

Open ES File Explorer and click the Star icon at the top of the app.

Select Phone.

You will need to navigate the directories as follows:
data/data/com.android.settings/files

Inside the files directory, long tap wallpaper and select Properties.

Select the Change button.

Uncheck the two checkboxes that are checked under the write column.

Select the OK button.

Select the OK button on the Properties window.

Your wallpaper will not be changed by the device. The downside is that you cannot change the wallpaper either. When you are ready to change the wallpaper:

Use ES File Explorer and navigate to:
data/data/com.android.settings/files

Long tap wallpaper and select Properties.

Select the Change button.

Check the checkboxes under the write column for User and Group.

Select OK.

Select OK to close the Properties window.

Change your wallpaper, then go back and uncheck the checkboxes in the write column.

To create a shortcut on our homescreen to the wallpaper directory to make this quick and easy:

Use ES File Explorer and navigate to the file folder.

Long tap on wallpaper and select shortcut. A shortcut to the files directory will be placed on your homescreen. If you don’t see it, simply restart your launcher and it will be there.

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