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[Nexus 7 General] SS2006:
That's awesome! I look forward to your file!

Thanks :)
[Nexus 7 General] bsw11:
can someone tell me how to access that java file? I cannot seem to locate the framework folder.

As to the guy that thinks setting to 160 works - either you have only a small amount of compatible apps installed or you have not waited long enough. Eventually apps will disappear from the store.

This new way sounds like the winner.

I did notice you need to be below 160 to have a true full screen video experience.

That needs to be taken into account as well.
[Nexus 7 General] oasis9389:
give me an example of the disapearing app? wasn't drop box one of them? been using it all day.. didn't the peoeple that lost dropbox use something other 160?

i'll let you know when apps disapear.

::yawn::

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and keep in mind that the first thing i did was go to 160 after root. didn't install app until i rebooted into 160.

AND

keep in mind to edit your build.prop you have to be rooted, which also can mean a slew of other things. i rooted my nexus, just to make this change and its the only change i have made. (no issues)
[Nexus 7 General] mwalt2:
They disappear from play store. They'll work fine on your device, but you won't get updates because it acts like they don't exist on play store (like how it doesn't show certain apps for incompatible devices).
[Nexus 7 General] adamhlj:
After doing that, could you see movies and books in the play store? I had cleared play store data but didn't do anything with google services framework data and lost functionality with movies and books. I just did a factory reset to get play store back to normal after changing DPI back to 213, and that worked.
[Nexus 7 General] ikeny:
Exactly what I did (yesterday afternoon), but I did have a few apps becoming incompatible in my Play store.

(To find them, go to the "ALL" tab, and click on the apps shown as installed one by one. Some will show up as "Your devices isn't compatible with this version".)

- Flipboard

- Google Search

- Voice Search

- YouTube

[EDIT] I just noticed that, on my stock Galaxy Nexus with JB, YouTube and Google Search also appeared as "incompatible with this version". So their incompatibility was likely just with JB (not related to tablet DPI).
[Nexus 7 General] TheBiles:
Using 160 here. The tablet UI is so much better than the phone version on a tablet. I just set the text size to "larger" in the display settings.

Sent from my Galaxy S III
[Nexus 7 General] oasis9389:
Exactly you guys are making these issues up. Nothing has to do with the display change. And yes my books and movies work .. everything works
[Nexus 7 General] old_fart:
What is the secret to get 'BBC News' to work ? Was saying 'not compatable' before and ( with 160 dpi ), and still says the same...
[Nexus 7 General] neilrl79:
Making up problems to sully the good name of dpi changing. Lol.

You're probably right tho, the people experiencing problems could be caused by other factors, no sense in everybody getting worked up over it tho.
[Nexus 7 General] rmasse10:
I have mine set at 170...dropbox installs fine but when I try to launch it I get "unfortunatly, Dropbox has stopped"

any ideas how to fix this

please help

thanks

rob
[Nexus 7 General] oasis9389:
The only setting proven to work is 160
[Nexus 7 General] bnsc:
I'm using 160. Font seems sharper in chrome. Might be because it's just tiny. YouTube and talk has some layout issue but not a big deal. Flipboard is huge and xda app text is tiny, do I need premium to bump up the size? Also would be awesome if there was an option to use the new notification bar instead of tablet-ui.

Sent from my Nexus 7, Rooted.
[Nexus 7 General] bsw11:
When I was playing around with the DPI settings yesterday, at one point my video player (mxvideo) used the full screen. Does anyone know how to do that- I seem to not be able to get it to do that at 160.
[Nexus 7 General] specv:
THANKS! I completely forgot about that setting, I loved the ui but the text was a bit small
[Nexus 7 General] rmasse10:
thanks...was hoping there was something a bit bigger than 160...odd how that is

thanks again
[Nexus 7 General] superflysocal:
after going to tablet UI, can we get the dock back without using a new launcher?
[Nexus 7 General] SladeNoctis:
Sadly no at the moment. Use Apex launcher its actually better once you mess with the settings.
[Nexus 7 General] UnknownFearNG:
Getting my Nexus 7 tomorrow and would love to do the DPI mod. Are there still any issues with apps not being compatible?
[Nexus 7 General] SladeNoctis:
Just use the 160dpi and make sure you nandroid backupp and backup your build,prop just incase.
[Nexus 7 General] straxusii:
After I did this my N7 went funny, screen stopped responding or responded not in the area I touched, as reboot and it was fine though.
[Nexus 7 General] dcooterfrog:
ok I used one fo the lcd changer apps and tthe device would boot. I went tin adb and stored my build prop backup.

rom tool baox has 2 ways to alter th edpi but the both seem to do the same thing.

firs you can us ethe build prop editor. but ther i found 5 entire wiwith the same ldc dpisoem had different values. I set them all to 160. this worked fine on the reboot.

then i use dth ebuildprop tweak button on rom toolbox and there is a slider for lcd density. i changed that to 177 and it changed all of the entreis in the buildprop editor to 177. any idea why there were more than one entry int he editor tab.

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i looked at my build prop and it indeed has multiple duplicate entries as does my backup

can soemoen post theirs that is stock or mosly stock or their backup
[Nexus 7 General] straxusii:
Aside from the issue above I have no problems, apps seem fine:

Flipboard

Google Search

YouTube

Chrome

Angry birds seasons

Play store, movies and books

All tried and fine so far
[Nexus 7 General] ikeny:
For the following three apps, when you go to Play Store, under the ALL tab, do they show as "incompatible to this version" when you tap on these apps?

Flipboard

Google Search

YouTube
[Nexus 7 General] rmasse10:
Is there any risk of losing OTA updates by doing this?

please let me know

thanks

rob
[Nexus 7 General] MattG987:
If you're running a rooted device, rule #1 is NEVER accept OTA updates.
[Nexus 7 General] iwantanandroid:
No download OTA rootkeeper
[Nexus 7 General] jmrog:
nova launcher

Confused, I unlocked and rooted my device within a few hours of having it. Then I did the tablet ui mod (dpi set to 160) and used it like that for a day or two. In the meantime I installed Nova launcher and setup my screens. Today I decided to go back to 213 to see what that would look like.

So it boots up into Nova launcher and screen rotation to landscape works just fine... was it the OTA update to 4.1.1 JR003D (used rootkeeper) that fixed it or Nova launcher or something else?

Perhaps I'm just confused about what tablet ui is - in landscape the dock and google search are on the sides rather than the top - so it is a bit different than the tablet ui doing the 160dpi mod.
[Nexus 7 General] drewski_1:
The rotation to landscape is Nova not JR003D.

There are pictures in the OP. What you're describing "dock and google search are on the sides rather than the top" is the Nova launcher Landscape Phone UI. The tablet UI has no dock.

If this is the same as what you had before you changed back to 213, then it sounds like the mod didn't "take"

How did you do the 160 density mod?

I first tried Build Prop Editor, but the changes did not propagate to the Build Prop file even though it displays as the changed value in the program. I've logged a bug with the developer.

Rom Toolkit and/or ES File Explorer both worked for me.
[Nexus 7 General] jmrog:
I used Root Explorer to modify the build prop. The 160 mod worked, it looked just like the pics in the OP, with search and doc on the top and bottom respectively. After trying both, I think I like it set at 213 and using Nova to get a landscape orientation.

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Okay, digging through some of the dev threads about tablet UI vs phone and phablet ui has cleared things up for me. The difference is clearly more than just a landscape launcher.
[Nexus 7 General] dominican2589:
So is there a definite way of getting tablet ui and having android run 100% like a normal tablet would run with all the apps that should be compatible work and not have apps force closing when they shouldn't be?
[Nexus 7 General] mwalt2:
160 dpi, Large font, and apex launcher set to no margin seems pretty good to me. 160 dpi is a stock dpi, so there shouldn't be any market or app problems (none that I've seen a couple days worth of use). I did use Spare Parts to turn off compatibility mode for some older apps (like Home Switcher).
[Nexus 7 General] Eagle1337:
How do i fix my market? I get a l;ot of not compatible with your devices using tablet ui... still gimped after resetting my build.prop.
[Nexus 7 General] mwalt2:
Force stop and clear data on play store. That should fix it if you're using the stock dpi.
[Nexus 7 General] Eagle1337:
ANy fix for tablet ui?
[Nexus 7 General] dominican2589:
What dpi setting are you using?
[Nexus 7 General] Eagle1337:
about 173
[Nexus 7 General] pingu1984:
Try with 160... I use that and I haven't any issues i can recall.
[Nexus 7 General] Eagle1337:
yay t hat fixed it.. I still prefer 170 ish dpi though but oh well.
[Nexus 7 General] julandroid:
Is there any other app that force Tablet UI aside from Ultimate Rotation Control? I'm not sure I have total controll with that app, so I'm looking for another app to test that also doesn't require rooting of the N7.

I don't feel changing the DPI is the right aproach to force Tablet UI. Any recommendations for app to test will be highly appreciated.
[Nexus 7 General] alpine2g:
I used Jrummys romkit, changed to 160 but had issues with the play store. Copied the build.prop back up and soft bricked the device. Sooo. For some reason wugs 1.52 does not play nice with the nexus 7, ended up using 1.5 to reflash stock and then restore my nandriod back up
[Nexus 7 General] CB620:
When I edit my dpi I always use Root Explorer and just go within the build.prop and reboot afterwards. I'm playing around with different values and didn't really find the best option yet.
[Nexus 7 General] japzone:
160dpi with Text Size set to large in the Display settings. Everything in the Play Store is available and haven't encountered any real problems.
[Nexus 7 General] oasis9389:
I have been on 160 since day one and absolutely love it. Just installed SwiftKey as a substitute keyboard and I love that as well. Goes great with the 160 change
[Nexus 7 General] Eagle1337:
170 works for a bit then it seems that the play store realizes what's going on and throws incompatibility everywhere.
[Nexus 7 General] Prey521:
Changed it to 160dpi and no problems so far. Changed the font size in GoLauncher to Large but things didn't look right, so I left the font and icon sizes to small and all works well! Sweet, tablet UI should've been the way it launched!
[Nexus 7 General] Eagle1337:
another note with lcd density modder, installed the modded marketplace, now apps dont' come up as incompatible.
[Nexus 7 General] GeneralCrocket:
I prefer the tablet UI, so I'll try this once my Nexus gets here.

Sent from my G2x still on GB
[Nexus 7 General] Rambytes:
Mmm.... i've try to put the dpi at 160, but the homescreen is weird... like all the icon is on the left side of the screen, leave a big gap from the right side.

What is that? Put the dpi at 160 don't give for me the result in the image few post before...

So what's is more simple: change it back to 213 and grab a good app to rotate (what's the best to do that) or you have something else to help me?
[Nexus 7 General] japzone:
I recommend to use 160dpi with Text Size set to Large in the Display Settings. I also recommend the Apex launcher as a homescreen replacement to give some better flexibility with your icon layout and gestures. That's given me the best experience so far. If you have any issues post a screenshot of the problem. Screenshots can be made by pressing Power and Volume Down at the same time.
[Nexus 7 General] DarkRyoushii:
Tried both 160 and 170 but both times the market throws incompatibility for everything even stuff that is already installed and working!
[Nexus 7 General] japzone:
Set it to 160dpi and then Wipe your Play Store data and then reboot. I'm running on 160 and I'm having no compatibility issues at all.
[Nexus 7 General] Radioslave:
Any idea how to make it so you can use more homescreen space? There's a big gap between the border of the screen and where apps can begin to be placed in Apex Launcher, i can't figure out the right setting to change for that.
[Nexus 7 General] pahealey:
Limited space for apps

After this change in LCD density the usable home screen sizes are very reduced
[Nexus 7 General] blahblahyoutoo:
so the virtual buttons that have moved to the lower left, and the systray icons that have moved to the lower right, that's all because of changing the DPI and not from flashing a custom ROM?
[Nexus 7 General] japzone:
As I said in the previous post. Use the Apex launcher app from the Play Store. It allows you to customize many aspects of your Homescreen while retaining the Stock launcher's looks. Here's my Homescreen:
[Nexus 7 General] japzone:
delete me
[Nexus 7 General] zohan99:
anyone know why I can't change my security to None, Slide, or Face Unlock after changing DPI to 170?

I'm getting a "Disabled by administrator, encryption policy, or credential storage"

The only options are Pattern, Pin, and Password.

Thanks!
[Nexus 7 General] lehons:
Got my N7 last night, and changed the DPI first thing after rooting.

Everything works great, UI is much better, no market issues.
[Nexus 7 General] eawooten:
I think he is talking about the app drawer. After the DPI change my drawer looks like the attached picture. There are more apps on the next page, they just don't fill the bottom of the drawer's screen. I am using Apex Launcher.
[Nexus 7 General] player911:
I'm running 175 and seems real good. 160 almost looks too small.
[Nexus 7 General] japzone:
After I installed Apex the problem disappeared in Landscape mode but still exists in Portrait mode. Right now all you can do is get a launcher that allows you to customize the drawer. It doesn't bother me so I haven't bothered to try a different launcher.
[Nexus 7 General] arrjaytea:
You know, I keep seeing you say this - in a ton of different threads, throughout the N7 forums, and frankly, it does matter.

Maybe PA is a terrific ROM, I'm plenty happy with JellyBro on my GNEX, but seriously - I could not care less that PA is "coming soon" if something else can make features I want available to me today.

So either release the ROM, or knock it off.
[Nexus 7 General] DOHCtor:
Is 175 the max you can go for Tablet UI?
[Nexus 7 General] blahblahyoutoo:
watching transformers in full screen @ 160 results in larger black bars top and bottom.

:rolleyes:
[Nexus 7 General] omnianick:
.I've been using this app with my HTC One X :

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devasque.rotationlocker

And it seems to work OK,

Locks it in landscape but will not switch in auto. Sorry if this a repost but I have kids so no time to search.
[Nexus 7 General] DrHenley:
If you are using an N7, tap the screen while the movie is playing and a white icon should appear near the upper right corner. Click on that icon and the screen will zoom in and the black bars will be gone...maybe...

This only works on my Nexus 7...and I haven't tried it with anything other than the default DPI setting. My Honeycomb tablets don't have the zoom icon. Play Store movies are not compatible with my Gingerbread or ICS tablet, so I don't know whether it works on ICS.
[Nexus 7 General] CooCooCthulhu:
This is fantastic! Thank you so much! This is the UI I was hoping for whenever I bought the tablet!
[Nexus 7 General] frazzle121180:
I must be missing smething, changed DPI to 160, rebooted but no screen rotate to tablet UI mode???
[Nexus 7 General] thunder9111:
Guys I'm getting my tablet in a few hours. These are steps I'm going to do to get the tablet mode:

1. Get the $25 dollars

2. Upgrade to 4.1.1

3. Unlock bootloader and root

4. Download es file explorer then edit to 160

Am i doing it right? If I do 3 first then I wouldn't be able to upgrade step number 2 right?
[Nexus 7 General] thunder9111:
Ok I've done the tablet mode. Works great!

However things I didn't like

1: App drawer has black space at the bottom when held in portrait mode

2: I'm still not used to the app drawing button on the upper right of the screen. I wish I can change it to lower right.

3: Market looks weird when they do the 2 column thing. The left column is squeezed and not very readable.

Everything else is perfect. I prefer the notification to be on the bottom, so I didn't have to swipe the top so much. Clean look.
[Nexus 7 General] yogevx:
Did you upgrade before the unlock and root?
[Nexus 7 General] thunder9111:
Yeap I upgraded first. Then unlocked boot and root, but I guess it stayed on. I'm still at 4.1.1
[Nexus 7 General] yogevx:
4.1.1 its not the latest version?
[Nexus 7 General] thunder9111:
I think it is. I meant it stayed at 4.1.1 even after I unlock the boot and rooted.

After using the 160p for a few hours, I think one problem is that the homescreen is really hard to read though.

Widgets are a lot smaller, and you can hardly see them the way they were meant to be seen.

I think I will try a launcher to see how it goes.
[Nexus 7 General] japzone:
Apex fixed most of my issues. Adding a swipe down feature for the App drawer helped a lot. Also, of you go to System Settings--> Display and change the Font Size to Large it fixes even more issues you may have.
[Nexus 7 General] yogevx:
good.. im working with nova
[Nexus 7 General] dan428:
Pretty cool, but I decided to change it back for now. The tablet format just doesn't really feel natural on the n7.. though might be because i'm just used to the factory form factor. Icons are too small.. almost too much room on the screens. I already organize things so they fit well in the portrait space, and tablet mode just produces a whole lot of empty space. Also, swiftkey 3 keyboard displays HUGE on tablet mode.. might be fixed by reinstalling though.

I do wish I could add some tablet mode functionality into the normal mode. Notification bar on tablet is way better.. settings in the notifications would be great to have without hacking it via widgetsoid. Also, the Youtube app in tablet mode is WAYYYY better.

But.. sticking with 213dpi for now.
[Nexus 7 General] thunder9111:
Use 160dpi then an addition launcher. It makes the tablet format look just so good.

The tablet mode doesn't look good on the 160dpi because the scale/resolution is just wrong.

I'm using NOVA now and I'm loving the tablet mode.
[Nexus 7 General] blahblahyoutoo:
yeah, it goes away but it just stretches it and screws up the aspect ratio.

meh, i'll deal with the black bars.
[Nexus 7 General] lanwarrior:
Question:

I have downloaded a bunch of 3D games, like Dead Trigger, Shadow Gun, etc. BEFORE changing the build.prop. These games works fine.

I then change the build.prop. The N7 now have tablet UI, no issue. HOWEVER, all the games mentioned above BROKE.

- Dead Trigger: Force closed immediately

- Shadow Gun: had to re-download 250mb files, but then after the game start it force closed

Is there an issue with changing the build.prop such that 3D games that utilizes Tegra 3 broke as mentioned above?
[Nexus 7 General] japzone:
What DPI did you set it at? Mine is set at 160dpi and all those games work fine. Try clearing the app data and see if that fixes it.
[Nexus 7 General] lanwarrior:
I have 2 Nexus (8Gb and 16Gb) and set the DPI to 160, per OP recommendation. The problem happens in both.

I tried to clear the data and the problem didn't go away..but I LOST my game (Dead Trigger) saves! :(

Interestingly, I backed up Dead Trigger using Titanium Backup (option to backup both Application+Data) and restoring doesn't restore the saves.

For now I reverted back to 213 DPI.
[Nexus 7 General] dan428:
Man that sucks about the saves.. look in your backup files for the saved games and copy it to your current folder.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 General] brando56894:
After having the Nexus 7 for a week and trying to get used to the "hybrid" UI I just decided to switch to the tablet UI since that's what I was used to on my TF101, I forgot how much I missed it and I'm definitely keeping it this way!
[Nexus 7 General] starfighter1948:
Has anyone managed to get BBC iPlayer to work with 160 DPI? It works fine with DPI 213 but clicking iPlayer with DPI 160 switches to the iPlayer website using Chrome which has me puzzled.
[Nexus 7 General] japzone:
Dead Trigger has an Online Backup feature built-in. Didn't you use it?
[Nexus 7 General] yogevx:
Hi, i have a problem, im running 175 dpi and alot of my apps not shows in play store, i tried to clear data and reboot and it doesnt work...
[Nexus 7 General] starfighter1948:
I suspect some of your apps are designed for a mobile device rather than a tablet, hence when you switch the DPI from 213 to 175, Play decides they are not suitable. Alteratively, you could switch to 160 DPI and to see if the missing apps are displayed, as on some my other devices if 160 isn't set the apps are not shown as available. When in Play select to show ALL your, apps no matter which device they are used on, and see if that shows the missing apps. if it does show one of the missing apps, Play will probably indicate that the app is not suitable for your device if you try and install it. Try using play with a browser, select a missing app, and see if your Nexus 7 is available from the drop down list, if not switch to DPI 160 or 213 and try again.
[Nexus 7 General] yogevx:
Only with 213 its ok... So im staying on 213..:(
[Nexus 7 General] delanvital:
Hi all,

I have also experienced the "app not compatible" issue in Play Store. Running regular phone interface (213dpi setting) works fine. What a dilemma. One odd experience tho: The Economist app runs almost stable for me, in tablet mode (160dpi) and very unstable in phonemode (213dpi).

I can't wait for the Paranoid Android dpi-adjustment feature to spread to Nexus 7, somehow. I presume the other way of fixing this issue, as mentioned in this thread, is better to avoid and wait for this feature to spread?
[Nexus 7 General] japzone:
Anybody find a fix for the non-rotating lock screen at 160dpi? It's not that annoying but I'd be nice if everything worked as its supposed to.
[Nexus 7 General] brianjr1:
Paranoid android is already ported over! I'm running it now and it is phenomenal. I've had truthfully no issues with it at all and it's been my daily driver for almkzf two weeks now. Check it out in the of dev section!
[Nexus 7 General] dazdaz:
I just changed my DPI to 160 and am very impressed, thank you for the information.

I have noticed that the BBC iPlayer app no longer works, it loads up, and then Chrome fires up.

I would be greatful for any advice on how I can keep iPlayer running with a DPI of 160 without using the PARANOIDANDROID Hybrid ROM which would mean wiping everything again.
[Nexus 7 General] dazdaz:
A clear data of the Google Play store, did not resolve the above problem.
[Nexus 7 General] starfighter1948:
I agree iPlayer is not working at 160 who h is strange as the BBC Olympics app shows live video OK.
[Nexus 7 General] Valkyrie743:
Not to thread highjack but http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1780970.

Have it installed and worked great. U do need to be rooted and deoexed but its easy to do and works . With nova launcher, its perfection
[Nexus 7 General] helloterence:
Couldn't find a response, but anyone figure out how to remove the black space in the app drawers for both landscape and portrait view? Using apex launcher.
[Nexus 7 General] mwalt2:
I started using holo launcher HD. It does not have that problem and seems to have all/most of the feature of apex. It's based off of jelly bean's launcher as well.