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[X Style (Pure) General] unitz0mbie:
been trying 720p for a while, its better with a density of 280, the quality is a bit noticeable. but not bothersome, actually looks pretty clear for what it is. but its really smooth, i had 1080p and was smooth aswell but 720 is flying lol. no issues so far, if i have any problems ill report back, ill see how is the battery too
[X Style (Pure) General] acejavelin:
Curious to see if this improves battery since most users report that since we got Marshmallow, 1080p makes no difference in battery life... Please report back your screen on time.
[X Style (Pure) General] unitz0mbie:
well i couldnt get the full battery since the day my day works i just had to charge my phone overnight and i was still at 75 percent with 2:25 minutes of sot. just texting and some youtube. ill try to get more data and report back, just i never let me phone fully die, the most i have gotten with 1080p was 6 hours something and i was still at 15-17 percent. ill try to get more info
[X Style (Pure) General] ZoneBlaze:
Any update on whether or not the apps(Moto Display and contacts) are fixed? I'd really like to switch over to 1080p for good.
[X Style (Pure) General] carnivalrejectq:
I'm on Orion and things seemed a little too big after I did this so I changed the DPI in the settings (to 420 just like you did here as it wasn't set for some reason.) Some apps are still too big. If I go down lower is it still 1080p?
[X Style (Pure) General] Curlyfry2121:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brianvalente.screenresolutionchanger

This app is what I use daily to switch resolutions. Btw I'm on Android nougat 7.1.1 on DU and it works like a charm. A soft reboot fixed any UI elements looking a little too big
[X Style (Pure) General] antariksh:
This won't affect the battery much but definitely increase performance.

Reason is because the same amount of pixel will still be illuminated but the GPU will have to render less pixels.

For more info, here's the same test done on LG G3 (QHD scaled down to 1080p):

http://www.phonearena.com/news/We-c...and-negligible-battery-life-increases_id65982

Yes, it definitely helps in performance and negligible battery life.
[X Style (Pure) General] blukke:
worked perfectly running RR 7.1.1

but the boot animation issue is really annoying tho! Every bootanimation that I've tried ended up "resized". I'm using Boot Animation Pro to try new ones so I can change the FPS and width x height of the animation, tried setting it both to 1080/1440 respectively and none of them worked, the bootanimation keeps getting resized. Aside this incredibly annoying issue, my phone is running smoother than ever. Noticed a huge change and no bugs or issues at all.

If you guys haven't tried it yet, I changed my Display and Font Size both to Smallest and Small in Personalization/Configurations of RR which makes the look and feel of the icons and pretty much everything really great without reverting or modify the change of resolution x width x density.
[X Style (Pure) General] antariksh:
Density should be 411, if you want to be exact as QHD resolution.

I personally use 415.

BTW, Thanks for the great tip. Been doing this to all my ROMs.
[X Style (Pure) General] ShadyUnicorn:
Hello, I'm having an issue with changing the res to 1080p. Any boot animations scale the size up and it changes position to the bottom right of the screen. This has to be to do with 1080p and I assume it's because it's zoomed in? Is there any fix for this? Sorry if it's been previously mentioned.
[X Style (Pure) General] Hemidrosis:
You'll have to replace the boot animation to a 1080p one
[X Style (Pure) General] cerobles1:
Dude, I can't break the 7 hours of screen on time on this dang phone. It is so annoying. Any tips and tricks?
[X Style (Pure) General] Curlyfry2121:
Matters about your usage. I stopped changing the resolution since it didn't change my battery life much at all but the performance Yeah

I get around 7 or even 8 if I'm reading a lot but that's the only way of getting that at least for me. If your scrolling through feeds and stuff you aren't gonna make that
[X Style (Pure) General] andromobilogy:
7 hours SOT!? Are we sure we're speaking of the MXPE in here? I can hardly get 2.5 hours and i doubt any change in resolution or whatever other 'trick' can make this go to 7 hours SOT lol
[X Style (Pure) General] Curlyfry2121:
I get that type of screen on time honestly.
[X Style (Pure) General] Curlyfry2121:
This is what I'm already at when school ends. Then I sometimes get 7 but really it's just around 6.
[X Style (Pure) General] andromobilogy:
3h sot with still 53% looks amazing.

What rom you're using and does this resolution change have to do with those numbers?

Am not a heavy user, i hardly even use or install the

social media apps that usually drain a lot the battery and still I can max reach 2.5-3 hours of SoT. And tbh thats the same numbers most of other users of mxpe i know are having too.
[X Style (Pure) General] Curlyfry2121:
The ROM is validus. And no, changing screen resolution didn't make much of a difference for battery life, performance Yeah, it gets a Lil smoother but if you set the scheduler to zen it should stay pretty smooth. And I'm also using a governor profile which changes the way the interactive Governor works so the frequencies stay low, the profile is in beta right now, I recommend you check it out and read about it at this thread.

https://xdaforums.com/nexus-5x/general/guide-advanced-interactive-governor-t3269557/page682

Since the nexus 5x and the moto x 2015 has the same snapdragon 808 these tweaks work just fine with it. Brightness I have is also around 10% because who really needs to have It above that when your indoors. When I'm outside its set at 50 with auto brightness. And yeah that's kinda heavy usage with the snapchat and such with Google plus, but if your a really light user, let's say your just reading and texting and such, your screen on time could be even better than that. It also matters about your signal. The worse your network signal is the more drain your gonna get. If your signal is bad just use airplane mode. Your usage is different than mine so if you don't get the same screen on time it's because we use our phones differently lol.

Also give the ROM a few days to sink in also, even though that was the first day of using it in the pictures.
[X Style (Pure) General] andromobilogy:
I did a back up of my old ROM and give it a try to the new one (Validus). I know it needs one or two weeks to have a clear look about the stats but as the 1st day it looks amazing. 1st time I was able to touch 4h SoT with this mobile. Stock and Lineage was always 2-2.5 max for me. Thnx
[X Style (Pure) General] jahciple:
How did you get the ElementalX Kernel to work? My phone wouldn't boot after I flashed it.
[X Style (Pure) General] Curlyfry2121:
There is no elemental x kernel for this device. You could still use the tweaks but there only kernels you can flash are kernels from other ROMs that have the same base of the ROM you want to flash the kernel on. Like lineage based ROMs for example
[X Style (Pure) General] jahciple:
Got it thank you for that info. I thought you meant since it has the same internals as the 5x those kernels for it would work also.
[X Style (Pure) General] matt1313:
Using glassfish govenor tweak has helped. Just freeze Kernel auditor, install Kernel Manager and follow directions.
[X Style (Pure) General] Curlyfry2121:
Yeah not the kernel itself, it's the tweaks you can do for the snapdragon 808, like the governor profiles for example
[X Style (Pure) General] stej16:
just for fun I'll send my stats on 900*1600
[X Style (Pure) General] D.Spirit:
Why would someone do this ? just sell it and buy a Full HD Smartphone for less price

What a bizarre tutorial !
[X Style (Pure) General] stej16:
the reason is in the OP. while it doesn't make sense in many ways, why do you feel the need to throw your 2 cents in something that has nothing to do with you?.
[X Style (Pure) General] matt1313:
Not bad with glassfish
[X Style (Pure) General] aybarrap1:
While the OP mentions primarily better battery life, I can see other good reasons for this. For instance, especially at the time of this post, how many FHD smartphones have a 5.7 inch screen, stereo speakers, NFC, expandable storage, SD 8XX processor, etc? The list of alternatives is pretty much nil. While I think the lower resolution does not impact the screen battery usage at any given brightness, it does have noticeable impact when playing games in terms of some battery savings and higher fps.
[X Style (Pure) General] AsquareX:
Seems like you use Chrome a lot. Reducing Chrome usage might lead to more SOT.
[X Style (Pure) General] stej16:
I was on few month long hiatus from chrome just to get more SOT. I was using Via for a bit. Chrome just feels the best overall. Chrome also seems slightly better for battery then from months ago, but could be placebo. either way I like to mix it up as I browse a lot. And I DO feel the slight performance increase w/ the lowered resolution.
[X Style (Pure) General] jahciple:
Anyone get the touch boost to work? I'm getting almost 4hrs sot with glassfish, but with touch boost we may get some more out of it.
[X Style (Pure) General] Curlyfry2121:
There's a kernel in the Android development section called handbag, has the ability to disable and enable touch boost and has the maple I/0 scheduler which is my favorite.
[X Style (Pure) General] jahciple:
I wonder if it will work with Validus.
[X Style (Pure) General] Curlyfry2121:
Pretty sure it will, worked on every rom I tried
[X Style (Pure) General] jahciple:
Nice it did work, testing it now.
[X Style (Pure) General] mubaidr:
No offense to anyone but this is just a placebo effect. Most of the power is used by the screen hardware itself not the GPU performing render. This tweak is only helpful for those who play games a lot, this will lower burden on GPU during game rendering which are very gpu demanding. (Improved gaming performance but minor increase in battery).

Lg G3 was the first phone to come with QHD display (i think), Some one performed the benchmarks for lower resolution, results can be seen here:

http://www.phonearena.com/news/We-c...and-negligible-battery-life-increases_id65982
[X Style (Pure) General] BruceWayne54:
Yeah when I saw this article I thought the exact same thing, especially being a former owner of an LG G3. Although for some weird reason after trying it I've gone from 2 hours of SOT to 3.5-4 hours. That being said, results are mixed for everyone.
[X Style (Pure) General] hugodefcon:
This mod is amaizing for performance. Atleast for me.

With the stock resolution i cant use snatchat it is slow as hell, but with the screen set to 1080p. Its is a lot better. The only thing is that the text added to snapchat pictures doesnt come out in the correct spot.

Algo my always on doesnt work properly. It is out of place. Same with boot animation. Anybody else have this happen to them?
[X Style (Pure) General] ShadyUnicorn:
It's out of place because you changed the screen resolution.
[X Style (Pure) General] Shawn5162:
Yes it would...But by typing: "wm density 420" you fix that issue making the display once again crisp as day.
[X Style (Pure) General] jaseman:
I still don't see how lowering the resolution changes anything in an LCD. The number of pixels is physically embedded in the glass, or whatever it's made out of. All those pixels will still be used no matter if the image is stretched or at a native resolution.
[X Style (Pure) General] guut13:
Thank you for the thread. Definitely going to give it a try.

Found this article on the subject...

http://www.phonearena.com/news/We-c...and-negligible-battery-life-increases_id65982
[X Style (Pure) General] rushless:
How does dropping the resolution help? The pixels are still being lit. I can see if the gpu "sees" the display as 1080p, so has to work less and is scaling to 1080p by using more pixel area as one pixel each (scaling).

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Yep. That is my question. If the GPU is scaling to 1080p as well for calculations that would help some. The catch is as LCD panels for computers show, the results are a tad blurry if actually scaling.

For a sharp looking display, the panel itself would also have to be designed to allow scaling.
[X Style (Pure) General] joshuadjohnson22:
It has been discussed multiple times. Basically the way it helps is performance, the CPU and GPU are not bogged down with a high res so it save battery life and will make your phone stupid fast. I think it is worth trying just for kicks
[X Style (Pure) General] rushless:
It would be nice if could quick switch resolution. For web, comics, books and VR I would want 1440p and 1080p would be for everything else. Especially games.
[X Style (Pure) General] akellar:
This was done on the Nexus 6 as well and it made absolutely no benefit to battery life.
[X Style (Pure) General] jphantom:
this helps performance immensely and battery life a tad. i think on the lg it got like 7 minutes more sot. as far as scaling fuzziness maybe try 720p instead of 1080p. should make everything nicer as each is mapped to exactly 4 physical pixels
[X Style (Pure) General] tech_head:
You only get a marginal increase in battery life. You will get a boost in frame rate.

You still need to light up the same number of pixels.
[X Style (Pure) General] Locklear308:
The point is reducing the power needed by the GPU. Thus taking less electrical power. You are rendering the UI and such at a lower rate. Similar to how Console games are stuck on 720 to get a decent frame rate... (looks at Ps3)

But seriously. This will reduce the power needed by the GPU
[X Style (Pure) General] intruda119:
I will never understand why anyone would purposely buy a phone with 2k to reduce the resolution.

Specially since quick charge was introduced.
[X Style (Pure) General] nikeman513:
So 1080p will still look good on 5.7" with these methods? I'm willing to try it for better performance until android M. Inread 808 hangs a bit due to screen resolution. Would be nice to literally double it's speed for the cost of barely noticeable affects.
[X Style (Pure) General] nikeman513:
Anybody willing to try this out that has rooted and due some benchmarking and comparisons and post results? Instructions on here show how easy it is to revert, not to mention you have TWRP in worst case scenario... I don't have unlock yet, still waiting for OP2 to sell first...

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I read it gives 80% boost in benchmarks but 9-10% in power efficiency. Still very interested in these results...
[X Style (Pure) General] joshuadjohnson22:
+1, would love to hear of results. I'm holding off a big before unlocking my BL and rooting (mainly cuz I don't feel like setting up my phone again... lazy I know) but this would give me more of a reason to do it :)
[X Style (Pure) General] rodrigo82:
Me too... Maybe because of buggy and poor battery results after update 4.4.4 to 5.x ... And after the lack of help from Moto about this? I don´t know...

:D
[X Style (Pure) General] suprstar29:
Last night i set my screen to 1080p. I was sceptical, but it does feel noticable snappier. As far as battery, i will have to comment to night to see if it lasted any longer. I can say i have been watching YouTube videos the entire time my phone has been unplugged and I've got 32 minutes of screen on with 7% battery drain. The screen looks the same, except Moto display is slightly off center, so just disable it
[X Style (Pure) General] joshuadjohnson22:
Does it looks fuzzy or similar in quality?
[X Style (Pure) General] suprstar29:
I haven't noticed any thing at is fuzzy. It looks about the same after the density 420 command. Before that command, it is definitely was fuzzy and stretched out
[X Style (Pure) General] joshuadjohnson22:
Are any apps broken? Camera, Moto etc?
[X Style (Pure) General] suprstar29:
just tested the Moto apps and the camera, all seem to be working as normal. I haven't had any issues with any other apps
[X Style (Pure) General] joshuadjohnson22:
Great news! I bet if you played with the app settings app in xposed you could get that moto display centered.

Can you run a benchmark to see how much faster it is statistically?
[X Style (Pure) General] suprstar29:
I can't get xposed to install. I am flashing the v74 64arm zip and it says it installed but xposed says it isn't installed. So before we know if we can fix it, some one needs to get xposed working or tell me what i did wrong. I will run the bench mark and get back to you guys soon

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Ran Antutu 3 times and the top score was 53279, and the lowest was 52893. For some reason though, the top cpu frequency was 1536 MHZ not 1.8 GHZ. The benchmark is pretty much the same as the ones ran with QHD, but trust me when I say the phone is faster
[X Style (Pure) General] guut13:
Did you install XposedInstaller_3.0_alpha4.apk, as well?
[X Style (Pure) General] suprstar29:
Turns out I was running on an outdated version of the apk, updated and it is working now
[X Style (Pure) General] jonathanbailie:
Wouldn't the only benefit be a bit of GPU battery savings? Not that I know a lot about this.
[X Style (Pure) General] joshuadjohnson22:
Yeah. Still give you a speed bump
[X Style (Pure) General] tech_head:
Reducing "resolution" results in only marginal battery savings. The GPU rendering will be faster though.

It will be faster in 3D benchmarks.

Unless you run benchmarks all day, the result is only a small increase in performance.
[X Style (Pure) General] suprstar29:
Day to day operation of the phone is noticeable quicker. Everyone is quick to judge on benchmarks, but they aren't 100 percent accurate at showing real world speed
[X Style (Pure) General] kvlt:
Definitely increased ui performance. Especially noticeable if any of you use the relay for reddit app, very janky animations before the change. Unfortunately, moto display being off centered is a bit of a bummer as I've come to really enjoy that feature.
[X Style (Pure) General] xformulax:
interesting idea... too many quirks to live with daily though... maybe tweak the density so that more apps play nice, or at least ui elements and placement are as expected?
[X Style (Pure) General] BootloopedMillennials:
There is Xposed module that changes separate app density. Keep Moto apps at stock density.
[X Style (Pure) General] joshuadjohnson22:
App Settings is the name I believe
[X Style (Pure) General] emailrob:
I followed instructions and it reloaded. I will post back if any noticeable differences on battery or performance.
[X Style (Pure) General] kvlt:
Still no luck strangely. I've switched the dpi for moto display and the other central moto apps, but all that's changed is the sizing. The misalignment in moto display persists. If either of you have experience with this module, is there something else outside of switching the dpi to 560 that I should do? Appreciate the help.
[X Style (Pure) General] BootloopedMillennials:
Clear cache from the Moto apps and reboot?
[X Style (Pure) General] yung40oz84:
Is it a lower case x between 1080 and 1920? Mine said error...........multiply symbol don't work.
[X Style (Pure) General] liqn7:
From my time with the LG G3, dropping the resolution may increase performance (esp. Benchmarks) but has a negligible influence on battery life.

I recall the figure was maybe an 8-10% increase in battery life at best?

So if you're happy with performance (which is sounds like most people are) at the default resolution, there are probably very little gains from doing this.

LG G3 thread here if you want to read: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2784711

Performance benefits will most likely be less significant than on the G3 due to SD808 vs. SD801.

YMMV :)
[X Style (Pure) General] emailrob:
You typed it the same as I did (lower case x, no spaces). Mine worked Ok. Sorry i can't help with the error.
[X Style (Pure) General] yung40oz84:
typed exactly the same and got the error. Not working at all
[X Style (Pure) General] IPM devlopers(ethiopia):
guys i went to ask 1 q.n

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I went to GL tools apk & china fire tools apk
[X Style (Pure) General] nikeman513:
When I did it for a day I noticed a difference, but I never noticed any "Jankiness" to start. Just a bit less heat when using it for 2 hours straight. So when it comes to using it consistently, I think it's easier on GPU.

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P.S. never saw any off centered apps except bootup logo, which isn't a big deal, since that's just at the boot up, and everything else still looked very HD.
[X Style (Pure) General] kvlt:
Do you use moto display?
[X Style (Pure) General] nikeman513:
No, I do not.
[X Style (Pure) General] emailrob:
Notifications are off center using moto display. I read this could be fixed? But anyway, I saw no difference in battery life so am going back to regular display
[X Style (Pure) General] kvlt:
Yeah, its a little wonky. I tried changing the per app dpi settings to return it to stock, but no luck.

I noticed a small increase in battery life, though I didn't test long term and I could be wrong. I did however notice a big difference in some app animations and the like from lower gpu strain. Overall, I think I'll pass until I can find how to fix moto display. What I'm really waiting for is the kernel source and some development in that area.
[X Style (Pure) General] joshuadjohnson22:
I think you will have to find the apk or the hidden apk that has the lock screen and set it there
[X Style (Pure) General] nikeman513:
So I've been set at 1080p for 48hrs here are my results. Much less heat when using actively! Really, almost none! Benchmarks go up 5,500 pts! Screen on battery time is better (battery life is better) here are my screen shots. Took off charger. I've been up late since tomorrow is my day off its 4:19 am. Took it off about 12.5 hours ago at 100%.
[X Style (Pure) General] ewa12321:
Is root really needed? I did same thing with Nexus 9 and S4 active enabled usb debugging in Dev Options, connected Nexus with usb to PC, opened cmd and used same commands. It worked without root
[X Style (Pure) General] Kevin-DC:
I definitely noticed a big boost in smoothness in the UI, and I couldn't tell any difference in visual quality. 1440p vs 1080p on a handheld screen just isn't that different. However, two things prevent me from keeping this change in place, which I haven't been able to fix. I'm hoping somebody else has better ideas than me.

1 - As mentioned before, Moto Display gets wonky. The icon, as well as the time and date, are off center.

2 - My "contacts" app goes screwy. It functions fine, but the contact picture icons get distorted.

Any ideas?
[X Style (Pure) General] royredman:
I beleieve someone in the thread says there is an xposed module where you can change the DPI levels for any individual app if you want, which means you can change those apps DPI back to the stock DPI for both of those apps.
[X Style (Pure) General] nikeman513:
Honestly, I don't even use Moto X apps, and this uses less RAM, even more of a reason to do this and save battery life to boot. Here's some another screen shot. It's been 28 hours now.
[X Style (Pure) General] Superguy:
Wow, this thing could probably last a week on 640x480 then! :D
[X Style (Pure) General] kregstrong:
Lol, screen at 480, no moto apps, no Google syncing, screen brightness at 0, WiFi all day, this guy above us has the right idea, buy a smartphone and turn everything off to get better battery life haha
[X Style (Pure) General] YoungSkeezy:
Has anyone figured out the fix for Moto display? Just looks bad loll
[X Style (Pure) General] OneNutShort:
I'm loving how much smoother everything is, but I'm having some trouble with notification pane widgets being sized incorrectly. Anyone know of a workaround?
[X Style (Pure) General] rorsch4ch:
My sentiments exactly! :)
[X Style (Pure) General] randp1:
Just buy a 1080p phone, problem solved.