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Disable Auto Rotate?

I have tried searching for this but not been able to find anything, so sorry if it is already covered elsewhere.
Does anyone know how to disable the auto rotation of the screen that happens when you go from laptop to tablet mode?
Thanks in advance
Sam

It has been asked before, and I know how to do it, but I have to get a little time to write the app. It's quite an easy app to write, just time is unavailable to me I need a time turner.
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V

I would have thought with your 1337 5k1llz you would have at the very least had your own TARDIS lol
Nice to see Pratchett references popping up all over the place =)

I thought I saw something here about an app that was already created, except that it made the Universal totally ignore any lid motion, so closing the lid would not put it to sleep. I can't remember what thread I saw it in... I thought it was Vijay who did it, too. Hmm.

do you really have to go through all the trouble to write a program for it or is there a simple reg hack to take care of this?

There's a little of both. It's a driver hack, but combined with some registry.
I wrote the other program also, can't remember what it was called now, for maintaining control and enabling the Universal's external keys, but it had a limited release of 1 guy trying it.
Then I got distracted for 6 months, having a baby
V

Any update on this? I would like the auto rotate to still rotate but into landscape mode the other way up, as opposed to portrait mode, if you see what I mean

Disable auto-rotate
Hi Vijay555,
Any luck finding the program?
Would really appreciate it mate.

just in install vijaylumix 2. click on enable extra brightness than switch power off. After that autobrightness will be disabled and screen orientation will not go automatically works just fine hehe

tuyulaneh said:
just in install vijaylumix 2. click on enable extra brightness than switch power off. After that autobrightness will be disabled and screen orientation will not go automatically works just fine hehe
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Thanks a lot !!! Works a treat.

works but camera bug!
AbuGWM5 said:
Thanks a lot !!! Works a treat.
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The camera does not work once vijaylumix 2 is started :-(
So back to the drawing board.
Actually isn't there a program that sets selected programs to start in either landscape or potrait view?

Try re-launching VJLumos I/II/III to disable.
vijaylumix? Dude, what kinda weird sounding pseudo-romantic idiom is that?
VJUzumaki has been re-written. The nega/positive side effect of VJLumos is unexpected but useful. But VJUzumaki will disable rotation and provide a whole shebang loud of new features.. coming soon.
V

vijay555 said:
Try re-launching VJLumos I/II/III to disable.
vijaylumix? Dude, what kinda weird sounding pseudo-romantic idiom is that?
VJUzumaki has been re-written. The nega/positive side effect of VJLumos is unexpected but useful. But VJUzumaki will disable rotation and provide a whole shebang loud of new features.. coming soon.
V
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Sorry mate should be 'VJLumos II' and not 'vijaylumix 2.'
Looking forward to VJUzumakimix....only kidding VJ. When is VJUzumaki due?
Respect & seasonal greets.

umm, if I recal you can remove the magnet from inside the casing, that makes the screen auto rotate

I'm working on bells and whistles (ie features!) for VJUzumaki, so hopefully shortly into the new year.
V

what is the status of VJUzumaki, or has there been an alternate fix found for this problem?
Thanks

Is there any way to use TomTom-6 in "Horizontal" view

Are there any experts who can tell how to use TomTom-6 in "Horizontal" view.
Sidd

rotate screen into landscape, start TT6

Do you mean rotate screen by the OS, by the TomTom, or physically?
Please advice
Sidd

Can you not assign a hardware key to rotate the screen while it's in use, or use a mortscript to rotate then launch?
V

I will try the 1st idea by SPB rotate feature, by-the-way what is mortscript?
Sidd

Try this tool found in another thread - works like a dream for rotating screen then simply fire up TT - works for XDA Orbit.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=284952
ta
PS This tool is great for loads of stuff!

Thanks JezD I will deffinetely try this. Thanks Again
Sidd

I just got TomTom and quickly found how much better it looks and easier it is to see when it's in horizontal mode.
I wrote a very quick simple mortscript file that rotates the screen to a Landscape (right-handed) position, then Launches TomTom. Then when you exit out of TomTom it rotates the screen back to the default Portrait setting.
The only thing to this is if you open the keyboard, you'll loose the screen rotation... but that's ok since TomTom gives you a decent on-screen keyboard, you don't really need to open your own.
This script is written to launch TomTom from the default location on the Storage Card (\Storage Card\Program Files\Navigator\Tomtom Navigator.exe)
If you installed your TomTom else where, you will have to edit the script with your location.
If you want it to rotate to the left-hand position instead, change the 90 in the script to 270.
Download mortscript here:
http://www.sto-helit.de/downloads/pocketpc/MortScript-4.0RC4.zip
Right click and save as for the mortscript file, then copy it to your device and just run it after you have mortscript installed. Enjoy:
http://www.gldrush98.com/uploads/Tomtom.mscr

Wow that mortscript program is neat, and powerful.
I made a second version. This one asks you if you want to Rotate the screen before launch. You can hit Yes to rotate then launch, No to launch normally, or Cancel and it won't launch at all.
I did this because some times I like to launch it normally and wanted an easy way to do that... then a Cancel button in case I accidentally click the icon, then I'm not forced in to launching TomTom.
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http://www.gldrush98.com/uploads/Tomtom2.mscr
Still rotating for right handed... I have no use for left handed rotation. If you do, you can just change the 90 to 270 in the script and you'll be made in the shade

Absolutely brilliant! Just what is needed for TT6! Thanks! It works perfectly!
Does this work on WM2003?

The solution
Ive been looking for a solution to this for a long time... all over the place ive tried applications that did so much it drove me nuts having to run them to just rotate the screen for tomtom.... then i stubmled on this thread... where was it xda-developers ... shame on me for not just coming here to search for my solution.... its where they are normally found...
Anyway... i saw a few people that wanted to run this way and that way and well i just wrote a script that does it all so you can use the same script for all situations.
It even defaults into normal mode after 20 seconds if your busy driving and cant be arsed to change it.
Even better yet ive just stuffed it all into one cab file to make it easy to install.
Thanks to the people before in this thread who provided the base for my solution.

I'd love to start my TomTom in landscape using these scripts but I use AstroLauncher to prime/run TomTom. I tried editing the script to running the AstroLauncher TomTom .lnk file but I guess Mortscript didnt like that file extension. Any advise?

For me the better way is to assign the rotation scripts (90 or 270 and 0) to a slide movement on Ultimate launch so when I made a down to top movement on the launcher page my PDA rotate to landscape and when I make a up to down it come back in portrait...very easy when your drive with a rotate PDA car support.

Thats a good idea, but I already have applications set as the Up/Down and Down/Up swipes in Ultimate Launch.

Very good program !
But, is there a way to modify something in order to make it run TomTom 7 on a french diamond ?
If there is a file to edit, just tell me which one please.
Thanks.

Magnetic landscape sensor

Does anyone know if there's a utility or registry hack to disable the magnetic landscape sensor in the Hermes? I really don't want it to flip to landscape mode every time I put it in the case, because then there's that added delay to switch back to portrait when I pull it out to use it. If it makes a difference, I'm using the official HTC WM6 ROM.
Thanks,
-A

Magnetic landscape sensor? WTH?
As far as I know the only way screen rotates is when you pull the keyboard open or when you force it software-wise. There is no magnetic sensor or anything like that.

burkay said:
Magnetic landscape sensor? WTH?
As far as I know the only way screen rotates is when you pull the keyboard open or when you force it software-wise. There is no magnetic sensor or anything like that.
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The magnetic sensor is the bit inside that recognises when the keyboard is open.
I used to have the problem where the screen would flip every time I put it in the case. Eventually mentioned it to my wife and she asked me if I tried putting the phone in the other way round. Tried it with the screen facing the buckle rather than the flap - and it's never been a problem since! She's a genius is my wife!
Not quite the answer you're after, but a workable work-around.

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Oh and I'm not aware of a registry entry that will disable the rotation, or an application that will toggle it on/off - only ones that toggle portrait or landscape. Theoretically then, you could disable the sensor and use a software app. to rotate the screen.
Mike

So let me see if I'm on the same page here. The sensor used to detect whether the keyboard is open or not is a magnetic sensor. The stock carrying case shipped by HTC uses two (relatively) large magnets to hold the flap closed, which just happens to trip the keyboard sensor, causing the device to think the keyboard is open.
That seems like a bit of an oversight on HTC's part. I thought it was a "feature" like most RIM's where a magnet in the holster will turn off the screen when you put it away. I'll admit it did always seem odd to me that the behaviour would be landscape and not turn off the damn screen
I guess the best solution until I find a better case is to do as Stu's wife suggested.
Thanks guys
-A

FINALLY... WHAT YOU HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR
Originally posted from here
shlomki said:
I've come to notice that no one REALLY knew how to fully disable screen rotation on WM devices.
Some offered 3rd party apps to get the job done, some only knew how to disable automatic rotation, but when the device went into standby and woke up again - the screen rotated back. So that didnt really work.
So if you're as desperate as i was about screen rotation,
this is what you need to do:
1. Get dotfred's free taskmanager HERE, and run it.
2. Go to "Devices" tab, and look for "MIS1:" device (oem_misc.dll)
3. Long-Tap on it, and tap on "Stop"
4. Long-Tap on it again, and now choose "Set Manual"
5. Go to "Notifications" tab, and look for "Notifications\NamedEvents\VCPowerWakeupEvent"
6. Tap on it to make it selected
7. Disable it
(In dotfred's taskmanager, there should be a button for disabling it, but for some reason some devices couldn't see the button icons, although the buttons are still clickable. Under the notifications list there is an empty light-blue line - the buttons are there, eventough you can't see them.
The disable buttons is somewhere i the middle of that light-blue line, just tap the center until a message box popps up and asks if you'd like to disable this notification - Tap on yes.)​All those steps are a one time deal - they stick even after an SR.
This has been tested on htc universal and works great.
The screen will keep its orientation even if you flip your screen, take out your built in keyboard, or turn the device off and back on.
The only time your screen will revert back to the original orientation is when you soft reset your device.
Hope this helps
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It would be nice if it had an orientation sensor...I'd love to have it go Landscape whenever I held it sideways, I don't always want to open the keyboard when I'm reading....

you'd need a built in gyroscope for that..

[app] 13 08 09 - powerbutton actionscreen 12 icons

-now for rhodium...
Action screen assigned to hold powerbutton for 3 seconds. (MUST BE INSTALLED ON PHONE MEMORY)
Smaberg TP2 Powerbutton 12 icons actionscreen v 1.1 - Action screen assigned to hold powerbutton for 3 seconds. This is the full program with softreset and power off option, will install on newer windows mobile 6.1(maybe 6.5).
This is a very useful application, i use it almost all the time.
Thanx vijay555, and thanx AMMAR for the graphics. and dont remember the name for the basic application that i made my work from...
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Yeah, thank you very much.
I really missed a working actionscreen on the TP2.
Due to the new Bluetooth driver the one for the Xperia wasn't working anymore.
You made me as happy as with your ROMs back then

sorry, but can you tell me what is it and what does it do?
(sorry for my english)

Have a look at the screenshot. It's an action screen that allows you to select certain actions like new SMS, appointment, task etc.
Works nice! Good to see my BT is working with this version.
Gonna make some changes myself:
- Left softkey to ActionScreen
- No conformation for soft reset
Attached the left softkey for who's interested.

Works fine!
Especially the one-click Wifi switch is very clever.
The only thing is the problem of hitting the powerbutton while typing in landscape mode.
It will launch this app while you're chatting, very annoying.

sandoro said:
Works fine!
Especially the one-click Wifi switch is very clever.
The only thing is the problem of hitting the powerbutton while typing in landscape mode.
It will launch this app while you're chatting, very annoying.
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No it won't, unless you hold the power button in for 3 seconds.

great app! thanks!!

mccune said:
Have a look at the screenshot. It's an action screen that allows you to select certain actions like new SMS, appointment, task etc.
Works nice! Good to see my BT is working with this version.
Gonna make some changes myself:
- Left softkey to ActionScreen
- No conformation for soft reset
Attached the left softkey for who's interested.
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Hello,
This tips is good if you do not use the TF3D ... otherwise it is replaced by the one from the TF3D ...
Do you know where to modify it in the TF3D ?
Thanks.

Personally I am trying to avoid pushing any buttons, I'd rather have an option on the screen like a shortcut in the Start Menu or something.
Would that be possible?

Hello,
In the start menu, it is a shortcut. Not so difficult. After installing the cab above, you will go to "\Windows" folder and you search for "HTCActionScreen.exe" then you make a copy and after you go to the "Start Menu" folder and "Progams" folder and you make a "Paste shortcut".
And this is done.

DavidMc0 said:
No it won't, unless you hold the power button in for 3 seconds.
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I think that's the point, if he's anything like me, everytime I type in landscape mode, I accidentally end up holding the power button for 3 seconds with the side of my finger, I'm forever turning of the phone .
Nice app though, just going to put it on.

For those that don't want to confirm the Soft Reset action:
Code:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\Biotouch\ActionScreen\APP_10]
"Param"="/s"
Attatched the REG file for those that want to import the file to the registry.
Don't forget to make a soft reset afterwards

This is awesome! I would love to have this app. Is there any way to make the icons a bit more colorful? Thanks so much!

hi! congratulations GREAT app.
is there anyway to change the icon (add + contacts) to one (close screen) without suspend the device. it is very useful to who wants to ear music from the speaker phone. cause when you turn of the device the music stops.
tnx in advance

Excellent! Thanks for thinking about us poor TP2 users!

Very interesting appl.
Does someone test it with touch pro stock rom ?(I have the italian one).
Thanks

Smaberg rocks
Welcome to TP2...I have been an avid follower of yours on Xperia forum...great to see you got a TP2.
Look forward to your inputs in making our TP2 way better than the great device it already is!!!

Hmm after installing i tried the application but it doet not work properly.
When i push the I/O button of my TP2 the screen becomes totally black... but when i touch a button (that i dont see) the rolloverbutton appears in green.
What can i do to make it work normally?

Tony S. said:
Hmm after installing i tried the application but it doet not work properly.
When i push the I/O button of my TP2 the screen becomes totally black... but when i touch a button (that i dont see) the rolloverbutton appears in green.
What can i do to make it work normally?
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uninstall and install agian in phone memory, then restart the phone...

Hi smaberg,
i have alittle problem. Possible you can help me.
I have the last version of bmp2brn. I save my picture
in 16 bit bmp in mirror. So far so good.
But what i have is this. What goes wrong
EDIT:
i have found the solution here on xda after seraching deeeeeeep.
BrConvert is the right tool!

[Solved] How to turn screen upside down?

Hello
Is it possible somehow to turn the screen upside down? I get better reception on my HD2 when I hold it upside down. I sometimes use AE Button plus to rotate the screen but it cannot rotate the Manila screens. Is there another application that can rotate EVERYTHING 180 degrees?

Maybe you could try to avoid keeping your hand on the antenna which is at thew lower part of the phone? (page 10 of user manual)
http://member.america.htc.com/download/web_materials/Manual/HTC_HD2/091020_Leo_HTC_WWE_UM.pdf

mihaig said:
Maybe you could try to avoid keeping your hand on the antenna which is at thew lower part of the phone? (page 10 of user manual)
http://member.america.htc.com/download/web_materials/Manual/HTC_HD2/091020_Leo_HTC_WWE_UM.pdf
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That's extremely hard to do in normal use though. IMO it's a ridiculous place to put the antenna. When touching the antenna you reduce the effectiveness, so the power goes up....and thus the SAR level....

Even if you could turn the screen upside down (with Gyrator 2, for example), the microphone and loudspeaker would still remain in their positions, so it would be pointless

Well I don't use my HD2 much for phone calls. It's mostly other applications which use Internet and holding the HD2 upside down really makes a difference. Of course you don't think about it until you're at a location with poor coverage.
Another reason is that I often put my HD2 in the iPhone dock of my portable speakers and I need to put it upside down to be able to connect the audio. I think everyone can see the need now
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I see your point. Again, I would try Gyrator 2.

100% weird/fail design by HTC engineers again... The built-in antenna at the bottom of the device? The manual on page 10 "advice" us not to touch the antenna zone. Unless you're using bluetooth, how to hold the phone without touching the antenna zone? Silly design.
Is this the first phone in the world ever have antenna at the bottom of the device?

dgtel2 said:
Is this the first phone in the world ever have antenna at the bottom of the device?
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No. Almost every phone out there has it at the bottom.

pedmond said:
I see your point. Again, I would try Gyrator 2.
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I just tried Gyrator 2 and it doesn't rotate the Manila Today screen.
EDIT: I just edited and added Reverse_Portrait to the "Disable Manila" event in the Gyrator settings and now it works perfectly
Thanks Pedmond
Brgds... /TubGirl

Glad your problem is solved

Found a program which is better than Gyrator... ChangeScreen v2.78.
It's not as heavy as Gyrator and doesn't show up in the task manager.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=466858
Brgds... /Zmurphen

And why do you consider it to be better?

Tubgirl said:
I just tried Gyrator 2 and it doesn't rotate the Manila Today screen.
EDIT: I just edited and added Reverse_Portrait to the "Disable Manila" event in the Gyrator settings and now it works perfectly
Thanks Pedmond
Brgds... /TubGirl
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Tubgirl do you have and problem with the music tab? its all messed up when I use it with gyrator, I mean, if I rotate it, it looks all wrong.(hard to explain, you'll know my problem if you have it)

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Tubgirl do you have and problem with the music tab? its all messed up when I use it with gyrator, I mean, if I rotate it, it looks all wrong.(hard to explain, you'll know my problem if you have it)
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Actually if I untick the landscape boxes in the manila event editor, it sorts itself out