My TF101 (running Prime 2.1.1) has been acting strange since yesterday (when I first noticed it). The screen orientation will not auto adjust if I move the tablet, e.g. from holding landscape in two hands to holding it on it's side, it stays in landscape. If I run an app that lacks orientation support or fakes it, I may end up with my tablet locked into portrait mode! Rebooting doesn't impact anything.
Toggling the Screen->Auto Rotate setting in the settings app (NOT the quick controls) will give me the correct orientation most of the time. Docking will (so far) always get my back to landscape. So for the most part, I have no auto-rotate and running a protrait apps can lock my screen rotation to portrait. Docking is the only reliable thing so far...
Possible abuses:
-> I usually put my dock and tablet in my backpack but "Undocked", and stow the pack on my cars floor board, it doesn't get bounced around but maybe payback for leaving it undocked?
-> For the past couple weeks I've been using the quick control to lock the screen so I can display stuff upside down; e.g. to use landscape in bed, while charging.
but other wise it's pretty well taken care of, better than most peoples PC's. When I boot, it is usually laying flat on a desk or docked.
Personally, I use my tablet i landscape whenever an app doesn't force me to do otherwise....but I'm concerned about hardware failure in the sensor. Being root+Prime, I'd rather not RMA if possible.
Does anyone have any advice or ideas about this?
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I found this app can do all orientations.
Orientation Control
Unsure what is causing your problem, however.
Good luck!
settings
In settings/screen is auto-rotate screen ticked.
Colin
I will have to test that app as a manual fix, and yes the auto rotate is checked; i believe the locking when apps force portrait still occurs when it is unchecked though.
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I'm wondering if there are any apps that adjusts or replaces the auto rotate feature in android. I often find myself in situations where the orientation switches on me when I'm laying on my side or when I'm trying to see the screen because of an unexpecting notification, phone call or I'm just trying to get the phone out of my pocket.
I like to see an app where the orientation will only change if the specifide angle, tilt and time conditions are met. For example, if you want to switch from landscape to portrait. you hold it at a very exact angle of orientation (ie 90°+/-1°) at a specifide tilt (ie between 15° and 90°) for a specifide time (ie 500 ms) and then it will change from landscape to portrait mode.
I also like to see a setting were it will turn off auto rotate when the tilt goes beyond 90°, like when you lay down on your back.
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I agree.
I find if I put the phone horizontally on a table it often will go into landscape mode. It is quite a pain to worry about the angle I put my phone on a table.
Customizing the tilt variables would be awesome.
I am still looking around the internet for a solution. If you find one let me know.
I have the official Nexus One dock and it randomly disconnects from the phone while it's still docked. BT disconnects and it stops charging. It seems to happen more often when the phone gets hotter.
I have a feeling it's software related because it usually re-connects as soon as I change the orientation or un-dock re-dock really quick.
The only other thing that I can think of is that maybe it needs a better ground since I hardwired it into my car's power wiring.
Anyone else experience this?
Ive been meaning to make a thread similar to this but i guess its more appropriate not to waist threads...
The touch sensitivity dies when the screen is on for prolonged periods of time. for example when its in the gps dock, i will sometimes try to interact with the app and it wont register any touches at all or will get them completely off. but right when i turn off the screen then turn it back on again (even if its quickly) it'll go back to normal. Why? is it because of the heat being created? the phone does get hot when i use the gps for a long time.
I blame poor connections. Every now and again i have to wiggle the base of the dock where the contact pins are to seat the contacts
The screen is supposed to auto recalibrate, it doesn't seem to do a very good job of it. My phone is hopeless on winter mornings, about 30 seconds after turning it on in the morning I have to turn the display off and on again to force it to recalibrate or the bottom 1/3 of the screen stops working.
The issue is much less pronounced with the CM firmware than it is with the stock firmware though.
My fix for the Nexus dock
I also had this problem when I was using the phone in the horizontal position but when I turned it to vertical it started working again... not an ideal fix but it worked for me... also I found a small crack in the dock that makes the tab at the top stiff, it eventually broke through and I used a piece of shrink tubing to repair it back to help it push down on the prongs at the bottom.
On the other topic this screen sensitivity problem should be marked critical since I can't answer my phone without turning the screen off and back on again, I can't even count the amount of times I hung up on someone while fumbling to answer the phone.
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The CurveFish OnOff widgets were the first widgets I downloaded when I got my new Motorola DROID. I needed to have complete control over my connections to save on battery life, and found a few little fun widgets along the way. And to have found a publisher that has released multiple widgets of the same theme excites the OCD inside me.
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The CurveFish OnOff widgets were the first widgets I downloaded when I got my new Motorola DROID. I needed to have complete control over my connections to save on battery life, and found a few little fun widgets along the way. And to have found a publisher that has released multiple widgets of the same theme excites the OCD inside me.
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Which of the widgets fixes the dock calibration issues?
My antique alarm clock just died. I was thinking it might be possible to use my Xoom as a replacement but I cannot find a way to dim the screen while on it's docking station. The screen simply sleeps. Is there a way to use the Xoom in the cradle and have a setting to keep the screen active so one can see the time?
Thanks.
OracleBlue said:
My antique alarm clock just died. I was thinking it might be possible to use my Xoom as a replacement but I cannot find a way to dim the screen while on it's docking station. The screen simply sleeps. Is there a way to use the Xoom in the cradle and have a setting to keep the screen active so one can see the time?
Thanks.
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Are you rooted? If so, there are apps to really dim the screen. If not, you could use Screen Filter.
Try 'alarm clock plus' in the market. Works great.
Tried three of the "Alarm Clock Plus" and they all did a force close. I didn't want to try all of them so I thought I would ask for specifics.
On the screen filter option, all it did was dim the screen and not show the clock screen. It also did a force close when trying to get to the settings.
Thanks though.
I have been using gentle alarm for months. It has a night display mode that I use and is not to bright.
I use superdim and it works well for me.
I go into the development section and turned on Keep Backlight On When Connected to USB then I use the standard clock, works perfect for me
Try one of the Nightstand clock apps by Digital Guesswork, Nightstand Bold has a dimmer control on the side.
while on the docking station you should be able to go to "clock" or if not choose it from your app drawer, it has a alarm option on the screen and by touching anywhere on the screen it will dimm. I am now on ics nightly but I think honeycomb was the same way, correct me if im wrong.
edit* - i also just realized that if you hold on the screen anywhere it will dimm to a different format of clock, so if this doesnt work on honeycomb i know it works on ics so if you can live without bluetooth and a camera (if your on honeycomb) which are the only thing currently not working that this will work as you described you wanted
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I go into the development section and turned on Keep Backlight On When Connected to USB then I use the standard clock, works perfect for me
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Just do this.
Development settings on Android to prevent screen from sleeping while plugged in.
Screen dims when it hits your auto sleep time limit instead of cutting the screen off.
As I'm sure many of you know, HDMI mirroring on the Infinity works well, but having two screens on while watching a video or playing a game is distracting.
Screen Standby is a new root app that disables the backlight on your tablet or phone while still allowing touchscreen functionality to remain active. That means while your tablet may look off when outputting to HDMI, you can still use it to pause, change apps, and do whatever you want while saving battery life at the same time. To turn your display back on simply shake the device. Unfortunately the proximity sensor function isn't working at the moment, at least on CM10.
I'm surprised it's taken this long for an app such as this to come along, but I can confirm it works on our infinity and on CM10 as well.
You can find it for free at the play store here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nkahoang.screenstandby
and the XDA thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1934495
And I would suggest you turn on two-stage screen off as that allows you to switch to whatever app you want to run before you go dark. Hope this helps!
Interesting... I've been wanting something similar to this. Think I'll be trying it out once I get my cable.
Hi,
I've been noticing for a very long time that my Nexus 5 sometimes switches orientation from portrait to landscape when I receive an incoming notification. I can't remember the specifics, but here's a very specific case that just happened a few minutes ago.
My phone was on the table in portrait mode. I was using it when I received a whatsapp message. Immediately my phone switched to landscape mode, thereby interrupting my usage.
Can't remember whether it happened for non-whatsapp notifications, nor if it happens when the phone is actually held vertically.
I've tried googling for this problem but I seem to be the only one? Does anyone else experience this problem?
First off, try to identify the specific cases where you have this then I see a few reasons:
• app feature: check the settings of the app
• you are using an app that automates your device e.g. 'rotates the screen when a notification is received'.
• vibrator: the strength of the vibrator is leading the screen to rotate.
The problem is I can't seem to reproduce it consistently. I just tried putting my phone flat on the table, in portrait mode in the facebook app (so that screen orientation can switch). I then sent an SMS as well as a whatsapp message to my phone from another phone. My phone remained in portrait mode, which is the expected behavior.
However, occasionally, it switches to landscape mode.