Helpful info - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989

Hi I want to share the apps I use to make my Samsung Galaxy 2 look like it has a higher resolution. I tried lcd density but I didn't like it because it messed up a lot of apps. So I downloaded go launcher ex. It has a setting where you can change app icon sizes and grid sizes. So I made the app icons smaller and made it a 5x5 grid so I can fit more apps on the screen. Then I downloaded a font size app and made the font of the phone smaller. I also change the default zoom in the browser to far. I feel like it makes the screen look better than stock and not make me want the galaxy nexus screen so much.

Scyke said:
Hi I want to share the apps I use to make my Samsung Galaxy 2 look like it has a higher resolution. I tried lcd density but I didn't like it because it messed up a lot of apps. So I downloaded go launcher ex. It has a setting where you can change app icon sizes and grid sizes. So I made the app icons smaller and made it a 5x5 grid so I can fit more apps on the screen. Then I downloaded a font size app and made the font of the phone smaller. I also change the default zoom in the browser to far. I feel like it makes the screen look better than stock and not make me want the galaxy nexus screen so much.
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interesting, might give it a go, thx bud

No problem. I might try lcd density again with this setup and see what happens

Scyke said:
No problem. I might try lcd density again with this setup and see what happens
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try getting go locker, with the ics lock screen, very badass

Thanks for the tip. I didn't even know they had a lock app

Scyke said:
Thanks for the tip. I didn't even know they had a lock app
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no problem, its a nice little addon, really gives u an ics feel!

Or try milocker and u can get this one
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16m colors or 65k colors only? pls look at the image

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pls advise
as promise, hehehe. hope you can test it on your desire's if the gradient will convert to linear gradient, thanks guys.
http://www.mediafire.com/i/?7942das5u2uaz1e
BTW my Menu:
And you noticed that in that picture!
No idea mate - does the wallpaper setter scale down the pictures to some kind of jpeg?
Mmmh that's weird..perhaps android compresses the image chosen as wallpaper pretty much like win7 does? BTW in my humble opinion you should share that wallpaper wether we get the hang of this or not
Hahaha, i just made the wallpaper. Even i view it on gallery, still the gradient is linear. Am a graphic artist that is why it is very easy for me to notice this.
Ok, will upload the original wallpaper later on my pc, so you can test it on your desires. Thanks guys
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download wallpaper set and save and use it to set it, it's worked on other images i've had this issue with
Raitei said:
download wallpaper set and save and use it to set it, it's worked on other images i've had this issue with
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So do you think, this type of rendering is normal? It's like we're using 65k color format.
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He is telling you to download a program called "Wallpaper set and save".
I have used it too and for some reason, it seems to make the wallpaper look better.
You should try it out.
And share the wallpapers so that we can see if ours do the same.
ZigmaDK said:
He is telling you to download a program called "Wallpaper set and save".
I have used it too and for some reason, it seems to make the wallpaper look better.
You should try it out.
And share the wallpapers so that we can see if ours do the same.
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hahaha, my mistake, ok, let try that, thanks
WOW! that really did the job, thanks a lot. so the "gallery" of htc sucks i guess, or the graphic rendering of either Eclair or Froyo sucks, co'z as i still browse on the gallery, the linear gradient of the image still exist.

[Q] Go Launcher probs!

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See in these pics.. the text is overlapping.. any way to fix it?
You can either remove the upper tab or change the grid to 3x4. Other than that, nothing you can do. It's overlapping because the screen is tiny. You can also try making the icons smaller from the preferences.
If my memory serves me correct, there is a setting for this in the go launcher settings panel, I think you must untick auto size or fit or something like that. I have never had this problem before but I dont use go luncher anymore (I don't like it)
maybe its a your ROM? I am sure that updating my ROM once (I think to the Indian version) changed and aligned my icons better but I am not sure. I change ROM's often
Sticking with the South African version now thanks to Sir Doky
No such option as far as I can see. The only similar option is for the home screen, and it's for widgets.
Also it might be your system font because I've never had that problem with Go.
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Can't you change the font size settings to make them a bit smaller, would that work for you?
From the GO Launcher menu, go on Visual, scroll down to Font, press App Name Size, then press DIY Size and select a smaller text size...
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you're on the old version of go launcher
Who, me? That's the version that the custom rom I'm using has..
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Can't you change the font size settings to make them a bit smaller, would that work for you?
From the GO Launcher menu, go on Visual, scroll down to Font, press App Name Size, then press DIY Size and select a smaller text size...
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ty bro it worked.. +1 thanks
Glad I could help
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Setting wallpaper without crop

There is one annoying thing about android.... Wallpaper cropping, i have a 720p wallpaper which i want on my phone WITHOUT scrolling, i try and set it and this happens
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any ways around it?
Hi,
I'm in the same boat as you, been looking for an answer but can't seem to find one. Id love to set some of my gallery pics without cropping them. It should be possible, the standard htc wallpapers are in system/customize/resource.
Anyone have any ideas?
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You can re-size then with an App such as PicSayPro
Quickpic, off the market my friend.
Awesome app.
I've been using wallpaper wizardrii and multipicture live wallpaper. Both seem to work well
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Thanks guys for the answers! much appreciated =)
I hope Android 5.0 has an option to set a wallpaper without scrolling, i know Galaxy S3 has that since this wallpaper were extracted from it.
What did you use in the end to apply the a wallpaper without cropping???
Andy-D said:
What did you use in the end to apply the a wallpaper without cropping???
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wallpaper wizardrii, ugly icon, less than pleasant interface but it does the job.
Yeah, i used wizardrii aswell but when u now go from left to right on your homescreens there are these ugly black bars....
I didn't have a problem with my old Desire HD running android 2.3
It just selected the entire picture and set it as wallpaper...,,,done, no cropping!
I'm starting to get anoid with android 4.0.....
Where can we complain to make them updated the bloody thing and make sure we can have these selections again!?
Same as that I lost the ability to toggle on/off GPS in the scroll down quick settings menu. It's gone now in 4.0!!?! WTF!!
And Whatsapp doesn't show my contact Facebook profile pictures anymore in the Whatsapp contacts list.
There are serious problems still with android 4.0,,grrrrrr.
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wallpaper wizardrii, ugly icon, less than pleasant interface but it does the job.
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Exactly the same for me.
Thank you, this was what I needed..
I found wonderful free wallpapers on ssiphone.com but they don't need to be cropped (and I don't need the wallpaper to scroll)
Thank you to share the information
When you set the wall paper you can drag the yellow box out but still doesn't use a full picture taken by the camera.
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im hopeing they will fix this in on of their updates

Help with homescreen layout?

I've tried to replicate 100s of layout from MyColorscreen, but this time I would really like to succeed, so hopefully with all your help, I will finally get this right!
So this is how it looks now:
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and this is how I want it:
It's this homescreen made by Alex T
I like the nexus setup more. Now what is the problem obviously the black stuff doesn't cover the sides of the screen and the top and bottom. Why?
I set apex launcher to a 10*8 grid like he said for the gs3
Has anyone got that uccw file (the top one)?
Also how do I place widgets on top of the black uccw box? I have set the option in apex launcher to widgets overlapping.
Help please!!!
LollieLaurie said:
I've tried to replicate 100s of layout from MyColorscreen, but this time I would really like to succeed, so hopefully with all your help, I will finally get this right!
So this is how it looks now:
and this is how I want it:
It's this homescreen made by Alex T
I like the nexus setup more. Now what is the problem obviously the black stuff doesn't cover the sides of the screen and the top and bottom. Why?
I set apex launcher to a 10*8 grid like he said for the gs3
Has anyone got that uccw file (the top one)?
Also how do I place widgets on top of the black uccw box? I have set the option in apex launcher to widgets overlapping.
Help please!!!
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Could you not make the black bit part of the wallpaper?
Nope, it's a live wallpaper
Okay, so Alex T replied and provided the uzip files yaay. Only the gs3 ones though, like the nexus ones better.
This is what I got so far.
Next problem I can't get my icons over the uccw widgets, do I need a special program?
Will someone please help me? Thx
The icons are part of a uccw. Have a look in blackbearblanc thread in theming section you'll find everything you need and read up more on how to edit in uccw
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Problems with DPI Change.

Hi All,
I have having the following 3 problems with the DPI change. I am using the Stock Asus rom and Rooted. I am currently using 440 DPI but problem has been there are other settings too (420, 400, ect), stock DPI is 480. I have 551ML model. I changed DPI using the terminal emulator wm density command.
1. In google play store some icons are blown up and strange sizes. The Icons that are strange are the google recommended diamond icon and the editors choice star. they dont seem to be scaled properly.
2. I cant set a picture for my user account. in the top right corner of the notification pull down, the picture will also be blown up and weird. if I have no picture than the stock avatar is normal.
3. Using any app that requires cropping of pictures, the picture does not fit to the screen and I only see the uppermost left corner in the crop viewfinder. its as if its zoomed into full resolution. this goes for Instagram and trying to set a display picture in almost any app like whats app.
other than thee 3 problems, I find the new DPI change to be much better than stock. Any help would be appreciated.
I tried to change on stock rom, with "wm density" trick, or "UI tuner (root)", or on CM13... i can say that DPI changing is far less flawless than in SlimRom i had on my previous Nexus S & 4 !
I totally agree that default UI is oversized. Maybe, if we want to have more information on our zenfone 2's 5.5 inches' screen, it's related to screen size/resolution/dpi, Not dpi alone...
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I also have this issue after icreasing to 440.
The worst thing is that most of the pictures in apps are stretched just from the edges (for example in 9gag app those tiny advert pictures).
Ideas welcomed
Edit: worst thing is infact the Swift key got enlarged do I had to switch to a stock keyboard (screen attached)
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Hi,
as you have already rooted your phone you try the xposed module App Settings instead of changing the dpi settings directly. App Settings allows you to set the dpi for each application seperately. If you have also installed an additional launcher like Nova Launcher you can change the dpi for that as well. It is less cumbersome than find and set a suitable dpi with which the phone works correctly.

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