Make the icons, text, and other items smaller and larger on your Android device by changing the display DPI (dots per inch) with these steps.
Option 1 – Android 7 (Nougat) and Higher
- Open “Settings” > “Display” > “Display size“.
- Use the slider to choose the setting you like.
Option 2 – All Android Versions
- On your Android device, go to “Settings” > “About Phone“.
- Tap “Build number” 7 ties until it says “Congratulations, you are a developer!”
- Now under “Settings” you will have a “Developer Options” selection. Tap it.
- Turn on “Enable USB debugging“.
- Download and extract the Android Platform Tools to a location on your computer.
- Windows users, download and install the Google USB Driver or the OEM USB Driver depending on your device.
- From a command prompt, navigate to the folder where ADB is located.
- Connect your Android to your PC. Check the Android for a prompt to “Allow USB debugging“. If display, select “OK“.
- Type “adb devices“, then press “Enter“. This should give you a list of devices connected and will verify everything is set up fine. If your device doesn’t show up, try to troubleshoot an issue with your computer detecting it.
- Perform one of the following actions:
- Non-rooted users, type the following, but replace “DPI” with the value you would like to use, then press “Enter“:
adb shell wm density DPI && adb reboot
- Rooted users, need to type “
su
“, then press “Enter“. From there, enter the following command, replacing “DPI” with the value you would like to use, then press “Enter“:
wm density DPI && reboot
- Non-rooted users, type the following, but replace “DPI” with the value you would like to use, then press “Enter“:
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Baswant says
I have tried this but it didn’t show the DPI what to do