Did this on my Droid 1 and it was great tried it on the Fascinate and it's even better since the screen is bigger. It requires root to do, I used root explorer to do it all from the phone. I'm currently running 192 and haven't had any problems. On the droid I did try something like 100 and got caught in a boot loop so proceed with caution when trying crazy small numbers or be prepared to reflash. I've attached some screen shots to show how much "more" screen real estate I have now.
I don't take any credit for this and just wanted to pass it on to people that may not have seen it yet.
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dr...-droid-screen-higher-resolution-tutorial.html
I'm using ADW with the desktop set to 5x6
Because of the PenTile display matrix of our sAMOLED screens, this may result in significant degradation in the legibility of small fonts, that some users already notice on the stock display.
You can also use the app on the market. LCD Density changer if you dont want to mess with ADB or modify system files. I use it on my Evo.
Works great! I used it on my X as well and looked great. The only thing I wish is that the beautiful Widgets hone stretched the width and the keyboard stayed the original size haha. BTW OP the 192 setting looks amazing.
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If you install the droid x multi touch keyboard it stays the same size. I also wish beautiful widgets stretched cirrectly
Only problem is it makes the dialer look really stupid by which I mean the dialer doesn't take up all of the screen so it looks awkward.
ive noticed it also freezes the virtual keyboard when increasing density!
This is great! I'm loving the new screen "real estate". I can now do 5 rows with launcher pro. And everything looks much cleaner! Thanks for sharing!
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How come I can't just edit this in root explorer
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Make sure you mount system as R/W first
For some reason I can't mount there..hmm
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you can use ADW to do this same and fit more icons as well as stretch widgets like beautiful widgets...
Anyone else have a problem with some apps sticking to the changed settings? I ran the LCD Density changer and changed it to 192 and loved it then decided to go back to stock 240. Well when I did a few of my apps never changed back even after uninstall and reinstall. Then I decided to run a factory reset and still they havent changed back. For instance, the touch area is off on Unblock Me. To move a block I actually have to press about a 1/2 inch to the left of the block to actually select it. Anyone know what I can do to get it back to brand new. I am coming by way of the X so we would just have to flash the SBF File and it would be a Factory Stock Phone. It that basically what the ODIN is for the Samsung?
EDIT: Figured it out. Apparently when you do a "Factory Reset" via stock recovery it doesnt quite do a full Factory Reset. When I went into the phone setting and did the "Factory Reset" in there it completely reset my phone and did the trick.
I was just wondering since I have never seen this around here before if it is at all even possible to change the regualr zoom in zoom out transitions with a fade in n out one like HTC or adw launcher. That would look a hell of a lot more proffesional on these phones and doesnt it use slightly less resources as well? Would be neeaatttt.
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I was just wondering since I have never seen this around here before if it is at all even possible to change the regualr zoom in zoom out transitions with a fade in n out one like HTC or adw launcher. That would look a hell of a lot more proffesional on these phones and doesnt it use slightly less resources as well? Would be neeaatttt.
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Sure just download a launcher that has that option.
But I mean throughput the whole phone. I want to replace the zoom in and out with a fade.
I don't think I've seen an app that changes that transition throughout the whole system, but check out all the different ROMs. One may have an option for it.
There has been apps like jrummy's toolbox I believe that can change animations for the whole system. Search in market there is a free one but none that I know of with simple fade in n out.
You can check this out and see if it works for the Droid X2:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1329069
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There has been apps like jrummy's toolbox I believe that can change animations for the whole system. Search in market there is a free one but none that I know of with simple fade in n out.
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ROM Toolbox isn't compatible with oir phones iirc.
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Doesn't mean it doesn't work.
I believe I did it once on this phone when I first got it.
UOT Kitchen works wonders guys.
There is a tab in uot kitchen specifically for transitions. I've used the ics transitions from them and it works great.
Also jeffmeister is right about certain launcher apps having the option to change transitions. ADW gives you the option and I believe several others do as well.
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Hello all. I'm running the LATAM ICS on a Rogers RAZR and was wondering if there was a seeing I'm missing or if the favorite contacts widget is supposed to be slightly different
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Mine looks exactly the same.. Are you taking about the favorites? That's the one I'm using.
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I haven't tried ICS yet but from some utube razr ics review i saw the widget there(hoping you mean the pulldown widget for the favorite contacts-i love this one). The only thing is that it doesn't have,is the cool animation that had on gb. Correct me if im wrong.
Yes, GB version is a lot better. But I won't stay in GB for that only..
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Yes, GB version is a lot better. But I won't stay in GB for that only..
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I won't stay in gb either...but gb looks better? I hate the simple tron/neonlike ics.Tbh i havent tried ics....but..i liked the animations in gb,i liked the open/recent apps menu(i dont really care about the previews, i wanna see all in 1 screen, n razr had more than the usual 6 or 8 apps- 20 apps in one screen n it was great).The dialer suxx(same functions in dialer and people in ics1 app), instead of 1 app?).Plus its ugly n simple imo.Pull down menu is ugly too(gb was better) and without wifi etc shortcuts
ICS is the way to go though cause some apps i would like to try are on ics only.
I hope uot kitchen will be fully avail for ics(add lots of razr-themers :laugh.
Well, thats my likes , i guess.
It looks the same to Mee..
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It is slightly different. Pulldown animation is off. The contact icons are smaller. They have added more contacts. I personally liked GB favorite contact widget but this is not bad either.
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It is slightly different. Pulldown animation is off. The contact icons are smaller. They have added more contacts. I personally liked GB favorite contact widget but this is not bad either.
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All this time i was thinking that i was missing the animation because my phone was being sluggish. i feel a lot better now
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It was the only reason I was thinking about sticking with the stock launcher since I loved the widget in gb, but in ics it is slow and doesn't have the effect it used to when you tried to view more of your contracts. That's too bad... Trying to find a replacement but so far no luck.
Ok here goes nothing...I have a droid x2 rooted. I love the CM7 ROM and the eclipse 2.3 ROM. I also like the original droid x2 blur ROM. What I don't like about the Blur ROM is the lock screen. Ok not so much the lock screen but the fact that I can't use the google music app with the lock screen widget. Follow me so far? What I want to change on the Blur ROM is the lock screen music control to be able to use it with google music app and the car dock music control also to be able to use it with the google music app. Can someone out there help me out?
How about a lockscreen replacement app?
don't be scared it's only a phone
ogd x d2g x2 sg3
old ladies ^
bad bone said:
How about a lockscreen replacement app?
don't be scared it's only a phone
ogd x d2g x2 sg3
old ladies ^
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I tried that but I still get the blur lock screen at start up which I can't stand. And as far as the car dock I like the look of it but if I delete the music app I can't use the music controls.
solegan said:
I tried that but I still get the blur lock screen at start up which I can't stand. And as far as the car dock I like the look of it but if I delete the music app I can't use the music controls.
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Editing the default blur screen in a royal pain in the ass. I tried forever but had lots of success with widget locker. Widget Locker and any other replacement app will take a second to start. That's the nature of apps and something we have to just get over.
This app looks quite promising. The permissions scare me a bit but if you're okay with it go for it.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.conduit.locker
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Just wondering was jellybean worth updating to I have yet to update because I cannot see loosing foxfi, plus I have thoughts of rooting but really don't care to root because I am still on ice and foxfi is alive and well.
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If you want any new roms to work, i guess yes.
My opinion is YES, i am on euRETAIL jellybean unrooted stock (couse i lost root), but it is better than ics stock.
Battery is about the same as ics hard to say (i think on idle battery is same and on use it drains little faster but its becouse stock settings 1.2ghz cpu and project butter)
Perfomance is superb becouse of project butter mainly.
The only bad thing as always is software and things like programs and new stuff that not all will like and ofcourse some old stuff got removes like usb mass storage (dont know why ), but is a pain in the ass.
It's like night and day. ICS on the RAZR was a disaster and the JB OTA makes up for it entirely.
I wouldn't say night and day, but for sure the interface is smoother, and much more polished. Battery ... Can't say yet ... Updated yesterday and I keep waking the screen up every few minutes just to make sure that the new font is still looking good
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I wouldn't say night and day, but for sure the interface is smoother, and much more polished. Battery ... Can't say yet ... Updated yesterday and I keep waking the screen up every few minutes just to make sure that the new font is still looking good
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LOL the font part cracked me up for 5 mins laugh.
Yes I am sure jb is better then ics but it will not run foxfi thats the only thing keeping me on ics, and besides I am trying hard not to root until I am forced to. :beer:
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Well if you are on ics plus supercharger script, no need to go jb i think, because jb still lags here and there, only less. But with moto's ics quite a fluid experience, only memory tweak needed to be added.
I myself is using jb though, and because my wifi tethering is working fine, no need for foxfi though, and if you're into the camera mode, the panorama one is fantastic in jb.
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Lost a couple things
Where is my increase volume alarm setting? Also, I lost my sleep mode. Anyone else lose this? Maybe even care that they are gone?
In my opinion Jb is laggier.
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For me it was really worth it!! (I was using D-wiz 3.0.2, and ICS EU Stock both laggy as hell)
Now I'm on Eu leak (retail)
I've managed to restore root after update. I've noticed I'm one of the few lucky ones.
I'm quite impatient person.
Laggy phones fly against the wall. ]:->
For me JB is blessing. It's fast as hell,
Especially camera app now starts a lot faster, Overall responsiveness of the UI is much better.
Performance is higher, but not by much. I've got above 75MFLOPS in Linpack, and 7700+ points in AnTuTu. (stock JB vs. stock ICS)
I've noticed no battery life improvement (but I think it needs few days to settle)
First charge was 21h30min with 3h10min screen usage.
Much better GPS fix and sattelites are now visible!
What's more: I'm quite sure that the sound quality both in calls and music is much better now! (I have good earphones and my ears are quite discriminating too)
I've checked what version of Radio is used: it almost identical to the "old" and "new" U.04.10.00R, and completely differrent to U_04.12.00R and U_04.11.01P. (i've compared them with WinMerge).
So I'd call it U.04.10.00R ver.3.0 ;P
Now I need only 1% battery mod (wich won;t disable my root) and I'll be perfectly happy with my RAZR
What's pissing me off:
*ugly Contacts (Thank God I'm using Go Contacts!)
*laggy start of IM+ (might by connected to some FB problem, because Facebook app also starts VERY long (like 30seconds?).
*screen rotation speed also leaves a lot to be desired.
No more sleep mode, mp3's gone from alarm clock. Anyone know how to fix?
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about sleep mode I can't tell you,
but alarms you can put in /sdcard/media/audio/alarms/ folder (or /ext_card/... if you wish)...
I'm on the Vodafone EU leak now (from Germany) and it's way more usable then the ME Retail ICS ROM I had before, but the battery life isn't the same, it's a little worse. Then again, the ICS ROM was ****ty, it had a lot of bugs and sometimes I would get frustrated because of them. But I would immediately remember how long the battery lasted and everything was fine
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Yes I am sure jb is better then ics but it will not run foxfi thats the only thing keeping me on ics, and besides I am trying hard not to root until I am forced to. :beer:
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Doesn't the Bluetooth tethering still work on FoxFi?
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geske001 said:
Where is my increase volume alarm setting? Also, I lost my sleep mode. Anyone else lose this? Maybe even care that they are gone?
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Both features were removed in 4.1.2. I did use the increasing volume alarm setting.
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Jhall8 said:
Both features were removed in 4.1.2. I did use the increasing volume alarm setting.
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I got Alarm Clock Extreme on the Amazon App Store as one of their free featured apps. It has a feature you can turn on to enable the crescendoing alarm (increasing volume). Highly recommend the app!
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How about main things?
BAD: The contacts "people app", is WHITE (UGLY) backgroud, while in ICS it was in black (NICE), as everything else in RAZR. Now when you switch between "people" and "dialer" menus it looks UGLY, because its day ant night. Impression is that "people" is ripped from another phone with white theme, and thrown into RAZR - I dont understand how they let it slip through?? Especialy when You are in your bed at night, its so cool to have black themes, and now Your eyes are blinded, because EVERYTHING in RAZR is BLACK, except people app. WTF? SOOO BAD. And "Dialer's" favourites does not populate with all contacts - SOO STUPID, because I used to use only "Dialer" as it contained everything (recent calls,favourites, and all contacts), now I have to use both apps all the time, and as I said, its even more furstrating, because they use different themes, and its impossible to change them. Also messages app is now UGLY compared to ICS. Toggle widgets removed - if I want to switch data, I have to go into data usage menus - SOOO stupid. When I hit "Switch off phone" it asks if I reaaly want to do that - ANNOYING/STUPID. When I want to tur on gps, it also asks again - ANNOYING/STUPID.
GOOD: Works way more smoother, gallery app now is normal - not lagging when zooming, browser (not chrome) works better, smoother. Some more transition effects between all menus. Camera shutter is a tiny bit faster.
ISG182 said:
How about main things?
BAD: The contacts "people app", is WHITE (UGLY) backgroud, while in ICS it was in black (NICE), as everything else in RAZR. Now when you switch between "people" and "dialer" menus it looks UGLY, because its day ant night. Impression is that "people" is ripped from another phone with white theme, and thrown into RAZR - I dont understand how they let it slip through?? Especialy when You are in your bed at night, its so cool to have black themes, and now Your eyes are blinded, because EVERYTHING in RAZR is BLACK, except people app. WTF? SOOO BAD. And "Dialer's" favourites does not populate with all contacts - SOO STUPID, because I used to use only "Dialer" as it contained everything (recent calls,favourites, and all contacts), now I have to use both apps all the time, and as I said, its even more furstrating, because they use different themes, and its impossible to change them. Also messages app is now UGLY compared to ICS. Toggle widgets removed - if I want to switch data, I have to go into data usage menus - SOOO stupid. When I hit "Switch off phone" it asks if I reaaly want to do that - ANNOYING/STUPID. When I want to tur on gps, it also asks again - ANNOYING/STUPID.
GOOD: Works way more smoother, gallery app now is normal - not lagging when zooming, browser (not chrome) works better, smoother. Some more transition effects between all menus. Camera shutter is a tiny bit faster.
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About the White, if you use the Verizon one, it is black. so it's different between ROMs. actually just Contacts.apk styling if you're willing to mod
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About the White, if you use the Verizon one, it is black. so it's different between ROMs. actually just Contacts.apk styling if you're willing to mod
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Hi, thanks for answer. So, when the root will be available (I lost root), will it be possible to just copy in the Verizon's black "people" and "dialer" in to the system? Or maybe now it would be possible to disable existing contacts app, and install Verizons contacts.apk from storage? In that case maybe someone could be so kind and rip that verizons .apk for me to download, would be veeery nice.
Thanks!