How to save overscan setting?

[thuanho]

Under Settings -> Display -> Advanced Display, there is an option for Width/Hieght OverScan.  After a reboot, this setting isn't saved.  Does anybody else have this issue?  Is there a way to preserve this setting?

[michaelrobbelot · Accepted solution]

Thuan,

This is an issue my company is investigating as well. We have been told that Freescale is aware of this issue and that they are investigating it, but it is a low priority issue. If your primary display is HDMI, this is not what you want to hear. We are attempting to mod the BSP ourselves to implement this capability. A workaround that you might attempt for this issue involves modifying the Launcher app and hard coding overscan values that work for your device as below:

private static class PendingAddArguments {

        int requestCode;

        Intent intent;

        long container;

        int screen;

        int cellX;

        int cellY;

    }

  //add these definitions for overscan workaround

    private static final int MAX_DISPLAY_DEVICE = 6;

    private DisplayManager mDisplayManager;

….

if (PROFILE_STARTUP) {

android.os.Debug.startMethodTracing(

Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/launcher");

        }

        //overscan workaround

        mDisplayManager = (DisplayManager)getSystemService(Context.DISPLAYMANAGER_SERVICE);

        for(int i=0; i<MAX_DISPLAY_DEVICE; i++ ) {

            mDisplayManager.setDisplayXOverScan(i, 6);

            mDisplayManager.setDisplayYOverScan(i, 6);

}

The key is calling the display manager class. You will probably need to set a value other than six for x and y overscan.

Michael