If you have already had a number of smartphones, you have undoubtedly 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 surprising definition. However, it is not always the best choice to have the best definition on your Google Pixel 4. If you ever have any particular wishes, you have arrived on the right site, we will now show you precisely how to change the screen resolution of your Google Pixel 4?
In this context, first of all, we will find out in which situations it may be appropriate to modify it, and then, how to reduce or increase the definition of the screen of your Google Pixel 4? First directly from your phone settings, then using root.
What is the purpose of changing the screen definition of my Google Pixel 4?
Before explaining in detail the different techniques to modify the screen definition of your Google Pixel 4 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 tutorial, our phones have become real laptops, which implies the ability to change a multitude of parameters to customize them and obtain the user experience that is most appropriate to their requirements. Screen settings are one of those possibilities
Indeed, the screens on Google Pixel 4 have become very power hungry and represent a large majority of your battery consumption. It may therefore be logical, for save battery by lowering the screen resolution of your Google Pixel 4. If you're ever mainly on social media, watch very little high-definition media, or just use it for writing emails or texts, having 4k on your phone won't do you any good. Also, if you have ever in the past reduced the definition of your Google Pixel 4 and want to return to the maximum definition and you no longer remember the process, you will be happy to see it again in this guide. If you ever want to easily gain viewing comfort, you can change the size of the application icons on your Google Pixel 4.
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 4 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 4?
We now move on to the practical part of this tutorial, you will be able to see the procedure to change the screen definition of your Google Pixel 4. Firstly directly from the settings of your phone then using a solution called "Root".
How to change the screen definition of my Google Pixel 4 without root?
We start with the easiest solution, be careful notwithstanding, it sometimes happens, depending on the Android version installed on your Google Pixel 4, that you cannot do this. Indeed, on some old versions this parameter is not accessible, if you are ever in this situation, go to the next part of the article. For others, apply this approach:
- Go to the “Settings” of your Google Pixel 4
- Click on the "View" menu
- Tap the "Screen resolution" setting
- Move the cursor to the left or to the right to change the definition 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 definition with root on a Google Pixel 4?
If you never had access to the settings seen in the previous part and you still want to change the definition of your screen, don't worry, there is a solution available to everyone, however it will be. a hair more complex and longer. We recommend that you do it only if you ever really want to change the screen definition of your Google Pixel 4. 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 4
- Connect your Google Pixel 4 to your pc, root your Google Pixel 4 with 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 ”, you will suddenly reach the settings of the screen resolution of your 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 4 to restart and enjoy your new resolution
If you are looking for as many tutorials as possible to become the absolute master of the Google Pixel 4, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: Google Pixel 4.
