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Hi Guys,
Wondering if anyone has tried (sucessfully or not) to remove Active notifications all together from the Moto X? I know I know... "It's the best part of the phone" and I agree.
But, I'd prefer a smaller DPI setting... 280 looks fantastic and provides more usability. Plus, there is an app in the market called Dynamic Notifications that works just as well and includes music controls when you pick up the phone.
I've narrowed down to the active notification settings / apk and it locking the phone up after receiving a call. Just un-ticking active notifications in settings still causes a lock. Perhaps it's deeper than just the .apk?
Well, that was easy. I disabled Active Notifications in the app manager and works perfectly. Don't know why I didn't try this before.
Using Dynamic Notifications brings back the functionality too!
mcgrathpatj said:
Well, that was easy. I disabled Active Notifications in the app manager and works perfectly. Don't know why I didn't try this before.
Using Dynamic Notifications brings back the functionality too!
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Dynamic Notifications lights up when you pick up the phone?
Yup
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Dynamic Notifications probably doesn't use the companion core though, so will be less battery efficient.
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You're better off leaving active notifications turned on and just changing their setting back to 320 using Xposed/app settings. That's exactly what I did when I was running using 280 in the build.prop and it worked great.
How did you guys change dpi? What's default on the X?
340
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phositadc said:
How did you guys change dpi? What's default on the X?
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As someone mentioned, you can use XPosed. Alternately, find the line ro.sf.lcd_density=340 (or something along that line) in your build.prop file and change it to the desired number, save and reboot.
phositadc said:
How did you guys change dpi? What's default on the X?
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320.
mcgrathpatj said:
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Wrong--it's 320. XHDPI is 320.
Is it 320? My mistake.
Sorry, didn't see the question for how you change the DPI...
1) have to be root
2) Reboot into recovery mode (power off. Hold vol. down + pwr for 5 sec. select recovery)
3) Open Root Explorer and navigate to /system/, long press build.prop and select open with editor.
The problem with changing the DPI for Active Display is that the notifications are no longer centered. It shifts to the left. Perhaps if you're just running it at 280, you may not notice it as much but my DPI is 245. I ended up using Xposed App Settings and changing the DPI for Active Display back to 320 and Active Display is back to the center with everything else on the phone nice and small
insanulous said:
The problem with changing the DPI for Active Display is that the notifications are no longer centered. It shifts to the left. Perhaps if you're just running it at 280, you may not notice it as much but my DPI is 245. I ended up using Xposed App Settings and changing the DPI for Active Display back to 320 and Active Display is back to the center with everything else on the phone nice and small
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Are you changing the DPI for all other apps? Don't you find it tiresome each time you install a new app? Also, I was doing this previously, and I noticed when you open gmail, or calendar, there is a slight delay where the app in question starts as the default 320 then pops to the set DPI causing a brief graphical glitch.
I know, small, but irritating none the less.
I don't do it for each app. I just change the build.prop to set it to 245 for all apps and just change particular apps that look weird to 320 using Xposed App Settings. I haven't noticed the graphical glitch but I'll definitely look out for it in the future
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insanulous said:
I don't do it for each app. I just change the build.prop to set it to 245 for all apps and just change particular apps that look weird to 320 using Xposed App Settings. I haven't noticed the graphical glitch but I'll definitely look out for it in the future
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Oh wow, so you're saying that if I change the Active Display apk back to 320, everything behaves normally?
mcgrathpatj said:
Oh wow, so you're saying that if I change the Active Display apk back to 320, everything behaves normally?
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Indeed! :laugh:
I would love to be able to do this! But I am having some issues. I set my build.prop dpi to 240 (using ROM Toolbox), and in the Xposed/App Setting I set both the Active Display and Active Display System to 320 and the rest of the options defaulted. I then saved and rebooted.
Now my Active Notifications freezes my phone and I have to restart it.
(I reset my overall dpi to 320, everything works great just looks huge)
Do I need to change any other settings in App Settings for this to work properly? or any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
I have Moto X Dev. Running 4.4 if that makes any difference
Thanks!
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I think I figured it out! I didn't install the Xposed/App Settings correctly. Still a little new to Xposed.
Fixed it and so far so good.
Thanks for the info!
im not sure what i am doing wrong, but this is certainly not working for me.
build.prop is set to 250 but active notifcations is set to 320 in app settings. i see active display mentioned, not sure what that is.
any advice?
im on 4.2, it appears that active display is 4.4 or higher. this fix isnt working for me.
krsmit0 said:
im not sure what i am doing wrong, but this is certainly not working for me.
build.prop is set to 250 but active notifcations is set to 320 in app settings. i see active display mentioned, not sure what that is.
any advice?
im on 4.2, it appears that active display is 4.4 or higher. this fix isnt working for me.
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It could be different for 4.2, I'm not sure. If you go into Xposed, then Modules, is App Settings Checked? That is what I forgot to do. You can change all the settings you want in App Settings but if it's not checked in Xposed it doesnt matter.
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It could be different for 4.2, I'm not sure. If you go into Xposed, then Modules, is App Settings Checked? That is what I forgot to do. You can change all the settings you want in App Settings but if it's not checked in Xposed it doesnt matter.
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it is checked because i use app settings to allow the launcher to rotate, and it rotates.
EDIT: i reset my dpi to 320 and am changing system apps dpi individually, one of them caused active notifications to break, narrowing it down
EDIT AGAIN: it appears that on 4.2 active notifications relies on the setting for ANDROID SYSTEM. Lots of other apps rely on android system for their resolution also. things started to break down at this point and i couldn't have everything i wanted all at once. bummer.
I've been applying assorted mods and V6 Supercharging lately just to see what all I can do before I break stuff. Well, I broke Active Display and I wasn't sure what did it. I restored back to stock 4.4 and noticed that Active Display breaks when I change the LCD density lower than 320 (I'm using 280). After the phone goes to sleep a few times, it wacks out and won't let me unlock it. Shortly after it soft reboots and Active Display no longer works.
Has anyone else noticed this problem and were you able to make Active Display work with the lower density?
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I've been applying assorted mods and V6 Supercharging lately just to see what all I can do before I break stuff. Well, I broke Active Display and I wasn't sure what did it. I restored back to stock 4.4 and noticed that Active Display breaks when I change the LCD density lower than 320 (I'm using 280). After the phone goes to sleep a few times, it wacks out and won't let me unlock it. Shortly after it soft reboots and Active Display no longer works.
Has anyone else noticed this problem and were you able to make Active Display work with the lower density?
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The thing with changing DPI is it makes the active display go off center, and thus crash sometimes. Change back the DPI of Active Display only to stock 320 while keeping the rest of the system on 280.
anirudh412 said:
The thing with changing DPI is it makes the active display go off center, and thus crash sometimes. Change back the DPI of Active Display only to stock 320 while keeping the rest of the system on 280.
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I didn't know you could do that. I'm on AT&T 4.4, how would I change just AD to 320? I only know how to change system through build.prop.
I found that if you change certain apps that you have set up to show notifications in active display, if you adjust the DPI you'll lose the pictures for the notification. For example, change the Messaging app to something other than 320. Poof, No more pictures.
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d3athsd00r said:
I didn't know you could do that. I'm on AT&T 4.4, how would I change just AD to 320? I only know how to change system through build.prop.
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Used Xposed module. App Settings.
natezire71 said:
I found that if you change certain apps that you have set up to show notifications in active display, if you adjust the DPI you'll lose the pictures for the notification. For example, change the Messaging app to something other than 320. Poof, No more pictures.
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Used Xposed module. App Settings.
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Thanks. I must have missed that one.
d3athsd00r said:
Thanks. I must have missed that one.
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Let me know if that works. I've been wanting to change the stem DPI also
natezire71 said:
Let me know if that works. I've been wanting to change the stem DPI also
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Will do. I might have to take a break from work to run out to my car and try this.
d3athsd00r said:
Will do. I might have to take a break from work to run out to my car and try this.
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Man, it's late for work. You should take a break
natezire71 said:
Man, it's late for work. You should take a break
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I work night shift, and we can't have our phones in the building. :sad:
natezire71 said:
Man, it's late for work. You should take a break
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So something is up with my settings. When I click on "security", settings crashes. Looks like I'm going to have to wipe
natezire71 said:
Let me know if that works. I've been wanting to change the stem DPI also
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d3athsd00r said:
Will do. I might have to take a break from work to run out to my car and try this.
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Download the newest version from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2554049
While in recovery, change Active Display to 320 in App Settings module, build.prop to 280 (or whatever number you desire). Reboot, profit
Also, if anyone wants tablet mode for certain apps (I use mine on GMail, go to App Settings module, select the particular app, change DPI to around 220, and DP to 800X1280)
So I finally got around to refreshing my phone. 280 in build.prop with 320 set for active display makes the phone right where I want it with resolution and size
My new favorite phone of all time. And I don't even have AOKP, and never will
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d3athsd00r said:
So I finally got around to refreshing my phone. 280 in build.prop with 320 set for active display makes the phone right where I want it with resolution and size
My new favorite phone of all time. And I don't even have AOKP, and never will
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Can you please explain how u did it? I'm lost.. Thanks!
varun.gid said:
Can you please explain how u did it? I'm lost.. Thanks!
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You have to install Xposed and the module App Settings. Once you've rebooted and Xposed is active, go into App Settings and set the DPI on Active Display to 320. Then set your DPI in build.prop to whatever you want. Reboot and enjoy.
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Is it just me or just everything seem really big on this phone even with the font set to small? I feel like my S5 can fit a ton more content on the screen and they are supposed to be the same resolution. I.e. my keyboard takes up almost half the screen on the X. It feels like still 720p...
km8j said:
Is it just me or just everything seem really big on this phone even with the font set to small? I feel like my S5 can fit a ton more content on the screen and they are supposed to be the same resolution. I.e. my keyboard takes up almost half the screen on the X. It feels like still 720p...
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This is amoled technology, it looks like pixelated as u said but it have many advantage, amoled can produce much high ratio of color saturation than other screen, there are only one screen technology that can truly turn off pixel where black picture is, I mean at black colour, pixels are off, means true black you cant find any faint or visible black that is cool feeling when you see at black especially at night... This feature is my favorite.
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This is amoled technology, it looks like pixelated as u said but it have many advantage, amoled can produce much high ratio of color saturation than other screen, there are only one screen technology that can truly turn off pixel where black picture is, I mean at black colour, pixels are off, means true black you cant find any faint or visible black that is cool feeling when you see at black especially at night... This feature is my favorite.
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I dont think you understood my original question.
Yeah, the DPI is set pretty crazy on the phone. First thing I did was root and change the density to 380 instead of 480. That fixed the problem for me.
l2and said:
Yeah, the DPI is set pretty crazy on the phone. First thing I did was root and change the density to 380 instead of 480. That fixed the problem for me.
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Which app did you use?
If you are rooted just use a File explorer to edit the build.prop.
Be aware that the Camera app will no longer function if you change the DPI
knitler said:
If you are rooted just use a File explorer to edit the build.prop.
Be aware that the Camera app will no longer function if you change the DPI
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lol that is ridiculous - need a camera
km8j said:
lol that is ridiculous - need a camera
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If you want to change the build.prop, you'll need to mount /system as well.
After doing that, install Xposed and used the "App Settings" module. After the restart, go to app settings and change the DPI back on the camera and moto display if you're using the active notifications to 480 (com.motorola.camera and com.motorola.motodisplay). After that, you should be good to go with everything else. If you come across another app that looks funny or doesn't load, go back to app settings and change it.
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If you want to change the build.prop, you'll need to mount /system as well.
After doing that, install Xposed and used the "App Settings" module. After the restart, go to app settings and change the DPI back on the camera and moto display if you're using the active notifications to 480 (com.motorola.camera and com.motorola.motodisplay). After that, you should be good to go with everything else. If you come across another app that looks funny or doesn't load, go back to app settings and change it.
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But this cans the camera?
I tried the moto X in at&t store and also noticed the icons and text being a lot bigger. I tried using nova launcher and this displayed everything normally. I think the stock google now launcher is the problem
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I tried the moto X in at&t store and also noticed the icons and text being a lot bigger. I tried using nova launcher and this displayed everything normally. I think the stock google now launcher is the problem
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Yes, Google launcher has bigger icons that stock Android launcher.
Yes but everything is that way. Even individual apps are simply huge
Yeah they definitely should have tweaked the DPI for this phone. Most of it is fine (for me) but the icons are ridiculously large. Not going to give up the camera app to change it though.
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But this cans the camera?
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It will force the camera to stop working until you go into app settings using xposed and set the DPI to the camera back to 480. Once you do that, the camera will work just fine.
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Hmmm anyone else notice that the active display time and lock icon is all screwed up after changing dpi
Changing the DPI on active display app works
The annoying part is that Moto Display is only compatible with the stock DPI. I went from 480 to 400 today and everything is fine besides that and stock camera app crashes on opening. However, I use Google Camera so meh.
Yup, if you need your active display back. Change com.motorola.display back to 480.
There are a couple apps in the play store that will change the DPI for you.. DPI changer, texdroider DPI. Both work great. As mentioned, use the Xposed module "app settings" to change any app that is acting up, back to stock DPI. I've got the VZW variant, I may have to make an exchange to the pure edition. I myself prefer a much smaller DPI, as well as hiding my nav keys and enabling pie via LMT. Not to mention the Xposed module "Tinted Status Bar" which improves the look of the interface dramatically.
I always used 290 on my nexus 4 and it was great.
I really don't like how big the icons are stock. Any suggestions?
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I use Nova, Google Launcher icons are stupidly big
320 maybe
I wouldn't go 320... the stock value is 480.
I use 440, it's perfect for me. It could be smaller (but 320 is WAY too small), but with the large screen and bumbling one-hand use 440 is perfect. Plus if you don't use XGELS to modify the launcher settings, it adds a 5th column in the app drawer.
I will also add: if you change the DPI at all, Moto Display will be weird. It's just graphical, off center and funky icons. Xposed module App Settings allowed me to change the DPI of just Moto Display back to 480 and problem solved.
how do you change the dpi? the large icons are bugging me too
_bottle_ said:
how do you change the dpi? the large icons are bugging me too
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The large icons aren't a dpi issue, it's just the style of the Google launcher
_bottle_ said:
how do you change the dpi? the large icons are bugging me too
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Edit the build.prop.
I just use the app "textdroider dpi" to adjust mine
Just rooted 5.0. On 4.4.4, I had my DPI at 400 with the Xposed Module App Settings to correct Moto Display. Obviously, that's not an option on Lollipop. So, my questions is, does anyone know a way to correct this while maintaining a similar DPI to 400 and do it without Xposed?
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Just rooted 5.0. On 4.4.4, I had my DPI at 400 with the Xposed Module App Settings to correct Moto Display. Obviously, that's not an option on Lollipop. So, my questions is, does anyone know a way to correct this while maintaining a similar DPI to 400 and do it without Xposed?
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Yeah I just switched to 400 and I'm having the same issue, anyone have a fix for this?
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Yeah I just switched to 400 and I'm having the same issue, anyone have a fix for this?
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Don't think there really is a fix.. With xposed you could do per app DPI.. I've learned to deal with it being a little off center using 420 dpi
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Don't think there really is a fix.. With xposed you could do per app DPI.. I've learned to deal with it being a little off center using 420 dpi
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That was my plan but then I noticed that after some time it seemed to re-center, but the actual active portion of the screen doesn't. So I have to slide to the left of the actual unlock icon to unlock it (???). Weird.
I'm interested too, those icons and applications are too big for me. I feel like we don't benefit of the entire 5.2" screen 1920x1080 and 441 ppi... it shows exactly the same amount of content as a 4.2" screen with 150 ppi. I would be happy to find a little fix too, I have not enough skills to build it.
Maybe the key is to come back to Nexus' line, but the Moto X 2014 seem so perfect except that point.
Just install nova launcher
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Tried it. Indeed the desktop is better, but each time I launch an application like Youtube, Whatsapp or Settings for example, it feels I'm a old person who needs very big font size. I would like to see more on my screen, with smaller font size then.
Setting ourself the DPI would have been great.
I edit with pro build dpi with root explorer , perfect.
regards
Anybody else noticed that the phone icon hasn't updated to the flatter one after update?... Looks out of place
Well, I decided to keep my XT1092 and try it out with some tweaks. I'm on Lollipop 5.0 (22.21.19 reteuall).
I firstly unlocked the bootloader, secondly I rooted it with Multitool 4.1, and finally I used "adb shell wm density XXX" to change the DPI to 360.
PERFECT : I have no glitches at all, even Active Display is OK. So I recommend this very easy method to be happy with a good screen DPI.
Edit : my bad, after the 1st reboot, I have same problem with Active Display, but it's worth it.
There will be Xposed soon I hope, then I'll take it back.
StiiLe said:
Well, I decided to keep my XT1092 and try it out with some tweaks. I'm on Lollipop 5.0 (22.21.19 reteuall).
I firstly unlocked the bootloader, secondly I rooted it with Multitool 4.1, and finally I used "adb shell wm density XXX" to change the DPI to 360.
PERFECT : I have no glitches at all, even Active Display is OK. So I recommend this very easy method to be happy with a good screen DPI.
Edit : my bad, after the 1st reboot, I have same problem with Active Display, but it's worth it.
There will be Xposed soon I hope, then I'll take it back.
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I found this too, but ended up going back to stock DPI for another reason as well: the back button does not get properly sized when you adb the DPI, it looks too big. Same goes for some of the status bar icons (for example the battery is larger than other buttons). Then there's the glitches like your profile icon in hangouts being way too big, the top developer icon in play store being way out of position, and the triple dots under the middle word suggestion on google keyboard being too large. Changing DPI is just a hassle and makes the phone uglier, which is a real bummer because this phone desperately needs a better DPI setting.
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I found this too, but ended up going back to stock DPI for another reason as well: the back button does not get properly sized when you adb the DPI, it looks too big. Same goes for some of the status bar icons (for example the battery is larger than other buttons). Then there's the glitches like your profile icon in hangouts being way too big, the top developer icon in play store being way out of position, and the triple dots under the middle word suggestion on google keyboard being too large. Changing DPI is just a hassle and makes the phone uglier, which is a real bummer because this phone desperately needs a better DPI setting.
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I don't have your problems...
Maybe it depends on which number DPI you are, mine seems OK with all of this. Also, I set "Small" font size in the settings. I got one "big" problem for me anyway, I can't use Swiftkey with this, there is a strange bug with this keyboard, I will post an screenshot later.
OK, guys.
When I change LCD density to any number that is not 320 or 240, the default camera app stops working.
Could anyone tell me how to solve this issue?
When it's 320 or 240 it works perfectly, but if I use the one I like (280) it simply FC.
Sorry for the bad English but I think I was clear enough.
Thanks in advance
saam_oc said:
OK, guys.
When I change LCD density to any number that is not 320 or 240, the default camera app stops working.
Could anyone tell me how to solve this issue?
When it's 320 or 240 it works perfectly, but if I use the one I like (280) it simply FC.
Sorry for the bad English but I think I was clear enough.
Thanks in advance
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+1.....i think you have no choice !! Even i faced the same issue ! Revert it back !
"App settings" xposed module is the answer, it allows you to set a custom DPI for each app.
eskamhl said:
"App settings" xposed module is the answer, it allows you to set a custom DPI for each app.
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Thanks man! It works like a charm