[TUT] How to change screen DPI *Root* [KK][CM][AOSP] - Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps

Hi all
Heres something I always do to my roms to get more screen real estate, I havent really seen it mentioned on xperia forums so i thought i would show people how to do it.
Requirements
Root Access
Root Explorer or similar program which can edit build.prop
4.4+ rom (should also work on older roms, try it and see)
Procedure
find build.prop in root>system
then find the line that says lcd_density= 480
change it to 320 (others users have said 360 wroks well, try both and see what you like)
save and reboot
now your screen should look like:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
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*Disclaimer: I have done this on all my xperia devices without any issue and found it to be a safe tweak to try, but as always if you do this, you do so at your own risk.

cool tutorial, although you could change the title to 'how to change screen DPI density' because no screen resolution is changed here( still 1080x1920)

screen resolution change
If anyone knows how to change the screen resolution and keep the touchscreen buttons lined up properly including the notification bar,
Would be really handy,
All the apps I tried on the playstore screw up the onscreen buttons alignment...

tomascus said:
cool tutorial, although you could change the title to 'how to change screen DPI density' because no screen resolution is changed here( still 1080x1920)
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thats true
but i thought its changing resolution because you can fit more stuff on the same screen size
but anyway i can stand the normal 480, 320 all the way

adamsmth663 said:
thats true
but i thought its changing resolution because you can fit more stuff on the same screen size
but anyway i can stand the normal 480, 320 all the way
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The resolution; number of pixels displayed will always remain the same as that is part of the display hardware. The Z1's resolution will always be 1080 x 1920 pixels.
You're changing the value that apps use to decide which resources to use. By lowering the density you're making apps such as the system UI think that it should use xhdpi resources instead of xxhdpi resources.
The xhdpi resources are all smaller in size... e.g an xxhdpi (1080p) icon is 144 x 144 pixels in size, whereas an xhdpi (720p) is 96 x 96 pixels in size. Therefore the xhdpi icon takes up less space on on the display and you can fit "more" icons within a 1080 x 1920 canvas.
Summary:
Resolution: Physical number of pixels that a display can produce. This never changes.
PPI: Pixels Per Inch. Again, this is a physical property of the display worked out using the following formula: PPI = No. of pixels in a horizontal or vertical line/the length of that line (inches). This is just maths and the value never changes.
DPI: Dots Per Inch. In this scenario, this is a virtual value that can be adjusted by the user to change the way that apps are displayed. By default it will loosely be in the same region as the PPI of a screen. Eg:
The 5 inch Xperia Z1 1080p screen has a PPI of 443. It's DPI by default is 480.
The 4.3 Xperia S 720p screen has a PPI of 342. It's DPI by default is 320.

Does lowering the dpi improve graphics performance?
Also the resolution can be lowered, apps such as nomone resolution changer...

raziel123 said:
Does lowering the dpi improve graphics performance?
Also the resolution can be lowered, apps such as nomone resolution changer...
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i dont know but i like the 320 dpi setting, i jsut posted the tutorial for people to try it and see how they like it.

raziel123 said:
Does lowering the dpi improve graphics performance?
Also the resolution can be lowered, apps such as nomone resolution changer...
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on some apps yes it does lowering G P i change before i had some lag

7sen said:
on some apps yes it does lowering G P i change before i had some lag
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i tried some apps but it screws up the touch screen button locations and notification bar, so I reverted back to stock res and dpi.
regards

It seems to have a negative impact on other things... making stuff a bit too small... and if i increase it to say 400 DPI then stuff is totaly messed up :/
I wonder is there is a way to do that trough xposed Appsettings by not affecting anything else but the main DPI...

babyboy3265 said:
It seems to have a negative impact on other things... making stuff a bit too small... and if i increase it to say 400 DPI then stuff is totaly messed up :/
I wonder is there is a way to do that trough xposed Appsettings by not affecting anything else but the main DPI...
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go to display options and change text size.
320 with large text seems to suit me best

I decided to try 360, 380, 400 and 420. The 360 was perfect but the others were not good.

C.Eduardo said:
I decided to try 360, 380, 400 and 420. The 360 was perfect but the others were not good.
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Just make backup, there was many bootloop or random restarting back in the Xperia S days.
DP changing could be cool but could cause problems and apps to FC, so... be careful...
Sent from my C6903 using Tapatalk

Related

Best LCD Density Settings

I've always used 209 on most my devices but with this enormous screen I think we could go much smaller. Usually changing the density messes with certain apps. Anyone have suggestions on the best settings that has worked for them on the TB?
Sent from my ADR6400L using XDA App
@youneek, i had tried both of the lcd density apps (paid and free ones) and neither of them works on the thunderbolt. quite disappointed because the first thing i wanted to do after rooting was to change that density.
*sigh*
hopefully the developers are working on it. i guess i need to go ahead and be pro-active and email them about it.
were you able to change it at all from the default 240?
defsquad said:
@youneek, i had tried both of the lcd density apps (paid and free ones) and neither of them works on the thunderbolt. quite disappointed because the first thing i wanted to do after rooting was to change that density.
*sigh*
hopefully the developers are working on it. i guess i need to go ahead and be pro-active and email them about it.
were you able to change it at all from the default 240?
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pretty sure you have to be rooted to change the density? if you are not it won't.
second, I came from the evo, and I liked 185. Only app it messed up was speedtest.net, and even then it was just smaller with spaces around it. I use swype so it making the stock keyboard all tiny didn't matter to me.
You can manually edit your build.prop if you are rooted. I'm using 209 since widgets align perfect on LP when using extra columns. Might try to go one up and reboot while taking screen shots each time.
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I'm using 210 and it works well for me, haven't really had the urge to make it smaller as of yet.
Wow, 185 looks great. Just wish sense worked better for font overlapping.
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some screen caps of the different density for those wondering
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
240 stock
210
185
two_cents said:
some screen caps of the different density for those wondering
240 stock
210
185
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Terrible screen to show the difference lol. 210 and 185 look the same with your setup. I guess I should do screenies of mine since it is insanely different because I use Launcher Pro and not the stock launcher. Aslo apps like facebook will look dramatically different between 210 and 185.
Not trying to slam you or anything, just explaining because someone is going to ask why they don't look different.
I like sense so that's what I use... The 185 chops off the icon names... 210 is ok but it breaks the flip in the clock... Posted just to give an idea... No offense taken
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two_cents said:
I like sense so that's what I use... The 185 chops off the icon names... 210 is ok but it breaks the flip in the clock... Posted just to give an idea... No offense taken
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LOL I didn't even notice what it does to the sense clock. I guess if you want to keep Sense you will want to not use 185.
Although changing the LCD density on this phone is very different from the Evo that I came from. The density change on the TB only changes somethings, not everything, like it does on the evo.
The thing I noticed about not setting a device to its correct native ppi, is that you won't get sharp 1:1 pixels but blurred antialiased pixels instead. Which makes sense, doesn't it?
build.prop
Using root manage i did a search for build.prop to play around (back up naturally) with the LCD Denisty. During the search i fould 2 build.props. One located /data/data/com.android.browser/app_plugins/build.prop and the other /system/build.prop... Do I need to sync the two values of will changing /system/build.prop be sufficient?
Neo3D said:
The thing I noticed about not setting a device to its correct native ppi, is that you won't get sharp 1:1 pixels but blurred antialiased pixels instead. Which makes sense, doesn't it?
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Yeah, you can say that would be the equivalent of setting a 1920x1200 resolution lcd monitor on your computer to 1900x1080 or something lower. The screen will obviously be blurry because it's not the native (optimal) resolution. It's not a good idea to do that on your computer, so I am not following why it would be on your phone.

[Q] Change Screen DPI/Resolution/Density

I am looking for a way to change the screen dpi (also called density or resolution) from and have it stick during a reboot. The current 240dpi is just too big and 190 looks just right to me.
I have tried a couple apps from the market (LCD DENSITY and LCD DENSITY CHANGER) and both work, but do not stick after a reboot. When I had the HTC HD2 I know you could edit the build.prop or something similar and get it to stick, but don't know if this can be done on the Nexus or not.
Does anyone have any ideas? I've used search and surprisingly found very little pertaining to changing the density on the Nexus.
Thanks for your help!
method2madness said:
I am looking for a way to change the screen dpi (also called density or resolution) from and have it stick during a reboot. The current 240dpi is just too big and 190 looks just right to me.
I have tried a couple apps from the market (LCD DENSITY and LCD DENSITY CHANGER) and both work, but do not stick after a reboot. When I had the HTC HD2 I know you could edit the build.prop or something similar and get it to stick, but don't know if this can be done on the Nexus or not.
Does anyone have any ideas? I've used search and surprisingly found very little pertaining to changing the density on the Nexus.
Thanks for your help!
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you can just edit your build.prop file. its in /system/build.prop/. i use root explorer. after changing it and saving it, all you do is reboot for it to take affect.
heres a screenshot of my build.prop file, the line you want to edit has the curser behind it. and a screenshot of my homescreen and icons with the number set to 230 instead of 240..
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
method2madness said:
I am looking for a way to change the screen dpi (also called density or resolution) from and have it stick during a reboot. The current 240dpi is just too big and 190 looks just right to me.
I have tried a couple apps from the market (LCD DENSITY and LCD DENSITY CHANGER) and both work, but do not stick after a reboot. When I had the HTC HD2 I know you could edit the build.prop or something similar and get it to stick, but don't know if this can be done on the Nexus or not.
Does anyone have any ideas? I've used search and surprisingly found very little pertaining to changing the density on the Nexus.
Thanks for your help!
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I also use the build.prop method, but I use 165
Sent from my Nexus S 4G
That did it! You're the man. Thanks a bunch!
bwcorvus said:
I also use the build.prop method, but I use 165
Sent from my Nexus S 4G
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Wow. And I thought 190 was small! You must have awesome eyes.
Use exactly 200. Its equals out a little over qhd resolutions. 960x560 or something. Someone else filled me in on his to do the math and I went from there. Trust me 200 is what you want. Anything smaller and text starts to become grainy. I worked out the math a few months ago in my epic.
sent from my Touchwiz'd Nexus S 4g
RushAOZ said:
Use exactly 200. Its equals out a little over qhd resolutions. 960x560 or something. Someone else filled me in on his to do the math and I went from there. Trust me 200 is what you want. Anything smaller and text starts to become grainy. I worked out the math a few months ago in my epic.
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Hmm. I'm using 190 as I type this and have no complaints whatsoever. Text is very crisp and the size is perfect. I changed the columns in Launcher Pro Plus to 6 and am loving life.
Oh yea. One thing. The market homescreen is a little messed up, but nothing to get in a tizzy over. I never stay on that screen very long anyway.
I tried dpi 200 and I liked it, but unfortunately lot of apps which I have installed is now not compatible
Is there anyway to fix it? Because I like 200 dpi and want to keep it, 240 is just too much for me.
Revin said:
I tried dpi 200 and I liked it, but unfortunately lot of apps which I have installed is now not compatible
Is there anyway to fix it? Because I like 200 dpi and want to keep it, 240 is just too much for me.
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Download a program from the market called "LCD Density". It allows you to make a temporary dpi change that resets back to normal after a hard reboot. Just temporarily set your DPI to 240 with LCD Density (it will do a soft reboot to apply the setting), download and install what you want from the market, then just do a hard reboot and Viola.

Tweaks : LCD Density, Touchscreen sensitivity

I only just got my Tab Plus today but i have already applied a few tweaks which for me make my experience with the GT+ a little better!
Please note these tweaks REQUIRE ROOT
First off is the LCD density
I have an ipad2, Galaxy S2 and i did have a Xoom and the first thing i noticed was that the GT+ display was not quite as crisp as i liked!
I used LCD Density Modder PRO to change my density to 140 which seemed to be a lot better.
120 also worked fine but also appears to make some apps run in tablet zoom mode that normally do not ( e.g XDA premium).
Issues:
Please note I HAVE NOT TRIED THIS WITH STOCK LAUNCHER I use ADW
EX. On my XOOM , different dpi's caused FC with stock launcher so be warned.
Stock keyboard also gets misaligned, SWYPE works fine.
Screenshots
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
160 (Default DPI)
140 DPI
120 DPI ( Notice how ADW launcher EX is now in tablet mode?
Touch Screen responsiveness.
This is an issue where the screen does not actually respond to touch until you have moved your finger a little bit e.g around 0.5cm on the screen.
I originally used an old apk for my S2 here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1161262
I set to the level to 1 on the slider and enabled server.
There appears to be a newer version on the market. Here: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.vital ( But this does not seem to support our tablet yet.
I'm not sure if anyone else will find these useful but I thought it was worth a post anyway!
If you have any good tweaks then please let me know!
Wow thanks for info
Now I'm curious... I have read someone who set the density to 130 and is having some good results much like you are currently. I also hear that changing the dpi can FC the stock browser. How is your experience with this setting or 120 (or try 130 doesn't matter) and at what point does, since I also use it, ADW kick into tablet mode?
I like what I am seeing (to bad my tablet had to get sent back to samsung recently) and just want to find out a little more if you don't mind
Zadeis said:
Now I'm curious... I have read someone who set the density to 130 and is having some good results much like you are currently. I also hear that changing the dpi can FC the stock browser. How is your experience with this setting or 120 (or try 130 doesn't matter) and at what point does, since I also use it, ADW kick into tablet mode?
I like what I am seeing (to bad my tablet had to get sent back to samsung recently) and just want to find out a little more if you don't mind
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I'm running at 130, stock browser has been fine for me, everything has worked normally with no abnormalities encountered so far. I use GO Launcher EX and its been running normally as well.
How about the phone app and other Samsung apps? Are they distorted once your lower the density to say 120?
Sent from my GT-P6800 using xda premium
There may be issues with the market not showing all the apps/updates on certain dpi settings other than 160/140 so im sticking with 140 i think. I havent come across it yet though ( it would say not supported on my s2)
Ive had no issues apart from the accuweather widget has some misaligned text.
I have wifi only so no phone app to test but it was misaligned on my galaxy s2 at different dpi. Hyperdroid rom fixed it though.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
Looking at the 7.7 tab, I think the reason they added the extra .7 of an inch is because of the space taken up by the system bar.
I'm going to look into remapping the volume up/down buttons into back/home as it would be easier to use the hardware buttons at say 120dpi due to the small size of the system bar.
If the volume control was in the same place as the brightness slider in the notifications area then the volume buttons wouldn't be needed!
120 and the delay of the switcher(or whatever it is, the one next to home *button*) is GONE..
crunchie-uk said:
There may be issues with the market not showing all the apps/updates on certain dpi settings other than 160/140 so im sticking with 140 i think. I havent come across it yet though ( it would say not supported on my s2)
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Noticed this today, I had to reset it back to 160, reboot and then clear Market data before I could upgrade my apps again. Resetting and rebooting alone didn't work the data reset was needed.
Changed back and rebooted again, annoying.
rendler said:
Noticed this today, I had to reset it back to 160, reboot and then clear Market data before I could upgrade my apps again. Resetting and rebooting alone didn't work the data reset was needed.
Changed back and rebooted again, annoying.
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What dpi were you on? I haven't had an issue yet on my gt+ at 120
If you instal the LCD dpi app I mentioned above, it has a market fix. I haven't need to use it on this but it fixed my gs2
Sent from my GT-P6210 using xda premium

Navigation bar disappearing in landscape when running 280 DPI.

About a week or so ago, everything was running fine with my LCD density set to 280 DPI. However, while tinkering with some of the settings, I changed my navigation bar to put the back button to the right of the home button, since I was coming from a Samsung tablet that had the back button to the right by default. Immediately after that, when I put my phone in landscape mode, I could no longer see the navigation buttons at the bottom of the screen. I tried changing back to the stock button config (back button to the left), but it doesn't make a difference. My current workaround is to run at 320 DPI, which puts the nav buttons to the right side of the screen instead of the bottom. I also run the "Application display effect" in reducing mode, so that helps a little, but this still uses a large font in Chrome, for example. My preference would be to just run at 280 DPI to get the nav bar back to the bottom.
Info:
-It's a GEM-703L model.
-I'm using Nova Launcher on the phone.
-I'm rooted, but not using TWRP (another thread for another time)
-I'm running B106 SP1.
Here's what I've done so far:
-Wiped the phone and install B106 from the Huawei recovery. Once I restored all my settings, the same issue came up. I didn't check to see if I used Nova Launcher without applying my settings if everything was fine, as I was in a hurry to get the phone up and running again.
-Tried Apex and stock launchers, same issue.
-Tried various other DPI, but I can only go down to 320. Anything lower and the nav bar disappears in landscape mode.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I assume you are seeing the navigation bar but without buttons in landscape mode.
This used to be a problem in EMUI3.0 for lower dpis. Since EMUI 3.1 came, i see navbar buttons in landscape in all dpis i try as low as 120(just experimented). I am settled at 170(set font=huge).
I can see you mentioned you are on B106sp01. What changes have you made in build.prop or /data/cust/* or local.prop ?
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btw try this if you have not done so already.
- Set application display effect to standard mode.
- in build.prop add 1 more line 'qemu.sf.lcd_density=xxx' and set ro.sf.lcd_density and hw.lcd_density to xxx.
Thanks for the help. I had the qemu.sf.lcd_density=280 line in my build.prop file, along with the ro.sf.lcd_density set to 280. I had hw.lcd.density still set to 320, so I changed that to 280, but the buttons still didn't appear. You were correct that the navigation bar appears to be there, but there aren't any buttons. Unfortunately, I've still not posted enough to post pics.
Figured out that I could create an album here in xda, so here are the pics.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
hi - did you ever find a solution? i'm running into the same issue
Leave the first two at 480 and set the qemu.sf.lcd_density=280 then reboot. Let me know if that fixes it.
I'll give it a shot and report back. Thanks for the reply
wpennhokie said:
Figured out that I could create an album here in xda, so here are the pics.
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Sorry - off topic: 9 Dock icons? I have "Nova Launcher" only up to 7 icons. How do? Thanks.
I don't know if it has to do with the dpi, the size I've set to my icons or that I have the paid version, but I have the option of up to 12 dock icons in Nova.
 @ajsmsg78, it didn't work. What I ended up doing is set to 320 (all 3 lcd settings) and change the app layout to reduced. That simulates de dpi i want (somewhat) Thanks for your help!
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I don't know if it has to do with the dpi, the size I've set to my icons or that I have the paid version, but I have the option of up to 12 dock icons in Nova.
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Thanks, I also have a paid version. But only 7 icons ...
Ante666 said:
Thanks, I also have a paid version. But only 7 icons ...
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you're probably getting that limit because of DPI. cell phone and tablet options may vary due to that particular setting. if Nova detects that you're running it on a tablet (low DPI) it will allow for more content to be displayed, therefore allowing you to set a higher limit of icons in one row.
just by your picture i can tell you have a cellphone-like/higher DPI because Nova is displaying the menu fully on your screen compared to the same menu in mine that has empty space on the sides between the menu settings and the screen vessel.
try changing the app layout (if you have that option in your ROM) from whatever you have it to 'reduced' (settings > app layout). if you already have it on reduced then look for tutorials on how to change the DPI on your device if that is something you'd like to try.
analog_user said:
you're probably getting that limit because of DPI...
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I changed the DPI 300, 350, 400, 500. It is not related.
But thanks!
Ante666 said:
Thanks, I also have a paid version. But only 7 icons ...
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At 320 DPI I have 12 icons available in the dock on Nova Launcher as well.
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At 320 DPI I have 12 icons available in the dock on Nova Launcher as well.
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You're right! Now I 'qemu.sf.lcd_density = 320 "and Dock 12 icons ...
But again, I have a small StatusBar ... Yes, I understand.
Somewhere I saw a change DPI for individual applications. Xposed? Do you know? Thanks!
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I don't know if it has to do with the dpi, the size I've set to my icons or that I have the paid version, but I have the option of up to 12 dock icons in Nova.
@ajsmsg78, it didn't work. What I ended up doing is set to 320 (all 3 lcd settings) and change the app layout to reduced. That simulates de dpi i want (somewhat) Thanks for your help!
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Sorry for the delay, as I've been out of touch due to the holidays. I did exactly what you did to fix it. I set lcd density to 320 (both qemu.sf and ro.sf), left hw.lcd.density at 480, and then set "Application display effect" to "reducing mode".
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Sorry for the delay, as I've been out of touch due to the holidays. I did exactly what you did to fix it. I set lcd density to 320 (both qemu.sf and ro.sf), left hw.lcd.density at 480, and then set "Application display effect" to "reducing mode".
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hey, not a problem. happy new year! and thanks for getting back to me.

Best DPI for this phone

Has anyone tried changing the dpi of this device ?
Just wanted to know if it's safe to change it so that i could use the wide screen of the phone in a better way....
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I use 480. Default is 560.
I use 460. Its the best for me....
how to change the dpi
If you are on CM/Mokee, settings->display->lcd density
If you are on EUI, you have to be rooted, download some app for that from Play store, Le DPI Changer for example and change it manually.
Why is a lower DPI better?
Amowagou said:
Why is a lower DPI better?
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We get to use more screen space....
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Use 'adb shell wm density ###' could change to under 400.
Hii
Whenever I change the dpi to like 460 or 420
The lockscreen clock gets messed up
Hour and minutes gets overlaped
Anyone have a solution
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Hii
Whenever I change the dpi to like 460 or 420
The lockscreen clock gets messed up
Hour and minutes gets overlaped
Anyone have a solution
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For roms eui it is also necessary to change the dpi of the build.pro file in the following lines:
ro.sf.lcd_density=560
and
persist.sys.sf.lcd_density=560
This way you will see the clock on the lock screen.
P.d:The best is 440. And no down of 400dpi.Do not go down to less than 400 in the rom, the launcher will loop.
Edit:You may see even different apps with a huge font, that's a problem with the default font of the rom.
Your solution worked beautifully thanks :good:
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Taker59 said:
For roms eui it is also necessary to change the dpi of the build.pro file in the following lines:
ro.sf.lcd_density=560
and
persist.sys.sf.lcd_density=560
This way you will see the clock on the lock screen.
P.d:The best is 440. And no down of 400dpi.Do not go down to less than 400 in the rom, the launcher will loop.
Edit:You may see even different apps with a huge font, that's a problem with the default font of the rom.
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Your solution worked beautifully thanks :good:
I was trying out other roms but EUI is the most BUG Free rom out there and I tried this method to change Density this time that works on Non-Rooted phones as well, I thought I should share it:-
(1)Download This
(2)Activate USB Debugging Mode from developer Options(Settings)
(3)install the Downloaded EXE on your PC
(4)Plug-in your phone to PC
(5)Open Minimal ADB & fastboot(this is the EXE that we installed)
(6)Finally type Adb shell wm density xxx(replace xxx with your desired DPI 400 to 560)
(7)reboot Phone and Done
Have successfully got my LeMax 2 running at 720p and a density of 260 (I am using MoKee, not eui). Only thing it breaks is the boot animation. Anyone know if running at lower screen resolution actually makes any significant difference to battery life?
Best DPI is 440
Taker59 said:
For roms eui it is also necessary to change the dpi of the build.pro file in the following lines:
ro.sf.lcd_density=560
and
persist.sys.sf.lcd_density=560
This way you will see the clock on the lock screen.
P.d:The best is 440. And no down of 400dpi.Do not go down to less than 400 in the rom, the launcher will loop.
Edit:You may see even different apps with a huge font, that's a problem with the default font of the rom.
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I use DPI 440, all work fine! But dial screen is big icon. Can you fix it?
Why exactly do you lower DPI? Could you post a screenshot of what it looks like with lower dpi? thanks
potoro said:
Why exactly do you lower DPI? Could you post a screenshot of what it looks like with lower dpi? thanks
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potoro said:
Why exactly do you lower DPI? Could you post a screenshot of what it looks like with lower dpi? thanks
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bactuong said:
I use DPI 440, all work fine! But dial screen is big icon. Can you fix it?
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kanagawaben said:
Have successfully got my LeMax 2 running at 720p and a density of 260 (I am using MoKee, not eui). Only thing it breaks is the boot animation. Anyone know if running at lower screen resolution actually makes any significant difference to battery life?
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I'm currently running 1920x1080 FHD @ 420dpi
Battery life benefits are so so.. maybe an extra 30 mins SOT. From what I gather it's just performance gains. I've not done any benchmarks. Not that this device was a slouch anyway.
I used Screen Resolution Changer from PlayStore.
Edited any build.prop lines with "lcd" to 420.
Also opened a terminal emulator and typed su then wm density 420
Rebooted
Lock screen fonts scaled nicely... Recent screens can be better. Huge icons. I use Nova launcher.
if i change DPI change also duration of battery?
ulkika said:
if i change DPI change also duration of battery?
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No it's just the screen size that will change....
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