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Hi guys
changed the dpi on my n5100 to 160 by accident and got a whole new version of interface.
Is it remnants from another device?
I like it a lot but worried about compatibility with apps. Anyone tried it?

You've got Nova launcher or Apex on there haven't you?
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RavenY2K3 said:
You've got Nova launcher or Apex on there haven't you?
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yeah but look at the bottom bar. Very similar to stock android but Samsung modded. Also notifications screen has changed to the same as my Note2. most thingswork apart from the dialer.
Touchwiz will not load at 160dpi is the reasn i 'pushed' Apex from the Play store.

Nah, that's what's supposed to happen, it's gone "Full Tablet mode" lol.
If you clear the data on the launcher, it should sort itself out and display in a tablet form.
Like this... screenshot to follow...
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RavenY2K3 said:
Nah, that's what's supposed to happen, it's gone "Full Tablet mode" lol.
If you clear the data on the launcher, it should sort itself out and display in a tablet form.
Like this... screenshot to follow...
Update: screenshot added.
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Thanks for that.
anyway to force it on non rooted devices? .
I shall clear my caches and try again.
Thanks again

8rummie said:
Thanks for that.
anyway to force it on non rooted devices? .
I shall clear my caches and try again.
Thanks again
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You only need to do it on the app itself, if clearing doesn't work, install another launcher then, remove and install the one you originally installed. But make sure you have at least one other Launcher than the default TouchWiz one or you could find yourself in a whole world of headache.
And no, the file that gets edited to change the dpi can only be done once rooted.

Which android version you use? 4.1.2 or 4.2.2?
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Was that directed at me, or the thread starter?
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Stock launcher or another one?

Just curious, what launcher do you prefer? The stock one or another one?
This regarding speed and performance.
Thanks.
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To me the stock launcher with stock keyboard ran a little sluggish to me. I went and installed nova prime and stock keyboard slugishness went away.
I'm hoping LG would polish some of bugs on their launcher to improve some performance as I kind of liking stock launcher.
Meanwhile I'm sticking to nova launcher.
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Always nova prime for me.
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Lucid Launcher for me!

Nova Prime!

Compared to Nova, the stock launcher is terrible.
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NOVA Launcher on all of my phones

Nova Prime here. Wasn't happy with the default launcher.

I have been using Apex for a couple of years now (on mulitple devices, of course) and haven't had any issues. Seems to run smoothly enough with the VS986 variant.

I just tried using nova prime but when I go to use the stock messaging app it says it isn't installed. Any thoughts? VS986

I have a VS986 as well and apparently, when you agree to start using the message+ app, it ignores the stock one and pretends it isn't installed. I'm not 100% positive of that, but that seems to be the case with mine.

I use Nova prime for all of my devices as well as SwiftKey! They are super fast on the G4 and allow the amount of customising I need.

I found the stock one was OK, but Nova has much more configuration options, and is a little faster, so I'm using Nova Prime.

Today I'm using the stock launcher. It's OK for now, but I like Next Launcher. I see many here uses Nova, so I'm going to give it a try.

branj said:
I just tried using nova prime but when I go to use the stock messaging app it says it isn't installed. Any thoughts? VS986
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Go to the app settings and clear that particular app's cache. And also restore/import apps do crash on some apps. So might want to reset the nova launcher settings of everything else fails.
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branj said:
I just tried using nova prime but when I go to use the stock messaging app it says it isn't installed. Any thoughts? VS986
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I would try going into the app drawer and see if it works there... it could just be an icon on the desktop that doesn't know where or what the official name of the apk is. Then I would try the other suggestion that someone else posted before me.

Using apex
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mrcrusha829 said:
I would try going into the app drawer and see if it works there... it could just be an icon on the desktop that doesn't know where or what the official name of the apk is. Then I would try the other suggestion that someone else posted before me.
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Tried clearing cache, restarting nova, restarting phone, restarting messaging... No luck... I just downloaded textra and that works fine.

Nova Prime here too! Love it!

Nova!
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Icon Size on home screen

So I have the new phone and it's nice and fast but what I'd like is to have 5x5 icon size as opposed to 4x5. Other than using a launcher is there any other ways to do this?

I think you'll have to use another launcher to do that.
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you can unlock the bootloader and root the phone. Install xposed and use gravity box. that will change the icon to 4x5 without changing the launcher.

True, but for some reason I thought if you didn't want to change the launcher someone wouldn't be likely to root but if you like the Google launcher that makes sense.
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I want 5x6.

Samsung.Galaxy.S3 said:
I want 5x6.
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Gravity Box has the option, I'm not sure that it's currently working right now though.

Use nova or action launcher 3
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OP said "other than using another launcher".
Does changing the DPI change the Icon size?

jonathanbailie said:
OP said "other than using another launcher".
Does changing the DPI change the Icon size?
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then OP needs to realize google now launcher is crap

patt2k said:
then OP needs to realize google now launcher is crap
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Amen to that.
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I am using Nova since I paid for that in the past. So far so good. I didn't want to use another launcher but I'm actually liking it

Samsung Lab in Settings?

I have the T-Mobile variant and I do not see the Samsung Labs in settings. This is where we can turn off the app icon on the home screen. Anyone have any thoughts? Thanks

I got my s7 already and installed nova, but wouldn't that be a touchwiz setting?

Its probably disabled by t-mobile if your phone is a carrier version
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bigmase23 said:
I have the T-Mobile variant and I do not see the Samsung Labs in settings. This is where we can turn off the app icon on the home screen. Anyone have any thoughts? Thanks
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I was looking for it also I didn't see it

I am running Nova but I don't see it either way.

If Tmob removed SLabs and Whitepages I might have to return the phone and go international.

I won't be running the stock rom for long anyway.

True, but it should still be there!

bigmase23 said:
True, but it should still be there!
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Agreed. I wanted to try going without the app drawer (I'm aware of Nova Launcher). I don't know why T-Mobile would remove this from the phone.

Yea, surely it isn't a tmob thing.. maybe in the true release date they will have a software update

White pages is there just no labs
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what is this samsung labs for anyway??

It's like Samsung beta features which you could try out.
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Nova pull down notifications

Is anybody using the swipe down for notifications? My phone freezes when I try to use it and I had accepted it on the accessibility tab.
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kench33 said:
Is anybody using the swipe down for notifications? My phone freezes when I try to use it and I had accepted it on the accessibility tab.
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Shouldn't freeze, but it will be super slow to pull down. That is a marshmallow bug that Nova's developer had submitted to Google. If it's actually freezing that's different and might be anice issue with something specific to your setup.
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_Dennis_ said:
Shouldn't freeze, but it will be super slow to pull down. That is a marshmallow bug that Nova's developer had submitted to Google. If it's actually freezing that's different and might be anice issue with something specific to your setup.
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I'm not sure why it's happening either. Maybe I should just reset my nova launcher. The only times its worked is when I've been able to root my past phones with a similar setup on my Moto x pure, and nexus 6p.
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This happened to me but then I updated to Nova Launcher beta apk and it cleared that issue. I think I had to register on Nova Launcher Google plus page.
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Bxrider117 said:
This happened to me but then I updated to Nova Launcher beta apk and it cleared that issue. I think I had to register on Nova Launcher Google plus page.
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Yep, downloading the beta fixed it for me as well. Thanks!