Hi
I just found a way to change system dpi, with everything still working no fc. on our qhd devices, think it´s going to work for all variant's !?
First off course do a nandroid backup.
The reason qhd wont let us change dpi is like in most rom's there´s no binaries installed, so just install, pimp my rom from store (it's imported pimp my rom is asking for su rights and you grant it, binaries wont install else)
and go to tools, density changer, when you enter for the first time it knows there´s no binaries installed and ask´s permission to install, grant it, no more, reboot, get texdroider from store and now it let´s you change dpi, enter a number, apply, reboot and there's your changed dpi
::For some reason PA rom just chrashes pimp my rom, dunno why? but EOS rom dont and let pimp my rom get SU right's, soo you gotta try witch rom's etc?
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Hello everybody!
It's my first time modding an Android device, so I decided to flash a Google Stock-like ROM on my LG G3 (D855). At first I rooted and installed TWRP using this useful tool: http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/development/tools-srk-tool-1-0-1-useful-toos-lg-t3079682
Then I flashed CyanogenMod 12.1 Nightly (which seems to be the best and most supported ROM...) and GApps. Everything seems to work fine but I have a bunch of questions to better understand how to improve usability and performance.
1) What are exactly GApps, and why do I find one million versions of these? Is it a procedure to, eventually, re-install them without wiping everything?
2) After flashing I'm not able to use apps like QuickBoot to reboot in Recovery Mode "comfortably". When I tap that choice nothing really happens. Does anybody know why?!
3) I've installed Nova Launcher and combined it with CM Locker, because of the interesting possibility to auto-light on the display on notifies. Anyway, I'm no more able to double tap to sleep on my lockscreen, except if I double tap on the state-bar. Is there any solution to modify this behaviour?
4) What is Xposed? How is it related with ROM, CyanogenMod, LG G3?
5) I use bluetooth to connect to my Alpine stereo in my car. Since I installed CM12.1 I need to pair the devices EVERYTIME! Why they do not recognize forever just after the first pairing?
6) After installing CM 12.1 i noticed more battery leaking and device heating, so I supposed I could install a different kernel. Is this consideration right? I've installed 777 but don't know how to measure the improvements, could someone give me some metrics to have an idea?
7) what are the schedulers and how should i configure them??
Thanks in advance to everyone who'll answer to even one of my questions!
Hi
Welcome, i 'll answer as best I can.
1. Gapps are the Google apps I.e . Play Store, Google, Gmail etc. Although you can run CM without them but you would miss out on many options.
2. Go into settings and tap about and tap Build Number 7 times and you will get Developer options. In this you will find the option advanced boot and tapping this will allow you to select from a menu when you press the button to sw off the phone, which has recovery.
3&4 Cannot comment on Nova or Xposed as I don't use them.
5. Only use Bluetooth to cennwct to my LG G-pad 8.3 and my Sony Smartwatch 2 and it works fine with them.
Hope this is of some help.
Stransky
Sent from my LG-D855 using Tapatalk
4. Xposed is a framework for modules that can change the behavior of the system and apps without touching any APKs. That's great because it means that modules can work for different versions and even ROMs without any changes (as long as the original code was not changed too much). It's also easy to undo. As all changes are done in the memory, you just need to deactivate the module and reboot to get your original system back. There are many other advantages, but here is just one more: Multiple modules can do changes to the same part of the system or app. With modified APKs, you to decide for one. No way to combine them, unless the author builds multiple APKs with different combinations.
Note that this only works with root access on Android 4.0.3 or later.
Hope this would be helpful.
HI everyone, i was flashing my viperone3.5+ theme darkone but i downloaded a file with errors (less weight) and after that the htc sense accent colors option is not available anymore, when i tried to access it says that application went down and is not allowing me to choose color, i do not know if theres a way to flash or install the sense once again without re-flasing all the viperone rom zip or any other stock rom, i dont want to loose all my settings and other configurations, etc... let me add a screenshot for my error message......
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HI everyone, i was flashing my viperone3.5+ theme darkone but i downloaded a file with errors (less weight) and after that the htc sense accent colors option is not available anymore, when i tried to access it says that application went down and is not allowing me to choose color, i do not know if theres a way to flash or install the sense once again without re-flasing all the viperone rom zip or any other stock rom, i dont want to loose all my settings and other configurations, etc... let me add a screenshot for my error message......
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Ok Ill quote myself and if someone may assist me in finding the answer I do believe more people than me may have had the same issue...
1.- I just went to apps settings and erased all cache on this, extra data for sense home, reboot, stated the same.
2.- I dont know if i download HTC Sense Home by APK i might be able to install it once again with an additional APK installer since the android defult is not allowing me to reinstall it (I downloaded htc sense from a post on xda).
3.-Maybe I will need to try a modified zip rom to flash htc sense from recovery...need to find that file somewhere on xda
4.-Erease perhaps Dalvik/Cahce from recovery????
Help mates please!
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Ok Ill quote myself and if someone may assist me in finding the answer I do believe more people than me may have had the same issue...
1.- I just went to apps settings and erased all cache on this, extra data for sense home, reboot, stated the same.
2.- I dont know if i download HTC Sense Home by APK i might be able to install it once again with an additional APK installer since the android defult is not allowing me to reinstall it (I downloaded htc sense from a post on xda).
3.-Maybe I will need to try a modified zip rom to flash htc sense from recovery...need to find that file somewhere on xda
4.-Erease perhaps Dalvik/Cahce from recovery????
Help mates please!
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Why don't you just dirty flash the viper rom over your messed system? If you don't wipe anything you will not lose any of your data.
I've wanted to test out remix OS for a while. However I use xposed and su regular. It's all about customization for me. However once I installed remix I found it wasn't rooted. I searched around for a solution but people kept saying it was rooted? So after I broke my n9 trying to flash standard root, a quick Google revealed that for pc versions it involves Linux commands to mount and edit the system files. So I'm far to lazy for that. But I thought ill make this little guide on how to get root and xposed working systemlessly on your remixed N9
Although this is mainly for N9 there should be no reason why you can't follow this guide for your pad. HAVING SAID THAT: "Although this may have worked for me or others I am not responsible for the death, destruction, boot loop or spontaneous combustion (or anything else) of your device. Follow this at your own risk"
Things your going to need! (For root)
Remix Os Installed
Twrp Installed (newest)
systemless Root zip
I'm not going to explain how to install remix OS as that's easy enough and it's available on their website here same with TWRP Guide to install that is here
Grab Systemless root.
boot into recovery
Flashy flash flash
Wipe for good luck
reboot system!
TA-DAA (hopefully)
That's that bit done :silly: Now if that's all you want then awesome! Maybe give me a thanks :good:
But before we continue if your like me and not a fan of that standard Launcher 3. Now we have root let's get rid of it.
Run over to Google play and install a Terminal Emulator. I use Minimal terminal, cos it's pretty
Once Installed, Run over and Grab the launcher of your choice.
Once Installed click open. Then may say something about not supporting it.
Now stick your black hoodie on, Talk to an imaginary friend :laugh: and jump on your terminal and type the following commands
Code:
Su
pm disable com.android.launcher3
click the home button and nova launcher (in my case) should be sitting there ready for you.
But I like my Icons! I WANT MORE CUSTOMISATION, at the moment I have a way of doing it. ONLY ITS VERY TEDIOUS.
Things your going to need
icon pack of your choice
root browser of your choice
apk editor
Go into your icon pack folder should be I'm data/app/com.iconpack/
open the apk, dive into the apk and find the icons. it's normally in the .apk/res/drawable-nodpi-v4
extract all or just the icons you want
once you've done so jump into apk editor and go through to the app you want to edit in apk editor app
search for the icons. normally in the res/drawable-xxhdpi-v4 or similar folder there might be a few icons to change in the separate drawable-hdpi folders.
click the edit button to the right of the icon, add your icon.
click the save at the bottom
uninstall the app and reinstall through the apk editor.
job done
I'm fully aware this is a lot of faf. But it's only way I can do it at the moment.
Regardless let us move forward!
Things your going to need! (Xposed)
Magisk Manager
Material Xposed apk
Download Material Xposed apk First (link above). And install first!
Download the Magisk manager from this forum here and follow the simple instructions to install
Install Xposed in Magisk Manager's Download section the 23SDK Is the one you want to download.
it should install the zip and want to reboot your device.
you should be done now. You should have a rooted and xposed Remix OS
I hope I helped someone, I couldn't find anything like this that helped me. I just saw alot of unanswered questions. So far I'm liking remix os alot. It's smooth and quick. Once I grab a Bluetooth keyboard I imagine it be even better. Whether or not it be a replacement for a laptop I don't know. However if all your really do on a laptop is write documents, play small games and browse Internet. Then it's pretty much perfect. I found that (although a little sketchy) I managed to do web development on this. So it's a very versatile OS.
If I helped give us a thanks. If I'm an idiot and this is somewhere else, then start throwing things.
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Help! I've soft bricked my Device
Don't panic! Relax. Grab a tea or whatever you drink. And just go back to the remix os how to flash link and do that. It should sort it out for you.
Hi guys,
I’ve just bought a Mi Max which is running MIUI global 8.1 – 8.1.6.0. I’m actually really enjoying MIUI, the performance is great but a couple of things I want to sort out with it so would appreciate your help:
1. How do you root this firmware and if I do will it block future OTA updates? I’d be keen to update to Android N when MIUI update to it.
2. I’m sure I saw a guide to unlock band 20 LTE is this possible?
3. The icons are far too big, is there any way of reducing the size, I think it’s DPI setting right? Hopefully easy to do with root / xposed?
Thanks very much!
Andy
For 1.:
There are a couple of ways to root. You can upgrade to a MIUI developer build (download it from http://en.miui.com/download-302.html, go to Updater, tap the menu button on the upper right, tap Choose Update Package, then choose the .zip you just downloaded). Then, go to the Security app, tap Permissions, then Allow Root Access. You should then be prompted and warned about root access; if you accept, then after a short update, your phone will be rooted! OTA updates won't be blocked. Everything is official, after all, and MIUI doesn't use incremental OTAs, only full ROM images.
MIUI official root will bug you with a couple of warnings every time you try to give root permission to an app, though.
Otherwise, just unlock the bootloader, install TWRP, then Install SuperSU.
For 3: There's a few values to change:
a: Change the persist.miui.density_v2 property in build.prop,
b: Use ADB with the command "adb shell wm density NNN" where NNN is the density you want.
c: Change ro.sf.lcd_density in build.prop; a few apps look for that particular value.
A screen density of 320 works well...
Though the MIUI launcher does not adjust to different dpis well, so it will look bad in my opinion. Install another launcher.
As for 2:, I have no idea. I don't have LTE, and I've never looked into LTE.
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3. The icons are far too big, is there any way of reducing the size, I think it’s DPI setting right? Hopefully easy to do with root / xposed?
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The easiest answer to number 3 would be to install another launcher. Changing the DPI will affect everything on screen, i.e text, status bar, menus, buttons. It will also affect the way apps display on your phone and may change their layout. If all you need to do is reduce icon size just install something like Nova and change the icon size in Nova's settings.
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For 1.:
There are a couple of ways to root. You can upgrade to a MIUI developer build (download it from http://en.miui.com/download-302.html, go to Updater, tap the menu button on the upper right, tap Choose Update Package, then choose the .zip you just downloaded). Then, go to the Security app, tap Permissions, then Allow Root Access. You should then be prompted and warned about root access; if you accept, then after a short update, your phone will be rooted! OTA updates won't be blocked. Everything is official, after all, and MIUI doesn't use incremental OTAs, only full ROM images.
MIUI official root will bug you with a couple of warnings every time you try to give root permission to an app, though.
Otherwise, just unlock the bootloader, install TWRP, then Install SuperSU.
For 3: There's a few values to change:
a: Change the persist.miui.density_v2 property in build.prop,
b: Use ADB with the command "adb shell wm density NNN" where NNN is the density you want.
c: Change ro.sf.lcd_density in build.prop; a few apps look for that particular value.
A screen density of 320 works well...
Though the MIUI launcher does not adjust to different dpis well, so it will look bad in my opinion. Install another launcher.
As for 2:, I have no idea. I don't have LTE, and I've never looked into LTE.
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Thanks for your advice however I wiped the device to install the developer rom you mention but this doens't have a native option for rooting, apparently this is only available in the chinese version of the developer rom
Got to work out how to do it the manual way now including unlocking the bootloader, but then I won't be receiving OTA updates
If you tried to change your screen density and ran into gfx glitches etc, this is for you. A simple how-to change your screen DPI on a LePro 3 running EUI without messing up lockscreen clock, dialer, etc.
Firstly, the two methods I knew of with which to change screen density are as follows
- (ROOT REQ) Just changeing the sf.lcd_density value in build.prop (mostly) doesnt work at all, and doesnt affect the resolution whatsoever.
- The other method commonly used, and which doesnt require root if you have access to a computer running ADB is via shell, and using WM (window manager). This one will work, and change your DPI, but will mess up the interface. This is also the method employed by many apps on play store which require root to change your DPI, hence giving the same messy result.
Well, tonight I finally managed to make it work without any glitches, misplaced text etc, all is as it should be, and I'm running 360 DPI right now (screenshots).
Root is required (alternatively you could use TWRP to replace the file, on non rooted phones, I guess). Using a root explorer, navigate to \data\property\ and find the file named persist.sys.sf.lcd_density. Open it as a text document, all it contains is a number which is your phones native DPI
Change it to whatever you like, save and reboot.
Be warned, a TWRP backup is handy, coz a wrong setting can cause the system ui to crash on boot, leaving you dead in the water. :laugh:
Cheers, works here. My lockscreen pattern is still ****ed up, its either to the left or right, not centered, but apart from that its all good.
Is it better solution than Nova Launcher?
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Is it better solution than Nova Launcher?
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What are you talking about? Thia changes your device DPI, as in everything, not just home screen
@Incogn I believe that is a feature, to ease one handed unlocking, it moves the pattern to the side of the screen on which youve swiped your finger on.
I can live with the messed up dialer for now. 300dpi is perfect for me. =D
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I can live with the messed up dialer for now. 300dpi is perfect for me. =D
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Using 380 and dialer is perfect here
Anything below 380 messes up the dialer, but nothing else. I solved that one by installing the google dialer
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Anything below 380 messes up the dialer, but nothing else. I solved that one by installing the google dialer
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Interesting, which version? TIA
@Joms_US did it just this morning, @Abdiel1224 posted on Turbo's thread that it was possible by downloading opengapps aroma version, then install them through TWRP, selecting just the dialer and dialer framework. Sounds simple enough, but it wasnt smooth for me at all. After flashing, once booted, app called setup wizard would FC non-stop and wouldnt let me access my launcher/or anything else. After trying numerous times different gapps flashing options, restoring my TWRP backup, then flashing all gapps, etc etc, I finally concluded it was googles setup wizard that was f*cking with me....
The way i got around it was...creative. Managed to get into my recent apps, through solid explorer was able to launch titanium backup, and then force stop/freeze the offending app (google setup wizard). Et voila, after that it worked like a charm.
To save you all the headache/legwork that I had, if you should run into the same problem I did (System wizard FC on boot), just reboot to TWRP, navigate over to System/priv-app/setupwizard/ and delete setupwizard.apk
Works for me. However, the file did not exist. I just created it and put the number in. It worked great!
What is the original dpi in le pro3. I have a rom 20s by cydras and he reduced dpi...
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What is the original dpi in le pro3. I have a rom 20s by cydras and he reduced dpi...
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I'm pretty sure it is 420