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[G4 General] gilgamesh0:
After lowering the system dpi, is there any modification available for the default 5x5 icon grid in the LG launcher to take advantage of the extra room? Or is an alternative launcher the only option for adding another row/column of icons? (It's a shame to see all that extra space and not be able to use it, looks a bit silly.)
[G4 General] Usraek:
It's an option in G4 Tweaksbox for Xposed.
[G4 General] Juzman:
+1. Best $3 ever spent.
[G4 General] moshikko:
My recommended settings are: all lg related apps ( home, video, messaging etc.) to 540 and all other apps 380 - I'm using s3v3n rom 4.2.1 and home launcher is flawless ( no drawer button misfit ) and i use App Settings module ( in Xposed ) to set the dpi

Phone looks great and more natural like that
[G4 General] Juzman:
Will test it out. Would 480 be better due too being stock nexus size?
[G4 General] moshikko:
Anything lower than 540 is ok for user/ non lg apps.

I like the extra real estate when using 380
[G4 General] Juzman:
Yeah, I have all the LG Apps at 540 with build.prop.

Used AppSettings and set everything else to 480. Looks awesome and not too tiny. :)
[G4 General] pafnucy7:
Hey Juzman can you share yours AppSettings backup, because I like 480 but I have a problem with settings and phone.

THX
[G4 General] Juzman:
I didn't know you could do a backup? All the LG apps are at 540, it is the apps like G+, Instagram e.t.c. that are 480.
[G4 General] MeanoX1:
Swiftkey.......NOP

guys....

was looking for a solution..but came up with nothing.:(

im rooted, and changed the DPI to 540 with texdroider ,no problem. but the god damn swiftkey keeps going crazy no matter what.

the huge letters on the screen issue...:mad:

LG's keyboard works well...so does SWIPE for example.

please help me to fins a way to make it work.

love the lower dpi..and would hate to back to grandpa's 640....

thanks for the help.
[G4 General] MeanoX1:
anything....anyone..... :(

anyone could help please....

i need my Swiftkey... :(
[G4 General] myxmastrmike:
Well, what if you ARE one of those mostly blind folks? LOL

Just got my dad a G4 (coming from an EVO LTE) and even when you set the font on the G4 to maximum it is still only 75% the size of the maximum on the Evo, and his vision is crap so he wants things as big as he can get them. Does anybody know the max DPI you can go to (not that i want to go MUCH higher, I just want to get his stuff a little bigger) or is it really just trial and error to see if a particular DPI will work without issues?
[G4 General] aoprea:
LG G4 H818N dual-sim

i try everything (adb, terminal emulator, textdroider)

534, 540, 560, 580, 600 density

on all i have same problem: shortcuts on lockscreen are blank

i tried and to stock density and delete shrtcuts, change density ... add shortcuts but same result : blank shortcuts

back to stock
[G4 General] NuclearBastard:
Just a thought (since I've tried 2/3 of the options you mentioned), download Kernel Adiutor, and just go to the Build.prop editor section, find ro.sf.lcd_density and change it toto whatever you want.

This was the quickest and bug-free option that worked for me.
[G4 General] MeanoX1:
managed to solve the issue 'at least with my device.

-ROOTED device.

-some people use build.prop mods...i used Texdroider DPI..but i think its the same.

after doing so i still had the

swiftkey

issue, giant letters...but when you press the keyboard as when a certain letters supposed to be..its still the..underneath

-open command line / adb devices (make sure its connected)

-insert the command : adb shell wm density INSERT_DPI && adb reboot (with the desired DPI, i chose 540..works pretty well system wide)

that's solved my issue .

hope it would maybe help others.

cheers friends :)
[G4 General] aoprea:
same situation ... shortcuts lockscreen not visible ... too bad
[G4 General] endleesss:
What's the lowest we can go? I have apex launcher at 530. My lock screen has 3 blank circles on it
[G4 General] Sea-Wolf:
I've edited my DPI and that's worked great, but I'm now noticing that on my lockscreen I'm still only getting two notification lines before the lockscreen starts to collapse them (with a PIN to unlock). I've got room for three lines now, does anyone know a way to get the stock lockscreen to display more notifications now that there's more room?
[G4 General] Cor-master:
This seems like an experimental solution at best. I can deal with the fact LG apps don't work right, but the lock screen shortcuts are hosed as well as Swiftkey... Shouldn't this not effect third party apps?
[G4 General] billyx1:
I have installed the stock 6.0 vom LG. Unfortunatly there is the same problem when setting the dpi lower than 540: Phone, Camera and Settings crashes.

Has someone found a solution (other than Xposed) for this?
[G4 General] Jay Rock:
Didn't realize what the big deal was until I set my DPI to 540. I'd use 540 if everything worked fine.
[G4 General] GFour:
I just tried using a build.prop editor to change the dpi and nothing happened after reboot. Same settings. Tried using texdroider and nothing changes. When I change it to 540 and reboot, Texdroider will say I'm at 540 but it definitely hasn't changed at all. Same when running the adb command... Phone just reboots and nothing happens. Any reason for this?
[G4 General] digitall1982:
is it possible to change dpi to 560 without root on 10d ? what method?

stock launcher and camera works without problem on 560?

thanks
[G4 General] davdavo:
Yes

http://www.androidbeat.com/2015/07/how-to-change-dpi-of-android-device-without-root/
[G4 General] pdimh:
So... i just switched from a nexus 5 rooted with lower dpi to a new lg g4. The only way to have this properly working is rooting the phone and voiding the warranty?
[G4 General] Adam86:
Before I moved to CyanogenMod, I rooted my phone using the method where you use download mode to write the rootedsystem.img.

I found that if i edited the DPI in build.prop to 540 it didn't appear to make any difference at all. I found if i did it via wm density 540 it did work, but the lock screen had white circles at the bottom etc. The solution for me was to ensure that 540 was set in build.prop as well as doing wm density 540 - everything rectified itself, including apps like Swift Keyboard.
[G4 General] pdimh:
after setting the font size to small and configuring nova properly, the phone is bearable. In reality, im enjoying the phone now :D
[G4 General] WTF?:
your math is slightly off because the screen is not precisely 5.5" - the true DPI of the screen is between 537 and 538 - so try 538 :good:
[G4 General] Cor-master:
People keep mixing up ppi and dpi. You can't change your ppi as it's physical, the dpi is just the scaling method.
[G4 General] player911:
Right. The physical screen doesnt change, just the dots per inch. And you can properly do this with a simple command from adb without being rooted. It is a true and legit way. Inam not rooted and I use 460 with no ill effects. Makes a big difference.

Although I got a replacement G4 due to Wireless charging woes and running stock ATM. Aside from all of the stupid status bar icons taking the whole top bar, it doesnt feel that "off". But I will be changing it tonight when I get a minute to sit down.
[G4 General] WTF?:
the problems you are having with the icons are due to not being rooted and also using adb, if you change in in build.prop and then wipe cache and dalvik, then turn phone off and then back on, all stock icons and everything else become perfect! :good:
[G4 General] Cor-master:
Alright wth, I'm rooted, using the build editor app mentioned earlier in this thread, change screen density to 540, reboot, everything is the same, and it says 640 again in the editor. Why?
[G4 General] WTF?:
did you wipe cache and dalvik as advised in last post? - also 538 is a bit more accurate to screen density
[G4 General] andiak:
good morning,

i haven´t read the whole thread but maybe someone is willing to help me :)

I have android 6.0 and the bootloader is locked and i have no root at the moment, is it possible to change the dpi afterall? and when yes, how?

Or do i have to unlock the bootloader --> flash twpr --> root the device to change dpi ?
[G4 General] Juzman:
Using 538 globally, and just set the LG apps like camera e.t.c. to 640 with App Settings Xposed module. Working great.
[G4 General] Adam86:
Try this out, I put this in an earlier post:

I found that if i edited the DPI in build.prop to 540 it didn't appear to make any difference at all. I found if i did it via wm density 540 it did work, but the lock screen had white circles at the bottom etc. The solution for me was to ensure that 540 was set in build.prop as well as doing wm density 540 - everything rectified itself, including apps like Swift Keyboard.
[G4 General] Cor-master:
I ended up using the textdroider app, and like you said all the graphic glitches showed up until I used adb and set it to 540. Now it's great, 540dpi and no glitches!
[G4 General] r4yv3n:
I put DPI on 540 with Rom Toolbox and all is working fine. No glitches 4 me :)
[G4 General] dvgb173:
Through the build.prop Editor?
[G4 General] r4yv3n:
Yep. Nothing more :)

I have unlocked bootloader too.
[G4 General] tuzin1992:
Just try textroid and You will see difference :)
[G4 General] withoutnickname:
i've tried this method on my mac, but when i go to step ..adb shell dumpsys display | grep mBaseDisplayInfo'' i got message that command don't exist, i tried this on my both macs, can't pass that step :(
[G4 General] Radek Hulán:
This works well for me with Android 6.0, no root required:

(connect phone with USB debugging)

adb shell wm density 540

adb reboot bootloader

fastboot boot twrp.img

** TWRP: MOUNT > SYSTEM

** TWRP: Advanced > File > "chmod 775" on system/build.prop

adb pull /system/build.prop %USERPROFILE%

** EDIT FILE, set ro.sf.lcd_density=540

adb push %USERPROFILE%\build.prop /system/build.prop

adb shell

chmod 644 /system/build.prop

exit

adb reboot

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And changing

ro.lge.adoptable_storage=true

allows to format SD card as internal storage, thus making all apps work with it, even if they do not support SD Card.
[G4 General] xrad:
Thanks, but for this you need to have an unlocked bootloader, which many of us don't have thanks to LG (Life's Gruesome.)
[G4 General] WTF?:
the problem I have is that most apps work fine at lower DPI such as 540 or 538, but alarm clocks and other apps that put things in the notification panel often do not, because the notification icon disappears in a minute or two in marshmallow and the alarm or whatever fails to go off. Any ideas on how to solve?
[G4 General] PixelBurst:
Are you sure that's not marshmallows doze screwing with whatever alarm app you use?
[G4 General] BobbyHenceMcGee:
540 works great for me. Even with the stock launcher I have no dramas what so ever.

TWN 10e.
[G4 General] WTF?:
yeah, I'm sure - alarm apps work fine in marshmallow at 640 DPI
[G4 General] P650SE:
Does anyone know the default DPI for this phone? I've changed mine to 640 but can't remember the original value. :confused:
[G4 General] juju2011:
680 pretty sure
[G4 General] Pfeffernuss:
640.
[G4 General] Waleedaligomaa:
640 is the original value ! you can use down to 538 without having any issues
[G4 General] juju2011:
I use 530 on LG apps and 480 on the rest no issues
[G4 General] P650SE:
Thanks for the responses. The reason i ask is because since changing the DPI on Marshmallow V20a, i have had issues with the sizing of various items. As a few examples, in 9GAG the profile pictures don't show properly, and if i add shortcuts to the G4's lockscreen, the circle icons are completely blank. Setting a profile picture in Android (The one which appears when you swipe the notification area down!) doesn't work either, and there are crazy issues in almost every app. Google Play is yet another example, where the developer symbols appear absolutely massive on my display!

I'm trying to set the phone back to the default value but 640 isn't making a difference to my problems. I have no idea why all this is happening and what to do about it. :confused:
[G4 General] juju2011:
How did you change dpi? Are you rooted?
[G4 General] Heisenberg420:
640 is the original value. Try dirty flashing your ROM.

I'm using 580 with no issues
[G4 General] Zeitgeist4:
540 DPI with Nova Launcher works fine for me. No probs :)

....
[G4 General] Zeitgeist4:
OK, now i have problems with 540dpi. In Instagram when i load a picture from gallery the resolution is so, that i can see only one corner from the photo.

And in Camscanner it is the same problem, when i scan a document with the camera.

Can anyone help?
[G4 General] RogerF81:
Do you have root? If yes, open your build.prop, search for density and change the value to 540, reboot, done.

If you have no root, I think, then there is no possibility to do something against this issue.

How to you set different dpi for different apps?
[G4 General] Zeitgeist4:
Thx for the answer RogerF81.

No (leider) i have no root. Under this circumstances i thing i going back to 640dpi. Is this the stock dpi for the G4?
[G4 General] juju2011:
Exposed firmware and app settings module did it for me
[G4 General] sai444:
Is there any change in performance and battery backup by changing the DPI for apps
[G4 General] theartialmartist:
For crying out loud, this, THIS POST is what made me try this, and it was closer to 20 seconds of effort, now the phone is a hundred times more functional. and more pleasant to look at.

Before this felt like being stuck in permanent Windows Safe Mode at 640 x 480. 5 seconds to look up "Textdroider DPI", 5 seconds to install, 5 seconds to set DPI, 5 seconds to hesitate wondering if its safe. Boom.

This, plus

1.) the simplest injected root method

2) the hidden spyware "Carrier IQ"? removal, and

3.) the thermal mod

should all be rolled up into a G4 ESSENTIALS post
[G4 General] Roongx:
can increasing dpi increase my btm button size
[G4 General] juju2011:
Nope and nope was getting crappy batt with my old charger found the one that came with the g4 and back to my 6-8 hr sot over 12-18 hrs that I used to get when I first got phone
[G4 General] mestguy182:
I'm having the same issue and I am rooted. When I do this my phone gets stuck in a boot loop and I have to restore my backup build.prop. I tried using the adb method which works but then some apps like Swype don't size correctly and I can't use it.
[G4 General] P650SE:
Guys, does anyone know how to solve the jerky transitions during slideshows in QuickPic, while using an adjusted DPI? :confused:
[G4 General] diego429:
Any way to fix the white circles on the lockscreen with no root?
[G4 General] Pfeffernuss:
Quickpic slideshows are buttery smooth here (using 560dpi).

Naturally still using Quickpic 3.4.9.1 as the newer versions (owned by Cheetah) I will never use, for obvious reasons :good:
[G4 General] P650SE:
Yeah it's all sorted now, haha. I'm also using QuickPic but mine is 4.5.2, that was the last version before Cheetah Mobile took over with thier nonsense. You can safely update to this version, just search for 'QuickPic Neutered' and there's an XDA link with it somewhere.

About the graphical issues during the slideshows, i discovered that this could be sorted by changing the DPI value in the 'build.prop' as well as using the Command Prompt method with ADB. This also remedied issues i was having with blank shortcut circles on the lockscreen and oversized icons in the Google Play Store.
[G4 General] vo_danh:
I'm on VS986. I'm in download mode on the phone. I have the drivers for the phone from LG installed. When I run adb and type "adb devices" I don't see any devices listed. Shouldn't I see it list the device? (Just got M and there is no root for it yet.)

I've seen someone said they went for 538 because thats what the screen's dpi is at. But I've also used it at 560 preconfigured by someone else on 13B version with no issues.

Do I do this in download mode or in normal booted mode? Are adb drivers different from LG drivers ?

*NVM i just didn't have usb debugging enabled, I thought it was, but you can't enable it while its already plugged in. Trying out 538.

My middle button for all apps is corrupted, it looks giant but clipped but still works. Everything else looks ok. Button is fixed if I use nova launcher.
[G4 General] milan187:
So for those on M without root any way to get this working with swiftkey?
[G4 General] jojousa:
Had the same issue after upgrading to M, few Icons just blew up, and some other weird issues.
[G4 General] milan187:
Too bad I guess all we can do is hope for a root. At least on H812.
[G4 General] wiidbzxt:
I changed mine to 527 with no problems so far. I wish we could change the resolution to 1080p without loosing compatibility with stock apps. Graphical performance increases noticeably.
[G4 General] psor:
I am asking the same question... Please any help ?

Thanks :)
[G4 General] seeee7:
i am at 540 with nova launcher and everything works so far :)
[G4 General] Phat7:
Changed the DPI to 560 and in the camera app the button to change storage disappears from view. Other than thwt I haven't noticed anything problematic.
[G4 General] welder73:
I don't have any issues with dpi,I've tried 540,560,580 and 600,without problems.

I've used Textdroider and I'll stick with 600,it's best for me :)

H815 Eu version,MM 20d+unlocked bootloader+rooted
[G4 General] milan187:
If you are rooted it works great. If not there are issues with some Apps. This is one of the reasons I'm on L now.
[G4 General] neobdium:
Ok changing DPI via adb is not ok lot of glitches (in play store in lockscreen, in some aps) but how about changing the font via adb? it is possible? i want to change from roboto regular to light?
[G4 General] juju2011:
They have fonts in smartworld app that don't require anything to change and also no idea if that will work never tried changing font with adb
[G4 General] player911:
Neobdium, there are no issues with running 560 or 540. They are proper dpis. The only time you'll run in to issues is with unofficial settings. I ran 540 since day 1 and never ran into a problem. It requires a reboot and some apps have to readjust.
[G4 General] neobdium:
Ok bro i will trie when i get back from hospital thank you!
[G4 General] Blobx:
The only problem I got is with Switfkey. It glitches with any dpi around 540. On Lolllipop i used to solve the problem by editing the build.prop file after changing the dpi with adb. But now, MM 20d, for some reason the dpi value doesn't change on build.prop (used texdroider_dpi & BuildProp Editor) Any ideas why? Thanks
[G4 General] milan187:
You need root to do that. This is one reason I switched back to LP.

All you need is textdroider no adb commands or anything.

Sent from my LG G4
[G4 General] Blobx:
Ofc I had root, just for some reason I couldn't get write permissions on /system

Btw I switched back to LP too for now, going to try again when I have some time.
[G4 General] Pumpino:
I'm thinking of purchasing the G4 H815. It will be the Taiwan version, and so the bootloader will be unlockable. Also, I want to run Marshmallow, so I wouldn't be rooting it.

On most phones I've owned (besides the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 for some reason), using ADB to reduce the DPI has broken Swiftkey Keyboard. Is this the case with the G4? Are there any other apps or issues that I should know about before making my decision?
[G4 General] milan187:
As far as I know its Swiftkey only
[G4 General] Zeitgeist4:
you can rotate the phone on tablet view and then you can see the button
[G4 General] juju2011:
I think 630 dpi is the lowest LG apps can go with out being glitchy if your rooted and have exposed use app settings to set custom dpi for each indvidual app
[G4 General] player911:
I used 540 and it was fine. The only issue was the stock camera not displaying the view in 100% of the screen. Minor detail.
[G4 General] leonardo_hd5:
Edit build.prop in kdz

Good afternoon . I wonder if i can edit the build.prop file in kdz rom before flash to lower dpi, or edit build.prop without root by adb or something like that. I lowered the dpi by adb but got problems in Several apps.
[G4 General] vy69gazerock:
I had same problem too, icon missplace, play store UI get so big because some icon get big, line apps sticker is so big and etc, i wonder there is a way to lower dpi with no problem on unroot MM
[G4 General] iacob:
I've used 532 dpi, Genisys from 4.1, (texdroider). No crashes whatsoever (even in Swiftkey)
[G4 General] leonardo_hd5:
Thank you so much guys! I managed to extract and edit the system.img on ubuntu and I've done the flash. Everything working 100% , finally my phone seems to have 5.5 -inch true. I'm using 530dpi now modified in build.prop without adb bugs (Marshmallow ROM 20g)

I took the trip and already and enabled all apps in double window too!
[G4 General] kendive:
Ok what is the stock resolution and dpi setting and the best way to change them back. I'm rooted on the Pure LG Experience ROM

I figured out where to change the DPI but I am still having the issue with the Blurry Blob for the app draw button on the bottom and also just white circles for the apps on the lock screen. Trying to get the res back to fix this.

.
[G4 General] welder73:
Stock dpi is 640.

Use TexDroider from the Play Store...
[G4 General] EPa:
Stock DPI is 537. Textdroider is wrong.

Edit: actually PPI is the right term here, not DPI
[G4 General] vy69gazerock:
Hello

Can you refer to the tutorial how to edit system.img like you do? I want to change my dpi too, but i haveno root, and cmd method give me error in several apps
[G4 General] data_jibo:
You have to find "density" in ../root/system/build.prop file and set the dpi as it was changed by **wm density 640 && reboot** command

ro.sf.lcd_density=640
[G4 General] dsip:
You do realize you just answered a question from 2015, right?
[G4 General] the_scotsman:
Is that the stock lockscreen? What on earth is going on? Why does mine mess up the icons then? Grrr....I even tried multiple DPI from 560 up to 640 and only stock DPI doesn't do it.
[G4 General] Pfeffernuss:
Yes, stock LG lockscreen. I do believe that I had issues at 560 but not certain. Messed around (too) much yesterday but as you can see 540 works for sure :good:
[G4 General] aygul12345:
Why would you set your DPI lower on the phone?
[G4 General] the_scotsman:
Just tried 540, same issue :(

Looks better, makes better use of screen space.
[G4 General] Pfeffernuss:
The stock dpi, as is on Samsung devices as well, is absolutely horrible and everything is way way WAY too big. Now I can fit 7 mails on one page for example, on stock it was 5. Stock dpi is ludicrous.
[G4 General] the_scotsman:
This is what I get :mad:
[G4 General] Swe.sharkie:
Yup, this is what I'm seeing to...

The white blobs doesn't even represent the icons or order of the stock launcher. This must be controlled by something. I tried removing all icons from both Nova and stock launcher but that made no difference.

I have my DPI set to 560, I'm running Nova and a custom iconpack. The phone is also rooted and the bootloader unlocked. All I've done to is this far with root is installing Viper4android and changed the DPI.

I did go lower to start with, maybe that broke something that can't be fixed by increasing the DPI again?

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How did you change your DPI? Perhaps there is a difference in the method?

I used the non-root approach with adb.
[G4 General] nashant:
You keep saying 560. Have you tried 540? If not, then try it.

Yes, adb method. 540 works fine (mostly)
[G4 General] Pfeffernuss:
Build.prop app from the Play Store :good:
[G4 General] the_scotsman:
Wonder if thats it. Can't see why doing it differently would cause this though.

I can't do it that way as my 815 isn't the EU model and can't be unlocked yet.
[G4 General] nashant:
Stock DPIs seem to be made for mostly blind 80 y/os. Or permanently drunk people.

My eyesight is better than that (usually), so I want a DPI of about 450. Why they can't make this a feature that's built in I have no idea.