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[Android Apps and Games] dragonfyre13:
The market version doesn't seem to work for HTC EVO. I know this was intended to work on Galaxy S devices, but just figured I'd let you know.

BUG REPORT:

Symptom - On HTC EVO 4G, LCD Density shows standard density (240) on reboot, after specifying 200 density, and allowing the application to reboot the phone

Steps -

A) Get LCD Density Changer 3.0 off the market,

B) Open LCD Density Changer

C) Enter 200 in the blank text field showing in the application.

D) Note original density of 240

E) Click change button, and allow to reboot phone

F) When phone has completely rebooted, and you see lock screen, unlock phone.

G.actual) Note that current screen density reports 240 (original density)

G.expected) Current screen density should report 200 (specified density)

H.actual) open market, go to apps->all->just in. Displays 6 market applications per screen.

H.expected) open market, go to apps->all->just in. Should display greater than 6 market applications per screen.

Environment -

Phone: HTC EVO 4G

Rom: Valpack 1.2, default kernel

Root: SimpleRoot immediately prior to OTA 2.2 release

Notes: running lookout. EVO Smooth Sense theme. Launcher Pro as home screen.
[Android Apps and Games] Subbie171:
I got a really weird bug. I installed the app, then opened it just once. It said my default value was 240. Before doing anything, I remembered I had forgotten to update my nandroid back up, so I back out of the app without changing anything, reboot into recovery and do a backup.

Then I start the phone, it loads, I unlock the screen trying to use it but it's really sluggish and after a few seconds it crashes back to the android logo.

This goes on for 3 or 4 times and then it stops rebooting and I can use the system. But then it gets weirder as I notice the fonts are smaller and one of my widgets suffers the bad resize effect. I figure the app must have done something so I check build.prop and it says 240.

Then I check a month old build.prop and it also says 240.

If nothing has changed in the settings, how come the density is visually different? I've been cracking my head at this since last night and can't figure it out!

Specs: default android 2.1 update1 motorola telus build 03.11 with openrecovery.
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
It isn't actually a bug, but yes it is something that should be noted. As I mentioned a few posts back, there are some devices/configurations that doesn't allow a density change. I don't have a full overview of which devices aren't supported. I do my best thought to get a list of it, by scanning the internet and postings here in this thread.

It's really a pitty the app can't support all Android devices on the market, but then again this tweak doesn't belong to standard API :) (unfortunately).

Nevertheless thanks for noticing. I write it down on my list and will make sure that people who want to run it can consult this list so they know what they are up to.

But al this asside, maybe there is a way to get it running on the HTC EVO. I noticed this thread somewhere started by someone who posted in this thread some days ago. If the rom developer in that thread is right then one has to conclude that the HTC stock kernel of the EVO doesn't support this tweak but a lot of custom kernels do. If you insist in running this tweak I would suggest to delve in this material and maybe you can get it running.
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Ok, I think I know what the problem is. If I have interpreted this right, you didn't change the density at all and nevertheless there was something changed. My guess is that this was caused by the fact that the app turns off the Android compatibility mode when it is started (even if the user doesn't change anything). I did this on purpose because if you want to change the density, you surely want to turn off the compatibility mode because otherwise (a lot of) apps don't scale right. So, i suggest to run the app again and turn on the compatibility mode in the settings menu. (I made a note about this in the help file)

BTW does the density change work on the Milestone?
[Android Apps and Games] donopolyblocks:
okay... Where's the link or would I have to donate to use it because its saying if you like send a donate as if there is a free version. Can someone tell me something?
[Android Apps and Games] LexusBrian400:
Do not try this a on a rooted Droid X w/ Froyo and Koush's recovery.

Thank god for nandroid backups.

Screen was on, you could tell. But it was all black. Scary as hell.

Thanks anyways dev, sounds like an awesome project.
[Android Apps and Games] tmotech88:
I'm running this on the HTC EVO with CM 6 and have no problems so I can confirm this is work with evo depending on your Rom
[Android Apps and Games] kramttocs:
I have spoken with the dev of BW and he is looking into it.
[Android Apps and Games] kramttocs:
If you read the first post you will see that the free version isnt available at the moment. Buy the one off the market and if it doesn't work- get a refund. Although either way is a dollar donation to help a dev keep going really that painful??
[Android Apps and Games] I[E:
I've only been playing with it for a couple hours, but running CM6 with Snap 8.2 Kernel and adw.launcher set to 5 columns and 5 rows it works awesome.
[Android Apps and Games] cashmonkey:
Did anyone else Widgets don't resize anymore?

When I first installed it, I was able to make the Analog Clock widget bigger.. but then I was messing with settings, and check marked the "compatibility mode" which totally screwed it up

So I reboot, uninstalled, then reinstalled

But now my widgets won't resize to be bigger.. any thoughts?

(droid X 2.2 leak non-deox)
[Android Apps and Games] Subbie171:
Disabled compatibility mode, rebooted and all is back to normal. I will try again later when I get home from work, but if compat mode has to be on then I suppose it will throw me in the reboot loop again.
[Android Apps and Games] resinous:
tried 200 on my Nexus One didn't like it went back to default 240 but some widgets on my home screen and apps like games didn't change back to 240. nandroid restore ftw. Make sure you did nandroid backup before experimenting with this app.
[Android Apps and Games] lele5800:
compatible with htc magic (i have magic 32a) ??
[Android Apps and Games] rohitgarewal:
Using EVO @ CM6 snap8.2 with LauncherPro...set the setting to 200 and its working very nice indeed. The one issue i'm having is with changing my wall paper...likes to default to the blades of grass and not do much else.

Not sure if this is because of my recent move to snap 8.2 or the app itself.
[Android Apps and Games] hukkguai:
I'm have a Vibrant. Rooted, SU, Busybox. I bought the app, read the help, and changed the value to 200. When my phone rebooted, it is stuck at the Samsung Vibrant screen and just sits there.

I did a Nandroid and tried again and it still is stuck at the same screen. I'm going to try the Root Explorer method.

***Edit: Hmmm seems like it isn't the App because changing the LCD Density through /system gets me stuck at the Vibrant boot screen as well. Anything I may be able to do to get around this?
[Android Apps and Games] Subbie171:
Thats pretty much what happened to me, disabling compatibility mode in the app's settings brought my widgets back to normal.
[Android Apps and Games] FuryriderX:
I had a very odd issue - changing the density for me to 180 on a Bell Vibrant (basically an i9000) caused the 'automatic brightness' checkbox to disappear in the brightness settings. Freaked me out for a little while before i figured it out.

Guess the slider didn't scale, and hid the checkbox.

Otherwise, i'm loving it. Great work!
[Android Apps and Games] ChrisChavez:
So amazing!!!!

I honestly cannot say enough about this app. It seriously leveled up my sense of enjoyment with my Evo... I have been SCREAMING for something like this to come out and allow me to change resolution settings like on my comp but never really thought it possible. I always hated how my phone's resolution is twice that of the G1 but I couldn't see more and everything was just blown up. Silly.

I'm using CM6 with the 200 setting and Launcher Pro w/ 5 rows of icons and small graphical glitches aside, (Don't recommend on a Sense ROM) my phone is damn near perfect.

Most of the time people wont even notice the change but I DO, and that's all that matters ;)

SO HAPPY!!!! (And yes, I paid for it in the Market and if you're in the US trying to pirate a 75cent app, I hope your phone bricks on you in the near future) That is all. =)
[Android Apps and Games] foxdog66:
i cant seem to get photobucket mobile to scale properly even when i revert back to 240 its still messed up. any ideas? i got a moto droid running cyanogenmod 6

edit: i just didnt check out the settings lol, fixed it
[Android Apps and Games] kramttocs:
Same thing happens on the Captivate. Don't know about the Vibrant but running your finger across the notification bar adjusts the brightness on my phone. I have used an app called Quick Settings in the past that allows one to do this (among other things) too. If it helps.
[Android Apps and Games] lotherius:
Using it on a 32b Magic and CM 6 so I can say definitely yes. It seems to be faster at 120 than at 130, maybe because that's a more standard res (400x600). Only issue is the KEYBOARD gets so tiny!
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
No problem here on a SGS i9000 with the beta Froyo, automatic brightness checkbox still there (fortunately). Another plus for froyo :)
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Droid X with koush's recovery

Users with a Droid X and koush's recovery installed, it seems that koush's recovery is monitoring odd boots. Automatically rebooting after a density change will have the very unpleasant effect of having to do a SBF. Don't know if it will work with a manual reboot. Hope someone can try that, so I can take some precaution measures for koush's enabled devices.

If you don't have the nerve to test that, see this great post to change the density manually.

I think a manual reboot can't cause any problems, because if you can change the build.prop manually and reboot thereafter (manually) as suggested in the post, I think that a manual reboot after changing the density in the app can't cause any problems.
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
That's so great!!! Hope more developers are going to support the variable density setting. Nothing to do with my app, but the tweak itself is so great.
[Android Apps and Games] dickson_dcs:
how to make unscaled app to scale after the density changed? especially Dialpad...
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
FYI I'm at how to create a free light version of this app. Can't promise anything yet. All I can think of now is some kind of trial version that will run for a certain period, or one in which one can set just one or two particular density settings.

I also want you to know that your support is very much appreciated. I do my best to perfect the app and to support as many devices, android platforms and configurations as possible and to make it as safe as possible for devices that don't support the density tweak.

Any suggestions for improvements, additions are very much appreciated.

Right now i'm thinking of adding a possibility to create a configurable list of apps that one wants to run with a particular density and/or compatibility setting. For example a game that can only be played nice with a density of 240 and comp. mode on. Good idea? Or just let it be.
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
If the compatibility mode is turned of and apps don't scale well, all you can do is to look for alternative apps. For example for my SGS I use Dialpad One as an alternative to the non-scalable Samsung dialpad. (Problem with the dialpad of samsung for example is that the image resources that are used in the app have fixed dimensions)

Another, but more time consuming opertunity is of course to alter those apps with APK Manager (which can be found here on the forum)
[Android Apps and Games] rbanaco:
Hy there I bought this app yesterday but although it works chaning the density.. it does not scale my widget neither the applications menu... I tried compatibility on and off... thank you
[Android Apps and Games] swine...:
Works on Tattoo lowering from 120 to 100. Phone looks amazing, but Market and Facebook gapps Force Close. As soon as reverted back to 120 apps work fine?! Please....... :D:D
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Have you tried other values like 105, 110, 115 etc?
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Yep, that's the problem with the density tweak. Either one has to install alternative apps that do scale right, or don't alter the density.

But try ADW launcher, it works great with other density values. One can define extra columns and rows, so one can control how widgets scale on the desktop.
[Android Apps and Games] rbanaco:
do you use it? i'm going to give it a try... thank you
[Android Apps and Games] The_Tech_Ninja:
On my INC it does not work. I tried to manually change the value but once I rebooted it still said 240. I'm using SkyRaider RC3.
[Android Apps and Games] TheMike1:
Can someone clarify: is the only setting this app changes for you the desnity in the build.prop file? I understand it is a useful app and has the boot monitor feature and a nice interface, I am not downplaying that. I am happy to donate to the author. But functionality wise, is the only thing it is doing is editing that line in the build.prop?

Edit: I just purchased the app off the market to show my support for the author :D
[Android Apps and Games] Frk13:
It's doesn't work on Samsung Galaxy Spica :(

Default density value is 160 but when I try to change to 140 for example. The phone reboot, density value is always 160, I can keep it by click to Yes or No !

My config: Android 2.1, Root, Samdroid Turbo v9 by Antibyte (base on Leshak SamdroidMod) with FrozenEclair 7 (JIT of Froyo ported to Spica)
[Android Apps and Games] aladin6:
It doesn't work on Spica!

I have by default 160, i change it to 120 but nothing happens !
[Android Apps and Games] TheMike1:
Have you tried what the author suggested himself a few pages back? Try editing your build.prop manually and rebooting and seeing if the changes stick. If they do and the app itself doesnt work he would like to know! If however it reverts back no matter what, then it is something this app cannot help with.
[Android Apps and Games] aladin6:
The problem is the line of "density" is not present (see attached file) .
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Next version will add this line if it is not present.
[Android Apps and Games] aladin6:
Can you please pass me the line thay i should past it to the build.prop?

Can i add it without risk ?

Thank you for your response.
[Android Apps and Games] Frk13:
I don't find this string in my build.prop

I create it in the end of the file

I wipe cache & dalvik-cache

And... tada... it's work =)
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Just add ro.sf.lcd_density=160 (spica default) to the build.prop.

Frk13 says it works. :) I've seen also one other report of someone who made it work this way. So, yes I guess it's save.
[Android Apps and Games] aladin6:
It's working! Thank you very much ;-) .
[Android Apps and Games] wipeout140:
Bought the app and tested it on a HTC Magic 32B with Cyanogenmod 6 and works really well, a really interesting idea but i have put it back to default (160) for now was at 120.

Thanks again
[Android Apps and Games] Frk13:
It's probably not due to the mod

I'm on Green Dev Droid with Battery Circle v3

At 160, normal cross

At 150 (or under), bugged cross

It's the same on Android menu

PS: I'm sorry for not displaying image to you but new user can't post external links !
[Android Apps and Games] v_lestat:
figured i would chime in.

EVO w/ EViO 1.1 ROM.

used root explorer, before i even read the suggestion to use it. (root explorer is the **** ya know)

works fine on my EVO

but here are some oddities i noticed.

1)

my default value in the build.prop was said to be 160. current value 240.

can the default density of this screen truly be 160?!?! if so WOW! but that makes everything so small it would be unusable.

2) ADW launcher is the only launcher that the launcher (dialer) bar (at the bottom of the screen) works properly, Sense, and the LG home do not scale and are either broken into pieces (Sense) or shoved all the way to the left (LG)

i have not tried nor have installed launcher pro, but if ADW works then awesome.

3) icon text seems to be cutting off if it is more than one row of text.

4) keyboard is smaller, yuk,, smaller isnt good on the keyboard. - is there ANY way possible to make the dpi of the keyboard back to 240 while keeping the rest 200?

5) apps like Engadget are now a small window, about half the size of the screen. -

ok turning off compatibility mode with 'Spare Parts' fixed this per the earlier post

6) notification bar is fuzzy...

7) wallpapers are fuzzy not as clear as they should be

8) i went back into the file with root explorer and it was back to 240.... but my screen was DEF. 200.

uh oh... a reboot hasnt changed it it is still 200 even though the build prop says 240.

have to do a cache and davlik cache wipe.

ok i just remembered to turn off compatibility mode - no need to wipe and i accidentally opened the .bak file, thats why it said 240
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
That's really funny. I read the current density (the one you see in the main screen) with a Android SDK API. :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bob dylan:
This has been bugging me for a while now and I wonder if it bugs other people too.

When launching a link from a web page and then returning to the same web page the browser doesn't return to the point on the page where the link was. It goes back to the top of the page. Meaning I then have to scroll to the part of the page where I was before.

This is really annoying. Any ideas how to rectify this issue? It happens in the stock browser and dolphin.

sent from my mind to yours using the power of suggestion
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bob dylan:
No one experience this too? What's the deal?

sent from my mind to yours using the power of suggestion
[Vibrant General] MrGibbage:
Has anyone cracked the code on when Google chat on the phone ignores desktop chat and when it doesn't? I have seen that sometimes when I chat with my friends on my desktop, sometimes my phone beeps for every line entered by the other party and sometimes it doesn't. I think in a perfect world, the phone should beep for the "first" line of text, and if I answer on the desktop, it should ignore the rest (but still record them for posterity). And if I answer on the phone, perhaps it should just haptic vibrate for each line of text received after the "first". I say "first" in quotes because I imagine that would be difficult to manage pragmatically. When is it the first chat of a new "session", and when is it just a delay in between chat lines of the same session? Maybe a customizable interval, like say five minutes. If no text is received within five minutes then it is a new session, so beep on the first line?

Lat night I was chatting with a friend (I was on the desktop) and every time he sent something, my phone would beep. Not the best solution in my opinion.
[Vibrant General] DLarva:
From what I can tell, your phone will receive the message when you do not have the gchat window active on your desktop.

If you click in on the area like you were going to type a message and leave your cursor there, when your friends send messages they don't seem to get sent to the phone. On the other hand, even if you have gchat open on your desktop and you say use a different program or are on a different tab in your browser, then your phone will receive the messages.

At least this is my experience. I think this is the correct behavior as you don't need to get messages in two places when you are actively chatting.
[Vibrant General] RageR6:
From my experience I use Gchat on my pc everyday when i am at work and I have my phone on my desk near by. When a friend of mine messages me it hits both for the first message, but if i answer on my desktop, it does not hit my phone ever until I sign off of gchat on my pc. Even if it is not focused on the gchat window. I am however using Trillian for my gchat, not sure what you all are using.
[Vibrant General] fumanstan:
This is what happens for me as well. Messages go to my phone on the first IM or if I don't have that window active on my desktop.
[Vibrant General] MrGibbage:
I am using the built-into-gmail-dot-com google chat. This has definitely happened to me several times before. Last night it happened again. The entire conversation I had with my friend, every time I received a message on my desktop, my phone also beeped. Other times it worked like it was supposed to (beeped the first time and that was it.)

I will see if I can get my wife to help me troubleshoot tonight.
[Vibrant General] etaChase:
perhaps a topic for a different thread...

I found the chat behavior to be exactly the way DLarva stated:

My question (perhaps a dumb one :confused::rolleyes:) is how/where to turn off the notification that you got a chat all together?

I don't want any notification of a chat receipt while I am on the phone.

Any help?
[Vibrant General] dkoenig:
Maybe:

Try (within setting of google talk) turn off notification bar, no vibrate, and set ringtone to silent.

That might approximate no notification.
[Vibrant General] etaChase:
thanks for that - have tried to "approximate" no notification, and that's all well and good. . . but not the same as turning it off.

I have looked around in my mobile settings in the google account but can't find it (thought it might be similar to turning on/off notification of appointments in the calendar)...

might just be missing it, but this seems like fairly simple feature. I am nearing feeling ready to root my phone and thought maybe this would be a feature that was only available after doing that. It would have been the final encouragement I need to take that (admittedly not very big) plunge!
[Vibrant General] dkoenig:
I have a rooted Nexus One (CM6 with KOR) and that is as close as I can get to turning them off (that I can find anyway).
[Vibrant General] pavvy:
This was happening to me, too (when I used Gtalk on the PC, the phone sitting on my desk would sound the alert, with every chat message I rec'd) -- so I just manually signed out of Gtalk on the phone, and it stopped happening. I mostly use Gtalk on desktop anyway. (Though when I check "running processes" on the Vibrant, I see Gtalk always seems to be running -- must start up automatically -- even though I'm signed out...)
[Vibrant General] etaChase:
exactly Pevvy -

but signing out of Gmail kinda defeats the purpose of having the phone constantly synched. Guess the same argument could be made as to why you want chats saved/synched... anyhoo - I just don't want chat on my vibrant, period. I don't want them saved (so transcription is turned off in gChat on the desktop) and I would never chat from the phone. OK, never say never, but I would rather have to enable that, rather than always having it running using resources.

When I root that would a fun thing to explore to see if it can be deactivated through some custom start-up (so it doesn't show as a running service - I see the same thing) and only starts if I manually start it.

That said, if it is server side associated with the google account (its a hosted domain and that may further change things...) it may not be able to adjust even with root. Interest how this shows the blending/blurring between the net and the synch to the phone - and should data and synch be more push or pull.
[Vibrant General] pavvy:
Oh, I didn't sign out of Gmail on my phone -- just Gtalk (the chat service)... seems it was keeping me signed in automatically before, and I had to go into the app, and manually sign out.