If you have ever had the chance to have several smartphones, you have surely realized that the quality of the screens has changed significantly and for some time and that they now have, for the most high-end, a definition. surprising. However, having the best definition on your Google Pixel 3a is not always good. In the event that you have particular desires, you have arrived on the right site, we will precisely, in this article, show you how to change the screen resolution of your Google Pixel 3a?

To do this, first, we will explain to you for whom it may be appropriate to modify it, after that, how to reduce or increase the definition of the screen of your Google Pixel 3a? First, directly from your smartphone settings, then with root.

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What is the point of changing the screen resolution of my Google Pixel 3a?

Before fully explaining the different techniques to change the screen resolution of your Google Pixel 3a to your liking, we will quickly find out why it may be advisable to change it. As we explained to you in the introduction of this article, our phones are now real portable computers, which implies the ability to change many configurations to customize them and obtain the user experience that best suits their needs. Screen settings are one of those possibilities

In fact, the screens on the Google Pixel 3a have become very power hungry and account for the majority of your battery consumption. It can therefore be rational, for save battery by lowering the screen resolution of your Google Pixel 3a. In the event that you are mainly on social networks, that you watch very little multimedia content in high definition or that you only use it to send emails or messages, having 4k on your smartphone will not bring you nothing. In addition, if you have already reduced the definition of your Google Pixel 3a and you want to return to the initial resolution and you no longer remember the procedure, you will be happy to see it again in this tutorial. In the event that you want to gain viewing comfort in a very simple way, you can change the size of the application icons on your Google Pixel 3a.

Be careful though, the screens have maximum definitions, and whatever your needs you will not be able to set a higher definition than what the screen of your Google Pixel 3a can display, if it does not have enough pixels, you will not be able to complete the process.

How do I reduce or increase the screen resolution of my Google Pixel 3a?

We now move on to the practical part of this article, you will be able to see the procedure to change the screen definition of your Google Pixel 3a. First, directly from your mobile phone settings, then using a procedure called “Root”.

How do I change the screen definition of my Google Pixel 3a without root?

We start with the easiest procedure, be careful however, depending on the Android version installed on your Google Pixel 3a, you may not be able to complete this procedure. In fact, on some old versions this parameter is not available, if this is your situation, go to the next part of the article. For others, follow this procedure:

  • Go to the “Settings” of your Google Pixel 3a
  • Then click on the "View" menu
  • Tap the "Screen resolution" setting
  • Move the cursor to the left or to the right to change the resolution of your screen, the more you will go to the left the less it will be good, the more you will go to the right, the more pixels you will have

How to change the resolution with root on a Google Pixel 3a?

In the event that you did not have access to the parameters described in the previous part and that you still wish to change the resolution of your screen, rest assured, there is a procedure accessible to everyone, nevertheless it will be a hair more complicated and longer. We recommend that you do this only if you really want to change the screen definition of your Google Pixel 3a. Check it out below:

  • Activate the USB debugging mode in the "About device" menu
  • install Android Studio on your pc to root your Google Pixel 3a
  • Connect your Google Pixel 3a to your pc, root your Google Pixel 3a using Android Studio
  • Open the command console of your pc, for that 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 ”, this will take you to the screen resolution settings of your mobile phone
  • Locate 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 your screen definition setting, for example 720
  • Wait for your Google Pixel 3a to restart and enjoy your new resolution

If you want a lot of tutorials to become the absolute master of the Google Pixel 3a, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: Google Pixel 3a.