Hi friends...
I am finding problem... everytime a incoming call comes. my k-jam automatically switches to Landscape mode. even without opening or receiving the call. its hard to always receive the phone in landscape. is there anyway out how to set it for portrait mode by default.
thanks in advance
Victor
I take it you're removing the device from the belt holster that has a magnetized flip cover? If so, it's because the landscape/portrait mechanism in the Wizard is magnetic as well. To test, open the holster case and place the back or bottom of the Wizard on the inside where the magnets are located. You'll see that the image instantly rotates to landscape mode.
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Hi, I was wondering if anyone suffers from screen corruption when recieving an incoming call. My screen sometimes (maybe 6 times out of 10) will go into landscape mode and result in some corruption. It will revert to normal when I actually answer the call. Sometimes, I am unable to answer the call and the caller will be sent to voicemail even though I click the green send button.
Has anyone come accross anything like this?
Thanks.
Well, there is a chance that I am psychic... Are you storing your device in the supplied holster? It has been noted that the sensor which indicates the keyboard is fully out appears to be either magnetic or sensitive to magnetic fields. So it is entirely possible that it is getting temporarily switched to landscape as you drag it out of the holster.
Neat experiment to prove this sensitivity. Take your K-Jam, turn on the power. Now, with the keyboard stowed, take your holster flap place the fuzzy side against the back of your device and slowly move it up around the right-hand edge of your device. At some point along the way your device will flip to landscape.
Robert Harrold
Houston, TX
Ahh, its done magnetically? I was worried a microswitch would eventually wear out ;p
you are so true, it happens to me all the time, it even answers calls automaticaly, I thought I was pressing some buttons while taking it out of the holster but I tried your little experiment , it was positive all the time,
Now, how to solve this without throwing the holster away?
I notices that it happens more when the screen is facing inside, when I insert it screen outside it rarely happens!
you are so true, it happens to me all the time, it even answers calls automaticaly, I thought I was pressing some buttons while taking it out of the holster but I tried your little experiment , it was positive all the time,
Now, how to solve this without throwing the holster away?
I notices that it happens more when the screen is facing inside, when I insert it screen outside it rarely happens!
robinton said:
Well, there is a chance that I am psychic... Are you storing your device in the supplied holster? It has been noted that the sensor which indicates the keyboard is fully out appears to be either magnetic or sensitive to magnetic fields. So it is entirely possible that it is getting temporarily switched to landscape as you drag it out of the holster.
Neat experiment to prove this sensitivity. Take your K-Jam, turn on the power. Now, with the keyboard stowed, take your holster flap place the fuzzy side against the back of your device and slowly move it up around the right-hand edge of your device. At some point along the way your device will flip to landscape.
Robert Harrold
Houston, TX
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Robert, I will pay to have you read my fortune any day!! Exactly as you said. Really gutted about having to ditch the holster, but I would rather be able to answer my calls effectively.
Thanks again, pal. Much appreciated.
simx said:
you are so true, it happens to me all the time, it even answers calls automaticaly, I thought I was pressing some buttons while taking it out of the holster but I tried your little experiment , it was positive all the time,
Now, how to solve this without throwing the holster away?
I notices that it happens more when the screen is facing inside, when I insert it screen outside it rarely happens!
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U JUST SOLVED MY PROBLEM
I JUST THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY HANDS !!
or what i have is the top button on the right handside to flip between land and port, so when it does that you just press the button and it flips back right away!
Hi,
I have that rotating "please wait" thing on the today screen, and it won't go away... I only changed some meter icons for iLauncher, what could be the problem? (soft reset doesn't solve it)
have u tried aligning ur screen?
strange, it went away by itself. I like self-repairing devices
well...i have similiar weird problem with my wizard as well. i dont have ilauncher installed but whenever i receive call, the screen will switch on and start with landscape mode. i need to wait for a few second before it switch back to potrait and then only i can answer the call. i always keep by keyboard slide in btw.
anyway facing this as well>
praetorion said:
well...i have similiar weird problem with my wizard as well. i dont have ilauncher installed but whenever i receive call, the screen will switch on and start with landscape mode. i need to wait for a few second before it switch back to potrait and then only i can answer the call. i always keep by keyboard slide in btw.
anyway facing this as well>
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Are you using the supplied case with a magnetic clasp? Since a magnet in the phone is used to tell the hardware that the keyboard is opened many users have reported that simply removing their device from the OEM case has caused this. This is documented over and over again in the forums.
yes. i m using the case.
thank for the info
I usually use the phone in vertical mode, but once in a while when I take the phone off sleep, it starts off in horizontal mode. Mind you it was not in horizontal mode to begin with.
I tried duplicating the problem by leaving the phone slightly slided open and turning it on, but I can't recreate the issue.
This has something to do with the case being magnetic. I read about it somewhere.
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This has something to do with the case being magnetic. I read about it somewhere.
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Quite right barr. The internal switch that operates the landscape mode is a magnetically operated one. Normally as you slide open the keyboard it passes over the switch. BUT when in the holster cases, the powerful magnets on the cases can pass close enough to the switch to change to landscape. Not a big problem really, it will turn itself back around in a second or two.
You can test this by passing the case magnet slowly around the edge of the device and see in turn to landscape mode!
Mike
hi , i have a new htc tytn and i found that when ever i click the power button to waken out of the stand by mode the screen is in the landscape mode( even though the slide pad is closed) for 1-2 sec and then realigns to the portrait mode.
Is this a know issue ???
It does that if you first take it out of the case that comes with it. It senses the magnet in the case cover and puts it in landscape then realizes it's not anymore and then switches to portrait. Annoying yeah. I got a new case for it which is better and doesn't do that anymore.
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It does that if you first take it out of the case that comes with it. It senses the magnet in the case cover and puts it in landscape then realizes it's not anymore and then switches to portrait. Annoying yeah. I got a new case for it which is better and doesn't do that anymore.
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thank you Thaim for the answer...
you are so very right,,,,
I recently replaced the screen in my 6800 - (I'm out of insurance replacements, and I don't like the Touch Pro Verizon offered me very much.)
The dissasembly and re-assembly went swimmingly - except for the fact that my phone now reverts to Landscape every time it wakes up, as if the switch that detects the sliding motion is broken or disconnected.
Does anyone have any details of where this switch is and how it works? I have heard mention of it being a magnetic reed switch, but I also see a little tab of metal in the slide mechanism that looks like a contact closure point for this.
Any ideas or information?
I know this isn't probably the best answer, but have you looked into software that will rotate the screen? You could then assign that software to a button and rotate that way.
Yeah, I have "Screen Rotate" mapped to the messaging button, but it still reverts to landscape every time the phone goes to sleep, even if I set the screen mode to "portrait" in the settings.
I took it apart all the way again last night, I still can't find any sign of the mechanism it uses to detect open/close.
There are some metal ground clips on the lcd side that I think it uses to sense its location. If you slide the phone out you will see a gold colored clip in one of the slide groves.