Hello:
Have any other users noticed your note 8 system wide text and icons changing size randomly?
I have this issue on mine and looking for a resolution.
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Hi All,
I currently own a viewsonic vpad 10s tablet. It's currently on 1024x600.. is it possible to have a software hack or other to change the resolution to 1280x like the xoom?
The short answer is no.
The longer answer is...kind of.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.beansoft.lcd_density_changer&feature=search_result
BK553 said:
The longer answer is...kind of.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.beansoft.lcd_density_changer&feature=search_result
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OK, and now the even longer answer.
There is no way to increase the resolution to 1280 x 800. Our display is an AU OPTRONICS B101AW06. Look it up on the net & you'll find max resolution is 1024 x 600. What BK553 is speaking about is a change in text DPI. You can see this in Windows where you can change the DPI. Manufacturers normally set the DPI to give the user the best readability but not necessarily the highest DPI. If you change the DPI, text & icons will become smaller (or larger depending on if you increase or decrease the DPI). To see what effect LCDDensity Changer may have, see the attached picture. Icons are smaller & text is smaller, giving the illusion of higher resolution. Notice how the backbround is the same while the text & icons are smaller.
Again, you can not change the resolution...videos, pictures etc will always displayed at a max resolution of 1024 x 600.
By the way, check this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=864338&highlight=lcd and you will see that atleast in Dec 2010 there used to be a field in build.prop that you could change to change the DPI. I looked for it in mine (I'm running Calkulin+Clemsyn Combo v6) and that field no longer appears.
hatorihanzo said:
Hi All,
I currently own a viewsonic vpad 10s tablet. It's currently on 1024x600.. is it possible to have a software hack or other to change the resolution to 1280x like the xoom?
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I use blade and spare parts to tweak the dpi. don't think you can get up to 1280 with any software though.
Hello Tablet Z community,
This is my first post in this devices forums since getting mine last week. It's a great device, love it, etc.
I've never owned an Android device with a screen resolution this high so I've yet to encounter this problem - some of my games (specifically the emulator PPSSPP) have relatively low framerates (compared to my less powerful Samsung P6810 @ 800x1280). I know with computers in particular it's trivially easy to change resolutions in games/the OS, especially to increase FPS but I've never seen a method to do this on Android and Google searches turn up people mentioning device resolution without changing them.
Does anyone know if it's possible to, ideally, force a different resolution for a particular application? A less than ideal solution would be a system wide change but I would be willing to endure temporarily to increase FPS.
Any advice and suggestions would be greatly appreciated
I would be interested to know about this, iv just loaded ppsspp however havent been able to play any of the playable games listed, I did see a few videos of the xperia z playing well, however that has the same resolution and specs.
juzza87 said:
Does anyone know if it's possible to, ideally, force a different resolution for a particular application? A less than ideal solution would be a system wide change
Any advice and suggestions would be greatly appreciated
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That was recently discussed in this thread: LCD Density Changes and Results (With Pics)
Cat McGowan said:
That was recently discussed in this thread: LCD Density Changes and Results (With Pics)
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This is very different, setting the DPI to a non-stock value just resizes the userspace, the resolution is fixed and unchangeable as the OP is thinking. Compared to a Windows PC where you can change the resolution, in Android you only have the ability to change the dpi, which states how large the pixel-to-screen size is. A smaller number indicates a smaller pixel-to-screen size, meaning the information shown on screen is sized for a laeger screen (making it smaller, since the screen is a fixed size). And a larger number has the reverse effect. Android UI guidelines set the optimal dpi for resolution vs. screen size, to mainain a similar experience across devices (similarly sized icons and fonts, etc). Again, this has nothing to do with adjusting the physical resolution of the device, which (to my knowledge) is not possible in Android.
daveid said:
This is very different, setting the DPI to a non-stock value just resizes the userspace, the resolution is fixed and unchangeable as the OP is thinking. Compared to a Windows PC where you can change the resolution, in Android you only have the ability to change the dpi, which states how large the pixel-to-screen size is. A smaller number indicates a smaller pixel-to-screen size, meaning the information shown on screen is sized for a laeger screen (making it smaller, since the screen is a fixed size). And a larger number has the reverse effect. Android UI guidelines set the optimal dpi for resolution vs. screen size, to mainain a similar experience across devices (similarly sized icons and fonts, etc). Again, this has nothing to do with adjusting the physical resolution of the device, which (to my knowledge) is not possible in Android.
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Heh. Thanks for the schooling, but it was unnecessary, I didn't just fall off a turnip truck.
Thanks for the replies guys, at least now I know for sure..
I have used Note 1 and Note 2 the last 2 years, and now finally got the Ultra Z. Even if the screen is big, I think the text size on several internet pages (use Chrome) and several Apps are tiny compared to the size of the text on the Galxy Notes. I have of course been in settings under screen and increased the text size to the largest level, and also tried to increse the text size in my Chrome Browser, but this does not help. For example my Swiftkey keyboard feels smaller on Ultra than Note 2, even if I have changed the setting also to max portrait and landscape height.
Any solution to this issues problem?
thx
Asslove said:
I have used Note 1 and Note 2 the last 2 years, and now finally got the Ultra Z. Even if the screen is big, I think the text size on several internet pages (use Chrome) and several Apps are tiny compared to the size of the text on the Galxy Notes. I have of course been in settings under screen and increased the text size to the largest level, and also tried to increse the text size in my Chrome Browser, but this does not help. For example my Swiftkey keyboard feels smaller on Ultra than Note 2, even if I have changed the setting also to max portrait and landscape height.
Any solution to this issues problem?
thx
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Firstly, it's not a problem, it's the way the phones designed, it makes proper use of the 1080p screens real estate and sets the dpi to something realistic. Galaxy Note used the same screen dpi as all its lower res phones so was completely pointless.
If you want to change dpi, you'll have to root and then either install an app which does it, but the often cause bootloops or you can manually edit the build.prop file yourself.
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Firstly, it's not a problem, it's the way the phones designed, it makes proper use of the 1080p screens real estate and sets the dpi to something realistic. Galaxy Note used the same screen dpi as all its lower res phones so was completely pointless.
If you want to change dpi, you'll have to root and then either install an app which does it, but the often cause bootloops or you can manually edit the build.prop file yourself.
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Root + Xposed framework + per_app_dpi and no bootloop. Only thing that can happen it's the app won't open with a bad dpi setting.
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Hello!
I just bought a used galaxy tab s3 to replace my kindle fire HD10. Overall I am in love with the device and the screen but there is one annoyance i am not able to sort out properly.
Basically subtitle size in vlc and Netflix apps is huge. I reduced screen zoom and font size to minimum and even downloaded a new font from Samsung, but still is way too big. Eventually, I managed to sort of fix it by changing the size to small in vlc, but in Netflix I had to change size on the account and this is all for all devices.
I would like to know if you all are having the same issue and if you also notice subs are really big specially in Netflix. And if you have a better solution than reducing the size in the account settings from Netflix.
Thanks!!!!
If this is not possible on the samsumg rom, any recommendation for custom roms that has minimal amount of bugs?
Default it should be 421ppi but after update it was 320 hence every apps looked awful (way too big)
anyone got same problem?
G991B/DS
Yeah… I played around with the screen zoom settings and font size. Seems everything back to normal or I just got used to it.