The folio I have on order (http://www.pielframa.com/motorola-xoom-imagnum-tan-cases.htm) requires that the Xoom be installed with the connector assembly to the user's right. Some applications force the display into portrait mode, but these applications are displayed upside down when the Xoom is held with the connector assembly to the right.
Is there a utility that forces the screen to rotate to an orientation other than that being driven by the application?
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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.
Hi,
is there a way to open the case of the Vega, take out the screen and reattach it the other way round (180° turned)?
The reason for asking is that the Vega screen has a "much better" viewing angle when holding it the way that the webcam is at the bottom. Especially noticable when watching some movie.
Don't know what made them build it this way.
Guess it won't be that easy because the lcd screen has to be seperated from the glass front first and there might be the need for a longer display cable!?
Maybe you can rotate it but I don´t believe if the software will let you rotate it 180°. Sometimes in many apps you can not do this rotation only 90°.
probably possible but you have to edit accelerometer settings
The OS rotates fine so that any edge can be the bottom (or top, depending on how you visualize it) but apps that lock into either portrait or landscape mode use either the HDMI edge or the POGO edge as the bottom and I can't find a way to change this. With a pogo charging cable finally available, I'd like to be able to set my Nexus 10 on a stand with the pogo port on top but that doesn't work with apps that force landscape mode because they are determined to have the pogo port on the bottom.
It seems like the OS should have an option for flipping the tablet's default orientations so apps that want to force landscape or portrait modes can at least be flipped within those modes. Am I missing something obvious?
Is there a way to force the nexus 10 to use a specific orientation while using an app that controls the screen orientation?
I have a thermal sensor (seek thermal) that uses the otg port. The software and sensor are listed as not running on the n10 (google play doesn't allow n10 to download. Not compiled for n10 specifically) , so I forced an install. The thermal sensor and software work great, but with the screen orientation /rotation is reported wrong to the software. The software detects/displays it in landscape mode when it is actually portrait and displays it as portrait when it is held in landscape. The thermal sensor is on an otg cable, so I can place it in any position. The sensor does not not influence the orientation problem. Since the software was made for phones, I think this may be related. The software detects it is poitioned at the opposite orientation than it actuall is. I've tried locking the screen rotation. No luck. The app flips the display even with the screen rotation locked.
It's not really usable in this position. Think of it as walking or driving with every word, sign or scene sideways. The text and controls are always sideways. I need to be able to flip the display (+/-) 90 degrees so the display shows the actual environment.
Is there an app or setting I can adjust to pass/report the actual screen orientation to the thermal sensor app?
System = n10 2012 running lollipop. 2 years with the n10 and have never seen an app that had this problem.
Thanks for any help!
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On my N10 I'm using an app call "Set Orientation" which has an number of screen orientation controls. I specifically use it to allow landscape mode with the pogo connector pointed up (don't ask). I'm not sure if it provides what your looking for but it may be worth a try.
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Hello,
the E-Ink display is perfect for a navigation program, if I drive a motorbike, but there are many problems. Maybe it is already solved by other users.
If I start it as E-Ink-App, the display is only in Portrait mode, but my holder is horizontal.
If I start it with Yota Mirror, the display is going to Energy Saving after a short time. It is not possible, to switch it on again, while driving.
Does anybody know, how to use a navigation program in Landscape mode on the E-Ink display?
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I have changed the holder for the yotaphone to vertical now.