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[Q] Run N4 as if it's screen was bigger?

My N7 has the same screen resolution as my N4 (almost), but because of the physical size of the N4 screen it's set up as a small screen/phone. This also means I can't get so many icons & widgets on a home screen etc.
1. Is there an easy way to use the standard ROM and launcher in what I guess would be 'bigger screen' (tablet?) mode? I presume as this is done on the N7, everything will scale properly and, of course icons, fonts etc will all look smaller on the screen... I'm not necessarily wanting tablet mode - I really just want to squeeze more on each home screen and the pixels available should make it as sharp as the screen on my N7....
2. Will making this tweak stop automatic OTA OS updates from Google?
3. Any gotchas to doing this (other than maybe using my glasses more often)?

1 : Use a lower DPI change?
2 : Yes.
3 : Yeah why not just use glasses.

exb0 said:
1 : Use a lower DPI change?
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Thanks, will now go search how I do that

WibblyW said:
Thanks, will now go search how I do that
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Try Paranoid Android. It does that with ease

WibblyW said:
Thanks, will now go search how I do that
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Or try CyanogenMod 10.1 RC3
Works fine

Whats your screen density / dpi setting?

Hi all,
I'd like to know whether you changed your screen density / dpi, and if so, which value you are using.
Got mine (stock rom) at 360 at the moment, but this also means that the lock screen is shifted left, not center aligned any more.

stock setting is 480 btw. I am running stock setting.

Hellscythe said:
stock setting is 480 btw.
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Thanks, Don't know how I came to 420.

Change DPI prop in yotaphone 2

Hello everyone,
considering the phone has two screen I was wondering if it was possible to change the DPI on the main screen (AMOLED) without affecting the eInk screen ?
Thank you
Regards

nounous said:
Hello everyone,
considering the phone has two screen I was wondering if it was possible to change the DPI on the main screen (AMOLED) without affecting the eInk screen ?
Thank you
Regards
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Yes. I am using Yotaphone 2 (YD201) with 440 dpi and it's really OK.
I think it doesn't change the eink display.
You can do changes using build.prop file in LCD_DENSITY parametr.
Regards!

zencooler said:
Yes. I am using Yotaphone 2 (YD201) with 440 dpi and it's really OK.
I think it doesn't change the eink display.
You can do changes using build.prop file in LCD_DENSITY parametr.
Regards!
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Thank you! I'm running 420 dpi and it's looking great!

zencooler said:
Yes. I am using Yotaphone 2 (YD201) with 440 dpi and it's really OK.
I think it doesn't change the eink display.
You can do changes using build.prop file in LCD_DENSITY parametr.
Regards!
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Have you experienced any problems with vibration as after changing to 440 it was replaced with a strange sound (in some applications). Changing to 420 reverted the vibration back.
Also, hopefully someone will find it useful, changing the DPI (checked at 420) makes screen tapping incredibly sensitive which makes tapping a headache. Fortunately, it's reproducible only when the device is connected via USB (I used the same cable as when changing the DPI via adb)..
Another issue is that all avatars and received through viber images now look as the attached picture.. I've already sent an email to viber asking for help. So, fingers crossed.

Making navbar buttons smaller

Is it possible with or without root to make the navbar buttons smaller? If yes please say how.

Lower the DPI via the screen settings. Move the slider all the way to the left, and everything, including the navbar, becomes smaller.

MrDeacon said:
Lower the DPI via the screen settings. Move the slider all the way to the left, and everything, including the navbar, becomes smaller.
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Thanks but doesn't that deteriorate the screen quality?

backslashV said:
Thanks but doesn't that deteriorate the screen quality?
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No it just makes everything smaller and fit our size screen better.
I pair it with small fonts but not everyones eyes can handle it so test what you're comfortable with. All options are found in settings > display.

christopherrrg said:
No it just makes everything smaller and fit our size screen better.
I pair it with small fonts but not everyones eyes can handle it so test what you're comfortable with. All options are found in settings > display.
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Is there a root method that achieves just that without changing the dpi?

Change DPI (no root)

In addition to changing the text size, here is how to change the overall DPI on a non rooted Mi 9:
Settings - Additional Settings - Developer Options - Smallest Width
The default value is 392. Change it higher to make things smaller, change it lower to make things bigger.
I've got it set to 449 which is a nice change.
Note if you don't have Developer Options, you need to do this:
Settings - About Phone - MIUI Version (tap this 7 times)

Im using right now 449! Thanks i love it like that

Looks good, thanks!

Yashny said:
Im using right now 449! Thanks i love it like that
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janvandusschoten said:
Looks good, thanks!
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I've gone as far as 500 now, liking it!

Since I can't find a setting to change my display size, this information help me a lot, thanks!

Rversse said:
Since I can't find a setting to change my display size, this information help me a lot, thanks!
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You can change the display size by opening Settings - Additional settings - Accessibility - Display size

540 for me = 320dpi

Theos_ said:
540 for me = 320dpi
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540? It's really too small!

denzel09 said:
540? It's really too small!
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Perfect for me. I use all my Phone in 320dpi since my lg2

Thank you sir!

cd993 said:
In addition to changing the text size, here is how to change the overall DPI on a non rooted Mi 9:
Settings -[...] MIUI Version (tap this 7 times)
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Thanks, I'm rooted, but was just lately looking for a simple way to do that.
That's super simple, thanks for the tip ^^

There is something weird when i open and close theme app there is a glitch

It works but width between icons become too big if you set a lower value

411 is the stock value for pixel phones.

HTCDevil said:
It works but width between icons become too big if you set a lower value
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I use poco launcher and it handles that pretty well (well at 440). Also, you can try to add more icons on a row to counter-balance

kipue said:
I use poco launcher and it handles that pretty well (well at 440). Also, you can try to add more icons on a row to counter-balance
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Maybe with another launcher it works better, you are right. With original launcher 5x6, if i set value under 392 icons become larger

I you change this, the charging animation will be bugged...

thanks so much my friend

I accidentally set 806... now smartphone turned black in the system. and doesn't pass android boot animation at start.. any idea how to revert it without reflash rom?

4r44444 said:
I accidentally set 806... now smartphone turned black in the system. and doesn't pass android boot animation at start.. any idea how to revert it without reflash rom?
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Have you tried if you can boot into fastboot?? Then you could edit/change the DPI Settings in build.prop (/system/build.prop). There you need adding/modifying lower Value to the following line
"ro.sf.lcd_density= "