Alex Ruben
How To Reset Wallpaper to Default on CMF Phone 2 Pro Home and Lock Screens
Customizing your smartphone often involves changing wallpapers to suit your style. However, there may come a time when you want to reset your wallpaper to its original state on your Nothing CMF Phone 2 Pro. This guide will help you revert both the home screen and lock screen backgrounds to their default settings, making it easy to declutter or refresh your phone’s appearance. Follow these simple steps to achieve a clean and organized look.
Step 1: Access the Settings Menu
To begin, unlock your Nothing CMF Phone 2 Pro and navigate to the Settings menu. You can usually do this by pulling down the quick settings panel and tapping the gear icon, or by finding the Settings app in your app drawer. This is where most customization stuff lives.
Step 2: Find the Customization Section
Inside Settings, look for a section called Customization. Sometimes it’s under a submenu like Personalization. Tap on it to access wallpaper options and other visual tweaks. On some setups, this might be called Appearance or similar.
Step 3: Reset Home Screen Layout (If Available)
Here’s where it gets a bit tricky depending on your firmware version. If there’s a specific reset button at the top right—like a three-dot menu or a gear icon—tap that. Sometimes, you’ll find an option labeled Reset Home Screen Layout, which restores your app icons and widgets to default. If not, you might need to manually clear or select default wallpapers.
Method 1: Resetting Wallpaper (Most reliable way)
This is where you’ll probably want to focus. Still in Customization, look for a section named Wallpaper or Background. Tap it, then see if there’s an option like Default Wallpaper. If it’s not explicitly there, go to your gallery or the system wallpapers pack and select the original stock wallpaper. Usually, there’s a pre-installed default themed wallpaper.
WHY it helps: Selecting the default wallpapers manually ensures that both lock and home screens look fresh. Sometimes, just resetting to default in settings doesn’t fully revert all images, so this gives you control.
WHEN it applies: If you notice personalized wallpapers or themes, and want to go back to the look that came with the phone or that was set initially.
WHAT to expect: The background should revert to the stock image, clearing out any custom photos or patterns.
Method 2: Resetting the entire customization (if wallpaper alone isn’t enough)
If that doesn’t work or the options are limited, try resetting the phone’s personalization settings entirely. On some devices, you can do this by going to Settings > System > Reset options > Reset app preferences. Or, in some cases, a full factory reset might be needed, but usually that’s overkill for just wallpaper reset.
WHY it helps: Resetting app preferences or customizations can clear out all personal settings, including wallpapers, themes, and launchers. However, always be cautious; this might also reset other app behaviors.
WHEN it applies: When resetting wallpaper and layout settings individually doesn’t work, yet you’re still seeing the old images.
WHAT to expect: The phone’s appearance should revert to default system settings after a reboot.
Method 3: Use ADB commands (for the tech-savvy or desperate)
If you’re comfortable with command line stuff, and your device is connected via USB debugging, you could try pulling and resetting wallpapers through ADB. Honestly, it’s a bit over the top, but sometimes, this method works when nothing else does.
Open a command prompt and run:
adb shell pm clear com.android.wallpapers
This clears the wallpapers app cache, forcing the default wallpaper to reappear on next reboot. You might need to navigate to specific wallpaper provider apps if system images are stored there.
Note: This might wipe some settings, and on some setups, the wallpaper might still stay stuck. It’s a bit of a shot in the dark, but if you’re already into ADB, worth a try.
Because of course, Android has to make it harder than necessary sometimes…
Extra tips & common issues
- Ensure software is updated: Sometimes, bugs in older firmware cause resets to fail. Check for updates via Settings > System > Software Update.
- Backup your customization: If there’s a way to save themes or wallpapers, do it before resetting, just in case. Sometimes, on newer updates, you can save themes in the cloud or locally.
- Restart your device: After making changes, a quick reboot often helps settle everything, especially if the changes aren’t showing immediately.
Summary
- Navigate to Settings > Customization or Wallpaper.
- Try selecting the stock default wallpapers manually, or look for a reset option.
- If all else fails, consider resetting app preferences or using ADB commands.
Hopefully this shaves off a few hours for someone. Because, yeah, resetting wallpapers on these phones sometimes feels like a tiny ordeal.