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Root [Boost Mobile] Phone as Tablet

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esparks004

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I have a spare Warp, didnt have service. I want to let my 2 year old use as a tablet. How can i remove the phone function of the phone. it was ok so far until BOost decides to be nice and give me a month service on the phone. Didnt discover this until my 2yr old called some friends and left long voicemails of wife and I talking. Luckly wasnt talking about anything important :o

Also, how can i change the DPI of the phone, im using NOOBVIII.

Thanks,
Eric
 
Dpi can be changed via editting the build.prop in the system folder if you are rooted. There is a line of script a few pages down. I don't recall the exact line but it ended in 240. That's the dpi. Lower it or raise it to your choice. Usually increments of 20
 
esparks004 said:
I have a spare Warp, didnt have service. I want to let my 2 year old use as a tablet. How can i remove the phone function of the phone. it was ok so far until BOost decides to be nice and give me a month service on the phone. Didnt discover this until my 2yr old called some friends and left long voicemails of wife and I talking. Luckly wasnt talking about anything important :o

Also, how can i change the DPI of the phone, im using NOOBVIII.

Thanks,
Eric
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The line in build.prop will probably read ro.sf.lcd_density=240. The display looks best when you change the number to a logical fraction of itself, e.g. 180 (75%), 120 (50%) etc. So far as removing the phone feature, you should be able to remove Phone.apk (with Titanium Backup or manually from /system/app) without any consequences, but I can't say for sure as I've never tried it lol

Hope this helps! :)
 
mercury0x000d said:
The line in build.prop will probably read ro.sf.lcd_density=240. The display looks best when you change the number to a logical fraction of itself, e.g. 180 (75%), 120 (50%) etc. So far as removing the phone feature, you should be able to remove Phone.apk (with Titanium Backup or manually from /system/app) without any consequences, but I can't say for sure as I've never tried it lol

Hope this helps! :)
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Another option is he could try freezing phone.apk with titanium backup.
 
You can also dis-able the phone function like this,
settings/more/mobile networks/data enabled.

Uncheck data enabled, this way the phone still stays functional should you ever need to use it again.
Deleting system apk's is usually a bad idea in my experience. Not that It wont work.
 
I think if you uninstall the phone.apk...it causes FC's...? I haven't done it in a while, but I think you'll get a com.android.phone has stopped responding? I could be mistaken though
 
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