Noob question but what does changing dpi settings do and whhat are advantages/disadvantages I see people talking about changing this and wondering why?
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Changing dpi all in your screen will be smaller than stock.
good→better looking
bad → some apps stock and not doesnt have compatibility (for example dialer isnt in the center of the screen.)
So would recommend to change this on my note? Also what would be the best setting?
Also would this make apps crash if they not compatible?
Thanks for your reply and help
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Does anybody know how to fix this? Lowering the DPI or increasing it doesn't seem to fix it.
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go to options and disable tablet mode, you will be prompted to reboot, do it and it should be fixed
go to options and disable tablet mode, you will be prompted to reboot, do it and it should be fixed
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It is already disabled. Should I try enabling it?
EDIT: Tried enabling it. It made it worse
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iAreBeRtii said:
It is already disabled. Should I try enabling it?
EDIT: Tried enabling it. It made it worse
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no, check all the dpi options and make sure you are using 120 or 160,btw which keyboard are you using?
diegonnc said:
no, check all the dpi options and make sure you are using 120 or 160,btw which keyboard are you using?
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I'm using stock keyboard and I'm using 160 in both System and user Apps but one wierd thing is that there are some values that I did not insert when I got to change density per app. Like in android system it's using 120, in browser 140 etc. Does this affect anything?
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iAreBeRtii said:
I'm using stock keyboard and I'm using 160 in both System and user Apps but one wierd thing is that there are some values that I did not insert when I got to change density per app. Like in android system it's using 120, in browser 140 etc. Does this affect anything?
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im set every density option to 120, and i use swiftkey keyboard and its density is at 160.Try to set everything at 120 except the keyboard, set that one to 160
diegonnc said:
im set every density option to 120, and i use swiftkey keyboard and its density is at 160.Try to set everything at 120 except the keyboard, set that one to 160
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But some apps dissapear when I do that :/
EDIT: Tried it but still same problem.
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iAreBeRtii said:
But some apps dissapear when I do that :/
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what apps ? everything is working fine here
diegonnc said:
what apps ? everything is working fine here
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Some of my games don't show up when I change DPI of user apps.
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iAreBeRtii said:
Some of my games don't show up when I change DPI of user apps.
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well thats weird, anyway try to change only the keyboard density to 160, if not try another keyboard from the market
diegonnc said:
well thats weird, anyway try to change only the keyboard density to 160, if not try another keyboard from the market
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Ok will try thanks for your help
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Found out what the problem was. It is in the status bar I just needed to resize it down to 120 DPI which I don't like because it's really small :/
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iAreBeRtii said:
Found out what the problem was. It is in the status bar I just needed to resize it down to 120 DPI which I don't like because it's really small :/
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try to set the status bar dpi to personalized and put 130 or 140
diegonnc said:
try to set the status bar dpi to personalized and put 130 or 140
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Reflashed the ROM and everything is fine now. No more messing with DPI's xD
i keep seeing threads that say thats its 182 or 240... whats the real one that will make the phone just like it was before?
and does the dpi effect somehow on the battary or speed?
240 is default. No and no. But it may lead to crashes on some apps.
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240dpi is the default, changing it might CIA crashes depending on the ROM you ate using.
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Hi, i would like to know if there is a app that can be used to change the DPI,
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vijay.alapati said:
Hi, i would like to know if there is a app that can be used to change the DPI,
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The DPI of the display is how many physical pixels there are in one inch square of the phones screen, software cannot change this.
There may be software that could possibly force the phone to use a lower resolution, but i'm not sure why you would want that.
yacoboy said:
The DPI of the display is how many physical pixels there are in one inch square of the phones screen, software cannot change this.
There may be software that could possibly force the phone to use a lower resolution, but i'm not sure why you would want that.
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Hi, Thx for the reply, there are few apps in the plays store that can change the DPI, But many will brick the phone, I had seen few people chaining the DPI of Xperia Z to make sure there will be extra info displayed on the screen that u dont need to scroll, Also that i want this is be same as my previous phone's DPI
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Hi, Thx for the reply, there are few apps in the plays store that can change the DPI, But many will brick the phone, I had seen few people chaining the DPI of Xperia Z to make sure there will be extra info displayed on the screen that u dont need to scroll, Also that i want this is be same as my previous phone's DPI
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I got bricked after using an app.
If you're rooted you can edit the build.prop yourself, or use Xposed to control each app separately.
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Kallb123 said:
I got bricked after using an app.
If you're rooted you can edit the build.prop yourself, or use Xposed to control each app separately.
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thx, shall try
This is an odd problem for me. I really love the Lux Auto-Brightness app and use it all the time but I've been having this issue that's now preventing Lux from doing it's job. Third-party app control of Screen Brightness doesn't work. If I go into the Android settings and change the brightness from there it works fine but every single Third-party app I try can't control my brightness. I can't even control the Screen Brightness from within MXPlayer anymore and that was working fine as well. I've thought maybe something is wrong with Lux but uninstalling and rebooting didn't fix anything. Does anybody have any ideas what's causing this?
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Anybody?
What kernel/ROM are you using?
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elfrosto said:
What kernel/ROM are you using?
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I'm running rooted Stock 4.1.2 with only mod being the change of dpi to 160. I've made no other mods.
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japzone said:
I'm running rooted Stock 4.1.2 with only mod being the change of dpi to 160. I've made no other mods.
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Stupid question but did you try changing the dpi back to the original setting? If so and it didn't change anything I would just do a dirty flash of stock rom. Changing dpi can screw up a lot of things.
kieso said:
Stupid question but did you try changing the dpi back to the original setting? If so and it didn't change anything I would just do a dirty flash of stock rom. Changing dpi can screw up a lot of things.
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Changing the dpi didn't help. Doing a dirty flash is an idea but I'd prefer trying something less extreme before doing that. It'd be a pain to re-setup root and things just to get brightness control fixed. At that point I'd probably just move on to a Custom ROM.
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Hey everyone. Thanks in advance for the help. I don't know about everyone else... But every phone I have had I always change my density to around 360ish or there is a Rom preconfigured . it seems more functional to me lol. Any who... The one issue I have never solved is the lock screen and dial pad. They are all aligned to the left. It really bugs me. Anyone know how to fix this and center them
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Get the app settings xposed module and change the dpi for them back to 480. People have remade some of them to be custom DPIs but im not entirely sure if they're compatible so you could try those or make your own if you dont want them at 480
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