Change DPI on Stock roms - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Is it possible to change the DPI on stock or Sammy based roms rooted or is this only possible on CM9 AOSP based roms. I would like to keep a Samsung based rom for all the unique apps Samsung have developed for the S3 but I cant get away with the huge icons and DPI. CM9 based looks so much better so I am torn between the two.

DPI can be changed in the build prop on rooted roms via rom explorer .
Or in a custom rom Samsung build .
jje

commodore65 said:
Is it possible to change the DPI on stock or Sammy based roms rooted or is this only possible on CM9 AOSP based roms. I would like to keep a Samsung based rom for all the unique apps Samsung have developed for the S3 but I cant get away with the huge icons and DPI. CM9 based looks so much better so I am torn between the two.
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in /system/ find build.prop
open in text editor
find this
ro.sf.lcd_density = ''
and change the digits to any of u like

dont forget, changing the dpi in sammy roms will have the usual probs like unscaled dialer and a poor theming for camera. setting the dpi too low will crash the stock launcher, so install a secondary launcher before starting

bala_gamer said:
dont forget, changing the dpi in sammy roms will have the usual probs like unscaled dialer and a poor theming for camera. setting the dpi too low will crash the stock launcher, so install a secondary launcher before starting
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@bala
Can u kindly tell me whats the use of reducing DPI? Does it have an effect on saving battery?

bala_gamer said:
dont forget, changing the dpi in sammy roms will have the usual probs like unscaled dialer and a poor theming for camera. setting the dpi too low will crash the stock launcher, so install a secondary launcher before starting
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Just tested on my S3 with stock ROM + root and it works. Just as a note, you should have a keyboard other then the standard Samsung, it keeps freezing over and over until you change it to another one.

Another NecroPoster .
jje

vegeta1 said:
in /system/ find build.prop
open in text editor
find this
ro.sf.lcd_density = ''
and change the digits to any of u like
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Hi,
I tried changing /system/build.prop ro.sf.lcd_density to 260, rebooted device and nothing happened.
I am using leaked 4.2.2. I double checked and build.prop really changed.
Can anyone help me with this?

commodore65 said:
Is it possible to change the DPI on stock or Sammy based roms rooted or is this only possible on CM9 AOSP based roms. I would like to keep a Samsung based rom for all the unique apps Samsung have developed for the S3 but I cant get away with the huge icons and DPI. CM9 based looks so much better so I am torn between the two.
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for rooted phones, flash the xposed framework.. there app settings module (i think) enables DPI settings.. (you may need to search for the module..)

I tried to set dpi to 300 and it works very well on sammy 4.3 ML2 rom. Dialer looks weird as mentioned above, but I use pixelphone app and issue is solved for me.

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Samsung apps in AOKP rom.

Is it way to use phone.apk and contacts.apk from Samsung ROMs in AOKP ROM ? I have favourite rom but don't like this 2 apps and want to change it for sammy's
coolstory said:
Is it way to use phone.apk and contacts.apk from Samsung ROMs in AOKP ROM ? I have favourite rom but don't like this 2 apps and want to change it for sammy's
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if u r looking for swipe to call and text feature like in samsung then u can try exdialer but u can't use samsung's apps in aokp roms.
didnt test its but try to flash this one :
http://www.mediafire.com/?o2f8p8u502exd21
I tried to put the samsung calculator and calendar into aosp rom, but couldn't. might need samsung framework.

ROMs with custom DPI

I am currently using Paranoid android and I am looking for another ROM where I can set custom DPI...I know that resurrection remix has a tablet UI mod but I wanna use phone mode with a custom DPI...can you guys please list any other ROMs that have this option?
AOKP has it, but you can download apps to do it on any ROM.
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umermajeed said:
I am currently using Paranoid android and I am looking for another ROM where I can set custom DPI...I know that resurrection remix has a tablet UI mod but I wanna use phone mode with a custom DPI...can you guys please list any other ROMs that have this option?
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just change the values in build prop ro.sf.lcd_density=240
just change number 240 to anything between 160-240
easy done saves downloading apps
Quadra_Slam said:
AOKP has it, but you can download apps to do it on any ROM.
Sent from my SGH-I777
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Do all AOKP based roms have the option to set custom DPI? what apps can I use to do that?
DJBoxer said:
just change the values in build prop ro.sf.lcd_density=240
just change number 240 to anything between 160-240
easy done saves downloading apps
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I know about the pad.prop and the custom DPI panel...paranoid android is just being slow and giving me problems but I can't use ROMs on default 240 DPI anymore thats why i am looking for other roms that are smooth but have the option of setting custom DPI
Just use Slimics..it has 182dpi on default, with working play store pre-installed in the rom.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1536783
Other rom that have working multi dpi play store pre-installed are insanity ics, hydra h20 and others i can remember, sorry...you can change dpi in all aokp rom in the rom setting but not all the roms have multi-dpi play store or dialer...just try slim ics, u won't be dissapointed..
Sent from my GT-I9100
I haven't seen any but are there any sammy roms that have the option to change dpi?
What's the use of changing DPI's?
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1. looks better to me
2. screen fits more on it
I have been using slim ics and paranoid but i wanna use a sammy rom

Demented Bean

Any help I can get changing the system font would e greatly appreciated, tried ROM toolbox after trying to load font, the system wouldn't boot.
Thanks in advance...
Dan
Sent from my Malata SMBA1002 using xda premium
The font is built into two different parts of the ROM. In order to change them you will have to manually do this by pulling the font folder from one ROM and replacing it in Demented and reboot. A cache wipe in recovery wouldn't hurt after this change is done. The font in this ROM is the whole purpose of being Demented. That is why I suggested going into the font settings and choosing large. You can always change the DPI also try 160 and in the UI put it in Tablet mode then reboot.
I guess my eyes aren't what they used to be, thanks much for the info.
Dan
Change Screen D.P.I.
nobe1976 said " You can always change the DPI also try 160 and in the UI put it in Tablet mode then reboot. " Is this option available in the 'other' bean rom (smoother) ?
David
Davy49 said:
nobe1976 said " You can always change the DPI also try 160 and in the UI put it in Tablet mode then reboot. " Is this option available in the 'other' bean rom (smoother) ?
David
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This is only a AOKP feature and maybe a Paranoid feature. Smoother is a AOSP CM base and is in tablet UI all the time.
Sent from My SmOoThA$$ Gtablet.
nobe1976 said:
This is only a AOKP feature and maybe a Paranoid feature. Smoother is a AOSP CM base and is in tablet UI all the time.
Sent from My SmOoThA$$ Gtablet.
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Hello Nobe1976, I am a noob. Couple of days back I moved to Smoother Bean 1.5 (from Smoother Bean v 1.4.2) and have few comments on the new ROM
[a] Noticied new ROM v 1.5 does not require further flashing of Boot.Img (whereas v 1.4.2 had Boot.img update to be flashed right after ROM flash)
Old v 1.4.2 ROM was 106mb whereas new v.1.5 ROM is 144mb.
[c] New ROM is faster and smoother (than v 1.4.2). Appreciate your team's efforts
[d] Play Store is now not allowing me to install most (~75%) of my previously used apps (like Mint et al). This hinders to not use the tablet effectively
[e]. Is the issue mentioned on [d] anyway related to build.prop configuration of DPI is set to 160. Already changed DPI to 140 and 120 but in vain. Do I need to change any other property on build.prop? (FYI. Did modify another property from "userdebug" to "user").
[f] Felt the Stock browser is better (for Flash and Unicode support) than Chrome
Any further comments are greatly appreciated

Sub 320 DPI for Stock Z Ultra Rom

Does anyone know why I constantly get system-ui force closes when I set the DPI at 280 and 240.
Does the stock rom support sub 320 DPI?
it depends if its odexed or deodexed ...and if im not wrong..I remember I saw odex files in the system/app/ and system/priv-app/ folder
I might be just strolling on my own it was so long ago I read about this things. I only stick to CM roms these days
SÜPERUSER said:
it depends if its odexed or deodexed ...and if im not wrong..I remember I saw odex files in the system/app/ and system/priv-app/ folder
I might be just strolling on my own it was so long ago I read about this things. I only stick to CM roms these days
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I'd switch to a CM or GPe base but the colors look faded on those Roms.
My ROM is odexed (complete stock) you think deodex would work?
ChrisJ951 said:
I'd switch to a CM or GPe base but the colors look faded on those Roms.
My ROM is odexed (complete stock) you think deodex would work?
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faded...??
Me too, change DPI from 320 to 280 on stock rom and SystemUI always FC. I want Xperia Tablet UI on my Xperia Z Ultra stock rom
th0ngpham said:
Me too, change DPI from 320 to 280 on stock rom and SystemUI always FC. I want Xperia Tablet UI on my Xperia Z Ultra stock rom
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My experience with 240 DPI on KK stock based ROMs is that the Sony modification of the notifications/quick settings break those things when phablet mode is enabled. When the DPI is lowered to those numbers, Android automatically goes into phablet mode with a notification drawer on left swipe and quick settings on right ditto and what happens is that the first one breaks and fail to show any information.
In older 4.3 based stock ROMs, 240 DPI worked perfectly without breaking notifications on phablet mode.
Tablet mode itself has been removed but it can be restored through TabletKat for Xposed. The best way of running 240 DPI or 280 is to flash either the GPe ROM or something along those lines like CM11, CandyKat, SlimKat and so forth. The other option would be a 4.3 based stock ROM but I can't really recommend to jump back in Android versions.
E90 Commie said:
My experience with 240 DPI on KK stock based ROMs is that the Sony modification of the notifications/quick settings break those things when phablet mode is enabled. When the DPI is lowered to those numbers, Android automatically goes into phablet mode with a notification drawer on left swipe and quick settings on right ditto and what happens is that the first one breaks and fail to show any information.
In older 4.3 based stock ROMs, 240 DPI worked perfectly without breaking notifications on phablet mode.
Tablet mode itself has been removed but it can be restored through TabletKat for Xposed. The best way of running 240 DPI or 280 is to flash either the GPe ROM or something along those lines like CM11, CandyKat, SlimKat and so forth. The other option would be a 4.3 based stock ROM but I can't really recommend to jump back in Android versions.
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I mean it FC on 4.4, not 4.3
SÜPERUSER said:
faded...??
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The colors don't look as bright or punchy. They look faded out. I've only tried PA so far but the colors were severely lacking for me.
Perhaps the bravia engine stuff only gets executed at standard DPIs?
Can confirm that the GPE Rom supports all resolutions fine. I'm on 280 so at least you can resort to that if you're not tied to the stock Rom for any reasons

Themer and CM12 based roms

Hello there,
thank you for developing themer, i follow you since the first time.
It works like a charm on KK but now I am testing the new CM12 on my SGS2 and when I try to apply a theme Themer download and apply it but it is "resized" or messed up.
Anyone else is experiencing this issue? Any help?
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It seems that certain ROMS modify the original sgs2 DPI (im referring here to ResurrectionRemix ROM) and so themes are loaded broken.
Xipe_Totec said:
Hello there,
thank you for developing themer, i follow you since the first time.
It works like a charm on KK but now I am testing the new CM12 on my SGS2 and when I try to apply a theme Themer download and apply it but it is "resized" or messed up.
Anyone else is experiencing this issue? Any help?
EDIT
It seems that certain ROMS modify the original sgs2 DPI (im referring here to ResurrectionRemix ROM) and so themes are loaded broken.
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Themer works best with stock DPI. If you set your DPI to stock and then clear Themer's cache and data. Should work after that.
ThemerSupport said:
Themer works best with stock DPI. If you set your DPI to stock and then clear Themer's cache and data. Should work after that.
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yep thank you i figured out. just set proper DPI modifying "build.prop" file

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