Hi, is there any way to change icon size's in new kitkat launcher ? Icons are waay to big and I dont want to switch to nova or anything else.
It'd require a mod to the launcher itself, that'll take a while. This was an intentional move and it looks a lot better.
Well, that is the matter of personal preference, for me it looks a waay to huge
Apex launcher has the option.
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I hated the general size of everything too so first thing I did was to unlock the bootloader, root and edit the build.prop to make everything smaller.
The default density is 480 but move it down to 300 or so and everything looks alright.
The launcher automatically adds more columns and rows as well which is useful.
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I hated the general size of everything too so first thing I did was to unlock the bootloader, root and edit the build.prop to make everything smaller.
The default density is 480 but move it down to 300 or so and everything looks alright.
The launcher automatically adds more columns and rows as well which is useful.
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"or so"?
tristancook said:
I hated the general size of everything too so first thing I did was to unlock the bootloader, root and edit the build.prop to make everything smaller.
The default density is 480 but move it down to 300 or so and everything looks alright.
The launcher automatically adds more columns and rows as well which is useful.
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This is a great suggestion (but I'd look into doing 380 or 400). The problem with this is that everything (even the apps) uses that density. What would be ideal is to only have the launcher use the lower density and the rest of the apps be normal. Not sure if that's possible by editing files. Any help would be appreciated.
I used texdroider_dpi to set mine at 420DPI. Looks way better now. I couldn't stand how huge the icons and everything looked. Try that out.
I'll end up using Nova prime to resize and change the icon pack.
Question: Why is 480ppi set?
Hi,
probably a stupid question, but I hope somebody can explain that to me:
- Nexus 4 build.prob setting is 320 and datasheet says 320 ppi
- Nexus 7 2013 build.prob setting is 320 and datasheet says 323 ppi
and now what the hack:
- Nexus 5 build.prob setting is 480 and datasheet says 445 ppi
Has anybody an idea what this is all about? I am confused.
Thanks for this. I think 420 is great.
I have another issue with the app drawer though. Is there a way to do vertical scrolling on the stock launch thru the build.prop file or another file that's not crazy difficult or impossible? I know nova launcher can do it, but it just isn't as nice as the experience launcher quite yet. If I can get vertical scroller i might be able to completely part with nova launcher.
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It annoys me to only have one notification icon visible in portrait mode, especially since I'm running the 7p in 140DPI mode and have plenty of space there for more icons. Does anyone know how to increase the amount of icons on the status bar?
I run mine at 130 and it seemed to be able to accommodate 4 icons (including that stupid zoom/stretch icon).
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I run mine at 130 and it seemed to be able to accommodate 4 icons (including that stupid zoom/stretch icon).
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Is that in portrait mode? And they actually display, not just that there seems to be room enough?
EDIT: set mine to that too and now I get multiple...weird
What do you use to set the dpi?
ALso, wouldnt this make everything else looks weird? I.e. Go Launcher, widgets, etc.
DPI changer or what it's called. Doesnt make anything look weird, just makes icons and such smaller. Gives you more room for "content".
Tried 130DPI, but changed back to 140. Don't like the added stuff ADW displays at that DPI,
What is the stock dpi? Just rooted and changed the dpi but can't remember what the default was. 160?
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yup... its 160
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yup... its 160
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Hmm, downloaded DPI Changer and when run, it said it "...unable to read configuration file..."
I am rooted and SU show it allows DPI Changer.
wait a minute there...
won't a lower dpi than the default 160 display stuff bigger on the screen and thus have less room for icons and stuff. so, how did u get more notification icons with lower dpi?
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won't a lower dpi than the default 160 display stuff bigger on the screen and thus have less room for icons and stuff. so, how did u get more notification icons with lower dpi?
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No, but I understand why you would think that. Android decides interface element sizes based on screen size, not resolution, since a finger needs the same physically sized button no matter what resolution it's displayed at. The OS is unaware of the screen size, but is aware of its own resolution and DPI. The screen size is then given by those two numbers. If you lower the DPI the OS then thinks it has a bigger screen on its hands because the same resolution with a lower DPI than before must imply a larger screen, so it changes the layout based on that
Anyone had any luck changing the LCD density on the ICS leak? I tried it using LCD Modder Pro and it resulted in a soft brick.
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Anyone had any luck changing the LCD density on the ICS leak? I tried it using LCD Modder Pro and it resulted in a soft brick.
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I'm trying LCD Resolution, it says it needs busybox installed.
I go to the market and try to get an installer for busybox, and apparently market is broken for me - I can't download anything from it. Updates work fine, but can't get anything new.
I've been unsuccessful in getting the LCD resolution to change. I tried LCD Resolution with no change (no soft brick though). Also tried modifying the build.prop directly, that resulted in a soft brick.
I resolved my market broken issue (just reinstalled ICS through odin).
Going to try it after my nandroid backup is done. Fingers crossed!
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On further thought and some googling, a lot of the LCD density changing apps on the market have disclaimers about it not working on certain devices, or ICS. So I would actually be surprised if the ways of doing it on 2.3.5 will work on 4.0+
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Alright, gave it a shot. It won't work. In fact, some of the icons appear larger. Didn't break my phone at all though, just a quick reboot and it was back to normal. I'm going to keep trying different ways.
anyone have any luck with changing ICS density yet? cannot stand how big everything is!!!
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anyone have any luck with changing ICS density yet? cannot stand how big everything is!!!
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I haven't been able to get it yet..
I'm hoping that once the custom ROMs start rolling out I'll be able to figure it out. I'm good at getting into those and changing things, but I'm bad at manipulating just my phone.
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Yeah editing the build file just gave me a soft brick as well.. bummer.
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I tried adding a new line to the build.prop - My phone appeared to soft brick, and when I was trying to boot it into CWM it somehow booted up. But nothing had changed. Weird..
Also the apps on the market that claim to work with ICS don't for me.
Also, I heard that the Galaxy S II folks had this weird issue of there being TWO LINES that you needed to change... but from what I could tell (I looked over the file very carefully) there is only that one line.
i got the lcd density to change, use rom toolbox pro and changed it to 200 in the build tweaks section
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i got the lcd density to change, use rom toolbox pro and changed it to 200 in the build tweaks section
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WORKED. Going to check it with 160 (what I used). Excellent find man, thanks!!
EDIT: Ah my phone is so beautiful now. Works perfectly, now if I can only figure out how the app is getting the job done.. haha
That worked perfectly. I was trying to change it for hours. Thanks! I am using 160 too. Looks great, better than with Gingerbread!
What exactly does changing this do?
This changes the resolution of your screen.
ROM Toolbox did the trick, thanks.
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i got the lcd density to change, use rom toolbox pro and changed it to 200 in the build tweaks section
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Ahh, thank you. Saved me! I did not want to revert back to GB, but do not enjoy a senior friendly UI either!
Ok, I tried this and not sure what is going on.
When I do, the icons get smaller, but instead of using all the screen realestate, I have a large section of unused space that I can't do anything with.
What am I missing or what am I doing wrong?
After you've changed the density, you'll want to change the number of columns/rows of your launcher to make use of the extra space.
Awesome! Rooted up my skyrocket on ICS! First root for me on my first android! And just got my skyrocket yesterday!
I changed mine to 200, it's way better this way. I did it through the rom toolbox as suggested.
There is a small lag though going back to the home screen, are you guys experience this as well?
Any suggestions on fixing the dial pad? I've done some searching and it seems most of the fixes aren't for us.. yet.
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After you've changed the density, you'll want to change the number of columns/rows of your launcher to make use of the extra space.
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Where do I make that change? I'm looking through Rom Manager and can't find that option.
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Where do I make that change? I'm looking through Rom Manager and can't find that option.
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You change it in your launcher settings. I'd highly recommend Nova launcher. It acts like the AOSP ICS launcher (with the widgets section integrated into the app drawer). By default the desktop space is 4 rows by 4 columns, but you can change this. I'm experimenting with what works for me with a 160 density.
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You change it in your launcher settings. I'd highly recommend Nova launcher. It acts like the AOSP ICS launcher (with the widgets section integrated into the app drawer). By default the desktop space is 4 rows by 4 columns, but you can change this. I'm experimenting with what works for me with a 160 density.
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Thanks, that helped, now how do I create folders in Nova launcher? Can't figure this out for the life of me.
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Nevermind, figured it out, it's like the iOS way of creating folders. Just drag and drop 1 app onto another.
Hmm, noticed that the disagree didn't resize either. Can anyone recommend a good dialer?
Exdialer is great.
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I am trying to change the DPI with:
adb shell wm density 300
the above works correctly. but anything lower, the screen continuously flickers and is unusable.
for example, can't get the following to work:
adb shell wm density 200
any suggestions?
once we get root, this becomes very easy!!! thanks.
why would someone change the density from 480 (stock set in build.prop) to 200? i think its too low density,that all icons and text will be too small.
200 may be too low, but i like to see more contents on the screen. may be 300 is optimal.
Do you have any luck with this? When I change to 320 the navbar is blank in landscape.
ok, i am able to change the lcd density to 360 without issues.
anything less than 300 (say 280), the screen keeps flickering and it is unusable. don't know why.
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ok, i am able to change the lcd density to 360 without issues.
anything less than 300 (say 280), the screen keeps flickering and it is unusable. don't know why.
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maybe, because it too low?
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maybe, because it too low?
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Lol. With my nexus 4 I was able to go up to 160 IIRC.
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Lol. With my nexus 4 I was able to go up to 160 IIRC.
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I dont know what is IIRc, but the DPI of nexus 4 is 318 so going to 160 is 50%.
Idol3 has 403 so 200 is below 50% (anyway in build.prom is dPI set to 480 ). I think its too low res and the system is nod made for such low res. It simly dont know how to handle it.
Just my opinion.
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I dont know what is IIRc, but the DPI of nexus 4 is 318 so going to 160 is 50%.
Idol3 has 403 so 200 is below 50% (anyway in build.prom is dPI set to 480 ). I think its too low res and the system is nod made for such low res. It simly dont know how to handle it.
Just my opinion.
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you may be right. i am hoping with CM ROM (and good kernel) it may go all the way. for now i am satisfied with 340.
btw, chrome just doesn't go into tablet UI even at 300.
ps. IIRC - if i recall correctly. thanks.
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you may be right. i am hoping with CM ROM (and good kernel) it may go all the way. for now i am satisfied with 340.
btw, chrome just doesn't go into tablet UI even at 300.
ps. IIRC - if i recall correctly. thanks.
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how does look the syste mlike in 340DPI? it must be unreadable
deepasadish said:
I am trying to change the DPI with:
adb shell wm density 300
the above works correctly. but anything lower, the screen continuously flickers and is unusable.
for example, can't get the following to work:
adb shell wm density 200
any suggestions?
once we get root, this becomes very easy!!! thanks.
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I totally forgot about this command to change DPI! I am so glad you posted this. I was about to root my phone just so I could change DPI. I hate big icons and text. I will end up rooting anyway but this way I don't have to eff with the build.prop as some people have said causes issues with this phone. I set mine to 360 which is perfect... Nova launcher will help me optimize from there
Thanks
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how does look the syste mlike in 340DPI? it must be unreadable
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not really. just try it out - you have nothing to lose and you can easily revert back.
once you get used to the increased screen real estate, you will never go back.
sort of reminds me when I went from 1024x768 to 1280x1024 resolution on some monitor some 15+ years ago.
I experimented at 360 and 400. Both looked good. No strange behavior in the short time I used each of them. I'm not sure what I'll do. I liked 400 a little better than 360. But I might live with the stock 480, too, even though for some things, I preferred the lower dpi. It is like going to higher resolution on a computer monitor and this screen is big enough to benefit.
ROM Toolbox is good for these kinds of edits, though direct editing of build.props is easy enough. Make a backup of that file before you edit it.
Navbar in Landscape
deepasadish said:
you may be right. i am hoping with CM ROM (and good kernel) it may go all the way. for now i am satisfied with 340.
btw, chrome just doesn't go into tablet UI even at 300.
ps. IIRC - if i recall correctly. thanks.
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Does your navbar work properly in landscape at 340? Mine won't work at 320, it's blank.
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Does your navbar work properly in landscape at 340? Mine won't work at 320, it's blank.
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yes, works at 340.
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I experimented at 360 and 400. Both looked good. No strange behavior in the short time I used each of them. I'm not sure what I'll do. I liked 400 a little better than 360. But I might live with the stock 480, too, even though for some things, I preferred the lower dpi. It is like going to higher resolution on a computer monitor and this screen is big enough to benefit.
ROM Toolbox is good for these kinds of edits, though direct editing of build.props is easy enough. Make a backup of that file before you edit it.
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Once xposed framework is working on the Alcatel Idol 3 you can use the "app settings" module to allow per app dpi settings.
Was searching a little but couldn't find an answer to this. I'm interested in this phone, I was able to play with it a little, but really, the dpi is too high for a 6" screen. Would be interesting to know if/how a 400/420dpi works on this device. Thanks!
I was just going to ask the same thing actually. Last night I started messing with it but it's very weird. For one, there are two DPI lines in build.prop, which you seem to have to change both of to get any kind of change. I have them now at 400 with the view mode set to small, and it's too small. But, the weird thing is, anything over 410 is too big. It doesn't change like a normal phone does. I have a feeling the "view mode" changes shell density instead of DPI and causes some weirdness. I may mess around with some shell density commands later today to get it just right. Anyone know what the stock shell density is?
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I was just going to ask the same thing actually. Last night I started messing with it but it's very weird. For one, there are two DPI lines in build.prop, which you seem to have to change both of to get any kind of change. I have them now at 400 with the view mode set to small, and it's too small. But, the weird thing is, anything over 410 is too big. It doesn't change like a normal phone does. I have a feeling the "view mode" changes shell density instead of DPI and causes some weirdness. I may mess around with some shell density commands later today to get it just right. Anyone know what the stock shell density is?
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Can you try Neo Density app? I don't know if it works ok with the Mate8, but I used it on phones where changing the dpi was a little problematic.
Yup. I'm at 320 with the small stock settings too
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Can you try Neo Density app? I don't know if it works ok with the Mate8, but I used it on phones where changing the dpi was a little problematic.
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I did, that just changes the typical ro.sf.lcd_density= value. The best I have found is that if you drop that value to 400, the "small" view mode goes to extra small. But changing the value to anything lower than 400 has no effect (I tried as low as 290) and anything over 410 seems to also have no effect on stock.
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I did, that just changes the typical ro.sf.lcd_density= value. The best I have found is that if you drop that value to 400, the "small" view mode goes to extra small. But changing the value to anything lower than 400 has no effect (I tried as low as 290) and anything over 410 seems to also have no effect on stock.
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I guess it's ok with dpi400, should be much better than the stock. How the stock Huawei apps are scaled?
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I guess it's ok with dpi400, should be much better than the stock. How the stock Huawei apps are scaled?
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400 is very very small. I have 20/20 vision and love a lower dpi, but I think its too small to use on a daily basis at a typical viewing distance. Especially in the dark. I went back to stock for now.
Mostly everything scales fine, but there are weird issues as if we had used wm shell density to change the density vs build.prop. Some text/icons are cut off by the item below it in the notification panel, and backgrounds dont scale properly when swiping through home screens. Not a huge deal, but just common issues when using wm shell density, even though I didn't.
I'm on 366 dpi. Let the stock dpi setting at large then change the dpi in build.prop. The stock will change automatically after reboot to medium. For the quick toggles add this lines to build.prop : ro.config.toolbox_port_column=3
ro.config.toolbox_port_row=3
ro.config.toolbox_land_column=4
ro.config.toolbox_land_row=2
Only one issue exists, if dpi is to low the notification drop down will show the recycle bin in the middle of the screen, so it will use the half space. If u have some notification u must scroll them
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dlorean said:
I'm on 366 dpi. Let the stock dpi setting at large then change the dpi in build.prop. The stock will change automatically after reboot to medium. For the quick toggles add this lines to build.prop : ro.config.toolbox_port_column=3
ro.config.toolbox_port_row=3
ro.config.toolbox_land_column=4
ro.config.toolbox_land_row=2
Only one issue exists, if dpi is to low the notification drop down will show the recycle bin in the middle of the screen, so it will use the half space. If u have some notification u must scroll them
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Can you post a screen shot? I have a feeling yours is probably the same that I was able to achieve.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7TwALBor0ngM0ZXTS1HVDdjRkk/view?usp=docslist_api
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7TwALBor0ngMmZRdlhvVkhQc0k/view?usp=docslist_api
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7TwALBor0ngLVdFdnIyWXlOaGc/view?usp=docslist_api
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7TwALBor0ngM0ZXTS1HVDdjRkk/view?usp=docslist_api
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7TwALBor0ngMmZRdlhvVkhQc0k/view?usp=docslist_api
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7TwALBor0ngLVdFdnIyWXlOaGc/view?usp=docslist_api
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Can you show the desktop? Trying to compare my status bar to yours. Mine was TINY.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7TwALBor0ngbjl6T2FSOTllblU/view?usp=docslist_api
If u change dpi with the stock changer and then in the build.prop, u get a tiny status bar. Stay on large view and then change dpi in build.prop. Wasted some time with testing to find this out
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dlorean said:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7TwALBor0ngbjl6T2FSOTllblU/view?usp=docslist_api
If u change dpi with the stock changer and then in the build.prop, u get a tiny status bar. Stay on large view and then change dpi in build.prop. Wasted some time with testing to find this out
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Yeah that's about what I got when I was doing 400 dpi and small view mode. Whats really odd is that, unlike any other phone I have had, if you bump the DPI up by 5 or 10, you don't get the minor increase in size you would expect. It just stays the same until it makes a massive change in size.
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7TwALBor0ngbjl6T2FSOTllblU/view?usp=docslist_api
If u change dpi with the stock changer and then in the build.prop, u get a tiny status bar. Stay on large view and then change dpi in build.prop. Wasted some time with testing to find this out
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Absolutely love your icon pack. Is it stock or downloaded?
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Is it possible to change the DPI without root ? i want tablet mode. i've tried with adb but it does not work...
Thanks
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Absolutely love your icon pack. Is it stock or downloaded?
Odesláno z mého SM-N910F pomocí Tapatalk
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It's from play store, name is rotox. Using it with nova launcher.
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loudog3114 said:
Yeah that's about what I got when I was doing 400 dpi and small view mode. Whats really odd is that, unlike any other phone I have had, if you bump the DPI up by 5 or 10, you don't get the minor increase in size you would expect. It just stays the same until it makes a massive change in size.
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The stock changer and build.prop disturb each other. It's a nice feature from Huawei, but poorly implemented
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I've edited build.prop directly after installing Rom. Only the ro.lcd.density to 320 and it works like a charm. The display setting changed to small automatically after reboot.
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I've edited build.prop directly after installing Rom. Only the ro.lcd.density to 320 and it works like a charm. The display setting changed to small automatically after reboot.
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I did 320 but lost one handed mode. Bumped it up to 380, got one hand mode back, and it is the same size on small.
Now I'm back to B152 because of this
B162 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7TwALBor0ngLVdFdnIyWXlOaGc/view?usp=docslist_api
B152 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7TwALBor0ngWXVqNmcySUZkdWs/view?usp=docslist_api
Both at 367dpi
What's going wrong with the programming for different countries?
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Is it worth chamging spi value in developer options? And what would be the best value?
thx
I'm using 449, just to make things a little bit smaller. But don't goal to high or you can break some apps.
Actually myain problem is that on the launcher there's too much unused space... Like I'd like either bigger icons or another row/column, but I'm not sure higher dpi will solve
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Actually myain problem is that on the launcher there's too much unused space... Like I'd like either bigger icons or another row/column, but I'm not sure higher dpi will solve
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That's one of the main reasons I use Nova launcher. You can add much more rows and columns (12x12 I think?) on the home page and app launcher.