On the surface pro desktop, I used to be able to drop the resolution and it would scale to fit the screen. Now when I drop the resolution you see black borders around the desktop. Desktop was dropped to 1366x768 and is in the middle of the display non-scaled with black borders. It used to work,scale. I don't think I changed anything. Anyone else having this issue with the pro? does yours scale to fill screen?
marcux said:
On the surface pro desktop, I used to be able to drop the resolution and it would scale to fit the screen. Now when I drop the resolution you see black borders around the desktop. Desktop was dropped to 1366x768 and is in the middle of the display non-scaled with black borders. It used to work,scale. I don't think I changed anything. Anyone else having this issue with the pro? does yours scale to fill screen?
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Sounds like a display setting/video card driver/bios option - same thing happens on laptops if set to not stretch display.
schettj said:
Sounds like a display setting/video card driver/bios option - same thing happens on laptops if set to not stretch display.
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That's what i'm saying, but there doesn't seem to be any options to turn the scaling back on, it was working, then now it's not, nothing loaded, just desktop. >.>
marcux said:
That's what i'm saying, but there doesn't seem to be any options to turn the scaling back on, it was working, then now it's not, nothing loaded, just desktop. >.>
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UPDATE: Figured it out, Really stupid Bug.... if you press f7, and then select pc screen only display, lower resolutions will not fill LCD, if you use duplicate the second screen it will expand to fill lcd.
Why.. just.. why!? How did that get by Q&A!?
You can update to newer graphics drivers. I posted this as well on a reddit:
"I think this could help you out:
downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=22375&lang=eng
This is the latest driver for the HD 4000. Looks like it just hasn't been pushed out via Windows Update for some reason. I haven't seen any issues using it, but it does enable the advanced graphics settings. It looked like the scaling was done appropriately with this driver after install automatically. If you change the resolution and it doesn't scale full-screen, do the following:
1) right click on desktop 2) Go to "graphics properties" 3) Under Display->General Settings you can change the option under Scaling (this is also can be done by pressing <Ctrl><Alt>F11 **remember to press Fn and F11 on a type/touch cover to actually press F11)"
I am supposed to set that settings to "Scale full screen" But that option is not available. There is only "Maintain display scaling" in the drop list.
Found a solution. You got to change to a lower resolution in our display settings for that option to appear. Have to change my resolution manually first before launching games with lower resolution...
If you select a lower res, then change the option, then change back to normal res, then launch the low-res app/game... that might remember what setting it was at least time you used a lower resolution. I can't be sure (not having a Surface Pro, and in general I despise Intel graphics drivers as featureless and poorly designed) but based on what you said, it's worth trying.
new display drivers fix all issues.
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If you select a lower res, then change the option, then change back to normal res, then launch the low-res app/game... that might remember what setting it was at least time you used a lower resolution. I can't be sure (not having a Surface Pro, and in general I despise Intel graphics drivers as featureless and poorly designed) but based on what you said, it's worth trying.
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Thank you!
My surface pro worked great, then one day, out of nowhere, my games stopped scaling. What used to cause the problem was directx11 not scaling and i could simply hit the F7 key which would bring up screen sharing and click on duplicate which would solve the issue. But at some point, and for seemingly no reason, my display scaling broke for both games that used both directx11 and lower versions. But doing what you said (after installing intel's drivers) fixed the problem.
So thank you again. Searching the web with google was very unhelpful up until i saw this post.
Glad to hear it. I don't usually say this, but please do remember to click "Thanks" on helpful posts; it improves their visibility.
So, I know this title seems odd; I changed the resolution of my Phone with ADB to maybe get a 18:9 screen ratio but with more sharp edges since I really dislike how the 7 Pro has such round edges that just look terrible in some app's overlay, bc they weren't built for that in mind.
however, I found out that that won't help me with my problem. I thought the Screen Corners were just a hardware thing, but it turns out its actually on software as well. Does someone know how to potentially remove these? (it will probably not have these software added notches in custom roms, but i'd prefer using the default/openbeta rom from oneplus directly)
try this. the instructions are for a google pixel 3, but hopefully those settings exist for the oneplus.
disable rounded screen corners on pixel 3
altwu said:
try this. the instructions are for a google pixel 3, but hopefully those settings exist for the oneplus.
disable rounded screen corners on pixel 3
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thanks for the answer, it doesnt work like that for the oneplus 7 pro, but i will look into stuff like this and reply again if i found out how to do it <3
Not sure what you expect to accomplish. The rounded corners are the physical edge of the display. You can see this in TWRP or any non-black boot animation.
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Not sure what you expect to accomplish. The rounded corners are the physical edge of the display. You can see this in TWRP or any non-black boot animation.
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as i said i wanted to reduce the vertical size of the screen and disable the software rounded corners. i only found out that there are software edges BECAUSE i changed the resolution of the display via adb.
Hello, are you talking about this broken corners thing ? Because whenever I install a custom ROM, the corners are very pixelated, which doesn't happen in Oxygen OS. Also, still concerning OOS, I tried to modify the overlay with the adb overscan thing and I was able see the rounded overlay moving, so it's definitely related to the software.
Also I managed to get a picture of the same problem on a OnePlus 6T. You can clearly see the pixelated corners.
I truly hate how there isnt an option for this. You can use "adb settings put secure sysui_rounded_size X" on Android 9, but not on Android 10. There doesnt seem to be a way to do it. I've used a Substratum theme (Curve) to temporarily (for a second) disable the rounded corner overlay but it doesnt stick, and there is nothing I've found over 3 days of intense searching for hours and hours. Custom ROMS have the option (Havoc 3.1 has a rounded-corner radius slider setting but changing it has no effect, even after rebooting).
Please tell me there is something someone has come up with. Its so annoying to have an ugly af rounded corner. I am using adb to reduce the display height to create a "software bezel" and want to reduce the rounded corner radius so it looks much less rounded. I can do it on Android 9, but the nav bar doesnt work well on it, and much prefer Android 10.
To ellaborate, the "adb settings put secure sysui_rounded_size X" setting DOES work properly on OOS, but not on anything beyond Android 9. You likely wont notice on Android 9 unless you set the display height smaller than what stock is. "adb shell wm size 1440x2990" is the best size I can say that fits well with sysui_rounded_size of 25 or 30.
Is there an update to this?
have anyone solved the prob?
I know you said something about wanting to be on OOS, but I've found a setting on Resurrection Remix that allows you to change the size of the rounded corners.
I got back on this topic today.
I got it working by using apktool on the ODMOverlay-OPSystemUI.apk and removing the pathData from rounded_bottom.xml and rounded_top.xml. then used rootbrowser to overwrite the original. I assume this could be done using a magisk module, but i couldn't get it to work properly.
Ixaruz said:
.... I got it working by using apktool on the ODMOverlay-OPSystemUI.apk and.... I assume this could be done using a magisk module, but i couldn't get it to work properly.
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That app seems specific to OnePlus devices. Have you had any success with making a Magisk module yet? And, could that work on other devices also? My device is Poco X3 Karna running AICP (Android 12.1) rom. I am very much interested in this; I prefer 'rectangular' screenshots. Please reply. Thanks.
Just as the title says, I have my A7 2017 (A7y17lte) with the official Lineage 16 rom (Android 9 Pie)
The problem is that maybe many did not notice but this rom has a very transparent "watermark", barely noticeable to the eye but once it is notes you can not stop seeing that detail, and it is not a small watermark, it is a screenshot where you can see the keyboard, the taskbar and an application that I can not distinguish well which is by that the image is very transparent.
This watermark remains on the screen at all times from when the cell phone is turned on until it is turned off, is there any way to remove it?
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Just as the title says, I have my A7 2017 (A7y17lte) with the official Lineage 16 rom (Android 9 Pie)
The problem is that maybe many did not notice but this rom has a very transparent "watermark", barely noticeable to the eye but once it is notes you can not stop seeing that detail, and it is not a small watermark, it is a screenshot where you can see the keyboard, the taskbar and an application that I can not distinguish well which is by that the image is very transparent.
This watermark remains on the screen at all times from when the cell phone is turned on until it is turned off, is there any way to remove it?
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It’s probably an screen burn in do you have a pic?
Kaijones23 said:
It’s probably an screen burn in do you have a pic?
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In the screenshot the watermark does not appear since apparently it is a layer that is on top, this layer or "watermark" appears about 3 seconds after turning on the phone, before the "boot animation" appears. "Then that mark of sgua remains on the screen until it turns off, it is not a problem on the screen and that image is not from my cell phone, the application shown in that image does not give any that I know or seen, only that that image is a screenshot where you can see the open keyboard, a blank app and the notification bar above
Hello, I use custom port rom on my phone. Google Play Store detects my phone as a tablet and apps behave this way. For example, Spotify does not allow me to use the canvas feature for this reason. Can I manipulate this situation from system files such as Build.prop?
It doesn't matter whether Android device's type is phone or tablet: If SU-binary ( ~ 120 KB ) is present in Android OS, Android is rooted.
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It doesn't matter whether Android device's type is phone or tablet: If SU-binary ( ~ 120 KB ) is present in Android OS, Android is rooted.
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I guess I couldn't explain my problem. Since it appears as a tablet, the applications also change their interface and features according to the tablet. You can see this clearly from the screenshots on the store page and on the player of Spotify.
Google should understand that this is a phone. Can I do this by changing things?
h0nor said:
I guess I couldn't explain my problem. Since it appears as a tablet, the applications also change their interface and features according to the tablet. You can see this clearly from the screenshots on the store page and on the player of Spotify.
Google should understand that this is a phone. Can I do this by changing things?
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Google doesn't care whether the Android device's type is a tablet or a phone.
The main difference between tablet and phone is that with a tablet its default display mode is landscape mode, that with a phone its default display mode is portrait mode. Hence it's on you to switch among these modes if necessary.
More info here:
How to Switch to Portrait or Landscape Mode on Android: 5 Steps
This wikiHow teaches you how to unlock your Android's screen orientation so that you can switch from Portrait (vertical) mode to Landscape (horizontal) mode simply by rotating your Android. On most versions of Android, it is not possible...
www.wikihow.com
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Google doesn't care whether the Android device's type is a tablet or a phone.
The main difference between tablet and phone is that with a tablet its default display mode is landscape mode, that with a phone its default display mode is portrait mode. Hence it's on you to switch among these modes if necessary.
More info here:
How to Switch to Portrait or Landscape Mode on Android: 5 Steps
This wikiHow teaches you how to unlock your Android's screen orientation so that you can switch from Portrait (vertical) mode to Landscape (horizontal) mode simply by rotating your Android. On most versions of Android, it is not possible...
www.wikihow.com
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Got it, it's selected by resolution?
In this screen setting it was not supposed to be like this.
1080x2160px
6.01 "
400dp
Auto rotate: Off, vertical
So what should I do? Is this something I can fix?
Thank you for the answer.
h0nor said:
Got it, it's selected by resolution?
In this screen setting it was not supposed to be like this.
1080x2160px
6.01 "
400dp
Auto rotate: Off, vertical
So what should I do? Is this something I can fix?
Thank you for the answer.
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If phone is rooted then you can set the appropriate keys in Android's system file named build.prop:
Examples:
Code:
# 0 = Landscape, 90 = Portrait, 180 = Reverse Landscape, 270 = Reverse Portrait
ro.sf.hwrotation=180
# DPI values may be any of 120,160, 320, 480 & 640
ro.sf.lcd_density=160
Hi people, am currently waiting for bootloader unlock, am trying to sort things out and see how am gonna use my new rooted phone Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro (got it as gift), well phone is great, but am coming from old era where rounded corners and notch was not a thing, i still prefeer screens with rectangle shape, and am willing to sacriface lower portion of screen up to ending of rounded corner and same above till the camera module, so i can have nice rectangular screen
Now my question is how to?
How to change screen size? (how to measure where to start and end)
If by software rounded corners still exist how to remove them?
Am planing to flash xiaomi.eu rom (am considering Ressurection Remix) and magisk root.
Thank you great people and community.
It's simple, and can be done without rooting, connect with ADB.
So your device has 1080x2400 resolution, you'll have to lower numbers from the height (2400) in order to get a rectangular display.
Play with numbers till you get it right, commands to use:
adb shell
wm size 1080x2200
Mohamedkam000 said:
It's simple, and can be done without rooting, connect with ADB.
So your device has 1080x2400 resolution, you'll have to lower numbers from the height (2400) in order to get a rectangular display.
Play with numbers till you get it right, commands to use:
adb shell
wm size 1080x2200
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Thank you very much, i will check it out once i got bootloader unlock since am waiting 168h on Xiaomi devices, i will not fiddle with anything so i dont mess something up
And about software rounding, since when in settings i choose option to hide notch and move status bar down, it hides a notch and its completley disabled part of screen, but it still gets a rounded corners by software, i will try this with option dont hide anything maybe then under hardware display is rectangular, but you never know i will let you know , but if it is software how can i find it on my device, since i googled and found something for Pixel devices, and its all diffrent, thank you alot.
And what about DPI , or resolution after that change, should i keep everything as it is
essen33 said:
Thank you very much, i will check it out once i got bootloader unlock since am waiting 168h on Xiaomi devices, i will not fiddle with anything so i dont mess something up
And about software rounding, since when in settings i choose option to hide notch and move status bar down, it hides a notch and its completley disabled part of screen, but it still gets a rounded corners by software, i will try this with option dont hide anything maybe then under hardware display is rectangular, but you never know i will let you know , but if it is software how can i find it on my device, since i googled and found something for Pixel devices, and its all diffrent, thank you alot.
And what about DPI , or resolution after that change, should i keep everything as it is
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Hiding notch ain't that effective, and you lose some of your screen doing so.
Your screen is a rounded AMOLED, that's hardware, it also has software roundness in order to be compatible with your screen. It's not that hard to disable roundness, for hardware, you can overcome it by "wm size", and you can change DPI by: "wm density xxx" to your desired value.
The software overcoming needs APK editing, so you need a PC/Laptop. You need to edit framework-res.apk (and maybe SystemUI.apk). There's an app that allows you to edit framework-res.apk values directly, you may want to check it:
Privset.
Mohamedkam000 said:
Hiding notch ain't that effective, and you lose some of your screen doing so.
Your screen is a rounded AMOLED, that's hardware, it also has software roundness in order to be compatible with your screen. It's not that hard to disable roundness, for hardware, you can overcome it by "wm size", and you can change DPI by: "wm density xxx" to your desired value.
The software overcoming needs APK editing, so you need a PC/Laptop. You need to edit framework-res.apk (and maybe SystemUI.apk). There's an app that allows you to edit framework-res.apk values directly, you may want to check it:
Privset.
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Thank you, its actually LCD, on Redmi note 9 pro, Thank you for commands above, when i screenshot something it appears rectangle, so in theory it should work and rounded edges should not be there
Well for that APK stuff, does installing custom ROM help in that? I was thinking about RR rom,
Also, i dont mind losing screen size, and for me hiding notch is a must doing it this way, personally i hate it, i hate rounded edges, i just hate it my heart hurts when i see it, i got this phone as gift so i need to appreciate it i cant sell/replace it that way its kinda disrespectful
essen33 said:
Thank you, its actually LCD, on Redmi note 9 pro, Thank you for commands above, when i screenshot something it appears rectangle, so in theory it should work and rounded edges should not be there
Well for that APK stuff, does installing custom ROM help in that? I was thinking about RR rom,
Also, i dont mind losing screen size, and for me hiding notch is a must doing it this way, personally i hate it, i hate rounded edges, i just hate it my heart hurts when i see it, i got this phone as gift so i need to appreciate it i cant sell/replace it that way its kinda disrespectful
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Oh sorry, I assumed it being a budget killer to offer an AMOLED display similar to RN10.
Well .. having LCD makes it a bit different, as the parts you cut off from your display will keep lightening up, that's how LCD displays work.
Honestly, you'll hate it more, it'll be like watching a long video on YouTube without fullscreen mode.
Strange tradition you've got right there, here, we're more understanding, if someone gifted you a phone, it won't matter if you sold it or replaced it, what matters is the feelings you've grown out of his gift.
About the APK stuff, it can be done on any ROM, but it's more stable on AOSP-based ROMs like RR, Havoc, PE, ...
An easy way to achieve your goal would be to use adb wm size, and reduce height. (There's another thing to do, adjust the new touch positions; cause your phone will keep using old positions, so if you're using gestures, it won't work that simple, till you recalculate it. (Easy to solve).
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Oh sorry, I assumed it being a budget killer to offer an AMOLED display similar to RN10.
Well .. having LCD makes it a bit different, as the parts you cut off from your display will keep lightening up, that's how LCD displays work.
Honestly, you'll hate it more, it'll be like watching a long video on YouTube without fullscreen mode.
Strange tradition you've got right there, here, we're more understanding, if someone gifted you a phone, it won't matter if you sold it or replaced it, what matters is the feelings you've grown out of his gift.
About the APK stuff, it can be done on any ROM, but it's more stable on AOSP-based ROMs like RR, Havoc, PE, ...
An easy way to achieve your goal would be to use adb wm size, and reduce height. (There's another thing to do, adjust the new touch positions; cause your phone will keep using old positions, so if you're using gestures, it won't work that simple, till you recalculate it. (Easy to solve).
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Well its a family gift so if i sell it it would be toxic "you didnt like my gift" , iam about to flash RR, so i will look into that, i dont mind having background light on unused part of screen, well how if you dont mind, your tips on recalculating touch positions, i found some googling around, what you recommend, thanks alot
essen33 said:
Well its a family gift so if i sell it it would be toxic "you didnt like my gift" , iam about to flash RR, so i will look into that, i dont mind having background light on unused part of screen, well how if you dont mind, your tips on recalculating touch positions, i found some googling around, what you recommend, thanks alot
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Okay, so a year ago, I had Galaxy S7 that got some water issues, so the bottom part of screen wasn't working, and I was using on-screen navigation bar, so I used ADB wm commands to make the phone usable until it dries up.
What I did was, reducing screen height up to the usable part. Then, I used: adb wm overscan command.
This command tells the system where is the screen end, whether at top, bottom, right, or left. So if your bottom screen is reduced by 2 cm, you'll have to tell your system about that, so that it don't assume it's still at the actual hardware values.
The command uses numbered values separated by commas like this (original values):
wm overscan 0,0,0,0
The numbers are organised LEFT,TOP,RIGHT,BOTTOM
You can use minus too, I honestly don't remember which numbers were suitable for my case, you'll have to check it on your own (won't take over 10 minutes). Only change TOP & BOTTOM values.
Who knows, maybe you won't need to do this anymore, perhaps Android 11's AI does that automatically whenever changing screen resolution.
Mohamedkam000 said:
Okay, so a year ago, I had Galaxy S7 that got some water issues, so the bottom part of screen wasn't working, and I was using on-screen navigation bar, so I used ADB wm commands to make the phone usable until it dries up.
What I did was, reducing screen height up to the usable part. Then, I used: adb wm overscan command.
This command tells the system where is the screen end, whether at top, bottom, right, or left. So if your bottom screen is reduced by 2 cm, you'll have to tell your system about that, so that it don't assume it's still at the actual hardware values.
The command uses numbered values separated by commas like this (original values):
wm overscan 0,0,0,0
The numbers are organised LEFT,TOP,RIGHT,BOTTOM
You can use minus too, I honestly don't remember which numbers were suitable for my case, you'll have to check it on your own (won't take over 10 minutes). Only change TOP & BOTTOM values.
Who knows, maybe you won't need to do this anymore, perhaps Android 11's AI does that automatically whenever changing screen resolution.
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Thanks alot i managed to set it up, very helpfull
essen33 said:
Thanks alot i managed to set it up, very helpfull
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Glad I could help.
Hello, I have a problem and a question with him. When I install a custom rom and lower the resolution, despite using the notch bar killer, a notch remains that got bigger and I can't delete them, also when I put the dark mode it becomes white