Change dpi - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III

I'm coming from a galaxy nexus. I always used 240 dpi because I like things small on my screen. I have rooted and unlocked my s3 what's some dpi I can use? Can 240 be used? What's the lowest you can go and have everything still function? Anyone experiment with this yet?
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imablackhat said:
I'm coming from a galaxy nexus. I always used 240 dpi because I like things small on my screen. I have rooted and unlocked my s3 what's some dpi I can use? Can 240 be used? What's the lowest you can go and have everything still function? Anyone experiment with this yet?
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From my experience 240 is the lowest you can go if you want all the apps in Google play to be compatible. Any lower and you run into compatible issues like you won't be able to install Netflix Facebook and a number of other high profile apps.
But I use 240dpi too and anything more seems way too big. So with any ROM I always change to 240 in build prob.
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240 works with stock rom and touch wiz and stuff?
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imablackhat said:
240 works with stock rom and touch wiz and stuff?
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Yes 240 works with stock ROM (but I would think u need root in order to change the dpi)
And no touchwiz doesn't work in 240. You need another launcher like go launcher or apex launcher (the one I currently use at the moment)
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I have always wondered about changing dpi within a ROM... is it similar in concept to changing resolution on your PC? Obviously your monitor retains its native resolution but the GPU is outputting something else?
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scriller said:
Yes 240 works with stock ROM (but I would think u need root in order to change the dpi)
And no touchwiz doesn't work in 240. You need another launcher like go launcher or apex launcher (the one I currently use at the moment)
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If you change the DPI before you install a different luncher that when you start up ur device touchwiz will keep crashing, you will have to wait until Google play picks up that an app has an update in order for u to get to get to Google play to download the launcher.
If possible install the launcher first, then root, change DPI and ur all set.
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ka1z0ku said:
I have always wondered about changing dpi within a ROM... is it similar in concept to changing resolution on your PC? Obviously your monitor retains its native resolution but the GPU is outputting something else?
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They have apps in the market place that changes the DPI but I always set it myself through the build.prop. file
From my understanding its similar but not entirely the same. ur not taxing the GPU any more than normal. (As far as I know android doesn't use GPU to render the interface, its not entirely hardware accelerated)
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Use nova launcher and set dpi to 240 and reboot. Loving it. Reminds me of my nexus.
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Amazon Apps installs on Skyrocket!!!

I don't know if anyone mention this but I noticed that if you buy apps from Amazon Appstore, most apps work with no issues even though Android Market says that it's not compatible and won't let you down load.
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Which apps in particular did you test?
Juroid said:
I don't know if anyone mention this but I noticed that if you buy apps from Amazon Appstore, most apps work with no issues even though Android Market says that it's not compatible and won't let you down load.
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That usually only happenes if u change density
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futuregerald said:
Which apps in particular did you test?
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Swift Key and couple of other apps. During $0.10 sale, I bought bunch of apps. Some from android market and some from Amazon.
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the2rrell said:
That usually only happenes if u change density
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You maybe right. I have my density change to 200 vs 240.
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good to know, when lowering the density the market doesn't let you download them

[APP] - Updated 08/03/2012 - Samsung Galaxy S3 Launcher 5x5 - Version 1.5

This is a port of the Samsung Galaxy S3 Launcher for the Skyrocket
Thanks go to the following:
Smando for the port (thank him HERE)
Gyebro for the guide on how to mod the port (thank him HERE)
seanzscreams for continuing to improve performance (thank him HERE)
Features:
5 rows and 5 columns in both the home screens and app drawer
No icon labels in dock
Icon labels in both the home screen and app drawer were decreased slightly in size
Icons line up perfectly with those in the doc
Includes the AccuWeather wiget from the S3
AccuWeather widget's size was modified to fit in the new 5x5 configuration
Note: the agenda and calendar widgets are NOT included (yet)
Requirements:
ICS
root
CWM or TWRP
Installation
1. Download the ZIP
2. Reboot to CWM
3. Flash away
Change log
Version 1.5
*Performance improvements (thanks seanzscreams)
*Fix to black on black in list view (thanks seanzscreams)
Download
http://d-h.st/VSe
Add ons
Semi-Transparent Weather widget (5x5) - http://d-h.st/EEK
The backgrounds have all be made semi-transparent (about 50%) and gives it a pretty cool look. (see attachments for screenshot)
Screenshots
Home Screen
App Drawer
Only works for ics?
Nevermind. I Read the original thread.
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Works flawless on Galaxy S III Skyrocket R4 ROM! Things look much more "finished" all lined up.
Can get more icons on less pages, leaving wallpaper more visible too.
Working nicely. What is the 1 above the am/pm?
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Bronk93 said:
Working nicely. What is the 1 above the am/pm?
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I'm assuming number of alarms on.
kinvid said:
I'm assuming number of alarms on.
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I'm not entirely sure myself, but I'm making the same assumption. All I did was mod the layout to fit correctly on the screen
Its not alarms. I have no alarms set and its still there. Odd....
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Bronk93 said:
Its not alarms. I have no alarms set and its still there. Odd....
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I agree. I did the and and see the same. Maybe I'll find the original port from the SG3 and mood it from that.
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That would be great.
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Works great on nexus mod 5. Thanks!
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Wallpaper won't display properly. If I choose an already downloaded image and set it, its like blown up and distorted. I use zedge mostly and if I set it from inside the app it displays properly. Anyone else experiencing this?
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Nice work. I run 190 dpi and instead of stretching it out it centers everything in the smaller, 240 dpi setting.
Guess I should go to the original thread and report it.
scottx . said:
Nice work. I run 190 dpi and instead of stretching it out it centers everything in the smaller, 240 dpi setting.
Guess I should go to the original thread and report it.
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Interesting. I haven't tried changing the DPI on it. I can look at the layout XMLs and see if I can't get it to scale properly. May take some time though.
Bronk93 said:
Wallpaper won't display properly. If I choose an already downloaded image and set it, its like blown up and distorted. I use zedge mostly and if I set it from inside the app it displays properly. Anyone else experiencing this?
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Not sure. I either use Live Wallpapers or use QuickPic to set the Wallpaper. What ROM are you using?
I have, however, noticed that I sometimes have to set the Live Wallpaper more than one time to get it to take....will have to look into that one.
Is dl link not working?
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Bronk93 said:
Is dl link not working?
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Working fine for me. Changed the formatting in the OP some to make it easier for the mobile app. Try it again.
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Yea the download link works fine now, weird. Jury still out on that 1 above he am/pm?
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Bronk93 said:
Yea the download link works fine now, weird. Jury still out on that 1 above he am/pm?
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Yeah....not sure exactly what that one is
works great on my badass t989

Landscape wallpaper

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Has anyone been able to properly set their wallpaper with landscape proportions rather than portrait? Even when I select my wallpaper of choice, and select the ridiculous cropping I'm forced upon, my wallpaper has large black gaps in any screen other than my middle screen.
I've tried multiple launchers to no avail, the best I can do is to use Holo Launcher and disable scrolling wallpaper; this is not the desired effect.
Is there something I'm missing here?
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The wallpaper should be sized 1440x1280 for scrolling to work, 720x1280 for just setting an image as a wallpaper. I use a combination of Apex launcher and I set my wallpaper using "Quickpic" which is available in the Play Store. I think other suggestions include "Zedge" but I have no experience with the app.
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Thanks, downloading Apex now
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seittit said:
Thanks, downloading Apex now
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Let me know how this works for you.
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Muuuuuuch better, thanks
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Yep zedge works as well. Just set it as the wallpaper in the app.
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Glad I could help you out!
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? for everyone about LCD density

What LCD density are you using and have you had any issues with apps or the market?
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superman04p said:
What LCD density are you using and have you had any issues with apps or the market?
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182 and no. There is a multi dpi zip for ics/jb roms you can flash. Just do a quick search...
190/191 and some apps will be "compatible" some days, and others wont on other days. It's hit or miss with me
I'be been running 213 for 5 months or so. Haven't have any issues until I hit Scott's latest Beanstock build. Things are off center with Trebuchet.
No market issues to speak of though.
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saxk said:
I'be been running 213 for 5 months or so. Haven't have any issues until I hit Scott's latest Beanstock build. Things are off center with Trebuchet.
No market issues to speak of though.
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Is 240 high on Beantalk?

Change icon size?

How do you change icon size on this phone without rooting and while using the Google launcher? Not quite ready to root, yet. And I like the default launcher other than the icon size. A bit big for me.
Thanks.
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pandacookie said:
How do you change icon size on this phone without rooting and while using the Google launcher? Not quite ready to root, yet. And I like the default launcher other than the icon size. A bit big for me.
Thanks.
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Hold the phone further from your face.
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lyall29 said:
Hold the phone further from your face.
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Wow. That was helpful.
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Just won't happen without root. Even then it would probably require changing DPI settings.
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Lol that was funny. Just use nova or my favorite Apex launcher. Although I believe Nova is only confirmed to work 100%. You can customize anything!
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xXxG0dzRAgexXx said:
Just won't happen without root. Even then it would probably require changing DPI settings.
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Yeah. I figured. But I thought I'd ask anyway. Thought maybe there was something I missed. Thanks.
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pandacookie said:
Wow. That was helpful.
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I was just joking. You will have to root and change the DPI. I have mine on 400 right now and it looks a lot better.
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lyall29 said:
I was just joking. You will have to root and change the DPI. I have mine on 400 right now and it looks a lot better.
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It's cool. No worries.
I did that before on my old HTC One. I just didn't wanna root and wipe out everything in storage by unlocking the boot loader.
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Use a 3rd party launcher like Nova or Apex. You can customize everything, including the icon size.

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