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[Q] Stock Screen Density

Hi, I am fairly new to Android development. I have a question regarding the Galaxy S. What is the stock screen density of this phone in 2.1? I am trying to create the Galaxy S environment on an emulator so that I can test my application (I do not own one of these phones). Does the density change in later versions?
I have read hxxp://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html
I know that the phone screen resolution is 480x800.
I am not sure what type of screen it is (Normal or Large), hence I cannot determine the density.
Is there an easy way of determining the density and screen type of a phone?
Thanks!

I do not know how to find out a density of other phones thought its a standard
But Samsung Galaxy S I9000 should have 240 (as seen in build.prop ro.sf.lcd_density=240 ) as the standard one and no it doesn't change in the versions.
(I use 200 though looks nicer )

Hmm, strange. The application seems to work fine with that configuration, yet one of the users is reporting an issue. I wonder if he changed the density..
Thanks for your help!

What kind of issue?
Well tell that guy to download spare parts and unticks "compatibility mode" if he is using changed density it may help him.

Grr. It was a simple user error. He thought the background picture was not appearing in the center, when it was. Just the way the picture is.
I started fiddling with making the application accessible to other densities. The AVD comes with a large screen, medium density skin (480x800/480x854 at 160dpi). Are there actually any devices that use that kind of setup? I ran my application at those settings, and for some reason it is loading the mdpi resource, which is designed for a normal screen (640x480).
Thanks for your help Pagot!

How can I change DPI?

So, since the Samsung Galaxy Note has an almost ludicrously large sized screen at 5.3 inches diagonally in size, it is only natural that I want to make the most of this high-resolution screen. From what I have presently read, changing the DPI seems to be the way to fit more items onto my screen, but how will this effect general usage of the device? Firstly, will it ruin any particular apps that come pre-installed on the phone such as the S-Memo, S-Note or S-Planner apps and do the Contacts, Phone, plus Messaging applications for actual phone usage all work regardless of DPI? Also, if I were to change to a lower DPI, would this allow me to access a tablet mode within either Touchwiz or any different launchers? Unfortunately, I have yet to root my device for fear of screwing it up, as this is my first true Android device (minus an old second-hand HTC Desire which had no storage and didn't perform too well) and I am only 14 so far from the most experienced with technology. So, what would rooting involve? I am running a stock Samsung ICS ROM, which is affected by the brick bug, and should hopefully receive my Sandisk UHS-1 Micro-SD soon with a lovely 32GB of storage should rooting require external storage.
EDIT 1: I read somewhere that setting the DPI to 213 brings out a full tablet mode, whilst keeping everything readable. Is this true and, if not, what DPI settings do people recommend that still keep the screen readable but with the most information possible on it?

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I read somewhere that setting the DPI to 213 brings out a full tablet mode, whilst keeping everything readable. Is this true and, if not, what DPI settings do people recommend that still keep the screen readable but with the most information possible on it?

Any help would be appreciated.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.innodroid.dpichanger&hl=en

Brad387 said:
So, since the Samsung Galaxy Note has an almost ludicrously large sized screen at 5.3 inches diagonally in size, it is only natural that I want to make the most of this high-resolution screen. From what I have presently read, changing the DPI seems to be the way to fit more items onto my screen, but how will this effect general usage of the device? Firstly, will it ruin any particular apps that come pre-installed on the phone such as the S-Memo, S-Note or S-Planner apps and do the Contacts, Phone, plus Messaging applications for actual phone usage all work regardless of DPI? Also, if I were to change to a lower DPI, would this allow me to access a tablet mode within either Touchwiz or any different launchers? Unfortunately, I have yet to root my device for fear of screwing it up, as this is my first true Android device (minus an old second-hand HTC Desire which had no storage and didn't perform too well) and I am only 14 so far from the most experienced with technology. So, what would rooting involve? I am running a stock Samsung ICS ROM, which is affected by the brick bug, and should hopefully receive my Sandisk UHS-1 Micro-SD soon with a lovely 32GB of storage should rooting require external storage.
EDIT 1: I read somewhere that setting the DPI to 213 brings out a full tablet mode, whilst keeping everything readable. Is this true and, if not, what DPI settings do people recommend that still keep the screen readable but with the most information possible on it?
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Hi there , you can change the Display Pixel Intensity(DPI) with many apps , you can find them on play store . DPI changer is one such app. Now coming to the other half of your querry. reducing your DPI to 213 or lower makes things look pretty small on your phone , its readable only if you have sharp eyes . And if you are on rooted stock ics or gingerbread rom or any rom which is based on stock rom from samsung then it wont change your phone UI( User Interface ) to tablet mode .
Cheer up, there are few roms with which you can change the UI to tablet mode by reducing the DPI , to be particular AOKP rom . You will get one in the development section . If you dont want all such complication , download Paranoid android latest version and quench your thirst . With a single tick of check box you can switch between phone and tablet yi

Well, thanks.

DPI can also be considered as Dots Per Inch Stock . DPI for galaxy note is 320 , lower the dpi, smaller the icons and text , tablets generally have DPI somewhere around 172 to 190 or even upto 200+, but it depends on the screen size and the display resolution too . Well if you think 320 is too much for you and if you cant take it , then reduce it to 285 which is the actual (Physical) DPI of the screen on your phone .
Here is how you calculate DPI of your screen :
The resolution of Galaxy note is 1280 *800. i.e there are 1280 pixels from top to bottom of your screen and 800 pixels from left to right
Screen diagonal length = 5.3 inch
DPI = [sqrt of ( sq of(1280) + sq of (800) ) ] / 5.3
= 285 (approximately)
Hope you can understand all this and figure out yourself what is best suited for your screen :angel:

Scaling issues with custom DPI

since I changed the stock DPI to 520(via ADB) , I'm having a couple apps acting out, SwiftKey being the main offender to the point is rendered useless
I tried clearing data/uninstall but it didn't solve the issue. I'm stock rooted. Anyone knows how to fix this?

Change your DPI back. You can't modify system appearance and expect everything to cooperate!

Donjuanal said:
Change your DPI back. You can't modify system appearance and expect everything to cooperate!
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^^^ This.
I am using 380 dpi and it works great on everything though. 380 puts the phone into tablet mode, but using dpi numbers that are not necessarily tied to anything can cause issues.

EniGmA1987 said:
^^^ This.
I am using 380 dpi and it works great on everything though. 380 puts the phone into tablet mode, but using dpi numbers that are not necessarily tied to anything can cause issues.
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Dang. That would make everything tiny.

sgloki77 said:
since I changed the stock DPI to 520(via ADB) , I'm having a couple apps acting out, SwiftKey being the main offender to the point is rendered useless
I tried clearing data/uninstall but it didn't solve the issue. I'm stock rooted. Anyone knows how to fix this?
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Change it to a DPI that Google recognizes ... Multiples of 80 .... Nexus 6 is 560 g3 is 640 etc .... So go back to note 3 which is 480... This also keeps your apps from breaking because some apps won't install when you have a non Google play store DPI
Sent from my Nexus 6 using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2

Skripka said:
Dang. That would make everything tiny.
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Na, it's perfect size. You get to see so much on screen without everything being so small you cant read it.
nexus6R3plicant said:
Change it to a DPI that Google recognizes ... Multiples of 80 .... Nexus 6 is 560 g3 is 640 etc .... So go back to note 3 which is 480... This also keeps your apps from breaking because some apps won't install when you have a non Google play store DPI
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Really? I never knew that. Odd that 380 works perfect since that is not a multiple of 80 and it puts the Nexus 6 into tablet mode. Ill try 400 later and see how it is.

EniGmA1987 said:
Na, it's perfect size. You get to see so much on screen without everything being so small you cant read it.
Really? I never knew that. Odd that 380 works perfect since that is not a multiple of 80 and it puts the Nexus 6 into tablet mode. Ill try 400 later and see how it is.
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The first ones had DPI of 160 then the s2 etc was 240 etc and so forth
Sent from my Nexus 6 using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2

finally got it to work
I used BuildProp Editor and changed the line ro.sf.lcd_density 520 for a 520 DPI
all apps are scaling correctly now no need to go back to those gigantic icons on stock DPI

sgloki77 said:
finally got it to work
I used BuildProp Editor and changed the line ro.sf.lcd_density 520 for a 520 DPI
all apps are scaling correctly now no need to go back to those gigantic icons on stock DPI
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I was able to change my density using the following ADB shell commands, but it caused a few glitches with apps as others mentioned (Play Store, KeePass2Android keyboard, DSub, etc):
Code:
adb shell
wm density 480
exit
Perhaps those glitches are due to the build.prop still having the default density after applying ADB shell commands:
Code:
ro.sf.lcd_density 560
Next, I tried using a couple of different build prop editing apps, but none actually change the file even though I'm granting root access. Can anyone advise why this might be? Which app specifically did you use (play store link)?
Another method I tried was editing a copy of build.prop using a text editor, then used TWRP to replace the original and set permissions to 644. This caused my phone to get stuck at the colored dots boot screen, and forced me to do a nandroid restore in TWRP.
Seems like this should be easier...any advice?

acc3d said:
I was able to change my density using the following ADB shell commands, but it caused a few glitches with apps as others mentioned (Play Store, KeePass2Android keyboard, DSub, etc):
Code:
adb shell
wm density 480
exit
Perhaps those glitches are due to the build.prop still having the default density after applying ADB shell commands:
Code:
ro.sf.lcd_density 560
Next, I tried using a couple of different build prop editing apps, but none actually change the file even though I'm granting root access. Can anyone advise why this might be? Which app specifically did you use (play store link)?
Another method I tried was editing a copy of build.prop using a text editor, then used TWRP to replace the original and set permissions to 644. This caused my phone to get stuck at the colored dots boot screen, and forced me to do a nandroid restore in TWRP.
Seems like this should be easier...any advice?
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use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.texdroider.texdroider_dpi its so simple.

Wait 380 put's the phone in Tablet mode?
Do apps think it's a tablet then? I'm missing Xposed and Tablet Metrics for making Spotify think I've got a tablet so I can use the skip song feature for free.
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Oh wow multiples of 80 actually do fix things that break! I had changed my DPI from 560 to 490 and it looked GREAT but various icons inside of apps were broken in the sense that they did not display correctly. I changed my DPI to 480, a multiple of 80 and everything displays correctly now.
I did not know Google used multiples of 80, you would think some of the quick change apps would reflect that or let you know that!
Thanks everyone!

I just tried the adb shell wm density trick to change it to 480
Looks soo much better, but i had the visual problems.
I used custom DPI on my nexus 5 with XPOSED reporting stock DPI to play store to install apps.
I want to use 480 for the nexus 6 , but i have to be rooted to edit.
Using CF autorrot is just as easy as it was for the nexus 5?
I know i need to oem unlock, i havent done that. After unlocking, using CF auto root gives me SU. Will sideloading OTA-s stiil work with root or not?
I read that since lollipop , OTAs dont work if you have any modification. It was working fine with my rooted nexus 5 on Kitkat, but since lollipop something changed.

How do I change the DPI?
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How do I change the DPI?
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Never mind I see the app above

I'm having some difficulties with keyboard after changing the dpi to 480 so i am going back to stock dpi.

nexus6R3plicant said:
Change it to a DPI that Google recognizes ... Multiples of 80 .... Nexus 6 is 560 g3 is 640 etc .... So go back to note 3 which is 480... This also keeps your apps from breaking because some apps won't install when you have a non Google play store DPI
Sent from my Nexus 6 using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
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Where did you get that info? Why multiples of 80? Supposedly the native DPI of the Nexus 6 should be 493 and that's not a multiple of 80
Here's some info I found on reddit
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The old "decide layout based on DPI" method has been deprecated since Honeycomb. Android guidelines since 3.2 indicate apps should specify a tablet layout based on the minimum resolution-independent "space" it needs to look comfortable -- the system will tell the app if that is actually the case.
Also, 480 dpi is in fact one of the "native" resolutions (XXHDPI) Google advises devs to include alternate resources in. So at 480, the system would not have to scale graphic resources for most apps, possibly making them look better. And no, 480 should not force common apps into tablet layout (source: Note 3 at native 480 dpi).
I do agree that scaling to even numbers is better; the best is to shoot for a multiple of 4 or 8, just because of how resizing algorithms work in general. So if 480 doesn't float your boat, 492 would be a very good alternative."
https://www.reddit.com/r/nexus6/comments/2mwtl9/psa_while_rooted_set_your_n6_to_its_native_493_dpi/

Chad_Petree said:
Where did you get that info? Why multiples of 80? Supposedly the native DPI of the Nexus 6 should be 493 and that's not a multiple of 80
Here's some info I found on reddit
"
The old "decide layout based on DPI" method has been deprecated since Honeycomb. Android guidelines since 3.2 indicate apps should specify a tablet layout based on the minimum resolution-independent "space" it needs to look comfortable -- the system will tell the app if that is actually the case.
Also, 480 dpi is in fact one of the "native" resolutions (XXHDPI) Google advises devs to include alternate resources in. So at 480, the system would not have to scale graphic resources for most apps, possibly making them look better. And no, 480 should not force common apps into tablet layout (source: Note 3 at native 480 dpi).
I do agree that scaling to even numbers is better; the best is to shoot for a multiple of 4 or 8, just because of how resizing algorithms work in general. So if 480 doesn't float your boat, 492 would be a very good alternative."
https://www.reddit.com/r/nexus6/comments/2mwtl9/psa_while_rooted_set_your_n6_to_its_native_493_dpi/
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That thread is BS. The native PPI (pixels per inch).is 493. DPI is *nothing* to do with PPI. It's something entirely different. DPI is a Scaling method to make things bigger or smaller and has no direct relationship to pixels.
If you have a 5" screen with a 1080p resolution and a 10" screen with a 1080p resolution, they both have the same amount of pixels. So the pixels are much bigger on 10" screen, so all the buttons, icons etc would also be much bigger. This is not making good use of a bigger screens. So android implemented DPI to allow these assets to be scaled. What they are scaled to is completely subjective. There's no hard and fast rule. And they're Scaling within a set resolution so there is no loss of quality either.
Tablet mode comes in at under 300 DPI in later versions I believe.

danarama said:
That thread is BS. The native PPI (pixels per inch).is 493. DPI is *nothing* to do with PPI. It's something entirely different. DPI is a Scaling method to make things bigger or smaller and has no direct relationship to pixels.
If you have a 5" screen with a 1080p resolution and a 10" screen with a 1080p resolution, they both have the same amount of pixels. So the pixels are much bigger on 10" screen, so all the buttons, icons etc would also be much bigger. This is not making good use of a bigger screens. So android implemented DPI to allow these assets to be scaled. What they are scaled to is completely subjective. There's no hard and fast rule. And they're Scaling within a set resolution so there is no loss of quality either.
Tablet mode comes in at under 300 DPI in later versions I believe.
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Now I'm confused, I didn't know the nexus 6 had a 493 PPI , I used a website to calculate the DPI and went it , and it said 493 and then I read that post, and I even found another web which says the nexus a 493 dpi :/
http://dpi.lv/

Chad_Petree said:
Now I'm confused, I didn't know the nexus 6 had a 493 PPI , I used a website to calculate the DPI and went it , and it said 493 and then I read that post, and I even found another web which says the nexus a 493 dpi :/
http://dpi.lv/
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I believe its 493 for stock but 560 for aosp. regardless, I enjoy using 532 DPI.

simms22 said:
I believe its 493 for stock but 560 for aosp. regardless, I enjoy using 532 DPI.
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560 is stock stock stock. Which makes for some funny big icons

Chad_Petree said:
Now I'm confused, I didn't know the nexus 6 had a 493 PPI , I used a website to calculate the DPI and went it , and it said 493 and then I read that post, and I even found another web which says the nexus a 493 dpi :/
http://dpi.lv/
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That's because those sites are sort of wrong.
Forgetting android for a moment, in the printing industry and by extension, IT, DPI means Dots Per Inch. Literally how many dots in an Inch can be printed on a page. Dots and pixels seem very interchangeable at this point, but even there they are not. When a print designer mocks up a product for review, the pixels in electronic format do not translate to how many dots a printer can print. But because these two ideas are (somewhat incorrectly) seen as synonymous, and essentially a pixel on a screen is technically a "dot", the incorrect terms are used when it comes to screen technology.
All those sites that say the DPI is 493 are wrong. They mean PPI. The link you posted even uses PPI and then interchanges it with DPI. For screen hardware though, it certainly should be PPI.
Where we get even muddier here is that even the android developer documentation uses DPI to reflect the screen density as dots per inch. But android is using this in the software and not in the hardware. DPI is used to tell the OS what screen it has and from that the OS and Apps can decide how they should be displayed. Where as it seems right that the DPI should be set the same as the PPI, this rarely is the case. As we see with the nexus 5 and 6, Google set the DPI in android higher than the PPI because it looks better. So when Google are setting the DPI different to the PPI, we must be careful how we use these terms. The native PPI of the N6 i 493 but the native DPI is 560.
Edit > Further clarifying statement..PPI is a physical characteristic of a screen. DPI is a virtual representation of a screen.

[Q] Looking for a ROM with the capabilities of SlimKat/SlimLP?

I purchased the Nexus 4, 5, and 6 as each has come out. I love the devices, as well as the toolkit.
My issue is this, all of the roms available operate in 'Phone mode' which is useless to me, as the games and apps I use need to run in TABLET mode. I didn't even know there was a difference until I tried numerous other ROMS and had no luck.
Only Slimkat and SlimLP (to my knowledge) run applications in tablet mode, allowing for a much, much better viewing experience.
Without going through all of the methods described in previous threads about the 'XPosed Framework', is there a custom ROM that offers tablet mode functionality like the SlimRoms?
I would prefer to just stick to SlimLP, but it is extremely buggy, and causes me many problems on a daily basis, especially with phone calls, and this is the phone i use for work, and I cannot afford to keep having issues such as the ones with SlimLP until the bugs are worked out.
Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

flash any rom then change the dpi to set it into "tablet" mode. thats how slim did it, its not a special mode. by default, the n6 dpi is 560, lower it to below 400, like 390 or something. and you have a nexus, it doesnt need a toolkit, as it easier to do things the right way. learn the right way to do things.

simms22 said:
flash any rom then change the dpi to set it into "tablet" mode. thats how slim did it, its not a special mode. by default, the n6 dpi is 560, lower it to below 400, like 390 or something. and you have a nexus, it doesnt need a toolkit, as it easier to do things the right way. learn the right way to do things.
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OK, so learn the right way to do things. Again, I Googled this already, and was driven to installing something called the XPosed Framework, which I do not want to deal with. So the 'right way' according to some pretty exhaustive Googling comes up with nothing about DPI or it's built in functionality, which is what I am asking for.
Is there any simple way to do what I need to do. If not then that is fine, but changing DPI is not available in any of the ROMs I am aware of, and if it is, please let me know which ones there may be.
I am not an android developer or debugger, I am simply an end user looking to enjoy my phone. I don't know what 'it doesn't need a toolkit' means, but I do know I had to root using Wugfresh's toolkit.
Doesn't changing the DPI affect the amount of pixels I am able to see? Or does it only affect applications?

SidedX said:
OK, so learn the right way to do things. Again, I Googled this already, and was driven to installing something called the XPosed Framework, which I do not want to deal with. So the 'right way' according to some pretty exhaustive Googling comes up with nothing about DPI or it's built in functionality, which is what I am asking for.
Is there any simple way to do what I need to do. If not then that is fine, but changing DPI is not available in any of the ROMs I am aware of, and if it is, please let me know which ones there may be.
I am not an android developer or debugger, I am simply an end user looking to enjoy my phone. I don't know what 'it doesn't need a toolkit' means, but I do know I had to root using Wugfresh's toolkit.
Doesn't changing the DPI affect the amount of pixels I am able to see? Or does it only affect applications?
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many, if not most custom roms, have an option to change the dpi in that roms settings. im using terminus, and it has an option to change the dpi. also, you can change the dpi in your build.prop(then reboot to have it take affect). there are also apps that you can use to change your dpi.

simms22 said:
many, if not most custom roms, have an option to change the dpi in that roms settings. im using terminus, and it has an option to change the dpi. also, you can change the dpi in your build.prop(then reboot to have it take affect). there are also apps that you can use to change your dpi.
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Thanks, I'll do a full backup, and I will mess around. I honestly wish I had asked sooner, as SlimLP has been disastrous.
Thank you again.

SidedX said:
OK, so learn the right way to do things. Again, I Googled this already, and was driven to installing something called the XPosed Framework, which I do not want to deal with. So the 'right way' according to some pretty exhaustive Googling comes up with nothing about DPI or it's built in functionality, which is what I am asking for.
Is there any simple way to do what I need to do. If not then that is fine, but changing DPI is not available in any of the ROMs I am aware of, and if it is, please let me know which ones there may be.
I am not an android developer or debugger, I am simply an end user looking to enjoy my phone. I don't know what 'it doesn't need a toolkit' means, but I do know I had to root using Wugfresh's toolkit.
Doesn't changing the DPI affect the amount of pixels I am able to see? Or does it only affect applications?
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OK so although some ROMs add "DPI" options in settings, it is not needed. DPI as always is changed in /system/build.prop under LCD density.
As for pixels, that's PPI not DPI. DPI is not related to pixels in any way. DPI is a scaling method.
Think of it this way, if you have a 5".display with 1080 pixels by 1920 pixels, you have a HD display with a very specific amount of pixels. If you have a 10" tablet with the same amount of pixels, each pixel would be bigger. Therefore, everything on a screen would be bigger. This means a tablet would have everything too big and you wouldn't take advantage of a bigger screen. So android use something called DPI to scale objects on the screen. Smaller DPI makes everything smaller on screen. This way, you take advantage of more screen real estate. Apps etc can use lower DPI to identify a phone from a tablet and they will act differently if those apps have a tablet "mode".
There are no real links between pixels. Just the bigger the screen and lower resolution, the lower the DPI needs to be and the smaller the screen with a higher resolution, the higher the DPI should be.

rootSU said:
As for pixels, that's PPI not DPI. DPI is not related to pixels in any way. DPI is a scaling method.
Think of it this way, if you have a 5".display with 1080 pixels by 1920 pixels, you have a HD display with a very specific amount of pixels. If you have a 10" tablet with the same amount of pixels, each pixel would be bigger. Therefore, everything on a screen would be bigger. This means a tablet would have everything too big and you wouldn't take advantage of a bigger screen. So android use something called DPI to scale objects on the screen. Smaller DPI makes everything smaller on screen. This way, you take advantage of more screen real estate. Apps etc can use lower DPI to identify a phone from a tablet and they will act differently if those apps have a tablet "mode".
There are no real links between pixels. Just the bigger the screen and lower resolution, the lower the DPI needs to be and the smaller the screen with a higher resolution, the higher the DPI should be.
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Wow, OK. I always thought I would be turning my 1440p QHD display into a 1080p. Never knew there was a difference.
Thank you. This forum has been the most helpful, and I honestly should have come here first instead of spending over a month on my own fighting with this device.

SidedX said:
Wow, OK. I always thought I would be turning my 1440p QHD display into a 1080p. Never knew there was a difference.
Thank you. This forum has been the most helpful, and I honestly should have come here first instead of spending over a month on my own fighting with this device.
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Yeah completely different. You don't lose any resolution or image quality by lowering the DPI. I set mine at 400. Not for "tablet" or anything. I just like the look of everything at that size instead of the giant size of 563 or whatever it is by default.
But yeah, you're welcome

[Question] Pixel 5 screen resolution change fix?

Hi guys,
I used to use this method with mostly all of my devices in the past: LG G3, Galaxy S5, Amazon Kindle Fire tablets (including 8'' and 10''). All of them work just fine. But not this Pixel5!
Using the "adb shell wm size" command. I changes the screen resolution of my devices down a notch, for example from 1440p to 1080p, or 1080p to 800p and so on. Then I adjust the density accordingly. They all turn out the Ok-ish screen resolution and have a much better GPU performance for gaming.
My current S10 has the native changing resolution from Samsung, So I don't use it for my S10.
But with the Pixel 5, there is a problem. The camera cut - out on the screen become so weird and placed on the off center position, and the Pixel 5 is unusable
I really love to use my pixel 5 at 720p or 900p, and I believe the Adreno 620 (snapdragon 765G) on the Pixel 5 will handle game at the lower resolution much much better.
Does anyone have a fix for this? please help!
Thank you for your reading!
P.S: OMG, this was my bad for posting the thread into the wrong sub-forum. It was on the other tab of my web-browser. Thank you very much for moving it to the right place, Moderator!!

Why are you not changing the resolution in the settings like you do on the Samsung? A quick search suggest the Pixel 5 has such an option. You're best doing it the official way to guarantee everything will work correctly.
Because you're changing the resolution and DPI through what is basically a developer option, I think whatever is handling the camera cutout (An app? The WM? Android?) is not updating its position and that causes it to be misplaced. Therefore, I dont think you find a simple fix for this. Sorry.

richhaynes said:
Why are you not changing the resolution in the settings like you do on the Samsung? A quick search suggest the Pixel 5 has such an option. You're best doing it the official way to guarantee everything will work correctly.
Because you're changing the resolution and DPI through what is basically a developer option, I think whatever is handling the camera cutout (An app? The WM? Android?) is not updating its position and that causes it to be misplaced. Therefore, I dont think you find a simple fix for this. Sorry.
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You must be mistaken the Pixel 5 with other phones, since we don't have the option for such a changing the resolution in the settings.
If you mean the display size? It's just a density change, not the resolution.
Thank you for your contribution anyway!

Hi, have you sovled the problem? I encountered a similar condition.