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Screen resolution issue

Hi all,
My screen resolution become small out of sudden when I restart my note. Please see pic attached.
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Resolved, with these 2 app from market.
https://market.android.com/details?...wxLDEwNCwiY29tLmlubm9kcm9pZC5kcGljaGFuZ2VyIl0.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.wemobs.android.lcdresolution

It can easily be remedied by using a custom lockscreen.

samgcw said:
Hi all,
My screen resolution become small out of sudden when I restart my note. Please see pic attached.
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Screen resolution issue??? WTF. The screen resolution on the Note is one of the main reasons people buy it because it is the best available.

I have the EXACT same problem, only the opposite. Not long ago I made a forum with regards to this problem but unfortunately there was no reply...
I have this strange issue that when closing a game or video for example or simply by turning off and on again the screen wallpaper seems to have zoomed in like crazy (200%) and it appears smeary/blocky...
It's really pissing me off I've still not been able to solve this problem.

kanej2006 said:
I have the EXACT same problem, only the opposite. Not long ago I made a forum with regards to this problem but unfortunately there was no reply...
I have this strange issue that when closing a game or video for example or simply by turning off and on again the screen wallpaper seems to have zoomed in like crazy (200%) and it appears smeary/blocky...
It's really pissing me off I've still not been able to solve this problem.
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This must be an individual problem. For if the Note was faulty as described then why isn't it a problem for every Note user?

Gaugerer said:
Screen resolution issue??? WTF. The screen resolution on the Note is one of the main reasons people buy it because it is the best available.
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did you actually read his post and look at the pic?
his note bugged out and cranked up the resolution, end result being that his icons look smaller and the grid is messed up.

Gaugerer said:
This must be an individual problem. For if the Note was faulty as described then why isn't it a problem for every Note user?
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Dude is this the line you have all time on your clip borad?
This is third post m seeing the same line you have put wrt every issue user is talking about.
Dont just try to increase your post count anyhow

Sorry to flooding post, as 1st time using XDA APP do posting. Anyway, as 3rd post mention,issue resolve with the 2 app from market.
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Here is my wallpaper issue, kinda like the opposite to the ops...
The first picture is how it looks normally and the other 2 is after, one is in landscape and one is in portrait view.
When I tilt my screen from portrait to landscape that's when it screws up my wallpaper.
Otherwise if I turn my phone off then on it will start up just like you will see in pictures 2 & 3.
The ONLY way to correct it is to switch launcher to the default touchwiz and then back to the launcher that had the stretched/zoomed in wallpaper.
This problem does NOT occur in touchwiz but pretty much EVERY other launcher has the same problem, 3 launchers including ADW, Go Launcher & even Launcher Pro all give me the same issue.
Enough talking from me. Here are some screens of my strange issue. Look carefully at screens 2 & 3 as they are zoomed in and quality is bad.
Screen 1 is how it should look!
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@kanej2006, hmm, not too sure, havent had that issue before, been using SPB launcher 3d for a while now as well.
just tried swapping SPB to landscape mode. it screws up the background whilst its in landscape mode (stretches/zooms image), but the lockscreen image is fine in portrait mode (ie. the way the picture is meant to look).
i normally just use my phone in portrait mode anyway, but have you tried seeing if theres an app or mod that would make the lockscreen appear in landscape mode instead? that way it will minimise bg image distortion? (im a nubb with modding)

This is interesting. Wonder if we abuse this "bug" and can change DPI dynamically depending on the app.

Souai said:
@kanej2006, hmm, not too sure, havent had that issue before, been using SPB launcher 3d for a while now as well.
just tried swapping SPB to landscape mode. it screws up the background whilst its in landscape mode (stretches/zooms image), but the lockscreen image is fine in portrait mode (ie. the way the picture is meant to look).
i normally just use my phone in portrait mode anyway, but have you tried seeing if theres an app or mod that would make the lockscreen appear in landscape mode instead? that way it will minimise bg image distortion? (im a nubb with modding)
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Hmm, no I have not tried an app that keeps the homescreen in landscape mode.
I was actually thinking of trying an app that LOCKS the homescreen, to keep it in portrait mode. This way it might not stretch/zoom.
This problem happened with most launchers, with touchwiz it never happened.
Any good apps to lock the homescreen? Thanks.

katyarevishal said:
Dude is this the line you have all time on your clip borad?
This is third post m seeing the same line you have put wrt every issue user is talking about.
Dont just try to increase your post count anyhow
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+ 1 too true
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kanej2006 said:
Hmm, no I have not tried an app that keeps the homescreen in landscape mode.
I was actually thinking of trying an app that LOCKS the homescreen, to keep it in portrait mode. This way it might not stretch/zoom.
This problem happened with most launchers, with touchwiz it never happened.
Any good apps to lock the homescreen? Thanks.
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have you tried pulling down the notification bar and disabling 'auto-rotate' and seeing if that fixes your dilemma?

Souai said:
have you tried pulling down the notification bar and disabling 'auto-rotate' and seeing if that fixes your dilemma?
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I've tried this but the problem when disabling 'auto-rotate' in the pull down notification bar is that when going through photos or browsing the internet the screen is stuck on portrait mode. There are times when I need to switch to landscape mode.
What would be useful to try would be to somehow lock ONLY the homescreen to portrait but not the rest of the menu. This may work but I'm unsure how to lock the homescreen only.

Guys I'd just like to say I've finally fixed my strange problem with the wallpaper stretching by iteself or when rotating the screen it would change and zoom in resulting in a bad quality image.
The one and only magical app called Wizardrii, wicked app & a life saver.
I simply downloaded & installed the app, ran it and when selecting my wallpaper I select 'scale image' which will then set your desired wallpaper in fullscreen mode and even when switching from portrait to landcape the wallpaper would remain unchanged, just what I wanted!

[HowTo][7"] Tablet UI (and MORE!) on Stock JB Based (up to 4.1.2 only)

I must say that the new official JB from Samsung is a great rom, really snappy and beautiful, but my enjoyment of it has been hampered (until now!) with the silly "phablet" interface and its ridiculous placement of buttons, etc. The flashable mods kicking around on the forum do not work for me on this build, and have their own caveats anyway...
So... A new way:
First let me say that this method is a little tedious but the final results are well worth it IMO.
*If you want the quickest, easiest TabletUI on rooted stock then see this post*
Secondly, I will not be responsible for any damage to your device. The modifications work for me. You use them at your own risk.
Ok. Now what you'll all want to see! Here are several thousand words worth of pictures:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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So how did I do this you ask? Well my friends come along and I'll explain.
First my device info: P3113 running stock 4.1.1 from here, rooted with CF-Auto-root and running official CWM 6.0.2.3.
**This should work for anyone with a P31XX tablet running a rom with a stock samsung JB kernel. (Probably won't have good results with a rom that has been heavily graphically modified already.)See confirmations below.**
Prerequisites:
Your device Must be rooted and have busybox. (Edit: Having a backup launcher installed before you start is a good idea in case TouchWiz craps out temporarily)
1> We are going to install the Xposed Framework. Follow these instructions completely(steps 1-6) and if you want check out the original thread here and don't forget to thank these guys as all the credit goes to them!
Don't be afraid that this was originally for the GSII it works perfectly on my Tab 2.
2> Now that you have the Xposed framework all set up run Xposed App Settings and navigate to Touchwiz Home, select it and in the next window enable the toggle in the top right to allow modification of its properties. Now set the DPI to 160, leave the other options, click save, then yes.
3> Follow the process in 2> to set Google Play Store to 160 DPI. (This is important. We are going to change the system DPI and this will kinda break Play Store otherwise!)
4> Using your method of choice edit your build.prop. Modify this entry and only this entry:
Code:
ro.sf.lcd_density=160
to read:
Code:
ro.sf.lcd_density=133
5> Now reboot your device (I also wiped cache/dalvik but I don't think its necessary).
I don't think you should have any of the issues i did with Touchwiz. But if you do have it FC repeatedly you can do like I did: used Search gesture from home screen (swipe up from buttons back/home/etc) searched for Nova Launcher and installed via Play Store, opened, tapped "Just Once" when asked about default launcher. Then killed Touchwiz App, wiped its cache/data and rebooted then set Touchwiz as default again.​6> Disable the Quick launch softkey by Settings/Display/Quick launch. This is to avoid graphical overlap in portrait mode, but it is purely cosmetic and you can keep quick launch active if you prefer. (If you want to instead remove the mini app launcher arrow check out this post. Thanks ketut.kumajaya!) Also you may want to set large font by Settings/Display/Font Size.
7> Go through your apps 1 by 1 to see if they look alright with the 133 DPI or if you need to revert to the default 160. Follow the procedure in step 2> for each app you wish to change. For some system apps (Settings for example) you will need to reboot for the changes to take effect.
8> Enjoy your tablet again! And you can even have some fun playing around with app-specific DPI settings. You may find, like I did, that you prefer almost all of your apps in the 133 DPI mode, ie Gmail, Youtube, Contacts, Calendar, Maps, Browser, Settings.
Some additional info:
As an added bonus with Xposed App Settings you can now control the screen DPI and size for almost any application independently of the system/OS. This means that in some cases you can use an app in either tablet or phone mode and use the different resources for each! Have fun playing around with applications and get them tweaked to your preference!
If you want to you can adjust the DPI for System UI. This can get you larger system buttons and notifications/shade. However the width of the nav bar does not scale with the buttons so there are graphical inconsistencies.
Don't adjust any settings for Android System with Xposed as this will lead to System UI FC's (which are a pain in the ass!)
I have only tested this on Stock P3113UECLK7 but my gut tells me that this procedure should work on all 7" Tab 2's running stock. You will just have to be brave like I was and try it out for yourself!
Update: working on P3100 as well(thanks sozofriend1234!)
Update: working on P3110! Thanks haller!
Update: working (and looking sweet!) on kwbr espresso 3110! Thanks artoner974!
Update: Working with KK-Boot Custom Boot Image! Big thanks to karaern for being brave and trying this! (I was too chicken myself, but I am running it now and it is Awesome! Thanks ketut.kumajaya for KK!)
FYI, I set the following additional apps to 160 DPI:
Camera (necessary, I think)
Polaris Office (highly recommended)
Peel Smart Remote (highly recommended)
Internet (put it back because quick control was just too small)
MiniTaskcloserService (fixes transparent line through popup task closer!)
Photo Editor (Had an FC while editing that went away after I set it bak to 160)
Probably some other system apps need to be changed but I have a lot of them frozen or uninstalled.
Update: Using Xposed App Settings, set System UI to 134 DPI and reboot, to make your notification shade (popup) look like it should...
...again! (notice the filled bar for screen brightness, "indicator lights" under power control toggles)
Update: Check this post to see how to get back ALL the filled slider bars!(ie: volume popup indicator)
The only graphical irregularities I see are the mini apps dock being funny looking/cut in landscape and small mini app launcher arrow. (*if you use the filled slider fixes here)
Check out my 170 Dpi TouchWiz! I think it fills the screen nicely at this scale.
Get the Split or Floating keyboard from the Tab2 10.1! Check this post!
Update: Now that you have Xposed Framework running on your device there are other modules besides Xposed App Settings that you have at your disposal. Check them out right here. I am currently using the Alternate App Picker from here. It replaces the popup that asks about default apps which in JB requires you to tap "Just Once" every time with the one from ICS that just has the "Default" tick box! Install any modules like with Xposed App Settings, ie: Install apk, then enable it in Xposed Framework Installer and reboot. :highfive:
Edit: Changed the recommended dpi setting for build.prop from 130 to 133. This is the highest you can set it and keep the tablet ui and,to me, it just seems like everything looks good at this setpoint. Updated Screens with 133 dpi.

I did this and now Touchwiz now force closes, I have the 3113. Any suggestions?

Here is a screen shot

Sezmar said:
I did this and now Touchwiz now force closes, I have the 3113. Any suggestions?
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Did you try this?
Caldair said:
I don't think you should have any of the issues i did with Touchwiz. But if you do have it FC repeatedly you can do like I did: used Search gesture from home screen (swipe up from buttons back/home/etc) searched for Nova Launcher and installed via Play Store, opened, tapped "Just Once" when asked about default launcher. Then killed Touchwiz App, wiped its cache/data and rebooted then set Touchwiz as default again.
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The same thing happened to me the first time I booted but I had not set the DPI for TouchWiz to 160 with Xposed App Settings. Make sure that you set the DPI value to 160 for touchwiz (once you have another launcher temporarily installed) then wipe cache/data for TouchWiz, reboot and then activate Touchwiz again.

Caldair said:
6> Disable the Quick launch softkey by Settings/Display/Quick launch. This is to avoid graphical overlap in portrait mode, but it is purely cosmetic and you can keep quick launch active if you prefer. Also you may want to set large font by Settings/Display/Font Size.
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I don't see this setting (Quick launch) on rooted stock, will it appear at some point?

pupochek said:
I don't see this setting (Quick launch) on rooted stock, will it appear at some point?
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I guess I didn't look to see if the setting was there before the dpi change. But it was definitely there after I had the tablet UI running. Do you have the extra (4th) button on the nav bar all the time? I don't know what to tell you if the screenshot button is there but not the option to set it. You could maybe try to set the dpi of the Settings apk to 160dpi with Xposed App Settings, reboot and see if it shows up then.
Edit: The option is not there until you have tablet ui active.

Clearing the data from touchwiz worked, thanks!

Error flashing zip in 1st step
Caldair said:
1> Follow these instructions completely(steps 1-6) and if you want check out the original thread here and don't forget to thank these guys as all the credit goes to them!
Don't be afraid that this was originally for the GSII it works perfectly on my Tab 2.
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Hi,
I have 3100 on stock 4.1.1 but I could not install the zip file in step 1 using CWM. 1st the sig verification failed and after that warning the installation aborted. Disabled the sig verification as well but the installation aborts as soon as it starts. :crying::crying::crying:
Any help would be much appreciated. :good:
Got it working by installing the APK attachment from original thread. Thanks a ton.
Can you please help me with the dpi settings for the phone app please. As I made the settings for phone to be 160 dpi but it still shows a bit compressed.

sozofriend1234 said:
Hi,
I have 3100 on stock 4.1.1 but I could not install the zip file in step 1 using CWM. 1st the sig verification failed and after that warning the installation aborted. Disabled the sig verification as well but the installation aborts as soon as it starts. :crying::crying::crying:
Any help would be much appreciated. :good:
Got it working by installing the APK attachment from original thread. Thanks a ton.
Can you please help me with the dpi settings for the phone app please. As I made the settings for phone to be 160 dpi but it still shows a bit compressed.
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I am glad that you got it working! :good: Unfortunately My device does not have calling/wireless so I do not have a visible phone app to expiriment on. Possibly setting the dpi to 160 and set the screen resolution (with the drop down list next to dpi in Xposed App Settings) to 600x1024? Sorry but other than that I think you will just have to expiriment yourself. Good luck :fingers-crossed:.
PS Good to know that this will work on devices other than p3113. Thanks for diving in and trying it out!

The Xposed Framework is a very powerfull mod with add on modules available allowing you to control many facets of your device. Check out the updated first post to learn more, including how to get the ICS style default app picker screen and never tap "Just Once" again!!

Updated screen shots to reflect 133 screen density.

[How To][P31XX] Tablet UI on Stock JB rooted
It work perfectly on P3110 kwbr espresso clean 3.0 and nova launcher.
Thx!
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Fixed transparent line in Popup Task Manager!
Just use Xposed App Settings to set MiniTaskcloserService DPI=160.
Updated first post/screenshots.
P.S. I have been running Music Player at 120dpi and I really like the look! Bigger album art in now playing window! Lookin' good.

Re: [How To][P31XX] Tablet UI on Stock JB / Stock Based (+ Per App DPI Control AND MO
Hey to all
Got this going on the gtab2, pretty sic
Was wondering if there is a way to get the vol bar to light up instead of the dot?
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sickysticky said:
Hey to all
Got this going on the gtab2, pretty sic
Was wondering if there is a way to get the vol bar to light up instead of the dot?
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I hadn't noticed before but you are right; the volume indicator popup doesn't have the filled bar like it should! I will look into this... but don't hold your breath because I bet that is part of systemui...:fingers-crossed:

Good job thanks

sickysticky said:
Was wondering if there is a way to get the vol bar to light up instead of the dot?
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So... I can get the volume bar to light up by increasing the dpi of Android System... but doing this breaks System UI so you have no buttons or notification area. Sorry, I don't see a fix coming for that.
See down a couple posts!
But! You can get the filled slider back for screen brightness in the notification shade by setting System UI to 134 dpi with xposed app settings!:laugh: going to add this to first post

I like TouchWiz. But it always bothered me how much of the screen it wasted, left completely blank except for wallpaper.
Well I decided to take that space back! (Some of it anyway!!) :silly:
Say Hello to TouchWiz @ 170 DPI:
If you want this then use the method in the first post to set TouchWiz Home to DPI: 170 with Xposed App Settings. Preempt Touchwiz's FC by using the link to settings for TouchWiz in the top corner of Xposed App Settings to clear data and Force Stop TouchWiz Home. (after saving your changes in Xposed of course)
Also, if you update Xposed Installer and Xposed App Settings you can set the font scale on a per app basis! In the pictures above TouchWiz is set to 120%.

Anyone Feel Like Sliders??
Scratch that last about not being able to get this
back!
To get back your volume pop filled slider you must do this:
1. Using newest version (0.2 now) of Xposed Application Settings; Set System UI to 134 DPI and set Screen (dp,px): to 800x1280 and Save. (you can tick xlarge res also, not sure if it makes a dif. and not necessary)
2. Use Xposed A.S. to set Android System to 134 DPI and Save. (xlarge res optional again)
3. Reboot. (With the option to wipe cache/dalvik)
Just be prepared for the regular TouchWiz nonsense, but I think I avoided it!
Now the "cost" of this change is that the Mini App Laucher Dock ends up looking like this in landscape:
Weird spacing and shifted right and cut of 3/4's of the way across the screen.
Plus the Mini App Launcher arrow that resides on the nav bar shrinks
I actually see this as a positive though!
Also as a result of setting System UI to 800x1280 you will get the following improved appearances (in addition to the vol slider):
Improved Portrait Mini App Launcher appearance;
and Improved Notification Shade appearance (larger text/better icons);
Now, for my next trick... Every Other Filled Slider I could find!
There are a couple in Settings. First Settings/Sound/Volume:
and Second, Settings/Display/Brightness:
To get these back you need to use Xposed A.S. to set Settings DPI to 134, Save and reboot(/kill settings)!*
And, Last but definitely not least Task Manager has a filled slider in the RAM manager tab:
(and 2 other ones in the Storage tab, not pictured, that this fixes too!)
To see these bars again use our best friend Xposed App Settings to set Task manager to 134 DPI and Save. Done.*
*As a side note you could set Settings and/or Task manager anywhere from 134 to 160 DPI, if you prefer the larger "stock" appearance, and still have the filled slider bar.
Enjoy! :victory:

Re: [How To][P31XX] Tablet UI on Stock JB / Stock Based (+ Per App DPI Control AND MO
Nice work bro :thumbup:
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S-View Cover DPI

I used ROM toolbox and xposed to modify the DPI on my phone. The systemwide build.prop setting is 320 with a few apps manually adjusted to be the native 480. My issue is that the S-view cover window has now correspondingly shrunken, but I can't identify an app in xposed that looks to drive the S-view window. Does anyone know if this is a standalone apk or perhaps built in with another apk I can adjust. I don't want to lose my 320 DPI on the lock screen, status bar, notification bar, etc. but would ideally increase the S-view window back up to 480.
Thanks in advance for any info!
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bball840 said:
I used ROM toolbox and xposed to modify the DPI on my phone. The systemwide build.prop setting is 320 with a few apps manually adjusted to be the native 480.
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Did you do the system wide 320 with ROM toolbox? Which apps did you feel like you had to restore to 480? Was it just because of looks or was it affecting functionality in some apps?

I really like 320 and did use ROM Toolbox to apply it to the build.prop. I ran my Note 2 between 220 and 240, and 320 on the Note 3 is pretty similar. Most apps work well, but I put the camera back to 480 using Xposed because the text for some of the menu options was overlapping at 320. Also, I'm using the AOSP browser for quick control capabilities and prefer those to be a little larger than 320 so bumped it up to around 400.
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Darn... If I set it to 320 I get that stupid weather widget on my lock screen... any way to get rid of that?

b00mb00mchuck said:
Darn... If I set it to 320 I get that stupid weather widget on my lock screen... any way to get rid of that?
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My gear bypasses the lock screen, so I don't have a weather widget issue. I think I saw a thread by someone else asking about that question, though, so you may want to do a quick forum search.

b00mb00mchuck said:
Darn... If I set it to 320 I get that stupid weather widget on my lock screen... any way to get rid of that?
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That was exact same thing I ran into. Nothing I froze fixed it. In the end I switched lockscreen to pin version and all is well.
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As FYI to anyone else with my original question, it sounds like the S-view cover code is embedded in the android package and thus not accessible by Xposed App Settings. So, if it is even possible to fix the issue, it is way above my head. My workaround, which gets pretty close to a solution but is a major pain, is to leave the system DPI alone at 480 in the build.prop but to then manually change most of the apps I use to be around 320. This scales the apps nicely, and I then shrunk what I could in Nova to size my home screen to my liking and then used Xposed Status Bar Mods GE to clean up the excess size in the status and navigation bars. Perhaps someday someone a lot smarter than me will come up with mods for the actual s-view window size and maybe even additional functionality additions!
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Subscribing for a solution. I would LOVE to figure this out as well.

bball840 said:
As FYI to anyone else with my original question, it sounds like the S-view cover code is embedded in the android package and thus not accessible by Xposed App Settings. So, if it is even possible to fix the issue, it is way above my head. My workaround, which gets pretty close to a solution but is a major pain, is to leave the system DPI alone at 480 in the build.prop but to then manually change most of the apps I use to be around 320. This scales the apps nicely, and I then shrunk what I could in Nova to size my home screen to my liking and then used Xposed Status Bar Mods GE to clean up the excess size in the status and navigation bars. Perhaps someday someone a lot smarter than me will come up with mods for the actual s-view window size and maybe even additional functionality additions!
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I used the same method, but it requires many changes within App Settings.
A solution to force 480 DPI for the S View lockscreen would be great !

+1, been looking like an animal for a solution.

subcribe to thread!
need s-cover window in 320dpi

It's probably packed with system ui and see it tgat changes it.
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Hi Guys, i have a Galaxy Note 3 (SM-N9005) from Germany.
My S-View Cover is in delivery Status so i cannot test it but i have following find out:
The S_View File (XML, Smali and so on) are in the com.android.setings.
I have changed my DPI to 320 via buildprop and i use the app "Appsettings" to change the DPI on many Apps (eg. Phonecontacts)
When i change "com.android.settings" to original DPI the Systemsettings from Samsung are in this DPI.
I think its the Control of S-View Window.
You can test it.
I will test it when i have my S-View Cover
Hope that helps anybody
Sorry for my english
PS. The Notification Pulldown is still in 320 DPI

I found a new app in the battery usage list after buying a s view cover. GlanceViewmk
Maybe that has something to do with the s view window?

I am using the sprint version of the note 3, but I am looking for a similar solution to the dpi for the S-View Window. As a test to the theory below, I used Appsettings to change the dpi of com.android.settings to 320 since I am using the default dpi and it did change the dpi for the settings app, but did not make a difference to the dpi of the S-View Window. Hopefully we'll get this figured out soon.
dj alex z said:
Hi Guys, i have a Galaxy Note 3 (SM-N9005) from Germany.
My S-View Cover is in delivery Status so i cannot test it but i have following find out:
The S_View File (XML, Smali and so on) are in the com.android.setings.
I have changed my DPI to 320 via buildprop and i use the app "Appsettings" to change the DPI on many Apps (eg. Phonecontacts)
When i change "com.android.settings" to original DPI the Systemsettings from Samsung are in this DPI.
I think its the Control of S-View Window.
You can test it.
I will test it when i have my S-View Cover
Hope that helps anybody
Sorry for my english
PS. The Notification Pulldown is still in 320 DPI
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i have my whole system at 360 dpi... install per app dpixposed and search for sview and set that to 480... that fixes the main screen the pain ins fixing the camera and action note... if u do the same thing with them it sort of fixes it but gets jacked up in other ways.. o also need to set phone app to 480 and that somewhat fixes it... u will see what i mean by somewhat when u try.. but its still better than it was....

benji667 said:
i have my whole system at 360 dpi... install per app dpixposed and search for sview and set that to 480... that fixes the main screen the pain ins fixing the camera and action note... if u do the same thing with them it sort of fixes it but gets jacked up in other ways.. o also need to set phone app to 480 and that somewhat fixes it... u will see what i mean by somewhat when u try.. but its still better than it was....
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Can you elaborate? Is the app called "dpixposed" ? I've searched the xposed framework modules area in the app for "dpi" and do not see a module by that name. I have the "App Settings" xposed module installed, which allows users to tinker with dpi on a per-app basis, but "sview" doesn't turn up any results.
Maybe we can help you fix the other problems you're having, too? Can you elaborate on those? Screenshots, maybe?
Please give us more info, like a step by step with links to where we can download any required apps/modules/etc. Thanks!

DrPhant0m said:
Can you elaborate? Is the app called "dpixposed" ? I've searched the xposed framework modules area in the app for "dpi" and do not see a module by that name. I have the "App Settings" xposed module installed, which allows users to tinker with dpi on a per-app basis, but "sview" doesn't turn up any results.
Maybe we can help you fix the other problems you're having, too? Can you elaborate on those? Screenshots, maybe?
Please give us more info, like a step by step with links to where we can download any required apps/modules/etc. Thanks!
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My bad app settings is what I was talking about

benji667 said:
My bad app settings is what I was talking about
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Cool... so, what did you search for to change the DPI of the S-View window? Many have tried... none have succeeded.

DrPhant0m said:
Cool... so, what did you search for to change the DPI of the S-View window? Many have tried... none have succeeded.
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u have to restart your phone after too

No root and want to modify your DPI? You can!

Make use of that super saturated 2k panel!
1. Download the Android SDK
2. Extract it to a desired location
3. Navigate through the extraction to SDK > Platform Tools
4. SHIFT+RIGHT CLICK anywhere inside this folder and click "open command window here"
6. Make sure you have the correct drivers for your phone
5. Turn on USB Debugging and plug your phone into the computer
6. Tell your phone to trust the computer
7. In the command window, run the following command but replace *** with the desired DPI (I use 540)
Adb shell wm density ***
8. Reboot phone to have changes fully take effect.
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This is wonderful news. Do you know what the stock DPI was?

isosunrise said:
This is wonderful news. Do you know what the stock DPI was?
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Tis 640

PizzaSauce said:
Tis 640
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Isn't 640 DPI better than 540? What do you gain from changing it to less dots per inch? Bit of a n00b since I always left displays stock on phones.

will.bates94 said:
Isn't 640 DPI better than 540? What do you gain from changing it to less dots per inch? Bit of a n00b since I always left displays stock on phones.
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It changes the dots per inch.
The benefit is you can fit way more stuff on the screen and force apps into tablet mode on a non tablet device.
E. G. Dpi is 640 and the dialer may display 5 contacts. You change the DPI to 540 and it may display 7-8 on the same screen. It is almost necessary with a phone this big unless you have bad eye site because the phone utilizes the screen real estate so badly in Stock dpis

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Isn't 640 DPI better than 540? What do you gain from changing it to less dots per inch? Bit of a n00b since I always left displays stock on phones.
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The setting determines what size the phone will make elements on the screen.
If the DPI setting is low like that, the device thinks it's a tablet and will scale things smaller for the bigger screen.
The device knows the screen's resolution. The device needs a setting to scale screen elements to a good size for the size of the screen.
So lower DPI effectively tricks the phone into thinking the screen is bigger than 5.7" and scales elements smaller for the bigger screen.

kimdoocheol said:
It changes the dots per inch.
The benefit is you can fit way more stuff on the screen and force apps into tablet mode on a non tablet device.
E. G. Dpi is 640 and the dialer may display 5 contacts. You change the DPI to 540 and it may display 7-8 on the same screen. It is almost necessary with a phone this big unless you have bad eye site because the phone utilizes the screen real estate so badly in Stock dpis
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I SEE what you are saying! I was thinking we were reducing the amount of dots or pixels that will be used in the display, overall changing the resolution! Thanks for clearing that up bruh.
@PizzaSauce thanks man, this cleared up a lot. Thank god you made this happen, first time with a note and it felt like I was on a Playskool phone from fisher price.

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I SEE what you are saying! I was thinking we were reducing the amount of dots or pixels that will be used in the display, overall changing the resolution! Thanks for clearing that up bruh.
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Yeah, you got it. If root ever comes out definitely get xposed framework and app settings which allows individual dpi settings for apps. I'm guessing this workaround does it on everything, which is still really cool cause the only way I know to do it manually is by editing the build.prop. Similar to how you can add capacitive buttons

Dialer app is missing logo and things seem odd. Can't add anymore apps to the screen, everything is just more smushed together. Running ART should I wipe cache via SDK?
Nothing is lined up either.

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Dialer app is missing logo and things seem odd. Can't add anymore apps to the screen, everything is just more smushed together. Running ART should I wipe cache via SDK?
Nothing is lined up either.
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I noticed the stock dialer thing too. Ended up using a different dialer app; ExDialer w/ Android L theme
I don't know about not being able to add apps, I use Nova launcher though.
Not sure about the ART thing, I'm on Dalvik myself

Does this chance persist through reboots?

Just a heads up, the stock samsung apps bug out when you change the DPI. They are still usuable but for instance the dialer and camera apps no longer use the entire screen.

Dan1909 said:
Does this chance persist through reboots?
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It will persist until you manually change it or do a factory reset
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Just a heads up, the stock samsung apps bug out when you change the DPI. They are still usuable but for instance the dialer and camera apps no longer use the entire screen.
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If a lower DPI setting is more important than using stock apps, there's a lot of great replacements out there.
If not, you're better off waiting for root and Xposed

AWESOME!!! Everything looks so much better now. The camera and phone thing is a bit annoying, but worth it to have everything else look so good. Thank you

Thank you, this was one of the only things i missed about my rooted Note 3.

Main reason for missing root on this phone. Thank you so much for sharing this information!

One of the four things I wanted root for
Thank you so much!
The dialer doesn't bother me in the least, but does any one know how to change the default camera (it is not in the default app settings) I found a great alternative, DSLR Camera, but I can't set it to be the default camera on the lock screen.
Thanks again!

Thanks! The size of this phone is pretty useless without this. The stock apps look weird but still work fine.

Can you post some pics of the stock apps? I ran like a 300DPI on my N3 and would like to see how the stock apps look when changed.

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How to Change DPI of Honor 8 Without Root Using ADB

How to Change DPI of Honor 8 Without Root Using ADB​For anyone looking to experiment with the DPI settings on the Honor 8, I'll give you a quick tutorial on how to do that. You can also check out screenshots of different DPI settings to see which one you want to go with.
Before you get started it's important to know what the default DPI is so that you can revert back to that if anything goes wrong. In ADB, type the command adb shell dumpsys display and you'll see that the default density is 480.
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Now to change your DPI, here is the command you'll want to put into ADB.
adb shell wm density *insert density here* && adb reboot
DPI set at 200
DPI set at 300
DPI set at 400
DPI set at 500 (fail)
DPI set at 600 (fail)
Looks like you don't want to go over 500 because it causes app crashes and messes up the UI. Between 300-480 is the sweet spot.
Let me know if you get stuck or have any questions.

Thanks, but I read somewhere else that you can change the resolution from software (like the note 7)

PalakMi said:
Thanks, but I read somewhere else that you can change the resolution from software (like the note 7)
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Yes. But it only changes the resolution to 720p which means less pixels and doesn't look good, it's more for saving battery not to reduce density(dpi) of the screen. Correct me if I'm wrong.

BudaBang said:
Yes. But it only changes the resolution to 720p which means less pixels and doesn't look good, it's more for saving battery not to reduce density(dpi) of the screen. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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You're correct

It's a shame Huawei doesn't add the option it has on phones with 5.5 inch screens (like the Nova Plus and Honor 5X) as surely the user can decide for themselves if they'd like smaller icons etc.
I assume Nougat will add support natively?

jonmorris said:
It's a shame Huawei doesn't add the option it has on phones with 5.5 inch screens (like the Nova Plus and Honor 5X) as surely the user can decide for themselves if they'd like smaller icons etc.
I assume Nougat will add support natively?
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I hope so

I've settled for 440. What I don't understand is that on the S7 regular zoomed UI used to be 640 and Condensed is 570, while on the Honor 8 regular is 480 but I can't quite figure out what would be the equivalent of 570 on S7. I do realize the values are probably different because of the differrent resolution screens, ie. QHD vs FHD.

Don't forget screen size

PalakMi said:
Don't forget screen size
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just use
wm size 1920x1080 for example

RatchetPanda said:
just use
wm size 1920x1080 for example
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I meant like 5", 5.5" etc

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what would this command cause?

MaTiCeK- said:
what would this command cause?
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Change the resolution

Thanks very much for this fantastic mod.
Just migrated from an iPhone 5s, and frankly I was pissed off that despite having a large device, instead of being able to view more content, everything on the screen was huge. Setting the dpi to 400 fixed this.

is there something i missed i tried different dpi settings 300, 320, 380, 400 but when i use my smart cover, the notification and nav bar disappears as wel as that the smartview doesnt display correctly, thx in advance
edit: played with it some more and cant go lower than 420 (i tink its a sign ) but anytthing below that just makes the smartview not workeble and de nav bar disappears

On EMUI 5 it's possible to set the DPI from the phone settings (that's an android 7 feature actually).
I got used to DPI 420 on my nexus 5X, after changing honor 8 to the same, I feel right at home!

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How to Change DPI of Honor 8 Without Root Using ADB​For anyone looking to experiment with the DPI settings on the Honor 8, I'll give you a quick tutorial on how to do that. You can also check out screenshots of different DPI settings to see which one you want to go with.
Before you get started it's important to know what the default DPI is so that you can revert back to that if anything goes wrong. In ADB, type the command adb shell dumpsys display and you'll see that the default density is 480.
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Now to change your DPI, here is the command you'll want to put into ADB.
adb shell wm density *insert density here* && adb reboot
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Looks like you don't want to go over 500 because it causes app crashes and messes up the UI. Between 300-480 is the sweet spot.
Let me know if you get stuck or have any questions.
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When I do this the navigation area stays large but the buttons shrink. What am I doing wrong

I see an option under Developer Options > Drawing > Smallest width . It was preset to 360, I changed it to 400(or whatever dpi you want to ).
Just wanted to share. I don't know if this is the correct way to set dpi, but my screen density sure reduced.
Edit : It doesn't set dpi , it sets dp(density independent pixel) . I found a formula on the Android documentation : https://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html
It says px = dp*(dpi/160)
Px is the no. Of physical pixels (relates to the resolution of the screen which is fixed )
Dp is the virtual pixel unit which can be set in the developer options (smallest width)
Dpi is the screen density .

yalokiy said:
On EMUI 5 it's possible to set the DPI from the phone settings (that's an android 7 feature actually).
I got used to DPI 420 on my nexus 5X, after changing honor 8 to the same, I feel right at home!
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Great tip (and yes, I hit the Thanks Button), but I still have a question:
I just got my Honor 8 this weekend. The screen is great, and with the above I can easily customize the overall appearance.
The only problem is that as soon as I got the phone up and running, I noticed that the home screen icons (particular look really large and "cartoonish" for a phone with a relatively high resolution screen.
I realize the look is part of EMUI 5.
Adjusting this seems to help the size, but it has more of an effect on everything else than on the icons (actually homescreen, dock and app tray). I set the home screen to 5x5, which also helps, but the dock and app tray still look really big.
Is there anything else I can do to set the size of the icons in the tray or the dock?

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Great tip (and yes, I hit the Thanks Button), but I still have a question:
I just got my Honor 8 this weekend. The screen is great, and with the above I can easily customize the overall appearance.
The only problem is that as soon as I got the phone up and running, I noticed that the home screen icons (particular look really large and "cartoonish" for a phone with a relatively high resolution screen.
I realize the look is part of EMUI 5.
Adjusting this seems to help the size, but it has more of an effect on everything else than on the icons (actually homescreen, dock and app tray). I set the home screen to 5x5, which also helps, but the dock and app tray still look really big.
Is there anything else I can do to set the size of the icons in the tray or the dock?
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Try changing the theme . That usually changes the style (and sometimes) the size of icons .

Thanks! Tried this today on my Honor 8, works like a charm with DPI 420.