I have an imate Jasjar running WM5. When ever I twist the screen, the screen automatically changes to landscape when using the keyboard and to portrait when not using keyboard. This is a great feature, but what if I want it to be permanently in landscape mode, even when the keyboard is not in use. I have a heavy skin on the device which takes ages to change orientation, often crashing my device. Besides, I find landscape easier to work with and have to click on the screen rotation button every time.
Is there a way to stop the auto screen orientation? Maybe some kind of registry edit. The wiki said that devices like Universal have the auto orientation hard wired, independent of the registry. Do the XDA developer gurus have a solution?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=303904 gives what you need. It works for Windows mobile 5 too
Hello.
I'm looking for a way to disable auto screen rotation whenever the hardware keyboard is slided out. I tried following the hack instructions posted here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1915731
They don't seem to work with the Titan.
Any other ideas?
Thanks!
stanelie
I just got the HTC touch (love it so far) but after I installed the Sprint TV app (or about the same time, not sure if that was the direct cause) the auto rotate feature stopped working.
I can manually rotate to landscape mode but it doesn't automatic flip when I tilt the phone to the side. I've restarted, removed sprint tv, soft reset, but still isn't working.
If autorotate ever worked on your Vogue, it would be the first Vogue I've ever heard of that has that feature.
Whatever he's on, I want it.
The Vogue never had an auto-rotate.
dkackman said:
I just got the HTC touch (love it so far) but after I installed the Sprint TV app (or about the same time, not sure if that was the direct cause) the auto rotate feature stopped working.
I can manually rotate to landscape mode but it doesn't automatic flip when I tilt the phone to the side. I've restarted, removed sprint tv, soft reset, but still isn't working.
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it is the first time that the HTC vouge autorotate....
yhea the vogue auto rotating....that will be the day...lol
i hate to sound like i dont know what the hell im talking about, but the demo touch at the sprint store near me does this... so i was disappointed when i got mine and it didnt.... i guess ill head back over there and see if i can get an answer out of those guys.
If you have spb mobile shell 2 on your phone it will auto rotate your screen
from portrait to landscape mode. I have it (spb) on my phone (XV6900) and I just tried
it. It works.
maybe when you use a certain program like sprint tv, but it definately won't auto rotate like an iphone.
If you have mobile shell
2 it will rotate whatever
is on the screen - today
screen , email , etc. from
portrait to landscape.
jbh00jh said:
If you have mobile shell
2 it will rotate whatever
is on the screen - today
screen , email , etc. from
portrait to landscape.
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which operation you are performing to rotate the screen ?
1) only rotate physically the device
2) press the rotate function( application ) on the device
or what else ?
thanks
cheers
andrebe said:
which operation you are performing to rotate the screen ?
1) only rotate physically the device
2) press the rotate function( application ) on the device
or what else ?
thanks
cheers
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Go to the tools section and push the rotate screen button.
By the way , when you
turn on the camera ,
the screen " autorotates"
to the landscape mode.
well when u open the camera it does not really Rotate the screen that's just how the camera opens the screens in behind it are still in portrait. If the screen is in portrait "mode" when you open the camera then something is wrong. And if you press a button to have it rotate that is not really auto rotate. so if by auto rotate you mean the view changes to landscape when you rotate the phone sideways that is something the vogue does not do. It does not have the hardware to detect orientation changes.
rofl the touch doesn't have a g sensor so autorotate is impossible.
Guys, no need to waste any more time on this. I think the reason for the question and confusion is a clear case of "spin".
It is true that when the Sprint TV application launches, it changes the screen orientation to landscape. When you close it, it switches back to portrait. You could say that it "automatically" does that. There is similar behavior for the camera and fullscreen video playback (if you have configured your device for it).
It is also true that the iPhone has a built-in piece of hardware that the Touch does not. This little gizmo (essentially an accelerometer) allows the phone to know when you have turned it on its side, and it will switch to landscape. This is an automatic process, and it is different from what the Touch does.
The Touch will never automatically rotate the screen unless someone here (hint, hint) writes an app that allows it to do so. One idea would be to use the camera to track the orientation of the device, and hence detect if the phone has been moved. This has obvious issues as the camera does eat up additional juice when it's on, and I'm not sure what the processing requirements are. We can make a thread on this in the hacking forum.
jbh00jh said:
If you have mobile shell
2 it will rotate whatever
is on the screen - today
screen , email , etc. from
portrait to landscape.
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I don't know what you are smoking but I want some cause I have Mobil Shell 2 and it does not auto rotate. I have had my Touch 7 months and I have never had it auto rotate, I have to do it manually. As far as I understand it we do not have the necessary hardware for autorotation.
my camera "rotated"
hey.. maybe someone can explain this to me
one time when i turne don my camera. it was in portrait mode...
but it only did it once.. i realy dont like having it in landscape mode.
is there a way to get it to work in portrait mode all the time???
hey
jbh00jh said:
If you have mobile shell
2 it will rotate whatever
is on the screen - today
screen , email , etc. from
portrait to landscape.
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Where can I go to download the mobile shell 2 then so mine will also rotate?
there has to be a tilt switch in the vogue, and there is not one in the sprint touch. so it will NOT AUTO rotate.
Anyone have a tweak to allow a G sensor setting that would always change the screen to landscape when the Tilt 2 is rotated sideways? A good use can be in contacts, where long names are trunkated and opening the slider all the time is a pain.
Thanks, Barry
Try searching for Gyrator, it will allow full autorotate across the board. I believe it even has options to let you choose which apps rotate and which don't
"Changescreen" is another app that does what you want -- I like it. It's lurking around here somewhere...don't remember where I got it, but easily search-for-able.
Here it is
With thanks to original poster
You guys are great. I installed the ChangeScreen cab since I only wanted the simplified rotate feature. Works just great. I missed the manual rotate function I had added on my origional Tilt. Nothing is better than the G sensor rotate on the Tilt 2. Thanks again
Hi everybody, i have a problem about my hd2's orientation sensor. It's not working. Screen not rotates neigder auto rotation on nor off... Is there any way to rotate screen on android?
May be a small script can be work as well, but i can't find anything...
If your using android rom it should be automatic, if not go to settings...display and check the auto-roate box
We need more details please.
tsunami41 said:
Hi everybody, i have a problem about my hd2's orientation sensor. It's not working. Screen not rotates neigder auto rotation on nor off... Is there any way to rotate screen on android?
May be a small script can be work as well, but i can't find anything...
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I too was looking for a way to manually change screen rotation without using the g sensor however there is (as of now) no app to force screen rotation , if your g sensor is completely busted you will not be able to rotate the screen . try downloading Max protractor from the market and see if you get any feedback in that program to confirm it is the G sensor and not a bad kernel .
Orientation sensor looks like a chip, i see it when i disassemle the phone. And it was broken (physically damaged). If i can find a working one, i try to replace it. whatever...
Yesterday i find a little program, name is "Rotation Locker". It works very well for me. I suggest it...
PS: Apologize for my bad English