Changed Density to 190

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Been playing with the Bionic for a day now, (came from LG G2X) and it's pretty amazing. Have it all rooted and such.

Used "Root Explorer" and decided to changed the density from 240 to 190. Looks very nice on that big screen. Everything seems to be working normally, except the lock screen is a little funky. But I didn't mind.

I've never done or heard of changing the pixel density before. What does it do and how did you do it please?

Originally Posted by art0605

Been playing with the Bionic for a day now, (came from LG G2X) and it's pretty amazing. Have it all rooted and such.

Used "Root Explorer" and decided to changed the density from 240 to 190. Looks very nice on that big screen. Everything seems to be working normally, except the lock screen is a little funky. But I didn't mind.

Ohhhhh. If you have used ROMS for other phones, for me it was the X, then you would know about that. Like "Liberty toolbox" and not other "Tool-boxes" let you turn screen settings up or down. To the thread starter, any way to get a pic of "Before" and "After"?

Originally Posted by mikecheat04

I've never done or heard of changing the pixel density before. What does it do and how did you do it please?

It's an effect you put on the framebuffer to give the illusion of having a higher resolution on your phone. If you lower the pixel density value, it will make everything more spaced out and smaller in general, giving the illusion of the phone having a higher resolution. It adds nothing besides a placebo affect and breaks certain things, such as the lockscreen and the background image for the pull-down bar. If you don't care about those things, you can try it out and test it for yourself. I recommend a value of 200.

Check out lcd density in the market, it is free and there are some screen shots. I have mine set at 200. Make sure to get spare parts from the market and turn off compatibility mode to make some of the troublesome apps fill the screen.

200/220 seems to be the nicest with the pentile display and century gothic as the new stock font, anything lower and you really really see the pixels...bleh