I was playing with my toy, in /system/build.prop i found something cool.
Change ro.sf.lcd_density=120
Reboot
I changed mine to 105 :-D
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this is very old...
but nice that you find it yourself
but you can better change it to 110 it looks nicer
120 normal
110 nice
105 it show only your status bar in landscape
100 it show only your status bar in landscape so no go!
Now i changed the resolution of my mini pro but the app switchpro widget does't work, is probles of configuration or my apk can be corruptted?
owain94 said:
this is very old...
but nice that you find it yourself
but you can better change it to 110 it looks nicer
120 normal
110 nice
105 it show only your status bar in landscape
100 it show only your status bar in landscape so no go!
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I never heard of it before =)
Silver251 said:
Now i changed the resolution of my mini pro but the app switchpro widget does't work, is probles of configuration or my apk can be corruptted?
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I got the same error, and i can download from market either.
So im back to old 120 again
Hi! A newbie here...
Changing that basically does what? I mean, what is the gain on doing it?
Thanks!
gamboaecr said:
Hi! A newbie here...
Changing that basically does what? I mean, what is the gain on doing it?
Thanks!
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It's the same thing as changing resolution on your computer screen.
Thanks for the tip i really like the 110 one..
Can you download from market on 110 ??
Some here couldnt ..
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Info from this thread originally - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=760805
Since we are using larger screens google recommends we change our dpi from 240 to 160, this probably looks fine for stock builds but on sense builds everything looks crazy. I currently have mine(on a sense build) at 210 however feel free to change it to what is best for you.
to perform this modification
pull the build.prop from /system/build.prop
open the file using a text editor and change ro.sf.lcd_density=240 to ro.sf.lcd_density=160(or whatever number you choose)
then push the file back to /system/build.prob
(i used a paid app called root explorer for this process)
if you want you use terminal emulator or adb here are the commands:
su
cp /system/build.prop /sdcard
then once youve edited the file
cp /sdcard/build.prop /system
you can use the same commands over adb by entering adb shell
download the spare parts app from the market and untick the compatibility mode then reboot (this fixes the issues some apps have with scaling)
the result of this mod is more things fit on the screen e.g. lists and web pages and games like raging thunder 2 look better as they arent being stretched out as much.
i recommend for a sense build: 200 to 220
for a vanilla build 160-220
if anyone has any better numbers please post
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TO MAKE USE OF THE EXTRA SPACE ON THE HOMESCREEN INSTALL ADW LAUNCHER AND SET THE COLUMNS AND ROWS TO 6X6 (SCREENSHOTS ON PAGE 6) , THE SAME CAN BE DONE FOR THE APP DRAW
http://members.ping.de/~sven/dpi.html
input the values for HD2, you get ~217 dpi if you want to be anal about it
I wonder what effect not specifying any DPI would have...
this would be great if the lockscreen wallpaper would be retained... changing the dpi messes with the static wallpapers set...
I've tried 200, looks ok. I've always thought that we need to up the dpi, at 240 its way too huge for our screen.
160 messed everything up for me, the notification bar etc only filled half the screen. Other than that it looked awesome though! 200 might be the best, would be good to hear other opinions, not got a great deal of time to test
Is there a way to do it without Root Explorer?
FreakyFerret said:
Is there a way to do it without Root Explorer?
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Go to your windows mobile, then edit the same file from the same folder of the Android. (not sure whether this works on all build, Shu8i build does work)
jubeh said:
http://members.ping.de/~sven/dpi.html
input the values for HD2, you get ~217 dpi if you want to be anal about it
I wonder what effect not specifying any DPI would have...
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217 looks like 220 and leaving it blank sets it 160(thats what it looks like i cant tell really since it is blank)
pongster said:
this would be great if the lockscreen wallpaper would be retained... changing the dpi messes with the static wallpapers set...
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would using a higher res wallpaper fix this?
Jragar said:
160 messed everything up for me, the notification bar etc only filled half the screen. Other than that it looked awesome though! 200 might be the best, would be good to hear other opinions, not got a great deal of time to test
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160 on sense didn't mess up my status bar although some widgeds dissappeared. Which build are you using?
Interesting thread. I am using Mattc 1.5b Froyo. Anybody tries this? I am afraid of screwing my almost perfect setup.
Let me know what setting you used.
xkravenx said:
Interesting thread. I am using Mattc 1.5b Froyo. Anybody tries this? I am afraid of screwing my almost perfect setup.
Let me know what setting you used.
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im on the same build as you with 210
copy out ur android folder onto ur hardisk as backup before u do the mod and u are safe if ur screen becomes black or u dun like it or it glitches badly and u cant modify it since u cant see the screen display properly..
This is sick,now my screen looks massive.Thx 4 the info..
"I pity the fool that owns an iPhone 4"
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please can you post before and after pictures
with 220 most of the apps doesnt scale properly and some doesnt work at all. Back to 240.
I set mine to 210.
It's hard to see the difference. I use MattC 1.5b with Froyo version...
The icons for "folder organizer" look smaller. But everything else seems to be the same. e.g. the htc sense applications, home, etc.
Maybe my mind is playing tricks on me.
here are some screenshots from the dpi changed from 240 to 200
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please can you post before and after pictures
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This is what I've tried with mattcnexusleo1.1_512....
the 240 / 200:
I like the 200, it makes the keyboard smaller enough for me to type easier.
**mods please delete my post. JJbdoggg raced me to it...only sec's late sorry...
the settings wont keep on shu8i builds... weird... i tried modifying build.prop both on the phone and on pc... after pushing and rebooting it doesnt change, it actually changes back to 240... i tried the spare parts workaround, unchecking compat. mode and still no luck. any ideaS?
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the settings wont keep on shu8i builds... weird... i tried modifying build.prop both on the phone and on pc... after pushing and rebooting it doesnt change, it actually changes back to 240... i tried the spare parts workaround, unchecking compat. mode and still no luck. any ideaS?
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Yeah your right same goes with me. I can't change it either that is why i used mattcnexusleo1.1_512 build. It worked with it...
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the settings wont keep on shu8i builds... weird... i tried modifying build.prop both on the phone and on pc... after pushing and rebooting it doesnt change, it actually changes back to 240... i tried the spare parts workaround, unchecking compat. mode and still no luck. any ideaS?
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/android/root/system/build.prop
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Yeah your right same goes with me. I can't change it either that is why i used mattcnexusleo1.1_512 build. It worked with it...
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You change build for that ? o-o
Shubcraft have cyanogen mod, wich is much more easier to make updates, no need to push anything and its great if you do a mistake see post above
-great tip thanks ! My screen looks really huge now at 200.. The appdraw is impressive too ... I'll wait for tomorrow to see if these smaller fonts are still readable with the sun.
why cant i use screen density (190) my rooted x10i (2.1 Eclair)
u can do it, go into market and look for LCDDENSITY (FREE)
it works great, im enjoying my X10 as a reborn new phone.... hehe
thanks will try.,
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why cant i use screen density (190) my rooted x10i (2.1 Eclair)
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You can change it manually.
In Root Explorer open file: /system/build.prop and change ro.sf.lcd_density=190
Save and restart phone
I tried yesterday to change the density.
Looks cool but quite a few apps have pretty much fixed width/height and sometime 1/3 of the screen is black
whats the recomended density?
From as far as i can tell 240 seems to be the perfect density for me (and I think it's the default one also but i'm not sure)
I'm using 200 at the moment, looks and works good but I think I might bump it up to 220.
Well 200 makes my dialer shrink and leaves 1/3 of the screen black
j.o.i.d said:
u can do it, go into market and look for LCDDENSITY (FREE)
it works great, im enjoying my X10 as a reborn new phone.... hehe
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does LCDDENSITY realy works? on X10 its always blank screen when i try 'trial' mode for any resolution.
j.o.i.d said:
u can do it, go into market and look for LCDDENSITY (FREE)
it works great, im enjoying my X10 as a reborn new phone.... hehe
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what density did you use??
The only problem is the dialler is smaller in 190 density setting. Any solution?
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Guys the launhcer is extremely fast no matter what version of android are you using. i tried it, it works but the screen resolution does not match atrix. Anyone experience enough to fix the resolution. here is the link for the launcher, kindly ask permission from OP first, so we can have it on atrix.
Original Thread. All credit goes to Fr4gg0r and Swiftwork. who hacked and modded this awesome launcher
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1061883
[Update]
Big thanks to Zove who edited this to make it work on our atrix qhd screen
Here are the download links.
TW4Launcher 4x4.apk
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=632820&d=1308720780
TW3Lanucher 4x5.apk ->App Drawer --> Page App Count = 20 --> Sorting = Alphabetical --> Restart and Save -->After restarting, set to the desired alignment.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=632821&d=1308720780
i got excited (a bit) till i saw the pictures, the framework looks really low res lol xD
stratax said:
i got excited (a bit) till i saw the pictures, the framework looks really low res lol xD
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no what you saw is an option to make it 3d, this option sucks you can change that to normal view, it will appear exactly like galaxy sII, but the alignment itself is missed up. for example the drawer appears in like half the atrix screen.
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no what you saw is an option to make it 3d, this option sucks you can change that to normal view, it will appear exactly like galaxy sII, but the alignment itself is missed up. for example the drawer appears in like half the atrix screen.
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oh okay! they should post 2d pictures, cause those look HORRIBLE. haha. looks worse than a G1 screen. but other than that. i would love to run this on my atrix.. love experimenting, in pluss samsuck did a good job on this.
wow the thing is ****ing fantastic on the galaxy S, would really be cool if someone could fix it for the atrix
I already install this....and i dont like....need to reaize all
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EclipseX said:
I already install this....and i dont like....need to reaize all
thats what i am saying we need to change the screen resolution somehow, but its damn fast even with live wallpaper
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would be very cool
fast with live wallpaper?! I think its the same with launcher pro plus
Launcherpro plus for me is pretty slow without live wallpaper... with lw its like 15fps and the app drawer is hard to scroll.
Sent from my Motorola Atrix 4G on the network with the most backhaul, whatever that is. This post might have errors as I hate touchscreen keyboards.
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Launcherpro plus for me is pretty slow without live wallpaper... with lw its like 15fps and the app drawer is hard to scroll.
Sent from my Motorola Atrix 4G on the network with the most backhaul, whatever that is. This post might have errors as I hate touchscreen keyboards.
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+1 for launcher pro being slow with live wallpapers... In fact, I haven't been able to find a launcher that DOESN'T lag with live wallpapers... We need someone to re-size this
looks sick
finally tested it out today and i like it. runs nice, has quite a few options. would be nice for our phone.
More resolution means less fps
Any progress looks awesome.
TW4Launcher_960x540
View attachment TW4Launcher4x4.apk
View attachment TW4Launcher4x5.apk -->App Drawer --> Page App Count = 20 --> Sorting = Alphabetical --> Restart and Save -->After restarting, set to the desired alignment.
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View attachment 632821 -->App Drawer --> Page App Count = 20 --> Sorting = Alphabetical --> Restart and Save -->After restarting, set to the desired alignment.
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Wow thanks! This launcher is pretty fast, thanks for editing it!
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View attachment 632820
View attachment 632821 -->App Drawer --> Page App Count = 20 --> Sorting = Alphabetical --> Restart and Save -->After restarting, set to the desired alignment.
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Thanks man, its working great
Works great but the number of icons on the dock only 2 even when set to 5 in preferences and can't change to point to other apps.
Perfect. Anyone know if its faster than Go launcher EX?
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I had earlier posted this in the CM9 thread in the dev section but since no one was replying i thought id come to the general section
Our phone looks so beautiful when the lcd density is changed to 140:
And now the problem :
When i try to make a call or there is an incoming call the phone gives this error-
"Unfortunately com.android.phone has stopped working", and it becomes okay if i revert the density back to 160. This did not happen with CM7 and is there only in CM9.
I believe this is a prob with the phone.apk but i dont know how to edit system files
Can someone PLEASE make a fix for this
EDIT
Guys guess what I fixed it myself
Now you can can lower the density of your screen with the help of this
I just used the phone.apk file from a lower resolution phone's ICS unfortunately I don't remember which phone it was(I think it was htc wildfire). Link to phone.apk attatched.
Oh and I will take full responsibility for any damage this may cause to my phone but none if you try it and something happens to yours ;-)
I had this problem too, but I didn't know that density was the problem, so I went back to CM7. If someone can help fix this issue would be great. I appreciate the effort for anyone that tries to help.
Believe me it would be amazing if somebody could fix this. Our phone begins to look like higher end phones when the density is lowered.
Just wondering, in the screenshot with the status bar pulled down, did changing the density shift the blue circle on the bar (on the bottom) to the left?
Yeah but it still looks better ;-).
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Problem solved.
See first post if you want to try it
What do you mean with Density ?
The Pixel-Density ?
kind regards
xSyntaX
changing the density makes our device look ugly imo.. i like our default density, its perfect.. there is also pixelation here and there with lower density and smaller fonts.. u can increase font size, but well, doesnt suit me.
xSyntaX said:
What do you mean with Density ?
The Pixel-Density ?
kind regards
xSyntaX
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Yeah pixel density.
harshdoshi25 said:
changing the density makes our device look ugly imo.. i like our default density, its perfect.. there is also pixelation here and there with lower density and smaller fonts.. u can increase font size, but well, doesnt suit me.
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Technically lowering the density should make our device look ugly. But I find setting the density to around 140 makes the device(and the resolution) look perfect
and iv never faced any pixilation at that density, though setting it to 120(default ldpi) does make it look little pixelated and a bit ugly(and everything too small)
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Yeah pixel density.
Technically lowering the density should make our device look ugly. But I find setting the density to around 140 makes the device(and the resolution) look perfect
and iv never faced any pixilation at that density, though setting it to 120(default ldpi) does make it look little pixelated and a bit ugly(and everything too small)
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call me mad, but i just tried 140 and reverted immediately ! eww ! oh and u on testing kang by lupo ? do u have the problem of grey search box and the line above dockbar ? it becomes white for a milli sec when menu pressed.. plz confirm or deny. (only on testing kang and the update by hephappy)
awesome..
nicce work
harshdoshi25 said:
call me mad, but i just tried 140 and reverted immediately ! eww ! oh and u on testing kang by lupo ? do u have the problem of grey search box and the line above dockbar ? it becomes white for a milli sec when menu pressed.. plz confirm or deny. (only on testing kang and the update by hephappy)
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Guess uv got too used to the normal density
And iv removed the line from settings so cant say about that but no I don't have any prob with the search box
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I just checked the dock divider and no I don't have any prob with that either :/
hey will this tweak work on xperia x8 with cm9 ?
Yeah it should. I cant tell for sure because I cant try it.
There's no harm in giving it a shot. Just backup before trying.
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Guess uv got too used to the normal density
And iv removed the line from settings so cant say about that but no I don't have any prob with the search box
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I just checked the dock divider and no I don't have any prob with that either :/
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maybe but u dont get that problem ? the search box (the ics square one) is completly white ? thats odd ! ppl did confirm this bug !
u using the new drivers rom right ?
Looks good on ics, I tried on gb and result was : ahhh my eyes
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xperia x8 - not working
androidnerd2 hey will this tweak work on xperia x8 with cm9 ?
rishabh22 Yeah it should. I cant tell for sure because I cant try it.
There's no harm in giving it a shot. Just backup before trying.
I have tried on X8 - not working... error with dialer - not able to place/receive call....Androidnerd - have u tried it? Is it wokring for u?
Thanks
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maybe but u dont get that problem ? the search box (the ics square one) is completly white ? thats odd ! ppl did confirm this bug !
u using the new drivers rom right ?
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Im using whatever drivers were there in lupo's test by default
I do have colour banding in some apps like whatsapp, but nothing with the search box.
PEKA22 said:
androidnerd2 hey will this tweak work on xperia x8 with cm9 ?
rishabh22 Yeah it should. I cant tell for sure because I cant try it.
There's no harm in giving it a shot. Just backup before trying.
I have tried on X8 - not working... error with dialer - not able to place/receive call....Androidnerd - have u tried it? Is it wokring for u?
Thanks
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Works fine on my phone. Which phone.apk are you using the default one or the one iv linked?
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Looks good on ics, I tried on gb and result was : ahhh my eyes
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I had been using this with perfect peso(cm7.2 nightly based) and had got so used to it that at normal density ics was looking ugly to me
Thank you very much for this. I tried the same sort of thing myself, but because I have no idea what I'm doing, I tried taking the Phone.apk from a GB ROM that I was able to change the density on instead of one from a lower-res CM9 ROM and it caused a whole mess of problems, haha. Running Quattrimus CM9 alpha on my OV in beautiful 120 density.
hey guys can any one tell me what can be done after changing dpi of s5
i mean whats the benifit of it.??
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240 > 160
bigger text & icons (less screen space) > smaller text & icons (more screen space)
Aaryana said:
hey guys can any one tell me what can be done after changing dpi of s5
i mean whats the benifit of it.??
Sent from my Dell Streak using xda premium
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240dpi gives best application compatibility and looks the best in my honest opinion, bigger text, but if you want to cram more on the screen, then 160dpi will let you have smaller text, more icons and so on.
Endless Thank You
deysmacro said:
240 > 160
bigger text & icons (less screen space) > smaller text & icons (more screen space)
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Deysmacro... thank thank thank you... I was wondering and searching for info what it is for until today I found this...
How about performance wise and compatibility wise for using 240 dpi...?
I read somewhere there would be problem with using some apps downloaded from Play Store... Is this true?
Hmm, I still wonder what's the benefit of changing it?
BTW, how do I change the DPI? What values are available/correct to use? 160, 240,...?
Hope you can help explain more. Thank you again.
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240dpi gives best application compatibility and looks the best in my honest opinion, bigger text, but if you want to cram more on the screen, then 160dpi will let you have smaller text, more icons and so on.
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Thank you for your explanation and opinion as well..., appreciate it.
Hmmm, if the dpi use is 240 or 160 or other values, how will it effect apps?
Will apps like games, dictionaries, tools, etc etc... will the apps look distorted, squashed, overlapped, or simply FC?