If you have ever had a certain number of smartphones, you have no doubt realized that the quality of screens has changed considerably and for some time and that they now have, for the most recent, a surprising definition. However, it is not always the wisest solution to have the best definition on your HUAWEI P20 Pro. If you have any particular wishes, you are on the right page, in this article we are going to teach you how to change the screen resolution of your HUAWEI P20 Pro?

To do this, first of all, we will find out when it may be appropriate to modify it, after that, how to reduce or increase the definition of the screen of your HUAWEI P20 Pro? First, directly from the settings of your mobile phone, then with root.

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What is the purpose of changing the screen resolution of my HUAWEI P20 Pro?

Before showing you all the different procedures to change the screen resolution of your HUAWEI P20 Pro 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 computers, which implies the possibility of changing a multitude of settings to personalize them and obtain the user experience that best suits their needs. Screen settings are one of those possibilities

Indeed, the screens on HUAWEI P20 Pro have become very energy intensive and represent the majority of your battery consumption. It may suddenly be logical, to save battery by lowering the screen resolution of your HUAWEI P20 Pro. If you are mainly on social networks, watch very little high definition multimedia content or only use it to send emails or messages, having 4k on your mobile phone won't do you much good. . In addition, in the event that you have already reduced the resolution of your HUAWEI P20 Pro and that you want to return to the default resolution and that you no longer remember the procedure, you will be happy to discover it again in this tutorial. If you want to easily gain viewing comfort, you can change the size of the application icons on your HUAWEI P20 Pro.

Be careful though, the screens have maximum definitions, and whatever your desires you will not be able to set a resolution higher than that which the screen of your HUAWEI P20 Pro 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 P20 Pro?

We now move on to the practical part of this tutorial, you will be able to discover the process to change the screen resolution of your HUAWEI P20 Pro. First of all directly from the settings of your device then using a procedure called "Root".

How to change the screen resolution of my HUAWEI P20 Pro without root?

We start with the simplest procedure, be careful all the same, depending on the Android version installed on your HUAWEI P20 Pro, you may not be able to do this. In fact, on some old versions this setting is not available, in the event that this is the case, go to the next part of the article. For others, apply this approach:

  • Go to the “Settings” of your HUAWEI P20 Pro
  • Then click on the "View" menu
  • Click on the "Screen resolution" setting
  • Move the cursor to the left or to the right to change the resolution of your screen, the more you 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 a HUAWEI P20 Pro?

If you didn't have access to the settings detailed in the previous part and you still want to change your screen resolution, don't worry, there is a procedure available for everyone, however it will be a bit tricky. more complex and longer. We suggest that you do this only if you really need to change the screen definition of your HUAWEI P20 Pro. Check it out below:

  • Activate the USB debugging mode in the "About device" menu
  • install Android Studio on your computer to root your HUAWEI P20 Pro
  • Connect your HUAWEI P20 Pro to your computer, root your HUAWEI P20 Pro 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 ”, this will take you to the screen resolution settings of your device
  • 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 HUAWEI P20 Pro to restart and enjoy your new resolution

If you want as many tutorials as possible to become the king of the HUAWEI P20 Pro, we invite you to watch the other tutorials in the category: HUAWEI P20 Pro.