LCDDensity

[Guest flip360]

just tried it and it works great! Thanks

[Guest hadley]

Agreed. I found this app a couple of days ago and it's amazing. I also use the smallest setting.

Any idea how it works ? I'd love to make it persistent.

[Guest Gjole86]

see link

[Guest Simon O]

Any idea how it works ? I'd love to make it persistent.

Yes. It sets the "ro.sf.lcd_density" in build.prop

You can do the same sort of thing by adding this line to build.prop:

ro.sf.lcd_density=140

The Huawei Ideos ROM uses the same function to give the impression that the small screen is a higher res than it should be (naughty).

Edited September 21, 2010 by flibblesan

[Guest]

What... does it do?

[Guest Simon O]

"LCD Density Changer can increase how much space is available on the phone by altering the density of the screen (root required). By changing the compression settings, the app creates an artificially high-resolution setting. In layman’s terms, LCD Density stretches a phone’s screen to create more room.

Lowering the density value will then expand the screen, allowing text to appear longer and not have to scroll or wrap as soon. It also increases spacing between home screen icons, which might come in handy if someone uses Multicon Widget or ADW Launcher’s columns change to pack in more shortcuts.

Be warned that LCD Density Changer may make the display look awkward or even create problems with certain apps/functions. It is advised that users create a Nandroid backup before installing the app and be ready to go back to the last known working conditions if problems arise."

from http://androinica.com/2010/09/07/lcd-densi...reen-root-only/

[Guest hadley]

Thanks - it worked !

Anyone trying this - make sure you put a carriage return at the end of your build.prop file. My phone wouldn't boot without it.

You can do the same sort of thing by adding this line to build.prop:

ro.sf.lcd_density=120

[Guest gusthy]

wooow, it works :lol:)) cute.

thx

[Guest Daz555]

What is the default value for the Pulse?

Ok, trial and error - it appears to be 160.

I find 120 too small and you lose some text on some drawer icons so going to run with 140 for a few days to see if I like it. A couple of my games do not run full screen with it enabled but that's no biggie.

Edited September 21, 2010 by Daz555

[Guest David Horvath]

Cool app, thanks for sharing. I tried 120 and 140 but it seems somewhat strange, i'm going for 160 now :lol: Pulse has a huge screen anyway, dont really think it makes sense for us. For mini users maybe.

[Guest craigb244]

120 is to small... and keyboard does not fill the screen. 140 looks perfect to me :lol:

[Guest Simon O]

Yeah 140 is the best setting for me. Not sure why Huawei use 120 on the new Ideos... must make the screen very very hard to read.

[Guest craigb244]

Yeah 140 is the best setting for me. Not sure why Huawei use 120 on the new Ideos... must make the screen very very hard to read.

yeh even on our large screens at 140 120 the small text is very close to becoming a blur

Edited September 21, 2010 by craigb244

[Guest Simon O]

yeh even on our large screens at 140 the small text is very close to becoming a blur

150 should work also.

[Guest Daz555]

Great with ADW of course because you can change rows/columns on the homescreens and drawer.

[Guest craigb244]

150 should work also.

oops i ment 120

[Guest]

WHOA, I put it to 300, that was a crazy trip! :lol:

Edited September 21, 2010 by Guest

[Guest IceXcube84]

WHOA, I put it to 300, that was a crazy trip! :)

Did it work then? :lol:

That must been very weird if it work.

I tested 140 and it was to small and 150 was a bit better but still not perfect so i put it back to default again.

[Guest]

Did it work then? :lol:

That must been very weird if it work.

I tested 140 and it was to small and 150 was a bit better but still not perfect so i put it back to default again.

Yeah it did, everything was SO BIG!

My plan was to take a screenshot, but if felt so unsecure that I had to restore it before something would happen...

Edited September 21, 2010 by Guest

[Guest IceXcube84]

Yeah it did, everything was SO BIG!

My plan was to take a screenshot, but if felt so unsecure that I had to restore it before something would happen...

HAHA!

That was funny

[Guest albicelestial]

Does anyone have problems with determining location by wireless points with changed density?

If I change density, all my software cannot determine location, but in phone service menu location is displayed correctly.

[Guest whackster]

I've gotten used to 140 density, too bad some games aren't working, but the new ubuntu font looks lovely :)

[Guest Daz555]

I have finally settled on a setting of 150 which is enough to get 5 rows of icons on the homescreens nicely spaced without making non-full screen apps look stupidly small.

[Guest rikkiej]

I have only found 2 apps which i barely use not to be full screen, so i'm going with 140!