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increasing LCD density to 240 converts ui to gingerbread

Could work at maybe 220 or 200 but at 240 for sure it's gingerbread.
Edit: works @ 220 also.

double1 said:
Could work at maybe 220 or 200 but at 240 for sure it's gingerbread.
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is it located in build.prop

Its amazing....

Can we have some screenshots please?

Check the video:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/20/android-honeycomb-has-hidden-gingerbread-interface-enabled-by-h/

Ok that's just friggin bizarre...

Hello, Ice Cream Sandwich.

I didnt have the lcd parameter in my build.prop. Is that possible?
Second I added it but it does not seem to have done anything. I bumped it to 220.

Under what folder is the build.prop file?

It is located under System.

Cant find the line where to change the LCD density in the build file?

Brolloks said:
Cant find the line where to change the LCD density in the build file?
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I didnt find it in mine, so I just added it in: ro.sf.lcd_density=220

i just used the lcd density app.

You can also add it to /data/local.prop.

I noticed while themeing that all the gingerbread icons where in the Xoom apks..
I guess all the density hack does is use the HDPI instead of the MDPI drawable folders
This takes it to high density from medium density.
It's all making sense to me now

I tried 200 and went into an infinate boot loop, had to hard boot to get out of it

Brolloks said:
I tried 200 and went into an infinate boot loop, had to hard boot to get out of it
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What!? I was gonna try 200 but now I'll wait.

I actually would not recommend editing the build file, if you screw it up with a too high etting you will probably have to reflash it with an older image, rather use the LCD setting app, that way you can reset it

I used the lcd density for root app off the market and changed it to 180 and 200 and got the gingerbread look. But its useless cuz it u have no access to ur back and home buttons. Once u click into n app or something ur stuck.
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Yeah, really need the physical buttons for this unless someone can code in some virtual buttons.

[Q] Change LCD Density

Hey guys,
I've tried to change my density with lcd density changer (phone is rooted). After restart I've got a bricked phone which I was able to recover.
So I was wondering if there is any possibility to change the density, because 240 is to much for me
Greetings Nico

NicoBD said:
Hey guys,
I've tried to change my density with lcd density changer (phone is rooted). After restart I've got a bricked phone which I was able to recover.
So I was wondering if there is any possibility to change the density, because 240 is to much for me
Greetings Nico
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hi, i do manually, root the phone, then with a root explorer or es explorer go to /system and search a build.prop, open it and search a line "ro.sf.lcd_density=240" and modify, be careful because its a start-up file
if you have a lg home, its no compatible with other resolutions, i recommends adw home
regards

You can use a App called LCD Density Change or another called LCDDensity
You need root on phone and busybox.

I don't understand the meaning of change the LCD density... can you explain it to me?

Huexxx said:
I don't understand the meaning of change the LCD density... can you explain it to me?
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LCD Density controls the resolution of the screen. Smaller density means Bigger resolution and Bigger density Smaller resolution.

Yeah, the question is why anybody want worse resolution in a lcd.
As far as I know, lcds are optimized to native resolution, and using other doesn't offer the same quality.

Huexxx said:
Yeah, the question is why anybody want worse resolution in a lcd.
As far as I know, lcds are optimized to native resolution, and using other doesn't offer the same quality.
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It's supposed to make your LCD look better.
I've tried it on Wildfire before, it does help a little if your screen res is really low.
But on OB, i think it's already good enough.

I've set my resolution from 240 to 170 because I needed 6 lines and rows on my launcher an I really don't like the huge icons an fonts on 240 resolution

Help Please
NicoBD said:
Hey guys,
I've tried to change my density with lcd density changer (phone is rooted). After restart I've got a bricked phone which I was able to recover.
So I was wondering if there is any possibility to change the density, because 240 is to much for me
Greetings Nico
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I seem to have bricked my phone after changing my density too. How were you able to recover. When the device is on, it doesn't recognize correctly in Windows. I can't seem to boot into recovery. Not able to view device as a hard drive. Any advice? Thanks.

I'm using 200 on Zeus right now, font and icon is too big on 240
Sent from my LG-P970 using xda premium

Use lcd density modder pro from play.
I'm using the pro version because Google play would have compatibility issues if i wouldn't :what:
So if you want to change use that one
LCD Density Modder Pro: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.birdapi.android.dpipro

Boot in recovery usind adb
(Search how to)
Or reflash everything as if it was new
Sent from my LG-P970 using xda app-developers app

[Q] Density

Noob here.. what is it? Why is it? And what happens if i change it? Oh and how lol
Cheers

quick simple explaination is:by changing the density you are changing the size of everything that displays on the screen.eg. icons and letters.
to change the density you need to:
1. root the phone: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1329360
2. download root exploer from the market.
3. open root explorer and look for the file "build.prop" in the system folder.
4. in build.prop, look for density and change the number value next to it. it should be 320 by default, but my fav. is 240.
5. save the file after edited and then reboot your phone.
hope this helps....if not, you can always do a search here, Google or YouTube.

What he said. Another way to think about it is it's similar to when you change the resolution on your laptop or desktop computer. If you don't want to do it manually, there are apps available for doing it (still require root.)

DMax99 said:
quick simple explaination is:by changing the density you are changing the size of everything that displays on the screen.eg. icons and letters.
to change the density you need to:
1. root the phone: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1329360
2. download root exploer from the market.
3. open root explorer and look for the file "build.prop" in the system folder.
4. in build.prop, look for density and change the number value next to it. it should be 320 by default, but my fav. is 240.
5. save the file after edited and then reboot your phone.
hope this helps....if not, you can always do a search here, Google or YouTube.
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Cheers for the info.. i will try it
And yes i know i would normally search but you know what its like when you have something new and shiny and wanna find new ways to break it plus i've always found the community here to be really helpful..

You can also use the free program FontChanger, but its worth buying Root Explorer.
Android 4 will have option to change font size.

Ok so I changed the density to 240 which yeah looks nice in things like the xda app.. browser etc but it makes my home screen smaller plus my app drawer.. very strange.
Is there a workaround for this?
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nuclearmonkeyuk said:
Ok so I changed the density to 240 which yeah looks nice in things like the xda app.. browser etc but it makes my home screen smaller plus my app drawer.. very strange.
Is there a workaround for this?
Sent from my awesomely awesome Galaxy Note with XDA Premium
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There is definitely a fix/work around for that. I don't know what it is, though; I asked in another thread, but wasn't answered. You might have to use a different launcher (abandoning touchwiz.)

nuclearmonkeyuk said:
Ok so I changed the density to 240 which yeah looks nice in things like the xda app.. browser etc but it makes my home screen smaller plus my app drawer.. very strange.
Is there a workaround for this?
Sent from my awesomely awesome Galaxy Note with XDA Premium
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oh yeah...forgot to tell you that touchwiz won't look properly after density change. so you will need to use another launcher. my personal favourite is ADW EX Launcher.
S memo will also look weird. but there is a thread in the apps forum to fix this problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1361462

I don't understand...
...why icnreasing density make all things greater?
Why it isn't the opposite?
And what is vm heap? which is the best setting for this value?

DPI Settings

Bought a Galaxy Tab S 8.4 LTE 2 days ago. Beautiful device with great screen, but:
First thing you realize is the small font size in several apps, such as Facebook. Barely readable.
Tried to use larger font size in settings. That did some effect on some fonts, but no consistent result.
Same with the Big Font app - font sizes and overall appearance becomes inconsistent.
So the only way seemed to change DPI Settings. Which required rooting.
I did the CF autoroot thing. And fiddled with DPI settings using Texdroider app. Originally was 220 DPI. I tried 420 DPI.
Unfortunately after reboot, I was stuck at "systemui angehalten" error message, and touch screen did not respond to input.
Unfortunately I could not switch off the device (to reboot), pressing power button for ever gave no effect.
Since you cannot remove the battery on this device I had to let it run down completely over night. Then booting into Recovery (or Download Mode) was possible again.
Tried a full wipe in Recovery an rebooted. But endless systemui crash loop remained.
Will try to re-flash via Odin to get it back working.
So this thread is firstly a warning if anybody wants to change DPI settings on the Tab S.
Then some questions:
* Did anybody overcome the small fonts problem by changing DPI and which DPI setting is advisable?
* any way to force reboot in such case?

Just use xposed module appsetting to set the dpi for apps individually.
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edan1979 said:
Just use xposed module appsetting to set the dpi for apps individually.
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AppSettings works well.. I changed the overall DPI to 240 because all the fonts were way too big for me.. I then reset certain apps back because some of the stock apps don't work right at different DPIs (camera, etc).

Reflashing revovered the systemui loop crash.
Tried App Settings, but no succes so far.
What do you guys set up, e.g. for facebook messenger?
Thanks!

Appsettings works great!
pibach said:
Reflashing revovered the systemui loop crash.
Tried App Settings, but no succes so far.
What do you guys set up, e.g. for facebook messenger?
Thanks!
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I have rooted my galaxy for using exposed framework just to be able to use app settings! It then works great. You can set the font size (or dpi I guess) individually for any app. I use different settings ie for Gmail, Facebook messenger, Chrome, Tapatalk... You have to try a bit to find the perfect setting but it's a must.
Without you have tiny fonts!

ok, I installed xposed framework via its installer and then added the app settings module. For those willing to follow this route: you find instructions here: http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...tom-stock-roms-and-hello-to-xposed-framework/
Then it is possible to set DPI (or change font size) for each app individually. Text size and rendering was fine for me with 400DPI for Facebook, Tapatalk, or Nova Launcher. Tried with some other apps as well. Seemingly all look better and are more touch friendly with DPI >= 400. For comparison: stock DPI is set to 320 while real DPI is some 500+.
However it is rather inconvenient to set up each and every app individually via app settings module.
Tried to change the global DPI settings with build prob editor, but that somehow did not succeed, 320 DPI remained unchanged.
Tried with DPI changer to no effect. DPI cannot be changed via these apps. Very strange, have to investigate further.
Then tried again with textdroider, just to check - and device hangs again
No chance of rebooting or anything...but...yeah, found a trick: insert a SIM-card into the slot and then get asked to restart! Works. You can boot into recovery or download mode. Will try with adb to restore the build.prop backup...
Meanwhile - has anyone been able to set global DPI to something like 400-500 successfully? How?

If you look carefully I n the build.prop there usiually got 2 same dpi line... change both or disable one of it.
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Appsettings module is the best option,going in to build.prop is for overall and sends you in to a boot loop .be sure to have a backup
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@edan1979, I found only one line in build.prop indicating DPI settings. build.prop editor and DPI changer strangely cannot change that.
I did another test, changing DPI by editing build.prop with Root Explorer. It does change - and goes into UI crash loop
@jball, any idea, why it crashes?

pibach said:
@edan1979, I found only one line in build.prop indicating DPI settings. build.prop editor and DPI changer strangely cannot change that.
I did another test, changing DPI by editing build.prop with Root Explorer. It does change - and goes into UI crash loop
@jball, any idea, why it crashes?
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Unfortunately I don't, I just know what happened the first time I did it.
Appsettings is the best option though
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pibach said:
@edan1979, I found only one line in build.prop indicating DPI settings. build.prop editor and DPI changer strangely cannot change that.
I did another test, changing DPI by editing build.prop with Root Explorer. It does change - and goes into UI crash loop
@jball, any idea, why it crashes?
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the UI will crash since it was build for the original dpi and the ui setting as well... just install another launcher first and clear the Touchwiz data. It wont crash any longer but if you use touchwiz it wont be good looking... and some other touchwiz related apps will crash as well... that one can be settle using app setting to original dpi.

pibach said:
@edan1979, I found only one line in build.prop indicating DPI settings. build.prop editor and DPI changer strangely cannot change that.
I did another test, changing DPI by editing build.prop with Root Explorer. It does change - and goes into UI crash loop
@jball, any idea, why it crashes?
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Samsung is too lazy to support multidpi for their apps that's made for specific DPI values.

I did not use Touchwiz. It is SystemUI that crashes...

pibach said:
I did not use Touchwiz. It is SystemUI that crashes...
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Unless you are running CM, everything is part of Touchwiz, including SystemUI.

kenkiller said:
Unless you are running CM, everything is part of Touchwiz, including SystemUI.
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Is it?
CM?
The DPI problem and crashes do occur as well on non Samsung devices. Don't they?

pibach said:
Is it?
CM?
The DPI problem and crashes do occur as well on non Samsung devices. Don't they?
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Not really. I change DPI systemwide on my Nexus devices, they don't crash so easily - they are pretty much unified in terms of software.
Samsung really doesn't like to make a one size fits all firmware for the dozens of devices they release, so you get "problems" like this - to be fair, they don't really anticipate the average user to go around fooling with the DPI values.

Probably Samsung has set 320 DPI on all their devices?

pibach said:
Probably Samsung has set 320 DPI on all their devices?
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Who knows...who cares? Their assets probably isn't made for all the existing DPIs.
Anyway, xposed app settings works fine for most apps, just gotta live with the systemUI being stuck in that.

If systemUI belongs to TouchWiz, couldn't it be replaced? How?

pibach said:
If systemUI belongs to TouchWiz, couldn't it be replaced? How?
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Sure....Flash Cyanogenmod for it, if it exists and you don't mind losing all of Samsung's features.

DPI Change and SView Cover

Hope someone can help.
I have changed my lcd density through my build prop.
I'm using app settings in xposed and changed the sview Cover app to 480 but there is a black bar at the bottom.
Anyone know how to fix this?

jdubya45 said:
Hope someone can help.
I have changed my lcd density through my build prop.
I'm using app settings in xposed and changed the sview Cover app to 480 but there is a black bar at the bottom.
Anyone know how to fix this?
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there is a semi solution for this
usually people use rom toolbox to change the entire dpi.
first you must return the dpi to the normal 640 in rom toolbox
then in app settings Xposed change com.android.systemui dpi to 480
and then go to Android System (Android) and change the dpi back to 640
don't forget each time you must turn on the app setting and save after the change
this might effect some of the apps and show it in normal size but it will fix your problem
plus you can change any app's dpi to 480 from app settings later and make it small again.

omid_freesky said:
there is a semi solution for this
usually people use rom toolbox to change the entire dpi.
first you must return the dpi to the normal 640 in rom toolbox
then in app settings Xposed change com.android.systemui dpi to 480
and then go to Android System (Android) and change the dpi back to 640
don't forget each time you must turn on the app setting and save after the change
this might effect some of the apps and show it in normal size but it will fix your problem
plus you can change any app's dpi to 480 from app settings later and make it small again.
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Thought id note as far as I know the stock DPI is 480.
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I used xposed setting to change my dpi and I used it to specify original dpi of 640 for the sviewcover app but the black bar still persists.

Rakuu said:
Thought id note as far as I know the stock DPI is 480.
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you're right, I have a galaxy note 4, I'm sorry
I'm not sure about your original dpi though, but the method should work