How to put an image as background on a Apple iPhone 5s

In this guide we show you how to change the wallpaper on your Apple iPhone 5s. You have the option to choose between default wallpapers, both static and animated, or use photos from your gallery to personalize the home and lock screen.

Follow the steps below to quickly and easily give your iPhone 5s a unique touch by changing both the home screen background and the lock screen background.

You'll need an image or photo that's at least 640 x 1136 pixels (~326 ppi pixel density), so it will display correctly on the iPhone 5s's 4.0 inches (~60.8% screen-to-body ratio) display.

Estimated time: 2 minutes.

This guide has a total of 9 steps.

1- First step:

To access the Apple iPhone 5s settings, look for the gear icon on the home screen. If it is not visible, swipe down from the center of the home screen to open the system search and type “Settings”.

Settings icon iOS

2- Second step:

Scroll down through the settings menu until you find the "Wallpaper" section. Tap to access it. This is the section with the icon of a flower made of circles on a blue background.

Settings / Wallpaper iPhone

3- Third step:

You'll see the lock screen wallpaper and home screen wallpaper combination that your Apple iPhone 5s currently has. Swipe right or left to see all saved combinations.

Press the "+ Add New Wallpaper" button to create a new one.

Add wallpaper on iPhone iPhone

4- Fourth step:

There are many options and possibilities to create a wallpaper on the Apple iPhone 5s. You can choose from featured wallpapers or those that include suggested photos. To create one with photos from the gallery or downloaded photos, tap on "Photos".

Wallpaper photos iPhone

5- Fifth step:

You will see the photo gallery and "Live Photos" of your Apple iPhone 5s. Tap on the image you want to set as your home screen wallpaper or lock screen wallpaper. You can use the built-in search engine or browse through the folders.

Select photos on iPhone

6- Sixth step:

If you want an animated wallpaper, click on "Live Photo".

Live Photo wallpaper iPhone

7- Seventh step:

Here you will find the "Live Photos" that you have taken with your Apple iPhone 5s, they are small videos that are taken before and after taking a photo and create a very interesting animation effect in the photos.

Select Live Photo on iPhone

8- Eighth step:

You can adjust the image by zooming or moving it so that it appears in the right place on the home or lock screen. When you're done, tap the "Add" button.

Add background iPhone

9- Ninth step:

A message will appear with two options: you can set the image as your home screen wallpaper or on both the home screen and lock screen. Tap on the option you prefer.

Set as Wallpaper pair iPhone

You can go back and repeat the process to choose a different photo or video for your home screen or lock screen.

You can also choose to have a series of photos appear randomly, add colored backgrounds, emojis, astronomy or the weather.

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