I'm running Paranoid Android 3.0 on my AT&T Galaxy Note 2 and it seems more and more of the apps in the play store are saying that they are incompatible with my phone. First it was Hulu and Netflix. But now Swiftkey also says not compatible. And these are all apps I already have installed. There are many more too. But i can't list them all.
What is going on here.
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It's because of the DPI's you have set.
NightHawkUndead said:
It's because of the DPI's you have set.
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How do you mean. How would DPIs affect the play store?
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A lot of apps are made for certain DPI'S. If you have a custom DPI a lot of apps will show incompatible. You can change the DPI to stock, Download the apps u want, Then switch your DPI back.
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A lot of apps are made for certain DPI'S. If you have a custom DPI a lot of apps will show incompatible. You can change the DPI to stock, Download the apps u want, Then switch your DPI back.
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Or flash a multi dpi play store
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320 is too big and 240 is too small.
And I read using anything other than those will cause market compatibility issues ..correct?
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highflyin128 said:
320 is too big and 240 is too small.
And I read using anything other than those will cause market compatibility issues ..correct?
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I use 280, retains all the phone layouts. 240 was too small and made a few apps turn into tablet mode, which is more worse than better.
To fix market incompatibilities, buy:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.birdapi.android.dpipro
and apply the market fix, works great.
I feel quite comfortable with 246 (240 was causing some layout issues).
LCD Density Modder fix is great. I had some issues with previous releases, latest one fixed everything!
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I feel quite comfortable with 246 (240 was causing some layout issues).
LCD Density Modder fix is great. I had some issues with previous releases, latest one fixed everything!
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Do all your apps still show up in the market? Cause the market uses your density as part of the compatibility check to see what available for your phone.
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Running 246 now. If the market works fine and shows me all apps im gonna keep bumping up.
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Now some apps show up not compatible with this device.. I hate the market density check.
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I like 260 myself. Market issues to deal with here as well... still, it's worth it if you ask me.
highflyin128 said:
Now some apps show up not compatible with this device.. I hate the market density check.
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Use LCD Density Modder Market fix...
maddler said:
Use LCD Density Modder Market fix...
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Wheres that downloaded from?
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This?
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.birdapi.android.dpipro
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highflyin128 said:
This?
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.birdapi.android.dpipro
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Yes. There should be a free version too.
Ill prob buy the pro. Thanks from the info
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maddler said:
Yes. There should be a free version too.
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Just to add, Pro version doesn't have market fix.
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stock launcher?
How can I getvthe stock launcher to put the icons on the whole screen? There is a lot of emptu space around them right now
andy2na said:
I use 280, retains all the phone layouts. 240 was too small and made a few apps turn into tablet mode, which is more worse than better.
To fix market incompatibilities, buy:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.birdapi.android.dpipro
and apply the market fix, works great.
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Trying it now.. Thanks
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macman159 said:
How can I getvthe stock launcher to put the icons on the whole screen? There is a lot of emptu space around them right now
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You can't modify your settings in stock launcher.
I'd recommend using Nova Launcher to change this (you can find it in the Themes & Apps section) change the Columns & Rows to your liking.
You can do this with any other launchers as well. Stock launcher has very limited options, so you can't change Columns & Rows.
ADWLauncher works great too. More options than nova as if now.
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Anyone having problems with icons cropping in a wierd way?
On homescreen and dock. Using 260 DPI. Icons in drawer is perfect. Only homescreen and dock.
Any fixes?
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Mine look fine at 260. But im running adw and i have the dock icons scaled down a bit
https://picasaweb.google.com/115746918584799936997/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCLCFtamBkNn31wE
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To anyone who doesn't feel like buying an app to fix the Market, you might try this:
1. Set your DPI to something "normal" like 240 or 320.
2. Reboot.
3. Force close the Market app (if it's running) and clear its cache+data.
4. Using Titanium Backup, freeze the "Market Updater" application.
5. Set your DPI back to whatever you want.
6. Reboot.
7. Launch the Market.
I believe that will prevent the Market from seeing you have a non-standard DPI.
Can i somehow increase the grid so more apps can be added to my homescreen?
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dreamz0r said:
Can i somehow increase the grid so more apps can be added to my homescreen?
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Use apex or nova I think both allow up to like 7x7 lots of customization
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Just change the dpi, enables tablet mode. Search the thread.
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Just change the dpi, enables tablet mode. Search the thread.
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If all he wants to do is add more slots, he should just use a 3rd party launcher instead of modding DPI and breaking Play Store downloads.
Adw launcher allows 10x10
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martonikaj said:
If all he wants to do is add more slots, he should just use a 3rd party launcher instead of modding DPI and breaking Play Store downloads.
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That's misinformation. I have installed LCD Density Modder and have been running with dpi set for 241. My play store works normally as do all apps I have installed. It works and is easy. I'm on the latest build of AOKP.
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I set my dpi on this phone to 240 and I LOVE it and the market still works fine so far! Just wondering how i can mod the dialer/camera to fit the 240 dpi. And also the stock keyboard dosent work but i dont care much about that i use swiftkey 3.
Shame the standard keyboard doesn't work, I really like it.
As to the dialer? hmm, probably need to get a replacement for that too, shame it doesn't scale either. Someone can probably hack the .apk to allow different dpi's perhaps?
What app did you use to change your density it would be cool to do that with this ginormous screen
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srgcrespo1 said:
What app did you use to change your density it would be cool to do that with this ginormous screen
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Change the value for ro.sf.lcd_density in the build.prop. You can do this with apps like ROM Toolbox Pro.
I was running 240 as well, and loved it but the camera, dialer and Samsung keyboard issues bugged me enough to go back to 320.
I have mine set at 270 and everything, including dialer and camera works great.
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Android-hotness said:
I have mine set at 270 and everything, including dialer and camera works great.
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That's the magic number? Excellent.
I love the 270 dpi but how do I or am I able to get the launcher to not be so high into the middle of the screen... Like the dots to show what page ur on is raised to the middle of the screen
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ezsoulja said:
I love the 270 dpi but how do I or am I able to get the launcher to not be so high into the middle of the screen... Like the dots to show what page ur on is raised to the middle of the screen
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use a different launcher. I use nova
So no suggestions for dialers or camera mods that fix the scaling issues. They are better at 270 but not perfect.
Check this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2001143
it's on the Sprint Note II forum but I flashed them and they all work well.
soapbox23, what rom are you using? I am on Jexi-X4 and it doesnt work...
Found this rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2002960
Works very well at 240 dpi, it has most of the system apps fixed that dont scale well. Need to flash keyboard zip in the QA page though for 240 dpi.
Any way to change the dpi on tw roms these days? Love tw but what a waste of a large screen!
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Search xposed installer/apk.
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Or you could use a custom launcher and set more rows and columns. I use Nova now and have a 8 rows x 6 columns screen.
stevehkim said:
Search xposed installer/apk.
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I am looking into this but no luck yet.
diablo009 said:
Or you could use a custom launcher and set more rows and columns. I use Nova now and have a 8 rows x 6 columns screen.
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That is not my concern. I would like to see more of webpages, and generally everything... it's like 480p vs 1080p in the TV world. DPI changes the 'density' of the screen across the whole OS.
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DPI changes the 'density' of the screen across the whole OS.
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And prevents you from installing most apps once changed from default.
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And prevents you from installing most apps once changed from default.
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Balls.
Normally true but when not on tw roms I've used the following app consistently with no issues. It provides an in-app process that mods the play store apk. Besides, you can always change dpi to stock and get whatever apps you want and revert your dpi. But hey, let's keep giving people half the story.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.birdapi.android.dpipro
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Search xposed installer/apk.
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Thank you for pointing me in the right direction I appreciate it. I found this to be a better solution that I counted on.
In case anyone is interested in getting more out of their S3's TW display check out this post and download the zip with 2 apks and install them. Learn more about how this mod works here. The neat thing about this is approach is that it works similarly to how PA roms work. Basically, each app can be individually set with whatever DPI you want on the fly with no need to reboot in order to see changes. I tweaked DPI settings for Nova launcher, Gmail, Web browsers to start and it works on 747z rom for me ATM. I even set the SytemUI.apk to 280. This has a bug that that causes a thin bar under the notification bar to appear; it doesn't bother me though as the tradeoff for more notifications in the pull down is a plus for me. What's nice is you can tailor each apps display however you wish instead of picking one value for the whole OS!
To top it all off, you can leave Play store alone and download apps till tomorrow morning
is it possible to change the note 2's screen dpi down?
There are plenty of 240 dpi ROMs. I'm using X note now and it has multiple tablet/phablet dpis with floating multiwindows.
tuxonhtc said:
There are plenty of 240 dpi ROMs. I'm using X note now and it has multiple tablet/phablet dpis with floating multiwindows.
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damn
7xnari said:
damn
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Or you could just change lcd_density in build.prop - but I'd recommend trying out a 240dpi touchwiz based ROM like X Note or Moon ROM. You could also download lcd ddensity changer from play store.
Be aware that if you change the density to 240dpi yourself you'll have to get 240dpi compatible versions of the Samsung keyboard, camera, dialer etc. You can find them in the themes and apps section.
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If you use xposed and the app settings apk you can just change the dpi on a per app basis so the apps that only work at 320 can be left. It also gives you the option to select tablet mode on most apps too
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