You should ask in proper forum section, not in Nexus 4 thread -
At least if you are on 4.1 and above. Almost everyone.
After testing what I said before, I can confirm that changing the pixel density will result in the 5x5 view. But the best value seems to be 316 - not, as previously said, 300!
To do so, you can simply edit the build.prop file and replace "lcd_density=320" with "lcd_density=316". Use your tool of choice, or the following commands from the terminal. They will a) create a backup of the current build.prop in /system/build.prop.bak and b) edit the existing build.prop file in place (requires busybox being installed (for sed)):
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Code:[email protected]> [B]adb shell[/B] [email protected]:/ $ [B]su[/B] [email protected]:/ # [B]mount -o remount,rw -t ext4 /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system /system[/B] [email protected]:/ # [B]sed -i'.bak' 's/lcd_density=320/lcd_density=316/g' /system/build.prop[/B]
Now reboot and you're done. Here's the side-by-side comparison from OP but with the 5x5 GEL Drawer version being added:
As you can see from the screenshots above, the icon size is not affected by the density setting change.
[email protected]> [B]adb shell[/B]
[email protected]:/ $ [B]su[/B]
[email protected]:/ # [B]mount -o remount,rw -t ext4 /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system /system[/B]
[email protected]:/ # [B]sed -i'.bak' 's/lcd_density=320/lcd_density=316/g' /system/build.prop[/B]
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