If you have already had the chance to have several smartphones, you have certainly realized that the quality of the screens has evolved considerably over a few years and that they now have, for the most recent ones, a surprising definition. However, having the best definition on your HUAWEI P40 Lite is not necessarily the best choice. In the event that you have specific needs, you have arrived at the right site, we are now going to teach you how to change the screen resolution of your HUAWEI P40 Lite?

In this context, first of all, we will explain to you when it can be beneficial to modify it, then, how to reduce or increase the definition of the screen of your HUAWEI P40 Lite? First directly from the settings of your mobile phone, then using root.

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What are the reasons for changing the screen definition of my HUAWEI P40 Lite?

Before teaching you in full the different methods to modify the screen definition of your HUAWEI P40 Lite to your liking, we will quickly see the reason why it can be beneficial to modify it. As we explained to you in the introduction to this article, our mobile phones have become real laptops, which means that you can change a number of settings to personalize them and obtain the user experience that best suits your needs. Screen settings are one of these options

In fact, the screens on HUAWEI P40 Lite have become very power hungry and represent most of your battery consumption. It may therefore be logical, for save battery by lowering the screen resolution of your HUAWEI P40 Lite. In the event that you are generally on social networks, that you watch very little multimedia content in high definition or that you only use it to send emails or messages, have 4k on your mobile phone will not bring you anything. Furthermore, if you have ever reduced the resolution of your HUAWEI P40 Lite in the past and wish to return to the default definition and you no longer remember the procedure, you will be happy to learn it again in this guide. In the event that you want to gain viewing comfort very easily, you can change the size of the application icons on your HUAWEI P40 Lite.

Be careful though, the screens have maximum definitions, and whatever your needs you will not be able to set a resolution higher than that which the screen of your HUAWEI P40 Lite can display, if it does not have enough pixels. , you will not be able to perform the manipulation.

How to reduce or increase the screen definition of my HUAWEI P40 Lite?

We now move on to the practical part of this article, you will be able to learn the procedure to change the screen resolution of your HUAWEI P40 Lite. First, directly from the settings of your device and then using a solution called "Root".

How to change the screen resolution of my HUAWEI P40 Lite without root?

We start with the easiest solution, be careful in spite of everything, it may be, depending on the Android version installed on your HUAWEI P40 Lite that you may not be able to do this. In fact, on some old versions this setting is not available, 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 HUAWEI P40 Lite
  • 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 P40 Lite?

In the event that you did not have access to the detailed settings just before and you still want to change the definition of your screen, rest assured, there is a solution available for everyone, however it will be a bit tricky. more complex and longer. We recommend that you do it only if you really want to change the screen definition of your HUAWEI P40 Lite. Check it out below:

  • Activate the USB debugging mode in the "About device" menu
  • install Android Studio on your pc to root your HUAWEI P40 Lite
  • Connect your HUAWEI P40 Lite to your pc, root your HUAWEI P40 Lite with Android Studio
  • Open the command console of your pc, 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 suddenly access the screen resolution settings of your device
  • 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 HUAWEI P40 Lite to restart and enjoy your new resolution

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