Disable rounded screen corners?

[ggmask]

I saw a couple posts/articles about the faked corner rounding on the Pixel 3, and the Pixel 2 XL apparently did it as well. Is there any way to turn this off? I searched the forums but couldn't find anything.

 

[PuffDaddy_d]

I saw a couple posts/articles about the faked corner rounding on the Pixel 3, and the Pixel 2 XL apparently did it as well. Is there any way to turn this off? I searched the forums but couldn't find anything.

Wow, that's interesting. It would be cool to turn that off.

 

[cambunch]

I noticed there is a few interesting apps on the phone in Titanium Backup:

- Corner Cutout 1.0
- Double Cutout 1.0
- Tall Cutout 1.0

I tried disabling them, but it didn't seem to make any difference that I could tell.

 

[CSX321]

I saw a couple posts/articles about the faked corner rounding on the Pixel 3, and the Pixel 2 XL apparently did it as well. Is there any way to turn this off? I searched the forums but couldn't find anything.

They're not fake really, as much as just different. The screen itself has rounded corners, and the OS just makes them slightly more rounded, probably so they can be anti-aliased and look smoother. If you watch carefully during boot, you can see when they go from hardware-rounded to software-rounded.

 

[ggmask]

They're not fake really, as much as just different. The screen itself has rounded corners, and the OS just makes them slightly more rounded, probably so they can be anti-aliased and look smoother. If you watch carefully during boot, you can see when they go from hardware-rounded to software-rounded.

Right, that's exactly what this thread is about... using software to artificially add rounding to the screen = faking, right? I'd like to disable that.

 

[CSX321]

Right, that's exactly what this thread is about... using software to artificially add rounding to the screen = faking, right? I'd like to disable that.

Gotcha. They do look better anti-aliased, though, IMO. When I first powered mine on, I was watching it boot and thought, "Woo, those corners don't look very smoo...oh, okay they're smoothing them in software."

 

[TheGreaBooty]

Well if you figure it out I'd love to know. I personally feel the normal unaltered cornes would look better. Doesn't really bother me alot, but would still like to try it out at least.

 

[arby80]

I noticed there is a few interesting apps on the phone in Titanium Backup:

- Corner Cutout 1.0
- Double Cutout 1.0
- Tall Cutout 1.0

I tried disabling them, but it didn't seem to make any difference that I could tell.

Those apps are for adding a fake notch, even for the Pixel 3. You can see notch settings in the developer options.

 

[Thibale]

Hi,

Still no way to modify the corner shape?
I'd love to get the shape we see on the preboot screen, can't stand those over rounded corners...
On a rooted phone there is obviously a way to change it.
Any idea?
Thanks!

 

[cambunch]

One of the things I noticed is that using the command "wm overscan" with proper values will push the rounded corner overlay off the screen showing the true corners. This has some obvious drawbacks, but interesting to see it working with the phone booted up fully.

 

[rambhanushali20]

I noticed there is a few interesting apps on the phone in Titanium Backup:

- Corner Cutout 1.0
- Double Cutout 1.0
- Tall Cutout 1.0

I tried disabling them, but it didn't seem to make any difference that I could tell.

They are the display cutouts made for notch displays.. try turning one on in developer options.

 

[Ezrem]

The Navigation Gestures app gets you halfway there. Hiding the nav bar and using the recommended settings for a hidden pill (so you're just swiping at the bottom edge of the screen) uses all the pixels on the Pixel 3, which reduces the radius of the corners. I'm asking in their Telegram channel whether there's possibly a way to do this on the top of the screen, hoping one of the devs would know.

 

[cambunch]

The Navigation Gestures app gets you halfway there. Hiding the nav bar and using the recommended settings for a hidden pill (so you're just swiping at the bottom edge of the screen) uses all the pixels on the Pixel 3, which reduces the radius of the corners. I'm asking in their Telegram channel whether there's possibly a way to do this on the top of the screen, hoping one of the devs would know.

See my post a few above yours. They are using the overscan options, which has its drawbacks. Some things won't display properly, and if you enable it for the top of the phone you will never see your statusbar.

 

[onkelhai]

Found this on reddit (thanks to "jyapayne"):

adb shell settings put secure sysui_rounded_size 1
adb shell settings put secure sysui_rounded_content_padding 5

First line is the corner "roundness" and second line ist the padding of the status-bar elements to the edge.

Works fine for me!

 

[cambunch]

Found this on reddit (thanks to "jyapayne"):

adb shell settings put secure sysui_rounded_size 1
adb shell settings put secure sysui_rounded_content_padding 5

First line is the corner "roundness" and second line ist the padding of the status-bar elements to the edge.

Works fine for me!

This is the answer we've been looking for! I changed just the first setting and it looks great.

 

[CSX321]

Is there any downside to doing that? Is it going to be frowned upon by Safetynet or anything?

 

[Bingley]

Found this on reddit (thanks to "jyapayne"):

adb shell settings put secure sysui_rounded_size 1
adb shell settings put secure sysui_rounded_content_padding 5

First line is the corner "roundness" and second line ist the padding of the status-bar elements to the edge.

Works fine for me!

Great, thanks! Default on P3 is 26

 

[cambunch]

Is there any downside to doing that? Is it going to be frowned upon by Safetynet or anything?

Doesn't require root or anything. It's essentially just configuring a setting via command line that lacks a user-interface option to adjust it.

Great, thanks! Default on P3 is 26

I have found that setting it to 18 is perfect. It gives the smoothness of the anti-aliasing from the software with the radius as close to the size of the actual hardware screen corner.

 

[Thibale]

Found this on reddit (thanks to "jyapayne"):

adb shell settings put secure sysui_rounded_size 1
adb shell settings put secure sysui_rounded_content_padding 5

First line is the corner "roundness" and second line ist the padding of the status-bar elements to the edge.

Works fine for me!

THANK YOU !!!

I've been looking for such a trick since I get my Pixel.
Way better now

 

[PuffDaddy_d]

Found this on reddit (thanks to "jyapayne"):

adb shell settings put secure sysui_rounded_size 1
adb shell settings put secure sysui_rounded_content_padding 5

First line is the corner "roundness" and second line ist the padding of the status-bar elements to the edge.

Works fine for me!

Thank you so much! Such a small change makes such a big difference. I set both values to 1 for now. I don't notice the aliasing and would rather have the extra screen real estate.