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Changing amount of notification icons visible?

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).

rendler said:
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

edan1979 said:
yup... its 160
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Thanks.
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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?

fasacosta said:
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

Change DPI for apps/contents/text

Hi there
I managed to change the dpi to 440 in build.prop and it looks lood for the icon size but the contents like Chrome,etc still showing the default size. I compare it with my old S3 and I would prefer a smaller size. ANy idea?

hihihehe said:
Hi there
I managed to change the dpi to 440 in build.prop and it looks lood for the icon size but the contents like Chrome,etc still showing the default size. I compare it with my old S3 and I would prefer a smaller size. ANy idea?
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Hello there. Unfortunately I don't know of any app that can do what you are asking about. Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong. Lol
Anyways that function is a common feature on paranoid android. Not sure if they implemented it yet. Wouldn't hurt to go over to their thread and check it out for yourself

Jsparta26 said:
Hello there. Unfortunately I don't know of any app that can do what you are asking about. Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong. Lol
Anyways that function is a common feature on paranoid android. Not sure if they implemented it yet. Wouldn't hurt to go over to their thread and check it out for yourself
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so there is no way to makes the text size inside the apps looks smaller/match with the resolution size? changing the dpi only reflects the homescreen icon,etc but not the content inside the apps

hihihehe said:
so there is no way to makes the text size inside the apps looks smaller/match with the resolution size? changing the dpi only reflects the homescreen icon,etc but not the content inside the apps
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Omg I misunderstood your problem. Yes there's ways to do that. For system text reduction there's an option in display and lights under settings that can do that. I also believe nova launcher is capable of doing that too.

Jsparta26 said:
Omg I misunderstood your problem. Yes there's ways to do that. For system text reduction there's an option in display and lights under settings that can do that. I also believe nova launcher is capable of doing that too.
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not really my point. eg. when i go into chrome and view the same page with my S3, they both showing the same text size eventhough the N5 is fullhd and S3 is 720p. can i make it to show more contents compare to S3?

Have you tried xposed per app DPI? You will have to be on dalvik since it's not compatible with art.
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jwhyte said:
Have you tried xposed per app DPI? You will have to be on dalvik since it's not compatible with art.
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No as I would like to get OTA on the spot instead of waiting for it.

Just uninstall xposed when ota shows up
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[Q] White background at cursor

How to fix this matter?
White background at cursor appeared after I change lcd density.
Lenovo S860

kiddo.fck said:
How to fix this matter?
White background at cursor appeared after I change lcd density.
Lenovo S860
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Try to use another keyboard e.g. TouchPal or restore stock lcd density.

LS.xD said:
Try to use another keyboard e.g. Touchpal or restore stock lcd density.
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so far i tried 2 keyboard, swiftkey and android L keyboard. unfortunately, it's still the same. I don't want to restore the density for some reason.:crying:

kiddo.fck said:
so far i tried 2 keyboard, swiftkey and android L keyboard. unfortunately, it's still the same. I don't want to restore the density for some reason.:crying:
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So, just set the density back to stock, install xposed frame work and use the module "App settings" to set dpi per app. keyboard won't be affected

LS.xD said:
So, just set the density back to stock, install xposed frame work and use the module "App settings" to set dpi per app. keyboard won't be affected
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so you mean I've to set dpi for each apps, right? That was helpful, indeed. I will do that, if I can't find any simpler solution.

kiddo.fck said:
so you mean I've to set dpi for each apps, right? That was helpful, indeed. I will do that, if I can't find any simpler solution.
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I do it this way

Changing DPI

You can change the dpi on the stock ROM without ROOT by chaging the "smallest width" setting in developer settings. I have mine set to 550 it's looks amazing!

Here is a screenshot of setting menu at 550.

You could also just change the setting in Settings > Display > Advanced > Display Size > Small

411 is default. 434 is the smallest you can go to get an extra icon of space on the status bar (meaning you can fit another icon before you get the overflow dot). 453 is the magic number for the notification side. "Small" per the post above is 484.
Worth it, you can barely notice a difference otherwise. Now if only we had an option to do ONLY the status bar... then we'd be cookin. But this will do for now.

Pure+ said:
You could also just change the setting in Settings > Display > Advanced > Display Size > Small
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Nope it's not the same. Putting that setting on small does not work on everything. And this way you can go even smaller then the "small" setting.

Celeras said:
411 is default. 434 is the smallest you can go to get an extra icon of space on the status bar (meaning you can fit another icon before you get the overflow dot). 453 is the magic number for the notification side. "Small" per the post above is 484.
Worth it, you can barely notice a difference otherwise. Now if only we had an option to do ONLY the status bar... then we'd be cookin. But this will do for now.
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I have the setting pure+ posted on normal and put the setting I posted on 551 I feel like that's the perfect mix for me ATM. I will keep playing with it to see if I can find a better combo.

vwgti18 said:
Nope it's not the same. Putting that setting on small does not work on everything. And this way you can go even smaller then the "small" setting.
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It actually is. If you change the setting and go into dev options it shows the dpi changed. Only difference is it's defaulting to a predetermined dpi

Pure+ said:
It actually is. If you change the setting and go into dev options it shows the dpi changed. Only difference is it's defaulting to a predetermined dpi
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Ah yes you are right. Thanks for the heads up.
The small setting only changes it to 484 too big for me still! I like it around 550

vwgti18 said:
Ah yes you are right. Thanks for the heads up.
The small setting only changes it to 484 too big for me still! I like it around 550
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Full disclosure I didn't check to verify this, although I already suspected it, until you said something lol

Pure+ said:
Full disclosure I didn't check to verify this, although I already suspected it, until you said something lol
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Yeah the olny problem doing it that way is that the change is not enough to really notice a difference.

unfortunately doing it this way compared to doing it via build.prop makes Swiftkey tiny as well

Any one have a suggestion for something in between stock 411 and small 484? Small is just a bit too much for my taste so looking for a happy medium

can we change the DPI through build.prop yet now that we have root?
I added ro.sf.lcd.density=550 and it doesnt seem to be doing anything
doing it through the developer options makes the keyboard unusable.

pr0adam said:
can we change the DPI through build.prop yet now that we have root?
I added ro.sf.lcd.density=550 and it doesnt seem to be doing anything
doing it through the developer options makes the keyboard unusable.
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Which keyboard are you using?
I am using Gboard with dpi set to 551 and its fine.

vwgti18 said:
Which keyboard are you using?
I am using Gboard with dpi set to 551 and its fine.
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SwiftKey but 550 was a bad example. I want to make everything smaller, so I went down to something like 450 and the keyboard was very hard to use. Same with the default Gboard

pr0adam said:
SwiftKey but 550 was a bad example. I want to make everything smaller, so I went down to something like 450 and the keyboard was very hard to use. Same with the default Gboard
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Are you rooted? If so I can tell you how to make gboard bigger but I am not sure about Swiftkey

vwgti18 said:
Which keyboard are you using?
I am using Gboard with dpi set to 551 and its fine.
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vwgti18 said:
Are you rooted? If so I can tell you how to make gboard bigger but I am not sure about Swiftkey
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I am rooted yes so I would love to know besides the Gboard setting that increases the size.

pr0adam said:
I am rooted yes so I would love to know besides the Gboard setting that increases the size.
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Here check if this will work for you! This is the method I was using on my pixel 2 xl it worked great, just one issue is sometimes I could not get the txt edit to save and had to edit the line then got to setting and force stop gboard then go back and save the text file.
https://www.xda-developers.com/gboard-tweaks-height-sensitivity/

vwgti18 said:
Here check if this will work for you! This is the method I was using on my pixel 2 xl it worked great, just one issue is sometimes I could not get the txt edit to save and had to edit the line then got to setting and force stop gboard then go back and save the text file.
https://www.xda-developers.com/gboard-tweaks-height-sensitivity/
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Thanks for that link, worked for me on Gboard. Hopefully there will be a solution that I can still use Swiftkey but if not I will be going this route once I get home and adjust the DPI further

pr0adam said:
Thanks for that link, worked for me on Gboard. Hopefully there will be a solution that I can still use Swiftkey but if not I will be going this route once I get home and adjust the DPI further
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I don't have the Pixel yet & I've never tried changing DPI, so forgive me if this doesn't help or if you've already tried this, but Swiftkey has a setting built in to resize the keyboard. I believe it's normally set at "medium", then there is a "large" & "largest" setting to make the keyboard bigger. Go to Swiftkey Settings>Typing>Resize.

Tidal app

Hiis someone using tidal music app on his Android head unit?
I can install it and login but then it shows nothing except the play button

Yeahmään said:
Hiis someone using tidal music app on his Android head unit?
I can install it and login but then it shows nothing except the play button
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That app isn't well optimised for tablets with the screen size that our head units have. You'll have to lower the dpi to use it. To do this, you'll need root.
I would recommend flashing Malaysk or Hal9k rom and then using any dpi changer app on play store.
How much the dpi needs to be lowered depends on your screen size and resolution. I can't help you there, you'll have to lower it and try again till it works.

Thank you that worked. Changed to 160 dpi and 1280x720

Yeahmään said:
Thank you that worked. Changed to 160 dpi and 1280x720
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Could you reveal which dpi changing method you used? Tried from developer options, but can't go any lower than 320 dpi.

Langthjem said:
Could you reveal which dpi changing method you used? Tried from developer options, but can't go any lower than 320 dpi.
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I think there's an app called easy dpi changer or something similar on the play store

Langthjem said:
Could you reveal which dpi changing method you used? Tried from developer options, but can't go any lower than 320 dpi.
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Yes I used easy dpi changer with root

after dpi change, all other apps and home screen looks same? no small/huge text?

Thanks a lot for this

I have the same problem on my PQ8046BL screen size 1280 x 480, not sure what size to change it to dpi .

Does this app still have the same problem?

albertron said:
Does this app still have the same problem?
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Yes, it does