Hello. I have a net book with Intel atom inside with a small screen resolution. Windows 8 gives limitations to me because we need a certain minimum screen size for its apps to run. However my screen size is small so I can't run any apps. Also, I know that there is a hack to change screen resolution but that doesn't fit nicely on my screen and looks ugly. Is there a way to remove the screen resolution limitations?
Thank you
Install latest video drivers for Win 7 then search your registry for "Display1_DownScalingSupported" and change its value from 0 to 1
It 's listed more than once so make sure you change each listing.
I hope that helps!
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I know. I was taking about that. Doing that makes my resolution a bit weird. Is there a way to remove the ability to let windows detect resolution so that we can use it without changing? Thanks for helping
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I know. I was taking about that. Doing that makes my resolution a bit weird. Is there a way to remove the ability to let windows detect resolution so that we can use it without changing? Thanks for helping
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I had installed Win8 on an Aspire one and yes, those scaling options suck because their ratios do not match the screen. I didn't investigate heavily because I also have a SS7S but Macs have a program that lets you use custom resolutions, does Windows have this? Then you could at least get the ratio correct.
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I had installed Win8 on an Aspire one and yes, those scaling options suck because their ratios do not match the screen. I didn't investigate heavily because I also have a SS7S but Macs have a program that lets you use custom resolutions, does Windows have this? Then you could at least get the ratio correct.
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No they don't
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I want to know how to override resolution error too. I have asus 1015PN.
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I know that the most common way people have been switching between phone and tablet modes in AOSP builds of ICS is by changing the lcd density. Well, I'm here to tell you that there is an easier way to do it, and it doesn't create weird looking out-of-aspect-ratio artifacts in certain apps (like Google Music in portrait orientation in tablet mode).
So, in your build.prop, instead of using the traditional ro.sf.lcd_density= line, you can remove that entirely, and use:
ro.build.characteristics=
and after the "=" just put either tablet or phone.
That's it! Easy peasy!
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I know that the most common way people have been switching between phone and tablet modes in AOSP builds of ICS is by changing the lcd density. Well, I'm here to tell you that there is an easier way to do it, and it doesn't create weird looking out-of-aspect-ratio artifacts in certain apps (like Google Music in portrait orientation in tablet mode).
So, in your build.prop, instead of using the traditional ro.sf.lcd_density= line, you can remove that entirely, and use:
ro.build.characteristics=
and after the "=" just put either tablet or phone.
That's it! Easy peasy!
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Thanks for the tip mate
That was added in CNA v5 and i think it created problems and was changed back in v5.1.
Fyi, tablet mode changes the dpi to 160, at the moment i use 200 because 160 is a tad bit small for me.
Good tip tho, interested to see if it creates any issues with Imilika v8..
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Great tip, although this really belongs in the "General" section.
Expect more from someone with almost a thousand posts...
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That was added in CNA v5 and i think it created problems and was changed back in v5.1.
Fyi, tablet mode changes the dpi to 160, at the moment i use 200 because 160 is a tad bit small for me.
Good tip tho, interested to see if it creates any issues with Imilika v8..
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exactly
If you didn't create it... this belongs in general...
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Jade Eyed Wolf said:
I know that the most common way people have been switching between phone and tablet modes in AOSP builds of ICS is by changing the lcd density. Well, I'm here to tell you that there is an easier way to do it, and it doesn't create weird looking out-of-aspect-ratio artifacts in certain apps (like Google Music in portrait orientation in tablet mode).
So, in your build.prop, instead of using the traditional ro.sf.lcd_density= line, you can remove that entirely, and use:
ro.build.characteristics=
and after the "=" just put either tablet or phone.
That's it! Easy peasy!
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So basically you keep the DPI @ 320 & change the above parameter to tablet?
Will this give me the tablet like two panes in settings, gmail & google play?
Screen shot please, and stop crying about this brlongs here ore there. Cry babys
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If you didn't create it... this belongs in general...
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prgopala said:
So basically you keep the DPI @ 320 & change the above parameter to tablet?
Will this give me the tablet like two panes in settings, gmail & google play?
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So basically ICS has 2 modes, tablet mode and phone mode. To my understanding this is dependent on the dpi, anything lower than 213 dpi will display ICS in tablet mode i.e. 2 panes on most apps. Apparently 160 dpi is the official tablet mode..and i think 320 dpi is the standard phone mode. I currently run mine in 200 dpi and most apps show 2 panes.. I am sure there is a better explanation somewhere
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That was added in CNA v5 and i think it created problems and was changed back in v5.1.
Fyi, tablet mode changes the dpi to 160, at the moment i use 200 because 160 is a tad bit small for me.
Good tip tho, interested to see if it creates any issues with Imilika v8..
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So far, I haven't had any issues with Imilka's build. Then again, the stock keyboard still looks funky in portrait tablet mode, but that's nothing new. Everything else works perfectly.
More than anything, this fixes things like tablet portrait Google Music recent's.
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So basically ICS has 2 modes, tablet mode and phone mode. To my understanding this is dependent on the dpi, anything lower than 213 dpi will display ICS in tablet mode i.e. 2 panes on most apps. Apparently 160 dpi is the official tablet mode..and i think 320 dpi is the standard phone mode. I currently run mine in 200 dpi and most apps show 2 panes.. I am sure there is a better explanation somewhere
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Absolutely... i don't think just changing the build characteristics parameter to 'tablet' will give you true tablet mode...I guess it will help in apps like music etc where the controls are screwed up in tablet mode...did you try it btw, i mean keeping the DPI below 213 & setting the characteristics to tablet and then check the music app for e.g.
Can sum1 tell me plz ...
what shud i edit in build.prop in order to run gameloft games ...
bcz for default setting it sayz
" your device not compatble blah blah and request for refund "
Using ICS STUNNER ROM
Can ne1 help me out wid dis thing or wts the workaround for this ???
If there isn't development on this already, I think it should probably start soon anyway.
Now that we officially have ICS for the Note, and especially owing to its screen size and resolution, it would be great if there were some kind of app that would allow us to choose on an app-by-app basis to run in the tablet mode or in phone mode, or simply make it such that the whole system runs in one way or the other (regardless of LCD density tricks).
For instance, I prefer the tablet mode of Play Music WAY more than the phone mode. On the other hand, Dolphin HD seems to be scaled much better when used in phone mode than in tablet mode. It would be nice to have an app that dictates how other apps behave... Does such a thing exist?
Lemme know your thoughts!
I didn't realize until after I posted, but I think I meant for this thread to be started over in the General forum. Whoops!
Cant believe with all those posts and thanks u still posted here
Edit : i was a milli sec late
Jade Eyed Wolf said:
If there isn't development on this already, I think it should probably start soon anyway.
Now that we officially have ICS for the Note, and especially owing to its screen size and resolution, it would be great if there were some kind of app that would allow us to choose on an app-by-app basis to run in the tablet mode or in phone mode, or simply make it such that the whole system runs in one way or the other (regardless of LCD density tricks).
For instance, I prefer the tablet mode of Play Music WAY more than the phone mode. On the other hand, Dolphin HD seems to be scaled much better when used in phone mode than in tablet mode. It would be nice to have an app that dictates how other apps behave... Does such a thing exist?
Lemme know your thoughts!
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if you dun mind restarting the phone upon changing mode then I would say it's possible.
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The trick is scaling and you probably would need to stat in lowest dpi possible.
Wonder if android is dynamically scaled to the screensize or hardcoded to include it.
And yes its being developed. Dont know status though
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I have my acer w500 and i want the side by side but my resolution is only 1280x800 anyway to get this?
Thanks in advance.
LightInDark said:
I have my acer w500 and i want the side by side but my resolution is only 1280x800 anyway to get this?
Thanks in advance.
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Your screen resolution is not wider enough for windows 8 feature "snap". Snap requires 1366x768 and above. You only have 1280x800. Try enabling downscaling. You can find some registry hacks to enable downscaling or if your drivers support this, try adding a custom resolution with a width higher than 1366
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How do you get a custom resolution on the W500?
I need to know too, i would have chosen another tablet but W500 has good specs for testing windows 8 and all drivers work
Here's how
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How do you get a custom resolution on the W500?
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Here's a YouTube video how to enable Downscaling, which will allow you to use a more wider resolution and downscale it to your screen resolution:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTj8xxpkmVE
That does not work
Think its because its intergrated in the c50 processor.....
Ya I have been trying to find a way and so far any driver/resolution sort of tweek or hack is coming up nul. There has to be some way to force it. Why Microsoft would fully lock everyone out of it is beyond me. :/
just wait until full release, someone will ether make an app or find out a hack to do it, it doesn't make sense to have it done on a RC because ms will patch it when windows 8 is fully released
Hi again,
i have problem, my hp pavilion dv5 have 1280x800 screen and i cannot split screen in windows 8 like on screenshot. I know i must have min.1366x768 screen but maybe there is option to unlock this option in lower resolution.
Possible I guess. By using the resolution hack, I think you may achieve split screen. It's using the netbook screen res method, you hack the registry to show more screen resolution options. Gives you more, but it looks cramped, blurry, with uneven pixel density. That's putting more pixels than the actual screen may support. Another method you can use is plugging an external display that supports 1366x768 and up. This will definitely allow you to have that split screen.
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Possible I guess. By using the resolution hack, I think you may achieve split screen. It's using the netbook screen res method, you hack the registry to show more screen resolution options. Gives you more, but it looks cramped, blurry, with uneven pixel density. That's putting more pixels than the actual screen may support. Another method you can use is plugging an external display that supports 1366x768 and up. This will definitely allow you to have that split screen.
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res registry hack doesn't work anymore. Haven't found a way to do this yet.
Okay, solved. If you have nVidia you can add other resolution via nVidia Control Panel. Now I can split on my 1280x800 screen with resolution 1366x856
ATI Radion HD?
Hi all
I have the same native resolution as the OP but my laptop has an ATI Radion HD graphics card.
Does anybody know how to add an additional resolution with this type of card?
Thanks and God bless
andrew-in-woking
Check ATI software, maybe there is option to add the "adjusted resolution".
I checked it in nVidia software and Intel also ( HD 3000 ), and i can add other resolution ( higher than native ).
Regards
I use an nVidia based Graphics Card and this is how I change my resolution, in case anyone wanted to try it out! And yes, snapping works perfectly after this but your monitor might not display it all very clearly.
I have a Dell monitor as you can see in the screenshot running on a native resolution of 1280x1024, just like the OP's! \
After changing the resolution from 720p to 768 by my Radeon,its looking bad,I wanna know that, it shud look bad isn't it,I mean it's obvious to look bad in upgraded or downgraded resolution?can't we do sumthing 2 run those apps in 720p,well if sum1 mod the apps into compatible resolution...well this may b a noobie question,well I don't wanna use those apps in BAD LOOKING SCREEN THAT'S ALL
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How?
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After changing the resolution from 720p to 768 by my Radeon,its looking bad,I wanna know that, it shud look bad isn't it,I mean it's obvious to look bad in upgraded or downgraded resolution?can't we do sumthing 2 run those apps in 720p,well if sum1 mod the apps into compatible resolution...well this may b a noobie question,well I don't wanna use those apps in BAD LOOKING SCREEN THAT'S ALL
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Hi Anime13
Can you share how you changed the resolution with the radion card?
Thanks and God bless
andrew-in-woking
Anime13 said:
After changing the resolution from 720p to 768 by my Radeon,its looking bad,I wanna know that, it shud look bad isn't it,I mean it's obvious to look bad in upgraded or downgraded resolution?can't we do sumthing 2 run those apps in 720p,well if sum1 mod the apps into compatible resolution...well this may b a noobie question,well I don't wanna use those apps in BAD LOOKING SCREEN THAT'S ALL
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What I have observed from using Split Screen is that, each app has a minimum running width of 1024px wide, anything lower and it will look cropped and uneven. So even if somehow the people at XDA bypass that option and allow snapping at lower resolutions, it will still look bad.
It's not such a great feature either, you keep getting confused on what's running and hard to concentrate on one app when there are two taking up the screen. Multitasking was made for the desktop version and it should stay that way in my opinion
Surprised not to see this posted here. It's for the s7 but people on reddit have confirmed that it works on the s6. I would try it but you need to be running MM, seems it changes the dpi to 540, or around that can't remember the exact number. This is native so Ui and everything should scale properly compared to doing to in adb.
http://www.xda-developers.com/there-is-native-dpi-scaling-hidden-in-the-galaxy-s7/
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Surprised not to see this posted here. It's for the s7 but people on reddit have confirmed that it works on the s6. I would try it but you need to be running MM, seems it changes the dpi to 540, or around that can't remember the exact number. This is native so Ui and everything should scale properly compared to doing to in adb.
http://www.xda-developers.com/there-is-native-dpi-scaling-hidden-in-the-galaxy-s7/
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As far as I can see it works great on SM-G920F, thanks.
Why would you need to downscale the resolution of your OS? i dont see any logic in it, or do you mean Text Size and Icon Size?
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Why would you need to downscale the resolution of your OS? i dont see any logic in it, or do you mean Text Size and Icon Size?
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So you can view more?
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So you can view more?
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Ah i see so you guys are talking about resizing the icons and text of the OS, if you guys wanted to lower resolution for gaming Samsung Galaxy S6 has a samsung app called Game Tuner which works like an nvidia or amd control panel which lets you configure color quality per game, screen brightness per game and most importantly resolution per game.
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Ah i see so you guys are talking about resizing the icons and text of the OS, if you guys wanted to lower resolution for gaming Samsung Galaxy S6 has a samsung app called Game Tuner which works like an nvidia or amd control panel which lets you configure color quality per game, screen brightness per game and most importantly resolution per game.
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I could careless about games, I got a gaming pc for that.
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WolfsFang said:
I could careless about games, I got a gaming pc for that.
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Ic, well i just tought you guys wanted it for the games, there are many times when you want to play high end gfx games on your android but the fps are killed by the overkill screen resolution, thats why android has some apps that reduces the DPI of the entire OS, but Game Tuner is much better than that, it only affects the game you want.
Anyways sorry for going off topic, just tried to help
This is simply superb trick. Working perfectly on 920F dual sim.
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Correct me if im wrong but resolution is different than dpi right?
Suppose you have a 4k resolution and 620 dpi, you changed from 620 dpi to 540 dpi you still have 4k resolution, no? It's just that in 540 dpi you can view more content but still have the same resolution.
Feel free to correct me.
Simply put, DPI = scaling and has nothing to do with res.
This changed the dpi on my S6 to 560 after reboot. Then I issued 'adb wm density 540' which changed the dpi to 540 on the fly.
The easiest way to control ur dpi scalling here it is
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.evozi.displayscaling
How about the phone app and camera app, is it also condensed?
Indeed works perfectly fine on G920F. @Tricks25 yes, phone/camera are also condensed
Works with apps "more shortcuts" and G920I. 2 modes (standard/condensed) to select when launch the "DisplayScalingActivity" shortcut.