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Launcher not able to launch... Screen DPI

So i was playing around with diffrent DPI, i had it set to 160 and it worked great sure added a bunch of space. Then i went to try what it would look like at 140. Reboot and now the launcher will not startup. =(
So now I am lost in how to try and change the DPI setting or open any other app. I was able to open the browser from the keyboard shortcut and that is how i am posting now.
Any tips other than a full reset. I am running the 9.4.5.26 and am only rooted so far with some build prop edits.

And 140 would make the text larger than 160 correct?
I saw someone say they set it to 200, wow that would be some tiny text if i am thinking right.

shermanpat said:
So i was playing around with diffrent DPI, i had it set to 160 and it worked great sure added a bunch of space. Then i went to try what it would look like at 140. Reboot and now the launcher will not startup. =(
So now I am lost in how to try and change the DPI setting or open any other app. I was able to open the browser from the keyboard shortcut and that is how i am posting now.
Any tips other than a full reset. I am running the 9.4.5.26 and am only rooted so far with some build prop edits.
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Install Nova Launcher via the market, it works across all the DPI I've tried.
160 resulted in text which was too small for my eyes, I ended up with 200, so halfway between the original 240 and 160.

First off i would like to say that I should have not been playing around with stuff after a 20 hour work day!
So i soft bricked my device after only having it for 4 days. It will only get to the asus boot screen with the loading circle. I can't really remember what all i did. It is not seen when i do adb devices but the computer does make a connect sound when i plug it in.
Time to do a bunch of searching around to see what i can do, or if any of you can point me in the direction it would be greatly appreciated!

Well I had to do a SD card reinstall of the os firmware. Time to just through all my set up hoops again.
To unlock or not to unlock that is the question...

So what DPI's does the stock launcher work at. I just did 200 and it doesn't run.
(don't mind me i am just talking to the internet out loud)

shermanpat said:
So what DPI's does the stock launcher work at. I just did 200 and it doesn't run.
(don't mind me i am just talking to the internet out loud)
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I think it's been said that the stock launcher doesn't work with other dpis. Next time load up an alternate launcher.

shermanpat said:
So what DPI's does the stock launcher work at. I just did 200 and it doesn't run.
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Are you still running the stock launcher? Because, if you are, the stock launcher tends to not work once you change the DPI.
You should first have a look at a 3rd party launcher (Go Launcher HD, Nova, etc.)
Change the DPI after setting up one of those launchers and you should be good to go!
(don't mind me i am just talking to the internet out loud)
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That's okay! I know how frustrating it might be when no-one replies
Luckily, a lot of the members of xda are really helpful and always try their best to spread their knowledge!

When i set the dpi to 160 the stock launcher came up fine on first boot. but then did not work when i set to either 140 or 200. After i did the full reinstall i noticed a few ways that i could have gotten in and changed the build.prop file, but live and learn.
So far from the little i have tried other launchers I over all like the stock one.
Its nice to be able to have an android device that is not my phone that i have to make sure works all the time.
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[Q] Play Music FC

Hello all,
I'm having some issue with the Google Play Music app force-closing. Every time I start it, it FCs within 5 seconds and I can't do anything with it. I was originally on the vanilla version of it, but over the weekend I switched to the inverted color scheme version found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1231787
In hopes that it might fix the problem. Unfortunately, that was not the case.
I've tried uninstalling and rebooting the vanilla version and the inverted one, I've tried wiping the cache and Dalvik, all to no avail. And I can't find any threads on the issue for the recent version of the app. Can anybody help?

Devilfisher said:
Hello all,
I'm having some issue with the Google Play Music app force-closing. Every time I start it, it FCs within 5 seconds and I can't do anything with it. I was originally on the vanilla version of it, but over the weekend I switched to the inverted color scheme version found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1231787
In hopes that it might fix the problem. Unfortunately, that was not the case.
I've tried uninstalling and rebooting the vanilla version and the inverted one, I've tried wiping the cache and Dalvik, all to no avail. And I can't find any threads on the issue for the recent version of the app. Can anybody help?
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Need more info like rom. I haven't had this problem at all because I don't play music on my phone, but my bf did. I put slim on his phone and play music did this very thing. He was fed up so told me to put it back to stock and no issues anymore. don't know what the problem was.

Definitely need some more info on what ROM you're using. Downloaded the app from the playstore and it's working fine on slimbean. Have you changed DPI on your phone, that is s common factor with apps fc'ring.
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I knew I forgot something in the OP. I'm on the 4.2.2 version of PAC-man. If I recall correctly mine is the 22.1.0 version, flashed it two weeks ago.
I didn't think about the DPI, I'll give it a go.
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I tried playing with the DPI in the PA settings, and sure enough it closed if I changed it from default. But, it only FCs in portrait orientation. If I use the application in landscape, it works fine. In addition, it only FCs at the all music menu when in portrait mode. And the music is still playing even after the FC... I'm quite thoroughly confused as to what could be the issue. Also I have reset to default DPI and it's still behaving this way.
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[Q] Stock Android 4.1.2 rom for p6810 - Removing mobile no signal icon

Since I am only new to the forums I can't post in the Rom dev area.
I just installed Rom from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2481828
I was wondering if anyone knows how to remove the mobile signal icon from the status bar. It's great to have the stock Samsung Android 4.1.2 on my Galaxy Tab 7.7 wifi model, even if it's not perfect.
I have root access, so if it's just a matter of removing an app, i can uninstall it.
Peter

I'm pretty sure the process will involve de/re-compiling etc. Maybe SystemUI.apk. If you have data options in your device settings menu, settings.apk might need to be looked at as well.
Edit: I will take a look at a few things when I return home (away working).
Priority (apart from family) is a P6810 SkyHigh JB kernel, then followed by possible stock ROM mods, tweaks, or maybe a even a SkyHigh custom ROM - just for fun. Maybe not too, supporting a release takes precious time and testing, which I have very little ATM. Kernel release and support will be enough.
But last priority will be looking at (trying) removing any P6800 specific parts from the firmware, providing they don't impact the ROM or 'negative' effect on performance.
Please post any other firmware observations that shouldn't be on our Wi-Fi model.
Thanks.
UITA
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Remove: tw_stat_sys_signal_null* from SystemUI/res/drawable-mdpi

bodivas said:
Remove: tw_stat_sys_signal_null* from SystemUI/res/drawable-mdpi
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Excellent, saves me the time
But I think that's just cosmetic. We need to look deeper yet.
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UpInTheAir said:
Excellent, saves me the time
But I think that's just cosmetic. We need to look deeper yet.
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The following APK can be safely removed : /preload/symlink/system/app/secphone.apk
It will also stop the tablet to try to access any mobile signal... Which cannot be achieved anyway as it is only a wifi version... Thus draining the battery for no reason..

obeguin said:
The following APK can be safely removed : /preload/symlink/system/app/secphone.apk
It will also stop the tablet to try to access any mobile signal... Which cannot be achieved anyway as it is only a wifi version... Thus draining the battery for no reason..
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Thought there may be more to remove/edit, RIL etc, but it could just that simple. Thanks.
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obeguin said:
The following APK can be safely removed : /preload/symlink/system/app/secphone.apk
It will also stop the tablet to try to access any mobile signal... Which cannot be achieved anyway as it is only a wifi version... Thus draining the battery for no reason..
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can I uninstalled with titanium? I cant see it in the list :S
can we remove " Sim toolkit" too?

Morloc2 said:
can I uninstalled with titanium? I cant see it in the list :S
can we remove " Sim toolkit" too?
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I just installed the new Multi Window version of the Rom, which is great. However, I was wondering how you enable the Split screen mode. The apps all launch in resizable Windows, so you can have many running, I click on the pin button (which somewhere I read might switch modes) but it doesn't seem to work.
Elsewhere, I read that you need to change the DPI of the tablet in the build.prop file? Mine is currently on 160, I think some said 176 might be required to activate the split screen?
Anyone know the answer to this?

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could it work?
sd3993 said:
Sorry about the late reply. Computer HD crashed :/
Anyways here are the steps.
1)Decompile SystemUI.apk
2)Go to com/android/systemui/statusbar/policy/StatusBarPolicy.smali <---Make a backup of this file before proceeding.
3)Find 'phone_signal_2' and delete the invoke-virtual 'setIcon()' method after it. (The invoke-virtual setIcon() method MAY NOT be immediately after 'phone_signal_2'. There maybe other lines in between. DO NOT delete those.)
4)Repeat Step 3 for EVERY instance of 'phone_signal_2'.
5)Recompile SystemUI.apk(don't forget to delete classes.dex from the 'keep' folder )
6)Push it back to your phone and change permissions to rw-rw-r
7)Reboot & Enjoy the extra status bar space
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Morloc2 said:
could it work?
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yes it works
EDIT:-Okay i absolutely did not notice the 4.1.2 :/
This mod was for gingerbread only. The files are very different in JB.
Process should be more or less the same but different files.

nice, so..what I need to try it?
can I connec the tab and modify this file?
ty

p3dboard said:
I just installed the new Multi Window version of the Rom, which is great. However, I was wondering how you enable the Split screen mode. The apps all launch in resizable Windows, so you can have many running, I click on the pin button (which somewhere I read might switch modes) but it doesn't seem to work.
Elsewhere, I read that you need to change the DPI of the tablet in the build.prop file? Mine is currently on 160, I think some said 176 might be required to activate the split screen?
Anyone know the answer to this?
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I have played about, setting the dpi to 176 in build.prop does change it from windowed mode to split screen. However you need to change the default launcher from touchwiz before changing it from 160 to 176, as touchwiz is configured to only work at 160dpi, it crashes on any other dpi. The Samsung keyboard also has the same issue, so switch to google keyboard or SwiftKey before rebooting to bring the dpi into effect.
Also samsung calculator, camera and memo don't work at 176dpi. But if you get the photosphere camera from Android 4.3 from the s4 google edition it works.
I have seen that some have modified touchwiz to work at different dpi settings, so there might be another way to fix the Samsung apps.
If you change the dpi to 184/186, you get phablet mode for notifications, which looks more like the note 8 layout.
I think at different dpi the multi window changes mode. At 160 its like the note 10.1, with resizable Windows. At 176, its more like the note 8.
On a side note 176 dpi also fixed a bug in the aview app in the play store which would crash in portrait mode when launching videos from the Abc iview service.

how do you change this settings?

Morloc2 said:
how do you change this settings?
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I changed the dpi by using es explorer from the play store, you can mount /system as read/write and then edit /system/build.prop
You set the lcd density to 176. Save and reboot. But make sure you change your launcher first, otherwise you will have touchwiz crashing. Another app that crashes when not running at 160 dpi is the Samsung task manager. But at 176 dpi, the split screen and windowed modes both work, the little pin in the left corner switches between modes
My next question if anyone knows. The v4 multiwindow systemui.apk, is different from the one in the p6810 rom, that is the one from the p6800 multiwindow post, if i replace my current systemui.apk, will this fix my not having split screen at 160 dpi?

p3dboard said:
I changed the dpi by using es explorer from the play store, you can mount /system as read/write and then edit /system/build.prop
You set the lcd density to 176. Save and reboot. But make sure you change your launcher first, otherwise you will have touchwiz crashing. Another app that crashes when not running at 160 dpi is the Samsung task manager. But at 176 dpi, the split screen and windowed modes both work, the little pin in the left corner switches between modes
My next question if anyone knows. The v4 multiwindow systemui.apk, is different from the one in the p6810 rom, that is the one from the p6800 multiwindow post, if i replace my current systemui.apk, will this fix my not having split screen at 160 dpi?
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I tried replacing systemui.apk, and this copy crashed, so I went back to the copy that came with the new Rom (the working copy is 4 mb, where as the one in v4 was about 2.5mb).
I tried 156dpi, as a test, and Touch Wiz and Samsung apps work fine at this DPI, they don't crash, but then the split screen bar doesn't show, but the apps launched in windows do seem to snap to the width of the screen at 156dpi. So I think the Touchwiz / Samsung apps have some sort of upper DPI limit coded into them. So, if anyone knows how to increase this to 176dpi, this would make the Rom perfect.
Samsung APK's that would need fixing from what I can see are
- Touchwiz
- Task Manager
- Camera
- Calculator
- Memo

Great news. I tried the modified systemui.apk and after it initially crashed after replacing the 4mb version, I decided to reboot anyway to see if it worked. It does, but better than that it works at 160dpi. Split screen works!
Also you need the double lcd dpi setting in build.prop for the split screen bar to work properly.
So don't worry about the initial crash, swap over. You also get the multi screen layout tool on the system bar. If you get the version from the p6810 stock android 4.1.2 thread it also eliminates the no mobile signal icon. Finally its almost perfect !

The latest Multi-Window ROM is really good.
I did some basic tests and it seems quite good.
Cannot believe Samsung aren't putting together a Jelly Bean ROM for P6810...
Anyway flashed this ROM and tested a few things.
Globally it seems very good.
I have spotted a few cosmetic issues but I guess this is because this ROM was designed for the P6800:
- Mobile Data Icon still there,
- About device/Status, crashes.
One major problem I have though is the fact I cannot mount my 64GB Cruzer Fit (FAT32) with this ROM anymore.
This is quite a show stopper and was wondering if anything could be done about this.

I did some more testing. The modified systemui.apk and the samsung multiwindow can sometimes have a double split screen bar. Both work, but are seperate to each other so when you move one the app snaps to it, but you move the other and it snaps to it.
Not sure the exact trigger, but if you disable multiwindow in settings, you can still launch multiwindow apps using the system bar quick launcher at the bottom of the screen that is in the new modified systemui.apk.
If you go back to the original systemui.apk after using the new one, split screen actually works at 160 dpi. So i am guessing it makes some files that fix the issue at 160 dpi. The only slight issue is the split screen bar is slightly small at 160dpi.
Another bug with the modified systemui.apk is if you hold down the home button the google now quick launch ring appears in the wrong location, off to the side. The original systemui.apk doesn't have this issue. Anyway, just feedback incase someone can fix these bugs.

Feedback on the great ROM
I am now using this ROM on my GT-P6810 and I have to say it is really good with the Kernel from UpInTheAir.
I can now mount an external 64GB CruzerFit USB key. I am getting a strange white square in the menu bar though.
I cannot copy to the key but can read from it.
The work that has been done so far is great though. Thanks to both. How hard will it be to remove any (if possible) non GT-6800 menus, I don't know but it is very usable. I have no idea why Samsung haven't done such thing really. This tab still rocks!
There is one thing I would really love though and that will be to be able to write to external key. When I try do do so the key is unmounted automatically. The OS start writing to it the it is being dismounted...

Zinio

Anyone using Zinio on the Note ? I have stock 4.1.2 and Zinio shows only in phone mode, not in tablet mode, ie. I don't get stacked magazines in library. Mailed Zinio support but didn't get any solution (yet). Tried changing dpi to 300 but didn't work.

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Anyone using Zinio on the Note ? I have stock 4.1.2 and Zinio shows only in phone mode, not in tablet mode, ie. I don't get stacked magazines in library. Mailed Zinio support but didn't get any solution (yet). Tried changing dpi to 300 but didn't work.
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Try lower dpi - not higher than stock 213...

ianbbaa said:
Try lower dpi - not higher than stock 213...
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Tried that, but got touchwiz error

tomislavv said:
Tried that, but got touchwiz error
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Install another launcher like NOVA. I dont use the Zinio app - just tried once when my N8 came to me then uninstalled, but saw your post that you had increased the dpi to 300 but you need to go lower. It might work. Actually you are on 4.1.2 - with dpi 177 and lower you will get full old good Tablet UI - some apps like stock TW keyboard will have messed layout etc...but that is another story in other threads here.

ianbbaa said:
Install another launcher like NOVA. I dont use the Zinio app - just tried once when my N8 came to me then uninstalled, but saw your post that you had increased the dpi to 300 but you need to go lower. It might work. Actually you are on 4.1.2 - with dpi 177 and lower you will get full old good Tablet UI - some apps like stock TW keyboard will have messed layout etc...but that is another story in other threads here.
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Thanks, really wanted to leave it as stock as it is.

[Howto] Leverage screen size

When I got my Oneplus One I was a little disappointed because some apps don't realy leverage the screen size gain compared to smaller screens. E.g. the standard Email-app shows just as many items per screen as it does on a 4.2" screen, just bigger.
Also I wondered how to increase the number of app symbols in a row in the Trebuchet (CM11s standard-launcher) app drawer.
Then I found the solution:
Install Xposed and the App Settings module. Don't forget to activate both and restart the phone.
In App Settings you can change the DPI for individual apps. E.g. I changed the DPI to 400 for Trebuchet. Now I get 5 apps in a row in the app drawer instead of 4. Same with the Email-app: Now it shows more items in the list of mails, just a little smaller.
Hope this helps.
Mitch.

You could also change the DPI from 480 to something smaller in BUILD.PROP, root is required obviously, but then again Xposed also needs root AFAIK.
Changing the BUILD.PROP setting will change your entire UI to the desired DPI which looks pretty amazing IMO

Yep, changing the build.prop is a much more effective method. One small change and you have a global effect, rather than having to change the DPI for apps individually.
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Another way to change DPI is using https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.texdroider.texdroider_dpi very minimal app and does the job well. 380 is the dpi I use, no problems with Play Store apps either.

zephiK said:
Another way to change DPI is using https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.texdroider.texdroider_dpi very minimal app and does the job well. 380 is the dpi I use, no problems with Play Store apps either.
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I use a DPI of 370 on mine, I can't stand the way everything looks with a stock DPI, it's such a waste of screen real estate.
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mitch.munich said:
When I got my Oneplus One I was a little disappointed because some apps don't realy leverage the screen size gain compared to smaller screens. E.g. the standard Email-app shows just as many items per screen as it does on a 4.2" screen, just bigger.
Also I wondered how to increase the number of app symbols in a row in the Trebuchet (CM11s standard-launcher) app drawer.
Then I found the solution:
Install Xposed and the App Settings module. Don't forget to activate both and restart the phone.
In App Settings you can change the DPI for individual apps. E.g. I changed the DPI to 400 for Trebuchet. Now I get 5 apps in a row in the app drawer instead of 4. Same with the Email-app: Now it shows more items in the list of mails, just a little smaller.
Hope this helps.
Mitch.
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Thanks. i will try it with the game "My Railway"... This is so small on stock Opo, it doesn't make fun...

zephiK said:
Another way to change DPI is using https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.texdroider.texdroider_dpi very minimal app and does the job well. 380 is the dpi I use, no problems with Play Store apps either.
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since the new hangouts app, it says that this app is not compatible with your device. can anyone else replicate this problem, my dpi is at 410

Afaik there are some "special" dpi levels for apps.. Stock dpi may work, 410 may not, but for example 370 may work again... Dont remember exactly which are good

gerciolisz said:
Afaik there are some "special" dpi levels for apps.. Stock dpi may work, 410 may not, but for example 370 may work again... Dont remember exactly which are good
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Shows compatible with 380 but yeah what gerciolisz said. Depending what dpi it is, play store may not like it.
There was a modded play store that work around the problem but it hasnt been updated.