If you have ever had several smartphones, you have surely realized that the quality of the screens has evolved considerably and for some time and that they now have, for the most modern, a striking definition. However, it is not always the wisest solution to have the best definition on your Alcatel 5. In the event that you have any particular desires, you are in the right place. to show how to change the screen resolution of your Alcatel 5?
To do this, first, we will find out for whom it might be interesting to modify it, and then, how to reduce or increase the definition of the screen of your Alcatel 5? First directly from the settings of your phone, then through root.
What is the purpose of changing the screen resolution of my Alcatel 5?
Before showing you in detail the different procedures to change the screen resolution of your Alcatel 5 to your liking, we will quickly find out why it may be worthwhile to change it. As we told you in the introduction to this guide, our phones are now real laptops, which implies the ability to modify many configurations to personalize them and obtain the user experience that best suits their needs. Screen settings are one of these options
In fact, the screens on Alcatel 5 have become very energy intensive and represent the majority of your battery consumption. It can therefore be consistent, for save battery reduce the screen resolution of your Alcatel 5. In the event that you are mostly on social media, watch very little high definition media content, or only use it to send mails or messages, having 4k on your phone will not get you. nothing. Also, in the event that you have already reduced the definition of your Alcatel 5 and you wish to return to the maximum resolution and you no longer remember the procedure, you will be happy to discover it again in this guide. In the event that you simply wish to gain in viewing comfort, you can change the size of the application icons on your Alcatel 5.
Be careful though, the screens have maximum definitions, and whatever your expectations you will not be able to set a higher definition than what the screen of your Alcatel 5 can display, if it does not have enough pixels, you will not be able to complete the process.
How can I reduce or increase the screen resolution of my Alcatel 5?
We now move on to the practical part of this guide, you will be able to discover the procedure to modify the definition of the screen of your Alcatel 5. Firstly directly from the settings of your smartphone then using a procedure called "Root".
How to change the screen definition of my Alcatel 5 without root?
We start with the easiest procedure, be careful notwithstanding, it sometimes happens, depending on the Android version installed on your Alcatel 5, that you cannot perform this procedure. Indeed, on some old versions this setting is not accessible, if this is your situation, go to the next section of the article. For others, follow this procedure:
- Go to the “Settings” of your Alcatel 5
- Then click on the "View" menu
- Click on the "Screen resolution" setting
- Move the cursor to the left or to the right to modify the resolution of your screen, the more you will go to the left the less good it will be, the more you will go to the right, the better it will be
How to change the resolution with root on an Alcatel 5?
In the event that you did not have access to the settings seen just before and you still want to change the resolution of your screen, rest assured, there is a procedure accessible to everyone, despite everything it will be a bit more complicated and longer. We advise you to do this only if you really want to change the screen definition of your Alcatel 5. Find out below:
- Activate the USB debugging mode in the "About device" menu
- install Android Studio on your computer to root your Alcatel 5
- Connect your Alcatel 5 to your computer, root your Alcatel 5 with Android Studio
- Open the command console of your computer, in order to do so type "Command prompt" in the search bar at the bottom left of your screen
- In your batch application type "adb shell dumpsys display | grep mBaseDisplayInfo ”, you will in this way access the screen resolution settings of your smartphone
- Identify in the script the data "Density" plus the number of your resolution, retain it to reset it to default setting
- Now type » adb shell wm density DPI & & adb reboot »To change the setting of your screen definition, for example 720
- Wait for your Alcatel 5 to restart and enjoy your new resolution
In the event that you want as many tutorials as possible to become the king of the Alcatel 5, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: Alcatel 5.
