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I have seen a few apps that allow you to do this, but have never used them.
Search market for LCD Density. Your need to have root to use it.
This was on the front page of xda. Not sure if it will work on our devise but its worth a shot.
http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...-permanent-rgb-sharpness-and-contract-tweaks/
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In coming from the Evo to the Photon, the biggest change for some on the down side is the font is smaller. And I can't find a perfect way to change it. I have 2 options and they are both a little flawed.
Font Size (for root users) - It works great but I am noticing that fonts are sometimes not big enough for the space they are in (menu items, widgets, and android market text are good examples) so the font is kind of cut off on the top and/or bottom. But the font does get larger.
Spare Parts + Pro - This changes the font perfectly. I can even select the largest size with no worries of fonts being cut off. The problem is, the setting is not saved. All you have to do is shut your phone off or worse, merely rotate your screen and the setting is gone.
Does anybody know a better suggestion? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cause I have to say, It is straight up ridiculous that this question needs to be asked. And I don't mean ridiculous of the community, I mean it is ridiculous that the people that develop the operating system do not include such a setting in every phone.
I"m greatful for the 2 apps I mentioned above and I registered both. But I really hope somebody knows a better suggestion, one that lets you increase the font size as reliably as Spare Parts + Pro and saves that setting like Font Size (for root users). I would really appreciate it.
bump...wanting same solution. Spare parts won't hold setting for me, either.
What do you think the chances are that someone will develop a ROM that incorporates larger font sizes?
I haven't found anything that works like you're looking for. Unfortunately most apps were designed with a lower resolution in mind. Now that phones are arriving with higher resolutions developers are gonna need to update their apps.
The Evo was what 800x480? Photon (and other QHD's) run 960x540. BIG difference for text on you screen.
If you're rooted you can use something like LCD Density changer to mimic the density of the EVO 4g (LCD density of Evo 4g was 240)
https://market.android.com/details?id=lv.n3o.lcddensity&feature=search_result
stevieraveon said:
If you're rooted you can use something like LCD Density changer to mimic the density of the EVO 4g (LCD density of Evo 4g was 240)
https://market.android.com/details?id=lv.n3o.lcddensity&feature=search_result
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Good call...forgot about suggesting that!
LCD Density changer - Yipee...that was it!!!! Thank you sooooo much
I think I love my Photon now. I was considering going back to the Evo 4g because of the larger font. Been looking at everything except a "density changer".
i changed my lcd density in the rom toolbox and now so many apps will not let me download them... any idea what the lcd density should b on the photon so i can go back to that.
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i changed my lcd density in the rom toolbox and now so many apps will not let me download them... any idea what the lcd density should b on the photon so i can go back to that.
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I have not found any phone different than 240. I have the photon and it was 240.
I have the same issue with apps like you. I have to reset my density to 240, reboot and then update my apps now and then.
So I'm on eclipse .6 but I also had this problem on .5. Whenever I change my density to 220, as apposed to the stock 240, my mobile data connection cuts off and wont connect. Why is that? lol
I don't even know what you're talking about. What is this "density" you're speaking of?
Pixel density. There's an app called lcd density that changes it.
I dont use lcd density anymore because of the way it reboots the phone to set the build property it is editing and because if you reboot, you have to do it all over again. I use JRummy's android overclock to edit the build properties. It isnt free, but it is a little easier than editing ur build.prop in my opinion....
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jrummy.droidx.overclock
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I dont use lcd density anymore because of the way it reboots the phone to set the build property it is editing and because if you reboot, you have to do it all over again. I use JRummy's android overclock to edit the build properties. It isnt free, but it is a little easier than editing ur build.prop in my opinion....
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jrummy.droidx.overclock
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Root tools, also by jrummy, is a better solution, I think.
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You can also edit the line in build.prop to make any LCD density change permanent.
ro.sf.lcd_density = (input your pleasure) I have mine set at 180.
I used the text editor in root explorer ...
Keep in mind though that modded density levels may create problems with the Market, as some have reported that certain apps may appear incompatible with your phone after the change. This is definitely an issue with the new market (3.1.3), so I restored an older version (2.4.5) and froze market updater to resolve this.
Hope this helps ...
Pj
Messing with the LCD Density always causes some kind of conflict regardless of how you do it, I just end up keeping it at default.
I know that when a dev is populating the androidmanafest.xml they add the <supports-screen> filter and choose the size screen the app will support. If they do not choose
Code:
android:[URL="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/supports-screens-element.html#any"]anyDensity[/URL]="true"
then the app will be filtered from any device that has changed screen density, since it checks the /system/build.prop.
Is there any way to spoof a 'normal' screen density while keeping the density you want, or prevent the market from checking that portion of the build.prop?
LCD density app
There's an app called lcd density which changes the screen density. It's experimental and I don't know if it'll do the trick but it seems like the answer you were searching for.
It requires root, and you can't set the density you want on boot, but first you should check out if it doesn't crash your phone before setting on boot.
Here's the link for it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765639
Hope it helps
Thanks, but that is not at all what I am searching for. I know how to edit the build.prop to change density and the various apps that change it for you. What I am looking for is a way to prevent the market from filtering apps that do not support screen density smaller than 240.
It seems that there have been many posts about this, but no solutions.
Sorry about that, misread your post. Now I see what you are saying.
I doud you can do any changes in the way the market behaves facing your build.prop well you can probably but it doesn't sound easy. If there is no problem after you get the app but the problem is to download the apk why not getting it else where, on another market or on the web if you find you're hurting the developer find a way to donate to his app developing.
Well just brainstorming (can't hurt ), I'll look around for some answers on that subject.
I could go find these apps in other ways, but I like using the market (less now that it's updated), but it is a pain to change the screen density and reboot just to update my market apps. Maybe I should forget the market and go back to using Appbrain...
I understand your problem, I've searched around and didn't find any answers, I got the market apk i'll mess around with it to see if I can find an answer. In the meanwhile appbrain seems like a good alternative, does the fast web installer work?
This was a duh moment for me, so learn from my fail.
If your having issues with apps not allowing you to update/install and the online market says your device is not compatible and you've modified your lcd density, comment out that line in your build.prop and reboot. Open the market after and poof, market works again. Likely the reason folks smarter than me (djsteve, etc.) comment this line out or exclude it by default in roms now...
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strvmarv said:
This was a duh moment for me, so learn from my fail.
If your having issues with apps not allowing you to update/install and the online market says your device is not compatible and you've modified your lcd density, comment out that line in your build.prop and reboot. Open the market after and poof, market works again. Likely the reason folks smarter than me (djsteve, etc.) comment this line out or exclude it by default in roms now...
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Thanks for the information...
I was confused because this happened today after re-flashing the rom and adjusted the LCD density... (DS5 to 200, Galaxy 5 to 130) but should give up to adjust LCD density to suitable for me because of this market problem ?? Not easy to decide....
Is there any other solution ???
Thanks, anyway... help me to save my time a lot to find out the problem...
there are no known solutions to this problem except a couple cheap tricks (only one in fact: freeze the market updater, uninstall all market updates and manually install market v2.x, but you still wont be able to install from the website).
also it is nothing that rom chefs/devs can solve: it's a "feature" google implemented in the latest market versions. of course it's device independent, too.
the only good lcd densities are 160 (streak default) and 240 (big UI small estate, like all normal 4'' screen phones).
I run my streak @ 240 dpi and have occasional issues with the market, I use lcd density changer app to change the dpi, it's easy enough to reset to 160, install the app, then reset the lcd density....not a hassle, really (I wish it wasnt necessary but oh well, I guess if I want to tweak the device around, having to do that is part of the tweaks needed)
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I run my streak @ 240 dpi and have occasional issues with the market, I use lcd density changer app to change the dpi, it's easy enough to reset to 160, install the app, then reset the lcd density....not a hassle, really (I wish it wasnt necessary but oh well, I guess if I want to tweak the device around, having to do that is part of the tweaks needed)
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weird, 240 dpi shouldnt be an issue (as a matter of fact, on mine it isnt) because it's a standard setting. most phones (like sgs2, sgs, sensation etc) use this value.
240 may be standard with most devices, but not the s5.
240 breaks the dialer, ui wise on 2.2, completely on 2.3
The default dpi is 160, why stuff doesnt show up on market might have to do with the way the app author published it, or it could be a bug
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240 may be standard with most devices, but not the s5.
240 breaks the dialer, ui wise on 2.2, completely on 2.3
The default dpi is 160, why stuff doesnt show up on market might have to do with the way the app author published it, or it could be a bug
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yes, but it's a standard setting. hdpi has 240 mdpi has 160. Therefore publishing an app that isnt compatible with 240 would be overkill for a developer. Regarding this there is a bug report on google, link:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=19744
the problem, it seems, is related mainly to a change of policies from google: now developers MUST explicitly declare compatibility with non-standard lcd densities whereas in the past it was simply ignored.
I recommend everyone to star the issue at the above link (but don't comment as every comment generates notif email)
Hello,
i already thank you for reading this and trying to help me, I've started to become desperate. I have a Galaxy Tab 4 10.1 (SM-T535) (rooted) and i would like to either fake the screen resolution given to a website or change the screen resolution itself. The website I want to go on has diffenrent styles for different resolutions and it cannot be changed by just going into the sites preferences. I know it is about the resolution and not about something else because when I'm on my computer and change the resolution in the Firefox developer tools, the page has exactly the style I want on my tablet. I tried the resolution changer that was suggested in another thread, but it didn't have any effect, and I tried changing the build.prop which resulted in a soft brick.
If anyone could tell me what i could do to make a website think i have a certain resolution, that'd be great.