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Does anyone know acceptable resolutions for Google play? I use a thunderbolt and lower the density to 160, recently went to 190 and I like it there. The annoying party is Google play doesn't think my can rum the apps....so I change resolutions revoir install/update then return to my resolution of choice. This is a pain in the as...I've installed pdiddys market but it doesn't stay. After 1 reboot the hack is gone and I have to reinstall, reboot and I'm in the same boat again...not to mention of Google ever updates the market again I'll have to get an"updated"hack....anyone know how to find resolutions Google play well accept?
ang1dust said:
Does anyone know acceptable resolutions for Google play? I use a thunderbolt and lower the density to 160, recently went to 190 and I like it there. The annoying party is Google play doesn't think my can rum the apps....so I change resolutions revoir install/update then return to my resolution of choice. This is a pain in the as...I've installed pdiddys market but it doesn't stay. After 1 reboot the hack is gone and I have to reinstall, reboot and I'm in the same boat again...not to mention of Google ever updates the market again I'll have to get an"updated"hack....anyone know how to find resolutions Google play well accept?
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i use this lcd density modder there is a free version or pro either way u can just change back and fourth between dpi as i use 160dpi on mine but market seems to like only 240dpi which is stock on my device other thing u can do is have 2 build.props and just replace the end tag with .bak and reboot
DJBoxer said:
i use this lcd density modder there is a free version or pro either way u can just change back and fourth between dpi as i use 160dpi on mine but market seems to like only 240dpi which is stock on my device other thing u can do is have 2 build.props and just replace the end tag with .bak and reboot
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I want it to work like normal. no rebooting. I use room toolbox to change density. I think this whole density crap is dumb
I use LCD density modder pro. Comes with modded market that will spoof your density. Dev updates to latest market when available
you'll need a modded market + gsf. it won't be replaced on boot unless you did something very wrong.
the standard dpis are 120, 160, 240, 320
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I want it to work like normal. no rebooting. I use room toolbox to change density. I think this whole density crap is dumb
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as the user demo says it comes with modded market so no need to reboot
This is probably more of a general Android question and one that I've never been able to fully fix on any of my Android devices. When I change the dpi (currently on my RAZR HD VZW) it breaks several Play Store apps. Sometimes I can't download new apps because it will say "your device is not compatible..." and I can't even get updates to current apps I have installed. As soon as I change back to the default dpi and reboot, everything works perfectly. Is there a way around this when changing the dpi on an Android device?
Thanks,
caseym
caseym said:
This is probably more of a general Android question and one that I've never been able to fully fix on any of my Android devices. When I change the dpi (currently on my RAZR HD VZW) it breaks several Play Store apps. Sometimes I can't download new apps because it will say "your device is not compatible..." and I can't even get updates to current apps I have installed. As soon as I change back to the default dpi and reboot, everything works perfectly. Is there a way around this when changing the dpi on an Android device?
Thanks,
caseym
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Hi, where do you change it? Are you having a custom rom? basically you should fix the permissions, then all should be ok (on my HTC this was possible through the CodefireX settings, or an apk I used before being LCD modder); on stock I haven't seen these possibilities....
flying_dutchman said:
Hi, where do you change it? Are you having a custom rom? basically you should fix the permissions, then all should be ok (on my HTC this was possible through the CodefireX settings, or an apk I used before being LCD modder); on stock I haven't seen these possibilities....
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I just use Root Explorer, go into /system and open build.prop in Text Editor, change the line for lcd density, save & exit, reboot. It works and has always worked on all my devices, but like I said, it always breaks market apps.
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I just use Root Explorer, go into /system and open build.prop in Text Editor, change the line for lcd density, save & exit, reboot. It works and has always worked on all my devices, but like I said, it always breaks market apps.
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right, do know (simply because I lost my root), but doesn't CMW have a "fix persmissions"? (coming back to my HTC I had 4ext & had this function) - basically when you fix the permissions all should be ok. remains the question now here where can you do it... (sorry, not that kind of a pro...)
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right, do know (simply because I lost my root), but doesn't CMW have a "fix persmissions"? (coming back to my HTC I had 4ext & had this function) - basically when you fix the permissions all should be ok. remains the question now here where can you do it... (sorry, not that kind of a pro...)
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Exactly! How do we do this now since we don't have CWM???
You can change the dpi of the Razr HD to 240 without breaking anything. Default is 320. And, if you use an alternative launcher, you can also set it to 200. I modified a script to allow the change easily... you can read about it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2002914
It's primarily designed for lapdock usage, but if you wish to just change your dpi for visual reasons, it'll work as well.
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You can change the dpi of the Razr HD to 240 without breaking anything. Default is 320. And, if you use an alternative launcher, you can also set it to 200. I modified a script to allow the change easily... you can read about it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2002914
It's primarily designed for lapdock usage, but if you wish to just change your dpi for visual reasons, it'll work as well.
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OK thanks a lot for that. 240 is a little too small for me, especially since it doesn't change it to tablet mode (like my GNex did when you set it below 260). Is there any way to enable tablet mode? Like Paranoid Android look?
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OK thanks a lot for that. 240 is a little too small for me, especially since it doesn't change it to tablet mode (like my GNex did when you set it below 260). Is there any way to enable tablet mode? Like Paranoid Android look?
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Using a custom launcher and setting to 200 dpi does change to a tablet mode, sort of. Make sure you pick a launcher that has tablet functionality too. Apex launcher supports 200dpi and has tablet functionality, for example. I haven't tried higher dpi with Apex but you just have to play with it.
When I got my Oneplus One I was a little disappointed because some apps don't realy leverage the screen size gain compared to smaller screens. E.g. the standard Email-app shows just as many items per screen as it does on a 4.2" screen, just bigger.
Also I wondered how to increase the number of app symbols in a row in the Trebuchet (CM11s standard-launcher) app drawer.
Then I found the solution:
Install Xposed and the App Settings module. Don't forget to activate both and restart the phone.
In App Settings you can change the DPI for individual apps. E.g. I changed the DPI to 400 for Trebuchet. Now I get 5 apps in a row in the app drawer instead of 4. Same with the Email-app: Now it shows more items in the list of mails, just a little smaller.
Hope this helps.
Mitch.
You could also change the DPI from 480 to something smaller in BUILD.PROP, root is required obviously, but then again Xposed also needs root AFAIK.
Changing the BUILD.PROP setting will change your entire UI to the desired DPI which looks pretty amazing IMO
Yep, changing the build.prop is a much more effective method. One small change and you have a global effect, rather than having to change the DPI for apps individually.
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Another way to change DPI is using https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.texdroider.texdroider_dpi very minimal app and does the job well. 380 is the dpi I use, no problems with Play Store apps either.
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Another way to change DPI is using https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.texdroider.texdroider_dpi very minimal app and does the job well. 380 is the dpi I use, no problems with Play Store apps either.
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I use a DPI of 370 on mine, I can't stand the way everything looks with a stock DPI, it's such a waste of screen real estate.
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When I got my Oneplus One I was a little disappointed because some apps don't realy leverage the screen size gain compared to smaller screens. E.g. the standard Email-app shows just as many items per screen as it does on a 4.2" screen, just bigger.
Also I wondered how to increase the number of app symbols in a row in the Trebuchet (CM11s standard-launcher) app drawer.
Then I found the solution:
Install Xposed and the App Settings module. Don't forget to activate both and restart the phone.
In App Settings you can change the DPI for individual apps. E.g. I changed the DPI to 400 for Trebuchet. Now I get 5 apps in a row in the app drawer instead of 4. Same with the Email-app: Now it shows more items in the list of mails, just a little smaller.
Hope this helps.
Mitch.
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Thanks. i will try it with the game "My Railway"... This is so small on stock Opo, it doesn't make fun...
zephiK said:
Another way to change DPI is using https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.texdroider.texdroider_dpi very minimal app and does the job well. 380 is the dpi I use, no problems with Play Store apps either.
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since the new hangouts app, it says that this app is not compatible with your device. can anyone else replicate this problem, my dpi is at 410
Afaik there are some "special" dpi levels for apps.. Stock dpi may work, 410 may not, but for example 370 may work again... Dont remember exactly which are good
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Afaik there are some "special" dpi levels for apps.. Stock dpi may work, 410 may not, but for example 370 may work again... Dont remember exactly which are good
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Shows compatible with 380 but yeah what gerciolisz said. Depending what dpi it is, play store may not like it.
There was a modded play store that work around the problem but it hasnt been updated.
Ok, so in the past Huawei has decided on a few of their larger devices to go with 400 DPI instead of the standard 320 DPI that android should be at. This makes the UI a little to large. Sure you can root your phone and tweak the build.prop file for different DPI, but then icons look weird and there's other issues. 400 DPI just looks wrong to me, I'm sure some folks like it, but I really don't
I found something called "App Layout" in the settings today. This is awesome my friends.....
The "Standard" setting is 400 DPI (Default)
"Reduced" looks to be 320 DPI
There's even a custom where you can do per app DPI settings just like you can in Xposed framework!
This is truly a great piece of work from Huawei, Now we can set the DPI where we want it. Nicely done Huawei!
All we need now is to have the memory manager work a little better and I will go on record saying that other than Cyanogen or plain android, this is the best Vendor skin to date. So much you can do with it... I haven't even unlocked or rooted my phone yet and I don't think i'm going to bother (Plus I want to install all the update files without hassle since it seems like they are coming out pretty fast)
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Ok, so in the past Huawei has decided on a few of their larger devices to go with 400 DPI instead of the standard 320 DPI that android should be at. This makes the UI a little to large. Sure you can root your phone and tweak the build.prop file for different DPI, but then icons look weird and there's other issues. 400 DPI just looks wrong to me, I'm sure some folks like it, but I really don't
I found something called "App Layout" in the settings today. This is awesome my friends.....
The "Standard" setting is 400 DPI (Default)
"Reduced" looks to be 320 DPI
There's even a custom where you can do per app DPI settings just like you can in Xposed framework!
This is truly a great piece of work from Huawei, Now we can set the DPI where we want it. Nicely done Huawei!
All we need now is to have the memory manager work a little better and I will go on record saying that other than Cyanogen or plain android, this is the best Vendor skin to date. So much you can do with it... I haven't even unlocked or rooted my phone yet and I don't think i'm going to bother (Plus I want to install all the update files without hassle since it seems like they are coming out pretty fast)
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Yeah, it's great if you decide to stay stock as you don't have to do much to change the DPI. You can change the DPI also without rooting by opening a command prompt in adb and running a command.
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Ok, so in the past Huawei has decided on a few of their larger devices to go with 400 DPI instead of the standard 320 DPI that android should be at. This makes the UI a little to large. Sure you can root your phone and tweak the build.prop file for different DPI, but then icons look weird and there's other issues. 400 DPI just looks wrong to me, I'm sure some folks like it, but I really don't
I found something called "App Layout" in the settings today. This is awesome my friends.....
The "Standard" setting is 400 DPI (Default)
"Reduced" looks to be 320 DPI
There's even a custom where you can do per app DPI settings just like you can in Xposed framework!
This is truly a great piece of work from Huawei, Now we can set the DPI where we want it. Nicely done Huawei!
All we need now is to have the memory manager work a little better and I will go on record saying that other than Cyanogen or plain android, this is the best Vendor skin to date. So much you can do with it... I haven't even unlocked or rooted my phone yet and I don't think i'm going to bother (Plus I want to install all the update files without hassle since it seems like they are coming out pretty fast)
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Is this on the new updated roms? Because if can not find this setting on my stock 702 rom version?
Benjiro said:
Is this on the new updated roms? Because if can not find this setting on my stock 702 rom version?
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I'm on a 703 running B108.
Settings -> Apps -> App Layout
That's what I have...
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I'm on a 703 running B108.
Settings -> Apps -> App Layout
That's what I have...
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That explains that ... My 702 is still on B103 ... No official updates have come yet for the internal updater.
the only problem though is that the Microsoft Office apps such as Word does not go to tablet mode despite it being set to reducing mode but whenever I tweak the dpi to 320 via adb, it does show in tablet mode but some app icons and task manager are a bit messed up. Other apps such as Facebook or Youtube does seem to display on tablet orientation when in reducing mode.
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the only problem though is that the Microsoft Office apps such as Word does not go to tablet mode despite it being set to reducing mode but whenever I tweak the dpi to 320 via adb, it does show in tablet mode but some app icons and task manager are a bit messed up. Other apps such as Facebook or Youtube does seem to display on tablet orientation when in reducing mode.
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I think that has to do with teh odd 1920x1200 rez. If it were 1920x1080 then it probably would detect phone mode/tablet mode correctly
Flash rom KangVIP, you can adjust DPI switching to 400, 380,360,340,320 dpi
http://cn.club.vmall.com/thread-6033530-1-1.html
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Flash rom KangVIP, you can adjust DPI switching to 400, 380,360,340,320 dpi
http://cn.club.vmall.com/thread-6033530-1-1.html
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If I switch the dpi to 320 if I'm using that rom does the UI becomes a bit weird? I just wanna ask because whenever I switch the actual dpi to 320 via adb (with the original B109 rom), some of the icons are smaller and have green background in them and other glitches.
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If I switch the dpi to 320 if I'm using that rom does the UI becomes a bit weird? I just wanna ask because whenever I switch the actual dpi to 320 via adb (with the original B109 rom), some of the icons are smaller and have green background in them and other glitches.
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UI will be normal same as original B109 rom but font in app will be smaller.
mcdhol_24 said:
If I switch the dpi to 320 if I'm using that rom does the UI becomes a bit weird? I just wanna ask because whenever I switch the actual dpi to 320 via adb (with the original B109 rom), some of the icons are smaller and have green background in them and other glitches.
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If you use Nova Launcher, that fixes the icon problem.
For the unlucky ones with 702L. I found a possible fix (still testing) to set the dpi to 320 without issues in SwiftKey being huge for example. Need to be ROOTED. So this is what I did.
1. Edit the build prop and add/change both " qemu.sf.lcd_density=320 " and " ro.sf.lcd_density=320 "
2. Use terminal emulator with
Su
Wm density 320
Reboot.
Now Wm density should show one value not 2 and SwiftKey should work as well.
Cheers.
Nice. Been looking for the SwiftKey fix. So, for this fix to be working do you need to get it rooted? Cheers
On 2nd thought, this SwiftKey problem doesn't exist on other keyboard apps like fleksy, googles own and go keyboard.
Yes you have to be rooted for that. But being rooted has of course a lot of other advantages and is easy to do once the bootloader is unlocked (I used the paid option from the root guide and I was rooted within half an hour).
I tried the other keyboards as well, seems SwiftKey uses other parts of build.prop to get dpi.
Hope I could help.
Hello guys -
So at last we can now root Ultra YAY
Has anyone tried changing the DPI?
I did change mine and everything looks so much nicer in relation with the size,
however got an issue with the stock Camera App,
After the DPI Change the way the picture is showing is reversed
Portrait - shows landscape on the front and back
Landscape - shows portrait
Tried App Settings in Xposed and restored to default DPI for the Camera but it didnt work?
Has anyone got some insight or solution for the issue aside from installig 3rd party app?
Thank you so much
Looking forward to getting root on this bad boy
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hillg001 said:
Looking forward to getting root on this bad boy
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theres rooting instructions and discussions here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone-3-ultra/help/to-root-asus-zenfone-3-ultra-t3504060
everyone is so helpful :angel::fingers-crossed::good:
I use "Easy DPI Changer" to change the DPI of whole system from 320 (default)to 400.
So far, I did not find any error now, including stock camera app.
Which DPI app did you use?
What DPI did you set?
There is another thread where a user was changing dpi through adb before we had root. He broke down how the phone reacted with different values. The camera breaking was one of them. Unfortunately I don't think there is a fix. Have you tried a third party camera? Google camera perhaps?
I think the problems come when using lower values than stock. Higher values I have used myself up to 420 DPI didn't bring any problem for me, including with the camera.
But DJI Go app doesn't launch above 360 DPI, although that has nothing to do with Asus. Weather channel also doesn't launch above 360 DPI.
So be prepared to have some apps not working once in a while above 360 DPI.
Cowbell said:
I use "Easy DPI Changer" to change the DPI of whole system from 320 (default)to 400.
So far, I did not find any error now, including stock camera app.
Which DPI app did you use?
What DPI did you set?
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Yes, used that too and got the issue with the camera using 220 though i like it small
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There is another thread where a user was changing dpi through adb before we had root. He broke down how the phone reacted with different values. The camera breaking was one of them. Unfortunately I don't think there is a fix. Have you tried a third party camera? Google camera perhaps?
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Yes using a third Party Cam now Cameringo +, is there any other 3rd party cam close to the stock cam? i like how the front and back facing cam respond on the stock cam on low light option which i cant find on the others
Latoc said:
I think the problems come when using lower values than stock. Higher values I have used myself up to 420 DPI didn't bring any problem for me, including with the camera.
But DJI Go app doesn't launch above 360 DPI, although that has nothing to do with Asus. Weather channel also doesn't launch above 360 DPI.
So be prepared to have some apps not working once in a while above 360 DPI.
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Yes, i think the issue shows up on DPI lower than 360 - i had the same issue before too on my Zenfone 6