So i been using my SG7+ since Dec 6th.. and couldnt be happier... i have had my share of the sleep of death issue and other hickups but i've been ussing the reccomended fixes...
for the sleep of death im using soflocker free and have not seen the issue ever since.
I did not like the jerkiness of the touchwiz launcher and switched to the ADWlauncher EX. that thing is fast... anyways, there were things i did not like for instance, i was not able to get full screen videos... untill i instaled honeybar (Yeii ) had to instal button saviour too.. its a must...
Next i hated that i had puny icons on the home screens and could not figure out how to change them to the high res version icons that touchwiz uses... bumping up the icon size does not change them, they only look larger but blurry...
then i wanted more screen real state so i installed lcd density and then a funny thing happened... when i lowered the density value to 120 it changed the icons to the Hires verison... so i kept playing and found that at 130 it looks fantastic...
it also gave me a new toolbat on top (status bar) that i did not have before...nothing to jump about but i guess it was not showing up because of the screen resolution limit.
im happy now...
peace.
Now just out of curiosity, since you said you adjusted the screen density, does the stock browser still work or does it crash? I've heard of it crashing before when you mess with the screen density?
And I agree the ADWlauncher EX is so much faster than the stock one! My only gripe is I had to lock it to landscape on account it stretches the heck out of stuff.
The stock browser works fine at 132...However i dont use it, i use dophin, ohh I changed the density to 132 and it made some widgets look a lot better...
Yeah i dont like how AWD streaches stuff either, but its a matter of finding the right grid size so that when it does you still have a good looking widget. Im using a 7X7 grid size and it looks great... ill see if i can post some screens.
The only gripe i have is that if the device reebots or i turn it off i have to do the density thing again. No biggie though.
Ok, I've found a few apps that wont work properly with the lower density value... like the Memo app in portrait... I do use this type of app so I changed to Slide notes... for now...
I dont know if there is a Density changer app that can change only for some apps and not all? i might be asking too much.. but oh well i cant have it all.
for now im using 133 for density value, and seems to be the best for me right now.
Guys if you are rooted you can hard code the density into the build.prop
For this I'd say use root explorer open it, navigate to the system folder, mount it a R/W. Then open your build.prop file in text editor.
Find this line, or add it which ever one.
ro.sf.lcd_density=xxx
Make the xxx what ever you want it to be. 132, 133, 120 or whatever. Then save and and reboot. Done. Now the density will stick everytime.
Thus eliminating the need for any sort of density changer app. Unless you just like changing it every time lol.
Sent from my ICS'd themed Galaxy Tab 7+
So you are saying using an app it just applies it and after reboot it goes back? Or is it more broad (across all apps) like gucabe is looking for?
Thanks a lot Antio, i'll give it a try tonite.
Good tip, I've been trying it out at higher levels in an attempt to get the proper notification bar back without usable results, but I never did try moving it down.
At 130; the button bar is a good size now, so that I'm not having to use honeybar (great app!) in a lot of the apps that I'm using. Also, now the notification area can display 3 icon notifications instead of the usual one in portrait (MAJOR BONUS) !!
Nothing abnormal encountered so far, fingers crossed.
I'm loving it
Thanks again!
UPDATE: After playing around now just two things I've noticed: it's actually able to fit four icons into the notification area, and also the "Stretch/Zoom to fill screen" toggle is a little bit not needed and is taking up one of those spots.
I cant never gwt button savior to work. The only button that works is the back button and nothing else.
For example, pressing. The Home button didn't do anything.
I am using Go Launcher, btw.
130 dpi & Contact
So far, I get problem with Contacts & Samsung keypad at 130dpi.
FYI
Well i have not made the ro.sf.lcd_density=xxx density change because im not all happy with some apps that default to a higher resolution screens. for instance the email App in portrait mode i cant see the left side of the page when writing an email. it's like it grew in canvas but more than what it needs to get viewed full screen on the SG7+
The solution is to rotate to landscape and you can see the whole page again... however i like typing in portrait...
Im still in test mode for the rest of the apps... i do preffer this resolution because of the added icons on the status bar... that rocks...
For a keyboard im using an ICS type of keyboard. i like the bigger keys and less keys on screen than the samsung one. works fine, however the previews are wonky while typing...
so again im still at 133 cause i find it to be better.
Messing with the DPI always causes issues somewhere. Its just a thing about finding out what you can, and cannot live with
Totally... I see a lot more advantages than disadvantages so ill stick with the 133dpi. I have added the thumb keyboard and this makes things easier to type in landscape mode, in this mode the samsung email and memo apps works fine.
Everything else is working fine.
120dpi is too tiny for my eyes... 134dpi and above doesnt change ADW launcher to tablet mode with HD icons... but 133 does... so its my personal sweetspot.
Thanks, and i guess ill be trying build.prop change next.
Well just to give you guys an update, i've opted out of the 133dpi... my eyes were hurting due to font being smaller... i know itryed other fonts out there and got better results but it was like trying to make everything bigger again??? then i saw in another thread that the SPB launcher was a good option as a launcher and decided to purchase it...
Im so pleased now that i have dropped the 133dpi resulution for the standard 160. This launcher is so gorgeous.. and has the hd icons in a reduced way that they look just right... My eyes are very happy now...
So now im running SPB 3d launcher + honeybar + button saviour. Every thing looks just fine now.
antiochasylum said:
Guys if you are rooted you can hard code the density into the build.prop
For this I'd say use root explorer open it, navigate to the system folder, mount it a R/W. Then open your build.prop file in text editor.
Find this line, or add it which ever one.
ro.sf.lcd_density=xxx
Make the xxx what ever you want it to be. 132, 133, 120 or whatever. Then save and and reboot. Done. Now the density will stick everytime.
Thus eliminating the need for any sort of density changer app. Unless you just like changing it every time lol.
Sent from my ICS'd themed Galaxy Tab 7+
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This works alot better than the program did and and saves some space. Thanks!
antiochasylum said:
Guys if you are rooted you can hard code the density into the build.prop
For this I'd say use root explorer open it, navigate to the system folder, mount it a R/W. Then open your build.prop file in text editor.
Find this line, or add it which ever one.
ro.sf.lcd_density=xxx
Make the xxx what ever you want it to be. 132, 133, 120 or whatever. Then save and and reboot. Done. Now the density will stick everytime.
Thus eliminating the need for any sort of density changer app. Unless you just like changing it every time lol.
Sent from my ICS'd themed Galaxy Tab 7+
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I'm changed from 160 to 133. I saved it and reboot, but then it stuck at Samsung logo. It doesnt go to the desktop. How do i fix this? Thanks in advance.
Stuck into boot logo? Reflash your ROM without wiping! If you don't know how to, and if you have no rom into your device just go into CWM advanced mount and storage and mount it as external storage. Put your rom into and flash it. You'll have everything back even your DPI
Sent from my Galaxy Note with DarkyROM 3.3
hi there
i have htc sensation
i recently rooted my phone but i didnt install new rom on it and it has the orginal one
some day i wanted to change font of my android phone i didnt know know how how to do this then i installed the font changer.apk which required rooted access so i intalled it but the size of pages was too small then i installed font size.apk to fix it but it changed the sort of my app pages. befor i change my font each page had 10 app for example after i change fonts size the sort of app page changed there is a line between app menu when i change pages and some apps are shown twice. one in first page second in next page its not big deal the bigest problem is when i touch camera icon the screen goes to black and suddenly it doesnt open it and it goes back to main menu i found some solution for it some people said i should reboot my phone to fix it but sometimes it doesnt work i figure out new way : i installed app killer when i kill apps two or 3 times camera problem will be alright my question is what happened to my phone when i changed font my phone and camera used to work good before but now camera doesn't work sometimes and how can i fix the problem of app sorting in menu i mean that black line which separate pages is in the middle of page how can i fix it again
the last question is should i install new Rom on my rooted device my phone's Rom is the original one i didn't install costume Rom i know i cant update this Rom to android 2.3.5 but how can i find the best sens version of those Rom there are bunch of Roms in ur site and i couldn't find the best one each of rom threads has more than 500 pages i have no time to read those pages which Rom is good for me??? i don't know about the deference between those rom this is my first time which i am using android phone and i dont want to screw it up so i want to use the best one and i should say a little thing which is: when i changed the font of my phone i didn't back up the previous one and i think when i used font size it changed the sort of app menu please help. sorry about this long thread i wanted to clear it out to get the best respond please tell me if i should answer to any question like android version or etc. my phone version is 2.3.4 sense version 3.0 software num: 1.45.41....
thank u for ur respond.
dont forget to answer which rom is good im going to change my rom this week is there any picture of it in any sites??? in some threats there is no picture of roms
Hi there android fans an gurus!
I am not posting a lot in this forum but I am really keen reader! I have learned a lot here about Android and I appreciate good work from all of you not only developers . But I need some help for customizing stock launcher from JB 4.2. I have signed APK from NEXUS 7 (found it here in this forum of course).
Is it possible to force the launcher to switch to some different resolution then that it found itself? let me explain more in depth.
I have a 8" tablet running 4.1.1 and I have replaced launcher that comes with the device with stock launcher from JB 4.2. But here is the tricky part. My screen has 1024x768 resolution but the resolution that launcher runs is 1280x800. I looked at .apk and it has all necessary files to run 1024x600. In portrait mode everything is perfect but in landscape mode some parts of the icons and widgets are hidden. I am attaching screenshots for clarification because my english isn't so good!
So the question is can I switch it and what I have to modify? And how can I confirm the resolution that Launcher uses? APK contains data for 600 and 720 layout.
p.s.
I am not so good programmer but I have some background and I think with some very appreciated help I could manage to do that.
Best regards and thanks a lot in advance for participating in this thread.
Hi again!
Please for a little push here! I know that it is much more complicated but give me some little clues and I will try to find other things alone
Or tell me if it is possible at all
I tried to read .xmls but they appeared encrypted some kind.
Thanks again in advance!
Hello, please administrators to lock or delete the thread. I have hound what I looked for.
Thank you!
Can any dev help me with that, What changes do I have to make in a 4.3" screen Rom(custom) to fit a 3.7" screen device, I tried to change the dpi and that was in vain the Sense started crash, so is their any other way to do that
Librastar said:
Can any dev help me with that, What changes do I have to make in a 4.3" screen Rom(custom) to fit a 3.7" screen device, I tried to change the dpi and that was in vain the Sense started crash, so is their any other way to do that
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try to search about resizing- that is what you have to do in order to fulfill your wish
changing the screen resolution may ussualy multiply the problems only...- and is used for different purpose...
search tutorials about..... 9.png`s and/or tools to automate their processing...
when you`re asking about resizing rom - i assume it has been built for another device,
so, to make everything fuly working- i think the rom ought to be ported
Resizing an app is not an easy task- doable but time consuming ( and your nerves sometimes )
so people in the rom threads, complaining about small resizing issues do not fully realise the depths
the dev has to dig to in order to have everything polished without a glitch
edit: To simply change the resolution only, you may wish to try < blade buddy > app from the market
Hello Devs,
To begin with I have HTC One V (using shpongle 4.2.2 rom) whose bottom ~50px (full width) are not working properly and to make it worse, somehow the rotation sensor is not working. So, I would like to restrict the display from original resolution 480x800 to say 480x750. I tried using apps like "Resolution NoMone" but many applications are crashing with that and it vertically centers the screen wasting 25px at the top.
Would modifying any system properties manually help me achieve what I want?
A simple grep shows /system/build.prop has "ro.device.screen_res=480x800". I tried changing this to 480x750 (taking ideas from this post) but it didn't work
I would really appreciate any help in this.
jatiniitdelhi said:
Hello Devs,
To begin with I have HTC One V (using shpongle 4.2.2 rom) whose bottom ~50px (full width) are not working properly and to make it worse, somehow the rotation sensor is not working. So, I would like to restrict the display from original resolution 480x800 to say 480x750. I tried using apps like "Resolution NoMone" but many applications are crashing with that and it vertically centers the screen wasting 25px at the top.
Would modifying any system properties manually help me achieve what I want?
A simple grep shows /system/build.prop has "ro.device.screen_res=480x800". I tried changing this to 480x750 (taking ideas from this post) but it didn't work
I would really appreciate any help in this.
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Just so I'm clear on what you're actually trying to do, are you actually trying to just change your dpi? Or who suggested it to be a wise idea to try and change your resolution?
Keep in mind tinkering with your build.prop can be dangerous if you are not certain of what you're doing.
markbencze said:
Just so I'm clear on what you're actually trying to do, are you actually trying to just change your dpi? Or who suggested it to be a wise idea to try and change your resolution?
Keep in mind tinkering with your build.prop can be dangerous if you are not certain of what you're doing.
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No I am not changing DPI. Keeping DPI same, I want to discard the bottom 50px of my screen and make the system behave as if the screen is of size 480x750px. Well I have passed through the phase of screwing up my mobile and recovering it (thanks to XDA) and I am willing to take all risks to fix this. Worst case I will need to flash the rom again and thats welcomed
OK well all I can suggest is you post your question here and wait for someone to give support
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2259645
Good luck
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