Well heres one for the books.
I set my DPi to 400 on the device. Went to put it into power saving mode and it changed the screen density to HD which is fine.
However with the Small condensed option selected under display, it now prevents ANY system modifications to the DPI settings which is actually insane! :/
Any ideas on a work around? Im rooted and even amending the Build.prop and using an app seems to kill getting a lower DPI settting
This is a known issue. You have to use adb shell wm density XXX, and avoid changing resolution in the future.
Yeah but when setting up the device you have to choose either Small or Large Condensed Text :/
I'm not sure what problem you're having. I had my content scaling set to small, and text size set to small/very small (can't remember), and just did an adb shell & wm density 520 without a problem.
Same thing happening to me. I tried to change it via build.prop and by the adb shell command. Still at 640.
can someone tell me what the STOCK DPI values are for "standard" and "condensed" mode? (it can be checked with DPI Checker from play store)
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Hi,
Was wondering is the standard froyo contacts doesn't list all the alphabetical letters on the right hand side? From all the froyo release so far I see the right side list missing letters : B, E,H, K, N, Q,T,W
Can we someone enable these characters again? I can live without these characters but it's just annoying...
Having the same issue here too...
And pressing the back softkey after playing a song in Music Player also causes some letters to disappear.
same issue in my sgs...strange
Yes, mine too (JPO).
The letters missing: G, H, O P
Wow, I got JPO as well..... hmmm seems the letters appears based on something. I did remember awhile ago, some letters start appearing.
It can't be by contacts, cos I got google contacts that have "b" in it but it still doesn't show the letter.
i flashed from jm1 to jpa. maybe this is the problem?
lost: GHOPX
for me it seems that if a letter has little contacts it doesnt show, and the next letter after it also dissapears..
any1 can confirm?
It's a feature. It's meant to enable users to quickly browse through their contacts. Yes, it sounds rather strange but what they intended was that you don't waste your time trying to get the the correct letter (particularly those with larger fingers) but rather in an approximate area in which you can therefore thumb up or down to the right contact.
In some ways it works, in other ways it can be annoying.
It's because of size of the fonts and the size of the top search box. There is no space for all the letters to be shown. Set lcd density to 200 and you'll see the magic.
For set lcd density to 200 have you used http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=762070
mobilx said:
It's because of size of the fonts and the size of the top search box. There is no space for all the letters to be shown. Set lcd density to 200 and you'll see the magic.
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where i can change this value?
You can use that app or you can change it manually by changing build.prop ro.sf.lcd_density setting to 200. Be careful with this because TW doesn't work with setting below 200. Make backup first an enable debugging so you can revert through the adb. Read all about it first in the forums!!!
yikes lcd density at 200 makes everything looks aweful......is there any other way to get it to show all the alphabet just like in eclair?
thats really strange, didnt notice though.
although it can be shown by changing the lcd density to 200, but all other application becomes not full screen, it is not the perfect solution, someone please kindly make a study on this issue, it seems caused by the inproper layout parameter of contacts resource.
I guess eclair didnt have the edit box for "search" taking up space....now in froyo with the new search box, theres lesser room!
very annoying really though Don't want to change the LCD density as it screws up other apps.
haoning said:
although it can be shown by changing the lcd density to 200, but all other application becomes not full screen, it is not the perfect solution, someone please kindly make a study on this issue, it seems caused by the inproper layout parameter of contacts resource.
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You can fix the other apps with spareparts app from the market. Compatibility mode option should be unchecked.
Tw can be replaced with the adw or launcher pro. The dialer and calculator are not in full screen view only.
Like I said , read all about it in the forums.
I personaly like the lcd tweak very much because of a larger resolution effect. You get more space on the display for icons and widgets and you can see more stuff in apps without scrolling.
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Hi!
Spare Parts permit to reduce the scaling of fonts.
This is the logcat line:
Code:
Code:
03-31 10:32:07.202: INFO/ActivityManager(1314): Config changed: { scale=0.85 imsi=222/99 loc=it_IT touch=3 keys=1/1/2 nav=1/1 orien=1 layout=34 uiMode=17 seq=11 themeResource=null}
After a while (i.e. during a restart of ADW Launcher EX or a reboot) fonts scaling resets its value to 1.0.
Q: Is it possible to hardcoding this value by writing a config file (if it exist?)
PS: repeated thread. sorry for that. It will never suceed again. If i am OT tell me. New to DHD, proud to be here
LCD Density changer also does this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765639
Free version
Is also a lite version and fully sponsored by adds. The lite version only makes it possible to temporarily change a density setting. This setting will be undone when you reboot the phone. It uses "hot reboots" and no "cold reboots". It doesn't rely on the build.prop density parameter. Should in principle work on all devices. The free version is attached to this post
Full version
Full version (no adds + with the possibility to save the density and/or write it to the build.prop + desktop widgets for fast loading temporarily saved density setting) can be bought from from the Android Market (0.75 Euro). Search for "LCD Densitiy Changer"
I bought it for a SE X1 Mini Pro running 2.1 - it does what it says on the tin, and holds the density change through reboots etc.
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LCD Density changer also does this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765639
Free version
Is also a lite version and fully sponsored by adds. The lite version only makes it possible to temporarily change a density setting. This setting will be undone when you reboot the phone. It uses "hot reboots" and no "cold reboots". It doesn't rely on the build.prop density parameter. Should in principle work on all devices. The free version is attached to this post
Full version
Full version (no adds + with the possibility to save the density and/or write it to the build.prop + desktop widgets for fast loading temporarily saved density setting) can be bought from from the Android Market (0.75 Euro). Search for "LCD Densitiy Changer"
I bought it for a SE X1 Mini Pro running 2.1 - it does what it says on the tin, and holds the density change through reboots etc.
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Thank you for your prompt answer.
I have LCD Density changer. This program changes the density of the screen and this is a nice setting but is not what i search. Spare Parts reduce all and only the fonts for a factor (see in the "CODE" section in my first post) maintaining the density and all graphics unchanged.
Spare parts setting do the job, but sometime a process (unknown at the moment) do a font reset to the default dimension.
What i search is to know what configuration file has to be tweaked or modified to have this factor of reduction permanent.
Any idea on that?
Thanks in advance
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scrivi su google "Cambiare dimensione e font dei caratteri", primo risultato. scusa ma non posso postare link.
i reply in italy, because who did the question is italian
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Thanks a lot but is NOT what i mean. (i answer in english because is the official language of the site).
The link you provided explain Spare Parts. This is the application i use and do what i want. (read better post #1 and #3!).
BUT
Spare Parts does NOT maintain settings! after a while the font is reset to default!
For that reason (and this is the question) i want to know if the value of the font size can be hardcoded in some configuration file.
I don't know much about programming, but I think that at the moment you can't change default font scaling value, since it always defaults to "1" - it's hardcoded in source code and not being read from any configuration file. Take a look here: goo.gl/1M5ch , so you can see it by yourself.
I'd say that we can try changing line #314 to:
Code:
fontScale = getFloat("ro.test.fontScale", 1);
and see if allowing users to change fontScaling parameter in build.prop breaks any app or not.
I did some research on the code and the fix was much easier than I thought. Would you please test this change:
http://review.cyanogenmod.com/4931
and share your experience. It should make fontScale parameter set by SpareParts permanent over time. If it changes without a reason, please post the steps to reproduce the problem (which app caused the change etc.).
A patch to allow permanent font scaling has been merged into cyanogen source, it's available from nightly #64.
or you could modify build.prop yourself
ro.sf.lcd_density=240 (change to a lower value)
IE; ro.sf.lcd_density=130
Jonesjw362, I think you did not get the point of Font Scaling parameter either. The thing is that if you change your screen's density parameter, not only do fonts get scaled down but everything is smaller as well (like graphics) and it does not always look good. If you change Font Scaling though, only fonts get scaled up/down and it looks much prettier to my eyes.
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Jonesjw362, I think you did not get the point of Font Scaling parameter either.
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i misunderstood sorry..
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LCD Density changer also does this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765639
Free version
Is also a lite version and fully sponsored by adds. The lite version only makes it possible to temporarily change a density setting. This setting will be undone when you reboot the phone. It uses "hot reboots" and no "cold reboots". It doesn't rely on the build.prop density parameter. Should in principle work on all devices. The free version is attached to this post
Full version
Full version (no adds + with the possibility to save the density and/or write it to the build.prop + desktop widgets for fast loading temporarily saved density setting) can be bought from from the Android Market (0.75 Euro). Search for "LCD Densitiy Changer"
I bought it for a SE X1 Mini Pro running 2.1 - it does what it says on the tin, and holds the density change through reboots etc.
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LCD Density changer makes colors and icons look ****ed up
Hi, the ICS clock screen has a bit of an issue, the fonts are to big. I'm using it in dGB and oxygen and it comes included in another ROM.
If I change the font size in spare parts its fine and I prefer the whole overall Size difference. unfortunately after reboot the settings go back again to normal size.
The actual setting takes place in data/com.android.settings.providers - settings.db
It changes font_scale to 0.95 from 1.0
Is there a build.prop I can add to keep it at 0.95 at boot? I've tried ro.com.font_scale =0.95 as the date format and some other settings in there (settings.db) are referenced that way in build.prop.
No joy.
Would appreciate some help here, its doing my head in.
try to reduce your lcd density instead.
That's a bit overkill, its really only one app. And I can change it fine (to 0.95) with spare parts. Just doesn't stick.
I know that 240 dpi is 800x480 in the phone default settings
Changing it to 200 dpi makes the resolution higher, but I wanted to know an exact number.
I set my resolution to 200 dpi in this ROM. Is there any way that I can find out the exact resolution number for this dpi? The reason I ask is because I am trying to install iGo and knowing my resolution helps.
edit: is there any file in the system that I can find with Root Explorer that will show the resolution number to me?
Hello ?
I would like to create a task with tasker that automatically change the screen resolution if I open a specific app.
Unfortunately I encoutered the following problems:
*The command that tasker must execute when the app is launching that aim to change the screen resolution must normally be the following :"wm size 720*1280" but it doesn't work even with a terminal emulator (I executed the su command before of course). The thing is, that the apps on the play store who change the screen resolution are working just perfectly and I'm pretty sure that they are just executing these simple commands.
(Error message is "bad resolution")
*the command who change screen dpi is working (I need it too for my tasker task) is working but I noticed that it was making the app crash so I think it will be better to delay the launch of this app of few second, the time that the screen resolution had changed.
PS: my second problem is not that important as I can escape this issue by using the tasker widgets.
Thanks a lot in advance for any kind of help!
its x not *
wm size 720x1280