Individual app DPI - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I used paranoid android for a while and really loved it. But I started to miss a lot of the features that came stock with the galaxy s3.
So I was wondering if there was some way to set the dpi for apps individually (like in paranoid android) whilst still maintaining a stock rom.
I know how to set dpi overall (tablet mode), but I'd love to have a hybridised stock rom.
How does an app actually know what dpi to render as, does it draw it from the build.prop?

Download Rom toolbox and change to 160 dpi, go to performance- >bild.prop tweaks and change from there lcd density to 160 from the app
You will need root permission for it
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He's asking to change the dpi per application. Not the entire display dpi. That's only possible in paranoid android.
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nicholas1520 said:
He's asking to change the dpi per application. Not the entire display dpi. That's only possible in paranoid android.
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Is there a way to intercept the call to build.prop and send back a '"false" dpi to render an app in a specific format, or would you have to have a custom rom for that? Would that be beyond the scope of an app?

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Native resolution

Why is there never been the ability to change the native resolution in an android rom? What hindrance to we android users have over a windows user who can change his resolution in the control panel?
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You can with lcd density changer.
Use pro version to save the settings on your cellphone.
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You can also change the LCD density manually by editing your build.prop file. You must be rooted for this though.
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Lcd density selection

I adjusted my density to 240 and looks beautiful! Anyone else play around with any sizes?
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i run mine at 201
u921333 said:
I adjusted my density to 240 and looks beautiful! Anyone else play around with any sizes?
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One of the first things I did was set it to 240. Seeing as I run 160 on my gs2 it was sort of a necessity. also 240 guarantees full market access.
Any issues with 240 ? Dialer our screen not properly aligned?
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ahjdmarchi said:
Any issues with 240 ? Dialer our screen not properly aligned?
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I haven't seen anything yet. Google music does switch to tablet mode, drives me nuts on the gs2 but fitting here
I use go dialer because the stock dialer shrinks and is off center but that's really only thing i noticed
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How did you adjust the density
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My icons are off-center and cut off. Which is too bad because I really like the lower density.
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My icons are off-center and cut off. Which is too bad because I really like the lower density.
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If you use touchwiz its guaranteed to happen. Switch launchers (all good on go launcher and adw) or search for a mdpi version. The hyperdroid guys make one iirc.
Edit: I see the dialer. I'mgoing to try to push A mdpi version
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If you use touchwiz its guaranteed to happen. Switch launchers (all good on go launcher and adw) or search for a mdpi version. The hyperdroid guys make one iirc.
Edit: I see the dialer. I'mgoing to try to push A mdpi version
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I use ADW EX.
I ask again how do you change density
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cmucooper said:
I ask again how do you change density
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Change the line
Code:
ro.sf.lcd_density=320
to
Code:
ro.sf.lcd_density=240
in /system/build.prop, either using Root explorer or ADB
As for my results, aside from scaling everything down, it looks very crisp and clear. I'm too used to the 320 resolution, so i'm going to set it back.
Can someone post an mdpi touch wiz and dialer....I'm actually liking the touch wiz.....240 looked nice but having the launcher cut in half and drawer sucks, and messed up dialer to...but man 240 looks nice
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I use lcd density on the market basically its a gui that does the build prop adjustments.
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cmucooper said:
I ask again how do you change density
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Go to the market and get an app called Nitrality. You can change your dpi with it and it'll stick after reboot unlike LCD changer
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Guessing you need root for that?
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I just downloaded Nitrality, but didn't change the setting because it looks like it only allows you to set it as high as 240. That is, it says 320 (default) when you open the dialog for it, but as soon as you slide the slider, the highest you can go is 240. This leads me to believe that the slider is hardcoded to top out at 240, and that if you change it using this app, you won't be able to go back to the stock 320 using this app. Just a word of warning if you are only trying to see if you like it. Someone who has used this app might be able to check if the 320 option appears after you have set 240? I kind of doubt it, but it's possible.
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I haven't seen anything yet. Google music does switch to tablet mode, drives me nuts on the gs2 but fitting here
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I have not changed my LCD density and my google music is using the tablet mode out of the box.
pj_rage said:
I just downloaded Nitrality, but didn't change the setting because it looks like it only allows you to set it as high as 240. That is, it says 320 (default) when you open the dialog for it, but as soon as you slide the slider, the highest you can go is 240. This leads me to believe that the slider is hardcoded to top out at 240, and that if you change it using this app, you won't be able to go back to the stock 320 using this app. Just a word of warning if you are only trying to see if you like it. Someone who has used this app might be able to check if the 320 option appears after you have set 240? I kind of doubt it, but it's possible.
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Nitrality tops out at 300. To go back to 320, you an always just manually change the value in the build prop.
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the LCD Resolution app I use you can set it to change on Boot and it has a button to revert to Stock right on it so if you wanted to go back it goes right to 320

Halo Waypoint

I just got this halo waypoint app and I really like it. However, my pixel density is set at 200 rather than the default 240. Because of this, my halo waypoint app when opened, appears much smaller than my screen. Is there a easy way to mod the apk to make it think my pixel density is 240, similar to the market fix that provides a modded google play apk from LCD density modder pro?
Thanks
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Shredder96 said:
I just got this halo waypoint app and I really like it. However, my pixel density is set at 200 rather than the default 240. Because of this, my halo waypoint app when opened, appears much smaller than my screen. Is there a easy way to mod the apk to make it think my pixel density is 240, similar to the market fix that provides a modded google play apk from LCD density modder pro?
Thanks
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i dont have this issue
Well that doesn't help me, what pixel density are you using?
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I have an amaze and the app is full screen
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If you know how to edit the build prob due that, and put 240 instead of 200 it will trick the app
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Is it fairly easy to edit the build prop, only with the intent to trick the app? When I have my pixel density at 240, it works fine, but the default density sucks
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There is a tool on the market that will change it for you. Just search density changer or something
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Let me reiterate, I completely understand how to change my LCD density and it works great. But, my halo waypoint app when opened doesn't fill the entire screen. I am looking for a way to trick the app into thinking by pixel density is 240 so it is full screen.
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Can anyone recommend a DPI changing app?

Hey guys, I like to Luzon my DPI to 280 from 320 to make the system show smaller fonts (and to spoof SPB Launcher to allow 5x5 grid instead of 4x4). The app I use, (LCD Resolution) for some reason won't retain my settings are after a reboot.
I've been out of the android game for the last year, so I'm playing catch-up
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Have you messed around with the xposed framework?
That is what I use to change the DPI on select apps.
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I think he wants the entire system changed isn't xposed just app by app? I personally just change it in my build.prop save and reboot. However pimp my ROM let's you do it if you prefer
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kintwofan said:
I think he wants the entire system changed isn't xposed just app by app? I personally just change it in my build.prop save and reboot. However pimp my ROM let's you do it if you prefer
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I set my system LCD density, then used xposed to set apps that need 320 dpi.
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Slimabean DPI Question

I'm loving slims 4.3 ROM, but on stock DPI, 480, I get bleed over from widgets on adjacent screens. Is this just the way the DPI chooser operates, or do I have something set incorrectly? Thanks for any advice! Looked thru FAQs on ROM, didn't see anything regarding topic.
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