If you have already had the chance to have a certain number of smartphones, you have surely realized that the quality of the screens has greatly evolved and a few years and that they now have, for the most high-end, of a surprising definition. However, it is not always the best solution to have the best definition on your Samsung Galaxy J5. If you have specific needs, you've come to the right site, now we're going to teach you how to change the screen resolution of your Samsung Galaxy J5?
In this context, first of all, we will find out when it may be appropriate to modify it, then, how to reduce or increase the definition of the screen of your Samsung Galaxy J5? First directly from the settings of your mobile phone, then with root.
What is the point of changing the screen resolution of my Samsung Galaxy J5?
Before fully explaining the different procedures to change the screen resolution of your Samsung Galaxy J5 to your liking, we will quickly see why it may be advisable to change it. As we told you in the introduction of this article, our smartphones have become real laptops, which implies the possibility of modifying a number of settings to customize them and obtain the user experience that is most appropriate to their expectations. Screen settings are one of those possibilities
Indeed, the screens on Samsung Galaxy J5 have become very power hungry and represent a large majority of your battery consumption. It can therefore be rational, for save battery reduce the screen resolution of your Samsung Galaxy J5. If you're mainly on social media, watch very little high-definition media content, or just use it to send emails or messages, having 4k on your mobile phone won't do you any good. Also, in the event that you have already lowered the resolution of your Samsung Galaxy J5 and you want to return to the initial resolution and you no longer remember the procedure, you will be happy to discover it again in this article. If you just want to gain more viewing comfort you can change the size of the application icons on your Samsung Galaxy J5.
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 Samsung Galaxy J5 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 Samsung Galaxy J5?
We now move on to the practical part of this article, you will be able to discover the procedure to change the screen resolution of your Samsung Galaxy J5. First directly from the settings of your phone then using a procedure called "Root".
How do I change the screen resolution of my Samsung Galaxy J5 without root?
We start with the easiest procedure, be careful notwithstanding, depending on the Android version installed on your Samsung Galaxy J5, you may not be able to perform this procedure. In fact, on some older versions this parameter is not available, 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 Samsung Galaxy J5
- Then click on the "View" menu
- Click on the "Screen resolution" setting
- Move the cursor to the left or to the right to modify the resolution of your screen, the more you will go to the left the lower it will be, the more you will go to the right, the more pixels you will have
How to change resolution with root on Samsung Galaxy J5?
If you did not have access to the settings seen just before and you still want to change your screen resolution, don't worry, there is a procedure available for everyone, despite everything it will be a bit more complex and longer. We recommend that you do this only in the event that you really want to change the screen definition of your Samsung Galaxy J5. Check it out below:
- Activate the USB debugging mode in the "About device" menu
- install Android Studio on your pc to root your Samsung Galaxy J5
- Connect your Samsung Galaxy J5 to your pc, root your Samsung Galaxy J5 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 access the screen resolution settings of your phone
- 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 Samsung Galaxy J5 to restart and enjoy your new resolution
If you are looking for a maximum of tutorials to become a master of the Samsung Galaxy J5, we invite you to look at the other tutorials in the category: Samsung Galaxy J5.
