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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CuBz90:
After trying out different DPI settings, I found 520 to be the best for me.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Gogeta_138:
lol.. Why the 'no' at the start? :confused:

Anyways thanks for that, will give them a go tomorrow
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CuBz90:
Sorry I misread your post as "would you say it's the optimum dpi..."
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] itsjusttim:
Thanks for doing this for all of us who do not have our devices yet.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CuBz90:
No problem. Let me know if there's anything else I can do for you.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] nabeel24:
So, I tried 520 as well, but the phone did not seem to like it. The bars looked a bit off.

Any reason why this would happen to mine?

On the lock screen there's a blue "empty" space showing.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CuBz90:
Ye in 4:3 the bars will be uneven, just like the right side buttons are too. Not a big deal to me.

The blue empty space is also on mine (only just noticed) but it seems to be on the default stock wallpaper only. Changing the wallpaper resolves this.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] nabeel24:
So oddly, this blue empty space ONLY shows on the lock screen. Very odd.

And you are correct, when I don't use a stock wallpaper it isn't there any more.

Quick question, I don't believe it will or should but if anyone has any experience with this.

Does changing the DPI cause any lag/stutter on the phone...? While opening apps or anything at all?

Very picky about that stuff since I'm coming from an iPhone and want to make sure it remains buttery smooth.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CuBz90:
Well I've changed DPI on every phone I've had and never faced any such issues.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] daveid:
While it is nice to encourage searching, the default dpi is 640.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] LIVEFRMNYC:
The only thing I noticed was the floating blue pointer was a bit smaller. But everything works.

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Naemion:
Is there anyway to check and see what your dpi is currently set to? As to check to see if your changes took?

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Nevermind I figured it out. I tried 520 first and there were just to many gaps and such so I tried 560. This feels amazing and perfect for the s7e!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CuBz90:
Where was you seeing gaps
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] dannejanne:
I'm running 500 and think it's perfect for me but there is one issue and that is that the exposure compensation slider that appears after focusing in the camera app overlaps the shutter button so I can't use it as the phone takes a picture when I try to slide it. Will probably raise to 530 something and it should be fine. Otherwise no issues at all every single other Samsung app scales nicely so far.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Naemion:
Between the buttons on the bottom of the home screen and the rest of the buttons was a big one. More just bugged me than anything. Some gaps between the edges and stuff on the screen also, but didn't really bother me.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CuBz90:
Strange, I'm not seeing anything like that.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] gtg465x:
560 is a good number because a lot of developers test their apps at that density since the Nexus 6P uses 560 by default, not to mention Samsung's software is tested and optimized for 560 as well because that's the default on the Note 5.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] 3473:
I tried this and now I keep on getting the "camera failed" issue. Even tried all the fixes online, none have worked. Going to have to factory reset
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CuBz90:
Rid you try uninstalling updates with Google play services? That seems to cause some camera issues
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] 3473:
Tried clearing data, cache and uninstalling updates on that. Rebooted too. Still got camera failed

Even when I accessed the diagnostic menu (*#0*#) I still got a camera failed

I'm doing this

Wiped (everything)

Removed SD card

Tried camera, worked fine

Set DPI to 560 using adb

rebooted, inserted SD card

Working fine so far at the lower DPI
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CuBz90:
Strange
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] ktetreault14:
Can you change DPI and still use samsung pay
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Brentpn:
the gaps Naemion is talking about is when using stock touchwiz and it separates the main block where icons can go and the dock far apart from one another creating dead space, i installed nova launcher and all scales and works perfectly.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] drocksmash:
I have lurked through these 7 pages and it looks like only one person has had a problem from changing the DPI and it was rectified via factory reset.

If I follow the link and directions for installing ADB and change my DPI to 560 is there a zero chance I can royally screw something up and brick my phone or cause an issue that I cant fix? I ruined a phone once rooting and have been apprehensive since.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] gtg465x:
Yeah, I changed mine to 560 and Samsung Pay worked fine when I used it for the first time today.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Brentpn:
im sure you will be fine, make sure your phone has usb debugging enabled, and then run that line of code through adb. if for some reason you dont like it or just want it to go back to normal replace "560" with 640 and run it again. i did it to my s7e this morning no problems even reverted it to make sure all is well.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CuBz90:
I have updated the OP with a full guide to changing DPI.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Jomari29:
Would chaning DPI affect Gear VR use?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CuBz90:
No. Gear VR works fine.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Taskman:
I'm running my phone with 520 DPI.

Only affected app I can see is the camera. It looks a tad different running 4:3 but not much.

I had a update I applied and the DPI stayed after it as well so no need to reapply.

GearVR works just fine with lower DPI as well.

Knox not tripped.

Really happy now with this DPI and Adguard. Don't think I need root now.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] rdriggett:
I changed my att s7e dpi to 534 at first and now my multitasking button does not work. It lights up and makes the sound but I cant get it to do anything. I tried 560dpi and then the stock dpi to no avail.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Naemion:
Does this affect android pay?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] dannejanne:
I use 530. With 520 the manual controls in the Pro camera gets blocked by the shutter.

If that would not had been a problem I would had been running at 500.

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Yes it does unfortunately.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] masiegel:
As far as 540 dpi Samsung pay works, as mentioned in an earlier post.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] jutley:
I tried this on 520 dpi loving it now looks much better for web browsing more on screen now how about that adoptable storage hack without root still not sure on that yet.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CuBz90:
Yes unfortunately. Revert back to stock DPI for it to continue working fine.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] bamse84:
Awesome! Thank you! Changed dpi to 540 and everything looks great.. The only thing i needed to have on this beautiful device ✌️✌️✌️
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] detonation:
He was asking for the stock dpi of the S6 Edge+, which is 560 as stated. 640 is stock dpi for S6/S6E/S7/S7E
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] A_N_D_R_E:
Anyone successfully get S-health working after dropping the DPI (500)?

It may not be the cause but I thought I'd ask.

I don't get anything beyond this splash screen.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] BanziBaby:
I just tried this & it did indeed change the DPI to 560 but the reset command doesn't seem to work, when the device reboots after resetting it back to default DPI it is still set at 560 DPI as everything is still smaller & DPI checker confirms it is still set to 560

I assume using the command "adb shell wm density 560 && adb reboot" but changing the 560 to 640 will reset it back to default?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CuBz90:
Yes it will. A few people have said the same thing so I will update the OP
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] detonation:
Looks like you might not even need Adb to do this now: There is Native DPI Scaling Hidden in the Galaxy S7

The article mentions condensed is 540, but a user on reddit compared it to an adb change and it's 560
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Naemion:
Confirmed that this works on the s7 edge as well.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] detonation:
this works to reset:

adb shell wm density reset && adb reboot
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] MrTek:
Running

adb shell wm density 560

changes DPI but prevents Android Pay from working with the Android Modified Error.

Returning back to 640 by running

adb shell wm density 640

and rebooting, makes Android Pay work again

Doing the .DisplayScalingActivity trick set the setting back to 560, and it also causes Android Pay to not work.

So it looks like if you want to use Android Pay, you need to be on the 640 setting. I chose to use Condensed and use Samsung Pay until they resolve it.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] xDragonZ:
Try this app - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.evozi.displayscaling
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CuBz90:
Thanks I will add this to the OP
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Ausboy 2011:
Use nova to find the hidden menu for dpi change it went to 540 I think
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CuBz90:
It takes it to 560. There's an App that can do this now.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] MattBooth:
Nice!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] gtg465x:
Nice. Still think Samsung should have done 560 by default. 640 makes it seem like just a magnified version of the smaller S7 screen and looks hilariously huge next to a Note 5 or S6 Edge+. That said, I'm really glad we can change it to 560 and have everything working perfectly except Android Pay, and Android Pay I can live without because Samsung Pay is better anyways.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mrstabs:
I agree. Samsung should have done this by default. In previous phones this has been the smallest font size. And I was struggling to get use to the default smallest font size as it still seemed too big and untidy for me. This is something else that is in Android N that's in the s7/edge firmware. Clearly Samsung have started to add things ready for when they receive N.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CuBz90:
If anyone is able to locate the files that are used by this setting please let me know. I am struggling to find it
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] GerhardK90:
I changed the DPI with the hidden menu which I opened with the help of nova launcher. Does anyone know what DPI the "smaller" setting changes the DPI to?

I also got the feeling that the UI is less smooth with the change of the DPI. Is that just a feeling or does anyone else also experience some "laggy" behavior (For example just try to scroll slowly in chrome)?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CuBz90:
This changes it to 560. I have it at this and have not noticed any lag.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] @home:
Touchwizz icons are still way too big even after applying this.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] GerhardK90:
You could use an alternative launcher. I recommend you nova launcher. It enables you to set the icon size.

Seems that I fixed my chrome issue, I had #smooth-scrolling enabled on my chrome's desktop client - and I did not know that it would sync that setting to my mobile device. I disabled it and it seems to be fixed.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] -Zork-:
with nova launcher method going great and easier.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] gljiva:
Thank you for this ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] salmerin:
Just so that everyone knows, you don't need Nova launcher to get this effect. I used QuickShortcutMaker and it does the same thing. You don't have to install Nova launcher if you'll never intent in using it.

Just providing another alternative.

Cheers.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] insaned:
ANyone used lower than 560? This still too big for me...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CuBz90:
I've gone as low as 480 and it was fine
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] insaned:
Thanks.

Tested 480 and working aswell but makes swiftkey beta a stupid layout, so I'm using 500 which works pretty good.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] @home:
How are you doing this without root?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CuBz90:
Ye same reasonm I changed it too. Swiftkey assumes you are using a Tablet if you go below 500 DPI
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Taskman:
Can't be correct, can it?

Why I'm hesitant is because my Redmi Note 3 Pro runs 480 as standard. Using any DPI on that on except 480 ****s up SwiftKey so i can only se QWF(Colemak) on first row.

Running 520 atm on my galaxy S7 which works just perfect.

Sent from my hideout on a top secret device.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CuBz90:
Strange. I tried many different DPI and anything below 500 messed up SwiftKey
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] bamse84:
Even the camera alignment? Can share a screenshot of the camera?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Taskman:
Not perfect but it's not off screen so I'm happy with it.

Sent from my hideout on a top secret device.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] bamse84:
Ok. Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] willxix:
Thanks man ,much better :good:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] tim84us:
DPI can now be changed directly from System>Display>Change DPI

you will need to have received the April S7Edge Update
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CuBz90:
Not entirely correct. You can change it from 640 to 560 in System > Display > Display Scaling. You cannot change DPI to anything else.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] gtg465x:
This is good. I assume Android Pay will finally work with 560 DPI since there is an official unhidden system setting to change it now.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] rp3:
Swiftkey Beta handles lower dpi fine.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] psufan5:
When exactly will everyone get this update? I am in the US on AT&T, and I don't think I got it yet. 935F variety here.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Huntyz:
Thanks a lot :D
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mdonnelly1127:
If I factory reset my phone will the DPI setting still apply? Or do I have to redo it again?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] tim84us:
Dont know - in UK - no Android or Samsung here yet (ever Ever)

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Dont know

Everyone got it in UK

Guess is frustrating when updates get released ahead in other markets but not US

Thats how we feel when you get Android/Samsung pay etc and the rest of the world doesnt :)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] sd7318:
So got the PD1 update for AT&T today but no option for display scaling.. anyone else pull the AT&T update and see the option?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] neezy13:
I got the AT&T update this morning and there is no option for display scaling.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CuBz90:
It seems AT&T have removed this option. I have no idea why.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] ashouhdy:
؟؟ ADP1 update got the option
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] neezy13:
Does changing the DPI scaling cause Android Pay not to work for anyone else? I'm on AT&T variant and they did not add the Display Scaling option with the APD1 update, so I still have to use the Nova workaround. However, when I change it, Android pay stops working. I have confirmed this by trying it on a vending machine. With the display scaling set to "Condensed" I get the error that "Google is unable to verify that your device or the software running on it is Android compatible" but if I immediately set the scaling back to the default and reboot, Android Pay works fine.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CuBz90:
Yes, Android pay stops working. This is mentioned in the OP.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] neezy13:
Thanks, others have told me otherwise so I wanted to confirm and make sure it wasn't just me.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CuBz90:
It works only when using official display scaling menu as Samsung made sure it can work with Android pay. AT&T chose not to include this.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] johnusesandroid:
So are you saying Android Pay works when I use the official display scaling in the settings? I had mine set to Condensed and I was having issues adding a new card. I set it back to normal and I was able to add a card and pay with it. I, however, have not tried paying with Condensed.

If this works with Condensed, since I already have all my cards setup, I will set it back to Condensed since it looks nicer than the "blind mode" ultra large normal.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CuBz90:
Yes, some users have reported to me that Android Pay has worked fine after setting to Condensed after Samsung officially added it to the Display settings menu.

I also received reports that Samsung pay was working perfectly after they officially added the menu too. Before they added it, some users had reported that they had to set it to standard to set up Samsung Pay but could use it fine in Condensed after it was set up.

I have not tried any of these myself so cannot confirm from my point of view. I can only advise what people have reported to me.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] PHP_Ninja:
Worked on Galaxy J5

I tried this on the Galaxy J5 (SM-J500F), and everything worked fine except for the camera and the smart manager app. Camera was scaled down to original dpi and smartmanager graphs were all messed up. But except that, all worked fine.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Nitemare3219:
Samsung Pay not working with anything other than 560 or 640 DPI set through adb shell on my T-Mobile S7E. I used the Condensed setting first prior to changing DPI through ADB. I really want to use 500 or 510 because I hate how big everything is compared to my 6P running Android N.

So I either have to choose a better DPI or lose SP. Thanks Samsung. Probably will receive N months late too. I've never been so hard pressed deciding on a phone between keeping the 6P or the S7E...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CuBz90:
Thanks. A few others have said the same so I have included this in the FAQ
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Nitemare3219:
Background image is also not working for Always On Display with the clock... not sure about anything else. The background image selection menu force closes when trying to select an image. If you try to workaround this by setting the DPI to stock, selecting the image, then setting the DPI to non-stock again, the AOD will not turn on at all.

500 and below DPI prevents you from being able to use some manual camera adjustments in pro mode. 510 is a good compromise, but I can't get my finger to touch the quick exposure adjustment slider in auto mode.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CuBz90:
Not an issue I have. I believe this will be a ROM issue not a DPI issue
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Nitemare3219:
I'm on stock T-Mobile. I thought it was because I might have disabled a certain package, but the background image/AOD works on normal DPI settings.

Anyone else able to test this? I really want to use a background image with the clock - helps it look less plain.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] slayerh4x:
What is the lowest you guys have done? I'm trying to get mine where I like it right now, 480 seems to be pretty good.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Nitemare3219:
Can you actually still use the Pro mode manual camera controls? Anything below 510 for me makes it impossible to use those, so definitely not worth the trade off.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CuBz90:
I am at 500 dpi. I use an Xposed module called App settings which allows me to set the camera DPI as stock so it looks no different than it would at 640 dpi :)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] slayerh4x:
It moves the default buttons up from the bottom a little bit in normal. In Pro mode it does the same and the pro buttons are a little jumbled, you can still press them individually but it doesn't look pretty. I don't use pro mode so just having the normal buttons up higher is a good compromise for the dpi. My OCD goes crazy when I see it though. lol :silly:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] rerven:
Is this also workable for Samsung Pay or only 640/560 works fine for it?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CuBz90:
We don't have Samsung Pay here in the UK plus I am rooted so I cannot advise you of that I'm afraid.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] rerven:
Thanks anyway
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] el7145:
I changed my screen resolution to 1080p, in the hopes of squeezing even more battery life out of the phone, however i dont think i set the dpi correctly...all the buttons in the camera app were off

anyone know the correct dpi for 1080p for our s7 edge, or how to fix the issue where the camera buttons were off?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] superwall:
so it do this?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Skizzy034:
[MENTION=2996411]CuBz90[/MENTION] Do you know what the app changes in the phone to have the display scaling show up? I'm sure it's probably an xml edit.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] jnsday:
I think the default has been very good
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Jase Winter:
You are not alone, i'm on the latest o2 UK firmware, AOD does not work for me lower than 520 dpi, I've not tested turning the background image off prior to changing the dpi though. I get the same crash in the settings if I try and select a background image. I'm currently at 520dpi and AOD works fine so i'll probably be sticking to that. Only I have is the camera being a bit messed up as others have mentioned.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CuBz90:
Tha AOD with background image seems to work find for me on 481 dpi

I use an Xposed app called 'App Settings' to set my Samsung apps (including camera) to stock dpi so it looks perfectly fine.