Have you ever encountered a situation where the text on your smartphone seems too large? Or do you prefer more data displayed on your screen? Remember how you could simply change the resolution of your screen on your PC and that would automatically change the text on your screen? The same effect can be achieved by changing the DPI on your Android smartphone. DPI refers to the Density Independence of your device, which is the ratio of your device’s resolution to the screen size. Simply put, a higher DPI results in more content being displayed on your device. So without further ado, Here is how you can change the DPI of your Android device:
Changing DPI on Android Nougat or Higher (7.0+)
Starting with Android Nougat, Google introduced an option in Android settings, providing a simple and easy way to change your device’s DPI. You can change your DPI in Android Nougat by following these steps:
- your device “Settings” and go to “view” choice. You will be presented with an option to change it. “Font Size” and “Screen size”.
- Tap on “Screen size” to change the DPI of your device. Move the slider to change the image size according to your preference. you can change between “smallest” with “Default” with “Large”.
- Additionally, you can change the font size. Go back and tap on “Font Size” to change the font size according to your preferences. Use the slider to change the settings and get the changes in real time. Font size settings 80% with 100% (Default) with 130%.
Changing DPI on Android Jelly Bean or Higher (4.1+)
note: For this tutorial I will be using a non-rooted Moto G3 with Android 6.0. But this procedure should work on any device with Android 4.1+.
- Go to Play Store and DPI Changer application from here. When you open the application, a welcome screen will appear. tap the arrow To continue, the App at the bottom right will now check for root access. tap on “Get Root” Press the button to let the app control the same.
3. If your device is rooted, a screen will appear saying “root access has been granted” and you can proceed to the seventh step. If your device is not rooted, you will be greeted with a screen saying that the app was unable to get root access and will prompt you to do so. Run a command via ADB to continue.
note – The following steps require that ADB and Fastboot and their drivers be installed on your PC or Mac.
4. First go to: “Developer Options” on your device and activate “USB debugging”.
5. Now connect your device to your PC and Command Prompt or Powershell Window With Admin Privileges.
6. In the Command Prompt window, first type “adb devices” without quotes. If the system returns a system value with the device list, it means your device is successfully connected to PC with ADB shell. If not, make sure you have the correct driver set installed. When your device name appears, Type the following command in the CMD window and press enter:
adb shell pm grant com.zacharee1.dpichanger android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS
7. The command mentioned above should give the app the permissions it needs. Once done, tap the arrow To continue, you will be greeted with a screen on your device saying the Installation is complete. tap on tick icon to continue.
8. When you enter the application, you will see a screen showing the current DPI values of your device. simply enter the desired DPI value in this section and tap on “To apply”.
9. Press Apply and your settings will be applied. If successful, you will receive a dialog box It will ask if you want to continue or reset with the applied settings. simply Tap OKand you can witness the changing DPI.
note: While DPI is being changed in real time, it is recommended to restart your device for best results.
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Easily Change DPI on Android
You may want to change the DPI of your devices for various reasons. While some manufacturers frequently offer this feature to their devices as part of changes they make to the source code, the DPI switching feature is not available in stock ROMs prior to Nougat. Fortunately, the DPI switching method mentioned above works like a charm. We hope you were able to easily change your device’s DPI using this tutorial. However, if you have any doubts, let me know in the comments section below.
