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[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
ai, I thought you wanted to ask me something about something else :) Yes, this still we be done... sorry for the delay. Will do it this weekend.

What do you mean it won't load the saved density? Isn't there a hot reboot or does it just load the same density? Or do you mean that the saved system density isn't loaded on a cold reboot or boot.
[Android Apps and Games] cyberfux:
Sorry, i was a little distracted by another bug i found somewhere else ;-)

It won't do the hot reboot, we had talked about the thing with the cold boot earlier ;-)

2b precise: it won't do the hot reboot in about 75% of the time but there is no pattern, sometimes it does, sometimes not...
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
If you PM me your email address I will send you a test version this weekend with the addition of the reboot option and a modified hot rebooting method.
[Android Apps and Games] skodaslx:
Hello,

i just bought it yesterday.

I found a bug in combination with the app "quick settings".

I set it on 220 (from default 240) on my SGS

and in quick settings there are no more graphic indicators that show

if an option is applied or not.

Could you solve it?

Thank you.

Edit: Just uninstalled it. Games unplayable (e.g. unblock me free)

Hope to get my money back.
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
No problem. Mail me your order number.

About "quick settings" have you tried to turn on compatibility mode in the settings?

As for your last question, I made a FAQ about it here: http://densitychanger.blogspot.com/2010/09/faq-apps-dont-scale-well-after-i.html
[Android Apps and Games] :
Very good apps. Running at 190 on htc desire hd under Leedroid 1.3a & launcherpro.

I made a track called "appelflap" long time ago. :D
[Android Apps and Games] bongd:
I'm unfortunately getting FCs with the market app no matter what I've tried. What are others doing? I searched the thread and found nothing so far. Reading every page would be a *****, so could anyone help?

Happily purchased this too.. noticed lots of whiners making excuses for not purchasing something that costs 10 times less than a coffee!!!
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Is the app itself force closing or does a density change cause the force closing?
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Great, do you have it on the Internet. Love to hear it.
[Android Apps and Games] bongd:
It was the density change, but I shut down, removed the battery again and for some reason this time it worked. You must be magic :D

Thanks nonetheless!!! Great app :)
[Android Apps and Games] ryj01:
app

great app!
[Android Apps and Games] shaolin95:
So on my Captivate the stock dialer gets really small when using this app but there is one modded dialer I found that remains full size.

If I post the apk here , can someone figure out why that dialer is not affected?
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Check out this thread. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=863519

It has a guide how to mod apps and make them compatible with other densities.
[Android Apps and Games] LordKitsuna:
phone no longer works help!

after using this my phone has stopped working! i have a sony ericsson X10 and the phone boots but now i cant make calls and my phone says no service how the **** does changing screen res break my cell service i tried rebooting going back to default and uninstalling nothing is working
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Have you tried to turn on the compatibility mode before uninstalling (see help)
[Android Apps and Games] LordKitsuna:
yes that didnt work either but its ok lucky for me i already had everything important on my sdcard and so i just whent to the store since i only recently got my phone and got a new one for free
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
I seriously doubt that this simple app could have damaged your device that badly. Did you do a differential diagnosis?
[Android Apps and Games] tmotech88:
whats the status with the with app functioning with 2.3.1? i have noticed that alot of the apps that i have are not working well with 2.3 at this time
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
It is reported to run fine on CM7.

On the Nexus S it was reported that the changing of the permanent system density leads to serious boot problems (this was on 2.3.0 don't know how it is for 2.3.1 and 2.3.2)

All in all: incompatibility problems are not caused by Gingerbread but by the way the device is configured.

(Note that up until now only the Nexus S and the Droid Milestone are reported as devices that have serious problems when you change the density in the build.prop file)
[Android Apps and Games] titoxperiax10:
I'm using this app, and I'd like it, the only thing that I see wrong is my HTC clock widget, can anyone help me?...
[Android Apps and Games] RobV15:
im new to rooting and all....so, whats busybox? how can i get this on my phone? Sorry guys for such noobish questions.
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Busybox provides a extra set of unix commands that usually aren't part of the base system of android (hence the name busybox). Plus it will take care of the fact that a particular command is available on all devices. Not all devices have the same set of unix commands.

The best way to install it is to use the busybox installer that's available in the android market. Just search for busybox.
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Htc sense doesn't support a density change (as seems to be the case with all device specific launchers and shells.. ).
[Android Apps and Games] CyanT:
That happened to me as well, but I went into Airplane mode, and then went back to non-airplane mode and it fixed it.
[Android Apps and Games] javagreen:
I'm using it on an X10 without any issues whatsoever. I have an X10i but I flashed the X10a .435 full firmware on it and everything's working just as fine as it was before. No hiccups.
[Android Apps and Games] rundqvist:
Does not work on SE Xperia X10 Mini Pro.

Does a soft reboot, but then seems to chrash and does a hard reboot.

I'm running mikevHL and owain94's CyanogenMOD 3.0 on SE Xperia X10 Mini Pro.
[Android Apps and Games] kroogar:
LCD Density changer not working with DevNull

Hi guys

Just installed this ROM: DevNull waiting for Oxygen 2.0 Final (maybe...). Whenever I flash a new ROM one of the fist things I do is to change my Desires density from 240 to 200. I've tried two different LCD Density changers but none of them work with this ROM. Am I missing something? Could someone shed some light as to why this might be the case? LCDDC just says "Changing to new density: 200" and then returns to the app. The other app I have tried does the same...

TIA

./kroogar
[Android Apps and Games] tommo123:
i came here to post the same :)

havent tried another as i dont know any others tbh.
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Do you have Busybox installed? If your rom hasn't particular Linux commands installed the app needs busybox to do it's reboot trick. This is probably the same for the app of fellow xda member ex87

Btw you can always edit your build.prop to change your density. Full version on the market does this for you, but it's a piece of cake if you have the tools to do it yourself. Just look for the density property parameter in the build.prop file in your system directory.
[Android Apps and Games] JonasBom:
Love it, but is there any way to keep the size of the keyboard big?

Greets
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
I haven't seen any keyboard yet that shrinks because of a density change. (the keyboard height is generally defined in percentage of the total screen size, which of course isn't touched by a density change.)

Only thing that may be affected is the size of the letters.
[Android Apps and Games] kroogar:
Aha!!! Nand unlocked my phone using Unrevoked 3.32, installed BusyBox 1.17 and sure enough. Now I can change my phones density.

Thanks a million appelflap! U rock :)
[Android Apps and Games] HackitZ:
does it work with

Cyanogen CM7.0 RC1

keeps crashing while trying to reboot.
[Android Apps and Games] wase4711:
been working fine on CM 6+.....
[Android Apps and Games] weissbach:
thank you :)
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
What do you mean by crashing? And which device do you have? Also, is hot rebooting causing a problem (when you hit the preview button) or when you try to change the system parameter in the build.prop (save button in the full version) and do a cold reboot?
[Android Apps and Games] xreflection:
Where is the full version? No longer on the market for me. I like the change! My phone feels slightly slicker and more responsive..but that could just be a placedo effect or something lol. My custom dialer is no longer sized to fit the screen though, so im kind of bummed about that.
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
No longer in the market? :eek: That would be bad news... Maybe it's because you changed your rom and didn't fix your market?

BTW someone did a dialer fix for the captivate. Search for it in this forum.
[Android Apps and Games] xreflection:
Duh. Thanks. I applied the market fix using sgs tools and it worked. Ill search for the dialer fix. Thanks! Also what about lock screens? Ill do a quick search

EDIT: Found the app, bought it, set my default density to 200. I love it. But when I set it as default, it doesn't persist after reboot. Whats the dealio?

EDIT2: Nvm. I didnt click save in the main window. I thought checking the "save as default system density" in the options would do it.

Thanks for this awesome app!
[Android Apps and Games] lobstrain:
Downloaded to my Evo, CM7. Works great, totally fixed my layout, now the icons aren't cut off in landscape mode. Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] GreatApo:
I used a version of this app (i do not remember which, i think up to 3, that what it was supposed to be) and it was my first time that my X8 was continiusly rebooting after the sony ericsson logo. I could not even connect it to PC because it was always rebooting. I finally repare it with PC companion. You scared me to death but i now know how to repaire my phone (which is the badest senario). :D

Is this version better? Is there sb with a X8 working with this App?

I will realy get bored if this happens again... lol
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Yeah I know that was a horrible time when I just released it ... Later I cought the terrible bug. The problem was that when busybox wasn't installed a start up file could be damaged by the app. But I repaired this a long time ago in the full version. So nothing to be afraid of. The light version you will find in the first post is save by definition.. It doesn't touch any system files, but then again it won't save the new density either.
[Android Apps and Games] hoo2hoo:
I saved the new density as default... but every time I reboot it still reverts to the original?
[Android Apps and Games] HackitZ:
Ok I just updated to version 6 of j's cyanogen rom running android 2.3.3 and after i hit preview i get the allow super user and then the phone restarts.

ok after the restart it is saving my 200 value but when i hit preview my phone just restarts. and the density is still the same, no difference.

I have an se x10 and i'm not looking for a fix as i'm running a test build of a rom. I was more looking to see if someone else was able to get it to work on this rom with an x10.

thanks
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Make sure you have full root. Your system must be NAND unlocked. Changes to the system directory must be permanently.
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
The problem on your rom seems that hot rebooting is not working. The preview should only restart the graphical shell, allowing for a temporary density change. If your system restarts fully the preview/temp change won't work, because in that case it loads the density from the build.prop. You can either edit the build.prop manually or use the full version.
[Android Apps and Games] HackitZ:
Ok is the full version the paid one? if so that is the version i have.
[Android Apps and Games] tasty_boy:
will it waste more battery???

or we have normal usage???
[Android Apps and Games] xreflection:
I don't notice any significant drop in battery life.
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Yes. Make sure you select "save as system density" in the settings menu and hit save to actually change it.
[Android Apps and Games] GreatApo:
This app is just perfect now! I just check the last version and it worked! I use 120 and here is a screenshoot

It worth root your phone just for this!

GreatApo (sent for my xperia x8)
[Android Apps and Games] mbc663:
just change the setting in the build.prop manually to the desired dpi.

No need for an app
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Be so kind and describe how it can be done without an paid for app like root explorer. Like how you have to pull it with adb etc..

I mentioned it often enough that it can be done manually, so please ... Either help or .. you know

EDIT: sorry, but I'm getting prety tired of this. If you guys would donate to developers and not only to rom bakers (who use our apps anyway without even asking for permission) I would make the full version free without any problem.
[Android Apps and Games] mbc663:
Pm me

I'll help if ur rooted
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Why not give a description right here? I'm more than happy to put up a link to it in the first post.
[Android Apps and Games] SynisterWolf:
i love this app. only thing is that my gingerbread keyboard gets to small. anyone know of a hacked gingerbread keyboard with bigger keys so i can keep using this????

Never mind. i took the values from a gtab and made my own out of the stock gb keyboard. then resigned it to make it for all.

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] GreatApo:
As i have already say, this app is perfect... i want now to ask sth, my phone's (Xperia X8) screen can handle even the dencity of "100" (i can see very well the font and everything, i now have adjust it to "120") but i get a lot of errors/crashes (when i have it to "100", in LauncherPro)... can i do sth to fix this?
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
In most cases this is caused by desktop widgets. Try to remove them and install them one by one. You can also try an alternative launcher like AWD launcher.

Just experiment
[Android Apps and Games] killmyself:
not working on my x8. it hangs up for a while and then phone reboots.
[Android Apps and Games] GreatApo:
About "100" dencity on Xperia X8:

I removed all the widgets. LauncherPro open and after 2 changes of desktops the phone stuck. With the stock home, the phone didn't even open (lol).

I will check the AWD launcher too.

Q: Can this have sth with the CPU? Maybe if I flash to 2.2 android, i will get it work...(i have 2.1)

EDIT: The ADW works very well in 100 dencity, i notice only one problem... but i HATE it lol...

everything is so small and nice, but i also have fat fingers lol... i will stay with Launcher and "120" :)
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Known fact. X8 stock doesn't allow a hot reboot. What will work though is to edit the build.prop or use the full version and set the changed density to the system density.
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
You can also try different densities in the 100 - 120 range.

Btw what do you mean with "sth" . I noticed this also in your previous post. Is this some kind of new internet slang I missed :D
[Android Apps and Games] tasty_boy:
That's weird....

i set to 200, then it works perfect!

but when i reboot the phone, it goes back to normal res

in Settings the option to set it to system is enabled

and it didn't works too

please, help!!

thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] mbc663:
Easy to do with root explorer
[Android Apps and Games] Motodoido:
After change density on my u20a, some widgets stop work (like Widgetsoid,SwitchPro...),it's show the message "Error inflating widget". Some one know how I fix it,without reverse the density?
[Android Apps and Games] tasty_boy:
tried with root explorer, but no success...

edited the build.prop file but when i tried to move the file

phone didnt allow me to modify nothing!!

hope u could help us!
[Android Apps and Games] Motodoido:
Use "open in text editor" option...

Mount, edit, save and reboot the phone...
[Android Apps and Games] tasty_boy:
it gaves me a message like this: "You cannot edit this file because the file system is read-only.
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
But that's an app. You said no need for an app.

I know this is an extra trigger (behavioristic: negative reinforcement) but can you please stop trolling in this thread.
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Edit: .....
[Android Apps and Games] o0adam0o:
Cool app.. im about to try it!
[Android Apps and Games] shad0wboss:
Bad thing about this is that the game gets much much smaller too even though you don't change the density so much; specially fifa looked totally messed up...wouldn't recommend using this software.
[Android Apps and Games] miguelit0:
great way to make your nook icons not so tiny
[Android Apps and Games] ri3tn:
I'm having the same problems as this person, when I set it to 200, or any value really, and press "load saved density" while having checked the option to save it as the default density in settings, the phone goes back to the default density (240) after a reboot.

Any help please?
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Do you have a permanent root and/or is your NAND unlocked?

It is crucial for whatever method used that when you make changes to system files that those system files remains changed after a reboot. A temporary root prevents that, and on some devices you have also to unlock the NAND memory (like for example the desire hd or desire)
[Android Apps and Games] neoazrael:
is this process safe? can it damage the screen or gpu? and will it be as default if i format and install a different rom(clean install) ? thx for the answers ...
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
1. No

2. No, if you do a clean install or reflash your firmware (that is when your system directory is written over.. this is btw not the case with a factory reset) the density will be set to what is defined by the firmware or rom developer.

Edit: 2 is only the case with the full version. The light version only changes the density until the next reboot.
[Android Apps and Games] neoazrael:
thx bud,why it is not safe? it can cause any hardware damage or just damage the system which can be fixed by performing a new install?
[Android Apps and Games] mbc663:
sorry guys. Would of explained how to push it with adb and set permissions but that would be using an app and I'm already a troll. Good luck!
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
I read back and you asked 3 questions. No was an answer to your second question. I think it is perfectly safe for your hardware. I don't see how a change of density can damage the screen or CPU. I use/used it on all my devices and never seen any problems in this respect. Also, it's a well known hack in the Android community and I've never seen bad reports about it.

As far as I know there are two devices that don't allow a change of the density property in the build.prop: the Droid milestone and the Nexus S. They ran into boot loops on particular stock firmware versions (don't remember which ones). I can't say anything about new devices. This week I got an email of someone with a new Motorola Atrix, reporting that it didn't work on his device, although he didn't ran into boot problems.

Just make a nandroid backup and your safe to go.
[Android Apps and Games] neoazrael:
ok thx m8 for ur answers and patience i asked them bcs i wanted to be sure so i can use it now
[Android Apps and Games] ri3tn:
Yes, and yes. I'm on the Captivate, so the 2nd doesn't apply to me like the desire. I was looking at my default.prop, and it seems to be set at lcd density=240, if that helps anything. I've also tried using root explorer to change build.prop, but no go.
[Android Apps and Games] TheMuffStuff:
After using this, my doodle jump is ****ed up and is now like zoomed out and weird, anyway to fix this?
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Are you running the new stock froyo firmware or a custom rom? It may be that the kernel is ignoring the density prop.
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Just turn on compatibility mode and go back to default.
[Android Apps and Games] ri3tn:
Using a custom rom, CM7. What would I do if the kernel is ignoring the density prop?
[Android Apps and Games] tasty_boy:
no solution yet??

kernel issue??

any advice??

pls!!
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
I think you can better look for a solution on the cyanogenmod forum

This is what I found for example:

http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/...scussion/page__st__520__p__154138#entry154138

So just flash an old kernel for now.
[Android Apps and Games] Zim415:
Wicked app; much appreciation! I couldn't live without this now.
[Android Apps and Games] shad0wboss:
Yes, indeed, the games do get messed up !
[Android Apps and Games] sublimaze:
i really miss this from my nexus one & captivate. can you add support for thunderbolt?
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
HTC has blocked the possibility to restart the shell only, so the temp. change wont work on the Thunderbolt stock Rom. Can't do anything about that. Don't know yet if a permanent change in the build.prop will work. Someone said he would test this but he didn't report back yet.
[Android Apps and Games] cuianwei:
Thanks cool!
[Android Apps and Games] HojiCZ_SGS:
question

I changed resolution of display ( I wanted to get more space and to add more icons and widgets on screen).

When I change resolution, I get more space on right side and on bottom. But I cannot fill it with widgets etc.

Is it possible to use this space?

THank You
[Android Apps and Games] mbc663:
im having the same problem using TW4 on a gingerbread rom. any recommended value for the build.prop on a JVB i9000 TW4?
[Android Apps and Games] MrNago:
You depend on the Launcher.

The developer recomends ADW Launcher, which lets you choose how many columns and rows are displayed on the homescreen.

I can tell you it works pretty good, recommended!
[Android Apps and Games] crowley35:
didn't keep settings

I had to manually change my build.prop file for the changes to take affect
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Did you check the "save as system density" in the settings menu?
[Android Apps and Games] MrNago:
Bought it, definitely worth it to me!

EDIT: Btw, how many columns/rows are people using? Can't find the sweet spot!
[Android Apps and Games] ayancold:
Hi

I have a rooted galaxy 3 gt-i5801. I am using the latest ROM XWJPF the european version. I used font changer and it worked perfectly. BUt i accidentally changed the screen density to 140 where my default was 120. I managed to change it back to 120 by the app lcd density lite. But everytime switch off my phone its changes to 140. Is there a way to restore the default settings. Except for flashing i know that flashing would wokr just perfect.
[Android Apps and Games] shad0wboss:
uninstall the application and then reboot...if you want to have default density.
[Android Apps and Games] :
After unchecking the compatibitliy mode every application used to scale fine but now I can't even find the compatibility option

I'm using G-R 12 gingerbread ROM

Can anyone tell me where can I find compatibility settings ?
[Android Apps and Games] SiNJiN76:
Keyboard changes back to default density after a few uses. How can I keep this from happening? CM7 nightly.
[Android Apps and Games] braschlosan:
Is there a fix yet for the Contacts crash?

On my indulge the default is 160 and anything lower crashes the contacts app, even 159. The weird thing is that going higher lets the contacts app work
[Android Apps and Games] bbernardini:
This is the first LCD density app that has actually worked on my Incredible. However, the change doesn't stick when I reboot, even if I have it set as the default. Is there any kind of workaround for this? Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] LordManhattan:
Yes. Change the density manually.

- Download Root Explorer (ES File Explorer - Free)

- Navigate to /System/build.prop

- ES will now ask you where you'd like to open it. Choose ES Note Editor.

- Scroll down to "ro.sf.lcd_density=240

- Change 240 to whatever you like, but don't go below 190 is my little rule.

- Reboot

Note: To get back to the normal density, just change it to 240 again and reboot.