Since the Gtablets screen look much better when I rotate the device 180 is there a way in software to rotate display 180 degree? I figure there are some smart guys on here that might be able to know how to do that for us.
Search around the forum a little. I think I remember reading that the connector also is 180 degrees from the right position so that you couldn't just physically turn it upside down.
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So I'm looking at a tablet, it's between the G-Tab and the Archos 101. I like the hardware better on the G-Tab, but keep reading negative things about the screen. Is it possible or has anyone attempted to turn the screen the correct way?
yea im very interested in this also. theres a thread on how to open it up, i mean if we could get a DIY for turning the screen itd be awesome. Help a lot in terms of viewing angles also
There May Be LCD Replacements in the future but atm None that I Know of. There are some that fit but the plugs seem to be wrong. Eather way it might be costly.
I honestly don't know what the big issue with the screen is. It works fine for me. Sure, you may have to move it a little bit one way or the other to find the sweet spot but I don't find it to be as big a deal as I hear people making it. What other tablet in this price range, performance, and size has a better screen? Maybe I am just not real picky but I don't mind the screen.
The only problem I see with physically turning the screen upside internally is some apps aren't built to rotate 180 degrees so if you were using the tablet correctly, all of a sudden an app would be upside down. I think a better idea is switching out the display entirely to something that works better. I would pay for this as I'm not very mechanically inclined with electronics.
I read in some blog that the g-tablet uses a netbook LCD screen, but I have saw netbook screens that looked better when viewing in an angle.
lilgotti56 said:
I read in some blog that the g-tablet uses a netbook LCD screen, but I have saw netbook screens that looked better when viewing in an angle.
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as many people have said on here it seems like a hardware issue but only because it almost seems as if they put the screen in upside down. if you turn the portrait mode upside down and have buttons in the bottom left the screen looks 10 times better.
dragonfly1113 said:
as many people have said on here it seems like a hardware issue but only because it almost seems as if they put the screen in upside down. if you turn the portrait mode upside down and have buttons in the bottom left the screen looks 10 times better.
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LMFAO....I just turned the screen upside down and noticed how much better the viewing angle is...Now that I have the TnT lite rom installed this tab is so much better, but the viewing angle is horrendous. Well if this is true Viewsonic's manufacturing dept. are a bunch of tards. I wish there was something they can do on the software end to make it better, but after viewing the screen upside down it's more than likely a hardware issue.
I wonder if there is a contrast adjustment that can be accessed somewhere, it seems that it would be much better if we could just adjust the contrast...
some of my friends actually think that the screen is better the way they made it since its almost as if its like a privacy screen since people cant see what you are doing if you dont want them to see anything.
The stock screen isn't all that bad when it comes to landscape orientation. But due to different viewing angles on the vertical axis (15 degrees "up" and 30 degrees "down"), portrait mode is painful to use. In portrait mode, one eye sees a normal screen, but the other eye sees a washed out screen, which combined gives it a 3D look to it.
Video is bad but text is pretty good. I assume the manufacture thought it would be used for text more often?
Think you're right, They (viewsonic) making it in purpose.
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After much reading here, it seems pretty clear (pardon the pun) that the G tab's screen has been installed upside down. Certainly I am one of the many who think that the screen is excellent when viewed upside down.
I thought I would summarise the solutions and suggestions I have read so far (in no particular order):
1. Install ADW which will let you rotate home screen (I don't know if this lets you rotate other stuff like videos)
2. Install CyanogenMod7 because it has ADW in it
3. Remove the screen, turn it around and put it back on (unfortunately, I read that the cable behind the screen is too short to allow this)
4. Somehow trick the G tab into orienting itself 180 degrees the other way (software?, hardware - rotate the sensors?)
Please feel free to add to these in this thread, just so we have the info all in one place.
I am a complete newbie with no software nor hardware experience, so I don't know how to even think about solving it, but it seems to me that the screen problem is currently the biggest issue with this device.
If there is anybody who can suggest a better solution for this, I'm sure there are many of us who would appreciate it very much.
I just realised that number 3 suggestion is silly! That would just mean that you have to hold the tab upside down and the angle would still be bad.
I think a way of "tricking" the tab might be best. Anyone?
I'm curious about the 'camps' people are in here:
1) The camp that believes that the viewing angles are better when the device is upside down suggesting some kind of manufacturing defect when the screen and polarization filters were installed - I am not in this camp, the screen is equally bad up or down for me
2) Those who feel due to the placement of the speakers and other ports, they'd prefer the screen orientated in the other direction
3) both
Is there another camp we should be aware of? Cast your vote, which camp do you belong in?
And I agree, lets try to consolidate just to this thread, too many 'screen orientation' threads going at the moment
I was hoping this thread could just be for suggestions on how to consistently view the screen upside down.
I don't think there is a good consistent way. YouTube (for example) and other apps will default to the standard orientation no matter if you use ADW to rotate your homescreen. I understand why you feel the way you do, but in my opinion they made the right choice for panel orientation. If you flipped the panel and then tried to dock the tablet the viewing angles would make it impossible to use unless you were looking at it from the bottom up. When I'm holding it in my lap I can always adjust the way I view it to compensate for the panel deficiencies. So long story short I think the panel orientation is correct even though it is not always ideal.
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If you flipped the panel and then tried to dock the tablet the viewing angles would make it impossible to use unless you were looking at it from the bottom up.
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Thanks for your reply. I don't understand this part above?
The screen looks best to most of us when looking slightly downwards at it, so that would mean when it's in a dock the top of the tab would need to be tilted towards you to get the best angle.
When you dock it, does the top of the tab tilt towards you? I would have thought it sloped slightly away from the viewer at the top?
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Just got a nexus s today, but when i have the phone flat and turn it from portrait to landscape, the phone doesnt change the image from portrait to landscape, only turns when i pick it up, and the phone has to be at a angle of 45 degrees of greater then will it turn. Is there any reason for this?
Yes gravity
As far as I understand you are talking about spinning your phone around when its laying flat on let's say a table. There is no way for the motion sensor to know what is portrait and what is landscape unless you pick it up and hold it vertically aligned to the earth's gravity. The sensors are based on that. So they can't tell which side of the table you're standing at to be able to position the screen and the sensors leave the orientation at the last position it was. If you know what I mean.
So you must lift (tilt) the phone off the table at least 45 degrees to change the orientation and then you can lay it flat again.
Accelerometer direction is relative? It doesn't know where you are in proportion to the phone (lying down, sitting upright, on monkey bars, etc). The general idea is that you hold it as if you were standing upright using it, then rotate as necessary. If you then lay it flat it will stay how you just told it.
edit: beat me to it obsanity
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edit: beat me to it obsanity
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Hehe... that was a first for me on a question like that. Never thought someone might not know how that works.
Same here. Took some thinking to be able to describe something that feels natural to me.
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Same here. Took some thinking to be able to describe something that feels natural to me.
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I just thought of something. If you lay the phone on the table flat in landscape while the phone is displaying portrait and spin the table around, assuming the phone doesn't slide off the table, with certain cylindrical force grater than earth's gravity, you should be able to observe it switch to landscape without the need of picking it up.
Just a 2nd option in case the first one was too hard
You make a valid point, but that assumes the accelerometer is what handles all rotation - the nexus also has a gyroscope which probably gets factored in. Can't trick it now can you?
The phones will become self aware soon..
Actually I think it will still trick it since the gyroscope (if factored in) does account for motion. I think I'll test this since now I'm curious
After a good 5 minutes spinning my phone like a madman over my bed.. it confuses the hell out of the camera (something which rotates regardless of the autorotate setting), but cannot budge an app such as the browser (which won't autorotate if the setting is switched off).
Damn thing knows more about where it is than i do.
you could try and spin it like a top and try to get one side to flip up then land flat on the table again, that could trick it. be a good youtube video haha
Just got the A12 update yesterday and noticed that my phone no longer rotates 360 degrees and I can't find any way to re-enable this. Did they take that option out with the new "smart rotation"?
Yep. Interesting, but personally unconcerning. On more than one occasion I unintentionally rotated devices 180 degrees when returning to portrait. Less likely with A12 mindset.
That said, I have occationally used inverted charging when device is in a stand. Suppose there are other use cases. Not sure why Google felt compelled to restrict choice.