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How do I increase the font size in Android

I often do not have my glasses and cannot read the screen without them. On WinMo there was a setting to change the default text size. Does such a setting exist in Android?

anyone? 10chars

There is a new app today in the market for *rooted* phones only, called Font Size.
It is still in beta and you'll need to have a good backup first in case of problems. I am running a rooted Nexus one and although it rebooted twice in a row after installation, it now works perfectly.

If you are running a rom with spares parts you can change it with that.
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Mdawg112 said:
If you are running a rom with spares parts you can change it with that.
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Or... You can download spare parts from the market. LOL.

Or you can just pinch and zoom ...

peadarog said:
There is a new app today in the market for *rooted* phones only, called Font Size.
It is still in beta and you'll need to have a good backup first in case of problems. I am running a rooted Nexus one and although it rebooted twice in a row after installation, it now works perfectly.
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I was searching for something like rhis and worked fine.
Cheers.

sms text size works pretty good, its free and in the market

Or if your rooted and feel comfortable changing things. You can go into the build file ( which is a text file you can view through ES File Explorer and give the App super user abilities ( which you HAVE to change in the settings of the app as when the app boots it's already given those permissions. You need to give it permission to overwrite files ) Go to the System Folder which is located on the phone not the SD Card. Once viewing the build file.. in the middle of the text file you'll see 160 DPI is the default value, just under that are two values ( both stock at 160 ) and you change those. If you go to 180 everything on the phone becomes bigger or 140 and things become smaller ( Apps, text, everything ) then follows the instructions after which is to reboot the phone...all settings will take place.
Just do NOT change anything else in the build file.

font size
How do i get to the build file? is it in an app or in my 4G.

font size
Hi,
Found the build file and changed from 160 DPI to 180 DPI but when I reboot it does not overwrite the change. How do I get the change to stick.

jmascia said:
Hi,
Found the build file and changed from 160 DPI to 180 DPI but when I reboot it does not overwrite the change. How do I get the change to stick.
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Attach your build.prop here and I'll take a look at it.
You might need to rename it to .txt or put it in a .zip

jmascia said:
Hi,
Found the build file and changed from 160 DPI to 180 DPI but when I reboot it does not overwrite the change. How do I get the change to stick.
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How are you editing build.prop?
Also your rom must support DPI changes, not all of them do, which rom is this?
Once you change that number it should NOT get overwritten.
Spare parts will change menu font size, but won't stick after your screen rotates. If you have rotation off you should be fine. Otherwise the CM community is trying to get that option in spare parts to work, but it's not cooperating. Editing build.prop is probably the best bet.

ROM??? this is way out of my league. I tried spare parts but was unclear how to increase fonts. it seemed to only increase font in one menu screen.
not sure how to attach build prop.

DPI changes not just the font, but everything, like if your font gets bigger, so do your icons, menus, etc. That does work if you want that result. If you want to change ONLY your system font size and nothing else, you can go read this info, and change it this way:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=990853

I need to change the size of the font in my contacts for EVO 4G

jmascia said:
I need to change the size of the font in my contacts for EVO 4G
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If you're running CM7 there should be an option for changing contact text size. I've never used it, but I know it's there.
You should also be asking this in their forum btw
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Doesn't anybody else think it's pretty bad this option isn't available by default on Android? Not everybody wants to root their phones. Not everybody knows a 3rd party app for this exists (and it doesn't even seem to work globally for all text to begin with).
Definite downside, in my opinion.

JaSauders said:
Doesn't anybody else think it's pretty bad this option isn't available by default on Android? Not everybody wants to root their phones. Not everybody knows a 3rd party app for this exists (and it doesn't even seem to work globally for all text to begin with).
Definite downside, in my opinion.
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Talk to or email google about it. Actually, I believe there's a request for it somewhere on the aosp features page (something like that) you can star the issue and try to get more people to join it. Maybe google will look into it...
At least that's a better option than wishing constantly and not taking action
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Use Spare Parts named app from market. It can directly make bigger your all fonts + no root.

easier way of making bootscreen??

Ok so im porting over some bootscreens and im using photoshop cs4. i was shown how to do this by a friend using layers and copying and pasting the png's into each layer. Im looking for an easier way of doing this cause there are over 300 png's to be put into layers. is there an easier way or not? If so then please post a link explaining how or explain yourself thanks

Download a program like PS called Gimp. You can open the a folder as layers. So as long as the are in saved in consecutive ending numbers ie 1, 2, 3 it will put them in the correct order and all you have to do is save it as an animation and you are good to go.

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Download a program like PS called Gimp. You can open the a folder as layers. So as long as the are in saved in consecutive ending numbers ie 1, 2, 3 it will put them in the correct order and all you have to do is save it as an animation and you are good to go.
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yeah i figured that out after i posted but im having a problem cause its over 300 png's and when i save it as an animation it doesnt show all the layers or the colors. its all in black and white and looks horrible.

Okay. Start fresh. Open all the pngs in Gimp. If you did anything other than crop in PS it will not play nice. And I hope you have lots of RAM. Make sure you saved as indexed and 256 colors.

Or post the gif and I will fix it.

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Or post the gif and I will fix it.
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alright i give up. im gonna post the pngs i want to put into a gif. i have the gif already made but it keeps comming up as black and white and dont understand why.

I'll see what I can do.

notasimpleway said:
I'll see what I can do.
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thanks. im gonna take the link down now cause i dont want others to snag it just yet lol

cbarlan said:
thanks. im gonna take the link down now cause i dont want others to snag it just yet lol
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I got it. So go ahead.

Do you have Google Talk logged in? [email protected] So, I can ask a question.

Is the one red png in the folder by itself the last frame?

I will work on this tomorrow at the office. My computer there has more RAM. My laptop just won't handle it.

notasimpleway said:
I will work on this tomorrow at the office. My computer there has more RAM. My laptop just won't handle it.
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Hey sorry got late and passes out. I do have Google talk. Under cbarlan. And yes that is final frame for loading.

if you're coming up black and white for the gif in gimp, you have to change it to rgb then save as animation, then it will ask to index the colors, and give you option of gray scale or color
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danaff37 said:
if you're coming up black and white for the gif in gimp, you have to change it to rgb then save as animation, then it will ask to index the colors, and give you option of gray scale or color
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Can I change it to rgb after gimp layers all the pngs or do I have to change each PNG before I layer them. Only asking cause there are a bunch of pngs. Like 330 of them.

you apply it once all layers are loaded. It does all at once. You can do this with color type, scaling size, and changing hue. Great for theming
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Okay. Well, I finished your bootscreen. It's booting and playing. I will email you the zip. Let me know if any problems.

Overcome [RC1] [Hermes] Theme

I collect the best images from all frameworks I've ever used.
Most of the icons and images are from Xperia Arc theme.
I've also changed the color of the Settings from white to black.
(On Hermes the color of Settings is black, so only replace
"framework-res.apk" and "SystemUI.apk". Also some of
the stuff are used on Hermes.)
Here is what you need to do:
1. Backup your original "framework-res.apk", "SystemUI.apk",
"Settings.apk", "AccountAndSyncSettings.apk" and "Phone.apk"
by Root Explorer or whatever you use in case you want to go back
to the original ones
2. Download the files I've attached and extract them.
3. Copy the extracted files to your SD card.
4. Move theme from SD card to the system.
5. Set their permission like the last attached picture.
6. Move "AccountAndSyncSettings.apk", "Phone.apk", "Settings.apk"
and "SystemUI.apk" to system/app.
7. Move "framework-res.apk" to system/framework.
8. Reboot Your Tab.
*On RC1 if you just want to turn the color of Settings to black, do these
steps only for "AccountAndSyncSettings.apk", "Phone.apk" and "Settings.apk".*
That's it, I hope you like it, if you do just hit the thanks button.

seems to be an interesting theme but not very impressive. as you know after one being on MIUI, rest everything looks so so.. what i say is, instead of backing up all those files if things go wrong, why don't we do a cwm backup and restore if things r not working?
did you manage to get timescape working?
thanks for the hard work and keep going. appreciated

jacktackle said:
seems to be an interesting theme but not very impressive. as you know after one being on MIUI, rest everything looks so so.. what i say is, instead of backing up all those files if things go wrong, why don't we do a cwm backup and restore if things r not working?
did you manage to get timescape working?
thanks for the hard work and keep going. appreciated
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Sure you can backup the files with cwm, I just wanted to say backup your files,
it's doesn't matter in which way.
I don't know about timescape because i haven't tried it.

Nice work sohrab
As for miui , ugh. Why make something look as bland as an iphone? Each to their own.
Really like this.
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stoney73 said:
Nice work sohrab
As for miui , ugh. Why make something look as bland as an iphone? Each to their own.
Really like this.
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I agree that the launcher launcher like that Apple device but the rom in general is one of the best imho.
Anyway, the theme looks nice. Good job bro.
| Don't Revive Me Bro! |

That sooo nice, thanks à lot bro, good work
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I'm glad you all liked it.
I changed the color of the overscroll glow from orange to white, it looks better
on black pages but you are not able to see the color on white pages, so if you
to have different color just tell me to make another one and if you want to change
it yourselves there are two picture in framework-res.apk/res/drawable-hdpi with
the names "overscroll_edge.png" and "overscroll_glow.png".

looking very good
what does the Phone.apk do exactly ?
cuz nothing changes ?

k0sh said:
looking very good
what does the Phone.apk do exactly ?
cuz nothing changes ?
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When you replace "Settings.apk" your "Call Settings" and "Account and Sync" are
still white. So if you want to make them black you need to replace "phone.apk"
and "AccountAndSyncSettings.apk" as well.

Awesome work

Before i break something, does it work on 2.0 gold
Martin
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ztxdk said:
Before i break something, does it work on 2.0 gold
Martin
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Hey mate.
I really don't know, because I'm still on RC1, but if you can decompile it yourself
I can tell you what to do.

Overcome 2.0.1 Hermes
Just wanna report that this works on my Overcome 2.0.1 Hermes ROM.
-----Really like this Theme, thanks a bunch.-----
I hope this doesn't get overlooked as it is clean and subtle - just right
Recommended

nadiros said:
Just wanna report that this works on my Overcome 2.0.1 Hermes ROM.
-----Really like this Theme, thanks a bunch.-----
I hope this doesn't get overlooked as it is clean and subtle - just right
Recommended
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You'r welcome.
Thanks for the report.

Bootanimations

Ok so I made a bootanimation but when I put it in the right folder my boot up is just black the .png images are 480x800 and the image number starts at 00001 can u please help I think it might be the desc.txt file oh and the pictures are 8-bit
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Post your files and I will take a look at it. Also include the information for what rom you are trying to use it with.

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Post your files and I will take a look at it. Also include the information for what rom you are trying to use it with.
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ok thanks ill upload the file on late Saturday because I won't have access to a computer until then thank you and its for rooted stock Rom for HTC inspire
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Ok. Just attach the file to your post. Try to include the name, such as Cleardroid rom or Android Revolution, etc. It can make a difference sometimes as to where the boot animation is supposed to go.

mcslamer said:
Ok so I made a bootanimation but when I put it in the right folder my boot up is just black the .png images are 480x800 and the image number starts at 00001 can u please help I think it might be the desc.txt file oh and the pictures are 8-bit
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After you put it in the correct folder did you make sure you set the correct permissions? I did this and it took me a while to figure that out. You have to have every box checked except for the three on the bottom, I forget what they say. If that doesn't work I'm not sure.
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here you go the file it is suppose to go in is /system/customize/resource/ because it is a att sense stock rooted rom.
and what are the permission setting and how do i set them.

I just took a look at your file and I found your problems. I will redo your text file and check if it will work with the current image frames which I don't think it will. I will let you know after I test it.

Ok, try this first. Use this naming method for all of your files. An example would be "bootanim_480x800_00000", "bootanim_480x800_00001", and so on. Always start with 00000 and it goes up from there and the second folder would continue where the first one left off. The first part is not important as to what name you use. It could be "bootanim" or "Joe" or whatever. The other parts are important. Leave them as they are except of course the numbers for the frames are changing just like you have now. The second problem is that you are trying to run this at 7 fps and the phone does not know how to read that. It likes 15fps, 24fps, and 30fps. You are going to have to add more frames to your animation because it will be too fast as is. Easiest way without creating new images would be to double the sets and add one extra so that you can come out with 15 frames per second. Also just to make sure, when you add this to a zip file named ATT_bootanimation, make sure you are not using any compression. Use a program such as 7_zip and when you make this into a zip file set the compression to "Store". I have rezipped your file and included a new text document already inside of the zip file and as an extra. You should just need to rename and create more frames now. (As far as what myphoneisbroken was referring to, I am not sure. He may have meant to make sure to use a program such as Root Explorer which would have root access to write to system folders. If that is not what he meant then he would have to elaborate a little more.)

Ok ill rename them all and how many frames do you. suggest I make
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Well that depends on how smooth you want it to play. It will take a bit of experimentation on your part. If you go for 15fps to keep the image count down then you are just going to have to check your timing. If your animation played out smoothly before, just remember you have two seconds of animation as it stands right now before you get to the boot loop. You may want to do at least 3 to 4 or even more seconds depending on how fast it plays through. Just watch the total size of the file so that it does not grow too large. Even the smoothest animation may not always play out on the phone perfectly because the phone is loading stuff and sometimes causes it to stutter. The easy way would be to simply double each of your images, but again, you have to experiment and see what looks the best. You may have to create the inbetweens.

Ok I renamed the pictures to what you said iput it in the boot folder and when it boots up it skips folder part0 and goes looping part1
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Something has to be wrong with a part of the name or something in the first folder if it is only showing the second part. The text document is correct and was tested. If it was incorrect you would have a black screen again. Re post your file and I will look at it again.

yeah sorry but here you go and thanks ( i also hit the button)

I got the revised file and I am going through it now.
Edit: You are correct. Only the second part is playing even though everything looks correct in the first folder. I am going through each image to see if I can find the problem.
Edit # 2: I believe I found the problem. I am re doing your images and will test to make sure it works. I will let you know what the outcome is in a while.

Ok thanks can you please give a description of what it is your doing so I don't have any problems next time I make a bootanimation, and sorry for not pressing the thanks button as you can probably tell I'm doing this on my phone most of the time and I can't find the thanks button on here (if there is one)
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I understand, it was just a hint for the future. As far as the images go, the first folder was not in the correct RGB color mode, (second folder was) so I am re doing them now and I will test when I finish with them to make sure it works.

It works. Attached is your boot animation. Enjoy. (I re saved all of the images in the correct format just to make sure they were all good. Everything should be fine now.) Out of curiosity, what program did you use to make these? Was it Photoshop, paint, or something else?

Thanks for the help ill hit the button when I get on a computer and the program I used for the pictures was paint.net I'm to young to buy PhotoShop
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That's fine. I am happy I was able to help you get it working. I asked about the program because I only use PS and other programs like it so I was guessing that something had gone wrong and that it was probably with a program like Paint. Everything comes with time. Keep working at it. It plays out fast because there is only two seconds of animation there. An easy thing you could do which would be a little bit of a pain is to make copies of each image so that there are doubles and then re number all of them. It would play out a bit slower then. Good luck.

Big Bang Theory Boot animation

I'd love to see a Big Bang Theory boot animation with sound

So would i. But I'm not sure of the legal ramifications (copyrighted song and copyrighted tv show). Not sure if its possible, but let those more learned than i speak.

did some digging and found this file
xxx.megaupload.com/?d=7K6G40ZR
however i can't seem to get it to play on my phone. i changed the resolution in the desc.txt to 480 800 but i just get a black screen. anyway here are the files hopefully someone can make it work

I'll take this on tomorrow. No guarantees...but I usually don't stop til I get what I'm after
Looking at the one you provided - all the images are .jpg. I haven't done a boot animation in a while but if I recall they need to be .png, and have the naming scheme fast_boot_p_xx.png (where xx is a 2 digit number starting with 00 - in sequence). Like I said - I'll mess with it tomorrow...sleep is too precious to me. Besides, it's my birthday and I haven't even started drinking yet...

For the audio file and theand animation, rename them to bootanimation.zip and android_audio.mp3 before doing anything else. Put the audio file in the same folder as your bootanimation. Make sure both have permissions set to RW R R .Here's the animation...working on my phone. Let me know if there's anything you'd change. Working on the audio now
Animation
http://www.mediafire.com/?cf4fubvohfjvsh9
Audio File
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?82pyvaia47p6g58

Download counter is showing 14 downloads. No feedback?
Find HQ intro on YouTube
KeepVid the video
Rip audio from video
Rename audio
Find software to convert .mp4 to animated .gif
Find software to extract images from .gif
Find software to batch rename/resize ~65 images
Create folder structure for .zip
Test
Distribute
Not something I did in 5 minutes - hope I helped though

homeslice976 said:
Download counter is showing 14 downloads. No feedback? That wasn't easy to do. if you're interested here was my process:
Find HQ intro on YouTube
KeepVid the video
Rip audio from video
Rename audio
Find software to convert .mp4 to animated .gif
Find software to extract images from .gif
Find software to batch rename ~65 images
Create folder structure for .zip
Test
Distribute
Not something I did in 5 minutes
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For future reference, you could try mplayer/mencoder. It would save quite a few steps. I also use imagemagick's `convert' utility for batch image manipulation. Both of these have windows ports, but I haven't tried them on windows, only linux.

Gene Poole said:
For future reference, you could try mplayer/mencoder. It would save quite a few steps. I also use imagemagick's `convert' utility for batch image manipulation. Both of these have windows ports, but I haven't tried them on windows, only linux.
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Thank you my good man. I'll try those out.
I had all the software I previously mentioned, but haven't made a boot animation since the last wipe of my computer. just a pain to find the stuff to do it again - but i'll give those a shot!
I used a prog called "Free Video to GIF Converter" (clever, right?) for the conversion, "Animated GIF Frame Extractor" for extracting, and iFranView for the rename/resizing

Here's a better one I just made. 300 images rather than 60. use the same audio. Make sure to set permissions to RW/R/R
http://www.mediafire.com/?cf4fubvohfjvsh9

original one seemed a little jumpy

Lightguy84 said:
original one seemed a little jumpy
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yup. that's why i made another. ~300 images compared to ~60 in the same amount of time

Lightguy84 said:
I'd love to see a Big Bang Theory boot animation with sound
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Bump, that would be sweet

The boot with sound would be great!

Is like to ser one of just kaley...... Lol
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sk8rade1 said:
Bump, that would be sweet
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Jarora said:
The boot with sound would be great!
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Post 5 of THIS thread. come on guys...

homeslice976 said:
Post 5 of THIS thread. come on guys...
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Lightguy84 said:
I'd love to see a Big Bang Theory boot animation with sound
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I agree. Let's see it.

psych0naut said:
I agree. Let's see it.
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:facpalm: harder than I ever have before. I give up
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homeslice976 said:
Here's a better one I just made. 300 images rather than 60. use the same audio. Make sure to set permissions to
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Nice, gonna try it out. Thanx

Um....
Link to post on instructions to add boot animation:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1096068