{"id":1603,"date":"2016-04-16T15:05:46","date_gmt":"2016-04-16T09:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/?p=1603"},"modified":"2016-04-16T15:06:03","modified_gmt":"2016-04-16T09:36:03","slug":"change-dpi-of-galaxy-s7-and-s7-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/change-dpi-of-galaxy-s7-and-s7-edge\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change DPI of Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge Without Root"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Today we discuss how to <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><em><strong>Change DPI of Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge Without Root<\/strong><\/em>. As we know Samsung recently launched two flagship devices <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/samsung-galaxy-s7-and-galaxy-s7-edge-launched-at-mwc-2016\/\">Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"> with latest Android Marshmallow and beautiful 2K display. The Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge comes with a screen density of 640 DPI. Many users like the default\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">DPI setting on the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge but there are many others who are looking to change the DPI of the device. If you want to Change DPI of Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge Without Rooting their phone, you can use the display scaling feature to change it to Condensed mode or if you want to set a particular value then follow the below steps.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Change-DPI-of-Galaxy-S7-and-S7-Edge-Without-Root.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1606\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1606\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Change-DPI-of-Galaxy-S7-and-S7-Edge-Without-Root.jpg\" alt=\"Change DPI of Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge Without Root\" width=\"720\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Change-DPI-of-Galaxy-S7-and-S7-Edge-Without-Root.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Change-DPI-of-Galaxy-S7-and-S7-Edge-Without-Root-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">With most recent software update\u00a0Display scaling is now an official Samsung Galaxy S7 feature.\u00a0 It adds a new \u201ccondensed\u201d option in the display settings menu, which change the DPI to 540 and makes everything on the screen slightly smaller.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">The Display scaling feature was already available before for Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge but the only way to access it was to install the Nova Launcher and add a quick-action \u2018DisplayScalingActivity\u2019 widget on the screen.<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">To Access Display Scaling feature go to Settings-&gt;Display and switch between &#8216;Standard&#8217; and &#8216;Condensed&#8217; mode. Check below steps if you want to\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Change DPI of Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge to a desired value.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/S7-Scaling-Display.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1608\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/S7-Scaling-Display.jpg\" alt=\"S7 Scaling Display\" width=\"720\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/S7-Scaling-Display.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/S7-Scaling-Display-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can use display scaling feature to change the DPI to preset condensed mode.\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">If you want to change the screen density to any other value, you can follow the below tutorial. Read below note carefully before you\u00a0<\/span>Change DPI of Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Note:-<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Make sure you have ADB and Fastboot driver installed. (Check out\u00a0<a title=\"How to Install ADB and Fastboot on Windows\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/how-to-install-adb-and-fastboot-on-windows\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">How to Install ADB and Fastboot on Windows<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a title=\"Setup ADB and Fastboot on Mac |Easy Step by Step Guide\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/setup-adb-and-fastboot-on-mac-easy-step-by-step-guide\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Setup ADB and Fastboot on Mac<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Install <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/download-samsung-galaxy-s7-s7-edge-usb-drivers\/\">Samsung Galaxy S7 USB driver<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure that your phone has at least 50-60% charged to prevent the accidental shutdown in-between the process.<\/li>\n<li>If you have &#8216;My Knox&#8217; installed, you need to uninstall &#8216;My Knox&#8217; First otherwise USB debugging will be grayed out.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">How to Change DPI of Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge Without Root &#8211;<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">1) First enable USB debugging from setting&gt;developer option&gt;. To enable Developer Options, go to About phone and tap the Build Number 7 times.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">2)\u00a0Now\u00a0go to installation directory open ADB folder and open the command window thereby\u00a0pressing and hold the \u2018shift\u2019 key and right-clicked anywhere in that folder.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">3) Now connect your device to the PC and check if it is detected properly by using the below command<\/p>\n<pre>adb devices<\/pre>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">4)\u00a0Now type the below command to set your desired screen DPI.adb shell<\/p>\n<pre>adb shell wm density DPI_Value &amp;&amp; adb reboot<\/pre>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">5)\u00a0Replace the DPI_Value with your desired DPI value.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">6) Once <span id=\"IL_AD11\" class=\"IL_AD\">the process<\/span> is complete, your device will reboot.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">7) The above step will\u00a0Change DPI of Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge Without Root.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">8)\u00a0To confirm, install the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.nick.mowen.dpichecker\" rel=\"nofollow\">DPI Checker<\/a> from the Play store. The build.prop file will still show the default DPI of 640 so ignore this.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">9) If you want to revert back to the original DPI, use the below command.<\/p>\n<pre>adb shell wm density 640 &amp;&amp; adb reboot<\/pre>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">10) Once <span id=\"IL_AD11\" class=\"IL_AD\">the process<\/span> is complete, your device will reboot and the DPI will be reset to original 640.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Via &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/forum.xda-developers.com\/galaxy-s7\/how-to\/guide-how-to-change-dpi-root-t3335596\" rel=\"nofollow\">XDA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we discuss how to Change DPI of Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge Without Root. As we know Samsung recently launched two flagship devices Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge with latest Android Marshmallow and beautiful 2K display. The Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge comes with a screen density of 640 DPI. 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