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How to FULLY disable automatic screen rotation?

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

Help me get back my original keyboard

Hi guys, i just installed a trial for Lingvsoft English>Farsi dictionary and the first thing i noticed was my keyboard had changed to something more stylus friend but not finger friendly.
I didn't take much notice to it thinking it was only for that program but noticed it was on every screen from SMS to Notes.
Even going to Settings>Input and changing Keyboard types doesn't work. It is on a setting called "Keyboard" and everytime i drop the menu and choose Full Qwerty and press Ok, it doesn't save and keeps the same setting over and over.
I have even uninstalled the program and soft resetted but it hasn't fixed it up.
I want to get back the original keyboard, please help me out.

try selecting something completely different, like block recogniser or transcriber or something and the restart the device. If it sticks choose try the compact qwerty and then restart. If that sticks too goto full qwert. If none of this works then it sounds like your qwerty has been replaced and you might need a hard-reset.

I couldn't change mine from the keyboard options under settings, it kept reverting back.
When you are in an sms press the little arrow next to the keyboard icon at the bottom of the screen and change it there, it worked for me.

spooki37 said:
I couldn't change mine from the keyboard options under settings, it kept reverting back.
When you are in an sms press the little arrow next to the keyboard icon at the bottom of the screen and change it there, it worked for me.
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Legend! Thanks that fixed it

Fixed my problem too.
I also had the issue that the keyboard was only inputting numbers - disabled T9 in HD Tweaks - reset then all ok.
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Andrew

how can I go in "HD Tweaks" ?

[Q] Rotate screen by 180°

especially when connected to Power cable i would prefer when screen would be rotated by 180°.
Yes i know there is auto rotation but this does not concern the lock screen an also some apps are ignoring this feature. Also the home screen is set to 0° after unlocking.
I'seen in different threads, that it is possible in CM7 to flip the screen my default but it is allways mentioned to consult the rom developer and never sayed ho to do this.
can anyone help ?

are you talking about cm7 or stock rom ?
in stock you can lock the screen by tapping the status bar and select unlocked
this will not affect the lock screen but my launcher (go launcher)

i'm about cm7.
maybe ther might be settings for one or the other launcher but i want to flip the screen globally so that it affects every app including the lock screen.
edit: i assume this must be done by configuring the graphics driver

I agree. It would be nice to keep power button on top.
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i think to remember that there is a setting for this in /system/build.prop
found:
ro.sf.hwrotation=270
where you change the 270 into either 180, 90, or 0....
!!! but use at your own risk !!!

yes thats it man.
but now i habe to find a way to rotate the touchscreen as well

you will have to rotate the touchscreen and the accelerometer as well
i think that will not be so easy because it's compiled or linked in the souce code
sorry ...

yes this seems to be hard coded and needs a patch. I've never built android from source so i will no gonna put my hands on.
could anybody please place this as a feature request to the developpers. I've no permission to post in the devs forum.

well, i've 9 posts. including this one it will be 10

[Q] Navigation Bar not working in Portrait working in Landscape in Nexus 4

My Nexus 4 has Stock ROM Android 4.3 & the Navigation bar at the bottom does not respond to touch in Portrait position but works in Landscape position for applications where I can use the Landscape mode. In the Landscape mode the screen rotates the position of the Navigation bar.
I have through the developer option selected the Show Touches option which shows me the exact touch position on screen as a blob. In the portrait position I can see the touch points on the Navigation bar the home screen works for Google Now but the back & task do not work however I can see from the Show touch it registers the touch but no execution of the command happens. The same Navigation bar in Landscape mode works perfectly as required. These developments are after the OTA 4.3 upgrade. Can someone help me to either remove the navigation bar in the Stock ROM Android 4.3 as now I have an application from Google store called Button Saviour (Non Root) working perfectly. I have also observed that the due to the Show Touch option activation it generates sometimes on the navigation bar area on the extreme left a clear Show touch blob where as there is no one touching the screen. This Show touch blob sometimes rapidly oscillates horizontally in the Navigation bar area & which ever icons it crosses it automatically triggers them as well randomly. On touching the screen in the Navigation Bar at that time does not make the back or task button work but without touching I can the Show touch blob while oscillating managing to make it work while crossing over the respective button icons.
So the hardware does not seem to be the issue but some bug in the new 4.3 which is triggering this weird behaviour. I use the Nexus 4 mostly in Portrait mode hence it is frustrating to now suddenly not have the Navigation bar functional the way it was suppose to work. Can some one help & guide me on what to do to resolve this problem.

The softkeys are enabled within the framework.
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manojsap said:
My Nexus 4 has Stock ROM Android 4.3 & the Navigation bar at the bottom does not respond to touch in Portrait position but works in Landscape position for applications where I can use the Landscape mode. In the Landscape mode the screen rotates the position of the Navigation bar.
I have through the developer option selected the Show Touches option which shows me the exact touch position on screen as a blob. In the portrait position I can see the touch points on the Navigation bar the home screen works for Google Now but the back & task do not work however I can see from the Show touch it registers the touch but no execution of the command happens. The same Navigation bar in Landscape mode works perfectly as required. These developments are after the OTA 4.3 upgrade. Can someone help me to either remove the navigation bar in the Stock ROM Android 4.3 as now I have an application from Google store called Button Saviour (Non Root) working perfectly. I have also observed that the due to the Show Touch option activation it generates sometimes on the navigation bar area on the extreme left a clear Show touch blob where as there is no one touching the screen. This Show touch blob sometimes rapidly oscillates horizontally in the Navigation bar area & which ever icons it crosses it automatically triggers them as well randomly. On touching the screen in the Navigation Bar at that time does not make the back or task button work but without touching I can the Show touch blob while oscillating managing to make it work while crossing over the respective button icons.
So the hardware does not seem to be the issue but some bug in the new 4.3 which is triggering this weird behaviour. I use the Nexus 4 mostly in Portrait mode hence it is frustrating to now suddenly not have the Navigation bar functional the way it was suppose to work. Can some one help & guide me on what to do to resolve this problem.
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same issue here even i try a factory reset
I flash the stock rom again and no clue of what to do

The exact same issue here, started behaving quirky since 4.3 and went bat**** crazy after the update second 4.3 ota (1.8mb patch google released recently). i used developer options to show the on screen touch blobs as well and it registers touches in the nav bar area, it just will not work in portriat (or rather that section of the screen) It is extremely frustrating.
I even went as far as to use adb and fastboot to restore my phone to stock 4.3 which would remove all files and place a stock 4.3 directly from dev.google but still It doesn't work.

The same issue
Im having this exact issue just a few days after i install a new update i hope that its a software issue :crying: and if is not warranty will cover it?

Navigation Bar issue
Same problem here , wont respond on portrait mode.
I did try to downgrade my android version to 4.2.2 (from 4.3) after the factory reset did not work, that did not work either.
Any ideas? could use some help

I have the same problem, I tried to restore the 4.3, the 4.2, but the problem remains, I also tried the cyanogenmod and 4.4, but it still does not work the navbar in portrait mode ..
No one knows a solution to the problem? You may have a hardware problem? Who takes care of the navbar?

Having the same issue here. Works in Landscape but not portrait. It went spastic this morning randomnly opening the clock and pullin the bar down itself. Show touches showed it registering touches all around the nav bar then suddenly it stopped. I cant use the bar now at all in portrait but the random touches are gone. I downloaded a touch detector and it shows all the way up to where the nav bar would be then deadzone, but fine in landscape again

anyone know a solution to the problem? I tried to put the last KRT16S factory image, but the problem is always the same ...

sorschumi said:
anyone know a solution to the problem? I tried to put the last KRT16S factory image, but the problem is always the same ...
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Before update to 4.4, I installed purity rom, and in purity system settings there was option to change navigation bar height. Default height is 48dp, but you can change to 52dp and the buttons working. Not ideal solution, sometimes you must to hit button few times, but it's working!
But, after I update my N4 to 4.4 kitkat, and install purity rom for 4.4, there is no option to set button height to 52dp (max heigth is 48dp-default height) I hope so that purity rom will be updated and return option to set to 52dp.

Same issue here
Tried lot of things still not working .........
pls someone find the solution.......

skycoresaunish said:
Tried lot of things still not working .........
pls someone find the solution.......
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I think it's a hardware problem. Mine just went bad as well.

I have this problem now, too. Google now NAVRING still works to open Google Now from the middle nav button, which is why I do not understand why they nav bars do not work at seemingly the bottom of the screen. It just seems like that part of the screen has died, though some times it randomly works....... what the hell is this?

Huawei ascend mate navbar problem
I have same problem. And not only that my landscape control also got messed up After factory reset.
Also when I try to scroll down the web page in landscape mode it dosent work on the same area. So does this mean screen is screen is not registering my touch.
Some times the middle button start acting funny. It operates by itself even the internet is off. Like virus or some thing I did checked with antivirus nothing found. After activating show touch option it is shows Google shortcut is always pressed.
Dont know how to fix. Dont know the reason pls. Help. Xda.

Do you use dt2w? For me, after enabling that feature this would happen after a while. The borders of the screen would become unresponsive. I disabled dt2w, rebooted and it was fine again.
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Hi to everyone!
I have the same problem since some days with the nav bar on stock 4.4.2. Factory reset + rom flash via fastboot + CM 11 innstallation did not help at all. I'll bring my Nexus 4 today back to the retailer for reparation / replacing.
I'll inform you guys about the report of service center but it can take up to 45 days.

Thanks. This works for me
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Before update to 4.4, I installed purity rom, and in purity system settings there was option to change navigation bar height. Default height is 48dp, but you can change to 52dp and the buttons working. Not ideal solution, sometimes you must to hit button few times, but it's working!
But, after I update my N4 to 4.4 kitkat, and install purity rom for 4.4, there is no option to set button height to 52dp (max heigth is 48dp-default height) I hope so that purity rom will be updated and return option to set to 52dp.
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Hi, I was facing the same issue on my mako. It just started without any notice. Being a flashaholic I thought it could be due to something I installed. Tried a lot of differnt ROMS including stock but no luck. Read somewhere about the "Show touch" function in the developer options and found that almost 7.5mm of the bottom of screen was not responding to touch. I then installed the stock 4.4.3 ROM, rooted it and installed gravity box. In Gravity I changed the navigation bar height to 120% and selected "keep at bottom" for landscape. I am now able to use the phone. I wish some custom ROMS start implementing 52dp height option so we could use these directly. I tried using gravity with Mahdi ROM but there is some conflict and I cant see the recents button. Also, the NB reverts to original and it needs to be enabled again manually
But thanks anyways. I dont want to buy a new phone for the next 6 months and this will work well for me.
Cheers

Navigation bar not working in EPD

Hello,
I am suffering from a really annoying problem for the last month and I cannot find a solution. I have tried to flash several firmwares but the EPD navigation bar seems to become somehow irresponsibe making the phone quite unusable.
With LP EU (5.0.0-EU1.1.87a and 5.0.0-EU1.1.124b) the navigation bar on the EPD seems to be working on the YotaHub without problems, I can navigate and I can unlock the screen by either double tapping or sliding. However, when I enable the YotaMirror the screen is mirrored but the Navigation bar becomes somehow disabled so I cannot exit the application that is running. The only way is turning on the normal screen so the EPD goes back to the YotaHub (quite annoying).
With LP RU (5.0.0-RU1.1.124 and 134 sideload) the YotaHub works fine but when I enable the YotaMirror a message saying "YotaMirror mode is enabled" with a help message explaining how it works and two buttons "Skip" and "Continue" which do not respond to any action; making it impossible to leave that screen. The only way to get rid of this is going to the normal screen and opening the YotaHub settings. This error seems to be already reported by another user: https://forum.xda-developers.com/yo...phone-201-stuck-androis-5-0-ru-1-124-t3571739
In MM (EU and RU) the area of the Navigation bar, no matter if YotaHub or YottaMirror seems irresponsible to any actions; so I cannot move across the panels in YotaHub nor exit an application opened in YotaMirror.
I thought this could be a hardware issue but I have discarded the option knowing that in LP it works and in both LP and MM the double tap unlocking feature (once enabled) unlocks the screen even being tap on that area.
I will continue flashing firmwares and eventually come back to the version of LP that was working fine (I cannot recall which one was it so I am downloading and trying most of them). But any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!

jaboto said:
Hello,
I am suffering from a really annoying problem for the last month and I cannot find a solution. I have tried to flash several firmwares but the EPD navigation bar seems to become somehow irresponsibe making the phone quite unusable.
With LP EU (5.0.0-EU1.1.87a and 5.0.0-EU1.1.124b) the navigation bar on the EPD seems to be working on the YotaHub without problems, I can navigate and I can unlock the screen by either double tapping or sliding. However, when I enable the YotaMirror the screen is mirrored but the Navigation bar becomes somehow disabled so I cannot exit the application that is running. The only way is turning on the normal screen so the EPD goes back to the YotaHub (quite annoying).
With LP RU (5.0.0-RU1.1.124 and 134 sideload) the YotaHub works fine but when I enable the YotaMirror a message saying "YotaMirror mode is enabled" with a help message explaining how it works and two buttons "Skip" and "Continue" which do not respond to any action; making it impossible to leave that screen. The only way to get rid of this is going to the normal screen and opening the YotaHub settings. This error seems to be already reported by another user: https://forum.xda-developers.com/yo...phone-201-stuck-androis-5-0-ru-1-124-t3571739
In MM (EU and RU) the area of the Navigation bar, no matter if YotaHub or YottaMirror seems irresponsible to any actions; so I cannot move across the panels in YotaHub nor exit an application opened in YotaMirror.
I thought this could be a hardware issue but I have discarded the option knowing that in LP it works and in both LP and MM the double tap unlocking feature (once enabled) unlocks the screen even being tap on that area.
I will continue flashing firmwares and eventually come back to the version of LP that was working fine (I cannot recall which one was it so I am downloading and trying most of them). But any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
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Can you unlock the back display without doubletap? So by using the power button when the epd display is facing up. IE, does it still correctly sense which display is facing up?

Hi @tomgaga Thanks for your response.
I can unlock the screen with in every mode: double tap, swipe and power.
I can fully confirm that this is not a hardware issue, meaning that the screen gets the touches as I have just captured the events with adb and saw how the screen gets the input event on the area of the screen "YotaMirror is enabled" that allows me to "Continue" or "Skip". So the taps are registered but it seems that this notification doesn't seems to work.
Anyone knows how to avoid this notification? I think this could solve the issue...

jaboto said:
Hi @tomgaga Thanks for your response.
I can unlock the screen with in every mode: double tap, swipe and power.
I can fully confirm that this is not a hardware issue, meaning that the screen gets the touches as I have just captured the events with adb and saw how the screen gets the input event on the area of the screen "YotaMirror is enabled" that allows me to "Continue" or "Skip". So the taps are registered but it seems that this notification doesn't seems to work.
Anyone knows how to avoid this notification? I think this could solve the issue...
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I had this problem when using gravitybox from xposed and made an adjustment to the navigation bar. You got any mods installed?

@tomgaga , I didn't install xposed until now, I also tried to increase the size of the navbar with a mod but it seems to not doing the trick (I have the impression that the nav bar on the EPD doesn't get affected by this). When you had this issue did it go away by just removing the mod? Or you increased the size? However, I believe that after a full reset this should be gone...
Danke!

jaboto said:
@tomgaga , I didn't install xposed until now, I also tried to increase the size of the navbar with a mod but it seems to not doing the trick (I have the impression that the nav bar on the EPD doesn't get affected by this). When you had this issue did it go away by just removing the mod? Or you increased the size? However, I believe that after a full reset this should be gone...
Danke!
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Yeah if you reinstalled the system images and reset the data, then any mod should be gone, but not if you just did a factory reset.
And the problem went away after I removed the mod yes.

tomgaga said:
Yeah if you reinstalled the system images and reset the data, then any mod should be gone, but not if you just did a factory reset.
And the problem went away after I removed the mod yes.
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Hi again @tomgaga. The thing is that I reinstalled the ROM many times and I did full factory reset every time, so for me it seems there is an issue coming from somewhere else... Thanks anyway for your comments.