Hi all!
I found out that density is 238.
> adb shell getprop ro.sf.lcd_density
I'm trying to change it with
> adb shell wm density XXX
After changing the density, screen will stop working. Just restart the device and it will work with the resolution you've set.
By now it works flawlesly. I used 200. Its not such a great change but now you can see more from notifications.
Thanks @Melhiat!
Cheers!
how does this change affect all other apps/aspects of the watch? like the lockscreen? all other "interactive" watchfaces ?
1immortal said:
how does this change affect all other apps/aspects of the watch? like the lockscreen? all other "interactive" watchfaces ?
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Some of the watchfaces don't show properly, but this happens to only 4 of them. Rest is ok. The other apps look even better, at least IMO.
can you please post some photos of the misplaced faces ? or even some list of "broken" apps/faces ?
1immortal said:
can you please post some photos of the misplaced faces ? or even some list of "broken" apps/faces ?
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Yes, updating first post.
Thread updated with some pics.
Density change succeeded. but it broke my watches touchscreen functionality.
Also after reverting back to 238, active watch faces are not showing anymore.
What now ?
Ok. After restarting the watch back to normal. Ufff.....
Forgot to mention that you have to restart the watch for the touchscreen to work properly. Despite that this method is safe.
Hi @_EriK_ ,
First of all, thanks you.
What is the microphone micro in the second screen?
Regards.
Alexis0o said:
Hi @_EriK_ ,
First of all, thanks you.
What is the microphone micro in the second screen?
Regards.
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It's said to be a Voice Assistant ,but only available in China for now.
Hi
how to restarting amazfit pace?
fabio..lereno said:
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how to restarting amazfit pace?
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Adb reboot
fabio..lereno said:
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how to restarting amazfit pace?
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Just enter adb reboot
Hello!
Can I change the DPI on amazfit VERGE?
of AMAZMOD I read the DPI with shell adb command
> adb shell getprop ro.sf.lcd_density
the value is 240
I'm trying to change it with
> adb shell wm density 200
but there is an error.
How can I set a new DPI value?
Thanks for any support
mixmaxmux said:
Hello!
Can I change the DPI on amazfit VERGE?
of AMAZMOD I read the DPI with shell adb command
> adb shell getprop ro.sf.lcd_density
the value is 240
I'm trying to change it with
> adb shell wm density 200
but there is an error.
How can I set a new DPI value?
Thanks for any support
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AmazMod has an option on watch (gear/aop menu) that can change screen resolution, did you try it? You can also try SetFont app, it is basically the same...
lfom said:
AmazMod has an option on watch (gear/aop menu) that can change screen resolution, did you try it? You can also try SetFont app, it is basically the same...
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Thanks for your suggestions.
I solved by installing the DPI changer on the Swatch and giving it permissions with the adb commands from the PC.
In this way I can change the PPE very quickly.
Regards
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I've seen this tweak for other devices and decide to give it a try for my Nexus One. it works great. This is what I've done.
1) connect phone to computer (using USB or my "ADB over WIFI" app, I connected over Wifi)
2) "ADB pull /system/build.prop"
3) Edit build.prop file (make a backup first), find density and change "240" to something else (I've tested 200 and 220, and settled down on 220)
4) "ADB remount"
5) "ADB push build.prop /system/build.prop"
6) "ADB reboot"
and you will see the magic. Try all commands on the command prompt without quotes. You definitely need a rooted phone.
Have Fun!
What's the advantage of this?
You get more display resolution, I think.
Yes? I think there's already a thread about this.. and I think someone posted that some apps doesn't work well with other resolutions
I tried with root explorer, rebooted and now nexus one looks much cooler. There are some problems with apps, for instance, blow up shrunk but all the native apps seems to be fine
I think this is the thread I mean
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765639
I have my Nexus set to 180 but I used the LCD Density Changer app in the market. Its a lot safer than doing it manually through the build.prop
Yoshilover said:
I have my Nexus set to 180 but I used the LCD Density Changer app in the market. Its a lot safer than doing it manually through the build.prop
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Safer???? That's exactly what that application does!
someone please post a screenshot (ddms) so we can see the actual resolution thats possible.
Unstable
My nexus one was unstable today, mostly non-google apps such as Luncher pro, I've changed it back to 240.
About safety, change density app will do the exact things in first post.
Before we could and still can change DPI for the phone but now that xposed is not working, we can't change specific apps that need original stock DPI. I hope I can live with the original DPI settings lol
Brava27 said:
Before we could and still can change DPI for the phone but now that xposed is not working, we can't change specific apps that need original stock DPI. I hope I can live with the original DPI settings lol
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Have you tried changing the DPI? I tried with textdroider and despite trying a few different values it didn't change. Textdroider reported the proper value but there was no change in anything.
you know you have to be rooted to change dpi, right?
if you are, do it in the build prop
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you know you have to be rooted to change dpi, right?
if you are, do it in the build prop
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Yes I know that and changing it in the build.prop is what textdroider does. I've done it with app and manually and it doesn't change anything.
so, when you save the new build.prop, and you open it again, it shows that your density settings are saved?
And, then after rebooting, the old density is back in the build prop?
I wont get my phone until later today, so I cant try it now, but that's strange..
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so, when you save the new build.prop, and you open it again, it shows that your density settings are saved?
And, then after rebooting, the old density is back in the build prop?
I wont get my phone until later today, so I cant try it now, but that's strange..
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Yes the new value shows after manual (and after textdroider) edit and save/reboot but the screen DPI doesn't actually change. The value is shown, but the screen is the same.
There are actually a few different values, the one that is 400 is the one I'd been changing. I wasn't sure what the two 640 values were and haven't changed them. Never seen a build.prop with multiple values. Didn't know if maybe those two values corresponded to the left and right edge screens since there are settings for them.
Have you found out any more info about this setting?
Has anyone tried running this via adb shell:
wm density 380 (or whatever density you want)
This worked fine without root on my Xperia phone. Just curious as I am thinking about getting this phone, but not setting density is a potential dealbreaker.
Alright so an update, it's the first 640 value that changes the DPI. The one under #system.prop for universal7420. I changed it to 580 and the attached pic is the result. I loaded google now launcher to test the scaling and it appropriately scales itself to use the whole screen whereas TW moved itself to the top left of the display. I guess the next challenge is to make TW properly scale.
I noticed that last night. I wonder what the other 2 dpi settings control?
adb works
I have successfully changed the DPI using adb on normal S6, though Play Store now believe it to be a tablet. Also, most of touchwiz hates it, not a big deal for most things, camera may be the biggest annoyance when its only taking up the upper right 60% of the screen.
Has anyone sucessfully changed the per app DPI, like you can with Paranoidandroid?
Look for "buil prop editor" on play store!! But the kamera and keybord looks like a#$
Dears, you can easily swap de dpi with a simple app : Resolution changer.
Kind regards,
wikidavid said:
Dears, you can easily swap de dpi with a simple app : Resolution changer.
Kind regards,
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What are you doing? trying to pad your post count? Exact same reply in three different threads about DPI, as well as your other post in the same threads asking "dears to please not use the double post..." WTF?
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What are you doing? trying to pad your post count? Exact same reply in three different threads about DPI, as well as your other post in the same threads asking "dears to please not use the double post..." WTF?
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I'm just trying these things :
1) delete double post/overflow on the forum
2) give a solution anyway.
Don't be upset, there's no reason to... Have a nice day !
boosting1bar said:
Have you tried changing the DPI? I tried with textdroider and despite trying a few different values it didn't change. Textdroider reported the proper value but there was no change in anything.
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I also tried the same thing with no results
Hi,
I changed my DPI successfully by changing the first occurrence of ro.sf.lcd_density from 640 to 540 in /system/build.prop using the built-in texteditor in root explorer (and rebooting afterwards ofcourse).
Then I noticed the camera didn't work properly anymore, so I created a fix for that (see this post).
Hope you'll get it to work, it seems the same to me as on earlier devices with as exception that the ro.sf.lcd_density occurs multiple times in the build.prop file.
Cheers,
Bane.
For testing different resolutions:
- have a functional adb
- enable USB debugging on device (developer options)
- connect device to your PC via USB cable. Then start a cmd in folder containing adb.exe. Type "adb devices" (without quotes) in the command prompt to check if adb recognizes the phone
- If is OK, type "adb shell wm density ZZZ" (no quotes) where "ZZZ" is the pixel density value you want to try (default is 640)
- no reboot needed, the change is on-the-fly
- check the programs (Samsung ones - dialler, calendar, camera, launcher, etc...)
- the change will disappear when you reboot your device.
per-app DPI...not; only with Xposed, when will be available.
Once you find the desired resolution it can be inserted in build.prop
Hi:
I am trying to run gscript on the watch. Unfortunately, it does not fit on the screen. I found someone who said that in order to run it, I need to "change dpi of your watch to smaller (like 180 or something, default is 240)", but gave no instructions on how to do that. Any ideas?
hallevison said:
Hi:
I am trying to run gscript on the watch. Unfortunately, it does not fit on the screen. I found someone who said that in order to run it, I need to "change dpi of your watch to smaller (like 180 or something, default is 240)", but gave no instructions on how to do that. Any ideas?
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You can change your DPI by connecting your watch to a computer with debugging enabled, using ADB type:
adb shell wm density XXX where XXX is the density you wish to apply. Be warned, this setting does stick between reboots. (At least, it has for me.)
EDIT: I also found that 175 is a pretty good DPI for the G Watch. I installed Twilight on the watch so that after sunset, it's not killing my eyes in the dark and needed to set the DPI so I could use it.
yep, that worked. thanks. I will try it with gscript lite to see if that will work.
ShadowEO said:
You can change your DPI by connecting your watch to a computer with debugging enabled, using ADB type:
adb shell wm density XXX where XXX is the density you wish to apply. Be warned, this setting does stick between reboots. (At least, it has for me.)
EDIT: I also found that 175 is a pretty good DPI for the G Watch. I installed Twilight on the watch so that after sunset, it's not killing my eyes in the dark and needed to set the DPI so I could use it.
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Can you post some pics on 175dpi?
Verstuurd vanaf mijn Nexus 5 met Tapatalk
hi,
Do I have the ability to increase font size, at least in the notifications?
For me they are small
Thanks
For me too! . Any solution?
rooomish said:
For me too! . Any solution?
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Hi,
I use watchdroid. With this application it is possible to change the notification font size. In addition to other functions such as responding to messages with pre-defined responses.
pmartires76 said:
Hi,
I use watchdroid. With this application it is possible to change the notification font size. In addition to other functions such as responding to messages with pre-defined responses.
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Thanks. And this app is really working also with AMAFIT Bip???
There is no Android Wear OS on it...
rooomish said:
Thanks. And this app is really working also with AMAFIT Bip???
There is no Android Wear OS on it...
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I've installed in a amazfit stratos.
It seems that doesn't work in amazfit bip...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/smartwatch/amazfit/custom-apps-amazfit-bip-t3737509
Check in other forum guys.... There are plenty of modified firmware out there giving you the option to have a bigger font
See pic attached
I also attached (see next message) a Spanish document explaining everything about the bip... Use Google translator and you will get there.... Good luck.
Here the manual
Here it is
lemmon said:
Check in other forum guys.... There are plenty of modified firmware out there giving you the option to have a bigger font
See pic attached
I also attached (see next message) a Spanish document explaining everything about the bip... Use Google translator and you will get there.... Good luck.
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And what is your recommendation - which stable mod firmware do you prefer for that?
Thank you!
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And what is your recommendation - which stable mod firmware do you prefer for that?
Thank you!
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+1
pmartires76 said:
I've installed in a amazfit stratos.
It seems that doesn't work in amazfit bip...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/smartwatch/amazfit/custom-apps-amazfit-bip-t3737509
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Hi. I have the amazfit stratos. How is this application installed on the watch?
Enviado desde mi SM-N950F mediante Tapatalk
lemmon said:
Check in other forum guys.... There are plenty of modified firmware out there giving you the option to have a bigger font
See pic attached
I also attached (see next message) a Spanish document explaining everything about the bip... Use Google translator and you will get there.... Good luck.
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It would be very useful having it summarised somewhere. I just spent 3 hours searching this forum and handful others, but amount of information is overwhelming. Especially there is almost always mixup of versions in many threads - Bip, Pace, Stratos etc... (including this one), description of multiple software versions, multiple languages etc. If you not watching closely multiple threads, you won't be able to choose right file and avoid risk of bricking your device. Especially if - like me - you want just increase font size .
A user/developer named ahsim has been posting modified fonts for the Bip in an unofficial Russian Amazfit forum.
http://myamazfit.ru/forums/shrifty-dlja-amazfit-bip.14/
I don't speak Russian but Chrome automatic translation works well. ahsim has created "big" (larger) and "bold" (heavier) typefaces - I find the bold one greatly improves legibility of Bip notifications. I'm attaching the files below in an archive.
To use the fonts, install Gadgetbridge on an Android phone and pair with the watch. Then copy the font(s) to the phone and open one in your default file manager. Gadgetbridge associates itself with .ft files and will offer to upload the font to the watch. It's a low risk procedure that doesn't mess with the core firmware or resources. When the short upload is finished, the new font will be activated immediately and you'll see it in notifications and menus.
Now you're talking!
Thanks!
hm, would be nice to have the same for the Stratos - watch droid is a bit overkill for just increasing the font size...
jofran2 said:
Hi. I have the amazfit stratos. How is this application installed on the watch?
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Hi,
Search "install watch droid" and you will find videos with the instructions por amazfit pace. Just do the same for Stratos.
File manager not open the files. Any other way? Thank you
any solution for small font on bip? I have tried install font solution, font became bit bold but the large size font not changing
It's possible to set the font size using adb:
# current font size:
adb shell settings get system font_scale
> 1.0
# set smaller font size:
adb shell settings put system font_scale 0.8
# set greater font size:
adb shell settings put system font_scale 1.2
You might experience with other values. You should reboot after changing the size.
I'm trying to list all kind of tunings here.
morlenxus said:
It's possible to set the font size using adb:
# current font size:
adb shell settings get system font_scale
> 1.0
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I don't think it would work for BIP, as it doesn't run Android but a proprietary OS...
For Pace and Stratos you can also use this app:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/smartwatch/amazfit/app-set-font-amazfit-watches-pace-t3808837
I dont know what is wrong with OPPO ColorOS system engineer. Such a big screen phone, how can they delete the DISPLAY SIZE?
I even checked all the oppo phones, they are the same. Even VIVO phones.
And this makes the ColorOS UI very ugly.
but you can set it by ABD Code or developer options.
after you set it, you can see the difference with the orignal DPI settings (360). because the original one is really ugly.
better set as 420 or even bigger. personally I prefer 480 or 500.
but, questions coming. while restarting your phone. it will become like this. Damn.... I dont even know why it can be like this.
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Does anybody have a good way to set it please?
thanks a lot.
Since ColorOS is heavily modified by oppo, on current stage it's impossible to change it, and if u adjust the DPI higher than 360 you'll also noticed that the status bar will go crazy...
zhuyonsan said:
I dont know what is wrong with OPPO ColorOS system engineer. Such a big screen phone, how can they delete the DISPLAY SIZE?
I even checked all the oppo phones, they are the same. Even VIVO phones.
And this makes the ColorOS UI very ugly.
but you can set it by ABD Code or developer options.
after you set it, you can see the difference with the orignal DPI settings (360). because the original one is really ugly.
better set as 420 or even bigger. personally I prefer 480 or 500.
but, questions coming. while restarting your phone. it will become like this. Damn.... I dont even know why it can be like this.
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Does anybody have a good way to set it please?
thanks a lot.
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No way to change it unfortunately. Apps like Youtube and Google Now look ridiculously magnified.
Display size
Highly disappointed .there is no option to set display size.everything looks so zoom out
@zhuyonsan how did you change DPI through ADB, when I tried it show me an error saying "Security exception: Permission denial: writing to settings requires:android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS"
Thanks
karunch said:
@zhuyonsan how did you change DPI through ADB, when I tried it show me an error saying "Security exception: Permission denial: writing to settings requires:android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS"
Thanks
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Two ways of doing it.
1. Developer Options---Smallest width.
2.ADB: adb shell wm density XXX && adb reboot (XXX： the size which you wanna change)
@zhuyonsan That didn't work for me, see attached image
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@zhuyonsan That didn't work for me, see attached image
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adb shell
wm density 420
adb reboot
I'm getting the same java.lang.SecurityException: Must hold permission android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS error as Karunch when running the command 'wm density 420' inside the adb shell. Was there a fix for this?
solution
drazil22 said:
I'm getting the same java.lang.SecurityException: Must hold permission android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS error as Karunch when running the command 'wm density 420' inside the adb shell. Was there a fix for this?
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it works, just remember to check "Disable Permission Monitoring" in Developer Options
i set at 480 dpi with nova launcher prime
Hope it hepls
allacciascarpa said:
it works, just remember to check "Disable Permission Monitoring" in Developer Options
i set at 480 dpi with nova launcher prime
Hope it hepls
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And what about neon notifications? On different dpi it makes a strange display effect!
freccia said:
And what about neon notifications? On different dpi it makes a strange display effect!
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Here everything works fine.
So, any way yet to get rid of those weird cutouts on status and nav bar once we change dpi yet?
freccia said:
And what about neon notifications? On different dpi it makes a strange display effect!
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Allesa said:
So, any way yet to get rid of those weird cutouts on status and nav bar once we change dpi yet?
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That's one more noise...
allacciascarpa said:
it works, just remember to check "Disable Permission Monitoring" in Developer Options
i set at 480 dpi with nova launcher prime
Hope it hepls
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Thanks! it was that second setting that I was missing. Also your additional post mentioning you had no problems with the notification bar. I originally set the dpi at 420 but got the messed up notification bar. Changed it to 480 to match your post and the display bug fixed :good:. I guess 420 does not scale properly with the default dpi but 480 does.
Edit: ok I think I finally figured this out. you have to use a lower number like '360' to increase what's displayed on the screen. 'wm density 480' is the default value.
Don't let people confuse you in this thread. Basically the dpi can be changed in the "minimum width" parameter in the developer settings. However, Oppo is absolutely tyrannical in their allowance of the dev menu. The entire status bar turns a flashing orange warning that the developer mode will lead to phone issues. Setting the dpi from the dev menu results in NO status bar anomalies. Upon disabling the developer menu, all dpi changes are LOST. The other way to change the dpi is through adb. The command wm density does this. This produces the same change as the developer mode does. Great right, let's use adb to just change the dpi and not use the dev mode. Well the developer mode is required to be enabled to further enable USB debugging to even send adb commands in the first place. So upon disabling dev mode, all adb dpi changes are also reset. I also used the command wm density xx && reboot. When rebooted the corner of the top and bottom right side has a black anomalous overlay.
Of all tweaks I care about, a custom launcher is one, but dpi is the next. This phone is borderline unbearable.
xNiNELiVES said:
Don't let people confuse you in this thread. Basically the dpi can be changed in the "minimum width" parameter in the developer settings.
Of all tweaks I care about, a custom launcher is one, but dpi is the next. This phone is borderline unbearable.
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Totally agree to this. I don't think we have any clean solution right now. ColorOS is such a terrible skin to work with and probably Oppo is not serious about this. The team wants to add new features, but ironically some of these important basic android features have gone for a toss.. Shame! Such a software experience is a bummer and I'm not gonna consider Oppo in future - I'm really frustrated.
Is there a way we can send a strong message to the team for this inclusion of this basic option?
Download MS Resolution changer from playsotre, you can change the resololution and the dpi without roor but you have to give the app a permission from adb in order to use the it.
1-Install the app from Playstore on your phone
2-Open it
3-Enable "usb debugging" in Developer Options.
4-Enable "Disable Permissions Monitoring" in Developer Options.
5-Conncet your phone to your pc with usb cable and run this command on adb:
"adb shell pm grant com.draco.smresolutionchanger android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS"
6-Go back to the app and change resolution and dpi, I have an Oppo F9 and the best parameters is resolution: 1080x2340 | dpi: 360
Here's some screenshots : drive.google.com/open?id=10RajURi6meQG6XtobTP3YpW3dWs3MHt4
It takes effect immediately after changing it to 450 BUT it gets reset to default after rebooting.
Change:
c:\minimal_adb_fastboot_1.4.3_portable>adb shell wm density 450
Before ADB Reboot:
c:\minimal_adb_fastboot_1.4.3_portable>adb shell wm density
Physical density: 480
Override density: 450
After ADB reboot:
c:\minimal_adb_fastboot_1.4.3_portable>adb shell wm density
Physical density: 480
Is there some user start script where I can put this setting so that it get's picked up each time I restart Oppo Find X6 Pro (on Android 13) ?? (or some other way to make it permanent (phone not rooted)).