The last days I was playing a little bit with the density on my phone. At first you want to know which ROM I'm using. > CM9 latest build. I would like to set my density to 178 or also to 170, these are densities, the phone can show without a blurred screen, or blurred icons. Everything works fine and looks bombastic! But the problem is, that the phone.apk keeps crashing.
Everything is working until a density of 190. Below this value, phone.apk crashes everytime you start a call, or are called.
I know this problem is not new, but other threads are not answered and very old.
So... Anyone knows, whats the problem? Why it is. And how we could fix it?
I will try to disable compatibility mode in spare parts, but I don't think that it will work.
Anyone knows a workaround or maybe has a modded phone apk for ics?
Thanks in Advance!
EDIT: As I thought, compatibility mode won't change anything.
Silberpfeil3110 said:
The last days I was playing a little bit with the density on my phone. At first you want to know which ROM I'm using. > CM9 latest build. I would like to set my density to 178 or also to 170, these are densities, the phone can show without a blurred screen, or blurred icons. Everything works fine and looks bombastic! But the problem is, that the phone.apk keeps crashing.
Everything is working until a density of 190. Below this value, phone.apk crashes everytime you start a call, or are called.
I know this problem is not new, but other threads are not answered and very old.
So... Anyone knows, whats the problem? Why it is. And how we could fix it?
I will try to disable compatibility mode in spare parts, but I don't think that it will work.
Anyone knows a workaround or maybe has a modded phone apk for ics?
Thanks in Advance!
EDIT: As I thought, compatibility mode won't change anything.
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I don't know how to solve your problem man,but I suggest you give exDialer a go.It's as smooth,functional and cool-looking(even has an ICS theme available) as the ICS dialer.It'd make for a good alternative until you find the solution.
i'm using 185 on cm9 and phone.apk is working great for me.
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tolis626 said:
I don't know how to solve your problem man,but I suggest you give exDialer a go.It's as smooth,functional and cool-looking(even has an ICS theme available) as the ICS dialer.It'd make for a good alternative until you find the solution.
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The problem is that it isn't the dialer that crashes, but InCallScreen. exDialer still uses the default InCallScreen, so it still crashes.
supermult said:
i'm using 185 on cm9 and phone.apk is working great for me.
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I believe it breaks once you go below 182. If you were to drop your density to 180, you'd see the crashes, too.
hi,
i read very often about reducing density from twohundred and xxx to one hundred and xxx.
but nobody explained, whats the advantage of reducing this.
can somebody explain to me please?
regards - sui
As everything's a bit smaller, more stuff fits on the screen.
its a problem which isnt even fixd in the latest cm9 build so no, wait for fix!
But when everything is smaller, the widgets wont fit on the homescreen... ?
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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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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.
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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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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?
palosjr said:
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...
palosjr said:
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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apeatan said:
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.
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 ;-).
Sent from my LG-P500 using XDA
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)
rishabh22 said:
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.
rishabh22 said:
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
Sent from my LG-P500 using XDA
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
harshdoshi25 said:
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?
Cresqo said:
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.
I had been running Jelly Beans V5 on my Note 2 since I had it and was problem free except for when I was in a call and hit KEYPAD. The keypad comes up but the #,0,* keys were covered my the lower menu keys.
This weekend I upgraded to Build 20 and still have the issue. I've searched for a fix, but have not found much on this. Does anyone know if I can get this corrected? I have tried different Dialers from the play store and they do not fix this.
Sorry if its a known issue or easy fix, but I could find nothing on this when I searched.
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I had been running Jelly Beans V5 on my Note 2 since I had it and was problem free except for when I was in a call and hit KEYPAD. The keypad comes up but the #,0,* keys were covered my the lower menu keys.
This weekend I upgraded to Build 20 and still have the issue. I've searched for a fix, but have not found much on this. Does anyone know if I can get this corrected? I have tried different Dialers from the play store and they do not fix this.
Sorry if its a known issue or easy fix, but I could find nothing on this when I searched.
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Are you running any DPI adjustments?
I'd try to adjust the DPI.
Are you using softkeys by chance too?
kimdoocheol said:
Are you running any DPI adjustments?
I'd try to adjust the DPI.
Are you using softkeys by chance too?
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I am not using Softkeys. I'm not familiar with DPI adjustments, but I will research that. Thanks for the lead!
blumnm said:
I am not using Softkeys. I'm not familiar with DPI adjustments, but I will research that. Thanks for the lead!
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Solved! It was the DPI tip that led me to correcting this. I adjusted the DPI settings for the phone but didn't see a change. From what I read Samsung apps can't be changed? Anyhow, I opened buil.prop and changed the phone DPI from 320 to 280. This corrected my dialer. Then I changed Nova launcher from 280 to 320 to get my phone back to what I was use to.
I found someone that had the same issue and basically followed his steps. But it was the DPI tip that led me to that thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2199003
Thanks again!
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
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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
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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
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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
h4gH said:
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?
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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.
GarbeVR said:
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.