I have rooted my OnePlus 3 and I changed the dpi of the screen to 420. There's a couple of apps though that I need to keep at default because the don't look right. I know app settings from xposed is meant to change apps separately but for the life of me I can't get it to work on it doesn't matter what values I change nothing happens can anyone help?
I have no issues using App Settings Xposed module ... It works as intended.
Simple procedure:
- select the problematic app (in App settings)
- set DPI to 480
- tap "save" button
- restart device
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Yes, the device needs to be restarted after setting something in App Settings, otherwise nothing happens. This is normal behavior since Android Lollipop.
I've done that multiple times. I've changed the dpi to 480 restarted the phone and its still looks messed up. I changed the dpi using terminal so I've set everything to 420 but there's 2 apps I want to keep at default. It won't work. Is there any other way?
The app in question is in red. Should it be in red? This is my first rooting of an android device so it's all new. Thanks for the help guys.
This is the settings I'm trying to use.
Yes, it should be red if it has modified setting.
I noticed one difference between your and my procedure - you changed DPI via terminal, I did it via build.prop edit.
Try setting the DPI back to 480 in terminal and edit the build.prop to get your desired DPI, then fix apps in App Settings.
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How to install the Xposed Framework and Use it ( Big Thanks to Rovo 89 for introducing this )
If u want to know what exactly this is about http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1574401
For the framework:
Download XposedInstaller.apk and install it ( download below)
Launch the Xposed Installer and click on "Install/Update"
Reboot
Done!
For any modifications/modules you want to install:
Download <module>.apk and install it ( first install the app settings)
Launch the Xposed Installer and go to the "Modules" tab (you will also get there if you click on the notification warning you that the module is not enabled yet)
Enable the module by checking the checkbox
Reboot
Done!
Instructions for using modules :
Starting with Gmail
At this point i believe u have rebooted your phone after installing app settings and before that the Xposed installer itself
Open app settings and search for Gmail.
To get the kind of result displayed below
1. Change Screen(dp) settings to preferably 600*1024
2. Change font scale to 80 otherwise the dual panel will look messed up.
3. I would suggest u change the orientation to always landscape - worked best for me - depends on your liking
press the save button on the right top corner (then press yes) and check your newly designed gmail app right away
You can tinker with the settings and change it to your liking
Now lets move on to System Settings menu. (Dual panel!)( If u dont use Liquid smooth or AOKP)
search for settings in App settings
in the settings menu
Change DPI to 160
Screen(dp) to 1000*1600
and font scale to 130 ( ORIENTATION PREFERABLY ALWAYS LANDSCAPE )
Now save and check it out!
For the same thing - But If u use LiquidSmooth or AOKP or PA or anything that already allows you to force dual panel )
Search for force dual panel in your system settings menu and check it.
Then go to app settings -> settings -> and then
Change DPI to 160
Font Scale to 110
Save and enjoy!
Now one last example for the PLAY STORE
Search for playstore in the app settings list and enter it.
Change DPI to 160
Font Scale to 110
Screen(dp) to 1000*1600 ( ORIENTATION PREFERABLY ALWAYS LANDSCAPE - YOUR CHOICE - WORKS BOTH WAYS )
Additional Settings for each app:
1. u can check fulscreen to disable statusbar in that app
2. Check screen on to change display timeout to never!( it will always stay on in that ap
3. go to locale settings and select the language u want to display it in!
I will update this thread with links to more modules once the repo is up. At the time it is down.
Well nothing new.
It's for those who newbies who have not found a proper and easily explained guide for xposed frameworks yet!
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Why not 240 for camera and FM radio if you've changed DPI and are on stock. YouTube, calendar have tablet versions some work well, others are interesting, set auto rotate for stock gallery. The over lockscreen setting can be used for clock app, calculator, torch app anything that personal info can't be taken from but might be needed quickly or by a friend etc also on the selected app in the app settings if you tap menu you can launch the app without having to go home and tap it
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Why not 240 for camera and FM radio if you've changed DPI and are on stock. YouTube, calendar have tablet versions some work well, others are interesting, set auto rotate for stock gallery. The over lockscreen setting can be used for clock app, calculator, torch app anything that personal info can't be taken from but might be needed quickly or by a friend etc
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Yeah exactly. Users can change and tinker as they want. This was just to get them used to Xposed modules . I will add links to a few more modules in a while.
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To decrease T3's screen dpi.... Just head over to build.props can b found in root system.... Edit the build.props by adding a line at the end, type "ro.sf.lcd_density=280"
320 is the stock value
I found 280 is looking best...
Try..
Make sure to make a backup of ur build.props first
avayrocks said:
Anyone knows how can I decrease T3's display density
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If you want to use it on single apps you can do it (root required) by installing xposed framework and downloading the module xposed app settings.
avayrocks said:
Anyone knows how can I decrease T3's display density
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Look, I've just applied it on action 3 launcher, with the following settings. Looks like a tablet right now.
You can either apply on android settings or whatever you want.
images apears big.. any solutions
Hi all,
Have been having a play about with my DPI settings, I understand now that there by doing this it can have an adverse effect on the battery life of the phone, after having a tinker with different settings I've come to the conclusion that certain settings simply don't scale right.
The ones that I've found are OK but are just a bit out. 440 is what it is now, but I find the icons and widgets, even the text is too large..
I did have it set to 400, which I preferred but a portion of the password / pin was missing, if you go any lower than that you risk cutting off the bottom of the screen on the lock screen at least.
Please could anyone who's changed their DPI post their results here and any anomalies that might occur if else follows suit.
To alter the DPI I've been using textdroider_dpi from the play store.
dladz said:
Hi all,
Have been having a play about with my DPI settings, I understand now that there by doing this it can have an adverse effect on the battery life of the phone, after having a tinker with different settings I've come to the conclusion that certain settings simply don't scale right.
The ones that I've found are OK but are just a bit out. 440 is what it is now, but I find the icons and widgets, even the text is too large..
I did have it set to 400, which I preferred but a portion of the password / pin was missing, if you go any lower than that you risk cutting off the bottom of the screen on the lock screen at least.
Please could anyone who's changed their DPI post their results here and any anomalies that might occur if else follows suit.
To alter the DPI I've been using textdroider_dpi from the play store.
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ya at 400 dpi i got locked out could not use lock screen (just had the digits couldnt see the OK). also on Titanium backup some part of menus not shown on 400dpi (xml or snapshot button only part menu shown i think) . so had to restore from a backup (lucky i had a backup). now using 420dpi. seems ok so far...
simonbigwave said:
ya at 400 dpi i got locked out could not use lock screen (just had the digits couldnt see the OK). also on Titanium backup some part of menus not shown on 400dpi (xml or snapshot button only part menu shown i think) . so had to restore from a backup (lucky i had a backup). now using 420dpi. seems ok so far...
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If this happens go to recovery, click advanced, file manager, then go to data / system i think and delete password / pattern, whichever one it is.
reboot and you'll be able to log in without the password.
dladz said:
If this happens go to recovery, click advanced, file manager, then go to data / system i think and delete password / pattern, whichever one it is.
reboot and you'll be able to log in without the password.
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good tip! but I forgot about can do that , but luckily I had a 480dpi orig backup . Was funny cos for half a second I thought wtf cant click OK for lockscreen NumberLock. LOL.
Just curious , 400dpi work for patternlock is ok?
simonbigwave said:
good tip! but I forgot about can do that , but luckily I had a 480dpi orig backup . Was funny cos for half a second I thought wtf cant click OK for lockscreen NumberLock. LOL.
Just curious , 400dpi work for patternlock is ok?
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400 with the pin works, i've not tried with the pattern myself. 440 obviously works fine.
I gone thru the same issue. I think 400 cut me out of the numpad "OK", and i actually had to restore the sys image. (Didnt know about the recovery method).
Does anyone know of something that can set a per-app DPI? Can i control the DPI of the lockscreen, dialer etc separately?
onyx_64 said:
I gone thru the same issue. I think 400 cut me out of the numpad "OK", and i actually had to restore the sys image. (Didnt know about the recovery method).
Does anyone know of something that can set a per-app DPI? Can i control the DPI of the lockscreen, dialer etc separately?
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Mate you don't need to reflash just open twrp, go to file manager, open data / system then delete passcode or passphrase it'll remove your code.
dladz said:
Mate you don't need to reflash just open twrp, go to file manager, open data / system then delete passcode or passphrase it'll remove your code.
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Yeah, but i forgot i could do that at the time. But is there any app that would work to set a different DPI for the lock screen, so I that im not limited to go anything below 400?
onyx_64 said:
Yeah, but i forgot i could do that at the time. But is there any app that would work to set a different DPI for the lock screen, so I that im not limited to go anything below 400?
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Not as far as I'm aware, I've been using knock lock.. It's really good, got pro version so no ads, no wake locks.
With £1.50
Hi guys.
So i manged to remove the camera shortcut from the lockscreen using sqlite.
1. settings storage
1.1 settings.db
1.2 system
1.3 (search for) short and you will find "set_shortcuts_mode"
1.4 change the value to 0 and camera goes away.
Any idea on how to remove the phone?
FdeKlerk said:
Hi guys.
So i manged to remove the camera shortcut from the lockscreen using sqlite.
1. settings storage
1.1 settings.db
1.2 system
1.3 (search for) short and you will find "set_shortcuts_mode"
1.4 change the value to 0 and camera goes away.
Any idea on how to remove the phone?
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Can you possibly get different apps?? Also what if you change the value to 2 or 3 lol..?
JoeFCaputo113 said:
Can you possibly get different apps?? Also what if you change the value to 2 or 3 lol..?
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Different apps, no and no 2 or 3 does nothing tried.
Can you explain more how you did this?
Can you edit the build.prop file to do the same thing?
In the lockscreen setting with MM you can take camera off and put any app in that spot. maybe the call too.
I don't think you can remove call button due to emergencies. Which is actually a good idea. Granted anything can be done using root and modifying framework files.
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Is there a way to change stock dpi or screen density without root?
Update: adb did the trick. You can get an extra column by changing density from 400 to 460. Keep in mind default is 480.
Here's a link on how to recommended by @hauhauhau7
http://android.wonderhowto.com/how-...creen-resolution-without-root-access-0160439/
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martinezma99 said:
Is there a way to change stock dpi or screen density without root?
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Nope, you gotta root it.
What is your main reason to decrease dpi? Has it a big impact on battery life?
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What is your main reason to decrease dpi? Has it a big impact on battery life?
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I can't speak for OP, but I'd like to change DPI, too. Coming from a 2k phone with 5 icon spaces, The screen real estate feels a bit small.
Add another column on Google Now launcher home screen. 4 columns makes everything really big.
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So you want to increase dpi to have more space for icons? You could try a different launcher, seems to be less complicated.
Nova will resolve but I love Google Now launcher and want to keep it. I want to increase to 5 columns from 4 columns.
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martinezma99 said:
Is there a way to change stock dpi or screen density without root?
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just...GOOGLE
http://android.wonderhowto.com/how-...creen-resolution-without-root-access-0160439/
I have tried all the main ones on app store they dont change ur dpi found a solution on a oneplus 2 page credits to jutinarora
If you have adb drivers installed, you can just do the following 1. Connect your phone to your PC via USB cable 2. Open command prompt the run the following command "adb shell wm density DPI", where "DPI" should be the number you want. For example, if you want your DPI as 380, the command will be adb shell wm density 380. Reboot just to be sure.
And it worked 380 looks much better
pro4ever said:
I have tried all the main ones on app store they dont change ur dpi found a solution on a oneplus 2 page credits to jutinarora
If you have adb drivers installed, you can just do the following 1. Connect your phone to your PC via USB cable 2. Open command prompt the run the following command "adb shell wm density DPI", where "DPI" should be the number you want. For example, if you want your DPI as 380, the command will be adb shell wm density 380. Reboot just to be sure.
And it worked 380 looks much better
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How does Twitter and Play Store look on 380?
Twitter pictures seem a bit distorted and Play Store looks perfect except the blue recommend symbol looks distorted.
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Terminal: wm density 430 for example. I think it'll work without root.
I used Le DPI Changer to change it successfully
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.nisarg.setdpi
I am on 360DPI now btw
What is the stock DPI from OnePlus 3 ?
erwin7 said:
What is the stock DPI from OnePlus 3 ?
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Default is 480.
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_MartyMan_ said:
Terminal: wm density 430 for example. I think it'll work without root.
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No need for root through ADB.
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I set my dpi to 380 via adb, it's really nice that you can change that without rooting
so i now rooted my newly oneplus3, so that i can modify build.prop. i changed the ro.sf.lcd_density to 380 but nothing changes after reboot. still everything is way incredibly huge.
i tested to manually modify build.prob, changed via rom toolbox / build.prop editor, le dpi changer... nothing seem to work.
dpi checker says dpi is still 480. build.prob file is modified every time and still got that value after reboot.
any idea?
btw the non rooted method worked, so via adb, but i read its more safe to change in build.prop to prevent scaling issues on some apps...
thanks!
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nm it works now. i had to do a "adb shell wm density reset" - seems once used that command its treated first and overwrites setting in build.prob.
thanks anyway =)
Anyone try Android Pay after changing the density? I know Android Pay stopped working if you changed the density from the default on the Galaxy S7.
On my Galaxy Tab S2, for example, I have set the DPI to a reduced 270, which works fine, BUT apps using the camera will have problems!
So, using a global DPI setting is not a really recommendable way.
Much better is to install Xposed (runs just fine on the OP3) and using the module "App settings" in which you can set DPI for individual apps.
Many apps look just fine with the stock DPI, while others are too "big" on the 5.5 inch display and profit from a reduced DPI. Some can even be forced to use the tablet UI with "App Settings".
380 is a really small setting. For Youtube, I would not go below 400 because text gets too small, same with Google+. Habit Browser, on the other hand, shines with 360.
And, with "App Settings", if an app doesn't work with smaller DPI, you can always set it to stock DPI, and all is working perfectly.
Just in case if someone is wondering: When you have set something in "App Settings", you have to restart the device for the settings taking effect; just restarting the app doesn't suffice on Android >5.0.
I changed my OP3 to 400 dpi without root by following this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p5T64lLqbE
Considering that the physical dpi of the device is 401, 400 seemed appropriate, and it looks great.
I did have an issue where when a couple apps needed to request permissions for something (in my case it was Amazon Music Player requesting permissions to write to storage), after I hit accept, it would give me a warning saying "Screen Overlay Detected" prompting me to go to settings. If I didn't go to settings it would cancel my download. I tried disabling the overlay permissions of everything but that didn't help. I ended up just resetting all app permissions and then going in and granting storage to Amazon Music (and any other apps I expected needed it) in the app permissions settings, and after a restart I haven't encountered the warning since then.
Overall I'm very pleased with the adjusted dpi, and I'm disappointed that they didn't use this dpi by default (or at least provide some scaling options in display settings).