[Q] 5.1 based ROM with built-in DPI controls? - ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi there Oneplus One users!
I'm currently searching for 5.1 based ROMs with built-in DPI controls as the 480dpi default setting on the One just drives me insane (what use is a big screen with so little content on it?).
I know that on 5.0X based ROMs I could just use Xposed Framework + App Control to achieve the same thing, or mod build.prop to manually set a DPI value... but in reality both options are just a workaround to the real issue at hand.
So... are there any 5.1 based ROMs that have a built-in DPI control setting, either globally and / or on a per-app basis?

MrColdbird said:
Hi there Oneplus One users!
I'm currently searching for 5.1 based ROMs with built-in DPI controls as the 480dpi default setting on the One just drives me insane (what use is a big screen with so little content on it?).
I know that on 5.0X based ROMs I could just use Xposed Framework + App Control to achieve the same thing, or mod build.prop to manually set a DPI value... but in reality both options are just a workaround to the real issue at hand.
So... are there any 5.1 based ROMs that have a built-in DPI control setting, either globally and / or on a per-app basis?
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Use Texdroider DPI in google play store.
It works perfect ?

Texdroider just modifies the build.prop file, that's exactly what I'm trying to avoid here...
The issue is that some apps like Jawbone Up do not work in custom DPI settings, so a entirely global setting (without spoofing the reported DPI setting) will end up breaking this (for me important) app.
At this moment I'm running 5.02 based ROMs with a global build.prop setting of 400dpi and Xposed Framework + App Control to force Jawbone Up and Playstore into 480dpi (to keep those two apps happy and working).
Thus, I'm now looking for ROMs that have said features baked in so that I can (eventually) take the jump to 5.1 without having to worry about being stuck with broken apps or horribly large fonts / small content display.

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Either Xposed or a Custom ROM. Xposed won't work with ART.
I know that's the problem . I wanted to keep stock but there is just far too many lacking features - come on Google give the advanced users a few more options - even if you hide it away...
I'll have to flash the Cyanogenmod ROM. I see that they have the M8 (4.4.4 ) version of CM 11 which is which I think has all the features I need and more. Maybe a good thing anyway!
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720p resolution like the Note 7

Hello guys,
As some of you may already know - Samsung announced their Galaxy Note 7 and it has an interesting power-saving feature. Namely, it can drop screen resolution from 1440x2560 to 720x1280 in order to save power. I'm curious if we can this thing on our Galaxy S7/Edge devices too. The main problem with simply doing that with root is that the system framework (and apps) are usually not suitable for DPI different than stock so Contacts, Camera etc etc etc get cut, badly aligned, misplaced... : ) Since Note 7 apparently has this function, this means that probably it's system apps + framework no longer suffer from such problems and can be used with a custom DPI too!
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.... Edit, I stand corrected - you can make your own preset
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ZeroCGTI said:
Hello guys,
As some of you may already know - Samsung announced their Galaxy Note 7 and it has an interesting power-saving feature. Namely, it can drop screen resolution from 1440x2560 to 720x1280 in order to save power. I'm curious if we can this thing on our Galaxy S7/Edge devices too. The main problem with simply doing that with root is that the system framework (and apps) are usually not suitable for DPI different than stock so Contacts, Camera etc etc etc get cut, badly aligned, misplaced... : ) Since Note 7 apparently has this function, this means that probably it's system apps + framework no longer suffer from such problems and can be used with a custom DPI too!
If my thoughts are correct - maybe we can get a feature like this on our devices (by porting the framework + system apps) and achieve this functionality?
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I'd argue we'll get the exact same features once the Note 7 is officially released; officially from Samsung and unofficially via XDA.

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I've rooted my Stock OS Pixel 3 XL - What to add/tweak?
Suggested discussion format:
- What specifically have you used root for to add or tweak your Stock OS?
- What did each addition/tweak accomplish?
- What have you tried but then removed, and why?
- What are you considering but haven't tried yet, and/or want to accomplish but haven't found a way to yet?
Running Pie PQ2A.190405.003 by the way...
- What specifically have you used root for to add or tweak your Stock OS?
So far, I have added Majisk with the following Majisk modules: Active Edge Mod, FDE.AI, Systemless Hosts. I have also added AdAway using F-Droid app.
- What did each addition/tweak accomplish?
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AdAway - The #1 reason I rooted - system-wide adblocking!
- What have you tried but then removed, and why?
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- What are you considering but haven't tried yet, and/or want to accomplish but haven't found a way to yet?
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- What are you considering but haven't tried yet, and/or want to accomplish but haven't found a way to yet?
Screenshots in secured apps (Think there's a tool for this but haven't tried)
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