How to Change DPI Density on Android Without Root Or PC

How to Change DPI Density on Android Without Root Or PC

Change DPI Density on Android Without Root Or PC

As we all know, the Android OS offers limited possibilities that have made it gain a lot of popularities over the years. Sometimes you look at your Android smartphone and its display (icon and texts) seems too big while you’d prefer to have more contents (data) displayed on your screen.

If we take a look at PC’s, you can easily change your font-size and icon size by changing your display resolution. The same effect applies to the Android OS, but in this regard, we alter the DPI (dot per inch) on Android devices to get the better display we want.

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Don’t get it wrong, DPI is different from screen resolution.

Difference between DPI and Resolution?

Basically, Resolution is a measure of how many pixels a display can show, vertically and horizontally eg. 640×480. While DPI which is also referred to as Display Independence is the measure of digital screen pixel density. eg. 640×480 on a 15′ display.

How to Change DPI Density on Android (No root – No PC)

If you’re a custom ROM lover, by now you’d have realized all the custom ROM features is gradually coming back to stock Androids. I guess the search giant is now realizing the importance of each of these small but significant features and implementing them on their newer OS versions.

With Android Nougat upgrade, one of the important features users with small screen display have always wanted came onboard. Yes, I am talking about changing the DPI density of Android display.

However, in the Android OS, it’s not exactly called change DPI in the options but you’ll find it in some custom ROMs as DPI. In the Android OS, it’s basically referred to as  “Display Size”.

So, without further ado, let’s go down to the step by step guide on how to Change DPI Density on Android device without root or PC.

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Steps to Change DPI Density on Android

The two methods which we’re about to discuss will only work on devices running Android Nougat and above. However, if you’re running a custom ROM based on lower Android versions (Marshmallow or Lollipop), you may find this options in your device. But, if you’re running stock Android and you still wish to change your device DPI, see my previous article on changing DPI with PC without root.

First Simple Method To Change DPI Density:

Like I have said earlier, you need to be running Android Nougat and above to alter display density.

Step 1 – Open Settings from your app drawer or from your shortcut panel.

Step 2 – Scroll down and select “Display” in the options list.

Depending on your device, in the display option, you’ll find “Display size” while on some other device, you’ll find “Font size” and “Display size” in the Display option.

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