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camera app and 185 LCD Density

Hello
Im using LCD Density 185 and everything is looking better, but some apps gets crazy but I only thing that I think is most annoying is the camera app and the icons, is it possible to make the camera app look as good as it does when using standard LCD Density of 240?
thanks!

Have you tried spare parts from market
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intruda119 said:
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yes if you mean when remove the check from Compatibility Mode... when using CyanogenMod 7 the camera app still looks good, but when using the built in camera app from LG, Samsung etc the camera app goes crazy when changing the LCD Density.

bump!
im using the lcd density at 200 and the camera app and some other apps get weird, but i really like how it looks and im using ADW launcher ex so now im using 6x6 on the home screens and everything looks great exept for some apps

Why bump this for telling how you like it.
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Sorry !
how can i see my lcd density , and how can i modify it ??
EDIT: I think with LCD Density Changer...
thanks

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Why bump this for telling how you like it.
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sorry, it was for finding a fix for the camera app and the dialer that arent resizing to the new lcd density

If the value is set below 182 , camera app will force close.
This is the lowest u can go if u want a functioning camera.

I'd be interested in knowing if the camera app can be modded to work ok on other LCD density's.
I love cognition rom at 200-220 but the camera app is the only problem as the icons are misaligned but the functionality of the app is great

I too am interested in this as i am on Cognitions rom and the camera app is a bit jumbled up on 200dpi. Also I cannot download the paid for lcd density app as it says my device is not compatible. I am using the free one but it resets with every reboot. Any ideas?

robt772000 said:
I too am interested in this as i am on Cognitions rom and the camera app is a bit jumbled up on 200dpi. Also I cannot download the paid for lcd density app as it says my device is not compatible. I am using the free one but it resets with every reboot. Any ideas?
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Root explorer, navigate to system, mount system r/w then edit build.prop.
Scroll down to ro.sf.lcd_density=240, change the 240 to whatever. I run 200.
Hit menu button, save, the original will be saved with .bak and reboot. Permanent density change
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Change Resolution?

I'm using the Darkside Sense 3.5 Rom and everything just seems a little too big. Is there a way to make the screen resolution higher so that it so the icons don't look so clunky?
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Supamike88 said:
I'm using the Darkside Sense 3.5 Rom and everything just seems a little too big. Is there a way to make the screen resolution higher so that it so the icons don't look so clunky?
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change the density using this or another similar program
https://market.android.com/details?...wxLDEwOSwiY29tLmRyb2lkZ3JhbS5ibGFkZWJ1ZGR5Il0.

Supamike88 said:
I'm using the Darkside Sense 3.5 Rom and everything just seems a little too big. Is there a way to make the screen resolution higher so that it so the icons don't look so clunky?
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but if u change the density some apps will look to small or off set like the camera app and the all app drawer will not cover the whole screen . u should try the black ice port if u want a smaller cleaner look with out these problems . but be advised the market will remove a lot of apps regardless .

with sense i usually go with a density of 180, but some apps will be a lil off, and not aligned, but if you want, try a aosp rom and use density app. you will have a way cleaner look.

Stock DPI

Since I won't get to mess with my S3 until Monday, just curious... what's everyone think about stock DPI (306, if I remember right)? On my Note I found 240 to be perfect over the stock 320.
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It's at 320 stock I haven't changed it yet.
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Just changed it to 240 and TouchWiz crashed repeatedly. I had to double tap hope and have SVoice launch the play store and download apex. With apex it looked great, like my note did. So I then changed it to 280 and touchwiz didn't crash but looked jacked up I just returned to stock. Hope this helps.
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I thought about lowering dpi but I like the way it looks now. Maybe when I get tired of it ill change it lol
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Are you modifying the build.prop directly, or do you have an app you use? Looking for recommendations...

Thanks for the feedback. On my Note (rooted), I used ROM Toolbox to adjust DPI... worked perfectly.
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alacrify said:
Are you modifying the build.prop directly, or do you have an app you use? Looking for recommendations...
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I use ROM Toolbox Pro.
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I recommend this....
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.birdapi.android.dpi
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The dialer, s voice, notification screen and some other elements are not friendly to lower DPI. I changed the dpi to 240 and had to change it back because it didn't look right.
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Didn't want to post this in the dev topic, so figured I'd bring it back here... anyone know of any plans to dev for multi DPI? There was quite a bit of it for the Note... granted the screen is .5" bigger. Just wondering because I've had mine at 280 and thought that was about right, but changed it back to 320 because of some app incompatibilities.

tab2 7.0 dpi change ?

anyone try changing dpi for 7.0 tab2?
the default resolution are too big.....
what getting good result ?
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keijames said:
anyone try changing dpi for 7.0 tab2?
the default resolution are too big.....
what getting good result ?
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You want tablet ui? Go 133 or lower, down to 130. If not, I think 140 is a nice resolution.

dictionary said:
You want tablet ui? Go 133 or lower, down to 130. If not, I think 140 is a nice resolution.
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sorry, what mean too big as the character size too big, I want higher density.
so the this case, higher numbers dpi. higher resolution.
who tried can share , experiences.
any screen capture can share ?
thanks
James
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keijames said:
sorry, what mean too big as the character size too big, I want higher density.
so the this case, higher numbers dpi. higher resolution.
who tried can share , experiences.
any screen capture can share ?
thanks
James
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Smaller numbers means higher density on Android. Try it

I run mine at 145/150 for a little added space but not too much.
Are you on stock or cm/AOKP?

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I run mine at 145/150 for a little added space but not too much.
Are you on stock or cm/AOKP?
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I am still at stock rom. I saw 7.7 tab has higher resolution, any idea what dpi?
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keijames said:
I am still at stock rom. I saw 7.7 tab has higher resolution, any idea what dpi?
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If you aren't going to listen and try what people are suggesting, then don't ask for advice. Seriously. LOWER your dpi to get a HIGHER density.

You can't change the actual resolution of the display. It is going to be 1024x600 (or 600x1024, depending on how you hold it) regardless of the DPI. All changing the DPI will do is change how images scale on the screen and in apps. If you change the DPI setting though, you are going to break market functionality. If you want to give yourself more room on the screen, lower the DPI setting. If you want stuff to be bigger, raise the DPI setting. However, doing either can lead to problems besides the market not working right.

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You can't change the actual resolution of the display. It is going to be 1024x600 (or 600x1024, depending on how you hold it) regardless of the DPI. All changing the DPI will do is change how images scale on the screen and in apps. If you change the DPI setting though, you are going to break market functionality. If you want to give yourself more room on the screen, lower the DPI setting. If you want stuff to be bigger, raise the DPI setting. However, doing either can lead to problems besides the market not working right.
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Yes, so correct.
Now I am just moved to 10.1 3g tab. So much better.
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DPI modification

Dear all,
I have been trying to adjust the lcd density by editing the build.prop, but somehow changing the value does not seem to have any effect. I also tried wiping the cache and dalvik cache via twrp after applying the build.prop edit, but still no luck.
My previous experiance with non samsung devices was just editing the build.prop and making a reboot to acheive the result.
Any ideas?
Many thanks
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Ok. Answering myself. Seems the build.prop has the density value listed twice. Once i changed it in both instances then all went ok. Btw, imho 160 dpi looks way better
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You mean you set both 160, I also noticed that the density value listed twice too, because I am thinking of switching my Tab 3 7.0 to PhoneUI. Phone, Contacts, Messages & Email in TabletUI are annoying. The column for names of peoples in portrait mode is too small.

Yup. Switched both to 160. Now it looks like this
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Another nice thing i discovered is that the multi window thing now opens apps in floating popups rather the the split screen. Afaik this is the way its done on the bigger screen tabs.
The downturn of this is that you cannot drag the windows around the screen and cannot resize those.
Could it possibly be that someone has an idea of how to port the functionality from the eg 10.1 model?
Could assume that this might take a replacement of the flashservice apk by another one.
What do you ppl think?
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shulmus said:
Another nice thing i discovered is that the multi window thing now opens apps in floating popups rather the the split screen. Afaik this is the way its done on the bigger screen tabs.
The downturn of this is that you cannot drag the windows around the screen and cannot resize those.
Could it possibly be that someone has an idea of how to port the functionality from the eg 10.1 model?
Could assume that this might take a replacement of the flashservice apk by another one.
What do you ppl think?
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hi, i just rooted my tab3 8inch and installed xpose framework and app setting module,
from here you can set per app DPI setting instead of change the whole DPI.
i have notice that Gmail and G+ app look awesome with 160 DPI and 800x1280 DP

Hi. And thanks for the heads up. Though i am fully aware of the xposed app settings, but i do preferr the whole system at 160 dpi seems to make a much better use of the screen real estate...
What i was wondering was if its possible to port the multi window where you can actually drag windows around the screen that ive seen in a review of a bigger tab 3...
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Ok... so hg need help!
Changed the build prop to 160 in 2 places where screen density was mentioned. One had the value 213 and the other 320.
Rebooted and now the tab wont get past the samsung logo right before the lockscreen... any ideas?
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Went to twrp then replaced the edited build.prop with my backed up copy, cleared cache and dcache still no luck...
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2 rlrmineiro, mate you shluld be carefull when editing the build.prop and make sure you set the file's permissions same as they were before the edit. This goes for all the system file edits.
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Hum... will try changing permissions then...
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OK... managed to change the doing and am on 160 looks great. Tried 240 and looks like a phone and 200 cuts a bit of the screen to the right and breaks some apps... do you have any other working solutions? Thanks
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Well for the android there are some standard dpi's like 160, 240, 360, 480 are the ones i can remeber...
Most of the apps should support all of these, but no guarantee for the samsung stuff. For me 160 is the daily driver and i use xposed with the app setting plugin for the things that look weird
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Ive been fumbling around a little bit and found out that 188 dpi looks best for me as it keeps the text a little bit bigger. Im also using the xposed mod to setup individual apps to my liking as playstore and youtube to large screen tablet ui. Couldnt find a dpi for the gallery to always display the thumbnails without cutting a bit of the right side margin. Thx for your help.
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shulmus said:
Dear all,
I have been trying to adjust the lcd density by editing the build.prop, but somehow changing the value does not seem to have any effect. I also tried wiping the cache and dalvik cache via twrp after applying the build.prop edit, but still no luck.
My previous experiance with non samsung devices was just editing the build.prop and making a reboot to acheive the result.
Any ideas?
Many thanks
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What tab 3 are you using?
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brendonwardmusic said:
What tab 3 are you using?
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Hi, im using the 8 inch wifi type.
But anyways the issue is solved - figured that there are two dpi entries somehow. After editing both the dpi chqnged in good order

shulmus said:
Hi, im using the 8 inch wifi type.
But anyways the issue is solved - figured that there are two dpi entries somehow. After editing both the dpi chqnged in good order
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Yeah I checked mine, only one in build.prop I have the 10.1 and its 160dpi stock.
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Im on the 7" (210R) and edited the line I would think is necessary (lcd.density.etc - as usual with minor changes only for different types). Their is not 2 lines in this one, but their is one. Changed, fixed the permission set back, guess I cant fix permissions in Philz Touch 5, and thats weird. It was originally 240, now 160, and i see no difference. lol Havnt done the xposed route yet with this, but I would only use that for some apps to change either back or to a different dpi. Its very odd.

^^^^^ you try setting the permissions for buildprop manually using something like root explorer?
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That's how I edited it, and actually screwed it up. Had to make a flashable build.prop to get back to normal. I guess their are issues with these tablets and editing build.prop. made a flashable build.prop with 160 dpi to no avail.
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shulmus said:
Yup. Switched both to 160. Now it looks like this
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That looks pretty good. But for me it's no luck. Keeping 160 dpi messed up my touchwiz. Any solution to fix this? BTW, thanks for sharing the info.