So I wanted to increase the resolution, no easy option. However after enabling Developee Options, I found the option under "Smallest Width". I set it to 380, and its a better balance now.
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Hi all,
So I've been playing around with dpi and I saw it was set to 279 or 320 as default (I forgot). I changed it to 400 or 411 and wow what a difference, now I can make more use of the screen when browsing etc. Try it out for yourself and let me know your sweet spot for dpi.
Settings > build number (click several times) >go back > developer option > scroll down to display width and change the dpi from 279 as default to 400 or 411 or you can go higher or lower depending on your preference.
Hope I've made some sense!
Here is the difference if you wanted to compare me loading up gsmarena.com
Never knew about this option. Thank you
And for the ones who can't find it, it's under "Drawing" category, and it's named "Smallest width".
Mine was at 423 already... I put the dpi slider to the left when I first got the phone
phazed said:
Mine was at 423 already... I put the dpi slider to the left when I first got the phone
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Just got mines this morning.
I have the dpi set to 410 for the time being and will try 423 later.
Thanks for the recommendations, the stock setting was ridiculous.
Strange how everyone is getting different settings! Glad I could help the few anyways
figo_rulz11 said:
Strange how everyone is getting different settings! Glad I could help the few anyways
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Their getting different settings because they've changed the scree text size.
Settings > display > font size
300 dpi here... never been happier.
No need to go to developers option
It's easy to change it
Setting > Display > Display Size
( there are 3 options )
Does anyone have an issue where the navigation buttons mess up in landscape mode? I'm at 540 (actually set DPI through ADB but this is similar).
If you set the DPI to 480 or higher then it switches to small tablet mode, this causes the nav buttons to go a bit messed up in landscape
RaiderX303 said:
If you set the DPI to 480 or higher then it switches to small tablet mode, this causes the nav buttons to go a bit messed up in landscape
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and SONY still hasn't fixed it in the lastest 137
411 perfect for me
In Developers Mode i put 523dpi for the small larger and its fine for me...
https://photos.app.goo.gl/DzhSyEDx4eC3Fzyh2
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You can also change the display size from setting > Display > display size
Hi everyone!
I was planning on getting the Note 8, and wanted to see how the UI / stock apps handle a custom LCD density using ADB. So because the S+ is so close to the Note 8 in size, I thought this would be my best indication on how TW / SE handles a custom LCD density.
I find that the "Display Size" settings in Display dont shrink things down quite enough for me. To give you an idea, I set my OnePlus 3T's density to 289, from stock 480.
I wanted to know what the lowest number you could set the LCD density using the "adb shell wm density xxx" before the keyboard / chrome kick into "tablet mode" where it shows tabs and the keyboard changes to the strange tablet mode.
Could someone please change their LCD density real quick and show me a few screens of the dialer, settings, and random screens? I would greatly appreciate it!!!
You can just change the density at a granular level in the OS on the fly by enabling Developer Options and changing the Minimum Width value under the Drawing section. The higher the value, the smaller the the content on your display will be. I have mine set at 490 dp.
There is a display setting for "Display Size" with a slider. It's not labeled, but there are 3 settings, small, medium, and large. It changes the size of the icons and icon text. I've had it set at large for a long time, but a few days ago the icons and icon text got smaller. The slider is still all the way to the right, but the size displayed is "medium". I've moved the slider back and forth, and reset the phone, but I still can't get the larger size to display now. The "large" setting shows the same size as "medium". "Small" does make them smaller, though.
Any ideas?
Are you rooted? If so you may have installed something that set the DPI in default.prop. If the DPI is anything other than the default value, the slider doesn't work.
No, not rooted. I did enable developer mode recently, but I'm not sure if that was before or after the problem started. Turning off developer mode didn't help.
What model V20 do you have? Some models have the ability to do finer DPI adjustments in developer mode, so just enabling it may have done it. You need to re-enable it, and scroll through to look for something about scaling.
-- Brian
It's LG-H910. AT&T. I looked through the Developer settings and didn't see anything related to dpi, but thanks for the suggestion.
I want to change from a 1080x1920 resolution to a 540x960 resolution for the purpose of making games run better by not having to render as much detail.
On a PC, this is SUPER EASY. On Android, it's a headache, notably on Moto G4 where all the "DPI Changing Apps" don't do anything. So don't suggest those, please. I've tried a handful.
I've even tried to edit the build.prop file, but there is nothing in there related to DPI or Resolution.
The best I have gotten is going into Developer Options and changing "Smallest Width" from 400 dp to as low as 360 dp (setting any lower, and it reverts to 360). I have tried as high as 1080 dp, but at that point the UI elements are getting too small to interact with reliably, so I didn't try to find what the highest possible value is.
Even at 360 dp, screenshots on my phone are saved at 1080 x 1920 which is not what I'm looking for.
Even more confusing, doing "Simulate secondary displays" and simulating a 1080p resolution results in only the top left quarter of my screen being filled, as opposed to 4K filling my entire screen. So it seems the resolution of the screen is 4K??
Ultimately, my goal is to reduce my resolution to make games take less resources and ultimately conserve on battery. If you have an actual answer that you have personally tried with success, that would be great.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...nger&hl=en&rdid=com.chornerman.easydpichanger
This solved it! This actually includes a resolution option, which is what I'm looking for. Thank you to reddit user /u/finewhitelady.
Edit: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sagar.screenshift2 I like this app better because it comes with profiles, a persistent notification for toggling between custom and default resolutions, and even setting on a per-app basis which is great for my intended purposes of reducing resolutions in games to preserve battery life. While I'm not a fan of persistent notifications, I could easily construct an Automate widget to toggle between the two settings which is wonderful for the times I do need full resolution in my games.
Did it work to save battery, and make games run smoother?
The default setting on stock ROM is 360, which is so big to me. What is the optimal setting for this 1080p phone?