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?
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Hi, i have a Samsung Galaxy S2 which i would like to change the Pixel Density of. It is rooted currently, but I just want to be able to read texts clearer and play my games and watch videos more sharp and crisp.. i know there are afew apps on the android market which can do this, but if i want clear/sharpness which is the recommended pixel density(240 is the default).
Also, i need something that will work perfectly on Galaxy S2, like, not make the widgets or icons or anything out of proportion...i want things to auto fit
It's in theory impossible since our display is 480 by 800.. If you want a better display sell your SGS2 and buy a Nexus
how is it impossible? there are apps which change the density...
cant i just use a custom home screen launcher?
have a look at hyperdroid. It is MDPI compatible
There is an app that magically creates more physical pixels on you screen? Wow how much is that and could it make my hdtv into a 3D tv too?.. Serious how do you think thats possible? If you want a better pixel density buy a phone with an hd screen because you definatly cannot change it...
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how is it impossible? there are apps which change the density...
cant i just use a custom home screen launcher?
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no.
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Unless I misunderstood your question, there is no way on gods earth that you can create more pixels (ie higher density) than what there physically is.
The best you can do is to max out the screen brightness which gives the illusion of a better picture.
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Hi, i have a Samsung Galaxy S2 which i would like to change the Pixel Density of. It is rooted currently, but I just want to be able to read texts clearer and play my games and watch videos more sharp and crisp.. i know there are afew apps on the android market which can do this, but if i want clear/sharpness which is the recommended pixel density(240 is the default).
Also, i need something that will work perfectly on Galaxy S2, like, not make the widgets or icons or anything out of proportion...i want things to auto fit
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Of course you can change the density, just edit system/build.prop with rootexplorer..
Despite the smart answers above, I know what you mean, and love this app on my Asus TF-101
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/change-android-screen-resolution-with-lcd-density/
http://www.redmondpie.com/change-sc...android-device-with-lcd-resolution-root-only/
No need for that much complication, you just need to decrease the pixel value, well you can do that by editing build.prop or just use a simple app from market called LCD Resolution (Root).
But no, how on earth would you technically increase dpi while I9100 is given a 480x800 resolution hardware wise.
Wish that was possible and I could made my 1680x1050 monitor a HD one
why you would like do that ?
yes, i'm courious too, why?
What is the exact screen size I should use while developing apps for Prime ?
Declared screen resolution isn't correct, because I used that and tested and its not showing in full size as it should, so it must be some other screen size.
Don't know, but would it work to take a screen shot and mail yourself the photo?
I had the same trouble with my hubs screens. Beautiful Photoshop stuff, but when they display at the original (advertised) size, they have a few pixels missing at either end.
I've used 1280x800px, but width of 1280 won't go to their ends and height seems to be shorter, because I see font degradation and rest of the objects, but its best visible on fonts (at least in my case.)
I'll have to explore tomorrow with different sizes... although I don't like these testing where I have to do whoknows how much of them to find exact dimensions.
The system bar take 48 pixels. So the actual resolution that's is available is 1280x752
If you going to create a app. I why don't look at android developer section for guide and info.. Just a suggestion...
http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html
http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html#DeclaringTabletLayouts
Asus Prime & Tapatalk
Both of your links don't mention 752px, there is 720.
Anyways I don't use Android SDK or any other of their info. I use Adobe Flash and do it all from there. Very easy and no need for lots of reading
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)
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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.
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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.
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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..
On all 4.0 stock ROMs for the Mediapad i can use the TV, which I connected with HDMI, as a secondary screen and turn off the tablet screen seperately. The image is outputted in 1080p as my display shows me and when Android detects video, like Youtube, another videoplayer or even on Flash Player it automatically removes the navbar and the black bar on the sides because of the 16:10 format of the tablet.
But on the CM and AOKP custom roms with Jelly Bean this functionality apparently was removed. :/ It's cool that there is even an image output on HDMI (thanks to the dev^^), because for a long time the output on CM was quite buggy. But because it's always outputted on 720p with black bars on the sides and when i play video it doesn't switches in fullscreen, as it did in ICS, the HDMI output is quite useless for me.
Is there any possibility to add those functions back, change the hdmi resolution or just maybe readd the automatic fullscreen switch for videos?
I already searched and looked through many threads and it looks like the ASUS Transformer Pads also got this problem with the Jelly Bean 4.2 update and the Nexus 10 got the same problem. I found an this script for the Nexus 10 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2278508) and tried it, but it just messed up my UI, so I had to wipe, and didn't even changed the HDMI output resolution. I also found these two apps (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.forbitel.screensettings&hl=de and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2300248), but I really don't know if they're gonna work, because even if it says in the description of the "Screen Settings" app, that it's for devices with screens larger than 4.5 inch, it looks like they're intented for the Nexus 10 and I really don't want to mess up my UI again, just to wipe install everything one more time
I wish I could get some clarification from the experts here.
Sorry if I didn't pick the most suitable forum to raise my question.
With displays resolution increasing on high-end android phones (now FHD) and some tablets too, I'd expect the browsers to take advantage on that.
Although this is some thing where I can't see any progress even with the newest hardware.
The same webpage as seen on a FHD laptop, or on a FHD smartphone, doesn't show the same thing.
The minimum zoom for a smartphone seems to be set in such away that a significant part from pages with most content is cut, in respective to what's seen on a FHD laptop.
Some could argue that once the smartphone screens are much smaller, it doesn't make sense to have same zoom level settings as it won't be readable. Although smartphone screens are getting bigger, and many tablets have big enough displays to show it in a different and still readable way...
Furthermore in many cases if you turn a smartphone in portrait or landscape you can see exactly the same content displayed wide-wise, which doesn't make any sense.
Landscape mode could make better use of the larger horizontal display resolution and show additional content.
I've tried many browsers on Android, but all seem to show the same limitations and no settings to decrease the default zoom level, neither it is possible to manually zoom-out further in any way.
Does anyone knows if this is an Android OS limitation and when this foreseen to improve, or if there is some browser that gives further control on the minimum zoom level?
I should say this has been the main reason why I've not seen a justification to change my device for a new one with better HW and larger screen...
The browsers on my qHD device, show exactly the same thing as the newest FHD ones.
Thanks in advance!