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[Q] Can I do these things?

Granted, I've only had the phone for 4 days, and I'm still learning, but here are some things I'd like to do that I'm guessing are probably not default settings. Are there any tweaks/mods to help me?
1) Remove "Sprint" from my lock screen.
2) Prevent the screen from turning on once fully charged. I have it set to never turn the screen off when charging, so this makes the screen stay on forever.
3) Keep the screen from dimming quite so much when staying awake while charging. I plug the phone in while in the car to keep the screen awake, but then it dims down to where I can't see a darn thing.

flu13 said:
Granted, I've only had the phone for 4 days, and I'm still learning, but here are some things I'd like to do that I'm guessing are probably not default settings. Are there any tweaks/mods to help me?
1) Remove "Sprint" from my lock screen.
2) Prevent the screen from turning on once fully charged. I have it set to never turn the screen off when charging, so this makes the screen stay on forever.
3) Keep the screen from dimming quite so much when staying awake while charging. I plug the phone in while in the car to keep the screen awake, but then it dims down to where I can't see a darn thing.
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What state is your device in now? Are you rooted? What rom are you running?

Yeah, I guess that would have been useful information. Sorry.
Rooted with ForceRom 2.1.

flu13 said:
Yeah, I guess that would have been useful information. Sorry.
Rooted with ForceRom 2.1.
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Np...not sure about the last 2 on your list. However, it looks like ForceRom does not have Xposed Framework integrated so might try installing it and Nottach Xposed Mod and this will not only allow you to change the carrier message on the lockscreen but do all sorts of other cool stuff.
As always make sure you do a nandroid before flashing Xposed just in case. I don't see you having a problem but never know.

CCallahan said:
Np...not sure about the last 2 on your list. However, it looks like ForceRom does not have Xposed Framework integrated so might try installing it and Nottach Xposed Mod and this will not only allow you to change the carrier message on the lockscreen but do all sorts of other cool stuff.
As always make sure you do a nandroid before flashing Xposed just in case. I don't see you having a problem but never know.
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Yupz, what he said. The Xposed framework + the Nottach module can fulfill your #1 and #2 wishes.
As for wish #3, you can probably override that "feature" using an app like E-Robot. It's like Tasker but free and easier to use.
Edit: I just checked my E Robot options and you can create a rule so that when you connect an external power supply like your charger, you can set the screen brightness level whatever percentage you want.

Thanks to both of you. Xposed and Nottach were next on my list of things to do, anyway.

Hmmm....
I've installed the Xposed framework and the Nottach module, and nothing seems to have any effect. I keep getting that warning that it's not made for my phone and then nothing happens. I've tried changing my status bar color, clock color, carrier label, and others. Regular reboot and hot reboot.
What's up with that?
FYI, I'm running ForceRom. Could that be interfering?

flu13 said:
Hmmm....
I've installed the Xposed framework and the Nottach module, and nothing seems to have any effect. I keep getting that warning that it's not made for my phone and then nothing happens. I've tried changing my status bar color, clock color, carrier label, and others. Regular reboot and hot reboot.
What's up with that?
FYI, I'm running ForceRom. Could that be interfering?
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Did you got into the X posed Framework app and enable the Nottach module, you have to like check it to enable it in the modules section.
And also when you open up the various options and that little Window pops up with the color wheel and etc, there is a little on/off switch to enable that mod individually as well - you could be setting the color and rebooting but if you don't enable that specific mod nothing will happen.
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inlineboy said:
Did you got into the X posed Framework app and enable the Nottach module, you have to like check it to enable it in the modules section.
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Ha! That was it. Thank you!
ETA: Should the preview button actually do anything? All it does is seems to nudge my color value slightly.

flu13 said:
Ha! That was it. Thank you!
ETA: Should the preview button actually do anything? All it does is seems to nudge my color value slightly.
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No problem, and I actually think the preview button is for if you were typing out the color like, ffffff0, it'll show you that color you typed out, that's why when you click preview it always goes back to the original color you started with before you used the wheel to change it.
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Tablet Mode UI?

Has anyone got this working or have any insight to what to try? I tried playing around with DPI settings with "App Settings" xposed module, and also Xposed Tablet Mode module.
I always wanted tablet mode on my Note 2 thread that is over a year old here but could never get it figured out.
Just adding the navigation bar/soft keys at the bottom(with simple build.prop edit) isn't as good because you can't see the time and notifications at the bottom to effectively always disable your top status bar all of the time.
Your input is much appreciated since this is a main mod that I always pursue!

lmike6453 said:
Has anyone got this working or have any insight to what to try? I tried playing around with DPI settings with "App Settings" xposed module, and also Xposed Tablet Mode module.
I always wanted tablet mode on my Note 2 thread that is over a year old here but could never get it figured out.
Just adding the navigation bar/soft keys at the bottom(with simple build.prop edit) isn't as good because you can't see the time and notifications at the bottom to effectively always disable your top status bar all of the time.
Your input is much appreciated since this is a main mod that I always pursue!
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im not an expert but i used the ui switcher app by xperiacle on my note 2 it might not work on note 3 but its worth a shot if you really want tablet ui it might require some dpi changing after you set it up though

kalkat579 said:
im not an expert but i used the ui switcher app by xperiacle on my note 2 it might not work on note 3 but its worth a shot if you really want tablet ui it might require some dpi changing after you set it up though
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If anyone gets this working successfully I'd also like to know. Personally, smaller dpi/tablet ui is the final peice of making the Note 3 perfect (outside of an unlocked BL + recovery).
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If you lower the ro.sf.lcd_density value in /system/build.prop it will go into tablet mode. I'm not sure what the threshold is, but you could just keep lowering it until it works. I'm not sure if there is a "switch" that you can flip to go into tablet mode without lowering it.

even if u go tablet mode, it will be tooo small for note.
what u want is "Phablet" like what the paranoid custom rom do, but I doubt they support note 3 atm.

sqjzb said:
even if u go tablet mode, it will be tooo small for note.
what u want is "Phablet" like what the paranoid custom rom do, but I doubt they support note 3 atm.
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I ran the greatest rom known to man, Trans-Nebula, on the Note 2. There were bsolutely zero problems running at 160 dpi, for myself and many others.
Such an unbelievably clean/smooth look. And it was 100% tablet ui, not phablet.
So it can be done. I'm just not smart enough to figure it out lol. At least without potentially breaking things, which without the benefit of a nandroid, trial and error can be risky.
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Actually I too was a nebula rom follower and if you look Nate explained why there would be no tablet roms in 4.3. Google took the ui out of 4.3. It does not exist. Even tablets released with 4.3 have the stock phone style ui, buttons across the bottom and drop down toggles.
It really sucks because I loved that setup. My workaround had been tablet noise on apex launcher and a transparent and hidden status bar. I also run at 320 DPI - just edit the build.prop file. The status bar is much smaller but Most apps are great with this. some do have to be changed back to 480.

armus said:
Actually I too was a nebula rom follower and if you look Nate explained why there would be no tablet roms in 4.3. Google took the ui out of 4.3. It does not exist. Even tablets released with 4.3 have the stock phone style ui, buttons across the bottom and drop down toggles.
It really sucks because I loved that setup. My workaround had been tablet noise on apex launcher and a transparent and hidden status bar. I also run at 320 DPI - just edit the build.prop file. The status bar is much smaller but Most apps are great with this. some do have to be changed back to 480.
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I can live with the status bar. My biggest thing is getting that dpi down. Everything is just way too big and bloated...I'm getting used to it now but there's nothing better than the crisp, compact look of 160 dpi on this magnificent screen.
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kalkat579 said:
im not an expert but i used the ui switcher app by xperiacle on my note 2 it might not work on note 3 but its worth a shot if you really want tablet ui it might require some dpi changing after you set it up though
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Thanks for mentioning. Doesn't seem to work with the Note 3 yet but I am subscribed!
gerg004 said:
If anyone gets this working successfully I'd also like to know. Personally, smaller dpi/tablet ui is the final peice of making the Note 3 perfect (outside of an unlocked BL + recovery).
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BotsOne said:
If you lower the ro.sf.lcd_density value in /system/build.prop it will go into tablet mode. I'm not sure what the threshold is, but you could just keep lowering it until it works. I'm not sure if there is a "switch" that you can flip to go into tablet mode without lowering it.
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Lowering the DPI alone doesn't do the trick unfortunately
sqjzb said:
even if u go tablet mode, it will be tooo small for note.
what u want is "Phablet" like what the paranoid custom rom do, but I doubt they support note 3 atm.
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Not true. Check out the Note 1 in tablet mode at 213 DPI rather than 160-177 DPI and it was amazing! I know that the difference in Android versions(we're now hoping for this on 4.3) probably makes a difference.

gerg004 said:
I can live with the status bar. My biggest thing is getting that dpi down. Everything is just way too big and bloated...I'm getting used to it now but there's nothing better than the crisp, compact look of 160 dpi on this magnificent screen.
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So just change the build.prop so you get 160 DPI. It will be very small I can assure you. The mathematical equivalent to 160 on the N2 is 240 on the N3

armus said:
So just change the build.prop so you get 160 DPI. It will be very small I can assure you. The mathematical equivalent to 160 on the N2 is 240 on the N3
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I did just that. Didn't realize it was that easy. Also didn't realize the dpi changed like that, so yes, 160 is waaaay too small.
@BotsOne learned me about the build.prop
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Yeah I wish the DPI was a little smaller for some apps. Maybe 10-15% smaller would be nice.

Gvaz said:
Yeah I wish the DPI was a little smaller for some apps. Maybe 10-15% smaller would be nice.
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gerg004 said:
I did just that. Didn't realize it was that easy. Also didn't realize the dpi changed like that, so yes, 160 is waaaay too small.
@BotsOne learned me about the build.prop
Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk
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FYI, if you don't already know, you can install Xposed Framework (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1574401), and there's a module in there called "App Settings" that lets you easily change DPI per-app. Obviously if you want everything shrunk down it's faster to do build.prop changes, but if you want certain apps overridden from that, App Settings lets you do that. I found it useful for browser, sms, system, and a few others.

mynameismolotov said:
FYI, if you don't already know, you can install Xposed Framework (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1574401), and there's a module in there called "App Settings" that lets you easily change DPI per-app. Obviously if you want everything shrunk down it's faster to do build.prop changes, but if you want certain apps overridden from that, App Settings lets you do that. I found it useful for browser, sms, system, and a few others.
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Actually I find it great to run the system (build.prop) at 320. This makes everything about 25% smaller. But not every app will run this way perfectly. Usually Samsung apps. So for that, yes install the Xposed mod and change the individual app DPI back to 480. I have had to do this on only about four apps so far.

armus said:
Actually I find it great to run the system (build.prop) at 320. This makes everything about 25% smaller. But not every app will run this way perfectly. Usually Samsung apps. So for that, yes install the Xposed mod and change the individual app DPI back to 480. I have had to do this on only about four apps so far.
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I got mine running at 380 but how do I get the home screen position indicators to move down they are about half way up the screen.

So i was thinking...if tablet mode is non existant in 4.3, is there some way to mash it up to be similar?
Soft keys can be enabled, but they just lack the static clock, notification icons, and a tappable zone to expand the notification drawer.
I sifted through apps on the Play Store and couldn't think of a way to put it together, any suggestions? Maybe combine some widgets with overlays app?

Was anyone able to get Phab7 working? It's an Xposed MOD to get TabletUI to kick in with scaling options but I can't get it to work, here's the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2545080
Definitely seems like it is possible

Hyperdrive's Navbar is awesome that it works...now trying to figure out how to combine the bars for Tablet UI or some kind of workaround since Phab7 is still causing SystemUI crashes...

mynameismolotov said:
FYI, if you don't already know, you can install Xposed Framework (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1574401), and there's a module in there called "App Settings" that lets you easily change DPI per-app. Obviously if you want everything shrunk down it's faster to do build.prop changes, but if you want certain apps overridden from that, App Settings lets you do that. I found it useful for browser, sms, system, and a few others.
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I second using App Settings for Xposed. It works awesome. Just make the DPI 320 or lower (or so).

mistertek said:
I second using App Settings for Xposed. It works awesome. Just make the DPI 320 or lower (or so).
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I tried setting DPI at different levels including 360, 320, 260, 240, 230, 200, 160, and 177 lol. I also tried with 800x1280 res and 1000x1600 screen(dp)
I also added qemu.hw.mainkeys=0 to my build.prop while testing and left it in there

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
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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

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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.

Navbar buttons offcenter after changing dpi

After changing lcd density to 240 my navbar buttons aren't centered anymore. I've attached a screenshot of the problem.
Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks in advance!

Octhellio said:
After changing lcd density to 240 my navbar buttons aren't centered anymore. I've attached a screenshot of the problem.
Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks in advance!
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Well go look in the systemfiles for the navbar settings file and change its alignment to centered or the width of it or reset the dpi. (Why would you even change it?)

PCSE said:
Well go look in the systemfiles for the navbar settings file and change its alignment to centered or the width of it or reset the dpi. (Why would you even change it?)
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Thanks for the fast reply. I changed the dpi because by default everything is much too large and too much of the screen size is being wasted imo.
Where exactly are the settings files for the navigation bar located? I've only edited build.prop before and I'm not familiar with the rest of the files.

Octhellio said:
Thanks for the fast reply. I changed the dpi because by default everything is much too large and too much of the screen size is being wasted imo.
Where exactly are the settings files for the navigation bar located? I've only edited build.prop before and I'm not familiar with the rest of the files.
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I'll be honest with you. If you are not familiar with it you should probably let it be. But if you still want it you might want to take a look at these and probably even flash it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/p8lite/themes-apps/mod-navbar-32x32-t3277318
http://forum.xda-developers.com/p8lite/themes-apps/mod-navbar-26x26-t3279120
I'm not quite sure but they should work on android 6 as well. Don't ask S3VEN for Support cause he is not here anymore.

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I'll be honest with you. If you are not familiar with it you should probably let it be. But if you still want it you might want to take a look at these and probably even flash it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/p8lite/themes-apps/mod-navbar-32x32-t3277318
http://forum.xda-developers.com/p8lite/themes-apps/mod-navbar-26x26-t3279120
I'm not quite sure but they should work on android 6 as well. Don't ask S3VEN for Support cause he is not here anymore.
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Links are dead and by the look of it all it does is change the size of the icons. Having an altered lcd density would probably still cause the icons to be off center.
Thanks anyway. I'll install xposed and give gravitybox or some other modules a try and report back in case anyone else is also having the same problem.

dpi

Is it possible to change the DPI of this phone without having root?

42o247 said:
Is it possible to change the DPI of this phone without having root?
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I really hope there's a way to do this.

TotallyNotJon said:
I really hope there's a way to do this.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/how-to/guide-how-to-change-dpi-root-t3335596
thats how i did it. changed mine to 320 with no significant issues yet, and the guide was fairly easy.

what is standard dpi of a zmax pro, and if known, any safe alternate value(s)?

They all work for me as long as I disable the lockscreen notifications. If not it gets stuck with the screen flashing. I have fingerprint lock no notifications at 400 dpi. Works great.