HOW TO CHANGE SCREEN DENSITY (DPI) ON ANDROID [ROOT]
Method I – Do it from the phone on a Rooted ROM
1 . Open Root Explorer .
2 . Go to / system
3 . Click on Mount RW ( It should appear as Mount RO, that ’s
when it is correct !)
4 . Look for build .prop . Long press on the file and press Open
file in Editor
5 . Scroll down to ro .sf .lcd _ density= 240
6 . Change the value to anywhere between 180 and 240 . The
lower the value, the higher density your screen will have .
7 . Click on the Menu button, and Save and Exit .
8 . Reboot.
1 . Open Root Explorer .
2 . Go to / system
3 . Click on Mount RW ( It should appear as Mount RO, that ’s
when it is correct !)
4 . Look for build .prop . Long press on the file and press Open
file in Editor
5 . Scroll down to ro .sf .lcd _ density= 240
6 . Change the value to anywhere between 180 and 240 . The
lower the value, the higher density your screen will have .
7 . Click on the Menu button, and Save and Exit .
8 . Reboot.
Method II – Before flashing a Custom ROM (Including AOSP
ROMs for your phone )
1 . Open the zip file containing the custom ROM .
2 . Navigate to System Folder , then extract build .prop to your
Desktop .
3 . Edit the file using Notepad or EditPad or Notepad + +
4 . Click Ctrl + F( Search) and enter ‘ ro .sf .lcd _ density’ or
navigate to this line .
5 . Change the value to your desired (Higher Value = Bigger
font and lower density, Lower Value = Higher Density and
smaller font)
6 . Save the build . prop file and replace back into the zip file in
the same place .
7 . Flash the Custom ROM as per directions .
ROMs for your phone )
1 . Open the zip file containing the custom ROM .
2 . Navigate to System Folder , then extract build .prop to your
Desktop .
3 . Edit the file using Notepad or EditPad or Notepad + +
4 . Click Ctrl + F( Search) and enter ‘ ro .sf .lcd _ density’ or
navigate to this line .
5 . Change the value to your desired (Higher Value = Bigger
font and lower density, Lower Value = Higher Density and
smaller font)
6 . Save the build . prop file and replace back into the zip file in
the same place .
7 . Flash the Custom ROM as per directions .
#You should now have a phone with the same screen size but
alot more density , slightly smaller text and more space to use
applications on .
This guide can be used on all Android phone , even the smaller
MDPI and LDPI phones to make your screen to appear bigger
and more useful . However , you will have to tinker with the
value unless you find one that suits you best.
**,,, ARTICLE BY SHIVAM PANDEY,,, **
alot more density , slightly smaller text and more space to use
applications on .
This guide can be used on all Android phone , even the smaller
MDPI and LDPI phones to make your screen to appear bigger
and more useful . However , you will have to tinker with the
value unless you find one that suits you best.
**,,, ARTICLE BY SHIVAM PANDEY,,, **
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