My Swype Beta (supposedly compatible with tablets now) behaves strangely when I tilt my tablet to "portrait mode". It messes up the key orientation, making it impossible to accurately type anything.
I've tried uninstalling and re-installing the beta.apk. Same result.
Has anyone had this issue?
TeldenW said:
My Swype Beta (supposedly compatible with tablets now) behaves strangely when I tilt my tablet to "portrait mode". It messes up the key orientation, making it impossible to accurately type anything.
I've tried uninstalling and re-installing the beta.apk. Same result.
Has anyone had this issue?
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Search is your friend..known issue, it is a problem with the change in how screen resolution is determined in 3.2 honeycomb...several threads on this already.swype is working on a fix but it won't be out until a new full version is worth releasing...
I'm running Samsung Galaxy S with 2.3 and the default phone tilt values for screen orientation change are driving me nuts. When I lay the phone on the table it needs only about 15 degree tilt to change from portrait to landscape.
I was googling a lot and found a few threads with people having the same problem but no solutions. So I started to look into the source code and ROM framework files but I'm a bit lost.
Could anyone give me some pointers where to change the default values that defines at which angle the screen change it's orientation?
Thanks a lot!
Nobody knows?
I'm working on an app that does it.
As of today, the unreleased source code of PerApp in the svn repository at code.google.com/p/perapp has an experimental option that forces what I call "hard to change" orientation--you need to tilt the device almost completely vertically to rotate. I am planning a stand-alone paid app that makes the sensitivity adjustable. It will also let you change orientation in apps that normally don't allow orientation changes.
Very interesting arpruss. Be sure to let me know when you have the app done.
I've found something that affects multitouch in the galaxy tab 2 7.0. When I put two or more fingers on the screen in apps that needs multitouch(dead trigger,maps,chrome) and move them (this is hard to explain in words) the app will have 'jittery' movement and sometimes the multitouch will 'break'(pinch to zoom will stop midway). I also tested this with the 'show pointer location' in developer options and it seems that the pointer trail has gaps in it. This cannot be a hardware issue because I haven't dropped the tablet and it only happened recently. It's probably software related as the issue dissapears for a while if I restart. I'm using stock rom 4.0.3 non-rooted with no custom kernels. Does this also happen in other ics and jb stock roms?
I am having a weird issue where images are being skewed/squished when using apps that have overlays. I have tried different kernels and roms with and without gpu rendering enabled but none seem to help. Right now I am on AOKP nightly 5/13 with included kernel as it seems to be the most stable for me.
The odd thing when this happens is I am able to sometimes click in the area the button originally is.
I have linked a few pictures showing what is happening and what it should look like -- I learned while doing this that the screenshot takes a picture that is normal. (Android chrome wouldn't let me attach for some reason)
http://m.imgur.com/a/6GfhJ
Anyone have any ideas?
Bare with me on my shoddy editing... Typing on my phone at the moment.
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?
Thanks,
~ 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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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