The title says it pretty much. I have a bunch of G1 androids I’ve repaired. Every other time I take one apart they no longer switch orientation from portrait to landscape automatically. (pulling out the keyboard makes them switch orientation O.K.).
I am sure it is the same for all phones but I just cant figuer out where the accelerometer, or whatever does the transition is.
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Who would like to see an automatic switching of keyboard types when moving from portrait to landscape?
utcarbs said:
Who would like to see an automatic switching of keyboard types when moving from portrait to landscape?
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If it could happen FAST I suppose I might, but seems like there would be a relatively noticable delay in switching from one to the other unless you had some kind of mash up of code from both. (judging by how long it takes to switch from htc_ime to stock). granted it's not much, but if I have to wait 2-3 seconds for my keyboard when i switch to landscape I personally wouldn't use it.
Personally, I would very much like to use Swype in portrait mode but HTC IME in landscape mode. There's something about Swype in landscape mode that doesn't work well... you wanna use two hands but just can't.
Tutech hit the nail. I would like to see the same please.
Firstly, thanks so much for all the work you guys did and shared here.
I've noticed that the default screen orientation is landscape for VEGAn-Tab and probably for TnT Lite also, which brings all the games with tilting control useless. It's also a headache for people who got used to portrait screen on phones (eg. reading in bed while placing the tab on side). Is there a way to change the default orientation to portrait in some Mod version? Or there is a way to fix this already that I didn't realize?
Saying "default at landscape" I mean when you lock the orientation/shut the auto rotate or start a game, the screen locks at landscape. For example, while playing those racing game or so, we have to tilt front/back to actually control the car to left/right -_-
Thanks!
Some games actually work, so I think the general understanding is that other games have something hardcoded incorrectly, for tablets. This is also the reason why the vendors themselves haven't fixed this, yet.
There is a way to rotate the screen to portrait, in Froyo. But, the calibration is totally borked, when you do that.
Hey guys
Is it any app that can make our Android phone to have any kinde of animation when we rotate the phone to landscape, like the WP7 or Iphone ? for exemple in web browser or Gallery, Messeging ?
Sorry for my bad english
Thanx
Speaking of switching orientation... is there an app that switches orientation much quicker and without having to tilt the phone back and forth for it to register, but rather actively check the accelerometer to see whether it should be in landscape or portrait because 90% of the time, it doesn't do that. My Droid X will be vertical in my palm yet be displaying landscape then I have to whip it back and forth for it to come back. Very annoying.
If a jailbroken iphone can support landscape, why can't windows phone 7 support it?
It's about UI design, not jailbreak.
I don't understand why you'd want the home tiles to orient in landscape. Just so you can say that the OS can do it, or is there some way that would grant additional usability?
I can see how it would be nice to have landscape... especially when leaving a program that was in landscape. I use A to B turn by turn navigation all the time and throw it in landscape... leaving the program while its in landscape in the car holder and switching to check something and having to put the phone back in portrait so I can read the tiles properly is annoying at best.. not a deal breaker by any means though.
Also it would be nice to have it for devices with a landscape-style keyboards, so that the UI can completely compensate for the orientation of the device.
vel0city1 said:
Also it would be nice to have it for devices with a landscape-style keyboards, so that the UI can completely compensate for the orientation of the device.
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I have a physical keyboard device and I gotta say I don't ever think "oh MAN, if only there was more landscape support". It mostly supports it in the right areas as it is.
But really, it probably wouldn't be too hard to implement, and they could even make it so you could turn it on and off in the settings, as to not ever bother those who don't want landscape.
Schismal said:
I don't understand why you'd want the home tiles to orient in landscape. Just so you can say that the OS can do it, or is there some way that would grant additional usability?
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when i unlock my phone by sliding out the keyboard, i don't want to be forced to rotate my head 90 degrees to figure out which tile to tap.
tiny17 said:
But really, it probably wouldn't be too hard to implement, and they could even make it so you could turn it on and off in the settings, as to not ever bother those who don't want landscape.
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I agreed, having it as optional per setting controls wouldnt be bad. Consider it showing some love to the WP7 physical keyboard users. To be honestly its the first thing that cross my mind when I slided a WP7 device open and the tiles didnt adjust.
***Not a deal breaker at all...
Just got a new Mate 8 this week, and after not having a smart phone to use since 2010, I'm really liking what I'm seeing so far with my limited exposure . . . even fine with the stock EMUI interface too.
One thing I noticed right away was the phone's inability to rotate a full 360°. Left and right horizontal rotation is fine, as well as the normal vertical, but try to go inverted, and the screen did not rotate at all for the home screen or for any app I tried. Funny, because I actually had a Chinese phone back in 2008 called an i9, which had the same rotation issue for only the inverted position.
I tried turning auto rotation On and Off, rebooting, etc., but no help. I did not try any hard reset on the phone, but I did go to Google Play and installed a rotation app called Set Orientation. When running, using the app's Automatic (full) rotation setting, the phone now rotates properly to the inverted position on the home screen as well as the few apps I tried so far. This made me happy that the hardware doesn't seem to be the issue with it not rotating inverted.
I did a forum search for rotation issues, and did not see any threads for this specific issue.
So has anyone else had this partial rotation issue and maybe an easy fix for it?
Also, I was wondering if there might be any downsides to having to always rely on an app like this, as maybe it won't always be compatible with other apps which may need to have the screen rotate to the inverted position?
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~ Craig ~
If I seem to remember correctly, even the 6p didn't rotate a full 360 degrees. I actually think it is app dependant. I use this rotation control.. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pranavpandey.rotation
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tdamocles said:
If I seem to remember correctly, even the 6p didn't rotate a full 360 degrees. I actually think it is app dependant. I use this rotation control.. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pranavpandey.rotation
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Yes, I'm already using a rotation control app that has worked to allow inverted vertical rotation too, but I'm wondering why you believe it's not a bug, but possibly only about app dependency if it does full 360° rotation ?
I have to admit I haven't been too well up to date on Android devices and apps for at least 4 years now, and I know some apps want to prevent certain screen orientation settings, forcing the view in certain modes. However, it seems like some software setting is out of kilter, or even a bug to me for this particular partial rotation issue, not just about app dependency.
For instance, why would the home screen, with auto rotation turned on in the settings, allow for rotation to both horizontal positions, the normal portrait position, but not allow for an inverted portrait rotation?
Also, for even the internet browser apps, which from what I recall for several other Android tablets I owned years ago, they would all allow rotation to all screen positions for 360° when rotation was turned on, with this phone it wouldn't allow inverted portrait rotation, that is, not until I installed the Set Orientation app and used it. Do Chrome and Firefox for Android typically not allow for inverted portrait viewing unless forced by an orientation app or rooting the device to change system settings?
I did find that using the Set Orientation app it interferes with the factory installed camera app display when using the phone in either horizontal position, so I need to disable it when using the camera to take landscape images.
It isn't a huge issue, just a minor inconvenience (along with a couple others) which I came across but can certainly live with, because I'm really enjoying the phone so far for the most part.
~ Craig ~
Look at the phone/dialer App. I don't even think that allows any horizontal rotation or full rotation. Almost all lock screens on different phones don't allow rotation either unless you have a custom ROM installed. I just don't think it's a bug . I think it's done like that for a reason, good or bad. I think it may be a phone restriction because I think my Nexus 9 allows full rotation on some apps. You just might have to live with it.
I think the home screen doesn't rotate 360 degrees because who views phone stuff upside down?
For example, I had 360 rotation turned on for my phone/dialer app and if your laying down the App will go inverted . If the proximity sensor isn't quick enough and doesn't turn off your screen, you might hit the hangup button like I did one time.
Look, Netflix is landscape only.
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tdamocles said:
I think the home screen doesn't rotate 360 degrees because who views phone stuff upside down?
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On a device with small and relatively symmetrical bevels on the top and bottom like the Mate 8, or my previous LG G4, it's very handy to just pick up the phone and use it, irrelevant of the orientation.
I never use the power button and/or fingerprint scanner so a simple double (or on the Mate 8 usually triple) tap wakes up the device and hey presto, use it as it is. Is it the "right way round"? Great. Was it upside down? Does not matter, use it like this for now as well.
So for that reason I would also like to have an upside down possibility (haven't installed xposed yet as I find the need for it not great enough, for now). Other than that I find not a lot of real disadvantages of having the possibility anyway.
Note: not all apps worked as planned upside down but the dialer, homescreen, browsing, etc. made no difference regarding holding the phone