[Q] Zune app in landscape ? - Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Anyone know how to get the Zune app in landscape ? I know it seems to be possible , since HTC Dock Mode app does it when its running .
Is there a Reg Edit or anything to make it react to accelerometer ? I have my phone docked horizontally in my car , and it can be a pain navigating through music that way . I was SO happy Nokia Drive had landscape support . Seems to be really the only thing that I find the OS is lacking that i would like .
Furthermore (and i know this is EXTREMELY unlikely) , but is there a way to make the home screen landscape as well ?

Yes, I agree. WP needs more land Scape.

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Touch Experience

Hi there - it seems that my Rapha doesn`t function as touch device but only ref. the area which under the screen ....
Is there any menu whic I mast install or ?
I already have installed charps tweaks....
THANK you
myrin
Try a Hard reset, if you still have no touch screen then it's a hardware problem, send it back. How much have you been messing with touch pro? It is possible to stop screen from working but it's unlikely, more a hardware problem if you ask me.
John generally I do havethe touch experience but not with all software - I do have it with MS software !
What I don`t see either is the issue that for example contacts will be changed if the rapha is move from on side to the other. How can this be done ?
I can play Teeter ad there I see that throug moving the device you can direct it but !!! why is this not working in contacts or e-mails ?
peter7 said:
John generally I do havethe touch experience but not with all software - I do have it with MS software !
What I don`t see either is the issue that for example contacts will be changed if the rapha is move from on side to the other. How can this be done ?
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I think this is not able with all applications on the Touch Pro. Only specific programs like HTC Album, Opera and Teeter use the accelerometer and rotate the screen when you rotate the device. I do not know if some external program will turn every screen when you turn over the device. It is not an out-of-the box function.
EDIT: I've been doing some searching and found a program called Gsen, you can download it from http://s-k-tools.com/freeware. This program can rotate every screen and you can also exclude programs not to be rotated by GSEN. I've tried it a little bit and it looks nice. Dunno if it is a keeper yet
You can find an application called Gsen (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=411419) which is supposed to rotate most of the screens on HTC.
However, this was originally designed for HTC Diamond. I tested it on Touch Pro but it wasn't very useful. The screen rotated very slowly and only on some screens.
I think it should be rewritten for Touch Pro....
OK that works - the pics in album change from portrait to landscape but they do not change from one to the next is this normal ?
How did you solve he light problem when a call comes in ?
And - my Rapha can only be switched on via the main switch - is that changeable ?

How do I allow landscape for ALL apps (incl phn, home screen, start menu, etc) WM6.5

I've had my leo (us version) for a little over a year, and in the traditional MS way of things, the dern thing needs a hard reset. If I get motivated enough, I'm going to try android, but that's another story.
For the moment, there is one thing that has pissed me off about WM6.5 on the Leo since I started using it: it forces portrait mode in certain apps like the home screen, phone, start menu list, remote desktop, etc......
Is there any way to.....uh..... "unforce" portrait in these apps? I would like for it to just work like all the other apps that read the Gsensor.
I know it's possible, because there are moments when I cut my phone on/off or cover the proximity sensor and I can see those apps in landscape mode for just a moment before they automatically switch to and "lock" in portrait mode.
I googled it, and searched here, and can't seem to find a straightforward answer. I've also found work arounds for specific apps, but don't want to fix 1 or 2 programs that are limited by this, I want to just fix it so any program will react to the g sensor.
Anyone know anything about this?
TIA!

[Q] Car Panel (Car mode) and shortcuts for it

As for me, the best car app for today is Car Home Ultra. It is customizable a lot and it shows more usable information on main screen.
But at the same time, I face the problem of finding "right" shortcuts.
For example, if I'm using shortcut for Phone, it always works in portrait mode. I can't get it in landscape
Does anyone knows how to get shortcuts for Phone (or Dialer) which are used in original HTC Car panel? Phone app in Car panel does rotate (Favorites, Recent Calls, Dialer)!!! see pics.
spoks said:
As for me, the best car app for today is Car Home Ultra. It is customizable a lot and it shows more usable information on main screen.
But at the same time, I face the problem of finding "right" shortcuts.
For example, if I'm using shortcut for Phone, it always works in portrait mode. I can't get it in landscape
Does anyone knows how to get shortcuts for Phone (or Dialer) which are used in original HTC Car panel? Phone app in Car panel does rotate (Favorites, Recent Calls, Dialer)!!! see pics.
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You would need a Desire Z dialer apk that has the ability to rotate. Problem is.. the Desire is the wrong resolution. You might want to search around a bit and see if anybody ported a rotating dialer to the Sensation...
I am not sure dialer from other phones are needed, because, as you can see on pictures, Sensation has already rotating dialer, at least from it's original Car panel.
I want to find shortcuts to these apps.
Ok. Perhaps right question is - how to get Phone mode (dialer) to landscape view?
Thanks to "topcattroy" from other forum for workaround on Car Home ultra.
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" ... Inside this app's options it has a check box to turn on car home
which came with the phone. It acts like you put it into a car dock from verizon.
And guess what the dialer is now landscape. So when you use this app
when your driving you can put a shortcuts on the app to call or open the phone.
It is in LANDSCAPE. It took me since the phone came out till today to find this
to work. Hope this helps anybody with a thunderbolt. and i bet other androids too."
I am thinking about the same question after tried out several car home dock applications myself. How to get the dailing panel landscape? If you observe carefully most roms do not go to landscape mode of the sense home or dialer if you put your phone on the side. It seems the landscape mode of sense home is supported deep in the framework in the Gingerbread. Most devs, perhaps the htc soft-engineers too make the landscape mode off in the normal situation in order to prevent any complications. Only the devs can figure out how to trigure the landscape mode. Hope an expert finally can focus on thier eyes on this issue and make a application shortcut.
At the same time, native CarPanel allows dial mode go to landscape mode. Even 3rd part dialers works in landscape (but I like sense ).
Also for Windows phones there were quite easy to make "white list" in registry for apps to allow them to rotate.
I am not sure, but perhaps I have to ask this question in devs discussions.
I eventually got the dialer into landscape mode after a few tries. I am using a rooted leedroid ROM but its should be pretty much the same for standard ROM.
I had to remove all of the HTC Locations apps and widgets, as these are all system apps I used Android Optimizer for doing this. This also allowed me use the Google Car Home app which is installed but not accessible with HTC Locations installed.
To put the phone into Car Mode I use the Tasker app to set the Display Car Mode on but the Car Home Ultra app also has an option to do this.
With this done I can use the standard dialer in landscape and as I prefer to use Google Navigation app anyway then I dont have the HTC Locations installed at all and havent tried reinstalling in case it tries to take over again.
... and yes as a wee word of advise, backup everything before you start and then backup each item before you hit the remove button!

[Q] Sensation Dockstations and No landscape sense mode ??

HTC is sending landscape dock stations... but Sense has no landscape mode !....
Is there any way to we can do to be able to use our dock stations without breaking our necks ?
Something like:
- Enable sense landscape mode ??
- Any app to be able to use a different launcher for portrait and landscape ??
Any ideas ???
Really TY !
i would be very much interested in this too.
mindboggling to think that they place the usb port on the side, design docks in landscape mode, and it wont switch to landscape.
As much as i understood, devices with a physical keyboard seem to be able to display sense in landscape, so i really wonder why that isnt available for the sensation
Thats why I use a portrait dock LOL. Actually I do but not because of preference, more of a need for more desk space at work. . I use craigsdocks.com and I can use any case on the market with these docks. You just need a little double sided tape to adjust anything. Anyways back to topic....
I think you can use launcherpro or some other launcher to go landscape but I prefer stock sense.
You can go landscape mode when the dock app is launched though. To get it to work, I can use an app called llama location profiles, https://market.android.com/details?id=com.kebab.Llama&feature=search_result
It's a condition/action app where you can set current conditions up and then when those conditions are met, the actions you set will trigger. So to trigger the dock app, I set it up where if the condition is when I have it on charging either usb or ac, connected to wifi, or any other condition like setting a time frame, the trigger will to launch the dock app. You can set up the conditions to your liking so that's the cool factor about it, IMO.
just dont use sense, it sucks anyway. best app is launcher pro, which has many useful settings and landscape of course too. the only good thing of sense is the lock screen, the rest is bullsh*t
Bulletproof ROM has dock mode and is awesome.
That ROM is running 1.72 so I'm not sure if Roman include it in his ROM or if it's actually something coming on 1.72.
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try car dock home it works for landscape and portrait mode

[Q] Pocket mode etc. from HTC Sense on other phones.

Hello guys, Im sorry if this thread is already here somewhere but I didnt manage to find any info about this one.
Basically I've just bought a new phone (Xperia SP) and one of the very few things I actually dont like or miss here is the HTC Sense settings features when it comes to incoming/outcoming calls and their controlling just by moving the phone around. I was very used to that and loved it with my good old HTC Desire, may it rest in piece.
I havent managed to find any app for that on market, which could be aswell caused by the fact that English is not my native language and I dont really know which keywords should I use to find such app.
In case u know some apps that can do such things Id like just to point out the main functions that Id like to get on my Xperia:
- first of all Id like my display to lock temporarily as soon as I reach my ear with the phone when I pick up a call, to prevent unintended actionc caused by my troll ear.
- the feature that lowered ringtone's volume to minimum when u picked the phone from a table or just turned it upside-down.
- and finally the feature that allowed u to quickly turn on loudspeaker just by turning the phone upside-down after answering the call.
- +the pocket mode would be nice as well but I can live without that one.
Thank you in advance for any app-tips <3

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