Hello, has anyone had any success with modifying the screen density on a Samsung Galaxy player 5.0?
I'm rooted and considering using an app such as LCD Density Modder Pro or perhaps even manually editing the build.prop file. Before I do this I'd like to know if anyone has also tried this and how successful it was.
The reason why I ask is because after a forum search I found that someone had tried unsuccessfully to do so: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18045727&highlight=density#post18045727
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Well, I did it on my 4.0 using font changer, worked fine, just made a lot of apps not work right so I undid it.
iJimaniac said:
Well, I did it on my 4.0 using font changer, worked fine, just made a lot of apps not work right so I undid it.
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Thanks for the reply, incidentally does font changer work well?
Yup, works pretty good!
simon. said:
Hello, has anyone had any success with modifying the screen density on a Samsung Galaxy player 5.0?
I'm rooted and considering using an app such as LCD Density Modder Pro or perhaps even manually editing the build.prop file. Before I do this I'd like to know if anyone has also tried this and how successful it was.
The reason why I ask is because after a forum search I found that someone had tried unsuccessfully to do so: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18045727&highlight=density#post18045727
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Changed the Density on my 5.0 to 200 and i actually like the slightly more scaled down nature of everything. You might run into a button or two that's slightly off because of this but in general the pros outweigh the cons.
[email protected]@rd said:
Changed the Density on my 5.0 to 200 and i actually like the slightly more scaled down nature of everything. You might run into a button or two that's slightly off because of this but in general the pros outweigh the cons.
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Thanks, what app did you use?
I used Root Explorer to change the density directly from the build.prop file. It just seemed like a better idea than using an application to do it for me.
[email protected]@rd said:
I used Root Explorer to change the density directly from the build.prop file. It just seemed like a better idea than using an application to do it for me.
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Okay, I'll try that
You guys should try and post some before and after screenshots. Would be interesting to look at.
This was already discussed, with several screenshots, in a thread called "Has anyone played with the LCD Density of the 5.0?" in the General forum. Sorry, I can't post links yet. The last update was 23/1/2012.
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Hi all, and thanks for your work.
Does anybody know how to adjust screen resolution to avoid the stretched and distorted view? I looked around but can't seem to find a thread about it.
I suppose it's not just about changing the pixel density but the actual pixel ratio.
I find it really annoying that one cannot look at a straight circle on this thing.
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morexda said:
I find it really annoying that one cannot look at a straight circle on this thing.
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you mean 'round' surely....
flez1966 said:
you mean 'round' surely....
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good point, hopefully this clarification will help get some answers
Any updates regarding this?
astuermer said:
Any updates regarding this?
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Apparently nobody knows anything about this.
By the way, I fear that the pixel is not square at all, in this case, I can't imagine any solution.
Have you tried an app called LCD Density Changer, which of course is about density, but still you could try?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765639
dio62000 said:
Have you tried an app called LCD Density Changer, which of course is about density, but still you could try?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765639
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I've tried.
The Viewpad 7 has a stock density of 160 dpi - lower than 140 dpi is unreadable.
140 dpi gives some more space, but the resolution is stretched in it's width again.
dio62000 said:
Have you tried an app called LCD Density Changer, which of course is about density, but still you could try?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765639
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excelent in samsung galaxy
I used this app to set the pixel density at 170 on my tab 8.9
I think it looks awesome, give it a try.
(you need to be rooted, and I am using the latest overcome rom)
goenieg said:
I used this app to set the pixel density at 170 on my tab 8.9
I think it looks awesome, give it a try.
(you need to be rooted, and I am using the latest overcome rom)
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Thanks for the sharing. I am considering to change the LCD density but not comfortable to root yet (still reading and learning....).
1) Can you help post the screenshot on home screen, app folder screen. If possible, can you install the CNN News and post this app home screen etc. Due to original 160 setting, the font on CNN News is extremely small.
2) Can you help posting the above with 240 setting.
3) Any problem install app thru market (i heard market can only install with 160 or 240 LCD)? Anyway I am prepared to reinstall the old mkt version as it does not has this limitation.
Sorry to trouble you and appreciate your helps and sharing.
Hi,
Rooting is actually quite easy. Give the link below a try, so you can see it for yourself
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1287205
goenieg said:
Hi,
Rooting is actually quite easy. Give the link below a try, so you can see it for yourself
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1287205
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Been one of the more fast and easiest devices that I've rooted.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk
goenieg said:
I used this app to set the pixel density at 170 on my tab 8.9
I think it looks awesome, give it a try.
(you need to be rooted, and I am using the latest overcome rom)
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thanks for the app recommendation. But my tab went crazy after switching density. gmail force closed, calendar force closed... it because quite unstable. Reset back to default density, and removed program. All good again.
kernel 2.6.36.3_motley_v2+
android 3.2
Strange, did you set it to 170?
not sure if I can tell a difference.. icons seem to look larger on the screen...
market and apps will act up if you change density. switch back to the default values to fix this.
orlandoxpolice said:
market and apps will act up if you change density. switch back to the default values to fix this.
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What is the default?
MagicMan3 said:
What is the default?
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I believe it's 170, at least according to the specs listed at GSMArena.com.
I'm not sure I understand the advantage of doing this. My display looks beautiful as it is.
My first post after searching the forums.
Overcome Series v2.3.1 is the first ever rom installation I've done on my Galaxy Tab P7500 (after stock HC3.2 got corrupted lost touchwiz and status bar).
The rom's great, faster, far louder sound. But I have problem with all fonts. Compared to the old stock rom all the fonts seem to be pixelated, fuzzy, similar if not as bad as an Ipad 2.
On stock 3.2 System Info app reported back the screen resolution as the whole 1280x800 while on Overcome rom I get 1280x752 (the user area?) as resolution report.
Has anyone had the same problem and found a fix or knows what I can do? I have reflashed but nothing changed. Many thanks and best
Izzy
You need root for this.
You can use FontChanger (Market) or change the font yourself in system/fonts
Download the font you want from dafont.com or something, Then rename it as the same, I think it's DroidSandBold.tff , But you need to rename the font to those and replace the ones there, and voila it will change to what you wish.
Too much hassle? Font Changer does the same
Misledz said:
You need root for this.
You can use FontChanger (Market) or change the font yourself in system/fonts
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Many thanks. I downloaded the app and it identified a missing density parameter. I then flashed Pershoot's latest kernel and got no error message. I'm assuming screen resolution 1280x752 as reported by Android System Info is okay? Previously it stated 1280x800 with HC3.2. I can still see any font is less dense than it used to be but I guess it's a give-and-take Thanks for the advice!..
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Glad that helped and worked for you I had resolution errors aswell thinking that it was 720 when I had tried linux on it only to find out the resolution is bigger than it seems. First i've heard of that
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Glad that helped and worked for you I had resolution errors aswell thinking that it was 720 when I had tried linux on it only to find out the resolution is bigger than it seems. First i've heard of that
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Being a newbie... I still can't work out why the 3.1 or 3.2 stock roms give higher resolution to the Overcome 3.2. I did a restore to the former just to check and alas I get better font density (very crisp) than now back to Overcome.
I kinda lost my original stock 3.2 when the touchwiz and status bar disappeared, leaving with no Kies update options. So its becoming a steep learning curve!
Many thanks
I want to change the LCD Density on my Galaxy Mega 6.3 that natively has 240 DPI resolution. Its all a bit small for me and some apps doesn't even scale properly and are ridiculously small and not properly displayed. I come from an old original Galaxy Tab 7 (that also natively has 240 DPI resolution but with with much more readability and larger everything as it has a larger display with a lower resolution LCD)
I am using an app called Resolution Changer (and have tried a few other similar apps that do the same job and work fine) to set the the phone to 260 or 280 DPI.At these resolutions (for me) the Mega is much more usable and all looks bit bigger and better on screen. Even the formatting of some apps that at 240 DPI look awkward and have some elements displaced or ridiculously small, at 260 or 280 DPI look MUCH better.
Everything works perfectly well at these settings except the Samsung Phone/Contacts/Messaging & Camera apps that FC. The Messaging and Camera apps don't matter because I simply use a 3rd party app and the problem gets instantly solved. However the Phone/Contacts app is a real problem because the phone becomes useless as "phone".. and using a 3rd party dialer doesn't fix the problem because these add-on dialers still need the native phone app to actually make/receive a call (basically Android 3rd party dialers are actually just a skin on top of the native phone app).
Is there a known workaround for this? I have no idea how to fix this and think that Samsung locking their apps at a fixed resolution that cant be changed is really stupid. Samsung makes great hardware and horrible software..
Thanks in advance for any feedback or solution on this on how to make it work.
Have you tried this?
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Have you tried this?
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Yes I have! Same problem. DPI gets changed perfectly and all works great except the Phone/Contacts app that FC
you can solve it by replace Phone/Contacts with galaxy s3 Phone/Contacts from 4.2 leak or there another fix there is file you can flash it with recovery file can enable Phone/Contacts 260 and 280 dpi without problems
zeyadhan said:
you can solve it by replace Phone/Contacts with galaxy s3 Phone/Contacts from 4.2 leak or there another fix there is file you can flash it with recovery file can enable Phone/Contacts 260 and 280 dpi without problems
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Thanks for the information, this would be super cool. If you could let me know where I can get these files on where to download them from, that would be so great. Thank you very much in advance for your help and advice on this
VeEuzUKY said:
Thanks for the information, this would be super cool. If you could let me know where I can get these files on where to download them from, that would be so great. Thank you very much in advance for your help and advice on this
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yeah me too.. what's this file called and where to get it and how to install it??
VeEuzUKY... when you get it working right with this file,
Can you do a DIY on what you did??
I need alot of my fonts larger too....
thanks
jimmbomb said:
yeah me too.. what's this file called and where to get it and how to install it??
VeEuzUKY... when you get it working right with this file,
Can you do a DIY on what you did??
I need alot of my fonts larger too....
thanks
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I still haven't done it. The problem is I have no idea where to get these files. I guess my best optionis to download an S3 4.2 ROM and try extract them.. would be a lot easier if someone could share these files already from an S3 ROM. But so far no luck. I have no idea what ROM to choose or if then I can simply extract the apks with WinRAR or another zip utility.. so this is where I am right now..
Hi all,
I have found a way to change the dpi without root, just using adb and cmd and it worked like a charm...well, almost. There are a couple of UI glitches that appear when you reduce (or increase for that matter) the dpi.
Firstly, the icons on the home screen mess up, but that's not SUCH an issue as you can install another launcher or in my case, find an icon pack that doesn't show the mess up quite as much (my preferable choice because you see the icons set in different areas of the UI, such as the notifications shade and recents menu, settings, etc.)
Secondly, and the most annoying, is the crop function messes up in the weirdest way. Whether it be when changing wallpaper or trying to crop a picture in CamScanner, the image you choose appears zoomed in and there is no way to zoom out or even move the image around, only zoom in further.
Now, my question is, has anyone managed to find a suitable dpi that MIUI does not have a problem with, or are there some standard dpi's MIUI uses apart from 480? Or has anyone found a way around any of these issues (or any other issues they may have encountered when changing the dpi)? Last but not least, is there a custom version of MIUI out there, or a rom that has it's visuals (and camera app) but custom tailored to suit various dpi's and other modifications?
I really cannot live with the stock dpi of 480, it's like using a phone made for old people, waaaay too large EVERYTHING on a large screen, I want to see more on a large screen. But I also am not yet prepared to go off MIUI as I really like their UI, visually, and I know any other rom will lose a lot of camera quality amoungst some other things like battery life, etc.
Thanks guys in advance for any advice.
Use 400 DPI ..There is no issue ..I am using it from 1Month
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Anands3 said:
Use 400 DPI ..There is no issue ..I am using it from 1Month
Sent from my Redmi Note 3 using XDA-Developers mobile app
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Which method?
Sent from my kenzo using XDA-Developers mobile app
Textdroider App from play store
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If the original one is 386 I think 400 is kinda useless... Or did you mean 300?
Original is 403dpi if I'm not mistaken. I set mine to 375 and it's absolutely perfect..
Default density is 480.
Code:
[email protected]:/ $ wm density
Physical density: 480
Zak108 said:
Hi all,
I have found a way to change the dpi without root, just using adb and cmd and it worked like a charm...well, almost. There are a couple of UI glitches that appear when you reduce (or increase for that matter) the dpi.
Firstly, the icons on the home screen mess up, but that's not SUCH an issue as you can install another launcher or in my case, find an icon pack that doesn't show the mess up quite as much (my preferable choice because you see the icons set in different areas of the UI, such as the notifications shade and recents menu, settings, etc.)
Secondly, and the most annoying, is the crop function messes up in the weirdest way. Whether it be when changing wallpaper or trying to crop a picture in CamScanner, the image you choose appears zoomed in and there is no way to zoom out or even move the image around, only zoom in further.
Now, my question is, has anyone managed to find a suitable dpi that MIUI does not have a problem with, or are there some standard dpi's MIUI uses apart from 480? Or has anyone found a way around any of these issues (or any other issues they may have encountered when changing the dpi)? Last but not least, is there a custom version of MIUI out there, or a rom that has it's visuals (and camera app) but custom tailored to suit various dpi's and other modifications?
I really cannot live with the stock dpi of 480, it's like using a phone made for old people, waaaay too large EVERYTHING on a large screen, I want to see more on a large screen. But I also am not yet prepared to go off MIUI as I really like their UI, visually, and I know any other rom will lose a lot of camera quality amoungst some other things like battery life, etc.
Thanks guys in advance for any advice.
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Is it possible to change the density using terminal emulator directly on phone? Or do I need to have PC?
GarbeVR said:
If the original one is 386 I think 400 is kinda useless... Or did you mean 300?
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No, the original is 480, which is too large...where did you get the number 386 from? perhaps it is another one of their phone's stock DPI, which means MIUI might not warp on this DPI value? Will check it out, but any information you have, please let me know
h4gH said:
Is it possible to change the density using terminal emulator directly on phone? Or do I need to have PC?
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Not sure about that, I only tried it from the pc, sorry.
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Not sure about that, I only tried it from the pc, sorry.
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OK will try at home then.
Just to be sure - phone has to be in FASTBOOT mode to accept ADB commands from PC right?
used some of the suggested DPI's but...
so, thanks guys, used some of the suggested DPI values, 386 and 375, and mostly everything works fine....except still some small issues with the icons and the cropping. try and set a wallpaper for a whatsapp group for example, photo shows as zoomed in and cannot zoom out to choose a crop of the WHOLE image like I used to....have attached some screenshots of what happens to my icons....is this possibly because I am not rooted that the DPI value is not getting set in to the system correctly? Is anyone who is rooted facing the same issues or not?
might convince me to root, this is the first device i have managed to be happy without rooting lol
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OK will try at home then.
Just to be sure - phone has to be in FASTBOOT mode to accept ADB commands from PC right?
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No, no need....as long as you have ADB drivers installed and you are launching the CMD from within the ADB folder, it will work. Oh and of course USB debugging enabled and the first time it tried to access the phone for ADB details, you will need to allow it to by hitting remember and ok on the phone
h4gH said:
Is it possible to change the density using terminal emulator directly on phone? Or do I need to have PC?
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Yes. I do bellow commands with Terminal Emulador on Android. My Device is Kenzo with MIUI 8:
su
wm density 400
The value you change to your preferred
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Zak108 said:
so, thanks guys, used some of the suggested DPI values, 386 and 375, and mostly everything works fine....except still some small issues with the icons and the cropping. try and set a wallpaper for a whatsapp group for example, photo shows as zoomed in and cannot zoom out to choose a crop of the WHOLE image like I used to....have attached some screenshots of what happens to my icons....is this possibly because I am not rooted that the DPI value is not getting set in to the system correctly? Is anyone who is rooted facing the same issues or not?
might convince me to root, this is the first device i have managed to be happy without rooting lol
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Which theme is this?
BlueJeans said:
Which theme is this?
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Roger Rabbit...I think at the time of the screenshots I was using a different theme for the status bar, but can't remember as I am now using Eureka 8 Pro. Roger Rabbit is the base theme though, quite like the grey simplicity.
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If the original one is 386 I think 400 is kinda useless... Or did you mean 300?
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The original isn't near 386. I went down to 380 and everything it far smaller than a 6 dpi difference. I'd say stock is closer to 430 - 450
Yes man, you was right the original DPI is 440, the app textdroiderDPI was showing me an incorrect value of 386 (maybe a little bug...).
Setting it on 440 with LeDpiChanger gave me a full stock MIUI size
Stock is 480DPI, changers give bad result...just root and change build.prop ro.sf.lcd_density=
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Stock is 480DPI, changers give bad result...just root and change build.prop ro.sf.lcd_density=
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Thank you sir, this works for me on MIUI 8.1.1.0 global stable, change my screen density to 420. Icons are perfect.