I am running MCR Ir12 with the excellent Franco kernel.
I decided to have a play with the screen density in build.prop and, based on the fact that the gnex has a pixel density of 316 ppi I changed the default value of 320 in build.prop to match.
Apart from everything being only slightly smaller, I noticed a more interesting change: colour gradients seem more 'detailed' as in the white/grey on the twitter widget (standard twitter app) seems plain white at default ppi, but has a much more pleasant white to grey gradient at 316 ppi.
Has anyone tried this, or have any better settings, or interesting observations?
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I run 192, a it puts the phone into tablet mode. 241 is the lowest you can go and not have problems (unless you use tablet mode).
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I run 192, a it puts the phone into tablet mode. 241 is the lowest you can go and not have problems (unless you use tablet mode).
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I ran my Rom at 240 without any problems. I currently run it in tablet mode though.
Running it at 316 shouldn't really change much of anything from 320. You will have issues with downloading apps from the market though.
You either need to go 320 or 240 for market compatibility, otherwise a modded market will be needed.
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241 is the lowest you can go and not have problems (unless you use tablet mode).
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That's not true, I ran/run 240 just fine with AOKP B27, M4 and B28.
A little off topic but what is tablet mode ?
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A little off topic but what is tablet mode ?
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Have a look here.
reyes.jr said:
A little off topic but what is tablet mode ?
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With a few tweaks and a density of 192 or below your phone will auto switch to run ICS the way it ships on a tablet and gives you the tablet UI and not the phone UI.
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HEy,
So, I searched and read and I really like the tablet mode tweak.
I tried the paranoid rom and the rom itself is great, but for me its pretty slow and just doenst work pretty well. Needs some more dev imo, but its on a great way.
However I'm back to aokp m5 with trinity kernel wich just runs awesome.
And I'm asking myself if I could just go with the tablet mode hack and aokp m5?
Will this work out? Or will I experience a lot of issues with that?
Or is it maybe even possible to just get that statusbar? I like the menus but I would be pleased if I could just get that statusbar.
Sorry if this questions may sound stupid ;/
Im glad for any help.
Regards
All you have to do is change your dpi to 192 and fine a modded phone apk. In run every aokp on table mode with absolutely no issues. I just can't use my phone in "phone" mode after using tablet mode.
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stacio88 said:
All you have to do is change your dpi to 192 and fine a modded phone apk. In run every aokp on table mode with absolutely no issues. I just can't use my phone in "phone" mode after using tablet mode.
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Well, what about the gapps ? YouTube and browser would not be the same as tablet version ( need to flash modded gapps also ?)
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Gapps get modified to tablet mode. Another thing u will need is Nova launcher and the modded market that shows ur dpi as the stock one. That way all the apps are available to you.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1543892
What is the best custom dpi setting for the gnex?
I'm running 240ish and some things don't look right. Contacts ect etc.
Tia
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Running on 280 and looks bad ass with 6x5 set. But market is broken.
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240 and your market will work fine as well.
LCD, LED screen are optimized for a single resolution, unlike CRTs where pixels are created dynamically depending upon fps, MHz etc. Here pixels are fixed, changing the dpi is basically increasing /reducing pixels at software level which gets implemented at hardware level where number of pixels are fixed. thus blur picture.
that sharp and crisp display wont be there if you chance your dpi, you might wanna reduce/increase font size.
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Running on 280 and looks bad ass with 6x5 set. But market is broken.
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What ? i ran on 240,241,280 then had not met any problem with market at all
240 will make chrome beta to be FC
241 & 280 are better and not much more different but i prefer 241
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LCD, LED screen are optimized for a single resolution, unlike CRTs where pixels are created dynamically depending upon fps, MHz etc. Here pixels are fixed, changing the dpi is basically increasing /reducing pixels at software level which gets implemented at hardware level where number of pixels are fixed. thus blur picture.
that sharp and crisp display wont be there if you chance your dpi, you might wanna reduce/increase font size.
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Yes I understand this. If there were a "tiny" font size that would do. But small is too large.
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I run 192 without issues.
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What ? i ran on 240,241,280 then had not met any problem with market at all
240 will make chrome beta to be FC
241 & 280 are better and not much more different but i prefer 241
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There are many apps that cannot be downloaded on 280 . one of them is franco's app .
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LCD, LED screen are optimized for a single resolution, unlike CRTs where pixels are created dynamically depending upon fps, MHz etc. Here pixels are fixed, changing the dpi is basically increasing /reducing pixels at software level which gets implemented at hardware level where number of pixels are fixed. thus blur picture.
that sharp and crisp display wont be there if you chance your dpi, you might wanna reduce/increase font size.
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LCD, CRT, MHz, what are you going on about?
OP, try a custom tablet ROM if you want low dpi. Paranoidandroid is popular.
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There are many apps that cannot be downloaded on 280 . one of them is franco's app .
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Yep, I forgot it nevertheless 241 have this issue as well though I had followed steps in rom control ? Any idea ? or it was aokp's problem ? Some apps need to be switched to default dpi to update or install, completely inconvenient
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Yep, I forgot it nevertheless 241 have this issue as well though I had followed steps in rom control ? Any idea ? or it was aokp's problem ? Some apps need to be switched to default dpi to update or install, completely inconvenient
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There are many modded market and gsf which claims to have a workaround but for me no luck with any .
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There are many modded market and gsf which claims to have a workaround but for me no luck with any .
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I have just tried out modded market, lcd density modder pro and nothing's changed =) 241 is still my choice, this issue is not a big matter at all
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I've been running at 206 as I prefer the way things look, however, I recognize most apps work best with either stock, or 160.
Has anyone discovered a setting other than 240 or 160 that also provides excellent compatibility?
Thanks!
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I've been running at 206 as I prefer the way things look, however, I recognize most apps work best with either stock, or 160.
Has anyone discovered a setting other than 240 or 160 that also provides excellent compatibility?
Thanks!
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I usually use 190 because it has been my experience that is doesn't mess with the applications quite as much as other levels.
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I used to run at 200, basically so the status bar isn't tiny but still gives me more space.
Speaking of, anyone know how i can change DPI in a TW ROM?
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When I'm running anything other than a tabUI modded build, I run at 190. But I honestly like the tabUI more than anything and I try and run 128 as much as possible..
Whenever there is an update for an app that won't show in that dpi, I'll just change back to 240, update and change back..
sj
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traskers said:
I used to run at 200, basically so the status bar isn't tiny but still gives me more space.
Speaking of, anyone know how i can change DPI in a TW ROM?
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I flashed a aokp rom used titanium back to back up "rom control" flashed new rom restored app only and change dpi to anything I want
I stay at 128 myself with no issues hoped that helped.
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When I'm running anything other than a tabUI modded build, I run at 190. But I honestly like the tabUI more than anything and I try and run 128 as much as possible..
Whenever there is an update for an app that won't show in that dpi, I'll just change back to 240, update and change back..
sj
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128? How can you see anything?
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128? How can you see anything?
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He sets it to 128 so tablet mode is initiated. Its small, but you can change the font size. Check out tablet UI mode. I think its in themes and apps. Its pretty sweet. You also may want to check out paranoid android.
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i use 161 on aokp milestone 6, because 160 makes allot of apps layouts look like crap, like google currents
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128? How can you see anything?
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I wear glasses too, that might help.. I just like the compact look.. it works for me
im on tUI most of the time, but I am a flashaholic though.. so im spending a few hours updating my backups to agats 4.0 kernel .. most likely will put my CM9-7.28 back on later though
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Just curious if any has been able to lower their dpi on this phone? If so, on what rom and was it done manually or with app?
I always love to make things as small as possible to get more screen size and have typically (in the past) used a great program LCD Density Modder Pro to do so.
When I first got the phone I did successfully use it once to do so but since then after many rom changes and mods I can't do it anymore. It goes through but after reboot it never makes it back to is and hangs. Would love to be able to do so.
If you do so please let me know how?
Thanks
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Rom toolbox pro best app out there for any rom changes
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Definitely Rom Toolbox Pro. I used to use LCD Density Modder Pro too. I current set my screen to either 220 or 240. Running 220 now with not too many issues. If you are on ICS, you will need a different dialer program such as exDialer. If you are on Jellybean, the stock dialer works just fine, though you will see some overlap issue in the recent calls list at 220.
ROM toolbox. The lite version works fine for DPI changes. Make sure you back up first.
I'm using 280.
Manually edit it. Open build.prop in your system folder. Go 20 or 30 lines down and you'll see:
ro.sf.lcd_density=320
Change 320 to whatever. Don't go too low or too high. It technically will boot but screen won't be visible. I don't know what too high or too low is. I run at 280. Lowest I've been
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Could I see some screen shots of this? I always ran my gnex at 280. Do you guys have market issues such as incompatible apps with a lower dpi?
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Could I see some screen shots of this? I always ran my gnex at 280. Do you guys have market issues such as incompatible apps with a lower dpi?
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I was just going to ask the same thing. In the past changing the dpi would cause compatibility issues in the market but Density Modder Pro had the fix built in and it worked great. It also allowed for testing changed settings first.
Is it just not supported on this phone anymore? Does Rom Toolbox have a market fix or a test first?
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Looks pretty messed up at 280 with touchwiz
Don't use lcd_density modder pro to change dpi. Just use it for the market fix.
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Don't use lcd_density modder pro to change dpi. Just use it for the market fix.
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Oh so I can still use density modder pro for the fix!?.. that's awesome if so. So just changing dpi manually is recommended? Or with rom toolbox as well? And then use modder pro for market fix?
And on this phone (north American S3) what's the lowest (successful) dpi it can operate at?
Thanks to anyone who can answer these.
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Oh so I can still use density modder pro for the fix!?.. that's awesome if so. So just changing dpi manually is recommended? Or with rom toolbox as well? And then use modder pro for market fix?
And on this phone (north American S3) what's the lowest (successful) dpi it can operate at?
Thanks to anyone who can answer these.
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You got it! As far as lowest dpi. I've went as low as 250 with no problem. But have heard numbers as low as 220.
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pchemerys said:
Oh so I can still use density modder pro for the fix!?.. that's awesome if so. So just changing dpi manually is recommended? Or with rom toolbox as well? And then use modder pro for market fix?
And on this phone (north American S3) what's the lowest (successful) dpi it can operate at?
Thanks to anyone who can answer these.
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I used ROM Toolbox Lite for the change, then LCD Density Modder Pro for market fix.
I reccomend Apex launcher which works well at other DPIs.
Been used to AOSP CM 10.1 lately with 241DPI. But i've got tired of bugs and I want to switch back to Sammy. Problem is that most Sammy ROM's are 320DPI which is terrible for eyes which got used to lower DPI.
Is there any ROM that runs @ 241 DPI without alignment problems?
Or any way I can set DPI @ 241 on a Sammy ROM and still choose 320DPI for some incompatible apps?
Check out my guide.
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Check out my guide.
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Dude to complicated and always some bugs or app problems!
icsterm said:
Been used to AOSP CM 10.1 lately with 241DPI. But i've got tired of bugs and I want to switch back to Sammy. Problem is that most Sammy ROM's are 320DPI which is terrible for eyes which got used to lower DPI.
Is there any ROM that runs @ 241 DPI without alignment problems?
Or any way I can set DPI @ 241 on a Sammy ROM and still choose 320DPI for some incompatible apps?
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Yes I think Alliance ROM should be good. I remember using it and reducing the DPI to 240 and there weren't any alignment problems.
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