If you have ever had the chance to have several cell phones, you have surely realized that the quality of screens has evolved considerably over a few years and that they are now, for the most modern, of a striking definition. However, it is not always good to have the best definition on your Samsung Galaxy S5. If you ever have specific needs, you are on the right page, in this article we will show you how to change the screen resolution of your Samsung Galaxy S5?
In this context, to begin with, we will see for whom it may be appropriate to modify it, then, how to reduce or increase the definition of the screen of your Samsung Galaxy S5? First directly from the settings of your phone, then with root.
Why change the screen resolution of my Samsung Galaxy S5?
Before showing you all the different procedures to change the screen resolution of your Samsung Galaxy S5 to your liking, we will quickly find out why it may be advisable to change it. As we told you in the introduction to this guide, our phones are now real computers, which means that you can change a number of settings to personalize them and obtain the user experience that is most appropriate to their desires. Screen settings are one of these options
And yes, the screens on Samsung Galaxy S5 have become quite power hungry and account for most of your battery consumption. It can therefore be rational, for save battery reduce the screen resolution of your Samsung Galaxy S5. If you are usually on social media, watch very little high-definition media content, or only use it for emailing or texting, having 4k on your phone won't do you any good. . In addition, if you have already reduced the definition of your Samsung Galaxy S5 and you want to return to the default resolution and you no longer remember the procedure, you will be happy to discover it again in this guide. If you ever want to easily gain viewing comfort, you can change the size of the application icons on your Samsung Galaxy S5.
Be careful though, the screens have maximum definitions, and whatever your expectations you will not be able to set a definition higher than that which the screen of your Samsung Galaxy S5 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 S5?
We now move on to the practical part of this guide, you will be able to discover the process to modify the definition of the screen of your Samsung Galaxy S5. First directly from the settings of your phone then using a procedure called "Root".
How do I change the screen definition of my Samsung Galaxy S5 without root?
We start with the easiest procedure, be careful however, depending on the Android version installed on your Samsung Galaxy S5, you may not be able to complete this procedure. Indeed, on some old versions this setting is not available, if it is the case, go to the next part of the article. For others, apply this approach:
- Go to the “Settings” of your Samsung Galaxy S5
- 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 go to the left the lower 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 S5?
If ever you did not have access to the settings seen in the previous part and you still want to change the resolution of your screen, rest assured, there is a procedure available for everyone, however it will be a bit more complicated. and longer. We advise you to do this only if you really want to change the screen definition of your Samsung Galaxy S5. Check it out below:
- Activate the USB debugging mode in the "About device" menu
- install Android Studio on your computer to root your Samsung Galaxy S5
- Connect your Samsung Galaxy S5 to your computer, root your Samsung Galaxy S5 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 ”, in this way you will access 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 S5 to restart and enjoy your new resolution
In the event that you want as many tutorials as possible to become a master of the Samsung Galaxy S5, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Samsung Galaxy S5.
