So I know home screens cannot be rotated on stock launcher, but anyone able to rotate the AOD? In my car I have my mount/holder with my phone in landscape so it doesn't block too much of my head unit and my OCD is triggered looking at the AOD sideways. Also, I have the new Samsung wireless charging stand on preorder and was hoping to put the phone on it in landscape as well.
If it's not possible, not a big deal, but if I overlooked something I'd like to be able to rotate it.
I'm getting an Android Auto compatible radio in my car next week so it probably won't be an issue there as I'll have the AA screen rather than the AOD.
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Hello everyone.
I just got my X10 over the weekend and have started to play around with it. One thing I have noticed is that the screen will only rotate to landscape on one side (with the home buttons on the right in landscape mode). I've checked various videos on the net and they all seem to rotate in this direction, but don't show it going the other way. I checked my wife's Iphone and it rotates both ways. Can anyone let me know if this is an issue with the X10 in general, or just my phone. TIA.
Confirmed. the device only rotates on the left side. But i never thought about it before
-Bin4ry
Is there any reason why this would be a problem? must say I've not come across any occasion where I've thought that would be required.
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It only rotates to the left, yeah. But I think it's great since I'm seriously annoyed with screen rotation at times. This way I can lie in my bed and write texts in portrait-mode with my phone on the side so to speak. And I don't want to turn it off completely since I use it when I look at pictures and browse the web. I just wish there was a way to disable screen rotation for different applications.
I believe this is the same for all droid phones. My buds Moto-DROID does the same thing and I do recal only being able to tilt the N1 in the same direction. On the DROID it makes sense to me, the physical keyboard only goes one way. However, my bud is left handed and he instinctively wanted to turn my x10 to the right so the hardware buttons are on the left and he coudltn. He immediately did not like the phone.
Thanks all,
this isn't really a problem for me, I just thought it was strange since I didn't really see a reason for it. This is my first Android phone, so I'm still getting used to the benefits and quirks of the system, and just thought it was odd. Well lets hope that we get an update to 2.1/2.2 or are able to root the heck out of this thing soon.
Cheers
The N1 use to do this too but in 2.2 it gained the ability to be rotated into landscape either way.
I reckon 1 way landscape rotation is the best thing ever... esp. with the reading lying down thing... I used to have to hold my Diamond on a weird 45 degree angle in those situations...
I bet you can think of a million reasons why it's great it only rotates one way, but I bet you'd struggle finding a decent reason why you'd need it to rotate both:
I have a problem and can only rotate my phone clockwise, this means I have to rotate it 270 degrees instead of 90, just to get it into landscape
I prefer to press the camera button with my thumb holding underneath the phone. Now I have to do it with my index finger like a normal person
I'm lefthanded - everything works backwards for me.
I wonder if my unit is faulty. I find that the auto rotate does not work very well. It refuses to rotate sometimes, and the only way seems to be to shake it. But when I do so, sometimes the orientation is upside downs.
Am I alone with this problem?
Hi Steve, my auto rotate isn't totally perfect but i'd say its good enough and i certainly haven't had to shake it yet lol
I find sometimes you need to lift it up (as if taking a picture) to let gravity kick in on the sensor.
Just had a thought....I installed a compass app (i think on the first day i got the phone) and i had to move the phone in a figure 8 to calibrate it, maybe i calibrated mine without knowing? that is if it even uses the same sensor?
Oh well, may be the fact that it does not rotate well is a good thing when using on bed. I'm looking at the half full glass.
Is it possible to rotate the screen while the TF is docked? Auto-rotate appears to be disabled, such that even if the setting is enabled, the screen will not rotate when turned. If I lock the screen in anything but the "right-side-up" landscape mode prior to docking, it just reverts when placed in the dock. I am looking for the ability to have the screen locked in "upside-down" landscape mode when docked.
Odd as this may sound, if it is not possible, this may be a deal-breaker with me and my new TF. I am in the Navy on a submarine and I want to mount the TF upside down in my rack (bed) above me so that it turns in to flip-down screen that I can stream movies from my external hd. Any ideas?
I read in one post that the auto-rotate was disabled while docked in the most recent update, can anyone confirm this? I will be willing to revert or run a custom rom if this feature is possible in another version.
I am running the latest stock 3.1 update. Thanks in advance.
auto rotate did used to work for me while docked before the last update. Not a big deal really but one thing I noticed.
Thanks, but I can't get the screen to rotate while docked no matter what version I try.
Flashed to Prime 1.5 since it was based on the previous 8.4.4.5 - no go.
Flashed to stock 8.4.4.5 - still a no go.
I ensured auto-rotate was enabled when docked, and it would not rotate.
I locked the screen "upside-down" and then docked, but it still reverted back.
If the previous version allowed this, any ideas on what i m doing wrong?
Can anyone else confirm that their screen rotated while docked?
Is there any mod that can enable this feature?
I too would appreciate a way of changing the orientation while docked or while locked to a certain orientation by an application.
After purchasing a Nexus 7 and fairly satisfied with it, I decided to purchase a Nexus 10 from Walmart since I want a bigger monitor estate and this 7 inches tablet start to get annoying when I read books on it. When I first used it, it was an awesome experience but then it goes downhill as soon as I upgraded it to 4.2.2.
One of the main reason why I want to get rid of my nexus 7 is because the screen keeps flickering if I am in a dark room and guess what kind of problem I have with the nexus 10? It is the auto brightness!!! If I understand this device correctly, the sensor is on the right hand side beside the camera (portrait mode, volume button on the right) and I am right handed. So now whenever I type something, I think I accidentally cover the sensor and the auto brightness kicks in and once I am done typing or lift up my hand, then the auto brightness kicks in again. It really annoys the hell out of me and please don't tell me the solution is to turn off the auto brightness. I mean the auto brightness option is there for a reason.
Does anyone have the same problem?
sus4ntoh said:
After purchasing a Nexus 7 and fairly satisfied with it, I decided to purchase a Nexus 10 from Walmart since I want a bigger monitor estate and this 7 inches tablet start to get annoying when I read books on it. When I first used it, it was an awesome experience but then it goes downhill as soon as I upgraded it to 4.2.2.
One of the main reason why I want to get rid of my nexus 7 is because the screen keeps flickering if I am in a dark room and guess what kind of problem I have with the nexus 10? It is the auto brightness!!! If I understand this device correctly, the sensor is on the right hand side beside the camera (portrait mode, volume button on the right) and I am right handed. So now whenever I type something, I think I accidentally cover the sensor and the auto brightness kicks in and once I am done typing or lift up my hand, then the auto brightness kicks in again. It really annoys the hell out of me and please don't tell me the solution is to turn off the auto brightness. I mean the auto brightness option is there for a reason.
Does anyone have the same problem?
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That is just the way you are typing, I guess.. If you don't want to Change the way you type (sensor would be more than half way up the screen, keyboard is only 1/3)..why not try another keyboard in landscape mode? I am using swiftkey 3 for tablet, split keyboard across both halves of the screen and like it much better than full keyboard in portrait mode.
Change they way you use it or turn off the sensor would be the only options. Rotate it to other positions and try not to activate it is the only other option.(you can use it with sensors/switches anywhere.. If you are just holding it with your left, then rotate switches into your left... Fix the problem with your right activating the sensor.)
Thank you for the respond. I would have thought it is due to design issue. I mean why they put the sensor on the right. There must be someone else is having this issue but then I don't see any posts about it so it must be the user.
Today is the 2nd day only so maybe I can change the way how I type or browse (I also notice the auto brightness issue when I browse online). I don't have this issue with other brand tablet though.
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Wondeeing how I would go about getting my phone to mirror to my Android unit
Would be nice to have this automatically done when it connects to Bluetooth and then also have the orientation of the screen in landscape mode?
Any ideas?
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Wondeeing how I would go about getting my phone to mirror to my Android unit
Would be nice to have this automatically done when it connects to Bluetooth and then also have the orientation of the screen in landscape mode?
Any ideas?
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This is exactly what I'm looking for. I am currently using a stock VW unit with work arounds to get screen mirroring. It is a bit of a cat and mouse game, with Google releasing updates that break the workarounds.
I am shopping for a double din head unit for my son (and possibly replace my own unit) that allows for screen mirrorring with touch control of the phone from the head unit screen.
There is a Chinese company Eonon that specifically advertises this feature, but the reviews aren't great.
Did you ever find a better solution for this?