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[tweak] Change screen resolution (density)

WORKING EXCELLENT with G2X Gingerbread leak update.zip, you will be in love !!!! NO MORE BAGS at all !!!
I was very surprised ! When I saw that LG G2x working EXCELLENT with density "190" with out ANY COSMETIC problem !!!!
Example: My nexus S of cause working too with "190 Density" BUT I got a lot of problem ! BECAUSE "ROM" not intended" to work with higher resolution !!!!!!!... EXAMPLE I got bad LOCK SCREEN, some widgets sucks...etc.
but I remembered first review about LG Optimus 2x, It said that the phone has higher resolution, plus I saw the photo.)
So lets START !
U need Root Explorer !
1) open root explorer.
2) go to system
3) open "Build.prop" (long press on it>open in text Editor)
4) almost at the bottom u will SEE this: ro.sf.lcd_density=240
5) Change 240 on 190
6) Close and save.
7) Fix permissions. (better do it in "rom manager")
8) Restart your phone.
(If you will find any bag, u can easy return everything back, I found only 1 ! On Latitude Icons funny lol!.....)
Unfortunately you can not see all the "buzz" from Screen shots:
Video
(Thank you Outlaw71):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nqs8j13Mk8k
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I like it but I can't see my clock
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rizzxx7 said:
I like it but I can't see my clock
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I FIX check the tread

Looks weird. What are the advantages? Just that you can see more entries in a scrollable list like Gmail, settings, etc? Does the keyboard get smaller? Smaller keyboard is a no-go for me. I have big fingers.

r4d14n7 said:
Looks weird. What are the advantages? Just that you can see more entries in a scrollable list like Gmail, settings, etc? Does the keyboard get smaller? Smaller keyboard is a no-go for me. I have big fingers.
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I like it (feel everything faster for me+ plus I can see full pages...plus I believe its looks hot)
, but of cause its not for everyone)
U can try density 200, its gonna by same keyboard size like before, or swype keyboard still the same with any density )
On u pc u using 800×600 resolution too? joke

r4d14n7 said:
Looks weird. What are the advantages? Just that you can see more entries in a scrollable list like Gmail, settings, etc?
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Yup. Just makes everything smaller so you can view more on the screen at one time than you can by default.

Thanks for thread was curious how to do this outside of using the root tools app. Ended up with a density of 190, its all compact and tiny but the clock text is still visible.

Oooh thanks too do u using bloodEagle rom?

avetny said:
Oooh thanks too do u using bloodEagle rom?
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Still rocking the stock rom....cant decide which roms to toy with yet lol

Nice tweak was not aware of this, I like it very much.
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noodlev1 said:
Nice tweak was not aware of this, I like it very much.
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Please make it 190 !

Be aware some apps will no longer render full screen after changing this setting, you'll have to decide what you're willing to deal with if it happens or ask the dev of the app to do whatever it is with their app so it works with other random density.

Useless_Alias said:
Be aware some apps will no longer render full screen after changing this setting, you'll have to decide what you're willing to deal with if it happens or ask the dev of the app to do whatever it is with their app so it works with other random density.
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download Spare Parts app
check the compatibility mode OFF

If the app had a thanks I would have....hello devs???
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EDIT:already installed option already checked....meh lol

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If the app had a thanks I would have....hello devs???
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hhhhhhhh

no, you need to uncheck the compatibilty check box, and then reboot. that will make 95% of apps render correctly on the lower DPI.
mm0

i wonder if this could solve the issue im having with the phone connected using hdmi to my tv where i only see half of my notification bar!

muzicman0 said:
no, you need to uncheck the compatibilty check box, and then reboot. that will make 95% of apps render correctly on the lower DPI.
mm0
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yep thats what I mean ! thank u

When I long build.prop and try and open in text editor i get a "warning you cannot edit this file because the file system is read only" any help?

crocks said:
When I long build.prop and try and open in text editor i get a "warning you cannot edit this file because the file system is read only" any help?
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in root explorer in the upper left corner, u have: Mount R/W
change for
Mount R/O and and continue
(root explorer PAID version ONLY)

How to increase font size in sensation?

Hi.
I'm wondering how to increase the font size in the phone.. the screen size way to big... But the default font size is to small even. Compare to my friend wildfire...
Thz.
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Amen! Font size is a joke. You need a magnifying glass to read a text you are sending. I'm looking for options too before I return.

There should be options in all the apps (Gmail, Email, Browser, Messages, etc) to make the font bigger. Most all apps have this option.

Agree the font is minimalistic for this vibrant large screen...we need a global setting! At it some apps can be enlarged...

Download spare parts change font size near the bottom!
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Can you please tell me where you download 'spare parts' from the bottom of where?

Spare Parts is found on the marketplace. It is free. There are two versions, doesn't matter which you get.
Also, in the text messaging app, you can pinch to zoom to get smaller or larger text. Not sure if stock can do this as I run Insert Coin.

Hgaara said:
Also, in the text messaging app, you can pinch to zoom to get smaller or larger text. Not sure if stock can do this as I run Insert Coin.
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The pinch to zoom in text is a 3.5 feature, so regardless of Rom, as long as its 3.5 based
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i GOT IT~! its working in ARHD 3.6.8 ROM.. Nice..

You can also increase the lcd density in the build.prop This will make everything a bigger. I'm currently using 255 instead of 240.

Icons turning to default after reboot?

Everytime I reboot my icons change to the green uploading icons and not to the normal ones. I have to manually remove them and add them again. Another thing i've notices is once in a while distorted horizontal lines appear across some apps. They will not go away most of the time unless I reboot.?

Sometimes my widgets get colored lines in it and i have to reboot to. My.contacts app disappear and turn into to people app all on its on til i reboot. Hope they fix these issues but no updates in site tmobile and phone companies have bad service.
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chapinrico said:
Everytime I reboot my icons change to the green uploading icons and not to the normal ones. I have to manually remove them and add them again. Another thing i've notices is once in a while distorted horizontal lines appear across some apps. They will not go away most of the time unless I reboot.?
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I have the same problem but it only happens with a few specific games every time. It's annoying but I've just stopped fixing it and leave them as the android icon.

Mine was doing this for SD installed apps... Solved in the last update however...
Change the theme and back to restore the icons... marginally better than deleting and re-adding

You could also change the language, go to the main page, change the language back to what is was and it'll solve the problem.

move the apps that are loosing it's icons from sd to internal memory.
few of my games were doing this on reboot.
soon as I moved them to internal, no more problems.
kinda sucks that we can't take advantage of app2sd feature that comes with some of apps but until we get an update that fixes this bug, this is the only sure way I've found.

Mainspring said:
move the apps that are loosing it's icons from sd to internal memory.
few of my games were doing this on reboot.
soon as I moved them to internal, no more problems.
kinda sucks that we can't take advantage of app2sd feature that comes with some of apps but until we get an update that fixes this bug, this is the only sure way I've found.
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Yep, that fixed it after a restart. Why do some games install on the phone and some on SD? There doesn't seem to be any consistency.

jmazz3 said:
Yep, that fixed it after a restart. Why do some games install on the phone and some on SD? There doesn't seem to be any consistency.
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I don't think apps install on the SD unless specified. As for the icons changing on reboot. This has been a problem on Android since apps to SD was implemented.
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Guys try going to settings then manage applications then all then click on HTC sense and force stop it.
HTC sense will reload and your icons will return .This works for me hope it does for you
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cyrarchy said:
Guys try going to settings then manage applications then all then click on HTC sense and force stop it.
HTC sense will reload and your icons will return .This works for me hope it does for you
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I'm having the same problem as well with my game icons.
That worked, Thanks!

My Facebook app on my main screen does the same thing -- I do have it moved to the SD card. Randomly the correct icon/logo appears on it, but most of the time it's the generic Android icon. I've learned to live with it -- maybe they'll fix it someday.

My icons return after a reboot, when I turn the phone off/on.
Got a 5 min wait for new user to post...
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cyrarchy said:
Guys try going to settings then manage applications then all then click on HTC sense and force stop it.
HTC sense will reload and your icons will return .This works for me hope it does for you
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I tried this and it didn't work, until I realized that there were two Sense applications running and I killed the wrong one...D'oh!

I tried to force stop HTC sense and dashboard.... none of this worked.
So I tried changing the theme and IT WORKED!!!! When I restored my previous theme, all the icons went back to normal.
This the easiest non-frustrating method. From time to time, my phone crashes and restarts by itself and all my icons would change.

Has anyone tried using Rom Manager and run "fix permissions" with any luck?

steve841 said:
Has anyone tried using Rom Manager and run "fix permissions" with any luck?
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It is not a permissions issue. It is quite simple.. the desktop icons are loaded before the sd card is mounted and accessible so it can't load the icons and won't retry later. Causing sense to reload in any way after the SD card is mounted will reload the icons. Changing themes works. Killing sense to force a reload works. Using titanium backup to freeze/unfreeze any of the sense Widgets works. I'm sure there are plenty more ways of making sense reload
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Kupfel said:
I'm sure there are plenty more ways of making sense reload
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No need, crashes and reloads often enough itself, lol.
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Alternative to changing LCD density.

I usually always change the density because of the font being too huge by default, but I recently found an app called Big Font in the market.
Try it out. It's awesome and no longer do I have to keep changing the LCD back just to download certain apps from the market.
Just thought I'd share with people .

buru898 said:
I usually always change the density because of the font being too huge by default, but I recently found an app called Big Font in the market.
Try it out. It's awesome and no longer do I have to keep changing the LCD back just to download certain apps from the market.
Just thought I'd share with people .
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Great find but I prefer LDPI.

IRASadPanda said:
Great find but I prefer LDPI.
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As do I but I hate when I would have to change density to download apps in the market.
This is a very viable substitute for me that I'll probably always use from now on.
It also has a feature to exclude certain apps from having their font changed which is very useful.

I just edit my build.prop and than replace the default market with the modified market with the default dpi hardcoded into it. The market will think the screen size is default no matter what size you change it to. I just use root explorer.
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charlieb620 said:
I just edit my build.prop and than replace the default market with the modified market with the default dpi hardcoded into it. The market will think the screen size is default no matter what size you change it to. I just use root explorer.
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Can you point me in the direction of that APK?

IRASadPanda said:
Can you point me in the direction of that APK?
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http://db.tt/gQugSU9b
Change the permissions to match the previous market. System/app and reboot
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charlieb620 said:
http://db.tt/gQugSU9b
Change the permissions to match the previous market. System/app and reboot
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Thanks friend, will it work when it updates to Play Store?

IRASadPanda said:
Thanks friend, will it work when it updates to Play Store?
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I tried it, won't work for me... have to go back to big font.
Cleared cache and data for market too.

thanks for passing this along!

b_Rich said:
thanks for passing this along!
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spare parts has been changing fonts for years and is usually included in all roms. you also don't need to change density to download apps from market, just need modified market app.

kolyan said:
spare parts has been changing fonts for years and is usually included in all roms. you also don't need to change density to download apps from market, just need modified market app.
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With spare parts it's only the menu that changes, or it temporarily changes the system just for that reboot.

buru898 said:
With spare parts it's only the menu that changes, or it temporarily changes the system just for that reboot.
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i noticed it changes menus and my widgets. settings also stick after reboot. dont know about all apps

I haven't used it myself, but you guys might be interested in this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1477379
Supposed to "fix" you market for any DPI.

IceColdSandwich - 8.5 - AOKP Screen Density Question

I followed the instructions in the threads I found (yes I looked it up), it says to change DPI to 120 following the instructions on in Rom settings>general UI>LCD density. I changes and giving me the tablet mode, but it doesnt fit the screen. There are large spaces I cant use on my homescreen and my widgets are super small. Is there any way to have tablet mode, but keep my full homescreen? Please be helpful and not mean, 1 Single act of kindness.

what launcher are you using? try go launcher and expand the grid size...
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Luizinno said:
what launcher are you using? try go launcher and expand the grid size...
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That solved the space problem Thanks! But my app icons and widgets are still tiny, any help for this?

in the same launcher, theres an option where you can make bigger icons (preferences -> visual settings -> icons) but let me tell you that if you change the LCD density everything else will looks smaller so I recommend you to change back to 240 dpi. ( sorry for my English )
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I thought for tablet mode dpi is suppose to be 128 not 120. 120 might be too small.
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Luizinno said:
in the same launcher, theres an option where you can make bigger icons (preferences -> visual settings -> icons) but let me tell you that if you change the LCD density everything else will looks smaller so I recommend you to change back to 240 dpi. ( sorry for my English )
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I actually got sick of tablet mode pretty quicky, so I went up to 160 dpi which is perfect in every way. But I just switched to Jellytime R1 by randomblame which doesnt have the rom controls, so I used toolbox to change my dpi...but I dont know where to get the correct market. This would be my last question for this thread, I'm pretty satisfied where I am atm, except for the playstore issue

Is it possible to fix camera recording on AOKP 8,5 or 8,6 rom ?