hello all. first i just want to apologize if this is in the wrong section. i recently purchased the streak and upgraded to stephen hyde's 2.2. i am not really digging the adw launcher and am not happy at all with the resolution. other than that, 2.2 is still awesome. i was wondering if anyone can help me out on trying the make the resolution better so that everything is a little bit bigger. the widgets and the items in the notification bar are so tiny on this monster screen. thanks in advance everyone!
LCD density
You need to be rooted and amend the /system/build.prop file. It will have a line referring to lcd density = 140, change that to 160 (stock) or anything up to 240.
I amend mine using root explorer which is very useful or there are apps in the market to change LCD density I believe.
gingernator007 said:
You need to be rooted and amend the /system/build.prop file. It will have a line referring to lcd density = 140, change that to 160 (stock) or anything up to 240.
I amend mine using root explorer which is very useful or there are apps in the market to change LCD density I believe.
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thank you gingernator! i tried the methods you mentioned and was unsuccessful. i used astro file manager and got to the build.prop file, but was unable to save when i changed the 140 to 160. i tried the other method where i got root explorer and still wasnt able to make any changes to the build.prop file. i also tried several apps from the market place and one of the seemed to work, but ended up bricking the phone. luckily i was able to get it up and running again, but am scared to mess with the lcd density so i guess ill just leave it. thanks for your help though.
Please keep any questions regarding Stevens 2.2 in the Stevens 2.2 thread please
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i am on rooted stock ATT 2.2 firmware. I have busybox installed. Tried LCD density changer app from market but everytime i try to adjust the setting, the phone freezes and the only way to start back is by removing the battery. phone starts back up fine at 160 dpi again.
i have tried 180, 200, and 220 all with same results. any ideas what the problem is?
If you are using a rooted phone browser to build.prop, mount it R/W (root explorer e.g), and edit it.
You should be able to change it there manually.
In the /system/build.prop file, add this:
ro.sf.lcd_density=XXX (where XXX is the density number you want 160/240/etc)
Save, restart your phone and there you go.
MySeLfPT said:
If you are using a rooted phone browser to build.prop, mount it R/W (root explorer e.g), and edit it.
You should be able to change it there manually.
In the /system/build.prop file, add this:
ro.sf.lcd_density=XXX (where XXX is the density number you want 160/240/etc)
Save, restart your phone and there you go.
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yeh, i saw that manual method but was afraid to try because i wasn't sure i'd be able to easily recover if there was a problem.
fortunately, i found a different app on the market "LCDDensity!" that works just fine. There is no preview and you have to reboot to make the change, but it does a fast reboot and it works flawlessly.
Thanks for the Help!
mongofrye said:
yeh, i saw that manual method but was afraid to try because i wasn't sure i'd be able to easily recover if there was a problem.
fortunately, i found a different app on the market "LCDDensity!" that works just fine. There is no preview and you have to reboot to make the change, but it does a fast reboot and it works flawlessly.
Thanks for the Help!
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Tried it n it worked but after a full reboot, it reverts back to normal 160 density
MySeLfPT said:
If you are using a rooted phone browser to build.prop, mount it R/W (root explorer e.g), and edit it.
You should be able to change it there manually.
In the /system/build.prop file, add this:
ro.sf.lcd_density=XXX (where XXX is the density number you want 160/240/etc)
Save, restart your phone and there you go.
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I cant seem to find this line in my build.prop
im using AWS 345 build rooted and Ive done this before with previous phone so im familiar with it but ive looked at least 5 times for that line but its nowhere to be found..
is there any other way???
ducehlmg said:
Tried it n it worked but after a full reboot, it reverts back to normal 160 density
I cant seem to find this line in my build.prop
im using AWS 345 build rooted and Ive done this before with previous phone so im familiar with it but ive looked at least 5 times for that line but its nowhere to be found..
is there any other way???
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If the line doesn't exist, just add it. For some reason many of the stock Streak build.prop's don't have it in there. But, just add it and then you can tweak to your heart's content. That's what I did, and I'm on LCD=200 now.
mellojoe said:
If the line doesn't exist, just add it. For some reason many of the stock Streak build.prop's don't have it in there. But, just add it and then you can tweak to your heart's content. That's what I did, and I'm on LCD=200 now.
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yea i figured that out but thanks for the tip... i set mine to 190 & i also grabbed ur wallpaper from the Screenshot thread.. so thanks for that too
MySeLfPT said:
If you are using a rooted phone browser to build.prop, mount it R/W (root explorer e.g), and edit it.
You should be able to change it there manually.
In the /system/build.prop file, add this:
ro.sf.lcd_density=XXX (where XXX is the density number you want 160/240/etc)
Save, restart your phone and there you go.
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What did you use to edit the file?
mid_life_crisis said:
What did you use to edit the file?
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Root Explorer. That's what I use. It is a paid app, but the best file explorer I've found. I'm a big fan.
mellojoe said:
If the line doesn't exist, just add it. For some reason many of the stock Streak build.prop's don't have it in there. But, just add it and then you can tweak to your heart's content. That's what I did, and I'm on LCD=200 now.
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Worked for me. On 345 with density=180! Thanks mellojoe!
Try font changer if you don't want to meddle with build.prop.
I have two phones, a Huawei m860 and an m835. They are both basically the same phone, except the m835 has a smaller screen.
I have a CM 7.1 ROM that runs great on the m860 with the larger screen, but is out of scale on the m835 with the smaller screen.
I edited the BUILD.PROP file and changed the LCD.SCREEN.DENSITY from 160 to 120. But when I inject the edited file back into the zip file, ROM Manager says the ROM is bad and refuses to flash it.
Anyone know how to properly recompile the ROM with the edited BUILD.PROP file, so that I can flash it?
You can use an app to change the screen density.
Can you elaborate a little? What app?
1. You can use LCDDensity
2. Or if you don't want to have an app running in the background, you can simply install ES File Explorer and (as you know) go to /system/build.prop and change the density and reboot. This is permanent or until you change it back or flashing the/a ROM again.
Thanks, I was able to edit the /system/build.prop file after flashing the ROM, and that did the trick once I rebooted.
Now though, I've discovered that the screen does not change orientations when I turn the phone as it should. Any have any ideas how to fix that?
-TheGE128
Has anyone changed their DPI? I'd like to make everything a hair smaller. I am on the new ICS leak with root. Will changing the DPI cause touchwiz to break? Should I just wait until a stock rom comes out? If not what tool/settings are known to work?
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Rom Toolbox is the only app that has worked for me in ICS.
Im not sure how touchwiz will react since I use Apex.
Use a root a file explorer, go to /system mount r/w, long press on build.prop open in text editor.
ro.sf.lcd_density= 320
Is the line you're looking for, just change the number to the dpi you want, save, reboot, profit.
Ok so I installed CWM and rooted. Then I tried Rom Toolbox Lite (as I had done before on my Skyrocket)
I was trying to lower the density a bit. I went to 260(original 320) and now it won't let me go over 280.
Anyone know of another app that can adjust LCD density?
nest75068 said:
Ok so I installed CWM and rooted. Then I tried Rom Toolbox Lite (as I had done before on my Skyrocket)
I was trying to lower the density a bit. I went to 260(original 320) and now it won't let me go over 280.
Anyone know of another app that can adjust LCD density?
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Just use a root explorer and manually edit the build.prop file. I use ES file Explorer and its built in file editor.
Posted by Mr. Z's Galaxy S3.
zanderman112 said:
Just use a root explorer and manually edit the build.prop file. I use ES file Explorer and its built in file editor.
Posted by Mr. Z's Galaxy S3.
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Well did that, and now phone won't boot up. Going to reflash stock rom.
Reflash of stock rom fixed the boot and lcd issue and all my apps were still there which was even better
Hello everyone, I've an mt6575 based ics device and I'd like to tweak some part of it like the build.prop, and update it via the stock recovery. but my recovery has "everything" except the update option! can I update the said parts if that option was present?
The reason why I want to update the build.prop is because it has some bad lines in it, it says 240 ppi on this 800x480, 7" device! funny! and I also would like to root it if possible...
Any help regarding the said things (recovery, updating build.prop, rooting etc.) is highly appreciated.
Regards.
dakocha said:
Hello everyone, I've an mt6575 based ics device and I'd like to tweak some part of it like the build.prop, and update it via the stock recovery. but my recovery has "everything" except the update option! can I update the said parts if that option was present?
The reason why I want to update the build.prop is because it has some bad lines in it, it says 240 ppi on this 800x480, 7" device! funny! and I also would like to root it if possible...
Any help regarding the said things (recovery, updating build.prop, rooting etc.) is highly appreciated.
Regards.
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It might come late, but build.prop is not neccessery to be updated, or edited trough recovery, simply, you need to have rrot premission, then use root explorer, or es explorer, navigate to /system and at the end of the scroll line you should be able to see buil.prop file, open it with text editor and change what you need. Another option is to copy it to sdcard and send to PC, where you can use Notepad++ (because regular notepad will stirr things up otherwise) and edit lines. This applies to all devices, but best is to backup your ROM trough recovery prior to doing this. And also you should know what lines you will change and what consequences are going to happen. Good luck