If you have ever had several phones, you have probably realized that the quality of the screens has changed significantly and for some time and that they now have, for the more high-end, an impressive definition. However, it is not always good to have the best definition on your Huawei Nova 5i. In the event that you have specific needs, you are on the right page, we will precisely, in this article, show you how to change the screen resolution of your Huawei Nova 5i?

To do this, first of all, we will explain to you when it may be interesting to modify it, then, how to reduce or increase the definition of the screen of your Huawei Nova 5i? First, directly from the settings of your mobile phone, then with root.

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What is the point of changing the screen definition of my Huawei Nova 5i?

Before teaching you in full the different procedures to modify the screen definition of your Huawei Nova 5i to your wishes, we will quickly find out why it may be interesting to modify it. As we told you in the introduction of this tutorial, our phones are now real portable computers, which implies the possibility of modifying a number of configurations to customize them and obtain the user experience that is most appropriate to their expectations. Screen settings are one of these options

Indeed, the screens on Huawei Nova 5i have become very energy intensive and represent most of your battery consumption. It can therefore be rational, for save battery by lowering the screen resolution of your Huawei Nova 5i. In the event that you are primarily on social media, watch very little high-definition media content, or only use it for writing emails or texts, having 4k on your mobile phone won't will not bring you much. Furthermore, in the event that in the past you have reduced the resolution of your Huawei Nova 5i and you wish to return to the maximum definition and you no longer remember the procedure, you will be happy to discover 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 Huawei Nova 5i.

Be careful though, the screens have maximum definitions, and whatever your expectations you will not be able to set a resolution higher than that which the screen of your Huawei Nova 5i 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 Huawei Nova 5i?

We now move on to the practical part of this tutorial, you will be able to discover the procedure to change the screen resolution of your Huawei Nova 5i. First directly from the settings of your smartphone then using a procedure called "Root".

How do I change the screen resolution of my Huawei Nova 5i without root?

We start with the easiest procedure, be careful though, it sometimes happens, depending on the Android version installed on your Huawei Nova 5i, that you cannot perform this procedure. Indeed, on some old versions this setting is not accessible, in the event that this is the case, go to the next section of the article. For others, follow this procedure:

  • Go to the “Settings” of your Huawei Nova 5i
  • Click on the "View" menu
  • Tap the "Screen resolution" setting
  • Move the cursor to the left or to the right to modify 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 better it will be

How to change the definition with root on a Huawei Nova 5i?

In the event that you did not have access to the parameters detailed in the previous part and that you nevertheless wish to modify the definition of your screen, do not worry, there is a procedure accessible to everyone, however it will be a hair more complex and longer. We recommend that you do it only if you really want to change the screen definition of your Huawei Nova 5i. Check it out below:

  • Activate the USB debugging mode in the "About device" menu
  • install Android Studio on your pc to root your Huawei Nova 5i
  • Connect your Huawei Nova 5i to your pc, root your Huawei Nova 5i 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 ”, this will take you to the settings for the screen resolution of your smartphone
  • Identify in the script the data "Density" plus the number of your resolution, retain it to reset it to default setting
  • Type now » adb shell wm density DPI & & adb reboot  »To change the setting of your screen definition, for example 720
  • Wait until your Huawei Nova 5i restarts and enjoy your new resolution

If you ever want a lot of tutorials to become a Huawei Nova 5i master, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: Huawei Nova 5i.