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[Q] Is there any way to Change general system Font Size?

I dont like big fonts and with GS4 screen is much easier to see small font sizes.
I tried to change the general font size using "Big Font" and "Font Size Setter" from google play, but these apps don´t work on JB 4.2 or newer versions.
I also tried with "Room Toolbox" but it works to change the font type, it´s useless to change the font size.
Is there any other way to change the font size that I should try?
Thanks.

0ptimus82 said:
I dont like big fonts and with GS4 screen is much easier to see small font sizes.
I tried to change the general font size using "Big Font" and "Font Size Setter" from google play, but these apps don´t work on JB 4.2 or newer versions.
I also tried with "Room Toolbox" but it works to change the font type, it´s useless to change the font size.
Is there any other way to change the font size that I should try?
Thanks.
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Hi,
Have you looked in settings/my device/display/font size?

malybru said:
Hi,
Have you looked in settings/my device/display/font size?
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"Tiny" option is what i´ve been using so far but It is not small enough, with the apps I mentioned before it´s possible to make the font even smaller, that´s what i´m looking for.

0ptimus82 said:
"Tiny" option is what i´ve been using so far but It is not small enough, with the apps I mentioned before it´s possible to make the font even smaller, that´s what i´m looking for.
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Hi,
WOW!
You are lucky to have such good eyes.

malybru said:
Hi,
WOW!
You are lucky to have such good eyes.
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No man, the screen makes them look bigger, using Font Size Setter app I always had configured 75% font size on my Galaxy S2. Shame that it´s not working on JB 4.2.

0ptimus82 said:
No man, the screen makes them look bigger, using Font Size Setter app I always had configured 75% font size on my Galaxy S2. Shame that it´s not working on JB 4.2.
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Hi,
Give it time.
The devs are playing catch-up with the advancing OS 's

malybru said:
Hi,
Give it time.
The devs are playing catch-up with the advancing OS 's
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I´ll be patient but i need it as soon as possible

DPI question

I had the nexus s for a while set to 182 dpi, everything was smaller and more things fit into the screen (you know, the slimbean rom)
But with the oppo i don't know which DPI to set so to have more stuff, suggestion? Everything is way too big I am not blind lol

Jerry69 said:
I had the nexus s for a while set to 182 dpi, everything was smaller and more things fit into the screen (you know, the slimbean rom)
But with the oppo i don't know which DPI to set so to have more stuff, suggestion? Everything is way too big I am not blind lol
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This depends on your preference. I find about 400 - 420 to be the sweet spot for me. More real estate without making things painfully small. Depending on the launcher you use, you can still resize icons larger if needed, while having text smaller in apps etc...
I also think ~ 420 is good if you do anything with the handset in a doc / away from your hands. I can read an email at a stop light (RED ONLY!) while it sits in the car dock.

384 seems perfect for me, screen looks waaaay bigger

Screen Density (DPI) inquiry

Setting the DPI on the device to 480 doesn't seem to have any harmful affect to stock Motorola Apps (Active Display was the culprit before)..
Anyone else see anything at alternate DPI's?

How are you changing the DPI?

Wait... you have root? How are you changing it?

No root... Just Developers Mode turned on and USB Debugging available...
Then you can do:
Code:
adb shell wm density 480
from a computer ....

jeffreycentex said:
No root... Just Developers Mode turned on and USB Debugging available...
Then you can do:
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adb shell wm density 480
from a computer ....
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Does 480 get you 5 icons side by side on a screen? Also what is the native DPI for the x?
Sent from my A0001

I put Nova back on just to get the home screen reorganized. The stock icons are grandma like sized...waaaaaay too big. I may play with DPI later if I still want to change more.

Stock DPI is probably 640 like other qhd phones (G3 etc).

PiousInquisitor said:
Stock DPI is probably 640 like other qhd phones (N6, G3 etc).
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Stock DPI is 560.

teewhiskey said:
Stock DPI is 560.
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Everything must be really small.

PiousInquisitor said:
Everything must be really small.
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Larger or smaller DPI alone does not determine how small or large everything is on the display. In fact, an accurate DPI setting is what allows Android to draw things the right size, regardless of the screen size and resolution.

jswclw said:
Larger or smaller DPI alone does not determine how small or large everything is on the display. In fact, an accurate DPI setting is what allows Android to draw things the right size, regardless of the screen size and resolution.
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You should read this: http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html
BTW, what is the right size?
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Edit N6 is also 560. The G3 really is an oddball.

480 is, in my opinion, a decent size. But it doesn't play nicely with SwiftKey. (if you're a SwiftKey user)

PiousInquisitor said:
You should read this: http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html
BTW, what is the right size?
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Edit N6 is also 560. The G3 really is an oddball.
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See figures 2 and 3 on the page you referenced. They demonstrate exactly how DPI allows Android to paint display elements the right size, or as they say "appropriate size". BTW...read it long ago.
FWIW actual pixels per inch for the Moto X Style is reported to be ~520 by GSMArena. Actual on the Nexus 6 is ~493, same QHD pixels over a larger area. In all cases, declared DPI should be something close to reality.

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See figures 2 and 3 on the page you referenced. They demonstrate exactly how DPI allows Android to paint display elements the right size, or as they say "appropriate size". BTW...read it long ago.
FWIW actual pixels per inch for the Moto X Style is reported to be ~520 by GSMArena. Actual on the Nexus 6 is ~493, same QHD pixels over a larger area. In all cases, declared DPI should be something close to reality.
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You are correct. The observed size is a function of PPI and DPI. Hold the PPI constant and reduce the DPI and the observed images are smaller, hold the DPI constant and reduce the PPI and the observed images increase in size? RIght, or do i have that backwards? I cant wrap my head around what is the "right size" or "appropriate size" or "close to reality". Whats the reference? For example is the home button on the X the "right size" or is the one on the N6 or G3?

I set my dpi to 420, but the icons on the camera app got messed up.
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Jaivan said:
I set my dpi to 420, but the icons on the camera app got messed up.
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Due to some of Android's inner workings, the DPI setting should ideally be a multiple of 160. That's not always realistic since it should also be close to the actual screen pixel density. As a compromise, a multiple of 40 is often used. The Moto X stock setting of 560 is at 3.5 * 160, so results in fairly clean scaling when necessary.
If you are using the smaller DPI to squeeze more onto the screen, 480 should be pretty good, with the next 2 stops being 440 and 400.

I tried 440 and updated the camera app the icons work properly now.
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can yall post pictures of before and after please

Big bump here, sorry for that. I keep changing my DPI and even when I set it back to the default (560) Swiftkey and the dialer app look awful. My pictures in the dialer app looked warped and awful, and SwiftKey is unusable. Any ideas how to fix this? I really want a DPI of 500 but I don't want those two apps looking funky. And even set to default they look funky now.

Another bump.
Has anyone got the pictures for contacts showing ok on any DPI other than stock?

Post your Nexus 5x DPI setting

For those not in the know, DPI setting can be changed on Android devices so that you can basically fit more on the screen. I must warn you that sometimes some apps might not show up in play store as your device is treated like a tablet (for example) - although I personally never had a problem resulting from this.
To change it you need to edit ro.sf.lcd_density=420 line in the build.prop file that is located in the system folder. As long as you can get to that file you can use any text editor to change the line
The default is 420, I changed it to 320 and you can see the results in the attached screes shot. Don't forget to restart the phone for changes to take effect.

Oh you live dangerously.
Mine is at 360 and it's the best for me .
For other people; you can also change it without having to root by using adb.

Holy crap do you guys have Superman vision? I'm in my 20's and I almost had to squint for the 420 density lol.
Mine is currently set to 480, the default for the G2 which has the same physical dimensions for the LCD.

badenglishihave said:
Holy crap do you guys have Superman vision? I'm in my 20's and I almost had to squint for the 420 density lol.
Mine is currently set to 480, the default for the G2 which has the same physical dimensions for the LCD.
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You made yours BIGGER? Oh man that's crazy. Making the don't bigger wasn't working out for you?

I get "could not save file" tried with ES and build Prop editor, the file has r/w enabled to.

dannydogg said:
I get "could not save file" tried with ES and build Prop editor, the file has r/w enabled to.
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Try using Root Explorer. I've run into issues using anything other than that for things like this.

I'm just glad Google added official support for 420. Looks great with all apps.

480
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I use 320 on my N5x as well. I accidentally set it to 220 since that was what I used on my N4 and I didn't realize the resolution was different. I would say 220 is at the bottom end of what I would consider to be usable. It basically fits what would normally be on a 8" tablet on a 5" phone.

bblzd said:
I'm just glad Google added official support for 420. Looks great with all apps.
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Agreed. At 420dpi I have no desire to make it smaller.

I settled on 440 and changed font size to large. 480 made the status bar too big imo. Some of my older apps have too tiny text for my aging 40+ year old eyes :sly:

420pi seems to be pretty solid for me, I truly wouldn't want it any smaller or larger than what it is at.

I use Nova Launcher to set icon size to 145% and system settings to set font size to large. Looks just right to me. Out of the box both icons and font sizer were too small and uncomfortable. Years ago I was an iPhone user and I'm sure I still have some of the DNA, lol. I fill my homescreens with icons - hate wasted space.

jbdan said:
I settled on 440 and changed font size to large. 480 made the status bar too big imo. Some of my older apps have too tiny text for my aging 40+ year old eyes :sly:
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I also think 440 is the best size. I'll probably need to resize all of my ROMs I flash. But it's not too much or too little.

I don't want to root my phone, but I definitely want to change my DPI a little

Rado_vr6 said:
I don't want to root my phone, but I definitely want to change my DPI a little
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You don't have to root to change dpi. I used adb. There are a lot of guides out there. It's very simple imo. Google "how to change dpi without root" good luck!

jbdan said:
You don't have to root to change dpi. I used adb. There are a lot of guides out there. It's very simple imo. Google "how to change dpi without root" good luck!
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Forgot all about that method. Using it now good sir

Does the build.prop method make all apps behave properly? I tried using the adb method, but I had a few apps which didn't handle it properly (not the least of which was the Play store).

440. That matches roughly to the same estate as Galaxy S4 - just a tad bigger (as I expected when upgraded 5.0" to 5.2")

I was psyched when my Nexus 5X arrived and I saw that the stock DPI was 420. For the past two years, I've been changing the DPI on my Nexus 5 from 480 to 420...

Samsung Experience customization

Hey Guys! i love my note but i'm not really into samsung experience, but im refusing to use nova because i suck at customization lol
is there a way to shrink icons on samsung experience? i think they're HUGE and it would look way better if they could be a little smaller

Gerstark said:
Hey Guys! i love my note but i'm not really into samsung experience, but im refusing to use nova because i suck at customization lol
is there a way to shrink icons on samsung experience? i think they're HUGE and it would look way better if they could be a little smaller
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you could change your DPI in dev options
but then your clock is gonna mess up
i used to be a nova fan too but now i've given SEx a chance and i kinda like it.
i've uninstalled nova completely and just use stock.

leongzxc said:
but then your clock is gonna mess up
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gonna try changing to a different dpi but what do you mean that the clock is gonna mess up?

Gerstark said:
gonna try changing to a different dpi but what do you mean that the clock is gonna mess up?
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it'll appear much bigger and off its place
you'll see it on both your lockscreen clock and AOD lol

Change the grid size to use more icons. That should shrink all of them.

some themes also have a smaller icon footprint.

bober10113 said:
some themes also have a smaller icon footprint.
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Yep , like the ones named "minu" in the Galaxy theme store.
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Use Lawnchair launcher. Its customizations are easy to use. It's really easy to use all around.

Gerstark said:
Hey Guys! i love my note but i'm not really into samsung experience, but im refusing to use nova because i suck at customization lol
is there a way to shrink icons on samsung experience? i think they're HUGE and it would look way better if they could be a little smaller
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This is my screen witb samsung experience at 450 dpi. Icons looks great

eduardmc said:
This is my screen witb samsung experience at 450 dpi. Icons looks great
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That's wonderful, can you upload a screenshot for The setting because I can't find it?

bill_viper said:
That's wonderful, can you upload a screenshot for The setting because I can't find it?
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U have to enable developer mode. If u dont know how. Is setting-about phone - software information -
Build number. Now click build number 7 or 8 times and a new setting will enable in setting call "developer mode" will be the last one afte about phone.
Now in Deleloper mode. Scroll down to -minimum width- if u are in qhd+ resolution. U will probably be in 410 dpi. From there u can change dpi. Now the higher u set it the smaller everything will get. If u go up to 450. Font will be small. Just go to font and increase font size while everything stay small. Dont set it more than 452 dpi cause it will break samsung keyboard and touchwiz icon will look like ant. Just 450 or below. If u are using other launchers and keyboard then any dpi will be good

Thanks my friend, everything works great.
I'm on QHD resolution and I don't even have to make the font bigger. It's very good in 450dpi.
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eduardmc said:
U have to enable developer mode. If u dont know how. Is setting-about phone - software information -
Build number. Now click build number 7 or 8 times and a new setting will enable in setting call "developer mode" will be the last one afte about phone.
Now in Deleloper mode. Scroll down to -minimum width- if u are in qhd+ resolution. U will probably be in 410 dpi. From there u can change dpi. Now the higher u set it the smaller everything will get. If u go up to 450. Font will be small. Just go to font and increase font size while everything stay small. Dont set it more than 452 dpi cause it will break samsung keyboard and touchwiz icon will look like ant. Just 450 or below. If u are using other launchers and keyboard then any dpi will be good
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Can you share the wallpaper please?

bill_viper said:
Thanks my friend, everything works great.
I'm on QHD resolution and I don't even have to make the font bigger. It's very good in 450dpi.
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Np bro thats why we are here. To help each other

Any way to get rid of the blank spaces? I feel there's so much wasted space otherwise

Nice share!
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600 dpi max after that i have had too many issues, you may need to restart to let phone configure to change but thats what i run at
Gerstark said:
Hey Guys! i love my note but i'm not really into samsung experience, but im refusing to use nova because i suck at customization lol
is there a way to shrink icons on samsung experience? i think they're HUGE and it would look way better if they could be a little smaller
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Here is a screenshot in 600 dpi and nova launcher to the max minimized!

HuStLaZ said:
Any way to get rid of the blank spaces? I feel there's so much wasted space otherwise
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If u havent. Try changing the grid from the default 5x5 to 5x6 in samsung experience launchwr setting

eduardmc said:
If u havent. Try changing the grid from the default 5x5 to 5x6 in samsung experience launchwr setting
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Ended up using Nova launcher and it lets me use up all the space

HuStLaZ said:
Ended up using Nova launcher and it lets me use up all the space
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Great home!
what calendar widget is it?