Lowering screen resolution from 2k to 1080 - Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I've seen it done on the moto x pure edition 5.7 inch screen... and I honestly want to do it to save battery life... and because from 2k to 1080p there really isn't a difference in quality at least for me.. so does anyone know If this is possible?!?!
Thanks in advance! I've tried by doing the dpi apps but that doesn't do anything I wanna change the resolution as well.. thanks
BTW this is the thread for Moto X Pure 2015
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3190234
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I don't understand why they moved my thread to where literally no one is going to care... the general section gets more response no one cares about the Q and A section.... anyway many thanks to the admin that did this...
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It's not going to save any battery life. The screen still has to push all its pixels, regardless of the resolution it is displaying. It may perform better in benchmarks and thats about it. If you want to save battery life, install a custom kernel and rom.

seh6183 said:
It's not going to save any battery life. The screen still has to push all its pixels, regardless of the resolution it is displaying. It may perform better in benchmarks and thats about it. If you want to save battery life, install a custom kernel and rom.
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Well battery department is good for me without root... I know it will help with lag and perfomance aswell.. and that's what I want no lag
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Well battery department is good for me without root... I know it will help with lag and perfomance aswell.. and that's what I want no lag
Thanks in advance
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So you're trying to change your screen resolution without root? That's not going to happen until the Dinosaurs come back.

seh6183 said:
So you're trying to change your screen resolution without root? That's not going to happen until the Dinosaurs come back.
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Excuse me sir, I have not rooted because I don't have a reason to yet due to how beautiful battery is but if I'm able to fix lag by reducing resolution then I will... anything else? Why would I root 1st without asking if it's possible or not? Makes no sense... anyways you were saying?[emoji12]
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RidinNerdy said:
Excuse me sir, I have not rooted because I don't have a reason to yet due to how beautiful battery is but if I'm able to fix lag by reducing resolution then I will... anything else? Why would I root 1st without asking if it's possible or not? Makes no sense... anyways you were saying?[emoji12]
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If you want to fix the lag, changing the screen resolution isn't the route you should take. You should root, then flash a custom kernel and rom. That will fix your lag and you won't have to stare at a blurry screen all day. If you want to fix the lag, one way or another you will unfortunately have to trade your warranty and Samsung pay. Just keep that in mind.

When using games for example, I use the Game Tuner app and this helps a lot for it reduces the resolution used on games.

Has anyone found a way to go from 2k to 1080p on the overall ui, not just one games?
Thanks in advance!
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I dont get the people. Why are you insistly saying dont do that you dknt need that staff. If you know something about how we can change you can help but I dont beleive reducing the resolution not gonna help to performance. Maybe not in the battery side but it MUST be get extra performance on lower resolution. It helps on PC afaik.

RidinNerdy said:
Has anyone found a way to go from 2k to 1080p on the overall ui, not just one games?
Thanks in advance!
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Yes with root and resolution changer. You just don't seem the type that wants to deal with all that entails (on note 5 once you trip Knox, you'll have to deal with deep sleep issue on stock) , so don't. Just be happy with what you have.
Note 5 ?

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[Q] Kitkat upgrade regret

I am starting to regret my decision to upgrade to KitKat 4.4.2
My Z1 C6906 was almost flawless but now there are major issues:
BATTERY DRAIN- The phone is running down at a much faster rate then before the upgrade.
CAMERA FREEZE- The camera takes longer to startup and often locks up right after initializing. This is random but very annoying.
There are also various minor issues but I would appreciate any suggestions on how to fix the two major ones first.
We know that, we love that, we know that, we love that. ..lol..
No fix for that...
We all know Sony is using different parts in their phones (lcd, memory chip's and obviously many more parts) and "half" of devices are working great on 757 (like mine) and "half" of them are working...well not so great on same firmware...
Sony is preparing new update but I really doubt they could fix something like that...
I mean...if you have lousy screen or digitizer that's something software can't fix - it could make ut a bit better but it'll never fix it to work without problems...
I'm reading all that threads where guys like you posting all their problems and I could be very happy with my luck...
I have had three Xperia devices and all were extremely good...
I would never buy anything except Sony...
I'm buying phones only from t-mobile (if I want locked bootloader) or in Tele2 if I need unlocked.
Never online (clove, ebay...) and never used...
Today's battery life
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It'll end with 30 hours and 6-7h screen time.
Camera, from locked screen, is up in a sec, so no problems there...
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funky0308 said:
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Today's battery life
It'll end with 30 hours and 6-7h screen time.
Camera, from locked screen, is up in a sec, so no problems there...
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Impossible! 6 hours on screen? no!
How you do that or what you did? Are you on iHackers?
eclyptos said:
Impossible! 6 hours on screen? no!
How you do that or what you did? Are you on iHackers?
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Nope, I'm on NUT ROM 757, deodexed and rooted.
I keep brightness up to 70% ( between 60-70% when I'm out) when I'm out (I have to, can't see the screen otherwise) and on 20-30% at night and I'm always getting between 25-30 hours of battery life plus 5.5-7h of screen time...
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Learn how to de-bloat and tweak your ROM and minimize wasted hardware & battery resources..
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Learn how to de-bloat and tweak your ROM and minimize wasted hardware & battery resources..
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So this is the secret? Can you give me some tip to do so?
eclyptos said:
Impossible! 6 hours on screen? no!
How you do that or what you did? Are you on iHackers?
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I get 6hrs or so too regularly on stock. What's there to be so surprised?
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BreakShadow said:
I get 6hrs or so too regularly on stock. What's there to be so surprised?
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Wat the Hell? Something have to be wrong with my hardware! Max 4 hrs.

Resolution changer

This root app let you change the resolution
I changed it to 1080p and saw huge boost on 3d score,very snappy and hopefully battery gets better
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nomone.resolution_changer
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After changing it to 1080p
Doesnt even work for me..I hit apply and the app flicks a couple times but never changes the actual resolution.
It changes on the fly no reebot necessary are you rooted? Needs to be rooted
digweed4me said:
This root app let you change the resolution
I changed it to 1080p and saw huge boost on 3d score,very snappy and hopefully battery gets better
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nomone.resolution_changer
After changing it to 1080p
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What values did you input for 1080p
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What values did you input for 1080p
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From the app I chose device templates and HTC one 1080p and 469 dpi
yeah im rooted..its all in my sig but it never asked for root permission nor could i force it
Work for me! Tried a few different settings. Sticking with default. Thanks
Roger1955
Nexus 6 Midnight Blue 32GB
Rooted, Unlocked with Encryption Disabled
Side note , the native res on the N6 is 493.
Anyone got a side by side screen shot of the resolution change?
Ok got it to work but does it work in game?
Took two screenshots in a game before and after but couldn't tell a difference.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.texdroider.texdroider_dpi&hl=en
been using that for a really long time. works like a charm
Working on my device, but some fonts and the icons in the app drawer are too big. Anyone know how to make smaller?
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Is it just me or are we talking about DPI change here and not actual resolution change?
So does it actually improve battery life?
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drivel2787 said:
So does it actually improve battery life?
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Probably not because the CPU/GPU still has to handle all those pixels regardless of the resolution.
OrionBG said:
Is it just me or are we talking about DPI change here and not actual resolution change?
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No it does change the actual resolution. Reason why it wasn't working for me is it never brought up the root grant window so I had to go in and manually give permission.
I think you all mean DPI.
I imagine the Nexus 6's default DPI is 480 like all other phones.
I don't own a Nexus 6 yet but i changed both my Note 3 and my OPO DPI's to 380, I think its a must on screens as big as these.
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I think you all mean DPI.
I imagine the Nexus 6's default DPI is 480 like all other phones.
I don't own a Nexus 6 yet but i changed both my Note 3 and my OPO DPI's to 380, I think its a must on screens as big as these.
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It's 560 DPI stock.I'm running 480 and am satisfied with it.

Getting my N6 tomorrow...Encryption

I've been reading about the encryption and if it slows down the N6 I definitely want to disable it, how do I go about doing this for 6.0? Can I just go I to security and changing the settings? Do I have to flash a custom boot img? If so, where is it? Like I've said, I've been searching, and I've seen vids of the 5X getting school my the OG N5, and I don't want that happening to my N6. Any help will be appreciated, thanks!
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nikeman513 said:
I've been reading about the encryption and if it slows down the N6 I definitely want to disable it, how do I go about doing this for 6.0? Can I just go I to security and changing the settings? Do I have to flash a custom boot img? If so, where is it? Like I've said, I've been searching, and I've seen vids of the 5X getting school my the OG N5, and I don't want that happening to my N6. Any help will be appreciated, thanks!
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[FIX] FED-Patcher v7 (ForceEncrypt Disable Patcher)
nikeman513 said:
I've been reading about the encryption and if it slows down the N6 I definitely want to disable it, how do I go about doing this for 6.0? Can I just go I to security and changing the settings? Do I have to flash a custom boot img? If so, where is it? Like I've said, I've been searching, and I've seen vids of the 5X getting school my the OG N5, and I don't want that happening to my N6. Any help will be appreciated, thanks!
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it DOES NOT slow down the nexus 6. at first, many thought uit did(nearly a year ago), but now most people know better, while some are still clueless.
simms22 said:
it DOES NOT slow down the nexus 6. at first, many thought uit did(nearly a year ago), but now most people know better, while some are still clueless.
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I'm not completely convinced of that. While I only used it encrypted for a short time I did notice an improvement when I unencrypted the device. Could it have been blacebo? Maybe, but with the commit changes to aosp that were targeting encryption speeds It could also have a very minor impact.
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it DOES NOT slow down the nexus 6. at first, many thought uit did(nearly a year ago), but now most people know better, while some are still clueless.
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When you say "now" do you mean that it has been fixed with Android 6.0 but it was there with 5.0/5.1?
Because I saw a lot of speed benchmarks on N6 (with LP) and they show encryption slows r/w a lot!
As I mentioned in another post, I ran Lollipop unencrypted for months, and when I upgraded to Marshmallow I found that I'd managed to encrypt my N6. I was pretty annoyed, since I expected to see slower performance and shorter battery life. Neither is true. It's every bit as fast and long-lasting as Lollipop was. No doubt the application performance monitors can see a fractional difference in the graphs, but in real life I see nothing at all.
I suggest that you strike this requirement off your to-do list - unless you have a simple and safe way to do it, in which case please post it here so I can do it too (yeah, it still niggles me a bit, just not enough... )
dahawthorne said:
As I mentioned in another post, I ran Lollipop unencrypted for months, and when I upgraded to Marshmallow I found that I'd managed to encrypt my N6. I was pretty annoyed, since I expected to see slower performance and shorter battery life. Neither is true. It's every bit as fast and long-lasting as Lollipop was. No doubt the application performance monitors can see a fractional difference in the graphs, but in real life I see nothing at all.
I suggest that you strike this requirement off your to-do list - unless you have a simple and safe way to do it, in which case please post it here so I can do it too (yeah, it still niggles me a bit, just not enough... )
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Since you are on 6.0 encrypted could you run a r/w benchmark and post results?
I suggest this one:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eembc.andebench
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Since you are on 6.0 encrypted could you run a r/w benchmark and post results?
I suggest this one:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eembc.andebench
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Benchmarks will not really tell you anything of note. The best way is just to judge for yourself. I recently picked up the n6 and heard the same. So I ran it encrypted for a few days (both stock and custom roms) Then unencrypted and ran the same setups and made up my own mind. You will have those that swear it makes a diff and those swearing just as loud that it really doesn't. So the best bet would be to run some real world usage. As it is a new device and will be pretty clean unencrypting it will not really be a big deal as long as you don't load it down to much. But even if you do it shouldn't take you more then an hour to unencrypt it and be on your way.
provolinoo said:
Since you are on 6.0 encrypted could you run a r/w benchmark and post results?
I suggest this one:
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n6 encrypted on marshmallow. id like to see the score of unencrypted..
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n6 encrypted on marshmallow. id like to see the score of unencrypted..
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What kernel/rom/setup are you using?
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What kernel/rom/setup are you using?
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despair kernel(elementalx sometimes too) and aosp marshmallow

Twitter Pictures Scaling Weird

I'm running my N6 at 1080p at 370dpi and almost all the pictures on Twitter look like this:
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Does anyone know how to fix this without going back to 1440p?
run your nexus 6 properly, and it will all look fine. if not, its your own choice. whats the point of lowering your resolution amyways? it doesnt save battery nor improves anything.
simms22 said:
run your nexus 6 properly, and it will all look fine. if not, its your own choice. whats the point of lowering your resolution amyways? it doesnt save battery nor improves anything.
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I lower the resolution to save battery and put less stress on the GPU, and I lower the DPI to make UI elements smaller because of the available screen real estate. I know if I go back to stock it would fix it, but I just want to know if anyone has a quick fix for it.
legofan623 said:
I lower the resolution to save battery and put less stress on the GPU, and I lower the DPI to make UI elements smaller because of the available screen real estate. I know if I go back to stock it would fix it, but I just want to know if anyone has a quick fix for it.
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it DOES NOT save battery, actually might use a little more. all the pixels are still being used. that means, its still using the battery, the same amount, at least. i use my n6 at full resolution, and get 5-6 hours sot. no battery hacks btw.
simms22 said:
it DOES NOT save battery, actually might use a little more. all the pixels are still being used. that means, its still using the battery, the same amount, at least. i use my n6 at full resolution, and get 5-6 hours sot. no battery hacks btw.
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Well yeah all the pixels are still being used, but (at least in theory) the GPU would not have to render the extra pixels, similar to how you get better performance in a game if you go down from 1080p to 720p. If it doesn't save battery then at least I'm getting better performance right?
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Well yeah all the pixels are still being used, but (at least in theory) the GPU would not have to render the extra pixels, similar to how you get better performance in a game if you go down from 1080p to 720p. If it doesn't save battery then at least I'm getting better performance right?
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no, not really. maybe while playing gpu intensive games.. maybe.
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no, not really. maybe while playing gpu intensive games.. maybe.
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Oh well I guess, I actually didn't notice a huge battery boost anyway. Thanks for clearing that up.
I switched back to 1440p @ 493 DPI and it's still doing it. Must be a DPI thing:
legofan623 said:
I switched back to 1440p @ 493 DPI and it's still doing it. Must be a DPI thing:
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can be, i use 530 dpi(to make the google play music widget bigger) and its fine.
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can be, i use 530 dpi anx its fine.
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Hmm... weird. Oh well, I can live with it.
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Hmm... weird. Oh well, I can live with it.
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there are certain numbers that you can use where everything will be fine, and all other numbers, that can create issues. i dont remember what they are.

Screen on time

It's amazing how much we actually use our phones in a given day, especially when we watch "videos"! Rate this thread to express how many hours of screen-on time you can get on the Moto G4 Plus before depleting the battery.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
never took the battery down much past 50% but at the 50% mark I'll usually have about 3 hours of SOT. my moto g³ is pretty much the same. great battery life and SOT on the g⁴plus! especially if you're like me and mostly use IRC and open a few links and youtubes throughout your session. you're going to have PLENTY of SOT
Compared to the screen in the G3, it is sharper despite being bigger at 5.5 inches. This is due to the higher resolution of 1080p. The text looks crisp on this phone. But where it truly excels is in showing colours. The contrast and the colour depth on it is brilliant. The brightness is more than adequate, although it is also a very reflective screen and that poses some difficulty during outdoor use. The viewing angles are average -- the screen darkens when viewed at an angle -- and that too affects the outdoor visibility. But I have seen worse. And seen better. The G4 Plus is closer to the best.
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Im getting insane battery life, waaaah I'm just amazed by the SOT and performance..
FULLY STOCK..NO GREENIFY NOR ROOT NOTHING.......Full stock no tuning nothing..
Hari Haran said:
Im getting insane battery life, waaaah I'm just amazed by the SOT and performance..
FULLY STOCK..NO GREENIFY NOR ROOT NOTHING.......Full stock no tuning nothing..
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waw..is wonder
Mine Screen On Time : 6h 45mins with wifi and 4G always On.second sim also 3G.With moderate use of camera,whatsapp,telegram,facebook,calls.
Is it Normal or i have to improve more?
prakash27091987 said:
Mine Screen On Time : 6h 45mins with wifi and 4G always On.second sim also 3G.With moderate use of camera,whatsapp,telegram,facebook,calls.
Is it Normal or i have to improve more?
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How did you change ur statusbar ?
Theme name pls ??
i get like 18 hrs workings time g4

			
				
how much screen on time is got when elemental x kernel is used guys??
arjuntsgowda said:
how much screen on time is got when elemental x kernel is used guys??
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-_- want 24hrs sot? Keep screen on.. 0 brightness, flight mode, remove sim delete all apps! You'll get 24hr screen on time
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Hari Haran said:
-_- want 24hrs sot? Keep screen on.. 0 brightness, flight mode, remove sim delete all apps! You'll get 24hr screen on time
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no man u will get more than 24 hrs
give a proper answer,if u cant dont give please
Pure Bone Stock, Not Rooted, No Greenify.
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On which rom? Stock kernel or custom? Configured?
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On which rom? Stock kernel or custom? Configured?
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Pure Bone Stock bro, not rooted, no custom rom, nothing really configured.
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Pure Bone Stock bro, not rooted, no custom rom, nothing really configured.
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Nougat Or MM?
Build Number
waseemmayaa said:
Nougat Or MM?
Build Number
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Nougat
Build No - NPJ25.93-14
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On which rom? Stock kernel or custom? Configured?
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He was just starting at the screen watching videos [emoji23]
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