I cant get it to change my desnsity permanently. I checked the box saying "save density as system density" with a setting of 200 and it wont ever hold at 200 through a reboot. What can i do to fix this?
Part of the problem may be that the ET4G doesn't use an LCD display.
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Part of the problem may be that the ET4G doesn't use an LCD display.
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That is definately not a part of the problem. I used the program but I have never tried to make it stick on reboot.
Thanks for the input genta. Hope some one with the answer stumbles through this thread!
What specific app are you using? I use LCD Resolution from the market, and setting it to "always set on boot" definitely works for me on every rom I've tried so far.
Did you check in settings the save as system density?
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Did you check in settings the save as system density?
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Answered that in OP, yes
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What specific app are you using? I use LCD Resolution from the market, and setting it to "always set on boot" definitely works for me on every rom I've tried so far.
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I used LCD Density Changer. Im going to download and try using LCD Resolution. Thanks for the tip on the app. Hope the density size lasts a reboot.
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Answered that in OP, yes
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I know you clicked it. I ment was was it still checked after you reboot to make sure it was still checked? Should have explained better. Could you use the widget to apply the density? You just click the widget and it sets your saved density? Better than having to go into it I guess.
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I know you clicked it. I ment was was it still checked after you reboot to make sure it was still checked? Should have explained better. Could you use the widget to apply the density? You just click the widget and it sets your saved density? Better than having to go into it I guess.
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I tried it all and it never caught on. I took the other gentlemans advice and tried LCD resolution. It sticks after reboot and works perfectly! Thanks for the help boys
bluefire808 said:
I tried it all and it never caught on. I took the other gentlemans advice and tried LCD resolution. It sticks after reboot and works perfectly! Thanks for the help boys
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That's good to know that the other works like intended. Myself, I have always been nervous about having it set on boot incase something wonky is going on. Did you happen to let the dev know about the issue with this device.
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That's good to know that the other works like intended. Myself, I have always been nervous about having it set on boot incase something wonky is going on. Did you happen to let the dev know about the issue with this device.
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No i hadnt thought of it. Ill go on the market right now and let them know with details about my device. Good idea!
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I know it is possible. But is there an app that does that? I know, well I think I used to have one. The LG worked perfect on my G2X. But anyways, please tell me if you guys know any application that does that. Thank you. Also, if you find something on Google, don't come here and start calling me a moron or anything and just help out. Please.
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I know it is possible. But is there an app that does that? I know, well I think I used to have one. The LG worked perfect on my G2X. But anyways, please tell me if you guys know any application that does that. Thank you. Also, if you find something on Google, don't come here and start calling me a moron or anything and just help out. Please.
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What makes you able to say "I know its possible" i honestly dont believe its possible because its a gpio controlled LED. Therefore the cpu only understands "on" or "off" values. Where 0 is off and anything higher than 0 is on no matter what brightness you might want.
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What makes you able to say "I know its possible" i honestly dont believe its possible because its a gpio controlled LED. Therefore the cpu only understands "on" or "off" values. Where 0 is off and anything higher than 0 is on no matter what brightness you might want.
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Because you can do it in CM7.
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alphadog32 said:
Because you can do it in CM7.
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Oh I never ran cm7 I'm not saying you're wrong I'm just giving my knowledge about the topic.
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I'm with elesbb here, I don't think our specific hardware allows it. You were able to actually do it in cm7 or just that there was an option in cm7? There are options in general roms (like cm) that aren't necessarily applicable to us
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I'm with elesbb here, I don't think our specific hardware allows it. You were able to actually do it in cm7 or just that there was an option in cm7? There are options in general roms (like cm) that aren't necessarily applicable to us
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Go under display settings. And advenced
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Go under display settings. And advenced
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If you're talking about "use custom levels " it doesn't work. Hence why at the very too it says "sensor value " and reads a -1 for both raw and filtered and a disabled for screen and a -1 for buttons. My assumption is that either the kernels or the cm9 software isn't completely ironed out and there are some minor tweaks needing to be fixed yet.
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Go under display settings. And advenced
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I'm not asking where the setting is, I'm asking if you were physically able to turn down the brightness of the touch keys? If you were, please provide a picture with the keys dimmed and not dimmed. I'm 99% sure that our hardware doesn't support it. Not to mention our kernel.
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I'm not asking where the setting is, I'm asking if you were physically able to turn down the brightness of the touch keys? If you were, please provide a picture with the keys dimmed and not dimmed. I'm 99% sure that our hardware doesn't support it. Not to mention our kernel.
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I was able to turn it off by using those settings. But I never tried dimming it.
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For some reason I've lost ability to auto rotate screen. Did root check and says i've got root..tried everything anyone have any ideas....thanks
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For some reason I've lost ability to auto rotate screen. Did root check and says i've got root..tried everything anyone have any ideas....thanks
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Haha ok... go into settings>accessibility and check the Auto-rotate screen option.
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Haha ok... go into settings>accessibility and check the Auto-rotate screen option.
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Thanks but it's checked everywhere.
What ROM and launcher are you using?
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What ROM and launcher are you using?
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To add to this, some launchers override the system settings, so if you're using a custom launcher, try going into it's preferences and enable auto rotate.
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To add to this, some launchers override the system settings, so if you're using a custom launcher, try going into it's preferences and enable auto rotate.
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Running anakonda 1.0 launcher is what came with it...but how do you check... thanks
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Running anakonda 1.0 launcher is what came with it...but how do you check... thanks
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Sorry I never heard of that launcher....try settings/launcher and see if there is a display or effects option, might be under something like that.
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Still no auto rotate....tried different Rom...maybe last resort unroot.. then reroot.
I did drop phone this morning..but it was from night stand to carpeted floor..did hit table on way down...I did recalibrate
Is there any mod or ROM besides liquidsmoothes that has the capability to change the pixel density for the GSIII?
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Is there any mod or ROM besides liquidsmoothes that has the capability to change the pixel density for the GSIII?
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Per app or overall??
Open build.prop with R/W
Edit line ro.sf.lcd.density= 320 to a higher number. Will change it.. (just remember 320 is stock)
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Per app or overall??
Open build.prop with R/W
Edit line ro.sf.lcd.density= 320 to a higher number. Will change it.. (just remember 320 is stock)
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I've never done any build prop mods how do I get to the edit line? I thought 306 was the density. Thanks!
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I've never done any build prop mods how do I get to the edit line? I thought 306 was the density. Thanks!
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Rom i am running (The Peoples Rom, has that one set to 320, So going off it)
I use root explorer... So your steps may differ a bit
Open Root explorer, Go to SYSTEM, Build.prop... Long press and edit in text editor.. scroll down till you see that line in the build prop, Edit number , Save, Reboot phone. Now your density will change to set number. (I used to run higher on my OG epic) Hope it helps..
Just remember original setting if you don't like what it's changed to. You can also edit build.prop and add the soft keys (Nexus style) as well.
If i'm wrong somoene chime in.
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Rom i am running (The Peoples Rom, has that one set to 320, So going off it)
I use root explorer... So your steps may differ a bit
Open Root explorer, Go to SYSTEM, Build.prop... Long press and edit in text editor.. scroll down till you see that line in the build prop, Edit number , Save, Reboot phone. Now your density will change to set number. (I used to run higher on my OG epic) Hope it helps..
Just remember original setting if you don't like what it's changed to. You can also edit build.prop and add the soft keys (Nexus style) as well.
If i'm wrong somoene chime in.
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Can't seem to get the change to stick. Any suggestions?
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Can't seem to get the change to stick. Any suggestions?
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Edit on computer, then safe in zip.. Reflash.
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Can't seem to get the change to stick. Any suggestions?
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Are you saving after edit? which File explorer you using?
Download front changer from play store , it allow you to change density.
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Edit on computer, then safe in zip.. Reflash.
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Are you saving after edit? which File explorer you using?
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Root explorer...and yes I saved and exited then reboot. Does it have something to do with permissions?
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Root explorer...and yes I saved and exited then reboot. Does it have something to do with permissions?
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Mount it as R/W (top option) it mounts as R/O normally. if you don't mount as R/W then won't save.
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Download front changer from play store , it allow you to change density.
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No such app in playstore
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milky1112 said:
Mount it as R/W (top option) it mounts as R/O normally. if you don't mount as R/W then won't save.
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Yep done that...still no go
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Try to edit on computer then flash rom.
Bout the only other way I can think of making it work. Edit build prop on the computer. Can try ES file explorer and see if it will take.
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milky1112 said:
Try to edit on computer then flash rom.
Bout the only other way I can think of making it work. Edit build prop on the computer. Can try ES file explorer and see if it will take.
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Tried ES file explorer and it must work because once the density is change it locks up at Samsung splash screen
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Shouldnt. Hmmm... not sure why it would lock up. What rom ya on?
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Shouldnt. Hmmm... not sure why it would lock up. What rom ya on?
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Stock...rooted. Tried in ROM toolkit build prop mods same result lockup. Shouldn't be this difficult. I used one click Odin to root. Could that be a problem?
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Stock...rooted. Tried in ROM toolkit build prop mods same result lockup. Shouldn't be this difficult. I used one click Odin to root. Could that be a problem?
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No, shouldnt be an issue with root methodm try a differnet rom (the peoples rom) lightly modded.
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Whatever you do don't just blindly change your pixel density without knowing how it works. One of the posters said change it to a higher number, yeah right, is he nuts? the higher the number the less sharp and more chance your phone won't boot up, it's actually the lower the number the sharper the better so he got all his stuff twisted, he needs to go relearn.
Changing your dpi to something higher than what your actual screen supports is a guaranteed way to get softbricked and you will have to restore with odin.
Your screens pixel density can't be increased because its hardware physical pixels that were manufactured with in the first place so by lowering the pixel density from lets say in my case 306 for my galaxy s3 down to 240 I get a much crisper display with more room and also 720p movies look very good.
Are there any disadvantages to lowering the density?
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Whatever you do don't just blindly change your pixel density without knowing how it works. One of the posters said change it to a higher number, yeah right, is he nuts? the higher the number the less sharp and more chance your phone won't boot up, it's actually the lower the number the sharper the better so he got all his stuff twisted, he needs to go relearn.
Changing your dpi to something higher than what your actual screen supports is a guaranteed way to get softbricked and you will have to restore with odin.
Your screens pixel density can't be increased because its hardware physical pixels that were manufactured with in the first place so by lowering the pixel density from lets say in my case 306 for my galaxy s3 down to 240 I get a much crisper display with more room and also 720p movies look very good.
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If i stated to go wrong direction, thanks for the correction, I haven't messed with it on my S3, just did on my OG Epic.. No disadvantages that ive seen.. just everything is smaller on screen. Still looks good. I'm running stock 320 on my S3 for now.. Don't see a need to change it yet. Thanks again.
Lowering the dpi to 240 or even 260 has 2 benefits, one you get more room so you can fit more icons and everything and even have more dock items too and second benefit is that when you get more room for things and you see smaller icons etc that means they look more high def so everything you see becomes high def since things are not all huge and up in your face because the bigger something is the more pixellated it is get it? so i would definately go for at least 260 but 240 is even better.
I mean just think about it, you have a 4.8 inch display and huge things like widgets are taking up most of your screen so by going down to 240 you turn your screen into more tablet like with more room for you to put and do whatever you need. It's like i'm using galaxy tab 2 right now with dpi at 240.
Does anyone know how (if possible) to access the resolution data within our phones and if it's possible to permanently change those data values? The current work around that I have to use it on a daily basis is the MIUI camera apk which lets you choose your resolution, but it only holds within the scope of that app. When using other apps, such as SnapChat, it reverts back to the default which doesn't function properly.
Any ideas?
You can't necessarily boost resolution by changing values. It comes down to a hardware limitation. If its only a 1.3MP resolution, then that's all you have to work with.
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You can't necessarily boost resolution by changing values. It comes down to a hardware limitation. If its only a 1.3MP resolution, then that's all you have to work with.
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Good news is that I'm actually trying to lower it. Would that be possible?
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Good news is that I'm actually trying to lower it. Would that be possible?
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I'm not sure, it may already be too low a resolution to decrease anymore.
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I'm not sure, it may already be too low a resolution to decrease anymore.
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Thanks for the input, hopefully that's not the case.
Anyone else have any idea?
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Thanks for the input, hopefully that's not the case.
Anyone else have any idea?
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You can try a third party app like Camera360 Pro, but it will do so in software, which sucks
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You can try a third party app like Camera360 Pro, but it will do so in software, which sucks
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Well I already have the MIUI camera for everyday use. I'm trying to figure out a way to see if I can permanently change the resolution so that it holds for other apps such as Snapchat.
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What you can do to make it work for the whole OS is lowering/raising the dpi, try looking up apps in the Play Store that let you change it, or apps here on XDA
This would only be for the phone itself though, not any pictures you take
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What you can do to make it work for the whole OS is lowering/raising the dpi, try looking up apps in the Play Store that let you change it, or apps here on XDA
This would only be for the phone itself though, not any pictures you take
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Cool thanks, I'll give that a shot when I have some down time at work and report back.
Lowering the DPI had positive and negative results.
Positive: everything looked a lot crisper, giving it the appearance of having a higher aspect ratio
Negative: not everything flowed properly with the lower DPI and the camera issue within Snapchat was still prevalent
I'll switch back to the default just to make sure everything is functioning properly, but thanks for the help!
For the record, I read this, and used ES File Explorer to make the changes.
EDIT: I'm going to see if there's a camera setting in the build.prop file mentioned in that article that could help for just the camera.
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Good news is that I'm actually trying to lower it. Would that be possible?
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Just drop your phone on the ground face-down, that'll help.
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Just drop your phone on the ground face-down, that'll help.
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Don't forget to ask rope and Jamie for the BFH treatment. Fixes it right up.
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Just drop your phone on the ground face-down, that'll help.
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i tend to argue against your advice. that's just absurd!
however.... a pair of vise-grips would work. just pinch it smaller! squeeze it on top and bottom and you'll get a panorama effect!
jsp254 said:
i tend to argue against your advice. that's just absurd!
however.... a pair of vise-grips would work. just pinch it smaller! squeeze it on top and bottom and you'll get a panorama effect!
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How many turns with the vise-grips do you think would do the trick?
Is there anyway to make the screen even darker? Even on the lowest setting the S3s screen is super bright. I was wondering if there is a mod or something that makes the lowest setting even dimmer. Like in the browser when your on power saving mode, the screen gets significantly darker.
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Lux lite. In the play store.
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Yeah, lux or screen filter
Both have the issue that you cannot sideload apps while they are enabled
Thanks!!!!
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Also one more, I dont remember exactly where i saw it, but I think there was a build.prop mod that allowed you to change the threshold and make the brightness slider go to even lower values...dont remember what it was called though :\
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Also one more, I dont remember exactly where i saw it, but I think there was a build.prop mod that allowed you to change the threshold and make the brightness slider go to even lower values...dont remember what it was called though :\
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I looked in the file but found nothing relating to brightness
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No, theres an edit that you can make that lowers the threshold
It was either there or in some other file that you had to add it
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No, theres an edit that you can make that lowers the threshold
It was either there or in some other file that you had to add it
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Could be ro.sf.screen density... that might not be it though,I have no idea
Nah that's the density of the pixels.
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Meant lcd_density... again, might now be it... probably isn't... gonna dig around the build.prop for it though
I'm racking my brains trying to remember, there is an edit that you can place somewhere to lower the threshold though, I'm sure of it
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I'm racking my brains trying to remember, there is an edit that you can place somewhere to lower the threshold though, I'm sure of it
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I'm sure its there somewhere. Or maybe we have to add the line?
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Yeah, its a line you need to add, not modifying an existing one
Gimme a bit and I'll find it haha