Hi guys !
Here is the thing. I used to change the resolution of my G3 (D855 - 16GB) on stock to 1080P, and it was amazing.
Since Marshmallow, there's a few problem if you do that. Let me explain :
I managed to lower the resolution of the rom with ADB to 1080p, everything was right, but the DPI was too big, obviously ! So i lowered it to 540, the limit of LG apps, and everything was fine, but the problem is, it's still too big. It's one of the problems of the G3 that i can't stand. The DPI is too big, even in stock 1440P. I tried different things, to lower the DPI under 540, and here is the results :
1 ) Lower the DPI of the rom under 540 : Force close on LG Apps
2) Lower the DPI of the rom under 540 and use App Settings to put all the LG Apps at 540 DPI, it somehow worked but there was a lot of incompatibilites that were not in Lollipop. That was what i used to do on my Lollipop Rom.
3) Leave the DPI to 540 but change all the daily used apps to a DPI under 540 : It worked too, but the System UI was still too big.
4) Same as 3, but change the DPI of SystemUI under 540 : It worked too, but everytime i call was received, i couldn't answer because of force closes.
So here's my question. Can someone help me to figure how to lower the DPI of SystemUI and getting the phone to still work ? Or share with me another method to do it, ideas that i can try, etc, i'm open to suggestions !
Thanks !
Actually, I used to go through the same steps as you described, on Lollipop. I got everything to work, with 1080p and dpi around 440 I believe. My experience was, that App Settings would pretty much fix any misbehaving app after the dpi change, including the call/message apps. The only thing that continued being weird was the default LG home screen, which still had blank, broken icons and widgets so I had to replace it with Nova Launcher, which worked like a charm. This was about half a year ago, and when I done it on my phone, I repeated the same process on my friend's G3 (same ROM, same process).
My G3 would work fine for a while, but eventually, at some point during the 3rd or 4th system restart, it would always get bricked, stuck on the LG logo while booting. Always had to restore my backup., try again, but to no avail.
My friend's G3, on the other hand worked just fine ever since, which I can't quite wrap my head around, since it's the same phone, with the same ROM and the same procedure.
So I would also like to know if it's possible to create a stable 1080p system with MM now. As to your call problem, does it force close even though you applied the fix to it in App Settings?
I also replaced my launcher by Nova Launcher, on stock or modified, i prefer Nova Launcher, a lot more options to customize it.
I'm actually using a modified 1080P Marhsmallow Rom, but it's not stock, it is on AICP (based on CM13 MM i think), and it is working fine, but it's not stock. The camera is not as good as stock.
I dont know why your phone had this problem though, i never had this on mine.
I'll try again the same steps that i described, on the fulmics marhsmallow rom, that is eventually coming in a few days.
For the phone force close problem, i tried multiple things, and it didn't work with a custom DPI set with app settings on the phone APP. That's why i tried to put the whole system at 540 DPI and my personal apps at 400. And as described in my first post, it worked good, but systemUI was too big.
Maybe i can try differents xposed modules to customize the SystemUI to make it smaller without modidyfing the DPI of the whole app?...
Bump... Is really no one interested by downgrading the resolution of the G3?... You should at least try, it is good for gaming and fluidity.
Lymnoreia said:
Bump... Is really no one interested by downgrading the resolution of the G3?... You should at least try, it is good for gaming and fluidity.
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If you put "Game optimizer" setting ON, then all games are run in 1080p.
You can find it under "Battery & power saving" option.
Therefore, there is no reason to downscale resolution on Marshmallow
Same here. Just flashed Fulmics 3.1.... Set my DPI to 540 but still find the UI too big unlike when I was on Ti-x lollipop. I browse facebook regularly and the chatheads are way too big for a 540 DPI, heck, it's even smaller when I was on lollipop with the same DPI. It's kinda annoying considering how big the G3's screen is... big UI just waste space. I'm loving the new marshmallow rom but this one is really a nuisance.
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Ive so far tries 5 roms including all MIUI 2.3 roms here. I used Blade buddy and LCD Density apps from the Market. After changing the setting the phone goes in to a boot loop cycle. It used to work fine previously but not with the new roms. Whats wrong?? Cyonegen roms seem to work fine.
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Ive so far tries 5 roms including all MIUI 2.3 roms here. I used Blade buddy and LCD Density apps from the Market. After changing the setting the phone goes in to a boot loop cycle. It used to work fine previously but not with the new roms. Whats wrong?? Cyonegen roms seem to work fine.
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MIUI Rom only work with LCD Density = 240, don't change to any others value
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Ive so far tries 5 roms including all MIUI 2.3 roms here. I used Blade buddy and LCD Density apps from the Market. After changing the setting the phone goes in to a boot loop cycle. It used to work fine previously but not with the new roms. Whats wrong?? Cyonegen roms seem to work fine.
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MIUI refuses to work when you mess with the pixel density. It's always been like that. It shares many iOS qualities lol.
If you want to have an MIUI-like experience on your phone with smaller pixel density, I suggest you flash GBX, then slap on a theme. Then download and set GO SMS as your default SMS client. Oh and Youlu Address Book as your default Dialer and Contact List.
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MIUI refuses to work when you mess with the pixel density. It's always been like that. It shares many iOS qualities lol.
If you want to have an MIUI-like experience on your phone with smaller pixel density, I suggest you flash GBX, then slap on a theme. Then download and set GO SMS as your default SMS client. Oh and Youlu Address Book as your default Dialer and Contact List.
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I like GBX and Im now on Ultimate Droid (which runs fine at 200dpi!) and some other good roms here. But all of them have a bluetooth high drain bug. So Im checking out each rom as they come out to find one to stay with. Also I want to set the LCD density to 180. I have done this on many 2.2 MIUI roms. but not the new 2.3s....
Use 183 it works
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I like GBX and Im now on Ultimate Droid (which runs fine at 200dpi!) and some other good roms here. But all of them have a bluetooth high drain bug. So Im checking out each rom as they come out to find one to stay with. Also I want to set the LCD density to 180. I have done this on many 2.2 MIUI roms. but not the new 2.3s....
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flash a newer kernel and voila bt bugs are gone.
I use Typhoon with 167 and it works a treat!
I've moved to the HOX from the HD2 - still prefer the HD2 at the moment (was running pongsters hyperdroid gbx v12 rom). I really liked the low lcd density of 167 and now having the 312 it just feels like I’m using a toy. If I root the phone and change the density what’s the lowest I can get away with - or root a rom which has a low density (any recommendations?)
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I've moved to the HOX from the HD2 - still prefer the HD2 at the moment (was running pongsters hyperdroid gbx v12 rom). I really liked the low lcd density of 167 and now having the 312 it just feels like I’m using a toy. If I root the phone and change the density what’s the lowest I can get away with - or root a rom which has a low density (any recommendations?)
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thats a tough one. i think the density is already perfect for the screen size. i would not even imagine trying to change the density on this bad boy just yet. plus do not forget..you might change it but launchers will look out of place specially Rosie. you might get away with it with Apex launcher or Nova but do not forget about the phone apk as well ie dialler.. you will have to have mdpi apks. so until someone releases a rom that it would be compatible i would say stay away. but then again backup your rom when you root and just try it out for yourself..if it works great..if not just restore and that is it and if you do try go down to 240dpi
Hey,
I have a small question again.
My wife has the LG P700 and used until recently one of Rome SlimBean.
There it was, that's all been somehow smaller, which had more space on the desktop.
I do not know how to describe it .... on the PC, I would say that the resolution has been changed.
Well anyway, I did like the totally good and I wonder if you can also transfer it somehow to the DHD / apply.
Does anyone know what?
Normally I would say DHD has smaller DPI, but they both have the same screen size and same resolution.
The solution would be to set smaller fonts in setting or change ROM (generally AOSP ROMS (or Sense3.6) have smaller UI elements than Sense4)
Some roms have custom DPI options, if you're finding that your rom is too big/small ParanoidAndroid might be a good bet.
Hey,
Thanks for the replies.
Has anyone had experience with TEXTDROIDER_DPI?
This is probably the one to change.
Currently I have 240 DPI. The app hits me 220 DPI ago. I get displayed I definitely want to make a backup of what I have done.
According app it can happen that you get a Bootloop and then have to change a file.
Now before I try out, I prefer to ask ... maybe someone has done it already experiences.
CyanogenMod version:
20,131,022-4.3-beta6-Ace
changing DPI may look tempting, but in most cases it will mess up graphics by making UI elements look blurry. Moreover, you may have problems with apps compatibility.
Hi guys, here's my issue with my Nexus.
It started maybe last night when I updated to the newest stable release of SlimRom 4.4.4 Build 7
After I updated, all seemed fine, but the icons in the global menu, and in my notifications were suddenly enlarged and made out of whack.
I then tried changing my DPI to slightly higher to fix the issue, through Textroider DPI. Now, the app made my DPI way too high, even though I had set it for something like 230 (originally 220)
I tried reverting to my original DPI which was 220, and according to the app, it is currently at 220...even though it isn't. Even in the build.prop it says my DPI is 220, but on the screen there is zero change. re-flashing the rom worked once, but eventually it stopped working. Currently, my screen looks as if it's running a tablet DPI of 300 or so.
Long story short, I am unable to change my DPI, even though in my build.prop it says my DPI is 220.
Is it only happening with that specific ROM?
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isajoo said:
Is it only happening with that specific ROM?
Send from GN running ParanoidAndroid2.57 Jellybean 4.1.2 w/Tablet Mode
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I've used SlimRom for heck knows how long since I got my GNex. I have not tried flashing any other ROM, only the previous version of the ROM (4.4.2 Build 5)
The keyboard appears to be completely normal as if it was in 220 dpi, but the the rest of the interface including all the apps believe that it's in a high DPI.
I'm downloading another ROM as we speak and then flashing it to see if it fixes anything.
I hope you can at least get some idea of the problem I'm describing, as I lack the power to post a screenshot
I know there's probably nothing I can do about this one, but after changing my stock dpi from 640 to 480 (via adb since I'm not rooted), the samsung camera app doesn't want to go fullscreen.
Anyone know of a workaround for that? Pretty silly that Samsung has built their camera app to only work on that dpi....
Samsung is notorious for having apps that don't scale with DPI changes. Until Xposed is available for Samsung ROMs and App Settings can be used again to set individual app DPIs, I don't think there's much that can be done. Although it may be possible for someone to mod the stock apps for another DPI. Pretty sure I remember someone doing that for the Note 3.
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My default dpi is 480, i am used to AoSP based roms that i can reduce the dpi quite a bit. Past experience with TW is that i could successfully lower dpi about 25%. (360 down to 240 ect)
Does anyone know what the lowest dpi setting that will not affect anything with the sprint s6? I would really like to lower but not having custom recovery yet, i havent done any nandroid backups, only stock rooted atm. I just dont want to hose my phone before i get nandroided
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