I have this option on another android tablet. I have one app that i want to zoom to fill screen but i can't seem to find how to do this. Thoughts?
Looks like this is the solution for now:
Settings->Accessibility->Magnification gestures->Turn "on"
After you tap 3 times you can pinch/zoom and maneuver the screen to your liking. Unfortunately you have to do it each time you launch the app.
They mean the compatibility mode that used to be present in the tablet UI. Seems it got removed in the transition to the phone ui.
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I have 2 questions that despite a lot of searching has not yielded anything, and I just want to find out if I need to stop looking:
1. I like to open the camera app when double-tapping the home button. I can't find any setting in CM9 that would allow me the same thing - am I missing this?
2. Is there a setting somewhere that would change the screen rotation delay? I type texts horizontal screen and the wait for the screen to respond and rotate after I turned the phone sideways, is annoying. It would be much nicer if the screen rotated immediately when I rotate the phone, synchronously. I notice in the CM9 camera app, this rotation is much snappier, so it seems possible.
I can suggest this on your first question. I use Apex Launcher, and it's configurable right in behavior settings.
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Thanks, I also found that item after I installed Apex last night. In other android OS's, this is a setting which is independent of the launcher.
Autorotation was working just fine until today. Now it's locked in portrait. I have it set to autorotate in my launcher (Nova Launcher) and the icon in the status bar is unlocked. And, I'm rooted.
Any suggestions?
UPDATE: Seems it's not a complete loss of autorotation. However, it does take about 15-25 seconds to autorotate. I'm certain it didn't take that long when I first got it.
I am still stock, unrooted.. running Nova and Apex launchers (betas), and recently I started thinking my auto rotation isn't responding as well. Not just on the home screens but overall. It just seems less sensitive. It seems like I have to be at a 90 degree angle for the rotate to happen and before it didn't seem that extreme. Before I thought it was taking a while to rotate (not as long as yours) but then realized I just had to tilt it more extreme than I thought. Not sure if I'm just crazy or if something is actually different...
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I am still stock, unrooted.. running Nova and Apex launchers (betas), and recently I started thinking my auto rotation isn't responding as well. Not just on the home screens but overall. It just seems less sensitive. It seems like I have to be at a 90 degree angle for the rotate to happen and before it didn't seem that extreme. Before I thought it was taking a while to rotate (not as long as yours) but then realized I just had to tilt it more extreme than I thought. Not sure if I'm just crazy or if something is actually different...
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Shortly before I read this, I discovered the same thing you did--that if I angled the N7 in towards me, autorotation was activated. WHY it came to be like this is a mystery. And, how to restore it to "normal" is even a greater riddle.
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Try Ultimate Rotation Control in the app store...set it to auto and u should be good...its a free 7-day trial and after that its a paid app but at least u get to see if it works for what u need and later u can decide to buy or not
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Hello, my problem is the home screens won't rotate no matter what I do. The display is set to auto rotate and it works fine for everything else, just not the home screens. Am I missing something?
Thanks in advance.
wwz7777 said:
Hello, my problem is the home screens won't rotate no matter what I do. The display is set to auto rotate and it works fine for everything else, just not the home screens. Am I missing something?
Thanks in advance.
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Are you using the default, stock launcher? If so it doesn't support rotating even when auto rotate is enabled. You have to install another home replacement, such as Nova or Apex.
Thanks!
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Are you using the default, stock launcher? If so it doesn't support rotating even when auto rotate is enabled. You have to install another home replacement, such as Nova or Apex.
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This is just what I was looking for - Thank you!!
BTW, it is curious that my Moto Xoom home screens rotate fine and it is running Android 4.1.1 as well.
Cheers!
The mystery has been solved. Turned out to be the LCD density set to other than default. I reset it to 213 and all is well.
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Gary
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gjtoth said:
The mystery has been solved. Turned out to be the LCD density set to other than default. I reset it to 213 and all is well.
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Gary
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That wasn't the case for me. I'm unrooted and have never changed my LCD density. However, I did just try downloading the compass app and did the "figure 8" calibration and that seemed to put things back to normal in terms of auto rotation responsiveness.
I'm just running in here. I noticed someone mention that the home screen does not auto rotate. This is a feature of the nexus 7. There is a fully free app called Rotation Locker that works great, even though the widget is broken. For the nexus 7, when you get it, launch the app and longpress on the option you want.
Also nearly all devices have to have their sensors recalibrated from time to time. So it should not be a big deal for anybody to download a compass app or the highly useful app Android System Information, and use the settings there to calibrate all of the various sensors. It also recommend this app widget to see battery, and storage information - even if the app is very much not customizable.
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When I switch on - it always goes to my library page.
How does one change the default home screen? I haven't found it.
Also - I would love to find a way to change the location of the three menu keys.
I'd really like to be able to browse in landscape mode but to have those keys along the right side of the screen.
There are 5 desktop screens, the third one (ie the middle one) is "home". So just move the library widgets to another screen and put whatever widgets you want on your home screen.
Regarding moving the 3 soft keys, no way to do that in stock jelly bean as far as I know,I think you have to be rooted.
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Thanks for this. I was hoping there would be a way to designate the home screen as with the S3
Nova Launcher from the Play Store allows customizations, including how number of desktop screens and which is the default. Plus a lot of other features. No root required.
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I have auto rotate the enabled on my nexus 7 and when the home screen rotates to landscape (sideways) it squashes everything is on the home screen. I am running android 42 with xenon hd rom I am also using apex launcher. Attached are normal and landscape mode pictures.
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I have auto rotate the enabled on my nexus 7 and when the home screen rotates to landscape (sideways) it squashes everything is on the home screen. I am running android 42 with xenon hd rom I am also using apex launcher. Attached are normal and landscape mode pictures.
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....err..... go back to stock,...try a dif' launcher? try dif' rom? it seems like a conflict on running your launcher
There simply isn't enough space...
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There simply isn't enough space...
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lol yea im sure ive had at least one device that when you setup a home screen go portrait then back landscape you would have half your widgets added to a new homescreen. jellybean is soposed to solve this issue but still not all app widgets are 100% resizable
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I have auto rotate the enabled on my nexus 7 and when the home screen rotates to landscape (sideways) it squashes everything is on the home screen. I am running android 42 with xenon hd rom I am also using apex launcher. Attached are normal and landscape mode pictures.
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Hi, Natenatenate...
You mention you are using Apex...
The trick with Apex (if you want to use it in both landscape and portrait) is to ensure the 'grid' setup is identical in each.
I have found a 6 x 6 icon arrangment for both landscape and portrait optimal, with margins both vertical and horizontal set to 'small'.
...and do not use the Tablet UI setting...
Below are my screenshots...
In landscape, note how the dock bar and search bar are now down the left and right hand sides of the screen respectively... this preserves 'aspect ratio' and negates the squashed effect you report.
Finally, the dock bar can support up to 7 icons (at 100% size), with the dock bar horizontal margin set to 'small'.
Hope this helps...
Rgrds,
Ged.
I believe that 4.2.2 had lock screen widgets ... How on earth do I get them to work
I believe bbc news is one of the widgets bit I've tried every which way I can to get out to work
Please help
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You can't use some lock screen widgets if you have a security lock screen thanks to Samsung being weird and annoying. Plus they removed the quick launch camera lock screen with their silly app matrix.
If you just use the slide to unlock feature then slide your finger from the top down and then left or right and you'll have the option of adding more.
You first have to enable them in the settings. Also you can enable quick camera instead of using the app matrix, you'll find that in the same place.... Main settings---> lockscreen ---> check the multiple widgets box. Tap the next box down to configure the quick launch camera as default instead of the app matrix should you choose.