If you have already had the chance to have a number of cell phones, you have surely noticed that the quality of the screens has changed significantly over a few years and that they have now, for the more recent ones, of a striking definition. However, having the best definition on your Xiaomi is not always the best choice. In the event that you have specific needs, you are on the right page, in this tutorial we will show you how to change the screen resolution of your Xiaomi?

For this, first of all, we will explain to you for whom it may be appropriate to modify it, after that, how to reduce or increase the definition of the screen of your Xiaomi? First directly from your phone settings, then with root.

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Why change the screen definition of my Xiaomi?

Before fully explaining the different techniques to change the screen definition of your Xiaomi to your liking, we will quickly find out why it may be appropriate to change it. As we told you in the introduction of this tutorial, our cell phones are now real computers, which implies the ability to change a lot of settings to customize them and obtain the user experience that best suits their requirements. Screen settings are one of those possibilities

Indeed, the screens on Xiaomi have become very power hungry and represent a large majority of your battery consumption. It can suddenly be coherent, for save battery by reducing the screen resolution of your Xiaomi. If you're on social media most of the time, only watch very little high-definition media content, or just use it for writing emails or messages, get 4k on your computer. phone won't do much for you. Also, in the event that you have already reduced the definition of your Xiaomi and you want to return to the initial definition and you no longer remember the procedure, you will be happy to discover it again in this tutorial. In the event that you want to gain viewing comfort very easily, you can change the size of the application icons on your Xiaomi.

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 Xiaomi can display, if it does not have enough pixels, you will not be able to complete the process.

How to reduce or increase the screen definition of my Xiaomi?

We now move on to the practical part of this tutorial, you will be able to discover the process to change the definition of the screen of your Xiaomi. First, directly from the settings of your device and then using a procedure called "Root".

How to change the screen definition of my Xiaomi without root?

We start with the simplest procedure, be careful however, depending on the Android version installed on your Xiaomi, you may not be able to do this. In fact, on some old versions this setting is not available, if this is your situation, go to the next part of the article. For others, apply this approach:

  • Go to the “Settings” of your Xiaomi
  • Click on the "View" menu
  • Click on the "Screen resolution" setting
  • Move the cursor to the left or to the right to change 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 more pixels you will have

How to change the definition with root on a Xiaomi?

In the event that you did not have access to the parameters described just before and that you nevertheless want to change the definition of your screen, rest assured, there is a procedure accessible to everyone, however it will be a bit more complicated. and longer. We advise you to do it only in the event that you really need to change the screen definition of your Xiaomi. Check it out below:

  • Activate the USB debugging mode in the "About device" menu
  • install Android Studio on your pc to root your Xiaomi
  • Connect your Xiaomi to your pc, root your Xiaomi 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 then 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
  • Type now » adb shell wm density DPI & & adb reboot  »To change your screen definition setting, for example 720
  • Wait for your Xiaomi to restart and enjoy your new resolution

If you want a maximum of tutorials to become the king of Xiaomi, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Xiaomi.