[Q] Since no root available yet. Any way to change DPI? - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5

I just switched from my S4 which was rooted and I typically used 400 dpi. Any way to change it on my S5?Everything is so large and I want to fit more on screen lol, especially in Chrome and texting.

milzinga said:
I just switched from my S4 which was rooted and I typically used 400 dpi. Any way to change it on my S5?Everything is so large and I want to fit more on screen lol, especially in Chrome and texting.
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Nope sorry.

JesseTron said:
Nope sorry.
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I figured as much. I suppose I'll just to wait for root; hopefully it won't be too long. Thanks for the response.

milzinga said:
I just switched from my S4 which was rooted and I typically used 400 dpi. Any way to change it on my S5?Everything is so large and I want to fit more on screen lol, especially in Chrome and texting.
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I agree, that is the one thing I hate about not having root access. If they were give us this option I would be inclined to not hate TW so much.

milzinga said:
I just switched from my S4 which was rooted and I typically used 400 dpi. Any way to change it on my S5?Everything is so large and I want to fit more on screen lol, especially in Chrome and texting.
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Don't talk about it, I miss per app DPI. It hurts
I wouldn't have left my S4 behind if i didn't have a small crack and a messed up chassis. I have to keep reminding myself that the battery life/camera/performance are worth it. But i am scared that it is a plausible reality that we get no root.

byte9 said:
Don't talk about it, I miss per app DPI. It hurts
I wouldn't have left my S4 behind if i didn't have a small crack and a messed up chassis. I have to keep reminding myself that the battery life/camera/performance are worth it. But i am scared that it is a plausible reality that we get no root.
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No skepticism, we'll get it . I did notice changing the font to extra small helped fit more on the screen in gmail and a some other apps, not the same as a higher DPI but it works for the time being.

milzinga said:
I just switched from my S4 which was rooted and I typically used 400 dpi. Any way to change it on my S5?Everything is so large and I want to fit more on screen lol, especially in Chrome and texting.
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I know this may not be what you want (if you actually like touch wiz) but you could always use a launcher, I know with nova you can change text size, icon size, rows and columns, and etc.

Adema360 said:
I know this may not be what you want (if you actually like touch wiz) but you could always use a launcher, I know with nova you can change text size, icon size, rows and columns, and etc.
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Yeah, I do use Nova launcher, which helps but it doesn't affect the DPI in apps which is what I really want. Hopefully someday...

Related

[MOD] LCD Density change

Main thread here
Made some ROM-independent files
Does not change anything else than just the resolution.
Flash desired zip with recovery or RomManager, NO WIPE
For BlaY0 B ROM use thoose:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10766184&postcount=29
Ah, the joy of scripting. I shall have to learn this...
TheGrammarFreak said:
Ah, the joy of scripting. I shall have to learn this...
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me too ! scripting was very nice .
please learn us how you create this
Hz.Farbod said:
me too ! scripting was very nice .
please learn us how you create this
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I would suggest that Google is your friend
TheGrammarFreak said:
I would suggest that Google is your friend
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can you give me any links for this ?
i can't find it .
http://www.google.com
TheGrammarFreak said:
http://www.google.com
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you are my herooo ! I love you !
TheGrammarFreak said:
Ah, the joy of scripting. I shall have to learn this...
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Just wanted to save you the job to edit and sign 60 files for each ROM upgrade
Really, You made a fantastic good work!
I just boiled it down.
TheGrammarFreak said:
http://www.google.com
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Best comment for to day!
snakehult said:
Just wanted to save you the job to edit and sign 60 files for each ROM upgrade
Really, You made a fantastic good work!
I just boiled it down.
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Yeah. when signing 60 zips I did think that there must be an easier way. And now I know it.
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Best comment for to day!
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I try
Hz.Farbod said:
you are my hero
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Good.
I've tried one and work like charm (I tried 130 and 135 as well)
problem is ROM manager scale incorrectly even with 'compatibility mode' turned off
I already tried to search the forum but have no luck
is there a way how to overcome this?
thx
agustrionopj said:
I've tried one and work like charm (I tried 130 and 135 as well)
problem is ROM manager scale incorrectly even with 'compatibility mode' turned off
I already tried to search the forum but have no luck
is there a way how to overcome this?
thx
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Did you reboot?
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TheGrammarFreak said:
Did you reboot?
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Yes, I did it several times but the problem still persist
edit:
I think this behaviour are not consistent. sometimes when I reboot it, it's back to normal, but when I reboot it again, It went wrong again
weird
EDIT:
I can confirm now that after killing 'whole' task using task manager (or similar app), the problem is (always) gone. still don't know the culprit though.
Excellent work here my friend. Cheers.
Great app... I'm running at 130.
May I know what is the default density of our Legend? Tried to Google before I flashed this but couldn't find any info...
Edit: I tried LCDDensity for root from market and it told me the default is 160. Change to 140 and it looks great
Maybe I'm totally noob, but what's the point of setting a LOWER LCD density if the default is 160?
Correct me if I'm wrong but the higher the density, more things can be added to the screen and it "seems" bigger.
I'll try also to see the difference
Later Edit: OK, I've checked now. Tried with 130 and a lot more info seems to fit on screen. I have some questions/issues though.
1. What 110, 120...130...160 means? For sure not DPI as was my initial understanding. Usually, the higher the DPI setting, more screen space is available. And in this case I got better screen with a lower number. Could be the value of the setting then? And lowering it it'll give you in fact a higher DPI setting? Don't miss understood me, I just want to understand some of the things not playing with them like a robot.
2. Some widgets are scaled incorrectly (Sense Analog Small Black is one of them for ex). Any way to overcome this or is by widget design and I should find a better one?
Found a fix for 2...set the columns in ADW at 5 instead of 4. Now the widget is drawn correctly and have an extra space remaining
Rapier said:
Maybe I'm totally noob, but what's the point of setting a LOWER LCD density if the default is 160?
Correct me if I'm wrong but the higher the density, more things can be added to the screen and it "seems" bigger.
I'll try also to see the difference
Later Edit: OK, I've checked now. Tried with 130 and a lot more info seems to fit on screen. I have some questions/issues though.
1. What 110, 120...130...160 means? For sure not DPI as was my initial understanding. Usually, the higher the DPI setting, more screen space is available. And in this case I got better screen with a lower number. Could be the value of the setting then? And lowering it it'll give you in fact a higher DPI setting? Don't miss understood me, I just want to understand some of the things not playing with them like a robot.
2. Some widgets are scaled incorrectly (Sense Analog Small Black is one of them for ex). Any way to overcome this or is by widget design and I should find a better one?
Found a fix for 2...set the columns in ADW at 5 instead of 4. Now the widget is drawn correctly and have an extra space remaining
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When your adding a widget you'll have the option to set the size, set the width to 5 and you're widgets you want full width can be. I had to do this with my clock/weather widget.
I set it to 140 and it looks awesome! To bad that it shrinks the keyboard too..
it doesn't work for me on BlaYo rom ... does absolutely nothing ... any ideas?

[Q] Text size?

Hello everyone! My SGS2 is dying Sad I know! But it might be time for a nice little update Well, I was thinking about getting the Note! It's the perfect screen size, but to be honest, I'm a little worried about the text.
My vision isn't as good as it used to be! I don't like having to focus too much on it to read it. I love the SGS2 because the text size and icons are already large. Icons isn't my major concern, but rather readability of text.
I also have my retired streak here, and text is a lot smaller and harder to read than my my SGS2. I know a lot of apps have text size options, like in xda app and tapatalk and such, but what about just NORMAL menus and web browsing and such?
Does anyone have an SGS2 and a Note and be able to tell me if text sizes are a lot smaller throughout the interface? and within apps?
The SGS2 has the option to change fonts, and some fonts are naturally larger than others which could help, does the Note still keep this feature?
Any screenshots would be awesome, but not necessary.
Thanks guys
I moved from SGSII to Note and i have not noticed that the font is smaller on the Note. My eyesight isn't the best so if the font was too small it would definately have annoyed me.
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It does have this feature.
If you root you could change the density too.
brotbuexe said:
It does have this feature.
If you root you could change the density too.
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Hi! Is that accessibility menu OEM or did you root to get it? Because that looks fantastic hehe.
Menu is OEM. But like it states, its only for some internal apps.
That's indeed the accessibility menu No root needed.
wow you guys made my day. I can't wait to order mine.

iPhone status bar theme MIUI

Hey!
Can somebody make a theme for MIUI status bar like iPhones one (screenshot) ?
The point is to make it a little bit thinner than normal MIUI.
Note: I want it for MIUI Gingerbread 'cause it's easier than MIUI v4, but if you want it for MIUI v4 ...
Thanks!!
Every time i look at a picture of an iphone i want one so badly
Me too, but my phone looks now like an iPhone with MIUI + Ultimate iPhone theme.
Now I'm tryin to make it perfect
ugh. just go buy one.
If you pay for it then okay!
In Europe it's expensive my dear friend!
Try this psd, mate, not so hard but it need a lot of time with these resource you can rebuild the iphone theme for miui for best result
http://www.teehanlax.com/downloads/iphone-4-guid-psd-retina-display/
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License: This file may ONLY be used for mocking up iPhone apps. No, can’t be used in a theme to sell or go in ads for your new app or use it to build your Web site. It is a tool for designers, that is it
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Better if it's free
Hey! The problem it's that I don't know how to do that. But thanks!!
gfs222 said:
Every time i look at a picture of an iphone i want one so badly
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Get out... now.
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timpuri_noi said:
Get out... now.
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LMAO!!!!
I'm 95% already done with this, i need help to separate, and put Battery to Right Side.
Cool, but the most important thing is to make it thinner, like the iPhones one
darius4cs said:
Cool, but the most important thing is to make it thinner, like the iPhones one
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Don't even think that's possible unless you use a lower DPI.
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Umm probably with an 3rd party app?
darius4cs said:
Umm probably with an 3rd party app?
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Yeah. LCD Density will do it, but it will make everything smaller.
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GANJDROID said:
Don't even think that's possible unless you use a lower DPI.
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i guess you can do it by editing systemui.apk's layout xml files manually
your gonna mess up alot of things by editing status bar to be thinner.
If you do it, the time will have to be changed to be smaller and fit, then it will have to be modded again so miui can change where it's location is. All this but for pretty much every notification you'll ever get. all the icons are going to have to be smaller than before, and it may not even fit on the status bar.
Just use a lower dpi, im on 200 and it looks really good.
Changing DPI, the icons remain at the same dimension and the labels are smaller and they come on the icons..
Velcis Ribeiro said:
I'm 95% already done with this, i need help to separate, and put Battery to Right Side.
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The battery and signal are a cluster. I'm not to fimiliar with MIUI but I'm guessing it follows the same principle. Only the battery text can be moved to the right on its own. I may be wrong but that's how it was when I was running CM7.
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Looks Great
Hi guys,
It looks absolutely awesome!!!!
Is it still a work in progress? or is it finished and the full thing is in a different thread?
Cheers guys
you could use custom status bar + in the play store . I use it all the time

Change Nav Bar height?

Back with in S8+ days there were 3 apks floating around that allowed you to change the height of the navigation bar in order to increase screen real estate. I quite liked it as did a lot of other people I assume because you can find links to plenty of websites talking about it. However I can't find any talk about it for this phone.
Does anyone know of anything like this for the Note 8?
Still on the s8+ but considering getting a note 8 soon. Just out of curiosity, have you tried installing the same apk?
You can change the Minimum DPI setting in DEV settings to make it look higher res. I have mine set to 475 and it has a lot more space. You can then change the font size to be one mark below normal and it really helps.
Lance55 said:
Still on the s8+ but considering getting a note 8 soon. Just out of curiosity, have you tried installing the same apk?
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Sure have! Doesn't seem to work.
andjohn said:
You can change the Minimum DPI setting in DEV settings to make it look higher res. I have mine set to 475 and it has a lot more space. You can then change the font size to be one mark below normal and it really helps.
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Yep I had changed that. on both the S8+ and Note 8. That's good, but the nav bar still bugs me on this phone. Everytime I look at it, I notice it's too big lol
Hmm. I wonder if the guy who created the old apk uses an S8 and hasn't bothered to make one for the note 8. I'd imagine it is quite simple. Wonder if you could make the request?
Edit: I made a request to tigerhoods, who I believe authored the apk for the s8.
Here is the response I got:
it works when packed in a sammy theme if that makes sense..
u have to decompile a Samsung theme then add the nav values to the common.apk then recompile theme for it to take effect now
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Looking further into how to do this, but I haven't yet been able to get my hands on the apk for the theme I've been using. But, from what I gather, you can't just install an apk to change the Navbar height with the note 8. You have to specifically edit the apk for whatever theme you're using.
Lance55 said:
Here is the response I got:
Looking further into how to do this, but I haven't yet been able to get my hands on the apk for the theme I've been using. But, from what I gather, you can't just install an apk to change the Navbar height with the note 8. You have to specifically edit the apk for whatever theme you're using.
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Thanks mate. lol no way I can do this. Sounds like a lot of trouble now
Nothing new here?
If you mean something like that..... here are some overlay mods they are working without root. The 1 i have linked is to minimize the height a bit more then half.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=74274701
Gesendet von meinem SM-N950F mit Tapatalk
OMG never looked in this Thread... Thanks!
andjohn said:
You can change the Minimum DPI setting in DEV settings to make it look higher res. I have mine set to 475 and it has a lot more space. You can then change the font size to be one mark below normal and it really helps.
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Thank you so much for the tip! I've accomplished even more than I wanted...

bigger samsung stock keyboard

Hey,
Is it somehow possible to increase the height of the samsung stock keyboard beyond the stock values? I know I can adjust the size in settings but I want to make it bigger because I'm using quite low DPI. I'd there any setting or value I can change in root browser?
Same question for SwiftKey BTW. I know it's possible with gboard but I don't like it.
Thanks.
reppi said:
Hey,
Is it somehow possible to increase the height of the samsung stock keyboard beyond the stock values? I know I can adjust the size in settings but I want to make it bigger because I'm using quite low DPI. I'd there any setting or value I can change in root browser?
Same question for SwiftKey BTW. I know it's possible with gboard but I don't like it.
Thanks.
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Stock keyboards always suck. Try A.i.Keyboard. I use to only rock Swift, not anymore. The amount of customization makes all others look like a joke. Look at screenshot how easy its to adjust like you asked.
Nick216ohio said:
Stock keyboards always suck. Try A.i.Keyboard. I use to only rock Swift, not anymore. The amount of customization makes all others look like a joke. Look at screenshot how easy its to adjust like you asked.
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Thank you. I'll give it a try
reppi said:
Thank you. I'll give it a try
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Yeah you probably won't look back after some use. Go through the settings as well. Tons of options to pick to your likens. Also notice you posted asking for emoji. Dowload there add on for it and offers android, apple, 3rd 1 even better then android and apple.
Nick216ohio said:
Yeah you probably won't look back after some use. Go through the settings as well. Tons of options to pick to your likens. Also notice you posted asking for emoji. Dowload there add on for it and offers android, apple, 3rd 1 even better then android and apple.
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The customization options are great but there was a huge data leak with this keyboard so I won't use it. But thank you anyway.
reppi said:
The customization options are great but there was a huge data leak with this keyboard so I won't use it. But thank you anyway.
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Data leak?
Nick216ohio said:
Data leak?
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https://9to5google.com/2017/12/05/ai-type-data-leak/
Gboard
De_Falt said:
Gboard
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Gboard doesnt allow you to make the keyboard any taller than the stock keyboard.
Praks93 said:
Gboard doesnt allow you to make the keyboard any taller than the stock keyboard.
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Gboard Settings -> Preferences -> Layout -> Keyboard Height.
It's superficial at best, but it gets the job done for me.
reppi said:
https://9to5google.com/2017/12/05/ai-type-data-leak/
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Well that's concerning :/ There is options to not allow them to have access to contacts, sms, storage. But I see where your coming from with concern.
De_Falt said:
Gboard Settings -> Preferences -> Layout -> Keyboard Height.
It's superficial at best, but it gets the job done for me.
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What i meant was that the maximun height it allows you to set it is no more than the maximum height of the Samsung Keyboard.
try this one:
View attachment Xperia_Keyboard_8.0.A.0.50_v8_by_yener90.apk
let me know
aefelix said:
try this one:
let me know
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Perfect. Thank you!

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