[Showing Off] My Lumia 640 Start & Lock Screens

is it just me,or is it extremely hard to find a decent backgroud for the tiles.Ive tried a few times to set a background but it always looks s**t,I always set mine to dark background and cyan theme.


Just do a search. I've found hundreds of good background materials. Try things like textured leather, bricks, you can grab all you want off the web
 
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Nothing fabulous, but works for me :))
 

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Those are mine, guess I'm a geek after all.
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Have always liked this picture of the Narrows bridge I took awhile back.

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A random lock screen capture that I thought was really pretty.
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Thanks for the tip about Zedge! I just downloaded their app and found some awesome backgrounds. I would love for every app to enable a transparent tile. Is there a way to hack the app icons to make them transparent?
The transparent look of WP makes me a bit nostalgic about my iphone 3G with the Glasklart theme. It had a huge user base on macthemes.net (now dead) that constantly uploaded new transparent icons, so eventually all icons were transparent. This should be a standard feature for apps on Windows Mobile...

Here's my current setup, always changing of course:

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I think the tiles looks nicer with a gradient background.

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lock screen pictures come from accuweather
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still working on it. really like Pearcey125 but i don't want to move stuff around that much yet without being able to change back easy if i don't like it. most of my tiles are big to have the live tiles thing because the smaller ones don't have them or show as much info.
 
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I think the tiles looks nicer with a gradient background.

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I have to agree with the gradient backgrounds. I just wish there was some consistency with the tiles of apps that do not have a transparent live tile, as in they would all reflect your accent color. It would really help with the customization aspect.
 
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Okay, I'll post mine. I've decided to only put up backgrounds and lockscreen pictures that are pictures I have taken using my Lumia 640, so these are all my own photography skills on my 640.
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Thanks for the tip about Zedge! I just downloaded their app and found some awesome backgrounds. I would love for every app to enable a transparent tile. Is there a way to hack the app icons to make them transparent?
The transparent look of WP makes me a bit nostalgic about my iphone 3G with the Glasklart theme. It had a huge user base on macthemes.net (now dead) that constantly uploaded new transparent icons, so eventually all icons were transparent. This should be a standard feature for apps on Windows Mobile...

There are a few apps that are able to change the tile transparency, e.g. Transparency Tile or Start Perfect. Just look for the right one in the Store!