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LCD density

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?

kidoh1 said:
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!

halo0 said:
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.

halo0 said:
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.

Where to change Lcd density?

Hey just wondering where we can change the lcd density. If anyone knows please let me know.thanks
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Funzy32 said:
Hey just wondering where we can change the lcd density. If anyone knows please let me know.thanks
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Sorry if this comes out sounding wrong, but why do you need to change your LCD Density. If you know "WHY" you need to change it. You should already know how. This process is not for people that do not know what they are doing and should not be done unless you have a good amount of experience doing so, as messing with the file settings could brick your device, or send you into a boot loop. Hope for the boot loop. But i won't be responsible for telling the masses how to do it. If you really think you need to do it. Answer the question of WHY, and i'll message you. or you can google the process.

Funzy32
Heres a link to the info you need.
Please read carefully.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1101189
Once you do adjust your settings, you will find that your phone keypad layouts are not adjusted to fit your new screen size
This is my question to older members
How do you fix the phone keypad layout and other screens that dont fit?

SoM3_Idi0t said:
Funzy32
Heres a link to the info you need.
Please read carefully.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1101189
Once you do adjust your settings, you will find that your phone keypad layouts are not adjusted to fit your new screen size
This is my question to older members
How do you fix the phone keypad layout and other screens that dont fit?
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The apk has to be decompiled, scaled and recompiled to fix the resolution change. Once again, this is why you don't just change the screen resolution because someone said it could be done. We usually change it for a specific reason.

Humble 1.3 comes with a LCD density change and I don't notice any issues with layouts.
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Hey guys. Thanks for all the info. I am running the latest humble froyo and lcd was set at 200 which affected the dialer screen and such. That's the only reason i switched it back to a density of 240. Thanks for the help.
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Funzy32 said:
Hey guys. Thanks for all the info. I am running the latest humble froyo and lcd was set at 200 which affected the dialer screen and such. That's the only reason i switched it back to a density of 240. Thanks for the help.
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How did you do this? I an having the same issue with humble on my charge.

Whats the right lcd dencity on lg g2x?

I been using 192 with some app on the market but it was too small on that density. Then i tried 240 and it was to big.
So, whats the best density to choose.
And after that market kept saying in the updates that its not compatible with my device..
Its the density has todo with that??

240 is the regular screen size I believe.
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you believe correctly, it is 240
Edit: forgot to mention to try 220 if 240 is to big. Everything works if someone knows certain apps that wont update, please tell.

Ok yall i would try that.
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Tell me what you think. I just switched to 220 to see how it is also. Don't really mess around with it much but I think im going to keep it this way.
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I iust change it to 220. It looks like the same density as 240.
Have tried any other?
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I tried manually, some apps just don't
work.
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I think i would stick to 210, it seems that between default and high ..
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chipis said:
I iust change it to 220. It looks like the same density as 240.
Have tried any other?
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Are u sure it didn't change anything? It looks completely different for me. How did u switch density,app or build prob? I used build prob.
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you are better off keeping the density at 240. When you change it, the market will not let you download certain apps because it changes the screen resolution to a tablet type res. It is a bug with the market.

chipis said:
I been using 192 with some app on the market but it was too small on that density. Then i tried 240 and it was to big.
So, whats the best density to choose.
And after that market kept saying in the updates that its not compatible with my device..
Its the density has todo with that??
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Go to 200. There's an app called font changer that also allows you to conveniently change the screen density, it's what I use.

Dvicens said:
you are better off keeping the density at 240. When you change it, the market will not let you download certain apps because it changes the screen resolution to a tablet type res. It is a bug with the market.
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Yea, you are rigth market it stoping for apps.. updates.
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chipis said:
Yea, you are rigth market it stoping for apps.. updates.
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I had my density at 215 for a while and last month i tried redownloading facebook and a few other apps and it said not compatible with device. It is quite annoying, google responded to users complaining about the issue and they basically said that we shouldnt be altering our phones. Oh well....

LCD Density Change

Coming from the epic touch forum. Switched to skyrocket yesterday. How many people adjust there screen density to a lower amount to make stuff smaller more like the galaxy nexus screens. Currently im at 160 and think it looks good. Just curious if anyone else is dropping it?

I change mine 192. I found that to be the best for reading and using gingerbread keyboard. I've noticed Swype and the Samsung keyboard resize well at 160. what keyboard do you use?
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Im running Quiz's Rom that has the Ice Cream Keyboard and it seems to resize really well too.

Theres no point to changing your LCD density because if you do nothing in the market will work for you.
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Actually a few density apps do it in a manner that does not affect the market.
Check out this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1428398
specter07 said:
Theres no point to changing your LCD density because if you do nothing in the market will work for you.
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specter07 said:
Theres no point to changing your LCD density because if you do nothing in the market will work for you.
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Actually that's not true... While I don't know of any LCD density apps that don't affect the market, there is a workaround that seems to work pretty well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21899025#post21899025
Just follow the instructions and hopefully it will work for you too... I've updated my programs and installed a few that weren't letting me before... Soo happy I don't have to reset my LCD settings everytime I want to update an app or install something new...lol

That's bs I use LCD density and I'm using 720p settings...I download any and everything no problem. Some apps won't display correctly but most do. I am using latest skyicecream rom and go launcher with all Widgets. Fixes little issues with displaying apps. Man I thought it just resized things to appear at different resolution but after trying YouTube videos like big buck bunny in HD at 720p density it is like night and day clarity...I mean you have to see to believe....download LCD density and watch big buck bunny normal then change density to 720p....go back to YouTube app and watch it again...your jaw will drop I promise....
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designfears said:
I change mine 192. I found that to be the best for reading and using gingerbread keyboard. I've noticed Swype and the Samsung keyboard resize well at 160. what keyboard do you use?
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190 is my sweet spot, haven't had issue with market yet as with other settings. Agreed, text looks good 190-100

momulah said:
That's bs I use LCD density and I'm using 720p settings...I download any and everything no problem. Some apps won't display correctly but most do. I am using latest skyicecream rom and go launcher with all Widgets. Fixes little issues with displaying apps. Man I thought it just resized things to appear at different resolution but after trying YouTube videos like big buck bunny in HD at 720p density it is like night and day clarity...I mean you have to see to believe....download LCD density and watch big buck bunny normal then change density to 720p....go back to YouTube app and watch it again...your jaw will drop I promise....
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That's very nice for you but there are a lot of people that can't install things from the market when changing their screen density... I had quite a few apps say my phone wasn't compatible while the density was changed and were fine after I changed my settings from the post I linked to...

LCD Density

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.

whosgotlag said:
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

whosgotlag said:
What method, and are you experiencing any market issues?
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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.

tjsooley said:
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

OFWGKTADGAF said:
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.

whosgotlag said:
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
Edit: What methods for both of you
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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.

whosgotlag said:
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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