If you have ever had several cell phones, you have no doubt noticed that the quality of screens has greatly evolved over a few years and that they now have, for the most recent ones, a surprising definition. Despite everything, it is not necessarily the wisest solution to have the best definition on your Samsung Galaxy Note 8. If you have specific needs, you have come to the right place, we will, in this tutorial, show you how to change the screen resolution of your Samsung Galaxy Note 8?
To do this, we will first explain to you when it may be appropriate to modify it, then, how to reduce or increase the definition of the screen of your Samsung Galaxy Note 8? First, directly from your phone settings, then with root.
Why change the screen resolution of my Samsung Galaxy Note 8?
Before showing you in detail the different methods to change the screen resolution of your Samsung Galaxy Note 8 to your liking, we will quickly see why it may be advisable to change it. As we told you in the introduction of this guide, our smartphones are now real computers, which implies the possibility of modifying a large number of parameters to customize them and obtain the user experience best suited to their requirements. Screen settings are one of those possibilities
Indeed, the screens on Samsung Galaxy Note 8 have become very power hungry and represent most of your battery consumption. It may therefore be logical, for save battery reduce the screen resolution of your Samsung Galaxy Note 8. If you're mainly on social media, watch very little high-definition media, or just use it to compose emails or messages, having 4k on your phone isn't going to do much for you. In addition, if you have already reduced the resolution of your Samsung Galaxy Note 8 and want to go back to the maximum resolution and you can't remember the technique, you will be happy to see it again in this guide. If you want to easily gain viewing comfort, you can change the size of the application icons on your Samsung Galaxy Note 8.
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 Samsung Galaxy Note 8 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 Note 8?
We now move on to the practical part of this guide, you will be able to see the technique to change the screen resolution of your Samsung Galaxy Note 8. Firstly directly from the settings of your phone then using a procedure called "Root".
How to change the screen resolution of my Samsung Galaxy Note 8 without root?
We start with the easiest procedure, be careful however, depending on the Android version installed on your Samsung Galaxy Note 8, you may not be able to perform this technique. Indeed, on some old versions this setting is not available, if it is the case, go to the next part of this post. For others, follow this technique:
- Go to the “Settings” of your Samsung Galaxy Note 8
- Then click on the "View" menu
- Tap 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 less good it will be, the more you will go to the right, the better it will be
How to change resolution with root on Samsung Galaxy Note 8?
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, however it will be a bit more complex and longer. We advise you to do this only if you really want to change the definition of the screen of your Samsung Galaxy Note 8. 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 Note 8
- Connect your Samsung Galaxy Note 8 to your pc, root your Samsung Galaxy Note 8 with Android Studio
- Open the command console of your pc, to do this 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 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 the setting of your screen definition, for example 720
- Wait for your Samsung Galaxy Note 8 to restart and enjoy your new resolution
If you are looking for a lot of tutorials to become the absolute master of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Samsung Galaxy Note 8.
