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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nerys71:
I am coming from an S2 where I set LCD to 160 to simulate 720p display. GORGEOUS just what I wanted.

I figured going to S3 it would "BE" 720p all set. no. they blew everything up larger so it looks like the S2 stock. IE everything too big.

I was reading that lowest safe value is 240 so I set that. lcd density did not work so I modded the build prop in rom toobox

phone reboots screen LOOKS AMAZING for about 10 second then it freezes on me and is unresponsive. eventually it reboots.

in the process of using adb to reset builb prop back to 320

suggestions? I am on the leaked JB rom using Nova launcher. How do I get a lower LCD density to work ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nerys71:
ok I ended up just reflashing the rom took 2 tries but that did it reset it. I tried 260 and it almost froze up again but then I got a samsung keyboard crashed.

AHA that must be what was freezing it so while it was responsive I jumped in and changed to swype. problem solved. tried 240 again works GREAT !! and wow soo soo much nicer now at 240

only problem is for some reason the swype keyboard LACKS a MIC icon to enable speech typing. anyone have any idea's how to fix that? the swype keyboard on my l2 has the mic icon ??
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bala_gamer:
Just edit the build.prop file and change the value to 240,it works perfectly fine. And by the way I always use 240 dpi ;)

《swagged from aokp》
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nerys71:
i first have to gain access to the build prop file which i could not do done thevSamsung keyboard kept crashing the device

reinstalle rom tried 260 itworked keyboard still failed but did not kill the system so i changed it then i was able to set 240

itmight be because i am using jelly bean leak. Swype in jb sucks does not auto space and no microphone icon to invoke speech recognition

boy the s3 is so much nicer at 240 :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bordikun:
Can I change the DPI for sammy based ROMs? or is it only for AOSP ROMs?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
You can change DPI for any ROM.

..out of curiosity, the S3 has a 720p display no? Is 240 a more true resolution for 720p on this phone? .. a little confused :o
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nerys71:
not sure about "true" resolution. but 240 is what I "expected" going from 800x480 to 1280x720

instead what they did was to "enlarge" all the objects in scale so relative to physical phone dimensions the screen objects remains the same size IE consumed more pixels.

my problem now is that the samsung keyboard is not compatible with resolution 240 (SO MAKE SURE you change keyboards before you change screen density)

but the swype keyboard that is baked in is HORRIBLE. it does not auto space and has no MIC button for speech.

not sure what AOSP roms means (certain dev group??) I am using the "stock" leaked JB rom. you can NOT USE Touchwiz !! you must use an alternative launcher from what I am reading. I do anyway (nova) ie be warned.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
Hmm. May try it. On my previous phones. S1 and S2 the default DPI was 240 and I always lowered it to 180. But since having the S3 and phone size I've just let it be. Can't stand TW launcher so that's been replaced with HOLO and I use the stock JB keyboard. So hopefully I won't run into any issues if I decide to change it up :p

Oh and AOSP- stands for Android Open Source Project. Its pure vanilla android. No skins, tweaks, ... its pure android from source. CM is built off of AOSP..

AOKP- Android Open Kang Project. Built from AOSP with a lot more bells and whistles.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nerys71:
what S2 did you use. the difference is important since sprint got the larger 4.5" screen (ie almost same size as S3)

I set my S2 to 160. I set te S3 to 240 because it was suggested that any lower would cause issue since that moves into "tablet" resolutions.

I am VERY satisfied at 240 on the S3. it feels "right" now and not "tonka toy larger"
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uvaavu:
Paranoid Android for the win.

You set DPI's per-app and it's built on the CM10 base.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nerys71:
WOH I need that !!! (set dpi per app) I just discovered the CAMERA app does not scale. so its using half the screen now :) hehe but at least it works :)

is there a paranoid android rom for the S3? is it JB based? and if available for the S3 any functionality issues ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uvaavu:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1745003

I'm actually currently running PA 2.18.1 and a stock sammy too for some testing, using Siyah's dual boot kernel.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bordikun:
I changed the dpi to 240 but barely didn't notice any difference?

what I did:

-edit the system/build.prop (thru root browser)

-change this "ro.sf.lcd_density = 320"

-to this "ro.sf.lcd_density = 240"

my default setting even before editing the build.prop

-Nova launcher

-7x7 desktop grid

rom at sig
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nerys71:
huh the difference was INSTANT and HUGE for me as soon as it finshed booting. everything got smaller and more detailed.

I am also using the max grid size (7x6 I think in nova) huge improvement.

yeah 240 deforms the stock dialer too. pitty I LOVE the stock dialer. its actually the first stock dialer where I don't want to change anything at all. gorgeous.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK00280:
[MOD] 240 DPI stock Dialer for all jellybean roms[Universal Flasher]

:)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nerys71:
Nice exactly what I need alas it does not appear to work :) gonna try flashing again and post in that thread. thank you for the link!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK00280:
Mod does work, try clearing Dalvik cache.

By the way, do stock Clock app FC for you too?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nerys71:
I can not get it to work. neither the 240 or the restore worked for me.

the nandroid backup worked to get me "back" so Iwill try again and clear dalvik and see what happens.

yes clock crashes for me too. Grrr got to find a replacement for that too now.

have you found a swype keyboard that has the MIC icon so I can do speech? my s2 has it but the S3 does not
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nerys71:
I tried it again. mod DOES NOT WORK on my phone. once again contacts has stopped and it crashes.

contacts itself works fine as long as I don't touch the "dialer" phone tab.

I cleared cache and delvik fixed permissions still no joy. does not work and neither does restore.

is this for ICS or JB ? that might be why it does not work.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK00280:
This mod should work on all firmwares. I tested it on Omega 27.2, which is based on latest - DLIB - firmware. Not sure if mod will work on odexed rom, you should ask the author about it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nerys71:
nope just confirmed with bala gamer its for international only and won't work on stock sprint roms etc..

I am hoping he can mod it for sprint roms :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sniry:
argh

Being a DPI freak myself, I can admit how frustrating it is.

Check for Google Play app compatibility after changing the DPI as well.

Last time I tried to play with DPI (CNA on Galaxy Nexus) I couldn't make everything work so I quit :(

I think Paranoid Android is what we need but it wasn't even stable on the Nexus.. :crying:

Bottom line: no DPI games for me.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nerys71:
wish we could get the app independant dpi settings without having to leave "stock roms" since I don't want to lose all the samsung functionality.

240 dpi is a "safe" dpi since most apps are 240 compatible. ie its a standard like 160

its usually only the "stock" built in stuff that is problematic since they are DESIGNED for that phone they don't need to be flexible.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nerys71:
give DPI goodness a try its really not bad.

on the sprint S3 here are the problems and work arounds.

Dialer. no big deal it works fine and is large enough to use just not pretty (and you can use alternatives if you wish)

CLOCK does not work. (it loaded the first time but when I tried another tab is crashes and now it always crashes I think its defaulting to loading one of the other tabs now)

I froze it in RTB and installed alarm plus. never looking back great app just as simple and pretty as the stock app no muss no fuss.

samsung keyboard now works without crashing in LIH JB leaked rom but is too small (does not scale) built in swype works fine but lacks the MIC icon which I NEED.

I installed slide it keyboard and it works fine so far. few quirks but thats just a familiarity thing.

CAMERA app is borked visually but functionally works fine so I can live with it for now.

otherwise "ZERO" issues with running at 240dpi its WONDERFUL truly wonderful. (of course you can't use touchwiz but I use nova anyway)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oddbot91:
noone else that gets incompability in Play after changing DPI?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaiowas82:
for myself 280 is working the best on stock Samsung....dialer is just a bit smaller than the screen and so is the camera. stock keyboard works just fine.

240 is still my favourite, but you can use that without any issues at all only on cyanogen...just flash the market fix ;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
My secondary ROM Slim Bean is AOSP and has a default DPI Density of 241. No Market issues
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bala_gamer:
120,160,240,320 are stock dpi values, so these values will never give market problem.

Btw, im having a strange fc with talk app, @ stock dpi with Samsung rom the talk app notification works fine. But when I change the dpi to 240 whenever I get a notification in talk it crashes with com. Process. Google. Gapps as the culprit. Any thoughts?

All aosp roms works fine with 240 dpi

《swagged from aokp》
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] misterbo:
Is there any solution to get a lower dpi AND get tablet interface AND stay with stock rom?

I like stock rom because is TV OUT enabled and I can use my S3 as temporal desktop replacement with hdmi and bluetooth keyboard and mouse...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AtomicX:
Hey So I have tried to do the official update from Samsung using their Simple Upgrade program, during the download it failed. Now my phone has data service and I can not boot into clockwork, the EZ program stops responding. I tried factory reset but it yields same results.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bc760:
Odin back to stock.

Sent from my Unlocked & Rooted Galaxy S III
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TechSavvy2:
You posted in the wrong section.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] voodoomanx:
Why would you try and do an official update?

And then why would you post it here?

Obviously answer is odin back to stock then do whatever update you wanted.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Woody:
Moved to Q&A.

Please post in the correct sections, thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] FluffyRabbit:
Like to use the default Apollo player in CyanogenMod, or AOKP, but hate the light theme?

Look no further, Apollo Holo Dark is here.

What I have done:

Went through the source code found on GitHub

edited the images,

editing the xml not just for the theme,

rewriting java code (adding new features too),

and built from source.

To install:

Place on sd card

Wipe cache for the Apollo app and force stop it (Not required but can prevent issues with force closes after install)

Uninstall Apollo (Not required but may be needed to install with different apk key error and prevent force closes. If my install doesn't stick on reboot, uninstall the system app)

Install from sd card

Enjoy!

Note: Changing LCD Density values may make the visualizer bars off set when in album or artists tab

If you get force closes after install, fix permissions and then retry. Else provide me with a logcat or reproduction process

Changelog:

v3 pre-release

Update source to new Apollo

v2.5

Pressing hardware menu now opens menu

Removed un imported classes

v2.0

Transparent widgets!

Code cleanup

Removed a random white text background

v1.1

Widgets are less of an eyesore

Search result text is now white

v1.0

Built from jellybean source

merged holo dark changes

Downloads:

v2.5 CM10/AOKP/JB 10/17/2012

Apollo v3 Pre-release (No transparency changing)

v3 pre-release

v2.5

Other Images

WIP:

Crisper looking widget

Semi-transparent widgets in v3

4x4 widget

Debloated Apollo Holo Dark for Skyrocket

More secrets

Would like to say thank you to Andrew Neal for creating this wonderful app and making the source public.

If all goes well with this, I want to start bringing the holo dark theme to more holo light apps.
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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] rpr69:
Not trying to be an ass, but doesn't Apollo support themes? I have a red theme on mine that I got from the play store, and it looks just like yours, only red instead of blue.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] FluffyRabbit:
Yes but I wanted a unified holo experience with Apollo. The only theme I could find that was close was the sample google music theme.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] rpr69:
Ah, makes sense. I too want a unified experience, but mine is red... :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] FluffyRabbit:
New build up! Figured out how to edit search results.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] lazer77:
Will last.fm work with Apollo?

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] FluffyRabbit:
Good question. Inside of the code it has Last.fm plugs. After I get a stable build of being able to change widget transparency, I will take a deeper look into to see if it can be enabled or needs more coding.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] lazer77:
Pretty sure I tried it before and I didn't see it in the settings anywhere.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] FluffyRabbit:
Currently, Apollo only contacts Last.fm when you have missing album art. What kind of support are you looking for? Last.fm radio? Or the ability to push playlists?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] lazer77:
Mainly, I want it to scrobble the tracks I play to my profile.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] FluffyRabbit:
Dug further into the code, it appears they are wanting to implement scrobbling but it is just not there yet. If the feature isn't complete by time I finish with my likings, I will definitely look into it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] lazer77:
Cool man, thanks. Don't mean to flood your thread with this kind of off topic chatter, but I was curious.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Decepticaons:
Awesome!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] FluffyRabbit:
No problem! All feedback is wanted. A new build will be pushed out either later this day or tomorrow. The main feature of the push will be custom global widget transparency.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] lazer77:
Nice. Another thing I wasn't too crazy about. (The widget not being transparent)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] FluffyRabbit:
Your wish has been granted.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] lazer77:
Awesome. Gonna install this as soon as I can.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] FluffyRabbit:
New version up! Now you can press the hardware menu button to access the popup menu.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] ihashacks:
Did you fork this or just git pull? Access to the source for your tweaks would be awesome (and possibly required if this is GPL. I couldn't find the license terms for the original).

Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] FluffyRabbit:
I just did a git pull. Currently, I am working on contacting Andrew to find out how he released it to find out if I can actually put this on the Play store as free with 98% of the credit to him or if I have to stick to direct distribution.
[HTC Sensation] gloomcity:
Hi Guys!

Is there a way to put bravia engine in Bruce CM10?

thanks!

:)
[HTC Sensation] blahbl4hblah:
Yeah learn how to do it yourself
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] yazyazoo:
I have a Revolutionary s-off Wifi US Flyer running Virtuous Rom.

I want to return it to stock HC ROM.

Can I just run the RUU from this thread?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1062184

Would I choose this RUU for my US Wifi Honeycomb Flyer from the Stock Rom thread?? Not sure which one to choose.

1. RUU​_Flyer​_HC_S​_HTC​_WWE​_Wifi​_3.55​.1114​.31_Radio​_20.4801​....

2. RUU​_Flyer​_HTC​_WWE​_Wifi​_2.27​.1114​.31_Radio​_20.3504​.30.08​...
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] redpoint73:
I believe running RUU with S-Off is a bad thing, and you would need to S-on first. And if the RUU worked, you would lose root.

If you want to return to stock, restore your nandroid, since you made one, right? ;)

Otherwise, I'd just flash this, and keep S-Off and root: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1547879
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] bothered:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28401579&postcount=10
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] redpoint73:
Oops, sorry didn't see that.

Here's another you can try: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1175589

And unless you have some reason to return specifically to stock (such as for warranty service), you might try CleanROM. It has bloat removed, some performance tweaks, plus a few handy mods (Extended Quick Settings and Advanced Power Menu). But otherwise pretty close to stock. As the name implies, its a mostly stock ROM, just "cleaned up".

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1549551
[HTC Wildfire S] renegades0001:
good day developers i would like to ask and request a stock battery icon and signal for my htc wildfire s (a510e) i'm using wildchild 3 rom..can somebody help me because i don't like a percent indicator on battery icon..

thanks in advance i'm newbie here:D
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brkumar:
It seems that Kindle Fire HD is the best Android tablet at this moment. I was hoping purchase a kindle fire HD, while travelling to US. Now, I am having second thoughts. I am from India and Amazon marketplace for Android is not available here. So, the only hope for me to completely utilize the Kindle Fire HD is to flash it with a custom/vanilla ROM.

However, based on the comments here and in the developers section, it seems Kindle fire HD is completely locked down and I have not seen any custom ROM yet. Will custom ROMs show up any time soon? What is your opinion on this purchase?
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iMJets:
There are always alternative app markets out there (I dont know any off my head at the moment.) The Kindle fire speakers, Display in my opinion make the FIre better then the Nexus. But the nexus is more advanced in rom stages already. So if you don't wanna wait, go with the lesser of devices, and don't buy something hoping it gets roms really fast. It could still be awhile. But I perfer the KFHD if your willing to wait it out, and just have fun with it as it is.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danscxda:
I agree, you don't want to buy something hoping for developer support that doesn't exist. With no Amazon Video Prime available in India the Nexus is a better fit.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nvrmore100:
Completely agree. Having the Google Play store on your device isn't that difficult, but you will learn that many of the apps refuse to install so you have to side load most of them. If you can't access any of the Amazon content, there is little value in the Kindle over the Nexus.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alkemist80:
I would not purchase the KFHD in dreams of getting a custom rom. I pre-ordered mine knowing what I was getting into but I hated it, even after rooting and running gapps, to an extent. The KFHD is nothing but a gimped version of android and won't be where I like it until the bootloader is unlocked and custom roms made, similar to what you are wishing.

The KFHD traffic on android forums are SLOW. I returned my KFHD for a Nexus 7 and I loved it the second I took it out of the box. The only reason I'd keep the KFHD is if I had amazon prime and loved their ecosystem, except I don't.

I do have to say, I loved the hardware, it was great. Screen is colorful, vibrant and the sound was fantastic but that was it. The software killed the device for me. I have not seen any updates on bootloader status, so it could either be tomorrow, six months, a year or never. I wouldn't bank on it. I wasn't happy and wanted a fully functional device which I got in the Nexus.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dpiddy14:
I have had the KFHD for a couple days. I have to say I like my OG Fire better. I also have a Nexus 7. I am probably returning the KFHD. It is too locked up for me. IT also ticked me off when I pulled it out of the box and saw the ads on the lockscreen. The suggested apps instead of my favorite apps on the home page also made me mad. Also the lack of a native camera app. There is a hidden system camera app but you can't add it to favorites. At least someone made a app so the Nexus 7 can use its native camera app. Stick with the N7 for now. There is a update for the KFHD but I do not know when. I was talking to a Amazon rep and they said it will be soon.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ceebu:
I am in India and I thought the same when I started handling the KFHD... However, after rooting and getting my favorite apps on (dolphin, gapps, mxplayer, etc, am pretty happy with it.. I know a nexus would be better(open vvs locked, more compatible apps) but for $50 for the 16g and better speakers, I will stick with the KFHD. Also it gives me a chance to display my "hacking" skills... Lol...
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] netscorer:
I bought Kindle Fire HD for what it is:

Best Speakers in class

Best Wi-Fi in class

Best format and weight for one-handed handling

Best Video Conference device (combination of excellent quality front camera, very good microphone, clear and loud speakers, bright screen)

Best tablet for Amazon Prime users

Amazon App Market is very good, not as diverse as Google Play, of course, but most of top games and content consumption apps are there. Now I only need to add Google Music and Youtube and I'll be all set. Rest of Google Apps are better fit for location aware devices, like smartphones.

The Kinfle Fire HD to me is a home companion device, not a road warrior. I can now finally stream Amazom Prime video in HD resolution ~ 100 yards away from my router at the edge of the property outside and still see and hear everything perfect without constant caching. No other tablet can even pretend to be able to do this. I still have my Google Galaxy Nexus phone for all custom ROMs and customizations till the cows come home.

P.S. Oh, and I don't mind special offers that Amazon puts on this device. Who can refuse freebies like $10 Gift card or $3 in Amazon Music? Many offers are Amazon Store specific and once you realize that Amazon is already the best eCommerce site in US with best variety, lowest prices, fastest shipping and best product review system, this is like a cherry on your pudding.