Hi all.
I thought i give you a little hint what you can do with your Desire.
Have you always wanted a bigger screen?
Now there is a way.
It's been known for a while but not many people done it on Desire what i've seen.
You do it by changing LCD Density.
The original is 240.
A good value is 200.
You cannot do this on the phone because we dont have full root
You can do it with 2 ways.
Either use ADB
Or just simple edit a ROM
I will add this feature soon to my kitchen so you all can do it easy.
If you want to do it in a ROM now this is how.
1. Unzip the rom
2. Go to the sytem folder and open build.prop in notepad.
3. Find lcd.density, the current value should be 240.
4. Change it to 200
5. zip the ROM
6 factory reset
7. flash the ROM
8 and you are now set to go with a bigger screen ^^ kind of
ADB method:
Lennyuk said:
adb pull /system/build.prop
Edit the file save
adb push build.prop /system/build.prop
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Thanks lennyuk
UPDATE:
It now works with the app from market!
also
DONT F****KING forget to turn off compatibility mode :=)
will this work with AMOLED?
it works with any android device
How does it work :O
Kinda confused...
Maybe some pictures would help
Hmmm .. So basically what will v c different ? Could someone explain a little more in detail with screens if possible.
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I guess it's like altering the "dpi" setting under WinMo...
basically it makes your screen look a bit "zoomed out" i.e. smaller (so you get more on the screen.
Or alternative increase the number to make your phone more "zoomed in" i.e. everything is bigger, fit less on the screen.
Sounds interesting....screenshots would be nice to compare the difference between 240 and 200
i.imgur.com/DJ8gm.jpg
i.imgur.com/06Vt6.jpg
i.imgur.com/j62Ee.jpg
a few pictures.
might not show very well.
You fit a lot more on the screen.
Hmmmm .. Not bad . Get around 2 lines extra visibility ... Its like increasing resolution of our phones . What would u recommend the real recommended resolution; 200 or the current 240, for our amoled Desire's ?
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I would stay on 200.
But try less if u like
It gets bigger hehe
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there is an app in market called lcd density doing exactly this, but it doen's work on desire. so this is a nice trick
Yea that's why I did this
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what are the instructions for doing this via ADB
nikosrs4 said:
there is an app in market called lcd density doing exactly this, but it doen's work on desire. so this is a nice trick
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yes it won't work on desire due to our current inability to write to /system
thanks for this curious trick
When you put the pin, leaving shifted to the left.
I use 180.
Have had no problems with it. Works great with adw launcher.
Make sure you turn off compatibility mode in spare parts or you will encounter problems with some apps.
Hehe ok cool,
Good to know
ONE thing, we now have same the same resolution as iPhone 4
mercianary said:
I use 180.
Have had no problems with it. Works great with adw launcher.
Make sure you turn off compatibility mode in spare parts or you will encounter problems with some apps.
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updiliman said:
what are the instructions for doing this via ADB
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adb pull /system/build.prop
Edit the file save
adb push build.prop /system/build.prop
Lennyuk said:
adb pull /system/build.prop
Edit the file save
adb push build.prop /system/build.prop
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Related
So I recently got the LCD density changing aapplication from the market and love it.
I have always been a fan of larger screens but the hardware on the Nexus 1 (led scroll ball and light) keeps me grounded.
Anyway after using the app and moving it down to 220, I'm getting the same resolution overall as I did with the Atrix and love it.
Although the screen size isn't as big, I'm seeing more information than I do with my Captivate that has the same 480 by 800 resolution and a larger, 4 inch screen.
Just sharing my thoughts.
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any problem with some apps or games? I used it before and some apps and games won't show up in full screen no more so i switch back to default and uninstall the app.
I've been using this app for some time now and I have no problems with apps so far.
I don't have any problems with applications; I don't play games on this phone so I can't comment on that though.
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Never heard of this until just now. VERY VERY awesome.
What are the "optimal" settings you guys are using? I set mine to 220 and I did notice a difference (especially my home screen).
Sounds intersting! Any noticable impact on battery or memory?
You can definitely notice a difference, it kinda reminds me of the HD Sense roms. It also fixed some issues I was having with LauncherPro & some widgets when in portrait.
uoY_redruM said:
Never heard of this until just now. VERY VERY awesome.
What are the "optimal" settings you guys are using? I set mine to 220 and I did notice a difference (especially my home screen).
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I am going to permenantly use 210 on my Nexus 1; I can ssee a whwhole lot more along with thee keyboard still being comfortable to type on.
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galaxys said:
Sounds intersting! Any noticable impact on battery or memory?
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Well I'm not one to graph precise plots of my battery usage but I can get a whole day out of my phone and I constantly use it.
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I'm searching in the Market for this app and the only one that I can come up with is "LCD Density Changer" by Beansoft. Is this the app that everyone is using? $1.04?
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I'm searching in the Market for this app and the only one that I can come up with is "LCD Density Changer" by Beansoft. Is this the app that everyone is using? $1.04?
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I use the one that has an icon of a LCD with two arrows coming out of it, has the same name but I don't remember if I spent money on it.
Same as the one you're talking about I think, has the same name.
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Ya it's too bad it's not the same application anymore. This application doesn't have 2 arrows coming out of the LCD icon. In addition, the screen density resets itself back after every reboot.
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Ya it's too bad it's not the same application anymore. This application doesn't have 2 arrows coming out of the LCD icon. In addition, the screen density resets itself back after every reboot.
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Yea I don't like resetting it, however I never voluntarily turn the phone off and when I do have to reset, it only takes 20 or so seconds.
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I'm using this app till one month now without any problem on my DHD with CM7.
I play Angry birds, dillo hills, Go Launcher ...
It's exact name is "LCDDensity for Root" made by Elviss Kustans.
Set LCD density on boot?
Hi guys,
Do you know if there's a way to set the LCD density 'permanently' so that you don't have to reset it everytime you reboot?
Thanks in advance!
You can set it permanently by editing the build.pro. Change the ro.sf.lcd_desity line to whatever you like.
I recommend 180 for N1s
bobtentpeg said:
You can set it permanently by editing the build.pro. Change the ro.sf.lcd_desity line to whatever you like.
I recommend 180 for N1s
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180??? I personally use 200...maybe i'll try 180 to see how it looks!
Setting LCD density on boot
bobtentpeg said:
You can set it permanently by editing the build.pro. Change the ro.sf.lcd_desity line to whatever you like.
I recommend 180 for N1s
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Thanks! This was very helpful!
If you want to make your density setting your system default, just go into the setting. If you edit the build.prop, then you'll have to do that every time you flash a new rom. I'm sure most of us flash junkie's use titanium back, so that way when you restore your apps that setting will be saved also.
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If you want to make your density setting your system default, just go into the setting. If you edit the build.prop, then you'll have to do that every time you flash a new rom. I'm sure most of us flash junkie's use titanium back, so that way when you restore your apps that setting will be saved also.
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So, umm, sorry to inform you, but the "save as system default" setting writes to the build.prop
I no longer have an evo and do not actively check any threads i have created for the evo in the past, if you have a question and I do no answer in a timely manner please send me a private message and I'll do my best to help you out.
Heres a boot animation that I found, it's the transformers decepticon logo and digital rain looping, with transformers audio. I don't know who made the original animation to thank them but if someone knows please let me know so I can give them proper credit.
to use this open terminal and type
adb push bootanimation.zip /system/customize/resource
adb push SPC_final_animation.mp3 /system/customize/resource
Thanks guys, I'm still trying to make a better animation using screen caps from the movie but it's already 3:30 am and my wife is gonna kill me if I do this all night
SPC_final_animation.mp3
bootanimation.zip This is the new resized one it fills the screen properly.
By the way, if theres any problems I'm sorry I'm kind of tired
hey man. nice work. saw this a long time ago, and have been searching for it since. love it. thanks for the contribution.
if you want, i can whip this up into a flashable zip for the peepz
That would make it extremely more convenient, I haven't had time to create a flashable zip
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here you go. uploaded finally.
i made 2 sense ones (w/sound, no sound) and 2 aosp ones (also w/sound, no sound) tell me if they don't work or something. written in amend, so doesnt work with cwm 3.0+
Thanks man, pretty quick for someone thats in 8th grade, I wish I could do any of this when I was that young.
dowmace said:
Thanks man, pretty quick for someone thats in 8th grade, I wish I could do any of this when I was that young.
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lol np.... glad to help.
Testing now..
Size is off unless you didn't want it to cover the screen can't say im getting sound either
Hey, I would name the thread accordingly so ppl can check this out
Good stuff, thanks for posting!
I can't figure out why the screen size is off will mess with it when I get home.
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I can't figure out why the screen size is off will mess with it when I get home.
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you need to resize both the actual .png files (yes, each one individually) and the desc.txt must be modified to support that resolution you resized to.
rombold said:
Size is off unless you didn't want it to cover the screen can't say im getting sound either
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What rom are you on aosp or sense?
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you need to resize both the actual .png files (yes, each one individually) and the desc.txt must be modified to support that resolution you resized to.
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When I checked the sizes earlier they were right 480x800 is right isn't it?
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When I checked the sizes earlier they were right 480x800 is right isn't it?
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yea that's right. wired that that dude's size is off then.
The logo is correct on my phone, but the matrix text is too small
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Ok I found the problem, the call outs in the base desc file were incorrect, I'll have to change it when I get home and am on my laptop, for some reason the set up is for 320x480 I have no idea how that happened but I will have it changed it'll probably be about 3 hours or so though.
I was waiting for someone to do this! Are the zips flashable through recovery, or do I replace the existing bootanimation file with this one?
Ok I fixed the problem, I'm uploading the new one now it will be in the original post.
Rob the zips I uploaded must be pushed through ADB
DK's are the flashable zips
i'll update my flashables with the new boot.zip probably later tonight.
Alternate sound
Here is the audio I have been using with this for a while.
What LCD density are you all using? I just switched from default (240) to 200 and it's fantastic.
Loving this screen.
190 is a little better
How do you change the density?
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How do you change the density?
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Use root explorer to edit your build.prop file under /system.
Back it up first!
Unfortunately swiftkey beta doesn't work with changed density! Dang it.
You can also use LCDDensity from the market, its free but still requires root.
I already have problems with text readability on some sites, wouldn't this make it worse?
IMO 200 is the sweet spot. At the default density, Samsung's text sharpening looks a bit harsh.. You clearly see a 'halo' around letters, and it's not too visually pleasant.
I also changed the font to Ubuntu Regular, looks better than the default to me.
I tried 200 and it looked ok but the uneven icon spacing and widget size was quite unappealing. Is there a way to fix that?
maybe a diff launcher which can add more rows and columns on the home screens and allow widgets to be resized.
I tried LCD Density from the market, and it changed it..Looked great, however, on second reboot it reverts back to stock.
WTF?
indymx said:
I tried LCD Density from the market, and it changed it..Looked great, however, on second reboot it reverts back to stock.
WTF?
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If you read the instructions when you run the app, it states that changes will not save through a reboot. So either edit your build.prop manually, or buy LCD Density Changer from Beansoft.
200 dpi looks great for me. Using ADW Launcher EX, 5x5 icon grid, icon size set to 130.
indymx said:
I tried LCD Density from the market, and it changed it..Looked great, however, on second reboot it reverts back to stock.
WTF?
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You just install things but never read it? Lol
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lol, yeah I think it was pretty hard to miss!
docodine said:
IMO 200 is the sweet spot. At the default density, Samsung's text sharpening looks a bit harsh.. You clearly see a 'halo' around letters, and it's not too visually pleasant.
I also changed the font to Ubuntu Regular, looks better than the default to me.
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Could you please share the font? Also, how did you install it on infuse?
Thanks!
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lol, yeah I think it was pretty hard to miss!
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Well, it was 4:30 in the morning, and I was just over halfway thru the shift from hell.. I was a bit frazzled by then.
DarkDvr said:
Could you please share the font? Also, how did you install it on infuse?
Thanks!
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Go to phone settings, display, font, get font online, download fontomiser, open the app choose what font you like then clikc and download the sample. You don't need a PC to do this.
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When I search on "fontomizer" I get 2 results. "Font for Galaxy SP" and "Font for Galaxy". Does it matter which one or are they both compatible?
edit: tried the galaxy sp one and it worked fine.
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When I search on "fontomizer" I get 2 results. "Font for Galaxy SP" and "Font for Galaxy". Does it matter which one or are they both compatible?
edit: tried the galaxy sp one and it worked fine.
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Yes just try which one, it is an app you can remove it if you don't like it.
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I noticed that everything seems to scale properly, except for dialer. It's now taking up only part of the screen and doesn't resize. I also got thin black lines going through tab buttons at the top.
Any solution to this?
DarkDvr said:
I noticed that everything seems to scale properly, except for dialer. It's now taking up only part of the screen and doesn't resize. I also got thin black lines going through tab buttons at the top.
Any solution to this?
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I think someone fixed them in the development section.
I searched around and there was an old thread about this but the actual poll wasn't made. So here it is again, and please comment about the method that you used.
I've used the Stock tool in AOKP's ROM, but I'm experiencing Market Compatibility Issues so I may buy LCD Density Modder Pro.
Edit: 50 views, and 1 person voted (me). Come on guys. Or are all of you on 190.
Mine is 190 (not on the poll) as cm9 is weird with 180.
tjsooley said:
Mine is 190 (not on the poll) as cm9 is weird with 180.
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What method, and are you experiencing any market issues?
edit: apologies for the value not being present.
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What method, and are you experiencing any market issues?
edit: apologies for the value not being present.
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CM9 gets android.phone fc's on incoming call with 180. I just set to 190 in build.prop from root explorer
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What method, and are you experiencing any market issues?
edit: apologies for the value not being present.
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Using 190 as well. Changed from rom toolbox, no market issues because I downloaded the edited apk but my dialer is smaller than the screen so I'm searching for an edited apk for that now.
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greekunit690 said:
Using 190 as well. Changed from rom toolbox, no market issues because I downloaded the edited apk but my dialer is smaller than the screen so I'm searching for an edited apk for that now.
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I'm on AOKP and 180 worked fine on the dialer (the actual app crashes on an incoming call, but still it looked good @ 180). What should I google to find the edited market apk? Is it density specific (i.e Market w/ 240dpi spoof)? Sorry, I don't really know the nuances of my phone yet.
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Mine is 190 (not on the poll) as cm9 is weird with 180.
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190 is mine also.
The little blue pull-down circle ring in SkyICS is off-centered now.
And RocketDial app has everything smaller, it didn't resize properly.
The only reason I'm doing 190 is to fit everything I want in one view on the Apex launcher bar.
EDIT: I thought I was 190 but I'm actually 200.
160. Use them good eyes while you got them
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160. Use them good eyes while you got them
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Do you get market compatibility issues with 160? And doesn't the phone crash at 180 and below?
190 is mine also.
The little blue pull-down circle ring in SkyICS is off-centered now.
And RocketDial app has everything smaller, it didn't resize properly.
The only reason I'm doing 190 is to fit everything I want in one view on the Apex launcher bar.
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Here's the difference between 240 and 200 for me. http://imgur.com/a/6JPVC
Edit: What methods for both of you
ROM Toolbox here.
I restored all my apps from Titanium so didn't have to go to market to install anything.
I originally tried 180 but it was just too small for my older eyes.
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Do you get market compatibility issues with 160? And doesn't the phone crash at 180 and below?
Here's the difference between 240 and 200 for me. http://imgur.com/a/6JPVC
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I used ROM Toolbox to change the density then LCD Density Modder to Fix Market Compatibility
And I can send you a link to the phone fix... its just an apk that you need to copy to your /system/app folder then reboot.
Also no market issues at all.
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Edit. I did see that some apps were not being seen in market so I purchased LCD DENSITY MODDER pro. However I dont use thoes apps. I also wanted to play with fooling the market
OFWGKTADGAF said:
I used ROM Toolbox to change the density then LCD Density Modder to Fix Market Compatibility
And I can send you a link to the phone fix... its just an apk that you need to copy to your /system/app folder then reboot.
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That would be wonderful, I just brought that ***** down to 160 (trying out the market fix in Themes/Apps section) so a stable phone would be great.
Also on ROM Toolbox question, is it really as good as advertised? Replacing ROM manager, Tit Backup, Root Explorer, etc.
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Also on ROM Toolbox question, is it really as good as advertised? Replacing ROM manager, Tit Backup, Root Explorer, etc.
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Honestly, I use Root Explorer for what it's used for and ROM Manager for what it's used for.
ROM Toolbox might do all those things just as well. But I never bothered to try using it for any of those.
I have used ROM-T for replacing boot animation (the selection isn't super) and some icons like 4G or Wireless in the pull down (again, selection isn't super).
And toyed with it for overclocking.
I stop using it for awhile but always seem to find something useful in it to use here and there.
This is what I used for the market fix... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1639213 .. can someone post the edited phone.apk? Thanks!
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Mine is set to 190 with ROM toolbox. very few fcs.
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On miui changing the density will crash the home. On aokp under 190 phone won't work. Cm9 under 180 things get thrown off like the circle in the pull down.
Android 4.0.4 AOKP
"Here's the difference between 240 and 200 for me."
Now that's just creepy - I have the EXACT same toggles in AOKP, but my swagger is ON
Is Rom Toolbox the best way to go for changing density? I using LCD Modder and set standard/boot to 190. Basically thought I had bricked for a few minutes, phone went fully unresponsive. Battery pull + power only showed Samsung logo followed by nothing, luckily booting into Recovery wasn't a problem.
EDIT: SkyICS
I use Rom toolbox. I am on SkyIce 4.2E and have no problems using 160 or 200. The only reason i stay at 200 instead of 160 is my eyesight. Im not blind, but i dont like straining either. Yes, the dialer screen at 160 is really small, but still plenty usable. I dont really get picky over the small stuff.
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that way when i screenshot it will get the whole text convo.
how do i make the text font smaller?
For the love of God, don't set the dpi to 160 using LCD density modder whatever you do.
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For the love of God, don't set the dpi to 160 using LCD density modder whatever you do.
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Why?
OP: Not sure, some ROMs like CM9 have options for font size under "Settings > System > Font size", maybe yours does too?
Cause I've semi-bricked my phone.apk
Yea I have had trouble with changing dpi from LCD density modder too. I only use that for the market fix.
I change dpi to 180-200 by editing build.prop on root explorer.
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copene said:
Cause I've semi-bricked my phone.apk
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No nandroid?
I'm not sure if this is exactly what you are looking for, but try downloading go sms pro. You can change the font size.
Also you could try to change it to a thread view instead of bubbles to fit more.
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No nandroid?
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Here's my story...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746884
I've sort of found a work around so that I can keep up with nightlies but its a crap shoot once I reboot.
copene said:
Here's my story...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746884
I've sort of found a work around so that I can keep up with nightlies but its a crap shoot once I reboot.
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Ouch, time to flash back to stock and try to get it replaced on warranty maybe?
Sorry for going off-topic OP...
Go to Google store search for big font...
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