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  • Do iPhones have the option to show a live camera view as the background

    From Ant@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 23 00:32:48 2025
    Hello,

    Do iPhones have the option to show a live camera view as the background
    like in Tár movie? From what I searched, iPhone needs to be jailbroken
    to use a third party CamText app. However, this was from over a decade
    ago. :/

    Thank you for reading and hopefully answering. :)
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  • From Marion@21:1/5 to Ant on Sat Aug 23 01:53:05 2025
    On Sat, 23 Aug 2025 00:32:48 -0000 (UTC), Ant wrote :


    Do iPhones have the option to show a live camera view as the background
    like in Tár movie? From what I searched, iPhone needs to be jailbroken
    to use a third party CamText app. However, this was from over a decade
    ago. :/

    Hi Ant,
    I see you posted this in the Apple discussions also where I did not know
    the answer but I wanted to be purposefully helpful since you're not an
    Apple troll, so I searched for the answer.

    This answer may be wrong, but it is what I found out and it seems to back
    up your intuition.

    Apple's iOS still doesn't offer a native "live camera feed as wallpaper" feature, at least not in the way you see in Tar, where the background is literally a real-time view from the camera.

    Here's what's available now:

    Live Photos: These are short motion clips (1.5 seconds before and after the shutter) that can be set as animated lock-screen wallpapers, but they're pre-recorded, not a continuous feed.

    3D/Spatial Wallpapers in iOS 26: Apple's latest lock-screen overhaul adds a parallax-style 3D effect to photos, which is, again, static images with
    depth, and not a live camera view.

    Third-party apps: On the App Store, you'll find "live wallpaper" apps, but
    they typically loop short videos or animations. iOS sandboxing rules
    prevent them from running the camera continuously in the background for a wallpaper, so the old jailbreak-only approach you found is still the only
    way to get true live-camera wallpaper.

    So, unless Apple changes its privacy and battery-impact stance, the
    Tar-style effect remains something you'd have to fake I think. For example,
    by recording a short clip from your camera and setting it as a Live Photo wallpaper, or by using a video-loop lock screen.

    This may be wrong but it is what I found out looking for the answer.

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  • From =?UTF-8?Q?J=C3=B6rg_Lorenz?=@21:1/5 to Marion on Sat Aug 23 09:17:50 2025
    On 23.08.25 03:53, Marion wrote:
    On Sat, 23 Aug 2025 00:32:48 -0000 (UTC), Ant wrote :


    Do iPhones have the option to show a live camera view as the background
    like in Tár movie? From what I searched, iPhone needs to be jailbroken
    to use a third party CamText app. However, this was from over a decade
    ago. :/

    Hi Ant,
    I see you posted this in the Apple discussions also where I did not know
    the answer but I wanted to be purposefully helpful since you're not an
    Apple troll, so I searched for the answer.

    Sociopath!


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  • From John Hill@21:1/5 to hugybear@gmx.net on Sat Aug 23 07:27:30 2025
    On 23 Aug 2025 at 08:17:50 BST, "Jörg Lorenz" <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:

    On 23.08.25 03:53, Marion wrote:
    On Sat, 23 Aug 2025 00:32:48 -0000 (UTC), Ant wrote :


    Do iPhones have the option to show a live camera view as the background
    like in Tár movie? From what I searched, iPhone needs to be jailbroken
    to use a third party CamText app. However, this was from over a decade
    ago. :/

    Hi Ant,
    I see you posted this in the Apple discussions also where I did not know
    the answer but I wanted to be purposefully helpful since you're not an
    Apple troll, so I searched for the answer.

    Sociopath!

    Is that a knee-jerk reaction?

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  • From Chris Schram@21:1/5 to John Hill on Sat Aug 23 08:20:59 2025
    On 2025-08-23, John Hill <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
    On 23 Aug 2025 at 08:17:50 BST, "Jörg Lorenz" <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:

    On 23.08.25 03:53, Marion wrote:
    On Sat, 23 Aug 2025 00:32:48 -0000 (UTC), Ant wrote :


    Do iPhones have the option to show a live camera view as the background >>>> like in Tár movie? From what I searched, iPhone needs to be jailbroken >>>> to use a third party CamText app. However, this was from over a decade >>>> ago. :/

    Hi Ant,
    I see you posted this in the Apple discussions also where I did not know >>> the answer but I wanted to be purposefully helpful since you're not an
    Apple troll, so I searched for the answer.

    Sociopath!

    Is that a knee-jerk reaction?

    New in town, are you?

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  • From =?UTF-8?Q?J=C3=B6rg_Lorenz?=@21:1/5 to All on Tue Aug 26 09:32:37 2025
    On 26.08.25 09:26, Jörg Lorenz wrote:
    On 23.08.25 09:27, John Hill wrote:
    On 23 Aug 2025 at 08:17:50 BST, "Jörg Lorenz" <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:

    On 23.08.25 03:53, Marion wrote:
    On Sat, 23 Aug 2025 00:32:48 -0000 (UTC), Ant wrote :


    Do iPhones have the option to show a live camera view as the background >>>>> like in Tár movie? From what I searched, iPhone needs to be jailbroken >>>>> to use a third party CamText app. However, this was from over a decade >>>>> ago. :/

    Hi Ant,
    I see you posted this in the Apple discussions also where I did not know >>>> the answer but I wanted to be purposefully helpful since you're not an >>>> Apple troll, so I searched for the answer.

    Sociopath!

    Is that a knee-jerk reaction?

    Are you a newbie in this group?

    I saw this post from Arlen only because I was recalibrating my filters.
    It is a fact that this sociopath destroyed this and more English
    speaking groups. It is really pitiful.


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  • From =?UTF-8?Q?J=C3=B6rg_Lorenz?=@21:1/5 to John Hill on Tue Aug 26 09:26:06 2025
    On 23.08.25 09:27, John Hill wrote:
    On 23 Aug 2025 at 08:17:50 BST, "Jörg Lorenz" <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:

    On 23.08.25 03:53, Marion wrote:
    On Sat, 23 Aug 2025 00:32:48 -0000 (UTC), Ant wrote :


    Do iPhones have the option to show a live camera view as the background >>>> like in Tár movie? From what I searched, iPhone needs to be jailbroken >>>> to use a third party CamText app. However, this was from over a decade >>>> ago. :/

    Hi Ant,
    I see you posted this in the Apple discussions also where I did not know >>> the answer but I wanted to be purposefully helpful since you're not an
    Apple troll, so I searched for the answer.

    Sociopath!

    Is that a knee-jerk reaction?

    Are you a newbie in this group?


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