I apologize if this has been asked, I didn't find it on a search.
I can't recall the last time that I didn't have a rooted phone. I want to try out the nexus out of box for a bit before rooting, but I was wondering if I can change the DPI on a non rooted phone. I hate using stock phones where I feel like an old blind person from his big the words are.
Also, I have never owned a nexus. Since it's stock android, no bloatware from carriers, what are the benefits to rooting a Nexus? I've never messed with the clocking of the phones. I mainly enjoyed it for customization and DPI.
It may seem like dumb questions but while I may not be tech dumb I'm no dev!
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To my knowledge, it is impossible to change the DPI - or pretty much anything - without first rooting or flashing a custom firmware.
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The stock OS has options under Display and also Accessibility to raise the size of display fonts. You may find this more satisfactory than changing the DPI, as the latter can screw up app interfaces.
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The stock OS has options under Display and also Accessibility to raise the size of display fonts. You may find this more satisfactory than changing the DPI, as the latter can screw up app interfaces.
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Thanks, I will try this first. I've changed the DPI on all my rooted phones so I'm used to that. I'm just not sure when I will root the N5
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I would say rooting a Nexus is like rooting any device.
You are open to many more possibilities android has to offer. As you've rooted before you know that already
But since you wrote that you've only done so for certain customisation reasons then there's a lot more you can learn if you want to.
I for one need root at least. Keep it stock image but rooted is a bare minimum.
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I would at least unlock the bootloader first, so that you do not have to worry about data loss when you do root.
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I'm curious what people are doing with it. I usually enjoy tinkering with things, but I'm a bit cautious with ROM Toolbox since trying to get bold fonts to change too I've only managed to boot loop my phone. I see a lot of talk lately about screen resolution, but what else do people like to change? I'm wary of some of the UI options because its disclaimer (and after causing so many boot loops, I don't want to get into something I can't recover from so easily)
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I'm curious what people are doing with it. I usually enjoy tinkering with things, but I'm a bit cautious with ROM Toolbox since trying to get bold fonts to change too I've only managed to boot loop my phone. I see a lot of talk lately about screen resolution, but what else do people like to change? I'm wary of some of the UI options because its disclaimer (and after causing so many boot loops, I don't want to get into something I can't recover from so easily)
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I love the toolbox, don't change your screen resolution, google apps and goodies hate that. There are font apps in the market, fontimizer I think us the name, never an issue for me.
If you want a snappier phone get v6 supercharger, I love it.
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I use fontimizer currently but to me it seemed with toolbox that you could go to font installer preferences and select and replace individual system fonts one at a time. Of course you would need to know the names of the fonts you are replacing, and like I said since a wrong choice is a soft brick, experimenting is a bit tedious.
What do you use it for though? A sort of "all in one" for ROM manager, tibu, and root browser? What else?
I like the idea of being able to change so much but I don't know how to find out the safe margins for the skyrocket. And the only time I see toolbox mentioned in the threads here is in relation to LCD density.
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So has anyone changed the dpi on our phone? I've changed it to 240 using Rom Toolbox but my phone apk is displayed incorrectly (obviously) and for some reason I couldn't change it back to normal. The highest in could set it to was 280. Just want others opinions on their favorite dpi, methods of changing it, tips and tricks and other problems they've had.
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So has anyone changed the dpi on our phone? I've changed it to 240 using Rom Toolbox but my phone apk is displayed incorrectly (obviously) and for some reason I couldn't change it back to normal. The highest in could set it to was 280. Just want others opinions on their favorite dpi, methods of changing it, tips and tricks and other problems they've had.
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Root Explorer to manually edit the build.prop or LCD Density Modder (I have the Pro version to take care of any Play Store incompatibilities) both work well on stock/stock-based TouchWiz ROMs or AOSP-based ROMs.
You can use a third-party dialer from the Play Store if the stock dialer bugs you at different densities.
Anything below 240, IIRC, won't work on a TW ROM.
I am currently running AOKP on my GSIII and set the density at 180 so I can enjoy Tablet Mode. I love it, and we have a great big screen that can really take advantage of it.
Ooohhhh. Does your phone apk look alright on AOKP? I had AOKP on my E4GT but I'm too scared to flash it on this phone. Lol
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Ooohhhh. Does your phone apk look alright on AOKP? I had AOKP on my E4GT but I'm too scared to flash it on this phone. Lol
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Yeah it looks great. All I ran on my GNex was AOKP and so far it is the same for my GSIII.
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While I sit here and contemplate if I should jump ship and unlock my S3, I am curious to know what other rooted users would say their favorite feature/benefit has been since unlocking the phone (compared to what was unavailable on stock). This phone is pretty solid as it is and a complete [email protected]$$ with its performance. I wonder how much better can it get.
What else is there other than running various roms and OC?
Custom recovery is always my favorite feature. I am fearless as long as I don't do anything to hinder my ability to reach recovery. Flash an incompatible kernel and device no longer boots? Holy sh- oh wait no everything's fine since I can restore everything right from the device while I'm nowhere near my PC. Revolutionary!
Custom recovery, google wallet, titanium backup, just to name a few.
The ability to change things in general. Android is open source at heart, which means that I get to buy something and tweak it the why I want it.
Honestly my favorite aspect is simple, toggle mods i love them and first thing i always change on roms
Just getting rid of all the annoying wifi notifications was enough reason to root for sure
Since your question was pertaining to what you can do since we've had boot loader unlocked vs what you could do before, the answer is flash custom ROMs and kernels with much ease and satisfaction. We could before but its much much simpler now. Unlocking this phone is strictly a ROM thing I'd say.
As great as they all are, tibu being my favorite one, everything posted in this thread so far was all possible before unlocking boot loader, and I didn't think that's what you were wanting to know. No offense to anyone.
If the question were about before rooting......the answer would be much much different.
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I'd have to say Google Wallet, custom kernels, titanium backup, and different notification toggles
Wallet
Custom ROMS for battery life improvement, remove wifi notifications, overclock CPU
Google wallet and Google now are pretty amazing
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All the stuff mentioned, but ad free browsing I also consider a must and modifying the hosts file with a rooted app is the best way to accomplish it.
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Theming
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TAPPED in on my (now unlocked bootloader) Verizon S3
Pagaldesi4life said:
While I sit here and contemplate if I should jump ship and unlock my S3, I am curious to know what other rooted users would say their favorite feature/benefit has been since unlocking the phone (compared to what was unavailable on stock). This phone is pretty solid as it is and a complete [email protected]$$ with its performance. I wonder how much better can it get.
What else is there other than running various roms and OC?
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Freedom
variety of ROMS!!
The ability to use roms!
Custom ROM/kernel...and the goodies that come with them (free tether, improved battery, no bloat, etc)
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AOSP
Because I can and **** Samsung and **** Verizon. I hate being told what I can and cannot do to **** I OWN!
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I've been looking around and have not found the answer to my question anywhere. So here is my question. I'm sitting here looking at my vzw galaxy s3 right next to my vzw gnexus. And the whites look so much whiter on the nexus. Granted on the nexus I'm using francos kernel and have the color conteol tweaks going but I didn't think I would need to tweak the s3. I would have never noticed If i didn't put the phones side by side showing the same exact thing. . Otherwise this screen on the s3 is absolutely beautiful. But I can't seem to find a kernel for the s3 that offers color tweaking like on the nexus. Does anyone know of an app or kernel that offers these options. Thank u in advance.
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I have been following the Trinity kernel thread by Morific and his app has/will have color tweaks enabled for the GSIII once he enables it in his kernel. I haven't purchased it just yet but based on a couple user's posts, the color adjustment side of that app was enabled for the GNex. That's what I'm basing this info on, the thread is in our Original Development.
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Thank you for your response. I do own the Trinity app. I really hope he integrates the color controls into the gs3. Just curious. Has anyone else noticed this. My buddy has a gs3 and his whites look just like mine so I don't think I have a lemon.
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I notice this, too. The whites have a bit of yellow to them.
Yes exactly. A slight yellow tint. Tgr gbex used to have it too with the stock kernel. Guess we just have to wait for one of our amazing kernel devs to fix this. Wish I knew how so I could contribute.
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No problem man, I'm actually interested in seeing what color adjustment are about. This is the first phone I've had where that was potentially possible. In the last few weeks I've noticed yellowing on parts of my screen but only with select colors, I notice yellow mainly towards the bottom of my phone in various greys when viewed at angles. Is this what y'all are referring too? I notice it a lot when using the xda app cuz one half of the main categories across the top are lighter than the other half when I hold my phone in landscape.
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Yes exactly what u are talking about. Actually the xda app is what I used to compare to with my galaxy nexus. Ive only had the s3 a few days now but I bought my GNEX on launch day. And with the GNEX I noticed the colors got worse over time. As soon as I started using the color tweaks it made my GNEX look like a brand new phone. I'm patiently waiting for these options on the S3
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Likewise, I'm all for learning about this and reaping the benefits. In your experience with the GNex, would you use the TKT app to adjust the brightness across various kernels by other devs or was brightness control limited to just that kernel it was bundled with? I've only ever used SetCPU so these brightness controls using kernel apps are new to me.
On the GNEX I used francos app or ezeekels app depending on which kernel I was running. I never used set CPU for color control. To tell u the truth I didn't even know set CPU had that option.
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What I meant was I have only used SetCPU to control my kernels in regards to clock speed. Using these kernel dev branded kernel apps (or anything really) to also control color adjustment are something I'm unfamiliar with. The last version of SetCPU that I used, v2.x, didn't have that so you're correct about that.
I appreciate the clarity about which kernel app to use.
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No problem.
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Just curious. Do u know what the diferrence is between the android development forum and the original android development forum is.
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Hi everyone, I'm a newcomer to the note 10.1 and so far it has been great!
However owning a nexus S has made me quite the flashaholic.
So I decided to root my note, of course, but I am still debating on whether custom roms/kernels are worth it. I've looked around and many threads state that stock rom is the most stable, however they go back to 2012.
So my question is : Is it better to keep stock nowadays or is it worth it to go custom ( to get functionalities like multi - tasking for all apps , potential for better performance and battery life, etc... )? What do you think?
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I've been wondering the same thing. I'm quite happy with stock so far (quite a departure from my Asus stock ROM, which were useless), and would definitely stick with tw-based ROMs.
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I've been wondering the same thing. I'm quite happy with stock so far (quite a departure from my Asus stock ROM, which were useless), and would definitely stick with tw-based ROMs.
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yes I think it's best to stick with tW-based roms too . So decided to give it a go anyways. I'm trying Android Revolution and so far, so good!
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yes I think it's best to stick with tW-based roms too . So decided to give it a go anyways. I'm trying Android Revolutionand and so far, so good!
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Ha, I'm tempted by the Hyperdrive ROM myself.
Using gloryrom with no problems
I tried Revolution and it was alright. Omega was really good but not updated frequently enough for me. I love Hyperdrive paired with his Zeus kernel and am just hoping it continues to get regular updates.
While stock is certainly the most stable, I always like to "clean house" every so often and try a new ROM. The bloat of the stock really is unbelievable and it's amazing how much speed can be squeezed out when scrapping all the parts that I don't really need. I also like that it forces me to look at alternatives that are often better than the stock Samsung applications. Ie, for serious note taking I tend to use lecture notes while I'll default to Quill for anything quick that I want synced automatically between devices ala S-Note style. It also means that I'm not tied to trying to install S-Note on any future devices that are not Samsung.
Still, it's really personal preference and how much time and energy you want to put into it. The developers out there really have put a lot of time and attention into the custom ROMs and regardless of my own preference, they should all be applauded for their hard work.
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Hi everyone, I'm a newcomer to the note 10.1 and so far it has been great!
However owning a nexus S has made me quite the flashaholic.
So I decided to root my note, of course, but I am still debating on whether custom roms/kernels are worth it. I've looked around and many threads state that stock rom is the most stable, however they go back to 2012.
So my question is : Is it better to keep stock nowadays or is it worth it to go custom ( to get functionalities like multi - tasking for all apps , potential for better performance and battery life, etc... )? What do you think?
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I think if you have a Nandroid backup you can try custom roms .
But not a great difference from stock .
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In my opinion sticking to stock ROM or any custom one depending on the stock is much better to have the multi window functionality and better Spen integration for gestures and so .... and for having multi window on stock ROM for all apps U just have to root and install multiwindow from the app store
Personally I stick with stock rooted. This is one device where the stock rom really doesn't need to be improved.
Cosmetic theming can be achieved through a third party launcher without sacrificing function....
Of course there's always those who try to improve , but that's because this is a developement forum....