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320Dpi to 240Dpi

so my note has 320dpi native, what happens when i change it to 240dpi?
are there any advantages?Disadvantages?

This is being discussed on a separate thread, bit I think it is a good idea for a thread of its own.
I tried it, and the screen is much larger. That means most things in the screen are much smaller. It appears to make most launchers smoother as well.
I find it too small for my tired old eyes, but if your sight is good, I think it is a marvellous idea. It basically becomes a miniature tablet, and most apps seem to take advantage of that.
The stock phone dialer seems to be one of the very few TW apps that does not resize. TW also does not allow more cols and rows (IIRC), so it would be best to use another launcher, and perhaps Go Dialer.
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Actually the thread is here, so this is a duplicate:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1487309

you see more stuff in most apps for example in settings you see more options at once. most launchers do ok as long as you adjust rows columns although sometimes widgets look weird

i run darkyrom at 240dpi only. nothing is to small for me to read and everything but s-memo seems to work perfectly *you get some weird lines, just color over it with a white and go on with drawing .
i run adw ex launcher with 10x10 homescreen layout and 7 icon dockbar.

It´s so EASY!
It´s easy: Everbody who is interested in this, should definitly give it a shot. Get DPI Changer from the market for free and try it out yourself. There es nothing (again: nothing!) that will happen to your phone, you are always able to go back to 320 again without ANY issues.
The only one thing everbody has to do before is to install another launcher (I can fully recommend Go Launcher (ex), IMAO it´s the smoothest for our Gnote) just for that one reason: Damned TouchWiz doesn´t scale correctly.
Try it out folks, deside for yourself, it´s worth it!

just modify the build.prop density to 240. The default 320 is too big and it pains the eye after many usages!

there are a couple ways of doing it
the 2 above and also an app called "Rom Toolbox" which i recommend more then the others because it also gives you alot more options for different things other then DPI aswell.

Can someone upload 2 screenshots with both resolution please?
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The biggest advantage is that you can see more in the screen. Especially useful with context menu, browser, various apps and so on.
First 240 Dpi images
Images for 320

Thanks drgopoos... 240 looks more like a phone, and 320 looks more like a mini tablet... One question, does dpi is the same as ppi?
I see my iPhone 4svis 330 ppi the Gnex is 320ppi and the note is 236... does that mean the resolution is lower?
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i thought that 240 dpi is kinda crap but now changed from 320 to 240dpi and im enjoying it, looks so cool and more comfortable ;D

big samm said:
One question, does dpi is the same as ppi?
I see my iPhone 4svis 330 ppi the Gnex is 320ppi and the note is 236... does that mean the resolution is lower?
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It means that the screen has less physical pixels per inch, so it can be same resolution as a smaller screen that has bigger ppi.
Which means that even tho u have less ppi on the gnote, you still have more resolution than the other phones cause of the size of the gnote's screen.
Ppl say dpi for screens but the correct term is indeed ppi. dpi is for printers.

Does the CriskeloRom can also change to DPI or not ? need depend on the launcher or not ?

Wallpaper size 7.7 tab

What must be exactly wallpaper size for tab 7.7 so that the whole picture would fit to screen. Size for lock screen and background are different I think.

I do not know too

Awsome
Well I think they are full hd.

I use multi picture live wallpaper on my Tab and Note. It allows you to have a different wallpaper for each screen. But most important is that you can use wallpapers of your own that you can size in portrait or landscape layout that fit all the screen with the whole picture.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.tamanegi.wallpaper.multipicture&hl=en

Yes multi picture walpaper is a must have, also i recommend wallbase walpapers, it has some really nice high quality papers
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I downloaded Multi picture wallpapers and it only fit the wallpaper in landscape mode. Is it possible to fit the wallpaper in both landscape and portrait mode? and how can i do if it's possible?

Could not help you on portrait mode as i only use it in landscape mode
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1920 x 1408 i think...if you want really nice wallpapers, check out PicSpeed. I get some really nice high quality ones using that

1280x1280 works best for me. I do the cropping on my computer so the wallpapers are ready for my tab.

7.7 wallpaper size
For Galaxy tab 7.7 wallpaper size should be 1280 X 800

Can I change my LCD screen to have a higher resolution?

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Yes...
Install Root Explorer, go to system, find build.prop, open as Text Editor and find the line "ro.sf.lcd_density=120", and change it with any alue that you want. For higher resolution you need a smaller value than 120.

Afoneloreru said:
Install Root Explorer, go to system, find build.prop, open as Text Editor and find the line "ro.sf.lcd_density=120", and change it with any alue that you want. For higher resolution you need a smaller value than 120.
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yes, that way you can even have a resolution of nexus 4 :facepalm: it wont change resolution, it will only change lcd density, which means everything will only appear smaller, but you'll have a lot of problems with apps and play store (apps will start force closing, and a lot of apps in play store will be listed as incompatible) if you want higher resolution, you should've bought yourself a better phone...

yackovsky said:
yes, that way you can even have a resolution of nexus 4 :facepalm: it wont change resolution, it will only change lcd density, which means everything will only appear smaller, but you'll have a lot of problems with apps and play store (apps will start force closing, and a lot of apps in play store will be listed as incompatible) if you want higher resolution, you should've bought yourself a better phone...
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Agreed. People make mistake between :
1. DPI (Density)
2. Resolution (the ONLY monitor / screen on your Mini which display LCD DPI)

I think the resolution can only be hardware changed (changing the display) .

armin_iranpour said:
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You can do it but you need newest video drivers and new LCD display but its very expenicive so the best way is to buy better phone buddy...

yes it's the hardware changed
i think dont do that because it's need super ability and it's very hard to compatible on your screen

Yes you can change the resolution.

Better change phone with something better for higher resolution.

[Q] Xposed Framework Icon Size

Hi. Just installed the Xposed Framework apk and loving the new customisation options. Just asking if anyone knows of a way to increase the size of the icons on my Homescreen?

ianrobbie said:
Hi. Just installed the Xposed Framework apk and loving the new customisation options. Just asking if anyone knows of a way to increase the size of the icons on my Homescreen?
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same question here ?? how to make icon size look like xperia ZU ??

try changing the resolution of the launcher?

fards said:
try changing the resolution of the launcher?
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I did and change it from 460 to 331 dpi , and now I have a small icon like on xperia z but there is a lot of space in home screen that can't be used?

hamud.q said:
I did and change it from 460 to 331 dpi , and now I have a small icon like on xperia z but there is a lot of space in home screen that can't be used?
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The icon size cannot be the same size as the ZU due to obvious screen difference (5" vs 6.4")
the dpi changes the space and how things look on your phone. That also includes icons.
Actually, 320dpi is the correct XZU dpi for OUR 5" 1080p screen. 480dpi is our stock. 320dpi is using the same icon size as the XZU, the reason why it looks smaller is because obviously our screen is not 6.4" and so we can't have everything looking 100% like XZU. That's just insane lol
if you want big icons, either use a different 3rd party launcher which allows you to do that, change dpi back to 480 and stop complaining about it on the stock launcher or live with the fact that you can't change icon size in stock launcher.
320dpi with the size of XZU screen is impossible without an actual 6.4" screen lol.
It's just like saying, TabletUI/PhabletUI looks too small on my 5" phone but looks big/normal on my 10" tablet! what should I do? ROFL.
P.S XZU has a ppi of 344ppi which means it should use 320dpi XHDPI (eXtra High Density) Our XZ has a higher PPI Density of 441ppi which means DPI will be XXHDPI (eXtra-eXtra High Density) When our XZ use XHDPI, by nature of the screen and ppi, it will look small and there isn't much you can do about that (except from changing icon size in 3rd party launchers)

ZeroInfinity said:
The icon size cannot be the same size as the ZU due to obvious screen difference (5" vs 6.4")
the dpi changes the space and how things look on your phone. That also includes icons.
Actually, 320dpi is the correct XZU dpi for OUR 5" 1080p screen. 480dpi is our stock. 320dpi is using the same icon size as the XZU, the reason why it looks smaller is because obviously our screen is not 6.4" and so we can't have everything looking 100% like XZU. That's just insane lol
if you want big icons, either use a different 3rd party launcher which allows you to do that, change dpi back to 480 and stop complaining about it on the stock launcher or live with the fact that you can't change icon size in stock launcher.
320dpi with the size of XZU screen is impossible without an actual 6.4" screen lol.
It's just like saying, TabletUI/PhabletUI looks too small on my 5" phone but looks big/normal on my 10" tablet! what should I do? ROFL.
P.S XZU has a ppi of 344ppi which means it should use 320dpi XHDPI (eXtra High Density) Our XZ has a higher PPI Density of 441ppi which means DPI will be XXHDPI (eXtra-eXtra High Density) When our XZ use XHDPI, by nature of the screen and ppi, it will look small and there isn't much you can do about that (except from changing icon size in 3rd party launchers)
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thanks , I get it now .

Sorry, thought I'd better pop back in. I set my DPI to 320 and, like above, found I had a lot of space either side of the screen I couldn't use. I changed my screen resolution to 600 x 1024 and that helped. I can now get 7 icons (including app drawer) along the dock and can use the entire screen to place apps/widgets etc. Icons are a tad small but still very use able.
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ianrobbie said:
Sorry, thought I'd better pop back in. I set my DPI to 320 and, like above, found I had a lot of space either side of the screen I couldn't use. I changed my screen resolution to 600 x 1024 and that helped. I can now get 7 icons (including app drawer) along the dock and can use the entire screen to place apps/widgets etc. Icons are a tad small but still very use able.
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you will face a problem with Sony widget , can it be fixed ?

So far I haven't come across any problems. I didn't change the system DPI. Only the settings for Xperia Home launcher. And also for Browser.
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Just to show the widgets use the full screen. This is the Flipboard widget stretched to full.
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Ideal DPI for N5

Hey guys,
I found 400 DPI to be ideal on the N5.
Default is way too huge. What other DPI's have you guys tried?

I found a DPI of 400 way to small, the distance between the icons on the homescreen just become too long. I'm back on 480, because I like the big icons
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Gormsen said:
I found a DPI of 400 way to small, the distance between the icons on the homescreen just become too long. I'm back on 480, because I like the big icons
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IIRC 380 will add the extra column of icons so you don't have those massive apps.

Please use the existing thread
LCD Density
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