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LCD Density + Go Launcher

Having finally achieved root today (LOL - 24hrs after I received the device!), I tried to live with Touchwiz. However, one thing that was bothering me was the huge icons...having just come from an Atrix which has a 4" display and slightly higher-res screen, I wanted to use more screen real estate.
So I installed LCD Density.
Problem is, with TW, it's a complete was. The dumb "dots" that are normally at the bottom of the screen just "move up" and waste the extra space you've just won.
Solution - install a launcher such as Go Launcher. Results are that icons are smaller with more screen real estate. Magical!

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My G S II with 202 screen density

doesnt the top bar annoy you? on the notification screen lol

Guitarfreak26 said:
doesnt the top bar annoy you? on the notification screen lol
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Nah,
What annoys me is why my messaging icon is stock, and the others are themed! I can't seem to find the icon on the interwebs either to manually set it!

202 Density with 5 x 5 grid in Go Launcher makes this device WAY more productive!!!
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Doesn't the phone app annoy you when it doesn't fit the screen?

Wow this is very nice Thanks!
I am also coming from the Moto Atrix and the lower res on bigger screen was really bugging me.

happel92 said:
Doesn't the phone app annoy you when it doesn't fit the screen?
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A little, but I don't use the dialer much.
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LCD Density with the bigger screen make the phone much nicer. Found a way to permanently set it?

tomhoward said:
LCD Density with the bigger screen make the phone much nicer. Found a way to permanently set it?
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Get LCD Density changer and set to 202 and save. Then hit menu key, settings and tick "Set as my system density"" - it will now be that every time you boot, so max sure it's a density that works....
or, edit the build.prop directly and change the density figure there. Save, reboot....voila! Both need root.

Try changing font to Helvetica S from display settings. It fits better than droid font on higher res
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pictures do not look good at 200
240 is the correct dpi for HD at this screen resolution.

Was running 190 on my DHD looked better than 240. You need to edit build.prop once rooted for a permanent DPI change.

You can permanently chance the density using blade buddy, which it's free in the market.
Does anyone know why people are using 202?
I calculated the options by doing 800 * 240 and 480 * 240, then looking for numbers that left integers when devided by both. So the same number of sub pixels were used to make each pixel. Doing this gave me 200 not 202 as the best.
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192 (not 182) is another good dpi settings as it give you a 1000x600 equivalent res
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using 182 and it looks fantastic
Set resolution with Nitrality from the market. Using Go launcher.

Here's a well fitted 192 dpi screen with a 6x7 desktop grid and 'helvetica s' font
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Thanks broomfundel, blade buddy works a charm to permanently set it.
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This is mine at 192 DPI using launcher pro.
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Is there any way to stop dialer looking screwed up when you change the lcd density?
It makes the keypad smaller and off centre.
Also in the camera app the buttons become misaligned.

[MOD] BRD Launcher 2.0 | 240dpi Optimized | 6x6 / 7x6 NoSearch | Resize ALL Widgets!

***Click Here for a tutorial on changing your lcd density***
Launcher now runs side by side with stock launcher!
I highly recommend flashing the stock launcher back to have as backup after installing this if you have used version 1.0 before.
Stock ICS Launcher: ZIP
Here is a modified stock launcher optimized for a modded lcd density of 240 dpi. While it will run on a stock 320 dpi Nexus, it will be so messed up it will be unusable. Landscape mode is fully working. Your feedback is appreciated!
I can make different icon grids based on request (5x5 or 6x5 for example). Eventually i want to make it so that the user can change this from the app itself.
Home Screens:
6x6 Icon Grid / 7x6 No Search Bar
7 Icon Bottom Bar (aka Hotseat)
Resize ALL Widgets (after adding a widget you have to pick it up and drop it again to enter resize more)
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App Drawer:
6x7 App Icons / 9x5 (landscape)
2x4 Widgets / 3x3 (landscape)
Changelog:
Version 2.0:
- Added a 7x6 desktop no search bar version (for use in portrait only)
- All apps button animation has been modified to prevent seeing apps on the next homescreen over
- Moving an existing app/widget uses the tablet like overview mode
- Resize all widgets! (After adding a widget, pick it up and drop it again to enter resize mode)
- All apps drawer: 6x7 portrait / 9x5 landscape
- Now a separate app form the stock launcher, to allow side by side use
Version 1.0:
- Initial Release
Downloads:
Code:
adb remount
adb push C:\PATH_TO_APK\BRD_Launcher.apk /system/app/BRD_Launcher.apk
apks must be pushed to /system/app with adb!
Version 2.0: 6x6 w/ Search APK / ZIP
Version 2.0: 7x6 (No Search Bar) APK / ZIP
Version 1.0 (Old) ZIP
DO NOT INSTALL THIS UNLESS YOUR LCD DENSITY HAS BEEN MODDED TO BE 240 DPI or 241 DPI (DEFAULT 320 DPI)

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How do apps look at that dpi?
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theb1rdm4n said:
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Hey, great idea man. Does this have resize all Widgets? I will try tomorrow.
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joshnichols189 said:
How do apps look at that dpi?
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First of all, everything is going to be smaller of course. However some apps (only a few really) are reformatted and look a little different (and better imo). I am actually surprised how well apps handle this dpi (although mostly its because 240 is the dpi of many of the phones from last year). My old phone had problems with a few apps using a changed dpi, but with the nexus i havent seen much issues.
Some key differences:
- Market now has 2 columns instead of one when listing apps
- Contact pictures are much smaller in the favorites tab
- Contact info had a small icon of contact on left (static) with all of the contact info as a scrolling pane on the right.
- Launcher used to have small 4x4 grid in centered on screen, but fixed with this mod.
I would post some screenshots, but a lot of the stuff on my phone (contacts, email apps, etc) are personal, and i dont feel like censoring them. My opinion for you would be to just try it for yourself. You can always go back to 320 at any time if you dont like it.

itsjusttim said:
Hey, great idea man. Does this have resize all Widgets? I will try tomorrow.
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Unfortunately, no it doesn't have a widget resize feature like ADW or something like that. I would LOVE to have that feature for this launcher, but unfortunately with my current knowledge of android it would take a while before i could figure out how to get that working, so don't count on it.

landscape don't work on my sgn, why?

boostermbkking said:
landscape don't work on my sgn, why?
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You need to be running a ROM that has it enabled
(e.g. Modaco Rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1361108)

wow, this is perfect. One question: Do we face the same problem with the changed dpi as we faced with the SGS2 in the market with apps?

i flashed it and nothing has changed!! i am on stock

freebordjunky said:
i flashed it and nothing has changed!! i am on stock
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did you change the dpi and restarted before flashing this mod?
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thanks for the mod. I am liking it so much. only issue I saw is that the quick shortcuts in Gmail are missing
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chowdarygm said:
did you change the dpi and restarted before flashing this mod?
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This might sound a silly question, but how do you change the DPI? Its not mentioned in this thread.

jhericurls said:
This might sound a silly question, but how do you change the DPI? Its not mentioned in this thread.
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Use an app called "DPI Changer Utility" from market and change the dpi to 240, reboot and then apply the MOD
OP has the mentioned it in the first post to apply this only after changing the DPI
theb1rdm4n said:
DO NOT INSTALL THIS UNLESS YOUR LCD DENSITY HAS BEEN MODDED TO BE 240 DPI (DEFAULT 320 DPI)
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Thanks for this, was going to do it myself but haven't had time. Anyone else notice the launcher now has the cube effect that tablets have?
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Alekxxx said:
wow, this is perfect. One question: Do we face the same problem with the changed dpi as we faced with the SGS2 in the market with apps?
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I don't know for sure but I would guess at no as 240 is a standard dpi for many devices, whereas if your changing from a device that started at 240 then it will 9 times out of 10 be something obscure that apps dont list as compatible with even though most the time it is..

Hey guys, I will answer all of your questions later today. For now i wanted to let you guys know that i created a thread to discuss modded lcd density for the Galaxy Nexus. The discussion in this thread should be related to this mod, and if you want to discuss any other dpi related things (gmail, market, etc) they can go in the dpi thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392089

Can i have another download link as my country has blocked megaupload, thanks.

Great job man. Does it also work on a density of 260 or 280? Or are things getting overlapped at a larger density.

appelflap said:
Great job man. Does it also work on a density of 260 or 280? Or are things getting overlapped at a larger density.
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I do not modify the size of the icons, i just allow for more on the screen. The 6x6 grid is pretty packed as is on a 240 dpi display that if you ran it on 260 or 280 my guess is the outer icons will be chopped off, or half showing (based on how it looks in 320).
240 dpi will definitely give you better compatibility across apps, but if that is too small for you i can see where you are coming from. If i made a 5x5 grid one it might work on 260/280.

[Q] What would it take to upgrade to a 720p screen with our GS2?

I posted a video showing how to increase display resolution on the Galaxy S II. I'm running at 1200 x 720 and looks great.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPPuEbXwOF4
There are a issues with a few stock apps, so make sure to watch the whole thing if you can, as I demonstrate everything I've run into so far.
p.s. For rooted phones only and even though process is ultra simple, don't hold me responsible if you mess up your phone
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doesn't the screen only support up to 480 x 800
ah... nvm.. it becomes smaller.

It works the same way as it does on your computer... higher resolution means everything will be smaller, but you will see a lot more on display. It would look the same on phones that were designed with higher resolution (such as Galaxy Nexus).

goonx said:
doesn't the screen only support up to 480 x 800
ah... nvm.. it becomes smaller.
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Yes, its pretty much fake 1280x720. Just lower the number using lcd density app for smaller looking screen.
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im loving it!!! Thanks

the problem with this is, a lot of apps and stock apps such as the dialer, and sms, and maybe the keyboard (not sure) doesnt scale correctly, so the display looks bad, not worth the "fake" resolution, IMO.

Enzopreme said:
the problem with this is, a lot of apps and stock apps such as the dialer, and sms, and maybe the keyboard (not sure) doesnt scale correctly, so the display looks bad, not worth the "fake" resolution, IMO.
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It really depends on the user... to many, fake resolution may be worth replacing every single app they use, especially if 99% of the people wouldn't be able to tell fake from a true HD display. It really does look great, so replacing a couple of apps for me was a no-brainer.
This wouldn't be that much of a big deal for any other phone that has a resolution better matched to its size, but T-mobile's (and Sprint's) SGS2 with its Herculesque proportions could really use it.

Enzopreme said:
the problem with this is, a lot of apps and stock apps such as the dialer, and sms, and maybe the keyboard (not sure) doesnt scale correctly, so the display looks bad, not worth the "fake" resolution, IMO.
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Takes like 4 seconds to change it back.
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Enzopreme said:
the problem with this is, a lot of apps and stock apps such as the dialer, and sms, and maybe the keyboard (not sure) doesnt scale correctly, so the display looks bad, not worth the "fake" resolution, IMO.
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There plenty of free apps to replace those though. Go Contacts is free, has some great themes, and has a dialer that scales properly. And there are multiple SMS replacement apps that are free too. The calendar doesn't scale right either, I barely use the calendar so I haven't bothered with replacing it but I'm sure there's an app for that too.

It felt very pointless, it just made everything small.
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Can't you show how the cameras, youtube, etc. work in the higher resolution? What a drag watching people scrolling around home screen and facebook. such a waste of time. Do something useful! But thanks anyway it looks really good. Does it have 16/9 modes? show that too.

All your doing is changing the DPI on screen. The screen size is still the same.
Your essentially doing what Windows and many other operating systems has been doing for people for years.
Can't see well increase the dpi.. too big decrease the dpi.
The resolution doesn't change just the font and icons.

firebane said:
All your doing is changing the DPI on screen. The screen size is still the same.
Your essentially doing what Windows and many other operating systems has been doing for people for years.
Can't see well increase the dpi.. too big decrease the dpi.
The resolution doesn't change just the font and icons.
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Exactly. Like for me my native 17" display should be 1280 x 1024, but everything is so small, so I need to change it to at least 1152 x 864. Just the opposite on my phone. 800 x 480 seems a bit too big, so making things smaller helps. Actually I "tricked" my eyes to the point. I haven't changed the dpi, but instead choose a font that was 15% smaller than the default. Now everything looks smaller, and I fit much more on the screen before I have to scroll.

i have a hunch about the new 720 "HD" display of the Galaxy Nexus/Korean SGS2 HD
i'm almost certain the screen is the same screen, it's just default to higher DPI, very similar to our PCs/Laptops when Windows or Linux boots up, reads the screen model, then it automatically select X resolution for that model
so, we can basically get the same results by setting our phones to run in that configuration as well.
I'm quite sure once ICS is out, we'll know more the innards of it and Galaxy Nexus
then we can just add SGS2 into the same list of screens as the Galaxy Nexus to get the same 720p resolution

What are the SamSung stock apps and how are they affected? (Keyboards, and Camera mostly, what else?)
thanks it looks great.

Thanks! Great stuff

very nice....

If some of the stock Samsung apps don't scale properly, wouldn't it be feasible to use the same apps designed for the 720p display like from the Note?

The only affected apps I have noticed so far: stock touchwiz launcher (home screens and app tray are at the top half of the display), smaller dialer, lower portion of calendar is covered up by a box, and music player doesn't open. Camera has not been affected at all. Market is much better. I will try to make another video showing different apps.

Allen K said:
The only affected apps I have noticed so far: stock touchwiz launcher (home screens and app tray are at the top half of the display), smaller dialer, lower portion of calendar is covered up by a box, and music player doesn't open. Camera has not been affected at all. Market is much better. I will try to make another video showing different apps.
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the only problem with this is that most applications on the market checks the screen resolutionor dpi and wont let you install.
i've tried this method before to use the qHD resolution and apps like tango in the market say "your device is not supported" and the install button is greyed out.
yet, after side loading the apk, app worked fine.
so it works but it's a little too much inconvenience when you nee to download and app quick./

Best DPI for Galaxy Note 2

I was wondering what is the best DPI for my Galaxy Note 2, I tried other people's suggestions but it didn't work for me so I was wondering how Google decided on their DPI. Considering they're in charge of Android they must know the optimal level so I used the Nexus 7 and the Nexus 4 as reference:
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So if Google designed a 5.5 inch screen device with 720x1280 resolution, it would most likely be at 270 DPI
I know this won't help a lot of you how it helped me but just thought I'd share it just on the hunch that it might at least help the 1% :silly:

Disposable personal income?
DPI is for printer, you are suppose to use the PPI for displays...

FinancialWar said:
Disposable personal income?
DPI is for printer, you are suppose to use the PPI for displays...
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If you don't know what you're talking about, please please refrain from posting. Wikipedia and 2093718 threads in XDA are your friends
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joyo22 said:
If you don't know what you're talking about, please please refrain from posting. Wikipedia and 2093718 threads in XDA are your friends
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Obvious you didn't check Wikipedia yourself, not that's academically reliable in any way but DPI is a unit of measurement for printer resolution not for display resolution. It's like saying a football field is 100 litres long er something.
So take your own advice and refrain from further posting. We will appreciate it very much.

FinancialWar said:
Obvious you didn't check Wikipedia yourself, not that's academically reliable in any way but DPI is a unit of measurement for printer resolution not for display resolution. It's like saying a football field is 100 litres long er something.
So take your own advice and refrain from further posting. We will appreciate it very much.
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Ok. I gave you the chance to research, but well... DPI is the pixel density of your screen that can be soft-modded to make your display "look" different. There are many apps that can actually change your DPI. Note 2's DPI is 320 by default. 240 DPI is the best one IMO for this type of screen size.
With all due respect, there are thousands of forums in XDA where this topic is being discussed.
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FinancialWar said:
Obvious you didn't check Wikipedia yourself, not that's academically reliable in any way but DPI is a unit of measurement for printer resolution not for display resolution. It's like saying a football field is 100 litres long er something.
So take your own advice and refrain from further posting. We will appreciate it very much.
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Stop arguing and RTFF. You are basically saying something silly like: 'root' is for plants not for a phone.

downloaded texdoider DPI and adjusted to 240 DPI, look so much sharper.
See, I learn something everyday.

Well, the screen is physically 265 DPI, so this is the one I'm using. It looks good. Just set up your launcher to use a 5x7 grid in the drawer.
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Do you have before and after screenshots by anychance?

I'll provide them the next time I change nightly, as the setting gets overwritten when I flash a new version of my rom.
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With 265 dpi is the phone app all messed up.

Do you believe that the stock ROM will work fine with 26t dpi.
I'm rooted but once I tried to change the dpi setting in the build.prop file and after restart my display was great but I've got tooooo many FC's
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gondsman said:
Well, the screen is physically 265 DPI, so this is the one I'm using. It looks good. Just set up your launcher to use a 5x7 grid in the drawer.
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Hmm, I did it through the physical screen and I got 267.02 PPI, so we're still dangerously close to the same number mines just rounded lol, thanks a lot for the input though I really appreciate it :highfive:

nintendolinky said:
With 265 dpi is the phone app all messed up.
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With any DPI change the phone app loses proportions but with 270 it's easily passable only thing that changes is the dial pad is smaller and more to the left, but yeah nothing "all messed up" :fingers-crossed:
I suggest you try it though, give it some time and it feels premium
Edit: Oh and if it bothers you leave the phone app how it is, I use the Xposed Framework method so I get to pick what I want changed, very useful look it up

How about any other apps that have problems, I have heard there is a problem with the camera app, with a dpi change and the play store.

Change the system ui with the xposed app settings. Then you won't have to worry about apps messing up. You can choose which apps you want to change.
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So if we change the systemui to have the dpi of 270, what resolution shall we change it too, (default).

240 dpi, Nova launcher and icons set at 120 % on Nova settings, Look and feel, icons size .
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nintendolinky said:
So if we change the systemui to have the dpi of 270, what resolution shall we change it too, (default).
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You don't have to change the resolution if you don't want to. I think that gives you tablet ui. Not sure though.
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Looks good thanks, I changed the resolution on the Gmail app too, 1280x800 and got the tablet ui, it looks great.
Nova seems to have a small gap between the top of the screen and the notification bar, that's with the systemui's dpi changed to 270 and Nova changed to 270, is this normal.

[Quick TUT] How to change the DPI (LCD Density) to the way it should have been

Does it bother you that apps and menus look too big and sometimes not sharp as it should be ? Do you want to see more details and do less scrolling on web browsers, emails, file explorers and more ? Do you use a third party launcher ? If the answer to all of the above is YES, this is for you!
Please read everything carefully before you begin!
Requirements:
- LG Optimus G Pro
- Root
- Xposed Framework (excellent for other stuff too!).
- App Settings
- Build Prop Editor (you can edit the build.prop with root file explorer too).
- Some Root File Explorer - ES File Explorer (my favorite).
!Warning!
This mod is generally safe, BUT it can harm you device and cause your device to bootloop or FC apps. I'm not responsible for any problem cause by my instructions!
!Warning 2!
You have to have a third party launcher like Nova/Apex/Next/Go etc (as default) before you begin the processes!
1. Root your LGOGP (voids your warranty).
2. Make a backup of the build.prop TO YOUR PC. You can find it in /System/ directory.
3. Install Xposed Framework following the instructions in the link - Xposed Framework
4. Install App Settings from the link and enable it in Xposed Modules - App Settings (don't forget to reboot).
5. Install Build Prop Editor
5. Open Build Prop Editor (don't forget to grant it root privilege) and look for "ro.sf.lcd_density" the property value should be "480". Change it to "360" or "320" (I found it most appropriate, but you can change it to what ever suit you). Save and reboot.
Known Issues:
I did some testing and found 2 major issues.
1. The Home Launcher Force Closing. For now I haven't found a fix (If you don't use the original launcher you're golden). EDIT: I Found a fix. Open App Setting and look for "Home" (come.lge.launcher2), set in its options "xlarge res" (no need to change anything else) and save.
2. Camera view gets messed. This is where Xposed and App Setting come to play. All you have to do is to open App Settings, look for "Camera" (com.lge.camera) and set in its options the DPI to "480" and save.
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Been using the AppSettings for awhile, and found 2 problems
1. Apps seems to delay a bit longer to load, dunno if it's because it redraws or it's just feels longer because you can see first the big interface then small.
2. There is a gap of a few pixels between the StatusBar and the HomeScreen/Apps that have it. FullScreen apps works like a charm.

Hi Kriggs,
With my instructions there isn't noticeable gap as in your screen shoot, I haven't notice any lag as well.

liamR said:
Hi Kriggs,
With my instructions there isn't noticeable gap as in your screen shoot, I haven't notice any lag as well.
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Yeah, I should've said I'm still using the stock launcher, haven't been able to change the "Android System" to 320dpi, it's him who FC the launcher, and probably who runs the top bar size.
I really like LG's stock launcher and the black line is a minus so I'm keeping it, for now. I'll change build.prop when CM10.1 is all working

I played around with this a few days ago and couldn't get anything to work well except a density of 400 (which also happens to be what the secondary density is set to in the build.prop). Everything seems to scale correctly with the stock applications except the camera. The camera has black on the side and bottom of the screen, but still works ok. On any other density, the launcher ended up being mostly unusable (seemed to convert to a 4x4 homescreen grid). I did not do anything with the xposed framework though, just direct edit of the build.prop file.

can anyone post up some screenshots for comparison .. whats the main benefit here ???
thanks

Is there a way to put apps in tablet mode, 240/213 dpis are unusable here...
zohaer21 said:
can anyone post up some screenshots for comparison .. whats the main benefit here ???
thanks
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More on screen thingys.
Stock dpi
320 dpi.
With Cyanogem it will look something like this, at leat for me:
draiko913 said:
I played around with this a few days ago and couldn't get anything to work well except a density of 400 (which also happens to be what the secondary density is set to in the build.prop). Everything seems to scale correctly with the stock applications except the camera. The camera has black on the side and bottom of the screen, but still works ok. On any other density, the launcher ended up being mostly unusable (seemed to convert to a 4x4 homescreen grid). I did not do anything with the xposed framework though, just direct edit of the build.prop file.
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That's the old way to do it, nowadays it's better to just edit everything with AppSettings, the build.prop is good just so you don't have to set every app to the desired density, but you can achieve all on the fly with xPosed.

@Kriggs : thanks ... really makes a huge difference

This is how it looks with my way 360 dpi (attachment).

I found a fix for the LG home launcher FC. OP updated.

liamR said:
I found a fix for the LG home launcher FC. OP updated.
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Almost all good, 2 things got messed up though:
Wallpaper gets cropped, not live wallpaper though
Transparente top bar in pop-up menus
Also, keyboard letter appears small in 320, setting font scale to 150 gets all back to normal

afaik, playstore won't support for dpi value except 320 - 400 - 480
i use 400 dpi and all look fit for my eyes using nova launcher (won't fit with stock launcher)

Can you guys post some screenies of your home screen and what settings you used. I did this work around a few days ago and my launcher screens came out all screwie especially any custom icons or widgets changed in nova or holo launcher. For example a email icon would be oversized but only 1/4th of the icon would be displayed same for widgets

ivantastic said:
afaik, playstore won't support for dpi value except 320 - 400 - 480
i use 400 dpi and all look fit for my eyes using nova launcher (won't fit with stock launcher)
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Download and flash the multi dpi play store from the apps and games section of xda, I use the inverted one.
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Also to OP you know all you need to do is use a file explorer that uses root to navigate to /system/build.prop open it in a text editor mode and change the dpi to whatever. Just really seems like the long way to download 3 apps when you can do it with 1 and learn a little about Android in the process
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Yeah, this is way too complicated for a 30 second process really. Just edit the stock build prop and reboot, all done.
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ballshanglow said:
Yeah, this is way too complicated for a 30 second process really. Just edit the stock build prop and reboot, all done.
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Yes but then your LG camera does not line up properly with the new dpi, if you don't care about the camera then yes editing the build prop is all is needed. I have set mine to 400 dpi and the xposed module works great.
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Density at 360, jb 4.3
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Stock on 380 dpi with large font...minimum dpi stock launcher not crash...but only sky and water drop app wallpaper working in app drawer..
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