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I recently installed an app to change my lcd density and it madd many of my games unplayable is there a way to restore/fix this and keep my apps and stay rooted. Sorry im new and havent restored since ive had my evo and android

jc8081 said:
I recently installed an app to change my lcd density and it madd many of my games unplayable is there a way to restore/fix this and keep my apps and stay rooted. Sorry im new and havent restored since ive had my evo and android
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You can edit that in build.prop, or get the app on the market that let's you change your density to whatever your want.

Thats what im saying the app messed it up. And how to edit the file bc it doesnt save what app do u use to edit it?

Are the games are unplayable because they aren't full screen anymore? If so, there should be an option to run older apps in compatibility mode. Uncheck it and reboot, if the LCD density changer program doesn't have that option install spare parts from the market and uncheck compatibility mode and reboot. That's what I did and everything is back to full screen.
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I changed my density but alot of apps still don't get full screen with compatibility mode unchecked
is there some thing else I can do to remedy this?
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Video playback stuttering.

My nexus 7 (4.1.1) stutters every 7-8 seconds during all video playback (Netflix/YouTube/local). It even occurs with WiFi turned off and playing locally stored content (Transformers movie). Anyone else have this issue or know how to fix?

We had another thread going on this but it seems to buried now. You are not alone 'it's happening to me too. It is also happening on games for me too. I think it may have something to do with 4.1.1 update as others and I didn't have problem on 4.1. I am trying to flash a 4.1 ROM but am having issues at the moment doing so.
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Not problems here with 4.1.1 watching Transformers end to end twice. Try doing a factory reset and retry the videos stock.

Did yu mess the build prop? Like did yu try out the tablet mode?
Nexus 7 of HELLBoy

I also get some stuttering when I use Netflix but not on sling player nor YouTube
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I made a copy of build.prop but didn't modify the original file. I'm rooted on latest build.

I had changed the density so I can have it in tablet u.i mode but I switched back I put 213... But I had remembered for some reason it was at 212 before I even changed it, but I put 213 cause everyone on xda said that's was what the original number was... Check & see if it's at 212 of not changer it to 212... It worked for me
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Found a fix
Go to Settings then Developer Options and check Disable HW Overlays,
seems to solve it, not sure why.

Well from what I've researched what it tends to do is pool the system memory so I don't think it's a good idea to turn it off. When you have it turned off each program is no longer being allotted a separate amount of memory. However when I did turn it off and it seem to fix the problem I have with stuttering in games.
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oraclegustavo said:
Well from what I've researched what it tends to do is pool the system memory so I don't think it's a good idea to turn it off. When you have it turned off each program is no longer being allotted a separate amount of memory. However when I did turn it off and it seem to fix the problem I have with stuttering in games.
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That's great shame because it works really well!:crying:

I don't know if this works for others but my problem turned out to be rotation control app. Had it set to auto and it still did stuttering. Uninstalled and instantly cleared the problem.
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oraclegustavo said:
I don't know if this works for others but my problem turned out to be rotation control app. Had it set to auto and it still did stuttering. Uninstalled and instantly cleared the problem.
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Thanks for the info! Turns out Orientation Control app was causing the same problem for me. Uninstalled and stutter is gone. Hopefully a future update will solve the conflict.

Hmmm
oraclegustavo said:
I don't know if this works for others but my problem turned out to be rotation control app. Had it set to auto and it still did stuttering. Uninstalled and instantly cleared the problem.
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What exactly does the rotation control app do? I mostly use my N7 in Landscape mode, would uninstalling this app interfere with this? I'm getting god awful stuttering when I try to play an .mkv file streamed from my rig to my N7.... Makes the movie unwatchable. But my .mp4 movies (720p) play just fine..? I also get the tiniest amount of stuttering in Dead Trigger.

Yes, works for me too, it is there a rotation app to replace the culprits? Thanks!
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oraclegustavo said:
I don't know if this works for others but my problem turned out to be rotation control app. Had it set to auto and it still did stuttering. Uninstalled and instantly cleared the problem.
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Great Gobs of Gratitude to you sir.
I am at peace once more.
I never would have guessed that one.

contestsonly said:
Great Gobs of Gratitude to you sir.
I am at peace once more.
I never would have guessed that one.
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Yep, it was the rotation app for me too, removed it and now it's back to "butter". Thanks!

Another satisfied customer here, removing the rotation app removed the video glitch, now I installed Apex Launcher to get the home screen in Landscape mode and it seems to be working without any glitches.

Are there any other apps with such problems? I never installed the rotation control app but I still have stuttering. Disabling HW overlays fixes it, but it sounds like that's a less-than-ideal choice. I can't think of any other app that would be causing the problem.

StrangerWeather said:
Yes, works for me too, it is there a rotation app to replace the culprits? Thanks!
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I hope so, though for now I disabled HW overlays - Rotation Forces Auto on Ultimate Rotation App is just too darned useful to live without. Plus it boosts the benchmark performance. Not sure about it yet, but I see no side effects with actual usage.

stutter WORKAROUND...
Hi everyone,
Instead of disabling HW Overlays... or uninstalling `Ultimate Rotation` app (which I really like!), set the given app/game to `Manual rotation` in the settings:
1) swipe out and tap the Ultimate Rotation icon
2) `Settings` (bottom right)...
3) `Per App Settings`...
4) tap the app in question...
5) choose `Manual` rotation...
6) exit... and try the game/video (stutter be gone!)
NOTE: I just noticed you can do this while the stuttering app/video is running. Just do Step 1 (as above) while your game is running (it will pause when you tap the Ultimate Rotation icon), then simply choose `Manual` rotation and you`re back in the saddle again.
hope all that made sense...
cheers!

build.prop

i changed this line "ro.sf.lcd_density= 160" of the build.prop file in system folder and it changed my bar to the look of the xoom tablet. i changed the line ro.sf.lcd_density= 150 and it was too small and i took it back up to 160 and it looks a lil better. i didn't take it under 150 so i don't know how low and how high you can decrease and increase it to. i think i heard if you change the line i just told you about than it will tell you some apps in the market store are compatible. i know quick office pro hd works on the nexus seven but im tring to get it to show up in the Google play store so i can purchase it. is what i heard true, if so than what value should i change the line to?
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ok the value 200 works and i can purchase the quick office hd.
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ronlsjr said:
ok the value 200 works and i can purchase the quick office hd.
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But that doesn't give the tablet interface (Xoom style)

FYI - I've read (have *not* confirmed though) that if you un-install and re-install the Play store *after* resetting your DPI value, that it'll use your new dpi value accordingly, so that you can see all apps the Play store.. Again, I haven't tested - just reporting what I read...
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ronlsjr said:
i changed this line "ro.sf.lcd_density= 160" of the build.prop file in system folder and it changed my bar to the look of the xoom tablet. i changed the line ro.sf.lcd_density= 150 and it was too small and i took it back up to 160 and it looks a lil better. i didn't take it under 150 so i don't know how low and how high you can decrease and increase it to. i think i heard if you change the line i just told you about than it will tell you some apps in the market store are compatible. i know quick office pro hd works on the nexus seven but im tring to get it to show up in the Google play store so i can purchase it. is what i heard true, if so than what value should i change the line to?
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I tried the DPI hack... and it's just that. A hack. All the apps have really small text, and layout, on basically every app. Even if you up the text size, it just doesn't look right...the layout is still too small.
The only real solution is the Hybrid rom, ParanoidAndroid. It took a while before I finally decided to try it, but I'm glad I finally did. It's the best ROM I've tried so far, and I don't think I will be able to switch to a new ROM in the future, unless it lets me set DPI for individual apps. In addition to DPI it lets you change the layout of the app. [the devs usually have 3 modes for the apps, so that it can run on a phone, tablet, or whatever..] so you can even make the Tablet UI with the default text size. Or you can put the DPI down a little, like I did, because I like the status bar a little smaller than full-size.

mvmacd said:
I tried the DPI hack... and it's just that. A hack. All the apps have really small text, and layout, on basically every app. Even if you up the text size, it just doesn't look right...the layout is still too small.
The only real solution is the Hybrid rom, ParanoidAndroid. It took a while before I finally decided to try it, but I'm glad I finally did. It's the best ROM I've tried so far, and I don't think I will be able to switch to a new ROM in the future, unless it lets me set DPI for individual apps. In addition to DPI it lets you change the layout of the app. [the devs usually have 3 modes for the apps, so that it can run on a phone, tablet, or whatever..] so you can even make the Tablet UI with the default text size. Or you can put the DPI down a little, like I did, because I like the status bar a little smaller than full-size.
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Hi, I'm using the PA ROM right now,and I'm just wondering what you did to get the PlayStore to allow the download. I know you can use the PA settings to change DPI and workspace so can I do it in there? Or do I have to edit the build.prop file? I bought it for the Asus Transformer TF101. I haven't been able to use it for m NExus 7 and I really do want to check it out .

A better option is to create a /data/local.prop file (rw-r--r--) with the following in it:
# /data/local.prop
# ref: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29413138
qemu.sf.lcd_density=160
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This has the benefit of affecting only the display and not how Google Play sees the Nexus
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BillGoss said:
A better option is to create a /data/local.prop file (rw-r--r--) with the following in it:
This has the benefit of affecting only the display and not how Google Play sees the Nexus
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Is there a way to get Google Play to see the nexus at a 10" tablet temporarily, so I can install QuickOffice Pro HD?

Bonisaur said:
Is there a way to get Google Play to see the nexus at a 10" tablet temporarily, so I can install QuickOffice Pro HD?
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Hmm.... They might be using the model number to decide whether the app is compatible, so I don't think this will work, but you can try:
Open Google Play, press Home, press Recents, long-press Google Play in the list, then select Hybrid settings.
Leave the DPI alone [it should be at 213], swype over to the "Layout." In the drop down menu, select the highest value [should be 1000px, or maybe 800px]. Then tap the Apply button [left of the top-right corner].
Bonisaur said:
Hi, I'm using the PA ROM right now,and I'm just wondering what you did to get the PlayStore to allow the download. I know you can use the PA settings to change DPI and workspace so can I do it in there? Or do I have to edit the build.prop file? I bought it for the Asus Transformer TF101. I haven't been able to use it for m NExus 7 and I really do want to check it out .
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You don't have to do anything, Google Play runs by default at stock DPI [213], so on ParanoidAndroid (unless you change it), it works out of the box.

Thanks for the help. Well I ended up trying to edit the DPI and/or the layout settings in different combinations while rebooting my tablet each time. I even changed the build.prop to see if I could download it. Nothing worked so I set it back to default/stock. Yet, when I looked online to "install" to device from the Google Play Store website, it worked for some reason. I have no idea what I did...
Anyway, on the side , since I edited the build.prop, do I need to do anything else other than reverse the changes? I switch the line back from 160 to 213. From what I searched that seems to be it...

[q] dpi galour!!

so i bumbo klat changed my dpi using textdroid and set to 360 and its awesome!!! but is there a way to manually edit the build prop for camera back to 480 WITHOUT using xposed??also do i need to keep textdroid on my phone after changing dpi or am i able to delete without consequence

Shuthefrontdoor said:
so i bumbo klat changed my dpi using textdroid and set to 360 and its awesome!!! but is there a way to manually edit the build prop for camera back to 480 WITHOUT using xposed??also do i need to keep textdroid on my phone after changing dpi or am i able to delete without consequence
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In regards to the DPI question, you need some sort of hybrid framework in order to run different DPIs for certain apps whether it's Xposed or something else. Once you make the DPI change, the build.prop file should stay the same when you uninstall. Just try uninstalling and if it somehow goes back, then keep the program installed. (I don't think it will, though)

... the hell is a bumbo klat?
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optik678 said:
In regards to the DPI question, you need some sort of hybrid framework in order to run different DPIs for certain apps whether it's Xposed or something else. Once you make the DPI change, the build.prop file should stay the same when you uninstall. Just try uninstalling and if it somehow goes back, then keep the program installed. (I don't think it will, though)
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Thanks for the info, I'll try that!

LG G4 Resolution and DPI - For battery and performance improvement - ROOT REQUIRED

For People that have very little battery life and feel phone is slow or just want to get a low DPI (lower than 540) to work on phone in general here is the trick
1. Go to terminal emulator
2.Type:
3. Su
4. wm size 1080x1920
5. wm density 440(or any dpi you want)
6. Install Xposed download module called App Settings
7. Change the dpi of lg apps to 540 or higher
8. for the phone app you have to change the Contacts app also.
9. Now to make the phone to work to receive calls and to dial a call you need Tasker app (its a paid app unfortunately...)
10. Go to Tasker
11. go to the tasks tab
12. create two new tasks
13. On the first task: Name it DPI:540
14. add new action
15. click on code then on Run Shell
16. on command type wm density 540
17. check the box Use Root
18. The second task do the same thing except the command: wm density XXX (X represents any dpi you want).
The rest to make it easier watch the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eR2L4xyHKE
When receiving a call it will bring an error but following that it will work.
Battery improved a lot see photo:

Could I just change the resolution using this method without changing the dpi? I don't want to have to mess with that or Tasker to be able to make/receive calls, but I would appreciate the improved battery life by lowering the resolution.
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How does this improve battery life? I already have my dpi set lower with no problem and average 3.5 hours SoT.

His graphs indicate that before he was getting 3.5hours SOT after 8h of use and the battery was down to 3%.
Now he is at 4h20 SOT with 12h of use and battery still has 39% left.
You could get an hour to an hour and a half extra of sot by the time battery got to 3%.

jaxbierley said:
How does this improve battery life? I already have my dpi set lower with no problem and average 3.5 hours SoT.
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Lowering the resolution can save you power, lowering DPI can not.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/We-c...and-negligible-battery-life-increases_id65982
This is a good app to change both resolution and DPI on the fly:http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-screen-shift-change-screen-t3138718
It has an option to automatically go into default resolution when you're using the phone app. Forget about tasker.

It would be nice to see with a resolution of 720p how many hours you can do!
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No matter what i couldn't get SwiftKey to act right after changing the resolution and DPI.
I also noticed that the camera viewer gets cropped when modding the DPI back to 540 using app settings. So i reverted back to 1440p because IMO these are deal breakers to me.
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rirozizo said:
No matter what i couldn't get SwiftKey to act right after changing the resolution and DPI.
I also noticed that the camera viewer gets cropped when modding the DPI back to 540 using app settings. So i reverted back to 1440p because IMO these are deal breakers to me.
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At 160 DPI with a text size of 300 SwiftKey is displayed correctly but way to tiny. The camera of course ended my testing as well.
Edit:
WOOOHOOO! @aravindsagar the developer of screen shift will come with an update with per app resolution settings soon.

I've followed the guide, and got error when phone call from outside. I also tried Screen Shift with many combination of resolutions and density, but with resolution 1080x1980, it only worked at density>530. So I reverted back to QHD with density 540. Hope someone found a solution for res 1080x1980

rick09 said:
Could I just change the resolution using this method without changing the dpi? I don't want to have to mess with that or Tasker to be able to make/receive calls, but I would appreciate the improved battery life by lowering the resolution.
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You can keep the DPI, but the problem is that everything will be HUGE.

asce1992 said:
It would be nice to see with a resolution of 720p how many hours you can do!
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Haha, I tried it unfortunately, it is impossible to read text because it becomes disproportional.

android404 said:
Lowering the resolution can save you power, lowering DPI can not.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/We-c...and-negligible-battery-life-increases_id65982
This is a good app to change both resolution and DPI on the fly:http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-screen-shift-change-screen-t3138718
It has an option to automatically go into default resolution when you're using the phone app. Forget about tasker.
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Thank you that makes life much easier Will give it a try

android404 said:
Lowering the resolution can save you power, lowering DPI can not. .
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As per the article "negligible 7 minute 47 second".

How to revert to stock values since every app crashes when i try to run it?
EDIT:Nevermind, did a hard reset.

imarcel99 said:
How to revert to stock values since every app crashes when i try to run it?
EDIT:Nevermind, did a hard reset.
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These commands in adb shell
wm size reset
wm density reset
wm overscan reset

Yeah I was not able to do that because when I set dpi to the 440 my Lg keyboard crashed and almost every app even settings.
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Interesting to see that for some people it works for others it doesn't. Idk if I should remove this thread

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imarcel99 said:
How to revert to stock values since every app crashes when i try to run it?
EDIT:Nevermind, did a hard reset.
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DPI stock 640
Resolution stock 1440x2560
imarcel99 said:
Yeah I was not able to do that because when I set dpi to the 440 my Lg keyboard crashed and almost every app even settings.
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Did u place the DPI 540+ on app settings on xposed?

android404 said:
Lowering the resolution can save you power, lowering DPI can not.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/We-c...and-negligible-battery-life-increases_id65982
This is a good app to change both resolution and DPI on the fly:http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-screen-shift-change-screen-t3138718
It has an option to automatically go into default resolution when you're using the phone app. Forget about tasker.
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android404 said:
At 160 DPI with a text size of 300 SwiftKey is displayed correctly but way to tiny. The camera of course ended my testing as well.
Edit:
WOOOHOOO! @aravindsagar the developer of screen shift will come with an update with per app resolution settings soon.
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Latest version is crashing on my mobile, anyone confirm ?
Or can someone share old apk ?