If any of you have used the Nook app on the Galaxy Note, you probably already know what I'm going to ask.
Problem: at stock 320 dpi, the text in eBooks is ridiculously large in the Nook Reader, even at its smallest setting. You have to go down to 260 dpi before text becomes small enough to read comfortably--but 260 dpi leads to force closes for me. 240 dpi solves the force close problem but for some reason ICS Objection is very sluggish at 240 dpi.
280 dpi is a good happy medium for me for all my aps but the Nook. Thing is, most of my eBooks to date have been purchased through the Nook store... ugh.
So! I started mucking about with font changing apps in the store and found one called "Font Size Setter" that actually works pretty well in ICS. Unfortunately, while it does scale fonts all over the OS itself, it has no effect whatsoever in whatever calculations the Nook app uses to display fonts in an eBook.
So what I'm wondering is, does the Nook app have a settings file of some kind that I can manually edit to scale down the font display? Does anyone know? I don't know enough about how Android is laid out even begin looking...
Thanks for any help you can provide...
EDITED: I just realized it may be as simple as finding smaller versions of the fonts the Nook uses for display purposes and overwriting the default ones. Are android fonts .otf files? And does anyone know if there's a way to find smaller ones?
Just out of curiosity I flashed Saurom and the Nook app doesn't display this problem at all. Does Gingerbread handle screen DPI differently than ICS?
re: Any way to fix the Nook app on the Note?
I'm dying to know this myself. The Nook app is probably the biggest reason I bought the thing to begin with - it was really great back on the older version of Android, but this new thing just looks ridiculous. I called Barnes & Noble about the problem and they seemed genuinely concerned - I was on the phone with them for about 30 minutes. They said they'd get back to me within a week but that was like 3 weeks ago.
Between this and Next Issue not working (and all of the other problems listed at the Geekitarian blog), I'm considering dropping the Note altogether and going with something new.
If you figure out a solution, please do come back and share it, as this phone was AWESOME before the Android 4.0 update.
ubersoft said:
If any of you have used the Nook app on the Galaxy Note, you probably already know what I'm going to ask.
Problem: at stock 320 dpi, the text in eBooks is ridiculously large in the Nook Reader, even at its smallest setting. You have to go down to 260 dpi before text becomes small enough to read comfortably--but 260 dpi leads to force closes for me. 240 dpi solves the force close problem but for some reason ICS Objection is very sluggish at 240 dpi.
280 dpi is a good happy medium for me for all my aps but the Nook. Thing is, most of my eBooks to date have been purchased through the Nook store... ugh.
So! I started mucking about with font changing apps in the store and found one called "Font Size Setter" that actually works pretty well in ICS. Unfortunately, while it does scale fonts all over the OS itself, it has no effect whatsoever in whatever calculations the Nook app uses to display fonts in an eBook.
So what I'm wondering is, does the Nook app have a settings file of some kind that I can manually edit to scale down the font display? Does anyone know? I don't know enough about how Android is laid out even begin looking...
Thanks for any help you can provide...
EDITED: I just realized it may be as simple as finding smaller versions of the fonts the Nook uses for display purposes and overwriting the default ones. Are android fonts .otf files? And does anyone know if there's a way to find smaller ones?
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Ditto trying to find solution to this as well. Anyone?
Emailed B&N Support; no reply yet
ubersoft said:
If any of you have used the Nook app on the Galaxy Note, you probably already know what I'm going to ask.
Problem: at stock 320 dpi, the text in eBooks is ridiculously large in the Nook Reader, even at its smallest setting. You have to go down to 260 dpi before text becomes small enough to read comfortably--but 260 dpi leads to force closes for me. 240 dpi solves the force close problem but for some reason ICS Objection is very sluggish at 240 dpi.
280 dpi is a good happy medium for me for all my aps but the Nook. Thing is, most of my eBooks to date have been purchased through the Nook store... ugh.
So! I started mucking about with font changing apps in the store and found one called "Font Size Setter" that actually works pretty well in ICS. Unfortunately, while it does scale fonts all over the OS itself, it has no effect whatsoever in whatever calculations the Nook app uses to display fonts in an eBook.
So what I'm wondering is, does the Nook app have a settings file of some kind that I can manually edit to scale down the font display? Does anyone know? I don't know enough about how Android is laid out even begin looking...
Thanks for any help you can provide...
EDITED: I just realized it may be as simple as finding smaller versions of the fonts the Nook uses for display purposes and overwriting the default ones. Are android fonts .otf files? And does anyone know if there's a way to find smaller ones?
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I emailed B&N to bring this issue to their attention - how the Nook for Android app that worked fine with Gingerbread no longer works correctly after updating to ICS 4.0.4 (SGH-i717 AT&T model, in my case).
Fingers crossed they reply, as the issue makes reading Nook books on the Galaxy Note practically unreadable due to ridiculously oversized fonts, the inability to hide the status bar, etc. - all of which worked fine on 2.3 Gingerbread Note before I ran the update to ICS (which seems to have changed the dpi/ppi resolution reporting between the device and the Nook app).
flash back to GB.....It sounds like our only hope...unless B&N pulls their head out, and supports ICS with their apps...g
Nook Updated 3.2.0.81 - better Galaxy Note & Tablet support & built-in dictionary
Good news: Nook 3.2.0.81 updated yesterday and there's some better support for the Galaxy Note, including ability to hide status bar, and (for all devices) a built-in dictionary option to download the dictionary of your choice so you no longer need to launch out of the product to look up definitions. (Interesting note: The iOS version update also offers downloadable dictionary even though that version of the app has had dictionary lookup using the iOS's own dictionary feature since earliest versions.)
To me the updated version helps make using Nook on the Galaxy Note more comfortable, though the font sizing still seems off, because even the smallest font still looks too big to me.
That said, I'm pleased this app has finally gotten a reasonably helpful update after so many months of gargantuan fonts and unhidden status bar and whatnot.
I just long-pressed the left button (back button) to bring up the settings and fix the text size. Now it reads just like it did on my Samsung Galaxy S4.
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This is not the tablet version..It's the phone version.
I don't have the nook color with me at the moment. Has anyone tried this on the Nook yet?
I tried to use the beta version on it and I had some issue with displaying the keyboard itself on it back then.
I would try it if I had it with me.. but I won't be able to try it for like 12 hrs from now.
Anyone?
Other than the keyboard being truncated in landscape, which may be a feature of my density being set at 200 I love it.
The tablet version also has this problem. Good thing I was still able to return it when I bought it a couple of days ago.
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The tablet version also has this problem. Good thing I was still able to return it when I bought it a couple of days ago.
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eh? The tablet version has no such problems. The phone version for some reason the keyboard is small in landscape, but not all of the time... it's wonky.
But the tablet version? No such issue. However I'm running the stock CM7 DPI, could be if you're tweaking that.
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eh? The tablet version has no such problems. The phone version for some reason the keyboard is small in landscape, but not all of the time... it's wonky.
But the tablet version? No such issue. However I'm running the stock CM7 DPI, could be if you're tweaking that.
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If by truncated you mean the numpad in the middle is missing, then yeah. mine does that too at stock dpi.
So i'll take this as not perfectly working on Nook color. for the phone version at least.
So what would people recommend? I've come to like this keyboard on my phone. Is it worth buying the tablet version for the NC? Or just use the phone version?
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So what would people recommend? I've come to like this keyboard on my phone. Is it worth buying the tablet version for the NC? Or just use the phone version?
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Jus the use the phone version for now. I have both and the phone version is works as it should. The the tablet version isn't optimized for 7" screens. The the number pad doesn't appear in landscape mode, the space key is unresponsive at the edges and there is no padding options to raise the height of the keyboard to a more comfortable portion of the screen.
My suggestion is to use SwiftKey x and thumb keyboard. There is a awesome paid app called km launcher that will automatically switch keyboards when changing from landscape to portrait and back. The only reason I didn't return SwiftKey tablet x was because it was on sale an I will eventually update to another tablet in the future.
Additional tip: select the arrow keys option in SwiftKey x to raise the keyboard a bit. I hate have to hold my nook at the bottom edges just to type on the keyboard. There is so much screen, and why no give me the option to place the keyboard where I see fit?
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The latest Swiftkey X update seems to have helped the landscape problem.
Any tips for getting Swiftkey Tablet setup properly on a manual-nootered Nook Color? On the 2nd step when it wants me to pick a default keyboard, it just bounces me to the desktop and won't continue. I read something about copying the apk file to /system/apps, but I cannot find the apk (I'm guessing setup gets rid of it). Paid full pop for it on the Android Market, so I'd really like to get it working.
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer,
Edit: OK, I resolved it. Couldn't see the .apk because I wasn't in r/w mode when browsing the folders - I was using Alpha file manager. When I switched to Root explorer and mounted r/w, then I could see it, copy it from /data/apps to /system.apps, re-install it, and get it setup after a reboot. Hope this helps someone else. Yeah, I know it's posted in myriad places, but what the heck?
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Been running theBeast for a bit, thx for the great ROM X.
Anyway, I've found changing the DPI to 210 from 240 looks great on this phone, and doesn't create any obvious graphics issues (Quick Settings is pretty close tho). Really gives you more real estate things, which I always like. Oh, make sure you keep an old market copy around... the new versions check DPI and many apps will be "incompatible" with the phone. I have an apk to a market replacer if needed, can't recall where I got it from.
Additionally, I found a great launcher that I'm cross posting here just cause it looks beautiful on our phone. All credit goes to the folks in the thread for it.
Hey guys...
I use this LCD Resolution app, and it is awesome, but I have one problem, I cant find balance between two things...
If I set it to 160 everything looks nice but in some apps my status bar is messed up...
And if I put any other option I get everything look OK but colors in PlayerPro for example look a little bit mixed up :S
thank you
That's because you're running at DPI's lower than what the phone is built for.
Market will not work properly and you would not be able to update all apps if you go under 240.
If you want one of the best DPI's, set it to 183, I prefer it as everything is just working as it is, although some apps are formatted incorrectly.
I will give it a try
market will not allow me to install some applications.
So I've tried 184 dpi which seems like allot of people like and seems to work without issues on Resurrection Remix ROM but to me stuff is just too small. I get the idea of having more "screen real estate" so more items fit on the screen since like the app icons get smaller but then when I watched a video on youtube it looked like crap IMO and so did a movie on my phone - this is in comparison to 240 dpi. That's where the deal breaker was for me, like when I want to show off my phone and how nice the screen is I show someone a video or a pic so why would anyone want it smaller and not as clear I just can't understand. This I also find has to get when newer phone are coming out with higher dpi - the Galaxy Nexus for example is 320 wo why would we want lower instead of higher?
Maybe I'm blind or something but I'd like to hear people's opinion on this and also as to what DPIs they've tried or use and also if anyone has gone higher than the stock 240 and if so what's the result they get.
Look forward to hearing people's response. Thanks.
thanks and look forward to hearing people's answers/opinions.
Kman Gymrat said:
So I've tried 184 dpi which seems like allot of people like and seems to work without issues on Resurrection Remix ROM but to me stuff is just too small. I get the idea of having more "screen real estate" so more items fit on the screen since like the app icons get smaller but then when I watched a video on youtube it looked like crap IMO and so did a movie on my phone - this is in comparison to 240 dpi. That's where the deal breaker was for me, like when I want to show off my phone and how nice the screen is I show someone a video or a pic so why would anyone want it smaller and not as clear I just can't understand. This I also find has to get when newer phone are coming out with higher dpi - the Galaxy Nexus for example is 320 wo why would we want lower instead of higher?
Maybe I'm blind or something but I'd like to hear people's opinion on this and also as to what DPIs they've tried or use and also if anyone has gone higher than the stock 240 and if so what's the result they get.
Look forward to hearing people's response. Thanks.
thanks and look forward to hearing people's answers/opinions.
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it depends on people on what they like, personally i like 210.lower dpi gives u more space to fit icons,text. also changing dpi other than 240 will give incompatibility error in play store.
It all depends on your readability of your eyes, I'm using 160 dpi and it feels perfect for me
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160 dpi worked well for me and looked awesome i thought however the dialler on foxhound rom doesnt take too well to the change so ive gone back to 240
to me though 240 doesnt look as smart i like fitting more on the screen
what are th fixes for market compatibility? I heard there was this one fix in which you had to create data.prop or some file like that. Anyone knows about that?
I'm on 182 and suits me perfectly
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I've tried a little higher and though yes you lose screen realestate but boy does it make videos look good. All higher dpi I tried the market would open and load fine - i cleared market data after each change then rebooted, didn't try installing any apps tho so can't say if I'd have any issues. Too high and i got app labels in the drawer overlapping the pages in the app drawer which would be fine if i changed to vertical scrolling instead. All numbers i tried were multiples of 8 as i read somewhere that it must be so.
Just fyi for anyone who wants to try. Videos and pics looked sweet!
For anyone confused... the lower you set the dpi - the higher it actually displays (that's why things are getting smaller and not bigger like on a pc). I too like my settings around 210. To each his/her own.
Unfortunately the search option seems to be missing and Google isnt being too helpful.
I'm curious if first its possible to change the DPI on the i9300 and if so if there are any recommended settings.
Main reason I want to do this is I find everything is too small. I know this is due to the HD screen but playing angry birds and other stuff is hard on the eyes.
I figure changing the DPI will make it bigger and easier on the eyes
This is the first thread I read where someone wants to increase the dpi. Usually people want to lower it. Lol
If you are rooted try the app LCD density from the market. It allows you to play with the dpi and if you don't have it checked to stay after a reboot it will go back to stock dpi after a reboot. This is good for if you are trying different dpis.
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graffixnyc said:
This is the first thread I read where someone wants to increase the dpi. Usually people want to lower it. Lol
If you are rooted try the app LCD density from the market. It allows you to play with the dpi and if you don't have it checked to stay after a reboot it will go back to stock dpi after a reboot. This is good for if you are trying different dpis.
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Thanks the app works but multiple apps start crashing when I up any amount. I started at 400 (fro default 320) and went down to 330 and same thing
You could try the Paranoidandroid Rom in the development section. It's fabulous in it's versatility, specially on this device because of it's size. It allows you to independently set the dpi and ui framework for the entire device including a per app list. So for example you could have all system apps set to display in tablet mode and all user downloaded apps set to their default phone ui & dpi or any combination in between.
You can also set framework and system DPI (statusbar, toast messages, etc.) the DPI on the stock rom is way to big in my opinion and I have old eyes. Most of the native Google Apps have a tablet display and the render dual pane and great on the S3.
Give it a try, I've messed around with the 3rd party apps and it's a pain compared to using Paranoid. Zero dpi related issues and makes the phone more functional in my opinion with the option of utilizing more screen real estate with tablet UI and DPI tweaking to your liking.
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this file
ro.sf.lcd_density=320
Change the last figure .
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kchino said:
You could try the Paranoidandroid Rom in the development section. It's fabulous in it's versatility, specially on this device because of it's size. It allows you to independently set the dpi and ui framework for the entire device including a per app list. So for example you could have all system apps set to display in tablet mode and all user downloaded apps set to their default phone ui & dpi or any combination in between.
You can also set framework and system DPI (statusbar, toast messages, etc.) the DPI on the stock rom is way to big in my opinion and I have old eyes. Most of the native Google Apps have a tablet display and the render dual pane and great on the S3.
Give it a try, I've messed around with the 3rd party apps and it's a pain compared to using Paranoid. Zero dpi related issues and makes the phone more functional in my opinion with the option of utilizing more screen real estate with tablet UI and DPI tweaking to your liking.
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Thanks ill give it a try