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[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tohno:
man..i guess i will stay away (temporarily) from modding and rooting sruff for a month or two ...my mod just screwed my phone .. apps crash non stop ( said so many times cause of frustration ) forcing me to go back to eclair 2.1 ...mod too much problem on my w8 i guess i will stick with , xrecovery , link2sd , setcpu and apk files for now...THE TRAUMA!!
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dotsen9:
Bro did you updated the busybox?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dotsen9:
Pm me,so I can help you.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tohno:
yea i got busybox but i not sure what it does...i just randomly choose an update and done~ anyways how to pm ?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dotsen9:
That's why you got fc all app.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tohno:
so which update should i use? according to the GB guide it din say anitin bout busybox update
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dotsen9:
Bro,you don't need to update it,i thought that you had update it.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tohno:
ohhhh...so it means i just leave it there? kays thanks ya
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dotsen9:
Yes bro
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tohno:
kay thanks dotsen! thanked u
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dotsen9:
Thx
[Android Apps and Games] artisticcheese:
Hello,

I'm looking for browser which does not support tabs. I always end up with 20 tabs open after I finished with Facebook feed, and I read them only once. So looking for any browser which shows only single window and just replaces content inside it.

Thanks
[Huawei Ideos X6] vijayar:
Can anyone guide me (or convert) how to make the firmware.nb0 as update.zip ? Easier to use update when on CWM :)
[Huawei Ideos X6] Napstar:
Install nb0 file of any firmware. Then do a nandroid backup using CWM

Or

Use dsixda's kitchen from development section and follow the guide.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bertm13:
I like 720p. Also, you can edit your build.prop manually and modify:

ro.sf.lcd_density=240

Does anyone know how to modify a theme to make it work with this?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sling:
Yeah TW theme built for 720p setting would be a keeper.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eman3316@optonline.net:
That works as well but the app makes it much quicker to jump between resolutions then having to edit the file.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
When i changed it with LCD density the resolution changed but there was lots of space under the home screen # indicator, can you do a shot of your home screen and wallpaper to see what it looks like?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daneurysm:
you can't use Touchwiz. Need another launcher, and dialer. On some roms the camera and music apps break too if you go too low (like 720p), likely others.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kingsway8605:
I am confused, if the resolution can be improved via software, then how come the manufacturers are not doing it, what is the catch?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daneurysm:
I was going to take issue with OP's terminology but decided to not be 'that guy'...

...but here we are.

This doesn't actually change the resolution of the panel at all. You always have the same amount of pixels. Period. All this does is scale the UI. at a screen density of 160 our screen will display things at the size that a 720p screen of identical size would display them. However we lose detail on fonts whereas a 720p screen would have the same amount of detail at 160 as we would at 240....roughly. If you can live with smaller and slightly blocky fonts, go for it.

I can. It's awesome.

another confusing but interesting tidbit: LCD Pixels are made up of red green and blue subpixels. Our panel and the 720p Galaxy Nexus panel have an identical amount of subpixels. But the 720p panel achieves a higher resolution by using less subpixels for each pixel. That is why it is said to have a "pentile" display, as each pixel is composed an arrangement of 5 sub-pixels whereas we have 12 sub-pixels for each pixel. This also explains why 800x480 (WVGA) "pentile" panels look like crap...err...ahem...receive so much criticism. (See: motorola displays)

EDIT: Also, more sub-pixels per pixel means better 'sub-pixel hinting'...which is an effect used to enhance text on LCD panels. The fact that we have so many sub-pixels is probably the only reason why we can pull this off. Of course I'm assuming that android takes advantage of subpixels.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MoMatt:
Just a reminder to everyone to nandroid before doing anything like this;

My phone won't boot after doing this. I can get into CWM, but anytime I try to reboot it gets stuck in a loop at the Sprint / 4g animation. I suspect it has something to do with busybox installation but who knows.

I did NOT have the "Set on Boot" selected in the LCD density app. I think I already had busybox support... maybe trying to install the market busybox app borked something.

Anyhoo... always do a nandroid, kids!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eman3316@optonline.net:
As Dan mentioned, it does not actually change the resolution in the true sense but for the purpose of this thread I didn't get into that detail.

I think our screens look 10x better then the Evo 3d and the photon screens when our screens are set to WVGA compared to their qhd display. This only makes it better. With a screen this large it only makes sense to shrink things down to get more on the screen.

Now the Galaxy Nexus screen, I am expecting that to be a killer screen.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
Ok thanks, it was leaving like choke real estate under the page number on the screens, I actually like Touchwiz but thanks for the heads up
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daneurysm:
I think if we could yank touchwiz off of a Galaxy Note it would do 720p (160) and if not whatever the density setting is on the Galaxy Note would make it fit perfectly.

As far as I've seen, touchwiz isn't ingrained in Android at all. I could be wrong, but, it seems like just a launcher. It's nothing like Sense which has it's big fat tentacles way up Android's ass.

...though I'm not a fan of Touchwiz, so, it really doesn't bother me at all. It's not that I hate touchwiz--I was actually astonished to find how nice it was after all of the Sense-o-philes bashed the crap out of it--I just love me some Launcher Pro and/or ADWex, depending on the time of day....though every now and then I throw on Launcher7 for giggles.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
I think you are right on all accounts. I actually like its styling (well with ICS + ICS Twist) but the fact that the launcher is hardware accelerated is too much to give up
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daneurysm:
Has this been verified? I stopped caring about it once I got LP/ADW up and running and it seems supernaturally smooth. Though I have to admit that the transition to the app drawer in TW is phenomenally smooth...aside from that, though, I don't really see it.

...and if only TW is hardware accelerated that must be via an API. Samsung proprietary? Considering the popularity of the SGS2 worldwide I'd imagine there would have to be another launcher that would take advantage of these hooks.

Honestly if we do, in fact, have hardware acceleration (and I believe we do) why wouldn't that be system wide? Once you go into settings you are out of the launcher and if anyone remembers Cupcake or Donut holy crap was that a painful experience for what was at the time super fast 528-800mhz phones (g1/hero and moment).
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] elephant007:
this is a great find I think, I really like the tight resolution, not too keen on having to change the type of launcher either

Has anyone noticed the jacked up notification on the notification bar?

And too bad there's not a way to make the dialer and home screens fit the screen now!

Thanks for the hint
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] psych2l:
Tried this at 160 using go launcher on starburst 1.9.8r with the beta ICS theme and it looked great except the status bar was screwed up. Do you think it might be the theme or rom?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eman3316@optonline.net:
Was it a theme you added on to the Rom? If so, you can try it without the theme.

I am running Calk's 1.5a Rom and it works at 160 by itself, with the honey theme and the ICS mixup theme as well...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tenaciousj:
Tried it at 200 but didn't like how it screwed the dialer up and went back to 240.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daneurysm:
Download GoContacts, it comes with GoDialer. Both better than stock apps and free and work at any density.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eman3316@optonline.net:
Anyone figure out a way to replicate a true qHD resolution? Being that it is a little off you get the apps not compatible message in the market. If you were able to replicate the exact res like 720p does you would not get that message.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] UnsignedZero:
Thanks for the post. Works on the Samsung Galaxy Player 5 as well.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] slixzen:
Is there any decrease in battery life, or accelerated CPU/GPU usage for this?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] puch0021:
How do I go about installing this through the amazon marketplace? I can't find it?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daneurysm:
I seriously doubt it...anything is possible, but, I doubt pushing extra characters measured in the hundreds to low-thousands is anything like the difference in pixels between WVGA and qHD. That's a difference of 134,400 pixels...and that doesn't seem to affect battery life too bad.

Once again it could, in theory, negatively affect battery life, but...I doubt it would be noticeable. I certainly haven't noticed anything. My battery life blows just like normal. lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] slixzen:
Well I've noticed that non native applications tend to act funky. For instance Google music doesn't scroll smoothly and stops.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xluryan:
Can anyone recommend a good calendar replacement app for ADW.Launcher?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Cwebb03:
Anybody confirm this to work on the Evo 3d? I would root it for this if it was confirmed
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daneurysm:
Adjusting the density will work on any Android device. I don't know how far back the current density syntax goes but I doubt there are that many eclair (or older) devices out there....

The "720p" setting would likely be a tad more precise on an Evo3D with it's (horrible and upsetting) 16:9 ratio.

Just, please, understand that this doesn't actually change your resolution. If you haven't already read back a page or two for details.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xluryan:
My calendar displays incorrectly after changing density to 200 (down from 240 stock) on my Epic 4G Touch.

Any suggestions?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Cwebb03:
I know what it does and doesn't do, I was just wondering if it would work on my phone
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] brushrop03:
I've always used Jorte as my calendar.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dhoshman:
You can also achieve this by using rom toolbox I thinks its more feature rich than LCD density. Never hurts to have options :). At 200 it really makes the E4gT screen look even better, which I'd didn't think was possible lol.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AestenD:
One specific thing I notice, is if you set 160, then the shutdown animation is shrunken badly. And is there a stock feeling camera app that plays nice with the density change? My stock has things just noticeably mis-aligned :/
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] woodsdog:
Market Data Cleaner App

Anyone know of a quick way to clear Market Data? I have the resolution set at 200, but it's so annoying going into settings -> apps->all->down to market-> clear every time you want to install the app.

Is there an app that does this for me, a quick tap, or a shortcut I could setup?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
I helped another person out on this, but in case it wasn't obvious changing your dpi (ie changing build.prop) will cause the EK02 OTA update to fail. You need to restore your original build.prop before the EK02 OTA update will install correctly.

Alternatively you could just install EK02 in another way, other than using the OTA, or you could skip EK02 altogether.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rmikulus:
Wow, I've ran at 200 before, but never 160. Everything is scaled so... small... I like it, and I don't at the same time.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eman3316@optonline.net:
So I had stopped using this because the regular camera and video camera were not playing well with the resolution changes but decided to give it another go with the newer Roms and what do you know, at 160 the camera's work fine on Calk's 2.7 Rom!

Also, at this setting I do not get the incompatible apps in the market, so far everything has downloaded fine. This screen looks so much nicer at this size!

Just remember you will need to use an alternative dialer (go contacts ex works great!), calculator, and calender...Not a big deal.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Didact74:
Awesome MOD, I love my display at 200.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] blackdragon79:
I love this thanks for posting this. My on screen keyboard works so much better now. The keyboard don't take up my entire text field now. Once again thanks for posting.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] phatmanxxl:
These apps work well with 160 dpi:

Calendar:

aCalendar, full screen and syncs.

https://market.android.com/details?id=org.withouthat.acalendar

Calculator:

Nice fast basic calculator that's full screen

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.tombarrasso.android.wp7calculator

Go dialer:

Themeable, very customizable.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jbapps.contact

Go ahead and delete the stock calculator and calendar. DO NOT DELETE THE STOCK DIALER!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DevilStrider:
Thanks.I'll try this tomorrow.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] fenixjn:
Working fine on Calkulin's 2.6.1. Yes replacing the launcher and dialer are a must to keep them looking properly.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eman3316@optonline.net:
Here is what it looks like at 160 if you want to truly replicate ICS like on the galaxy Nexus at 720p. Obviously running it like stock at 240 just does not do it...

Using Go Launcher with a 6x5 screen.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] erik077:
Which dialer are you using ?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eman3316@optonline.net:
Try Go Contacts Ex
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AestenD:
I use go launcher, go calendar (widget), go contacts for dialer, go locker, and a dpi,of 160. I set go launcher for 6x6 home and app drawer... Looks awesome
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] frigidazzi:
I changed my settings to 160 and 6X5 with ADW ex and using the HDPI icons option... But it just doesn't look right like yours does... Anyone know if this are other ADW settings to make this look better? Mine still looks like the icons are too small... Is it just me? Do I just need to get used to it?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eman3316@optonline.net:
In ADW there should be settings to change the size of the icons. I do find that go launcher ex looks pretty nice once you change the icons to large.

Maybe try Go Launcher Ex, it is free and does everything that ADW does.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] steindog99:
Has anyone found a way for the AOSP email to not look like a shrunken midget, or found a good alternative? Does the stock TW email client scale properly at 160?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Slash8915:
So far, it's awesome. I started out at qhd, then went to 720p. Looks great!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dzags:
So running at 200, i use exdialer which works great, but when I am actually in a call the old dialer shows up. Any way to fix that?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] chrisbass:
So I set my Res to 160 and then got some bad battery drain. Any relation?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] phatmanxxl:
Doubt its related to dpi.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eman3316@optonline.net:
Have you recently changed your radio?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iivisionii:
Has anyone noticed that on 160 the device can be a slight less responsive? (eg moving from screen to screen), just barely but not much. On 200 it's nearly 100% and on default its perfect.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] phatmanxxl:
I have, probably because these screens were designed for 240, not 140/160. Still, until I'm far sighted, I'll keep it at 160 and deal with it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] fenixjn:
Yes, same here, at 160 it takes 2 or 3 swipes to take off the lock screen, launching apps needs me to either tap twice or hold the tap a bit longer. Back to 240...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] chrisbass:
Yes, I recently went from eg30 to el26. maybe move up to 29?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eman3316@optonline.net:
I found bad battery on 29 as well, I just switched back to ek02.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SpunkyXL:
ya, same with me..I just set it to 210, and no issues. I'll see how it goes tomorrow. But the screen is SO much better with this app!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BUCE:
this looks pretty sweet! :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ddrt:
It looked great, did exactly what I wanted it to do but it started running hot and made a lot of my apps behave badly. I'll have to wait a while before using it again, I'm a little addicted to scrabble right now… and it hides the letter drawer at the bottom of the app after a few games.

Other than the main issue battery was a question, I didn't have enough non-use time to gauge the battery issues but I doubt it's too much of a problem. Same with the phone running hot. I'll probably try it out tomorrow at work when I'm not using it to see if the bat and temp are just as bad.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Didact74:
Thats odd, I have not experienced any of these issues described. My touch sensitivity does not seem to have been effected nor is my phone running hot or draining battery. Been running this mod for almost a week. Guess i got lucky.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] :
Man I wish I could run it at 720p all the time, but the notification bar issue is a bummer. 200 does seem to be the sweet spot for now, unless someone adventurous is willing to do a ROM based solely on 720p, lol.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eman3316@optonline.net:
What ROM are you running? Most Roms notifications bar will be fine. I am using Calks right now without any problems.

After using 720p for a while, if you change to the default setting it almost looks like a joke.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] phatmanxxl:
Some ROMs that are heavily themed the notification bar wont work with 160. I think Blazer ROM was one of them.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] :
I'm running New Senzation V2.2 which is based on Calk's 2.7 but it's heavily themed and I think that's where the issue is coming from. I'll try out Calk's latest and see if it goes well.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] phatmanxxl:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.tombarrasso.android.wp7barfree

This is a fix if some of you want 160/140 bit have a jacked up status bar. Im currently running CM7 and its not playing nice with the status bar at 160. This app covers the ugly side effect and displays its own over the bar. The notification bar still behaves like it should. The paid version shows more notifications and has more options.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] c0011j:
I personally just use Rom Toolbox to change my screen density... awesome all around app.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eman3316@optonline.net:
The stock theme in CM7 does not play well, but if you download others they will. The CM7 ICS theme works fine at 160 and I am sure most others do as well. The cool thing with CM7 and setting it to 160 is that the stock apps like the phone and calculator work fine so no need to download alternates.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] phatmanxxl:
The other themes mess up for me as well.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eman3316@optonline.net:
That is weird, they worked fine for me....Are you running at 160?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] phatmanxxl:
Yep, always.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rallaster:
Just did this. Went to 200 then to 160 and this thing is B-E-A-UUUUUUUTiful! There are some (very) minor issues with white text on black background and vice versa, but other than that, it's georgeous!

I've seen some posts about using larger icons... Pshaw! Just change the grid size to 6x5 and that brings it in VERY nicely.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MRMonaco:
200 seems to be the magic number for me. At 160, layouts were completely thrown off, and things didn't seem right. Thanks to the OP for a great tip.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RayLancer:
For me it seemed to only affected the home screen and only a few applications. My games were unaffected by the changes.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ajonesma:
Damn that looks awesome! Gonna try this on not just my E4GT but my HTC Sensation as well.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] frigidazzi:
200 5x5 seems to be my fit. For now at least. Loving it! I did this a long time ago with N1, but didn't care for the results back then.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RayTrue04:
Wow this phone definitely looks good at 200. I just wish it played nice with touchwiz. For now I guess I'll just stick to the stock Android launcher. Anyone know if this will ever work with Touchwiz??
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] :
What dialer are you guys using in place of Touchwiz?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] zrichardson86:
I had a bit of an issue with task bar clarity @ 170. Cleaned it up nicely @ 190 . Im running New Senzation V 2.2 with the go contacts dialer btw. I did have an issue downloading some apps, but when I switched back to native resolution and cleared the market cache, I was able to download them with no issues and then switch back to 190.

Battery life has not been affected either btw.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] :
I prefer 160 now.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kwicked:
Dialer One

I'm on 160 and having absolutely no problems
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eman3316@optonline.net:
Check out exdialer as well. Has an ICS theme...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ImaWinRAR:
this. i lol'd when i changed back now im on 720p for life
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daneurysm:
It looks like it would be the smartphone for seniors, lol. Sure, I would have preferred qHD, but, even WVGA doesn't need to be at 240. Certainly not on a screen this big. We've got as many sub-pixels as the GNex screen does, text benefits greatly from that. 160 looks freaking fantastic.

Yes, any time I happen to revert back to 240 when I try a new rom I giggle like crazy. You can read it from across the room and it seems like barely anything fits on the screen.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] phatmanxxl:
Meme caption:

Gets a galaxy nexus

Ups DPI to 240

----------------------

Grandson roots phone

Curses 160 dpi
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rallaster:
So, after playing with this for a day or 3, I'm in love. LOL

I'm running the standard version of ACS "Sydicated Ice" which uses the Go Launcher( I upgraded to EX) in place of TWiz. After seeing how bad the stock dialer and SMS looked at 160, I went all Go and man, does this thing look gooooooood. :p

My fat fingers had an issue hitting the notification swipe at the top of the screen.. :/ After some searching, I figured out the Go Launcher allows for swipe gestures on the home screen. :D I setup the down-swipe to open the notifications, a side effect of this was my notifications bar at the top of the screen disappearing.. :eek: Good news is: Using the native clock widget and a downloaded battery widget, I get the 2 pieces of info that I find I need the most.

Every "Go" plugin/widget/app that I've DL'd and used work wonderfully and reliably at the 160 setting.

The Picture doesn't do it any justice. None whatsoever... :/
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daneurysm:
That's SAMOLED+ for ya...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] frigidazzi:
So I'm curious if it's just me or everyone with the DPI changes. I am using 200 DPI, and I know about the apps not being able to download initially in the market, but what about updates to an app that says that? I know some come through, but i switched to 240 to download an app and then noticed I had 4 other updates that showed like 5+ days ago that they were updated...

Is this just a 200 DPI (or other non standard)?

Do the people with 160 have this problem? I did 160 for 3 days and maybe my eyes are going bad, but it was just hard to read some of the text..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SpunkyXL:
Thanks for pointing this out..I just set the density back to default from 190 and now 5 new updates just appeared. Looks like I will need to do this once a week or so to get my updates.

Sent from my Galaxy S II
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wizholt7:
I really like the "higher" resolution, but man, my keyboard is so tiny! lol