1. Am I missing something, or is this a slight malfunction: The homescreen does not appear to go into landscape mode when I turn it that way. "Auto Rotate Screen" IS checked in Settings.
2. There are numerous Apps (Weather Channel and Solitaire-Ken Magic version, to name a few) that only use 2/3 of the available screen space. Weather uses the top 2/3rds, Solitaire uses it's 2/3 from the middle. Anybody have fixes? TIA...
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1. Am I missing something, or is this a slight malfunction: The homescreen does not appear to go into landscape mode when I turn it that way. "Auto Rotate Screen" IS checked in Settings.
2. There are numerous Apps (Weather Channel and Solitaire-Ken Magic version, to name a few) that only use 2/3 of the available screen space. Weather uses the top 2/3rds, Solitaire uses it's 2/3 from the middle. Anybody have fixes? TIA...
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1. The homescreen on most android devices will not rotate unless you install a 3rd party launcher such as ADW or Launcher Pro. Auto rotate screen only applies to apps that can rotate, such as youtube or any other app for that matter. Try to uncheck auto-rotate then notice how those other apps stop rotating.
2. You'll need to install Spare Parts from the android market and disable compatibility mode, then restart the phone. Hope that helps.
edit - the reason why those apps don't show in full screen by default is because they weren't coded with qHD resolution in mind. It's not a problem with the phone, instead it's a problem with those apps not supporting qHD just yet.
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1. The homescreen on most android devices will not rotate unless you install a 3rd party launcher such as ADW or Launcher Pro. Auto rotate screen only applies to apps that can rotate, such as youtube or any other app for that matter. Try to uncheck auto-rotate then notice how those other apps stop rotating.
2. You'll need to install Spare Parts from the android market and disable compatibility mode, then restart the phone. Hope that helps.
edit - the reason why those apps don't show in full screen by default is because they weren't coded with qHD resolution in mind. It's not a problem with the phone, instead it's a problem with those apps not supporting qHD just yet.
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Awesome! Thanks so much. I've used Launcher Pro for so long I had not recalled that the native home screen did not move. I'm REALLY trying to like Sense, but it doesn't seem to be all that. It seems to actually have less functionality (liking the docks too much, probably will switch back when root finally comes). I've had Spare Parts all along too, love it for the fast animations. I must have inadvertently checked the compatibility mode by accident.
That's 2 more of numerous small issues out of the way. Thanks again...
Hello everybody, and before all, sory for my english
The main objetive of this thread is to provide a guide to increase performance on high density screen GPU bound devices, for example, the nexus 10.
The last year android devices start shiping with very high definition screens, but without the necesary GPU muscle to make them work good.
Since I was a PC gamer, I know the terrible impact of high definition on the gaming performance, and, on this screen size, this is a useless impact, since the extra resolution are practicaly unperceptible.
The past week I spend a lot of time trying to change my device's resolution (a nexus 7) and with kernel modding, it is posible, but don't are great since I only play 1/3 of the devices usage, and the 1280x800 resolution are great for chat, browsing (or posting on the forum ).
Finally I find a great program that allow me to temporary change the display resolution of my device, and with the free version I was allowed to change resolution to 720x450, and on gaming performance, that was a GREAT performance updrade, even, with the wuality sacrifice (and on a 7 inch display, this wasn't a great lose.
In order to do that, I need to disable soft keys, since they bug A LOT with the resolution change, and to use a custom launcher because the default launcher bug too (go launcher ex is my favourite and the only one I test).
So, I leave a guide on how to prepare your device to use this mod to increase gaming performance, and to provide help to everyone who want it.
First of all, you NEED to be rooted.
Now, start with the device preparing.
Wee need a soft keys replacement, I recomend this one, work great and are really simple to customize.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jun.ace.piecontrol
Now, you need to remove the soft keys in order to gain extra screen space and to protect yourself from potential bugs on the user interface.
To do that, you need to edit your build.prop with an editor or manually with a text editor and add this line.
qemu.hw.mainkeys=1
Now, on the next boot your device have the soft keys disabled.
To protect the status bar from being bugged, we need to change the lcd density of our display in order to allow a phone status bar (the phablet one bug on low resolution displays, and on tablets without sofkeys, we need a status bar.
To do that, we need to edit from the build.prop editor the "ro.sf.lcd_density" parameter and set it to something above 214 (nexus 7 have 213 and it enable the phablet interface, and on 214 it enable a full phone interface, but with small icons and more work space, you need to test and find the most usefull dpi for your device)
Now, we need to install the "magic app", and start testing resolutions and trying to find the most confortable for us, I have the paid version and use on the nexus 7 (16:10 or 8:5) 480x768 since it allow GREAT performance improvement and a good image quality for my screen size.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nomone.resolution_changer
One example of a game that work GREAT with this trick is N.O.V.A. 3, on the tegra 3 plataform it is almost inplayable, and with the trick, on my nexus 7, it looks like this.
So, start testing this, and post your results, configs and devices.
Help us resolving the screen resolution fragmentation on devices!
And mods, please, help the post with a good language correction XD
Edit: Changed the APK link, to a new one, the new app have onscreen buttons to fix the navbar problems, so, pie controls are no longer needed, I leave the link here onlfy for people to know another alternative, thx for NoMone Devs!
i am planning to buy a 7 or 8" android with high resolution and was a bit worried about gaming performance because of the high resolution.. can you post a video of the performance gain plz?
Whoa! I might give this a go when I get home. Good Job.
i am interested for feedbacks in other heavy games like modern combat 4
this!
what android device and other mobile devices lacks.
there's no setting to set the resolution!
people out there always suggest me to change the dpi, but hell no!
"dpi" is not physical resolution, it just changing icon and other ui element to small or big.
this terms confuse many people.
they think DPI is the screen resolution.
and.... i just cannot understand the hype,
many vendors put high res 1080p on 5" device?
what the heck!? is it necessary?
what's next? ultra 4K res on 4" screen?
come on.. it's unnecesary and waste of battery.
gpu works hard to get the job done in that resolution. especially gaming.
thank you for sharing this trick for us.
google should consider to put resolution changer on the next android.
and android vendor should realize put hi-res on small screen is just plain dumb.
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i will try this thank you. . .:good:
It's hard to take a video without a camera, but to give youman example, on 500x800 asphalt 7 give me 60fps on the shangai track, with my 800x1280 default resolution, I have 20fps aprox with a lot of fluctutations, it's a great app, and with GMD hide buttons, is almost perfect.
Antara33 said:
It's hard to take a video without a camera, but to give youman example, on 500x800 asphalt 7 give me 60fps on the shangai track, with my 800x1280 default resolution, I have 20fps aprox with a lot of fluctutations, it's a great app, and with GMD hide buttons, is almost perfect.
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ah that indeed seems to be very nice! i have tried it on my htc desire not it does not work nothing changed
yeahman45 said:
ah that indeed seems to be very nice! i have tried it on my htc desire not it does not work nothing changed
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Yes, on the HTC Desire 480x800 display, you need to set it to something lower that it, for example, 360x600, it increase the gaming performance, this trick work great on high res display like the nexus 7 or nexus 10 displays for example, try to reduce the resoution to something that retain the original aspect ratio and be lower that 480x800, 360x600 or 240x400 make a grat change, but im not sure about image quality on this device...
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Yes, on the HTC Desire 480x800 display, you need to set it to something lower that it, for example, 360x600, it increase the gaming performance, this trick work great on high res display like the nexus 7 or nexus 10 displays for example, try to reduce the resoution to something that retain the original aspect ratio and be lower that 480x800, 360x600 or 240x400 make a grat change, but im not sure about image quality on this device...
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ok thx i have tried to set it to 360x640 on the free version.. but nothing happens.. it just say "Display scaler free has been granted root superuser permissions" and nothing happens
Mh, maybe this is a device specific issue, have you posted a review or sended the autor an feedback email about it?
Antara33 said:
Hello everybody, and before all, sory for my english
The main objetive of this thread is to provide a guide to increase performance on high density screen GPU bound devices, for example, the nexus 10.
The last year android devices start shiping with very high definition screens, but without the necesary GPU muscle to make them work good.
Since I was a PC gamer, I know the terrible impact of high definition on the gaming performance, and, on this screen size, this is a useless impact, since the extra resolution are practicaly unperceptible.
The past week I spend a lot of time trying to change my device's resolution (a nexus 7) and with kernel modding, it is posible, but don't are great since I only play 1/3 of the devices usage, and the 1280x800 resolution are great for chat, browsing (or posting on the forum ).
Finally I find a great program that allow me to temporary change the display resolution of my device, and with the free version I was allowed to change resolution to 720x450, and on gaming performance, that was a GREAT performance updrade, even, with the wuality sacrifice (and on a 7 inch display, this wasn't a great lose.
In order to do that, I need to disable soft keys, since they bug A LOT with the resolution change, and to use a custom launcher because the default launcher bug too (go launcher ex is my favourite and the only one I test).
So, I leave a guide on how to prepare your device to use this mod to increase gaming performance, and to provide help to everyone who want it.
First of all, you NEED to be rooted.
Now, start with the device preparing.
Wee need a soft keys replacement, I recomend this one, work great and are really simple to customize.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jun.ace.piecontrol
Now, you need to remove the soft keys in order to gain extra screen space and to protect yourself from potential bugs on the user interface.
To do that, you need to edit your build.prop with an editor or manually with a text editor and add this line.
qemu.hw.mainkeys=1
Now, on the next boot your device have the soft keys disabled.
To protect the status bar from being bugged, we need to change the lcd density of our display in order to allow a phone status bar (the phablet one bug on low resolution displays, and on tablets without sofkeys, we need a status bar.
To do that, we need to edit from the build.prop editor the "ro.sf.lcd_density" parameter and set it to something above 214 (nexus 7 have 213 and it enable the phablet interface, and on 214 it enable a full phone interface, but with small icons and more work space, you need to test and find the most usefull dpi for your device)
Now, we need to install the "magic app", and start testing resolutions and trying to find the most confortable for us, I have the paid version and use on the nexus 7 (16:10 or 8:5) 480x768 since it allow GREAT performance improvement and a good image quality for my screen size.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nexter.miniscalerfree
One example of a game that work GREAT with this trick is N.O.V.A. 3, on the tegra 3 plataform it is almost inplayable, and with the trick, on my nexus 7, it looks like this.
So, start testing this, and post your results, configs and devices.
Help us resolving the screen resolution fragmentation on devices!
And mods, please, help the post with a good language correction XD
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Hey I bought the app and it works fine i tried most of the resolutions and even a custom one but it seems that no resolution lower than my physical one will go full screen i always get black borders do you get this too?
thanks a8 soc
I tried tweaking my resolution to a higher one yet nothing happens on my Alcatel OneTouch T10. Any fix on this?
Sory for the lazy responce, I have so much time working and other personal things I read on the store that the apk only make the new resolution use the full screen on 4.2+ so if you are on 4.1-, you have it with black borders, sory, but I cant do anything for this :/
is there any way after change resolution for fix buttom touch key(it doesnt work physical touch key)? or any idea where is touch key config file or something like that related in root?
THUNDERASS said:
is there any way after change resolution for fix buttom touch key(it doesnt work physical touch key)? or any idea where is touch key config file or something like that related in root?
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I don't know, I suppose, android mao this keys as a touchscreen surface or something like that, the most easybway is using gmd hide softkeys and with it, trigger a softkeys quick navbar and play with this, I am using Paranoidandroid right now and with the pie controls I fix all my problems, and on smanager I created 2 scripts to execute the commands to change resolution, one for the 500x800 for gaming and the other to 1280x800, the default resolution of the nexus 7.
Try it and leave me a comment with your experience.
Antara33 said:
I don't know, I suppose, android mao this keys as a touchscreen surface or something like that, the most easybway is using gmd hide softkeys and with it, trigger a softkeys quick navbar and play with this, I am using Paranoidandroid right now and with the pie controls I fix all my problems, and on smanager I created 2 scripts to execute the commands to change resolution, one for the 500x800 for gaming and the other to 1280x800, the default resolution of the nexus 7.
Try it and leave me a comment with your experience.
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Thanls for your reply.i have mtk quad core 6589T 1.5 ghz device with powervr 544MP1 and 1 gb ram . My screen is 1080p. i think gpu cant handle this resolution sometimes occur wierd lag and some highend games cant playable.After change resolution to 720p and 320 dpi everything perfect games performance increase %80-100 even memory consumption decreasing.(100mb).i am using with pie control but i want to using continiusly 720p i think after change resulotion touch key coordinates change over screen size.if i found that responsible cfg file or something maybe i can handle this.i am still searching..
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Thanls for your reply.i have mtk quad core 6589T 1.5 ghz device with powervr 544MP1 and 1 gb ram . My screen is 1080p. i think gpu cant handle this resolution sometimes occur wierd lag and some highend games cant playable.After change resolution to 720p and 320 dpi everything perfect games performance increase %80-100 even memory consumption decreasing.(100mb).i am using with pie control but i want to using continiusly 720p i think after change resulotion touch key coordinates change over screen size.if i found that responsible cfg file or something maybe i can handle this.i am still searching..
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For me, the way to go is sticking with default res for everything except gaming, as I say, I have two scripts on 2 widgets on my main screen, one with the commands
su
wm size 500x800
And the other with the commands
su
wm size reset
on jely bean 4.3 this commands set the override resolution of the screen.
on android 4.2.x the wm have to be replaced with am.
The app launch this terminal commands and override our resolution, but since I cant buy the app because of credit card and legal issues on argentina, I made my own scripts with smanager and swidgets . Quick on the fly change, and "letz rack!"
i am using this fantastic program on my thl w8s to scale resolution from 1080p to 720p during games and the speedup is fantastic...i set tasker to autolaunch the app when i click on the game icon, and once finished the game just click on fixes/reset resolution to bring everything back to 1080p . this program is great and the only one i have found...let's hope the developer doesn't abandon it and keeps making it better....and with a better integration in tasker maybe
Ever wonder why your phone can't run a game smoothly as another device which has lower performance specifications? I sometimes ask myself this with 1.2ghz quad core cpu and powervr sgx544 gpu along with 1GB ram runs Asphalt 8 laggy at high or even medium settings? While a 480x800 HVGA phone runs it with better performance? See thats the problem right there a resolution of 720x1280 GPU will run slower than a 480x800 Same GPU. Why am I doing this well I got tired of hearing games not optimized for my gpu and seeing that lower end phones running games I cant run.
So i decided to do some research of my GPU and have understand that it's a capable GPU and then i thought to myself what if i can change game resolution for more performance similar to a PC or i tried HVGA games on my WVGA and it was faster. That was the moment i can run asphalt 8 on high settings now thanks to changing resolution. I have seen a lot of apps and saw where someone tried it and stuck at bootloop well this App is safe to use, although i can't guarantee that!
READ CAREFULLY!
Root Devices Required for this to work!
Requires root on Android 4.3 and higher.( i got 4.2 and it worked)
Google Play
NOMone Resolution Changer
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nomone.resolution_changer ( i need 10 post total to insert links)
This app you can see your current settings to the top - Width x Height - DPI (Mines 720x1280 320dpi)
You can revert back to that default settings if you messed up or you can try a custom settings and if you can't see navigation bars or or even the virtual keys JUST PANIC OMG I'm just kding do nothing and it automatically reverts back in 10 seconds.
You can also choose a preset, there are from QVGA to WVGA resolutions.
Simply set a custom or preset settings and see it instantly activated no reboot required you don't have to go into build.prop file either.
1.) If app says superuser denied..go find superuser or SU# if u have it installed as an app and allow it manually.
2.) Changing resolution problems can happen if you lower your height resolutions your soft touch keys might not work, ENABLE virtual keys in app settings and tick the bars your going to need eg back, menu, task etc.
3.) If you happened to set a resolution and you select SKIP revert and your phone locks and half of the lock screen is cut off which means you cannot slide to unlock try sliding screen to right side my camera opens up and my phone is unlock again. I don't know about other devices so i ''HIGHLY RECOMMEND'' do not leave phone unattended for lock screen to activate. IF YOU DO SO restarting phone won't help you will be stuck.
You can try Different resolutions take a look here copy paste into address bar...pacoup.com/2011/06/12/list-of-true-169-resolutions/
Blu life play - 720x1280 (default)
changed resolution to something like 600x1280
Asphalt 8 Significance performance increased.
Nova 3 Runs smoother than before.
Blu life play - 720x1280 (default)
changed resolution to something like 320x480(dont look that bad its like 800x600 on 16:9 wide screen)
I can noticed fps is around 50-60 in Asphalt 8
This should work for all phones in the requirement field. It's like changing PC game resolution which increases fps according to the bottleneck.
Note : This is just a guide I'm not the owner of this app
and i don't take any responsibility if something happens to your phone.
hahaha
Well it worked for me lmfao :laugh::laugh:
I wonder if this is safe, can anyone post more feedback?
if it works 100%, thank you very much for sharing
fakeblitz said:
I wonder if this is safe, can anyone post more feedback?
if it works 100%, thank you very much for sharing
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yea it's safe because if anything goes wrong it automatically switches back your're resolution after 10 seconds. Just ensure that you're Root on Android 4.3 and higher(i have 4.2 and it worked) GL
@Mad VIbes too bad ther isnt any lower i can go for my phone other than 240x320 for ace plus i need 4.3 also meh
sonyx10mini said:
@Mad VIbes too bad ther isnt any lower i can go for my phone other than 240x320 for ace plus i need 4.3 also meh
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Yea man but i think there are 4.3 and also 4.4 on xda for ace plus don't know if it's stable because I'm not sure though
Much Better If...
I think it's much better if you use the Xposed Module AppSettings. It also has Per-App Resolution Changer, and it's much easiee to use, and probably more efficient
souler456 said:
I think it's much better if you use the Xposed Module AppSettings. It also has Per-App Resolution Changer, and it's much easiee to use, and probably more efficient
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Sounds great I'll give it a try.
souler456 said:
I think it's much better if you use the Xposed Module AppSettings. It also has Per-App Resolution Changer, and it's much easiee to use, and probably more efficient
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Doesn't work with games.
Works on Android 4.2.2 (Advan Vandroid S5E) *A* But.. the icons messed up.. hehe.. i dont really care actually
im stuck . what can i do to get it back t normal .
Mad VIbes said:
Yea man but i think there are 4.3 and also 4.4 on xda for ace plus don't know if it's stable because I'm not sure though
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I Have Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus GT-S7500 , And I have successfully updated it to 4.4.2 (KitKat) , If you have the same android phone as I do and wanted to update it to Kitkat , Just email me ([email protected]) for download link , its safe , and if u flashed it wrong and got bricked , email me again for the original firmware of GT-S7500 , Or if u want Instructions of Installation , Again , Just email me
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hahaha
Well it worked for me lmfao :laugh::laugh:
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Will this work in 2021?
It was supposed to be just an experiment, but now I'm spend.
Basically, I can perfectly well change the resolution on my a22 4g, which was what I wanted, but certain elements, like the rounded corners and notification bar, or what it's called, are not handled. The radius is not scaled, which looks horrible. It can be changed manually, from what I've tried, but the change is not persistent. All it takes is a single rotation of the phone, and we're back to scratch, and besides, the other issues aren't solved, even if it worked.
I've tried numerous helper apps, just for kick, but they don't seem to be able to do a better job than myself, so what's the game here? Is it simply not possible, or am I missing something?
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It was supposed to be just an experiment, but now I'm spend.
Basically, I can perfectly well change the resolution on my a22 4g, which was what I wanted, but certain elements, like the rounded corners and notification bar, or what it's called, are not handled. The radius is not scaled, which looks horrible. It can be changed manually, from what I've tried, but the change is not persistent. All it takes is a single rotation of the phone, and we're back to scratch, and besides, the other issues aren't solved, even if it worked.
I've tried numerous helper apps, just for kick, but they don't seem to be able to do a better job than myself, so what's the game here? Is it simply not possible, or am I missing something?
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if you want to lower resolution , use gl tool
Guan Yu said:
if you want to lower resolution , use gl tool
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Although interesting, the name rather imply that it is not a general solution, and besides, it basically requires root, which really shouldn't be necessary. I will look into it, however, so thanks for the reply.
Zacariaz said:
It was supposed to be just an experiment, but now I'm spend.
Basically, I can perfectly well change the resolution on my a22 4g, which was what I wanted, but certain elements, like the rounded corners and notification bar, or what it's called, are not handled. The radius is not scaled, which looks horrible. It can be changed manually, from what I've tried, but the change is not persistent. All it takes is a single rotation of the phone, and we're back to scratch, and besides, the other issues aren't solved, even if it worked.
I've tried numerous helper apps, just for kick, but they don't seem to be able to do a better job than myself, so what's the game here? Is it simply not possible, or am I missing something?
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changing resolution was never great because android not officialy support it , thus creating anoying visual bug .And what is your ploblem when using native resolution outside gaming?
Guan Yu said:
changing resolution was never great because android not officialy support it , thus creating anoying visual bug .And what is your ploblem when using native resolution outside gaming?
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No problem. As I said, it was an experiment. How low can you/I go, without it being too low, and what will the impact om battery life be?
IMO to change appearance of some System UI elements you've to use System UI Tuner app