If you have already had several mobile phones, you have probably realized that the quality of the screens has evolved considerably over time and that they now have, for the most modern, a surprising definition. Despite everything, it is not always the best choice to have the best definition on your Sony Xperia 5 IV. If you ever have specific needs, you are on the right page, we are now going to teach you how to change the screen resolution of your Sony Xperia 5 IV?
In this context, to begin with, we will find out for whom it can be beneficial to modify it, and then, how to reduce or increase the definition of the screen of your Sony Xperia 5 IV? First directly from the settings of your smartphone, then with root.
What is the point of changing the screen resolution of my Sony Xperia 5 IV?
Before teaching you in detail the different procedures to change the screen resolution of your Sony Xperia 5 IV to your liking, we will quickly discover the reason why it can be beneficial to change it. As we explained to you in the introduction to this article, our mobile phones have become real computers, which implies the ability to change a multitude of settings to customize them and obtain the most appropriate user experience for their expectations. Screen settings are one of these options.
And yes, the screens on Sony Xperia 5 IV have become very power hungry and account for most of your battery consumption. It may therefore be logical, for Save battery Reduce the screen resolution of your Sony Xperia 5 IV. If you're ever mostly on social media, watch very little hi-def media, or just use it for emailing or texting, having 4k on your smartphone won't do you any good. Also, in the event that you have already reduced the definition of your Sony Xperia 5 IV and that you want to return to the default resolution and that you no longer remember the technique, you will be happy to discover it again in this tutorial. If you ever want to gain in viewing comfort in a very simple way, you can change the size of the application icons on your Sony Xperia 5 IV.
Be careful, the screens have maximum definitions, and whatever your expectations, you will not be able to define a definition higher than that which the screen of your Sony Xperia 5 IV can display, if it does not have enough pixels, you will not be able to perform the manipulation.
How do I reduce or increase the screen resolution of my Sony Xperia 5 IV?
We are now moving on to the practical part of this article, you will be able to discover the technique for changing the definition of the screen of your Sony Xperia 5 IV. To start directly from the settings of your device then using a solution called “Root”.
How do I change the screen definition of my Sony Xperia 5 IV without root?
We start with the easiest solution, be careful despite everything, it sometimes happens, depending on the Android version installed on your Sony Xperia 5 IV, that you cannot perform this technique. Indeed, on some older versions this parameter is not available, if this is the case, go to the next part of this post. For others, follow this technique:
- Go to the “Settings” of your Sony Xperia 5 IV
- 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 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 the resolution with root on a Sony Xperia 5 IV?
If you never had access to the detailed settings in the previous part and you still want to change the resolution of your screen, don't worry, there is a solution accessible to everyone, however it will be a bit more complicated and longer. We recommend that you do this only if you really want to change the screen definition of your Sony Xperia 5 IV. Check it out below:
- Activate the USB debugging mode in the "About device" menu
- install Android Studio on your pc to root your Sony Xperia 5 IV
- Connect your Sony Xperia 5 IV to your pc, root your Sony Xperia 5 IV 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 ”, in this way you will access 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 Sony Xperia 5 IV to restart and enjoy your new resolution
If you want as many tutorials as possible to become the absolute master of the Sony Xperia 5 IV, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Sony Xperia 5IV.
