How to change LCD density

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**This post is mostly for Noobs** Thought I would post as it is very useful to know.

Here is how to change the lcd density on the charge manually.

**YOU MUST BE ROOTED**

1. Using root explorer go to

System>build.Prop

2. Make sure read/write capabilities are set and long press on build.Prop

3. Choose edit in text editor and the file will open

4. Go halfway down until you see lcd density =240

5. Change the density to a lower number such as 200. This will allow for a much higher resolution.

6. Save and exit

7. Reboot


***warning! If you set the density too low your phone won't run the rom correctly. Not advised under 160

Beautiful. My screen feels huge now, I went with 190 and it seems to be good, nice and small for my good eyesight. I just needed to resize my keyboard height and I was good to go.

Originally Posted by danalo1979

**This post is mostly for Noobs** Thought I would post as it is very useful to know.

Here is how to change the lcd density on the charge manually.

1. Using root explorer go to

System>build.Prop

2. Make sure read/write capabilities are set and long press on build.Prop

3. Choose edit in text editor and the file will open

4. Go halfway down until you see lcd density =240

5. Change the density to a lower number such as 200. This will allow for a much higher resolution.

6. Save and exit

7. Reboot


***warning! If you set the density too low your phone won't run the rom correctly. Not advised under 160

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How do you turn on read/write set capabilities? Every time I long press the build.prop i received the prompt that it's a "read only" file. Sorry for the noob question

Originally Posted by t2xcrzy308us

How do you turn on read/write set capabilities? Every time I long press the build.prop i received the prompt that it's a "read only" file. Sorry for the noob question

You have to be using Root Explorer from the market, then at the top there are buttons that say mount r/w or mount r/o, just press mount r/w and then you can edit the text.

You can use Es file explorer, it has root capabilities and is free.

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Originally Posted by >DARKMAN<

You have to be using Root Explorer from the market, then at the top there are buttons that say mount r/w or mount r/o, just press mount r/w and then you can edit the text.

thanks for the help!

Originally Posted by zanderman112

You can use Es file explorer, it has root capabilities and is free.

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Sgs tools works as well.

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Thanks for the tip.

One thing... In what file is the phone keyboard button size located? I used 190 for the density, and now the phone keys are not centered. Quite annoying.

Thanks in advance.

Originally Posted by vc66

Thanks for the tip.

One thing... In what file is the phone keyboard button size located? I used 190 for the density, and now the phone keys are not centered. Quite annoying.

Thanks in advance.

via the market, send the dev for that keyboard a message saying that you would like to have that keyboard accept any lcd density and they should do it. I have done this for every app of mine and they have changed it. 95% of the apps should already have this built in. Some devs only put 200-240

Originally Posted by danalo1979

via the market, send the dev for that keyboard a message saying that you would like to have that keyboard accept any lcd density and they should do it. I have done this for every app of mine and they have changed it. 95% of the apps should already have this built in. Some devs only put 200-240

It's for the stock samsung email app... Where does that reside?

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