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manual rotate screen button ??

Hi, i have searched the forums and the web for thius "app"
i have it in a rom, it is a little app in the start menu which allows you to rotate the screen from portrait to landscape and back.
(i have seen a programme which rotates 90 degrees each time, which is rubbish)
I hate auto rotate as rotates in things i dont want it to.
i love this app, i can use the phone like anormal phone and when i want to rotate screen - tomtom, video, pictures etc i just open start and tap the button.
(Its in the energy ROM) - what is this lovely little app please? or is it something the ROM chef created? i pm`ed him but no response, understandably as prob gets lots of messages and wants to work on new roms etc.
Cheers

Use AE Button Plus or All at Hand Rotate to manually rotate the screen
http://www.all-at-hand.com/software.php

You can also change the Button (1) in your settings to rotate I think you may have to have HD Tweak installed but thats a good app as well try without first

cheers ,i ll have a look at All at Hand Rotate and see how that feels

Landscape ROMs ?

I have been trying to find a ROM to hold onto for a while.... One thing I would really like is if it could rotate to landscape using the 'g-sensor' ? I saw some showing screen shots with landscape views, but are those using the G-sensor or are they just landscape after pushing a button or something saying like 'rotate screen' etc... ? I would like it to rotate automatically...
please advise me on this...

The easiest ways to achieve this are either run an app called Gyratur or use BSB Tweaks to achive the same result.
Both can be found on here by using the xda google search facility.
Please come back if you have any further questions.
WB

Are there any graphical issues to be expected in landscape view?

I was looking for the same, then downloaded this app:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=468488
You can put in exceptions and setup which apps you wont to rotate and how far to rotate. Not tried the ones mentioned above

I cant get that app to work completely for me, it does landscape sometimes and when it does everything doesnt rotate with it and/or it has a black screen

I use Gyrator 2, and haven't had an app not work in all 4 rotations yet.
I did try BsBTweak's rotate function, but it messed a few programs up (like Live Messenger, for instance).

gyrator 2 seems to work the best so far, only it is a little too sensitive -but that is customizeable I believe....

[Q] Screen Rotation isse.

Recently bought a iconia tab A500 for the GF, and she is loving this whole tablet thing, but how do we get the screen to rotate ?
It rotated left 90° when she was playing with latitude on google maps. And now I cannot seem to get it to rotate back. aranoid:
There is a small switch next to the volume button, but no matter how many times I flick it while rotating the tablet in my hands the home screen will not rotate back.
Yet if i happen to re-launch google maps i am able to rotate the tablet and the scren will rotate correctly, exit maps and it stops working
It does appear on the screen "lock on" & "lock off"
I`ve read the booklet that came with it, but it proved to be useless.

The rotation lock should be pushed to the left (closest to the volume rocker) to be unlocked. Try a reboot or power off and then on to see if that helps.

Greetings.
I just tried your suggestion, and still no luck.
Cheers
Kris.

Suggest u go Market place to look for auto rotate on software. It work for me

d75ck said:
Suggest u go Market place to look for auto rotate on software. It work for me
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Is there a certain App that you would recommened? what app are you using? there are so many different one on there.

i am using a app call autorotate switch. This app is free

[Q] prevent homescreen rotation

Hi all,
This is my first posting, thanks for spending time to read this, u guys are amazing with the help u all provide, really a great community!
I would like to check if there is a way to lock the homescreen rotation with the hc 'auto-rotate screen' setting set to on? I tried searching for a sokution but could not find one. The problem I have is everytime I change from landscape to portrait mode, the homescreen rotation takes quite some time and I cannot stand the lag! Ha please help me suggest solutions! Thanks!

Settings -> Screen -> uncheck Auto-rotate screen

Hey,
Just got my Transformer a few days ago. I've been using Widgetsoid 2 on my Desire for quite a while, and have it on my TF too now. You can set a button on the homescreen or even have it show up in notifications. Saves you a click on settings... (sorry, I haven't posted enough to insert a link here)
Code:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jim2

ThaiM said:
Settings -> Screen -> uncheck Auto-rotate screen
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Hi thanks but what I wanted was to disable only the rotation of the home screen while still retaining the rotation of the other apps. Hence using the method above does not really help eh.. I use launcherpro for my HTC desire and it can disable the homescreen rotation, so checking if it is possible to do that on hc

use tasker, use the last app context so when you press home it turns off auto rotate,then when youleave the home screen it will turn auto rotate on again. its in the markwt.

hi thanks,
Tried this ingenious method but found out that tasker default for when auto-rotate is off is in portrait mode! So did not really work for me, thanks anyways!

not sure if this exists, but id like an app ( a button if you will) that will let me rotate the screen each time i press it..
Id like to be able to read the tablet in landscape mode while im laying on my side (in bed)
I could lock the screen, i know, but id like to avoid the extra steps

Since I was using ADW EX as my home app for my Hero (still alive, oh yeah!) I tried it out here. It runs great, looks good (you can hide the dock if you like), and under the settings it has the option for homescreen as Auto/sensor, Portrait, Landscape, and Keyboard rotate. Now, I realize you are probably looking for a free option, but if you don't mind a couple bucks going to a nice launcher with many options, that is out there.

jxiong said:
hi thanks,
Tried this ingenious method but found out that tasker default for when auto-rotate is off is in portrait mode! So did not really work for me, thanks anyways!
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Just tried it, work like a charme or me. The fact is that when you open the launcher it stop the autorotation, but on't change it to landscap, so i yu are in portrait before launching it, you will be stuck in portrait, etc.
Inviato da mio Transformer TF101 usando Tapatalk

hi thanks all for the replies and help
I purchased adw ex in the end and loving it the himescreen rotation is much faster then the stock launcher, think I'll stick with leaving auto rotate on

Hi guys, just thought id help. If you want to keep the stock launcher a great app to manage your rotation in any app is "smart rotator" in the market. Simple and effective!

App idea: Alt+Tab style, single click switch to previous app. Exist already?

I I have looked all over for an app to do this but have found nothing. I am ready to start writing my own, but want to make sure it doesn't exist already? Seems hard to believe no one has done this yet!?
say i need to copy/paste listing descriptions from evernote into ebay... I want a QUICK trigger, maybe double tapping home or something that shows a simple app list in a transparent overlay.
Pick the ebay app and it loads. After pasting the title there, double tap home again and instantly, it flips back to Evernote where I can repeat this process with the description and other fields. Maybe the volume key could flip between the two apps, or better yet, a swipe.
Seeing how I use that technique a million times a day, it would save countless hours over all the other task manager types that always load a display of all (or none) of the recent apps when triggered. I don't know about everybody else, but there's a 90% chance that if I want to quickly flip to another app, it's because I intend to quickly flip right back in a few seconds.
This is such a vital function for me on computers that I dedicate a whole button on my mouse to pressing Alt+Tab so I can flip back and forth very fast. I have become very spoiled by that technique and can't stand doing work on Android just because of its annoyingly slow and painful "task manager" if you can even call it that. TIA!
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toothpick5 said:
I I have looked all over for an app to do this but have found nothing. I am ready to start writing my own, but want to make sure it doesn't exist already? Seems hard to believe no one has done this yet!?
say i need to copy/paste listing descriptions from evernote into ebay... I want a QUICK trigger, like double tap home (or whatever) that shows a simple app list in a transparent overlay.
Pick the ebay app and it loads. After pasting the title there, double tap home again and instantly, it flips back to Evernote where I can repeat this process with the description and other fields. Maybe the volume key could flip between the two apps, or better yet, a swipe.
Seeing how I use that technique a million times a day, it would save countless hours over all the other task manager types that always load a display of all (or none) of the recent apps when triggered. I don't know about everybody else, but there's a 90% chance that if I want to quickly flip to another app, it's because I intend to quickly flip right back in a few seconds.
This is such a vital function for me on computers that I dedicate a whole button on my mouse to pressing Alt+Tab so I can flip back and forth very fast. I have become very spoiled by that technique and can't stand doing work on Android just because of its annoyingly slow and painful "task manager" if you can even call it that. TIA!
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I am sorry, but you cannot override the home button.
You could try one of the various side bar apps though.

It could be a swipe gesture or anything that requires only ONE step. I don't want to bring up an app selection list on every switch, but just the first time. Maybe a notification bar button could bring up the selector, then a side swipe gesture could flip back and forth between the two apps? It should be simple to write this. I just cant believe that it hasn't already been done? Surely someone knows of an existing app?
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toothpick5 said:
It could be a swipe gesture or anything that requires only ONE step. I don't want to bring up an app selection list on every switch, but just the first time. Maybe a notification bar button could bring up the selector, then a side swipe gesture could flip back and forth between the two apps? It should be simple to write this. I just cant believe that it hasn't already been done? Surely someone knows of an existing app?
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The problem is that the part of the screen which will be "swipeable" will not react to touch events anymore.

nikwen said:
The problem is that the part of the screen which will be "swipeable" will not react to touch events anymore.
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Yeah. But it could be a small invisible hotzone like many of the task managers do. Swiping is just for the cool factor really. Using the volume button should work just fine for my needs. Would that work? The volume button can still listen to an app thats not in focus because music players do it right? But i guess that would be a problem if one of the switched apps overrides the volume control...? Any suggestions? If nobody has pointed out an existing app with this capability I will start on it tonight. I'm still a newb to Android but, I am majoring in programming so I gotta jump in on something!

toothpick5 said:
Yeah. But it could be a small invisible hotzone like many of the task managers do. Swiping is just for the cool factor really. Using the volume button should work just fine for my needs. Would that work? The volume button can still listen to an app thats not in focus because music players do it right? But i guess that would be a problem if one of the switched apps overrides the volume control...? Any suggestions? If nobody has pointed out an existing app with this capability I will start on it tonight. I'm still a newb to Android but, I am majoring in programming so I gotta jump in on something!
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if I understand correctly you just want to have multitasking without having to hit the multitask button and then choose the app; you just want to be able to choose the app. I would say something like floating folders would work for you.