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[Q] Density changes & Xposed Framework

Hello all.
I've switched my build.prop density from the default (480?) to 320. It's soo much nicer being able to see more on screen at once. An irritating side effect though is (unlike with other ROMs) the lock screen pattern is teeny tiny now and also the view when the S-Cover is closed isn't centered.
I could revert my density change but I'd rather fix this on a per app basis. Has anyone tried the Xposed framework out to achieve this? On other ROMs or on an S4?
Thanks.

How does other apps scale? Dialer, contacts, clock, side bar.
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Dialer also looks gash. I've worked around that using Swipe Dialer https://play.google.com/store/apps/...?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5tYi5zd2lwZWRpYWwiXQ..

bonstio said:
Dialer also looks gash. I've worked around that using Swipe Dialer https://play.google.com/store/apps/...?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5tYi5zd2lwZWRpYWwiXQ..
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Great news: I have an answer. NO. Do NOT use this yet. I installed a rebooted and am in a bootloop, unable to adb shell or disable file verification in my stock recovery. In short, I've soft bricked the thing and have no way of fixing yet.
Any one have any ideas?

flash Xposed-Disabler-CWM.zip
If got bootloop after Xposed

[Q] Changing Stock Rom Screen density

Hi all,
My new phone did not survive a single day without (towel-)root. So after getting root, I was thinking about changing DPI.
default in /system/build.prop is 480. I changed it to 360 and 420, both seems fine for the GS5. As a scale referenced I used values from http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-nexus/general/info-official-galaxy-nexus-lcd-density-t1392089 - my Galaxy Nexus is running at 246 just fine.
But sadly, the stock lock screen is now shifted left. Any idea how I can replace the stock lock screen with another fingerprint-ready lock screen? A lock screen with 4x4 pattern would also do.
Thanks in advance.
PS: If I have time, I will make a thread similar to the linked above.

Is the camera workin properly on 360 and 420? thanks and the phone keypad?

I may be wrong but as far as i know you have to edit SystemUI for the lockscreen to look correct, or you can use app settings from xposed to change SystemUI back to 480 but that changes more than the lockscreen. As for camera and keypad, those need to be changed back to 480 in app settings, i wouldnt say its required but its not going to work very well on anything but stock dpi, i personally run 320.
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Screen DPI

Hi, I've just jumped from my modded 240dpi N7100 note2 to brand new N910F note4 and with the 2560x1440 screen everything seems to me so huge on the screen
I have root done and now thinking about changing the size of everything on the screen to more friendly size, anyone has some experience with it on this new battle ground?
I will try to change build.prop but would like to ask first before I do something stupid.
thanks
update!!!
after changing the dpi in build.prop to 340 finished with boot loop

Obecny said:
Hi, I've just jumped from my modded 240dpi N7100 note2 to brand new N910F note4 and with the 2560x1440 screen everything seems to me so huge on the screen
I have root done and now thinking about changing the size of everything on the screen to more friendly size, anyone has some experience with it on this new battle ground?
I will try to change build.prop but would like to ask first before I do something stupid.
thanks
update!!!
after changing the dpi in build.prop to 340 finished with boot loop
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Hi. U manage to fix it??? Am about to do the same thing now

mackoi71 said:
Hi. U manage to fix it??? Am about to do the same thing now
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not yet, just going to reflesh it now with original firmware
update:
I am now after refleshing and back to stock dpi settings with no problems

did you try using https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.texdroider.texdroider_dpi
I used this app on my LGG3 which also has the same QHD screen and it worked perfectly

I've changed it to 480 which is about as small as I think is useful. No boot loop issues.
I did have to use the Xposed app 'App Settings' to reset the stock apps like Clock, Contacts, Camera back to 640.
The issue that everyone has that right now has no solution is the lock screen becomes misaligned.

Hi. U try to change the DPI again?
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dawheat said:
I've changed it to 480 which is about as small as I think is useful. No boot loop issues.
I did have to use the Xposed app 'App Settings' to reset the stock apps like Clock, Contacts, Camera back to 640.
The issue that everyone has that right now has no solution is the lock screen becomes misaligned.
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would love a screenshot of that dpi

mackoi71 said:
Hi. U try to change the DPI again?
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I will wait a little bit longer for some 100% solution,
I've just changed now dpi in gmail and chrome using exposed app settings and it works for a short while but after several restarts just stops! now my app settings has no any impact for the apps
all is displayed in 640 dpi only, tried to re-save it again but no luck

ratcom said:
would love a screenshot of that dpi
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Attached two screenshots - it looks pretty "normal" since I use Nova Prime to increase icon size and such (and you need to make Font size in display large), but you can see the status bar height in the first screenshot and the size of each notification in the second screenshot - much more compact.

dawheat said:
Attached two screenshots - it looks pretty "normal" since I use Nova Prime to increase icon size and such (and you need to make Font size in display large), but you can see the status bar height in the first screenshot and the size of each notification in the second screenshot - much more compact.
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Looks nice .... I now know what I'm doing later this afternoon

ratcom said:
Looks nice .... I now know what I'm doing later this afternoon
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Yeah it's a must for me. However be aware that it will misalign the locksceen if you use fingerprint lock. It doesn't impact functionality at all, just visual so I can live with it until hopefully a dev fixes it.

Is it posibble to change the default Samsung launcher to behave like on a tablet (allow landscape) that way? Or maybe installing a different launcher is the solution (do Nova or Google Now allow it?)? I am used to tablets and would love to use my Note 4 with tablet interface...

Hello
Use xposed framework to and install "app settings". Then use a build prop editor and change the ro lcd density from 640 to 480.
Then once you've rebooted you will see that some Samsung apps (including the phone and camera) do not scale well. To fix this - change their dpi back to 640 by using the "App settings" then reboot.
Voila.
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Oops I missed the reference already made to xposed. Terribly sorry.
Wanam xposed works well on note 4 fwiw

Does anybody know what is name of lock screen? I have dpi 460 and finger print etc. other lock methods look like a ****. So what is name of lock screen so i can chance it with App Settings to normal?

zige said:
Does anybody know what is name of lock screen? I have dpi 460 and finger print etc. other lock methods look like a ****. So what is name of lock screen so i can chance it with App Settings to normal?
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normally Keyguard.apk but i may be wrong

ratcom said:
normally Keyguard.apk but i may be wrong
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Yeah i remembered same and tested to change it to 640 but still looking bad... So i'm thinking i need change something else (also?). Is there any other app than App Settings which i can use to change some apps dpi setting?

I personally drop my dpi by 80 on all my devices. So on the note 2 I went from 320 to 240. On the Note 3 I went from 480 to 400. On the Note 4 I went from 560 to 480 and everything worked fine with no boot loops. I used Rom Toolbox to change mine. I also used App Settings in Xposed to change some apps back for usability. Like dialer, gallery, calculator, camera, etc.

zige said:
Yeah i remembered same and tested to change it to 640 but still looking bad... So i'm thinking i need change something else (also?). Is there any other app than App Settings which i can use to change some apps dpi setting?
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WOOT - thanks for the tip man. Changed keyguard to 640 in app settings, also clicked the apply res to widgets box (not sure if needed), and then rebooted. Simply using the option to kill app didn't reset the lockscreen.
However after reboot my lockscreen with fingerprint is back to 640 and everything else is still at 480.

[Q] Changed DPI resulting in a black bar across the bottom of the Sview cover window

So I just bought my brand new Note 4 (SM-N910W8) and of course the first thing I did was root it and install xposed framework. Everything works fine, I always change the DPI on my Note phones because I like to make use of the extra screen real estate. This worked fine as well, that is until I installed my Sview (S View cover) on it.
The sview window appears fine in the new DPI but across the bottom portion there is a black bar (the screen is off on the bottom third of the window).
I tried using the Xposed app settings mod to change the sview portion of the UI back to 640 DPI (the native resolution), but this didn't work!
has anyone else experienced this on the Note 4? any suggestions to make it work while having the rest of the phone in 480 DPI mode?
Helllpppp

Can you post a picture of what's exactly happening?

c_est_la_vie said:
So I just bought my brand new Note 4 (SM-N910W8) and of course the first thing I did was root it and install xposed framework. Everything works fine, I always change the DPI on my Note phones because I like to make use of the extra screen real estate. This worked fine as well, that is until I installed my Sview (S View cover) on it.
The sview window appears fine in the new DPI but across the bottom portion there is a black bar (the screen is off on the bottom third of the window).
I tried using the Xposed app settings mod to change the sview portion of the UI back to 640 DPI (the native resolution), but this didn't work!
has anyone else experienced this on the Note 4? any suggestions to make it work while having the rest of the phone in 480 DPI mode?
Helllpppp
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I'm about to do the same
What new setting did you put for the dpi?

This seems to be the same problem with the lock screen and dpi settings. Unfortunately it seems like the dpi settings are baked into the system ui and cannot be modified unless dpi is changed for everything. If been there. Good luck

ravni said:
I'm about to do the same
What new setting did you put for the dpi?
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I edited the build.prop to have a DPI of 480 instead of 640 (the native DPI).

It's the same thing that happens when you make the same change to the DPI on Note 3 with S-View covers as well.

I am still trying to figure a way to fix this, has anyone found anything new?

The Picture 1 shows what's happening to the Sviewcover. Picture 2 shows me tricking the phone into believing that the Cover is closed (by using a magnet).
I used Xposed App Settings to set the system DPI to 480 (from 640 stock). I set the Sviewcover.apk to 640 as well so the Sviewcover is not misaligned to the left side.
BUT here is the problem, there is a Black bar at the bottom half of the Sviewcover which renders it useless and ugly. The ONLY way I have found to fix this is NOT to alter the DPI for "Android System" and leaving it stock. That way the Sviewcover would show up perfectly without the black bars.
But that defeats the purpose of altering the DPI first place. Why can't samsung allow two zoom levels for user to choose so we can either choose big icons or more screen spaces?

there is a semi solution for this
usually people use rom toolbox to change the entire dpi.
first you must return the dpi to the normal 640 in rom toolbox
then in app settings Xposed change com.android.systemui dpi to 480
and then go to Android System (Android) and change the dpi back to 640
don't forget each time you must turn on the app setting and save after the change
this might effect some of the apps and show it in normal size but it will fix your problem
plus you can change any app's dpi to 480 from app settings later and make it small again.

c_est_la_vie said:
So I just bought my brand new Note 4 (SM-N910W8) and of course the first thing I did was root it and install xposed framework. Everything works fine, I always change the DPI on my Note phones because I like to make use of the extra screen real estate. This worked fine as well, that is until I installed my Sview (S View cover) on it.
The sview window appears fine in the new DPI but across the bottom portion there is a black bar (the screen is off on the bottom third of the window).
I tried using the Xposed app settings mod to change the sview portion of the UI back to 640 DPI (the native resolution), but this didn't work!
has anyone else experienced this on the Note 4? any suggestions to make it work while having the rest of the phone in 480 DPI mode?
Helllpppp
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In app settings, as well as setting the DPI to 640 you also have to tick the box "apply res to widgets" If you don't, the widgets still render at the system DPI. You have to apply the 640 DPI to the com.android.keyguard (I think that's what it's called it's got keyguard in the name).

Yup, Batfink is right. I forgot about the apply to widget setting, bur when I finally applied it everything was good.

omid_freesky said:
there is a semi solution for this
usually people use rom toolbox to change the entire dpi.
first you must return the dpi to the normal 640 in rom toolbox
then in app settings Xposed change com.android.systemui dpi to 480
and then go to Android System (Android) and change the dpi back to 640
don't forget each time you must turn on the app setting and save after the change
this might effect some of the apps and show it in normal size but it will fix your problem
plus you can change any app's dpi to 480 from app settings later and make it small again.
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This will make the main UI at 640DPI which defeats the purpose of changing the DPI first place.
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Applethrow said:
Yup, Batfink is right. I forgot about the apply to widget setting, bur when I finally applied it everything was good.
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I checked "apply to widgets" for both Keyguard and Sviewcover but the Black bar is still present.

When I come to think of it, I only changed dpi for the system.ui process. Then set keyguard, camera, contacts etc to 640. Didn't touch Android System.

Applethrow said:
When I come to think of it, I only changed dpi for the system.ui process. Then set keyguard, camera, contacts etc to 640. Didn't touch Android System.
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This is a semi-fix as you would have to alter the DPI for EVERY app to render at 480DPI but I guess this is the ONLY method at the moment :crying:

Yes, you are absolutely right. Just tried it and s-view window got a black bottom bar. Maybe I'll have switch to my wallet flip cover lol

[Question] Moto Camera DPI

So I rooted and wanted to set the screen PPI/DPI to the actual calculated value of 400-403 (Motorola says it's 403 but the actual calculated value is 400.53). Problem is, it screws up the icons in the camera app and Google Search bar on the homecreen. I've attached screenshots to show you what I mean, but I'm sure most of you are aware of this happening as it tends to when you lower the DPI/PPI. The screens of the screwed icons are at 403 DPI/PPI and the screens where the icons are fine are at the default 480 DPI/PPI.
Does anyone know of a way to fix this? Or is it just something that can't be helped at lower DPI/PPI values?

How did you change your DPI? I read that the adb method alone is not enough. You must change the value on build.prop too. Making the two things may work.

update app camera via Google Play Store que resolve!!!!

Or use appsetting to change dpi in apps.
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I have this exact same issue. I changed DPI to 400 using adb. I also have profile picture thumbnails messed up in both Viber and Whatsapp. So far I haven't found any solutions. Changing DPI to 360 works for the camera, but not for thumbnails in Viber or whatsapp.

I'm using 440. Stock is 480. If you in increments of 40 it works. Try 400

ToYeD said:
So I rooted and wanted to set the screen PPI/DPI to the actual calculated value of 400-403 (Motorola says it's 403 but the actual calculated value is 400.53). Problem is, it screws up the icons in the camera app and Google Search bar on the homecreen.
Does anyone know of a way to fix this? Or is it just something that can't be helped at lower DPI/PPI values?
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dpacmittal said:
I have this exact same issue. I changed DPI to 400 using adb. I also have profile picture thumbnails messed up in both Viber and Whatsapp. So far I haven't found any solutions. Changing DPI to 360 works for the camera, but not for thumbnails in Viber or whatsapp.
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PPI is a hardware component i.e how many pixels are there in a inch of screen.
DPI is a software component in broad terms i.e how much area a software is allocated. so changing it to too low will have bad effects.
change the DPI to 430-440 it looks nice and it will solve your problem.
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LuizHenrique91 said:
How did you change your DPI? I read that the adb method alone is not enough. You must change the value on build.prop too. Making the two things may work.
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it would be easy if you are rooted. simply go to /system/build.prop and look for ''ro.sf.lcd_density=480'' and change it accordingly.

ToYeD said:
(Motorola says it's 403 but the actual calculated value is 400.53).
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It's 403,5.... The screen is not exactly 5.5 inches
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Do what I did, install the AppSettings via Xposed, choose the DPI you want normally in build.prop, In the AppSettings settings, select Motorola Camera and place it in the DPI 480 (stock), so I use here without problems.