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Change DPI for apps/contents/text

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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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Changing DPI without root?

Is there anyway possible to change the DPI before we obtain root?
Thanks!
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No, you would need to edit build.prop afaik that is the only way. We have root now, but only /system/xbin is writable so I am not sure if you can change dpi, I will test it out.

You always need root regardless of the methods. But you can do it with the root currently available to the m8. Via xposed and app settings.

HughesNet said:
You always need root regardless of the methods. But you can do it with the root currently available to the m8. Via xposed and app settings.
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Is there a way to change the Sense UI DPI with app launcher? I'd like the notification and status bar to be smaller if possible

d1ez3 said:
Is there a way to change the Sense UI DPI with app launcher? I'd like the notification and status bar to be smaller if possible
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Probably. Though I don't use that launcher. I notice that launcher is called Blinkfeed. so if you change the DPI of HTC Blinkfeed it will probably effect the launcher.
I use Nova so I just change the DPI of Nova for the same effect. I don't like the limited number of dock spaces in the blinkfeed launcher and I honestly have no use for blinkfeed itself.

HughesNet said:
Probably. Though I don't use that launcher. I notice that launcher is called Blinkfeed. so if you change the DPI of HTC Blinkfeed it will probably effect the launcher.
I use Nova so I just change the DPI of Nova for the same effect. I don't like the limited number of dock spaces in the blinkfeed launcher and I honestly have no use for blinkfeed itself.
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I use nova as well, I changed the dpi on that and like the look. I just need the statusbar icons and text to be smaller since everything overlaps for me from the abundance of icons I have shown. I'll look into app settings to see if that can be modified

d1ez3 said:
I use nova as well, I changed the dpi on that and like the look. I just need the statusbar icons and text to be smaller since everything overlaps for me from the abundance of icons I have shown. I'll look into app settings to see if that can be modified
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It can. Android System I believe. Mine are nice and tiny. To see it you have to reboot though. Just be sure it is a soft reboot.

HughesNet said:
It can. Android System I believe. Mine are nice and tiny. To see it you have to reboot though. Just be sure it is a soft reboot.
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ah that did it, 400 dpi, looks beautiful now. Only thing I want left is reply button in notification for stock sms

d1ez3 said:
ah that did it, 400 dpi, looks beautiful now. Only thing I want left is reply button in notification for stock sms
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I use 360 myself. Only thing I want personally is a transparent theme

HughesNet said:
I use 360 myself. Only thing I want personally is a transparent theme
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You must have really good eyesight

I'm running at 410 I think and it is great. Finally I have a sensible dpi for a 5 inch screen.... it looks like a toy at 480dpi what is HTC or anyone else thinking?! Too bad sense gets little bugs when you change the dpi. e.g notifications are slightly cut off on the bottom until expanded.

123421342 said:
I'm running at 410 I think and it is great. Finally I have a sensible dpi for a 5 inch screen.... it looks like a toy at 480dpi what is HTC or anyone else thinking?! Too bad sense gets little bugs when you change the dpi. e.g notifications are slightly cut off on the bottom until expanded.
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My swype keyboard also doesn't fit on my screen anymore after changing android system dpi, I have to use the sense keyboard for now

HughesNet said:
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Which xposed app?
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S121Guy said:
Which xposed app?
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I stated which app.

Can I ask how you guys are editing the dpi? I have tried using a couple different methods that I have always used but since you have to reboot in order for the change to take effect, it isn't working. I'm using nova and obviously the weak sauce root.

hellfire bro said:
Can I ask how you guys are editing the dpi? I have tried using a couple different methods that I have always used but since you have to reboot in order for the change to take effect, it isn't working. I'm using nova and obviously the weak sauce root.
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xposed->appsettings-> change dpi of android system to whatever, I use 410. Save, soft reboot in xposed.

d1ez3 said:
My swype keyboard also doesn't fit on my screen anymore after changing android system dpi, I have to use the sense keyboard for now
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The HTC keyboard doesn't have that issue and also supports swipe. I agree that is annoying though. It is all temporary though till we get S-off which shouldnt be long now.

123421342 said:
xposed->appsettings-> change dpi of android system to whatever, I use 410. Save, soft reboot in xposed.
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Ah . Ok going to do that now. Thanks!

HughesNet said:
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You are the man. Took a while to set all my apps, but now I'm running 360dpi everywhere. Looks great.
Only small glitch I've noticed is with the dialer.
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HughesNet said:
I stated which app.
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Didnt know there was one called app settings, lol. Tiik me a few hrs to figure it out. Thought i was just dealing with an ass at first. Tnks
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[Q] Anybody tried lower dpi on the Mate8 stock ROM?

Was searching a little but couldn't find an answer to this. I'm interested in this phone, I was able to play with it a little, but really, the dpi is too high for a 6" screen. Would be interesting to know if/how a 400/420dpi works on this device. Thanks!

I was just going to ask the same thing actually. Last night I started messing with it but it's very weird. For one, there are two DPI lines in build.prop, which you seem to have to change both of to get any kind of change. I have them now at 400 with the view mode set to small, and it's too small. But, the weird thing is, anything over 410 is too big. It doesn't change like a normal phone does. I have a feeling the "view mode" changes shell density instead of DPI and causes some weirdness. I may mess around with some shell density commands later today to get it just right. Anyone know what the stock shell density is?

loudog3114 said:
I was just going to ask the same thing actually. Last night I started messing with it but it's very weird. For one, there are two DPI lines in build.prop, which you seem to have to change both of to get any kind of change. I have them now at 400 with the view mode set to small, and it's too small. But, the weird thing is, anything over 410 is too big. It doesn't change like a normal phone does. I have a feeling the "view mode" changes shell density instead of DPI and causes some weirdness. I may mess around with some shell density commands later today to get it just right. Anyone know what the stock shell density is?
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Can you try Neo Density app? I don't know if it works ok with the Mate8, but I used it on phones where changing the dpi was a little problematic.

Yup. I'm at 320 with the small stock settings too

albireox said:
Can you try Neo Density app? I don't know if it works ok with the Mate8, but I used it on phones where changing the dpi was a little problematic.
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I did, that just changes the typical ro.sf.lcd_density= value. The best I have found is that if you drop that value to 400, the "small" view mode goes to extra small. But changing the value to anything lower than 400 has no effect (I tried as low as 290) and anything over 410 seems to also have no effect on stock.

loudog3114 said:
I did, that just changes the typical ro.sf.lcd_density= value. The best I have found is that if you drop that value to 400, the "small" view mode goes to extra small. But changing the value to anything lower than 400 has no effect (I tried as low as 290) and anything over 410 seems to also have no effect on stock.
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I guess it's ok with dpi400, should be much better than the stock. How the stock Huawei apps are scaled?

albireox said:
I guess it's ok with dpi400, should be much better than the stock. How the stock Huawei apps are scaled?
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400 is very very small. I have 20/20 vision and love a lower dpi, but I think its too small to use on a daily basis at a typical viewing distance. Especially in the dark. I went back to stock for now.
Mostly everything scales fine, but there are weird issues as if we had used wm shell density to change the density vs build.prop. Some text/icons are cut off by the item below it in the notification panel, and backgrounds dont scale properly when swiping through home screens. Not a huge deal, but just common issues when using wm shell density, even though I didn't.

I'm on 366 dpi. Let the stock dpi setting at large then change the dpi in build.prop. The stock will change automatically after reboot to medium. For the quick toggles add this lines to build.prop : ro.config.toolbox_port_column=3
ro.config.toolbox_port_row=3
ro.config.toolbox_land_column=4
ro.config.toolbox_land_row=2
Only one issue exists, if dpi is to low the notification drop down will show the recycle bin in the middle of the screen, so it will use the half space. If u have some notification u must scroll them
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dlorean said:
I'm on 366 dpi. Let the stock dpi setting at large then change the dpi in build.prop. The stock will change automatically after reboot to medium. For the quick toggles add this lines to build.prop : ro.config.toolbox_port_column=3
ro.config.toolbox_port_row=3
ro.config.toolbox_land_column=4
ro.config.toolbox_land_row=2
Only one issue exists, if dpi is to low the notification drop down will show the recycle bin in the middle of the screen, so it will use the half space. If u have some notification u must scroll them
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Can you post a screen shot? I have a feeling yours is probably the same that I was able to achieve.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7TwALBor0ngM0ZXTS1HVDdjRkk/view?usp=docslist_api
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7TwALBor0ngMmZRdlhvVkhQc0k/view?usp=docslist_api
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7TwALBor0ngLVdFdnIyWXlOaGc/view?usp=docslist_api
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dlorean said:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7TwALBor0ngM0ZXTS1HVDdjRkk/view?usp=docslist_api
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7TwALBor0ngMmZRdlhvVkhQc0k/view?usp=docslist_api
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7TwALBor0ngLVdFdnIyWXlOaGc/view?usp=docslist_api
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Can you show the desktop? Trying to compare my status bar to yours. Mine was TINY.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7TwALBor0ngbjl6T2FSOTllblU/view?usp=docslist_api
If u change dpi with the stock changer and then in the build.prop, u get a tiny status bar. Stay on large view and then change dpi in build.prop. Wasted some time with testing to find this out
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dlorean said:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7TwALBor0ngbjl6T2FSOTllblU/view?usp=docslist_api
If u change dpi with the stock changer and then in the build.prop, u get a tiny status bar. Stay on large view and then change dpi in build.prop. Wasted some time with testing to find this out
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Yeah that's about what I got when I was doing 400 dpi and small view mode. Whats really odd is that, unlike any other phone I have had, if you bump the DPI up by 5 or 10, you don't get the minor increase in size you would expect. It just stays the same until it makes a massive change in size.

dlorean said:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7TwALBor0ngbjl6T2FSOTllblU/view?usp=docslist_api
If u change dpi with the stock changer and then in the build.prop, u get a tiny status bar. Stay on large view and then change dpi in build.prop. Wasted some time with testing to find this out
Huawei Mate 8 L29~B162 using Tapatalk
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Absolutely love your icon pack. Is it stock or downloaded?
Odesláno z mého SM-N910F pomocí Tapatalk

Is it possible to change the DPI without root ? i want tablet mode. i've tried with adb but it does not work...
Thanks

Boosik said:
Absolutely love your icon pack. Is it stock or downloaded?
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It's from play store, name is rotox. Using it with nova launcher.
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loudog3114 said:
Yeah that's about what I got when I was doing 400 dpi and small view mode. Whats really odd is that, unlike any other phone I have had, if you bump the DPI up by 5 or 10, you don't get the minor increase in size you would expect. It just stays the same until it makes a massive change in size.
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The stock changer and build.prop disturb each other. It's a nice feature from Huawei, but poorly implemented
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I've edited build.prop directly after installing Rom. Only the ro.lcd.density to 320 and it works like a charm. The display setting changed to small automatically after reboot.

pappschlumpf said:
I've edited build.prop directly after installing Rom. Only the ro.lcd.density to 320 and it works like a charm. The display setting changed to small automatically after reboot.
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I did 320 but lost one handed mode. Bumped it up to 380, got one hand mode back, and it is the same size on small.

Now I'm back to B152 because of this
B162 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7TwALBor0ngLVdFdnIyWXlOaGc/view?usp=docslist_api
B152 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7TwALBor0ngWXVqNmcySUZkdWs/view?usp=docslist_api
Both at 367dpi
What's going wrong with the programming for different countries?
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changing DPI

Has anyone changed the DPI for their device. If so what app did you usei true build prop but couldn't find the setting

It's build.prop, but in /system/vendor/build.prop.
ro.sf.lcd_density and hw.lcd.density.
I've not tried changing them.
Could cause problems with apps if they use hardcoded DPI

You can change the dpi in development settings .
Adjust smallest width

intruda119 said:
You can change the dpi in development settings .
Adjust smallest width
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yeah, but it will be reset on reboot.

012345678 said:
yeah, but it will be reset on reboot.
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Takes 2 seconds yes.
If your rooted, most apps should work. Pick your poison
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I will look at it tonight and see if I can adjust it a bit smaller. I want to be able to put more aps across the bottom tray

TheKaptone said:
I will look at it tonight and see if I can adjust it a bit smaller. I want to be able to put more aps across the bottom tray
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Im not certain and to lazy to confirm but I doubt the default launcher will give more apps with a dpi change. Most 3rd party launcher will do that though.

ante0 said:
It's build.prop, but in /system/vendor/build.prop.
ro.sf.lcd_density and hw.lcd.density.
I've not tried changing them.
Could cause problems with apps if they use hardcoded DPI
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Cat find that line anywhere to be able to change the DPI so I have not done it yet

Is there a way to change dpi of individual apps? I used to do that with an Xposed module but that is a no go with Nougat at this point...

There are a lot of guides how to change dpi size with adb shell command from your Pc or Mac. Like this one https://android.gadgethacks.com/how...creen-resolution-without-root-access-0160439/

TheKaptone said:
Cat find that line anywhere to be able to change the DPI so I have not done it yet
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Found in /vendor/build.prop. (/system/vendor/ is a symlink to /vendor, but strangely the build.props doesn't match )
But changing it does nothing.

What is the default DPI?

Can anyone tell me what their default DPI is? I changed mine in developer settings, now I forget what it was.
Also, what are you using, and hows it working? I've found 360 and 400 work good, except on 400 the keyboard is too low.
Thanks!

392 dpi

YeepYeep said:
392 dpi
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Awesome thanks!

i killed tupac said:
Can anyone tell me what their default DPI is? I changed mine in developer settings, now I forget what it was.
Also, what are you using, and hows it working? I've found 360 and 400 work good, except on 400 the keyboard is too low.
Thanks!
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I'm using 462 DPI looks beautiful with Nova Laucher

phuneas said:
I'm using 462 DPI looks beautiful with Nova Laucher
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Does that make the GBoard too small to use though? that was a problem I seemed to have.

i killed tupac said:
Does that make the GBoard too small to use though? that was a problem I seemed to have.
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Makes everything too small to use, big screen microscopic text

If you've changed it in Developer Settings you can change it back to default in Additional Settings > Accessibility > Display > Display Size

RaiderX303 said:
If you've changed it in Developer Settings you can change it back to default in Additional Settings > Accessibility > Display > Display Size
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yes, but that doesn't seem to help the keyboard situation