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Tablet UI on new Nexus 7?

Is it possible to get tablet UI on the new Nexus 7?

Yea when customs roms come out
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casonswag said:
Yea when customs roms come out
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What they said.
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I'm really digging the phablet UI this time around. It doesn't seem as limited as on the old N7. That's not to say that I'll keep it once custom ROMs come out

/system/build.prop
csrow said:
Is it possible to get tablet UI on the new Nexus 7?
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If you are rooted, you can manually edit the build.prop file, change the line
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ro.sf.lcd_density=320
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ro.sf.lcd_density=240

Teh_Chris said:
If you are rooted, you can manually edit the build.prop file, change the line
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ro.sf.lcd_density=320
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ro.sf.lcd_density=240
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Thats 'tablet mode', 'tablet ui' is an aokp thing. Where notification bar is on bottom panel and soft buttons moved to bottom left which I presume what everybody is wanting.

nhidog said:
Thats 'tablet mode', 'tablet ui' is an aokp thing. Where notification bar is on bottom panel and soft buttons moved to bottom left which I presume what everybody is wanting.
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Yes, exactly. There was a nice tablet UI set up for the old Nexus where the notification bar and the buttons were moved plus the addition of battery percentage display and a new reboot/restart menu option. Hopefully, one of the developer will get to it soon.

nhidog said:
Thats 'tablet mode', 'tablet ui' is an aokp thing. Where notification bar is on bottom panel and soft buttons moved to bottom left which I presume what everybody is wanting.
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can you explain the difference between tablet ui and tablet mode? you are describing details, that were part of android originally before jellybean was released. seems like you are trying to give credit to aokp?

Anyone working on a patch? I am looking for a patch that will provide tablet UI independent of lcd density setting.
On the original Nexus 7, this patch worked well
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34089553&postcount=840
I am hoping to see something similar for the new Nexus 7.
TIA

N3 TW DPI change

Having been a flash'o'holic with my note 1 I really want to keep stock tw on the new note 3 for all the spen stuff. But I can't stand 340 dpi, is there going to be a way to switch this to at least 240 when we all finally get our notes? Or will it take awhile and involve custom sam apps to get this working? Failing that I fear I'll be rooting and flashing within the first month just hate everything blown up looking, this is the reason we buy big screen phones? For the extra screen space not a magnified look..

Chances are that many of the s-pen feature apps/functions will not work well with lower DPI... I'm just guessing from my experiences with both the GN1 AND GN2
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This will be my first time purchasing a GN phone...so when you root it you will not be able to use the s pen features? It cannot be implemented into the ROM?

thinkjoey said:
This will be my first time purchasing a GN phone...so when you root it you will not be able to use the s pen features? It cannot be implemented into the ROM?
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it can be in tw roms but not aosp roms. and he is saying that adjusting the dpi may mess with the s pen features since they are set up for stock standard sized tw

oneandroidnut said:
it can be in tw roms but not aosp roms. and he is saying that adjusting the dpi may mess with the s pen features since they are set up for stock standard sized tw
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I understand what he was inquiring about...I just had a side question. Makes sense on both accounts...whether you mess with dpi on stock or not...could affect it.
thanks for answering

DMax99 said:
Chances are that many of the s-pen feature apps/functions will not work well with lower DPI... I'm just guessing from my experiences with both the GN1 AND GN2
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I forgot what xposed framework app it was, but after changing dpi to 240 or 270, you could set other stock apps (like clock, phone, s-planner, etc) back to the stock dpi for no impact.

Its called app settings i believe
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I love xposed..... That is a must on the Note 3!
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Agreed, 240 dpi rules

I used 240 dpi on my note 2 as well and that was very nice and worked perfectly with the spen.
But 240 will be to small on a 1080p screen (I run my s4 at 360 which is pretty much the same look) I guess everything will work just perfectly like it did in the note 2 @ 240 dpi. Looks the same
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Stock dpi for the N3 will be 480. You can bring it down to 320 and it will be the same effect of going from 320 to 240 on the N2
And changing the screen DPI shouldn't affect the S-Pen features. From what I've read, The overflow feature it has is based on a sensor on the phone and pressing the button on the S-Pen. Every other input the S-Pen has will work fine as well.
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Actionx1 said:
Stock dpi for the N3 will be 480. You can bring it down to 320 and it will be the same effect of going from 320 to 240 on the N2
And changing the screen DPI shouldn't affect the S-Pen features. From what I've read, The overflow feature it has is based on a sensor on the phone and pressing the button on the S-Pen. Every other input the S-Pen has will work fine as well.
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How did you do to change dpi on note 3?
i'm still looking, can't stant 460 dpi ...

Xposed App Settings to change DPI
ravni said:
How did you do to change dpi on note 3?
i'm still looking, can't stant 460 dpi ...
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Just use Xposed App setting after installing Xposed Framework .
Im running certain apps on 360 dpi without any problems with S-Pen features. Although I do feel that 360 is a tad too small on certain apps but again you can customize it for each app.

solodevil1986 said:
Just use Xposed App setting after installing Xposed Framework .
Im running certain apps on 360 dpi without any problems with S-Pen features. Although I do feel that 360 is a tad too small on certain apps but again you can customize it for each app.
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Did you switch to 360? And how did you do it? No problems at all?
/CK

I too have just come from a note 1 and done something that was probably silly.
I rooted my note 3 and changed the build.prop to 260dpi with rom toolbox but when it booted the system ui fc's and I can't get anywhere.
After failing to open any apps, I went to recovery and wiped data, rebooted and dpi change has remained.
Is there anyway I can revert or at least get it working without flashing another rom? If it's the rom, can the stock one be picked up from anywhere?
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Also, the reactivation lock is set back to on. Not sure how as I turned it off to root. Now I can't seem to flash a custom recovery due to that I think. Any ideas?

kaos_king said:
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Also, the reactivation lock is set back to on. Not sure how as I turned it off to root. Now I can't seem to flash a custom recovery due to that I think. Any ideas?
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Dude, YOU'RE DOOMED! Lol.
Do you know if you activated debugging mode and have your PC authorised at all? If so, You could pull the build.prop, edit it put it back and keep your fingers crossed.
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Could you adb pull the build.prop, edit it, then push it back?

Okay guys summerizing, change the build.prop dont work. Only Xposed work until today?!

360 dpi for note 3 is awesome

happy with 320 on my note3 using app settings/xposed..no problems with spen.
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Quick Window App

can anyone tell me what app is used for the quick window? is it part of systemui? lockscreen?
i changed my dpi to 320, so everything is off in the window. i can change it back to 480 looks fine. i have the xposed framework so i can set that app to go at true dpi

BlueHarford said:
can anyone tell me what app is used for the quick window? is it part of systemui? lockscreen?
i changed my dpi to 320, so everything is off in the window. i can change it back to 480 looks fine. i have the xposed framework so i can set that app to go at true dpi
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Bump this!! I would love to know how to make the quickwindow line up with the case window once DPI is changed to 320. I have tried sql editing and locksscreen xpose framework setting with neither yielding me any results. Any help would be appreciated.

I'm in the same boat, I've been searching the options, I'm about to start experimenting
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NewZJ said:
I'm in the same boat, I've been searching the options, I'm about to start experimenting
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I've got a thread on this in the themes and apps section. Check it out and feel free to help out!
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Xposed and app settings?

Anyone get this working?
Need to change dpi on some apps!
Thanks
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Same here. Got the installer installed but no modules will work. Keeps saying failed to write in data/xposed/module_list. Hopefully there will be a fix soon

yes, working fine on my n9005 with app settings, also changed the default dpi to 320dpi now.
you must install 2.3 beta 1 or later for gn3.
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raychak said:
yes, working fine on my n9005 with app settings, also changed the default dpi to 320dpi now.
you must install 2.3 beta 1 or later for gn3.
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Where you find 2.3 Beta 1?
Wholly crap the damn search button worked!
Works fricken great!!!!

Bizack said:
Where you find 2.3 Beta 1?
Wholly crap the damn search button worked!
Works fricken great!!!!
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Here
Cheers~

not sure what im doing wrong, I cant seem to get app settings to work. I save the setting, launch and theres no change! Tried enabling, disabling, rebooting. Have noticed that it does not quite save the settings if I just press the save icon and leave the app. Bit weird! I am on a international N9005 stock rooted rom if that helps. Any ideas?

skaif said:
not sure what im doing wrong, I cant seem to get app settings to work. I save the setting, launch and theres no change! Tried enabling, disabling, rebooting. Have noticed that it does not quite save the settings if I just press the save icon and leave the app. Bit weird! I am on a international N9005 stock rooted rom if that helps. Any ideas?
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Same thing happened to me. Uninstall the app settings you have and find version 1.5
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Brava27 said:
Same thing happened to me. Uninstall the app settings you have and find version 1.5
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seems to be semi working now, I can change DPI but changing the DP res has no effect, so no tablet or phablet ui

skaif said:
seems to be semi working now, I can change DPI but changing the DP res has no effect, so no tablet or phablet ui
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Sorry to revive this thread but I have the same problem with my rooted note 3. I can change settings for each app like dpi and the changes work but dp res changes don't work. I'm using the one from xposed repo.

skaif said:
seems to be semi working now, I can change DPI but changing the DP res has no effect, so no tablet or phablet ui
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Try to get buildprop editor and search for lcd_density to change the display default density. For N3, I think it better to set value between 380 and 400.
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Adjusting DPI messes up lockscreen

Hi all,
Just rooted my S5 and adjusted the DPI in my build.prop to 400. Works great except my lockscreen alignment is all off. Any quick fix?
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Reechings said:
Hi all,
Just rooted my S5 and adjusted the DPI in my build.prop to 400. Works great except my lockscreen alignment is all off. Any quick fix?
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Same for me, I haven't been able to find much on it, but I think it is part of TouchWiz framework, not 100% sure though.

Ainvar said:
Same for me, I haven't been able to find much on it, but I think it is part of TouchWiz framework, not 100% sure though.
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Yeah I never had the issue on my S3 but I was running a custom CM based custom ROM. I'm surprised that there isn't more mention of it as I would think there are a lot of people changing their DPI once rooted.
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Reechings said:
Yeah I never had the issue on my S3 but I was running a custom CM based custom ROM. I'm surprised that there isn't more mention of it as I would think there are a lot of people changing their DPI once rooted.
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Very true, I am on VZW so no custom ROM for me as of yet. I just got the S5 for a good deal. I am coming from a Moto X DE and LG G2. I miss both but I also like a few things with the S5. But the 480 DPI on this phone makes me feel like I'm running 640x480 on a 21" LCD.. Very sad that they cant allow different resolutions for large screen devices at the least.

Ainvar said:
Very true, I am on VZW so no custom ROM for me as of yet. I just got the S5 for a good deal. I am coming from a Moto X DE and LG G2. I miss both but I also like a few things with the S5. But the 480 DPI on this phone makes me feel like I'm running 640x480 on a 21" LCD.. Very sad that they cant allow different resolutions for large screen devices at the least.
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I have been using xposed App Settings app to adjust DPI on an individual app basis and it is a decent workaround.
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Anyone found a quick fix to this issue at hand (misalignment on lockscreen)?
If so, which App Settings app would be used to control the lockscreen DPI? I'm pretty sure lockscreen was part of SystemUI but won't that change my system DPI as well?

jeffreylin_ said:
The lock screen is park of Keyguard.apk or something to that effect.
Also, SystemUI is only the status bar and similar things.
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Keyguard helped make the circles on the fingerprint lockscreen bigger - but it is leaning more to the left because the lockscreen is scaled.

jeffreylin_ said:
I changed my DPI and I don't appear to have this problem. Mine is at 310.
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Activate fingerprint lock.

So nobody has any idea how to fix this? It's the only thing that's keeping me from changing the dpi
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Not sure if everyone already figured this out but setting the systemui to 480 in app settings does fix the lockscreen issue. You just have to make sure that you reboot the phone. Unfortunately systemui controls a lot of the things that I want to have the lower DPI such as status bar. I then had to set 480 for the camera and the incallui to fix them.
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Reechings said:
Not sure if everyone already figured this out but setting the systemui to 480 in app settings does fix the lockscreen issue. You just have to make sure that you reboot the phone. Unfortunately systemui controls a lot of the things that I want to have the lower DPI such as status bar. I then had to set 480 for the camera and the incallui to fix them.
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SystemUI is basically most of the phone and the reason why people adjust it below stock in the first reason.
I might as well stick to stock DPI...LOL

nicholaschum said:
SystemUI is basically most of the phone and the reason why people adjust it below stock in the first reason.
I might as well stick to stock DPI...LOL
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Yeah that's what I was saying. I actually have gone back to 480 and am just using custom settings on apps I want. A lot of the stock Samsung apps only work properly at 480.
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motiv77 said:
So nobody has any idea how to fix this? It's the only thing that's keeping me from changing the dpi
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There is no fix for the lock screen. Samsung compiles all the firmwares with only one dpi in mind. To fix it someone would have to decompile keyguard.apk and increase all the values to the specific dpi. Pretty big project.

I wish the status bar and quicksettings were separate from the systemui then we could probably take care of them with the app settings xposed mod too
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