Noob here.. what is it? Why is it? And what happens if i change it? Oh and how lol
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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?
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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?
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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?
Greetings, lovely xda community!
I am very happy with all the solutions and innovations I find on these forums.. I am on Ultimate v5 at the moment..
Lately, caught more of the DPI changing texts, from 320 to 240..
But, apparently these is DPI change for apps and for the whole screen of the Note..
So, since my understanding is limited, what I hope to be able to do is to change general DPI of the screen, so that I would be able to put more apps per one homescreen.. I mean, I like Note`s big screen real estate, but there is too much empty space between the apps icons, so maybe something like 6x6 would be better than the usual 5x5... (hmm. I wanted to add attachment of my screenshots of the present state of my screen and homescreens/app icons, but none of the message edit and attachment buttons do not work )..
Anyway, I tried some dpi changers and density changers from Play store.. Boy, I barely managed to get the phone working normally again.. I just made the keyboard pop up with massive numbers and only upper 30 percent of the normal keyboard..
now back to normal..
so, how can I do it? I do not need to run tablet apps,so I do not need dpi change that allows me to download tablet apps from play store..
I would like to fit more icons on the homescreen...
How is that done?
By the way, I did google and search this forum, but it mostly speaks about dpi change for apps..
And ok, there is the "edit build prop", but is that what I need for my intentions, and how can I do it.. and possible negative consequences?
Thanks for stopping and answering!
Peace out...
Hi there, some apps look better in certain dpi modes than others.
I suggest you look at the rom "paranoid android 3 build by beerbong" in the original android development section of the n7000 forum at xda.
Its an aosp rom (google android without the samsung stuff) and it allows changing the dpi of the whole phone (phone, phablet and tablet mode) and changing the dpi of apps alone.
Its a work of art and i suggest you take a look at that rather than messing around with buildprop editors. Goodluck!
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Anthropostar said:
Hi there, some apps look better in certain dpi modes than others.
I suggest you look at the rom "paranoid android 3 build by beerbong" in the original android development section of the n7000 forum at xda.
Its an aosp rom (google android without the samsung stuff) and it allows changing the dpi of the whole phone (phone, phablet and tablet mode) and changing the dpi of apps alone.
Its a work of art and i suggest you take a look at that rather than messing around with buildprop editors. Goodluck!
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Thanks for the reply.. But, I kind of reeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaallllllyyyyyyyyy like to have Touchwiz...
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!
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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?
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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?
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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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@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.
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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?
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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...
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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.
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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.
I have a Touchwiz APK that I used with AlexisXDA's A8 port (6.0/MM).
I'm now using his Nougat v1.2 ROM and I want to use it.
This APK made the app drawer icon a fingerprint and I could have 5 apps next to it (rather than 4).
The other thing is, it had within the drawer 5 apps across and 6 down (30 in total).
I've tried a few different methods to no avail. I'm posting this here for anyone who wants it but also if someone can 'edit' it? As I'd like for it to work with Nougat, but IDK how it works TBH.
To use, place in /system/priv-app/Touchwiz folder and set permissions to 644
Don't forget to keep your old one. Just rename it .bak
Any help would be very much appreciated
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Screenshot for clarity...
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For the app drawer icon you will find it here
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i know its too soon,am so far liking everything about the one ui,but app icons are hugely ugly,is there any way to shrink them on the nav bar and inside the app drawer.
i tried increasing the dpi in dev options it didnt affect them.
thanks
RAM377 said:
i know its too soon,am so far liking everything about the one ui,but app icons are hugely ugly,is there any way to shrink them on the nav bar and inside the app drawer.
i tried increasing the dpi in dev options it didnt affect them.
thanks
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make your dpi 411 or 410 and check If it make different
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Or, just go Settings-Home Screen- and change home and apps screen grid. much easier
^^^This was easier, but I then realized my fat fingers kept hitting the wrong app when I'm not focused on what I'm doing, so I had to revert back to 4x5 arrangement. I prefered the Oreo icons, and want those back (even if it is a theme).
set your dpi to 510, it makes the phone even looks like it came from the future... very sharp and awesome