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[Q] Smaller font (Working?)

Okay, great device... but really annoying that most apps don't make use of the extra real estate on the screen. Most apps are just blown up versions of for example the Galaxy S2 apps. Meaning most apps are the same but 5.3/4.2 = 1.26 times bigger That's at least a pity The contacts app displays the same amount of contacts on a screen as the Galaxy S2 or S but... with a 1.26 x bigger font (compared to the S2) and 5.3/4=1.33 (lol) x bigger font compared to the Galaxy S
Fortunately there seems to be a setting in the accessibility settings that allows the user to decrease the font in some stock apps. Unfortunately this doesn't work. At least not on my device. Anyone got this working?
And yes, ICS would be a great improvement for such a big screen device.

Is that possible to set another density for the device (maybe you have to root it first)?

siamchen said:
Is that possible to set another density for the device (maybe you have to root it first)?
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You'd have to root it first, and then push the density down. Not ideal, as some apps then run in a box on the screen, but it does make for smaller fonts, and you can cram more widgets on the screen etc.
I run my HD2 at 160, but then again I have had my eyes lasered!

Root
Go to system/build.prop
Open in editor
change the value of lcd from 240 to 192
See the difference.
U can always go back
All apps wont be scaled to the new lcd value.
eg: TW in sgsII does not scale.
However i always used this value and did not use TW.

Looks very interesting but I'm afraid that I'm not s pro
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density change doesn't address the question
Hey ho wait..... this wasn't the question. So does the fontsize changing option work for you guys?

appelflap said:
Hey ho wait..... this wasn't the question. So does the fontsize changing option work for you guys?
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I think change the font size setting in gingerbread is for display text in text editor or web browser instead of the launcher and most other application as they have their own fixed font size. You cannot do anything to those applications as they has been programmed that way.

siamchen said:
I think change the font size setting in gingerbread is for display text in text editor or web browser instead of the launcher and most other application as they have their own fixed font size. You cannot do anything to those applications as they has been programmed that way.
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With stock apps I mean the Samsung apps. In the accessibility settings there's an option to change the font size "in the following applications: S planner, Email, Contacts and Messaging" (as stated in the accessibility settings)
Unfortunately this setting doesn't work on my jk4 rom. Maybe others have luck on other roms. Seems like a very usuable option for the note.

drgopoos said:
Root
Go to system/build.prop
Open in editor
change the value of lcd from 240 to 192
See the difference.
U can always go back
All apps wont be scaled to the new lcd value.
eg: TW in sgsII does not scale.
However i always used this value and did not use TW.
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My lcd.density (or so) was set to 320 on stock!
I changed it to 280 and the system looks now nicer!
Actually, I measured the tab and my calculation would be around 270-280 dpi.
Has anybody other/better data?
By the way, 1st problem after changing lcd density is in S Memo! Background seem to have a fixed 'smaller size' which are then placed wrongly
Another impact: The email-widget does not fit on screen any more (using Launcher Pro) ... Hope in ICS they will fix some of those screen size problems!

fscherz said:
My lcd.density (or so) was set to 320 on stock!
I changed it to 280 and the system looks now nicer!
Actually, I measured the tab and my calculation would be around 270-280 dpi.
Has anybody other/better data?
By the way, 1st problem after changing lcd density is in S Memo! Background seem to have a fixed 'smaller size' which are then placed wrongly
Another impact: The email-widget does not fit on screen any more (using Launcher Pro) ... Hope in ICS they will fix some of those screen size problems!
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I didn't try it myself yet but I bet it will give a whole lot of trouble with almost every Samsung app on this xhdpi device. Like HTC, they exactly target the screen for which they write software. Unlike most android apps in the market, targeting screens with different specs isn't important. Scaling isn't a requirement for these stock apps. ICS will not solve the problem, because it is still up to the developer which screens will be targeted.
Anyway, back to the original question, I think it is safe to conclude that the font setting doesn't work for anyone. So it is a bug.

I have rooted my phone and tried to use Spare Parts to change the font size to Extremely Small. It works instantly and make the application much more usable. But, there is a problem: The font size will change back to Normal after few hours by itself. Anyone has the same problem?

siamchen said:
I have rooted my phone and tried to use Spare Parts to change the font size to Extremely Small. It works instantly and make the application much more usable. But, there is a problem: The font size will change back to Normal after few hours by itself. Anyone has the same problem?
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that method also won't scale down graphics to match the smaller fonts. LCD Density Changer accomplishes that and works well.

SlimICS icon size too small for my eyes

Hi,
anyone know how we can get the "normal" size of the icon provided with SlimICS ?
Actually the icons are very small and dont find a solution by downloading some fonts provided by the OTA but that changed nothing :/
Regards

Change the current dpi 182 to 240 dpi.. There is setting to change dpi somewhere in `Settings`, cant tell you where exactly since I am not using it !
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i try and will keep you inform as soon as i will success thus this will help another one.

The solution is here :
after that ; reboot and then the image are now at the expected size !
On my side I've use ES Explorer and to be able to modify the file, i've mounted the system to be writable.
Regards

There is actually a much easier way built into the phone.
Go to settings, ASS, general UI then in here you should see a section which says LCD Density. Click it and you will be given a list of what to do to change it in the correct order to do it. Follow that and you should be fine.

Thanks !
I didnt see it before. Too many little precious things hidden in this rom

haha yeah it is a bit over whelming at times. I don't touch half of the settings.

For sure, it's true !

Should ask this in the SLIM ICS instead imho!

Before I flash Slim I always first edit build.prop (in system folder in essentials zip) and change lcd density value to 240. Starts up the way I like it right away.

Icons on the SGH-I337 so small I can't see!
haloimplant said:
Before I flash Slim I always first edit build.prop (in system folder in essentials zip) and change lcd density value to 240. Starts up the way I like it right away.
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I have the SGH-I337 and my icons are too small as well. Especially using the Noled program (which btw in the Skyrocket and Captivate earlier models, same App, but the icons were so much bigger.
ALSO the dang notifications in the bar at the top are so small I can barely see them! Is there a way to enlarge them as well??
I'm new to this, can you tell me how to change the dpi on the SGH-I337 please?
Thank you!
BlessedMom missing her notifications and has a special needs child - so this is VERY important.

BlessedMom1305 said:
I have the SGH-I337 and my icons are too small as well. Especially using the Noled program (which btw in the Skyrocket and Captivate earlier models, same App, but the icons were so much bigger.
ALSO the dang notifications in the bar at the top are so small I can barely see them! Is there a way to enlarge them as well??
I'm new to this, can you tell me how to change the dpi on the SGH-I337 please?
Thank you!
BlessedMom missing her notifications and has a special needs child - so this is VERY important.
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I am having same issue

[Q] Font Size / Settings

Handset; SGNIII
Model; SM-N9005
ROM; Stock N9005XXUENE3
Ver; 4.4.2
So the first thing is the notification font size.
I don't know why, but it's huge.
Edited density in buildprop, no change.
I installed a 3rd party app to modify.
It did the job everywhere else, except notifications.
Also sub text in settings is a bit bigger than regular.
This is all clear in the screens attached.
Q; How do I modify the notification font.
Q; How do I specifically modify the grey settings sub text.
Along the way, I've somehow acquired an S5 style settings UI.
My NIII settings - while ugly - contain my stylus settings.
Now I have none.
The S5 mod shown in screens isn't enabled.
It's also only for quick settings and recents.
I haven't made any other systemUI changes besides colour theme.
How is this possible.
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Wobzy said:
Handset; SGNIII
Model; SM-N9005
ROM; Stock N9005XXUENE3
Ver; 4.4.2
So the first thing is the notification font size.
I don't know why, but it's huge.
Edited density in buildprop, no change.
I installed a 3rd party app to modify.
It did the job everywhere else, except notifications.
Also sub text in settings is a bit bigger than regular.
This is all clear in the screens attached.
Q; How do I modify the notification font.
Q; How do I specifically modify the grey settings sub text.
Along the way, I've somehow acquired an S5 style settings UI.
My NIII settings - while ugly - contain my stylus settings.
Now I have none.
The S5 mod shown in screens isn't enabled.
It's also only for quick settings and recents.
I haven't made any other systemUI changes besides colour theme.
How is this possible.
=/
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This don't look one STOCK ROM of SM-N9005 with android 4.4.2 for sure or you installed some settings/appearance mods. Reflash stock rom for solve your problems.

Joku1981 said:
This don't look one STOCK ROM of SM-N9005 with android 4.4.2 for sure or you installed some settings/appearance mods. Reflash stock rom for solve your problems.
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If I wanted my ROM to look stock, I wouldn't have half a dozen mods installed to modify it's appearance, would I.
And FYI, "reflash stock" is not a blanket answer for every time you otherwise have none, you simply just don't reply at all.
Can anyone else who actually has a clue point me in the right direction to reduce the font density in notification text and the grey settings sub text?
Sent from my SM-N9005 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Many thanks to everyone who contributed

serhend001 said:
Many thanks to everyone who contributed
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The sizes don't look so bad - pretty normal I thought. You could try installing textdroider-dpi and see if that helps. Other than that, I'd back up all my data and do a factory reset - should get rid of the S5 theme issue.

@Wobzy try to adjust dpi for systemui using app setting and restart phone.

Navbar buttons offcenter after changing dpi

After changing lcd density to 240 my navbar buttons aren't centered anymore. I've attached a screenshot of the problem.
Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks in advance!

Octhellio said:
After changing lcd density to 240 my navbar buttons aren't centered anymore. I've attached a screenshot of the problem.
Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks in advance!
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Well go look in the systemfiles for the navbar settings file and change its alignment to centered or the width of it or reset the dpi. (Why would you even change it?)

PCSE said:
Well go look in the systemfiles for the navbar settings file and change its alignment to centered or the width of it or reset the dpi. (Why would you even change it?)
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Thanks for the fast reply. I changed the dpi because by default everything is much too large and too much of the screen size is being wasted imo.
Where exactly are the settings files for the navigation bar located? I've only edited build.prop before and I'm not familiar with the rest of the files.

Octhellio said:
Thanks for the fast reply. I changed the dpi because by default everything is much too large and too much of the screen size is being wasted imo.
Where exactly are the settings files for the navigation bar located? I've only edited build.prop before and I'm not familiar with the rest of the files.
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I'll be honest with you. If you are not familiar with it you should probably let it be. But if you still want it you might want to take a look at these and probably even flash it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/p8lite/themes-apps/mod-navbar-32x32-t3277318
http://forum.xda-developers.com/p8lite/themes-apps/mod-navbar-26x26-t3279120
I'm not quite sure but they should work on android 6 as well. Don't ask S3VEN for Support cause he is not here anymore.

PCSE said:
I'll be honest with you. If you are not familiar with it you should probably let it be. But if you still want it you might want to take a look at these and probably even flash it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/p8lite/themes-apps/mod-navbar-32x32-t3277318
http://forum.xda-developers.com/p8lite/themes-apps/mod-navbar-26x26-t3279120
I'm not quite sure but they should work on android 6 as well. Don't ask S3VEN for Support cause he is not here anymore.
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Links are dead and by the look of it all it does is change the size of the icons. Having an altered lcd density would probably still cause the icons to be off center.
Thanks anyway. I'll install xposed and give gravitybox or some other modules a try and report back in case anyone else is also having the same problem.

Any way to make the notification font/icons larger without root?

Did a quick search and couldn't find anything.

Try Settings > Display > Text/font size

Quaresma_7 said:
Try Settings > Display > Text/font size
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That's just for the phone in general. Doesn't adjust notification font or icon size.

DelphinusMinor said:
That's just for the phone in general. Doesn't adjust notification font or icon size.
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I just tried it and it made everything grotesquely huge. Icons, notification text, everything. In older versions of Android it didn't use to.

Quaresma_7 said:
I just tried it and it made everything grotesquely huge. Icons, notification text, everything. In older versions of Android it didn't use to.
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Yea, I mean that's a basic feature. You would think MIUI would have it since it's big time into customization.

I've just told you that MIUI does have it. Try it

Quaresma_7 said:
I've just told you that MIUI does have it. Try it
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Oh right. I just assumed you tried to do it with something else. I'll look for the setting. If you mean accessibility I already have that adjusted.

Now what exactly do you mean by the notification font/icons? Do you mean only the top row of the phone with the mini icons for battery, signal level etc.? If that's what you meant, then yeah, without rooting I don't think you can do anything with that. However, the setting that I mentioned really enlarges almost everything in the system. What remains the same size is the top row and the size of toggles in the notification shade.
To enlarge the status bar you could probably use some on-demand zooming after setting it up in accessibility settings.

Quaresma_7 said:
Now what exactly do you mean by the notification font/icons? Do you mean only the top row of the phone with the mini icons for battery, signal level etc.? If that's what you meant, then yeah, without rooting I don't think you can do anything with that. However, the setting that I mentioned really enlarges almost everything in the system. What remains the same size is the top row and the size of toggles in the notification shade.
To enlarge the status bar you could probably use some on-demand zooming after setting it up in accessibility settings.
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Yes, the top. Nothing can be done really to it without root. I tried all accessibility settings and none affect that.

DelphinusMinor said:
Yes, the top. Nothing can be done really to it without root. I tried all accessibility settings and none affect that.
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how about changing your dpi in developer setting, in samsung it worked for me. idk abt xiaomi though. i changed my rom to crDroid so i couldn't help you test it

Zontos said:
how about changing your dpi in developer setting, in samsung it worked for me. idk abt xiaomi though. i changed my rom to crDroid so i couldn't help you test it
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I used to use "Status" in the Play store for those settings but it won't work on Pie. Didn't need root either.

I tried pushing the Display size in Accessibility settings to the max (Larger), and it increases the size of everything, but the top row only slightly.
Another setting that might be useful, but not so much if you need it larger all the time, is turning on "magnify with triple-tap". Then you can triple tap the notification row to enlarge it temporarily.

Quaresma_7 said:
I tried pushing the Display size in Accessibility settings to the max (Larger), and it increases the size of everything, but the top row only slightly.
Another setting that might be useful, but not so much if you need it larger all the time, is turning on "magnify with triple-tap". Then you can triple tap the notification row to enlarge it temporarily.
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I mean I can see the entirety of the phone with settings set to large, but the notification bar is even more tiny than what I would have been comfortable with before I needed glasses. Thanks for trying tho, I appreciate it. I may root after all but I do like the MUIU set up.

NotchTest
I use Notch Test to fix the current problem of notifications not showing/staying in the notification bar. There is a setting within it to set the icon size. Mine is currently set at 60 which matches clock etc but it could be set larger if wanted. Would not affect the clock or network icons etc though..........

I ended up rooting my Redmi Note 7. All is well now with my Metallica vision issues and the phone.