I wanted to experiment with changing the DPI for the app to switch from phone mode to tablet mode.
I am afraid that i will screw up the phone if i make a mistake with this.. and i really don't feel like hard resetting.
Has anyone already tried this already?
And it editing the build.prop the only way to try this?
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For those searching for the development of this, click here:
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What we do know is:
- editing build.prop DPI will more likely result in having to hard reset/reflash the phone than finding a resolution that works
- The tablet APK and the phone APK are the same- pushing one the the other doesnt enable the features
More development to come! Stay tuned.
Try xposed app settings, it should allow you to change the dpi for the app itself, similar to pa per app settings, without messing with the actual dpi of the phone
TurboX2 said:
I wanted to experiment with changing the DPI for the app to switch from phone mode to tablet mode.
I am afraid that i will screw up the phone if i make a mistake with this.. and i really don't feel like hard resetting.
Has anyone already tried this already?
And it editing the build.prop the only way to try this?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565626
Se are trying some stuff.
Craigsnotifica still works, but broken. I'm wondering (may be against rules here, but I figured I would ask) if there is a way to edit the old apk to work with today's craigs pages?
I'm not against trying to figure this out on my own, but I wouldn't even know where to start.
Anybody using a notification app that works well? I haven't found one that is even half of what craigsnotifica is broken.
Does anyone know how to get the stock messaging app to stop displaying MMS's as slideshows?
I want to use the stock app, but that "feature" is pretty annoying. I've searched the forums and Google and it looks like this happens mainly when a pic is sent with txt. It's been suggested in other forums that updating the system/csc/feature.xml file, adding the line
"<CscFeature_Message_EnableMmsOnePageViewer>true</CscFeature_Message_EnableMmsOnePageViewer>"
fixes it....but I can't find that file, or even the csc folder. Of course, that was suggested for another device (Galaxy3, I think).
Thanks!
Happens with Hangouts too. I've googled for a solution but no luck yet. The slideshow I received was from an iPhone user sending multiple images in one text.
That's are good different between..
I've only ever received these from known iPhone users, might be a setting on their end and not on yours OP.
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feature.xml
Zapatos said:
Does anyone know how to get the stock messaging app to stop displaying MMS's as slideshows?
I want to use the stock app, but that "feature" is pretty annoying. I've searched the forums and Google and it looks like this happens mainly when a pic is sent with txt. It's been suggested in other forums that updating the system/csc/feature.xml file, adding the line
"<CscFeature_Message_EnableMmsOnePageViewer>true</CscFeature_Message_EnableMmsOnePageViewer>"
fixes it....but I can't find that file, or even the csc folder. Of course, that was suggested for another device (Galaxy3, I think).
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I'm looking into this too. I found a few threads that state to create the csc folder and the feature.xml file. However I don't know the XML tag name for Motorola. For example, the feature.xml file I found for Samsung has these open/close tags:
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
[B][SIZE="4"]<SamsungMobileFeature>[/SIZE][/B]
<FeatureSet>
<CscFeature_Message_EnableMmsOnePageViewer>true</CscFeature_Message_EnableMmsOnePageViewer>
</FeatureSet>
[B][SIZE="4"]</SamsungMobileFeature>[/SIZE][/B]
My thinking is that without the proper Motorola - equivalent tag, the phone won't pick up the settings. If someone can extract a feature.xml from another Moto phone that would be helpful, I think.
Hi, I've altered the DPI on my m8 which of course has affected the way the dot view app works. I've tried using app settings to change The HTC.dotmatrix app but it still isn't displaying correctly. Has anyone else had any success?
jahaangle said:
Hi, I've altered the DPI on my m8 which of course has affected the way the dot view app works. I've tried using app settings to change The HTC.dotmatrix app but it still isn't displaying correctly. Has anyone else had any success?
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I changed my system dpi to 400 at one point but the incoming call screen's answer button was misaligned and the calendar/music notifications were also half obscured on the lockscreen. I also tried to change the lockscreen and the dialer via app settings back to the stock 480 to no avail. I think the problem is that from the next standard dpi down from 480 is 320, at which point sense apps do scale down properly and get back in to alignment. Any dpi between there won't scale properly because of how those apps are coded i'm afraid.
Yeah its a shame about that, its strange however that everything works apart from the clock, even caller id works fine. This is how it looks at the moment.
jahaangle said:
Yeah its a shame about that, its strange however that everything works apart from the clock, even caller id works fine. This is how it looks at the moment.
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This was something that was driving me nuts as well. I am sure the way that I got around it isn't the best or most elegant way (and I am sure someone will come up with something better very soon) but it worked. I should also mention that I converted to GPE.
Uninstall the update to the Dot Matrix app
Use App Settings w/Xposed Framework to set com.htc.dotmatrix to 480
modify dotmatrix.apk values-xxhdpi dimens.xml to match the size font you want
specifically the lines with "text_size_threeline_english" and "text_size_time"
copy new dotmatix.apk to /system/priv-app
set permissions properly for the app rw-r--r-- (644)
reboot phone
Of course, I take no responsibility if that apk does something to your phone. This is provided as is, blah blah blah. You get the point. It is on you if you try this and something goes wrong. Also, I won't know what to tell you if it doesn't work for you.
Great advice thanks! Will give it a whirl and see how I get on!
The attached version of the app here should be good to replace in roms that have the updated version of the dot matrix app. Also could be good for the updated version if it is installed automatically through google play. Same as before, just replace the app in the priv-app folder.
PlagueBoy said:
The attached version of the app here should be good to replace in roms that have the updated version of the dot matrix app. Also could be good for the updated version if it is installed automatically through google play. Same as before, just replace the app in the priv-app folder.
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I have the same problem, but your modified *.apk doesn't work for me. Could this be due to me using a german rom (because of the text_size_threeline_english)? I've never modified an apk so my knowledge is pretty limited... thx in advance!
maynard_jk said:
I have the same problem, but your modified *.apk doesn't work for me. Could this be due to me using a german rom (because of the text_size_threeline_english)? I've never modified an apk so my knowledge is pretty limited... thx in advance!
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Possibly... I mean, the only options in that file were English and Chinese. I will check and see if there is anything specific to German, but I was pretty sure the only language specific strings were for the name of the app.
can u explain why you altered dpi ?? and how much it was before ???
PlagueBoy said:
The attached version of the app here should be good to replace in roms that have the updated version of the dot matrix app. Also could be good for the updated version if it is installed automatically through google play. Same as before, just replace the app in the priv-app folder.
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Thanx for this.. Worked for me after I had changed my DPI to 400
maynard_jk said:
I have the same problem, but your modified *.apk doesn't work for me. Could this be due to me using a german rom (because of the text_size_threeline_english)? I've never modified an apk so my knowledge is pretty limited... thx in advance!
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Maynard_jk, can you pull the dotview.apk that you have in your ROM and post it? I would like to see if there are any differences in the version that you are using. I am going to take sometime, hopefully tonight, to actually go through this since I finally have a few hours away from work. Let me know. Also, you did see the step about App Settings with Xposed Framework, right? Not trying to offend you, just want to verify.
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mheera said:
can u explain why you altered dpi ?? and how much it was before ???
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The M8 has a standard dpi of 480. People modify this for any number of reasons. Some people modify it to fit more on the screen, make icons smaller, make text smaller or the set the Android interface to mimic something else (a tablet for instance).
Personally I tend to keep mine on either 350 or 360 since I like things to be smaller on my screen. I also set the font size to Small so I can read emails easier without tons of scrolling...
Could you tell me what you changed the values to? Or how I could go about figuring out what the value should be?
I'm currently set to 370dpi.
PlagueBoy said:
This was something that was driving me nuts as well. I am sure the way that I got around it isn't the best or most elegant way (and I am sure someone will come up with something better very soon) but it worked. I should also mention that I converted to GPE.
Uninstall the update to the Dot Matrix app
Use App Settings w/Xposed Framework to set com.htc.dotmatrix to 480
modify dotmatrix.apk values-xxhdpi dimens.xml to match the size font you want
specifically the lines with "text_size_threeline_english" and "text_size_time"
copy new dotmatix.apk to /system/priv-app
set permissions properly for the app rw-r--r-- (644)
reboot phone
Of course, I take no responsibility if that apk does something to your phone. This is provided as is, blah blah blah. You get the point. It is on you if you try this and something goes wrong. Also, I won't know what to tell you if it doesn't work for you.
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sinistersands said:
Could you tell me what you changed the values to? Or how I could go about figuring out what the value should be?
I'm currently set to 370dpi.
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I changed the two lines to look like this:
<dimen name="text_size_threeline_english">258.0px</dimen>
<dimen name="text_size_time">478.0px</dimen>
Being honest, that was all just trial and error... I just changed the settings until my friend said that he was happy with what they were.
I tried the zip file, Im on 4.4.3, tried 320, 360, 400 dpi, and it didnt work.
Also, byproduct of the install was if I received a call, and I didnt answer it and the calling party hung up, my lockscreen hung and I couldnt get into my phone without rebooting it with my toolkit or doing a reset.
I havent tried manually editing the files as described above, I just wanted the creator of that zip to know what happened to me.
To be clear, I did what was in the instructions. I unzipped the mod. I renamed it to the same thing as the native app, I copied it to my download directory. I renamed the native app to .old, and copied the modified apk into the directory referenced. I rebooted my phone.
To undo it, I just renamed the files back and deleted the modified one.
I'm in dpi 390, and tried many times...
But everytime it dosen't fit perfectly:crying:
But thanks anyway, it looks better than before!
I know the default is 320, but wondering if anyone's been able to get a different dpi to stick? I've tried three different build.prop editors now and none of them seem to save upon boot. To confirm changes are being made to the build.prop I'll open a file manager and directly view it and it is saving. I've never seen this before? Anyone else?
joesee said:
I know the default is 320, but wondering if anyone's been able to get a different dpi to stick? I've tried three different build.prop editors now and none of them seem to save upon boot. To confirm changes are being made to the build.prop I'll open a file manager and directly view it and it is saving. I've never seen this before? Anyone else?
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I tried this morning and found that the changes were there but weren't loaded when I restarted. It's like the system wasn't reading the file. A fix on this would make things much more functional.
Ders1 said:
I tried this morning and found that the changes were there but weren't loaded when I restarted. It's like the system wasn't reading the file. A fix on this would make things much more functional.
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joesee said:
I know the default is 320, but wondering if anyone's been able to get a different dpi to stick? I've tried three different build.prop editors now and none of them seem to save upon boot. To confirm changes are being made to the build.prop I'll open a file manager and directly view it and it is saving. I've never seen this before? Anyone else?
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Try using
Code:
wm density x
in a terminal emulator or adb shell, replacing x with density of course.
im using this to change the dpi to 300 and looks great, its perfect and works always
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bassel.uituner