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Rotate Screen

Does anyone know how to get the screen to rotate to where the USB c plug is at the top. I've checked rotate in the settings and it rotates in both landscape positions but cannot get it to rotate in portrait? I use the pixel in my car and it sits on the angled dash but cannot hook up the power cord because it's on the bottom where it sits.Thanks
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@jreink01 - Dude, I think the best way for you to do this would be to install a different launcher. I believe Nova Launcher will allow you to choose rotation angles of 90, 180, & 270...so pretty much everything you'd need to view your phone at whatever angle your cables require.

Jank4AU said:
@jreink01 - Dude, I think the best way for you to do this would be to install a different launcher. I believe Nova Launcher will allow you to choose rotation angles of 90, 180, & 270...so pretty much everything you'd need to view your phone at whatever angle your cables require.
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Would nova launcher work to rotate the screen in whatever app I'm in?
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I believe so, you can always try it. Is there any specific your concerned about not rotating? I can try it for you possibly.
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Jank4AU said:
I believe so, you can always try it. Is there any specific your concerned about not rotating? I can try it for you possibly.
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Not really any specific app, just would like the ability for them all to rotate if I need to open one up. If you can if you have nova launcher installed, can you check your various apps to see if it works in that launcher? Thanks so much.
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jreink01 said:
Not really any specific app, just would like the ability for them all to rotate if I need to open one up. If you can if you have nova launcher installed, can you check your various apps to see if it works in that launcher? Thanks so much.
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sorry man, there used to be an option to allow rotation of 180° but I don't see it now. All I can get anything to rotate is 90°. Don't think I'm missing a setting but, I may be.
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Jank4AU said:
sorry man, there used to be an option to allow rotation of 180° but I don't see it now. All I can get anything to rotate is 90°. Don't think I'm missing a setting but, I may be.
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K, thanks for checking. I installed nova and can't get it to rotate even landscape.
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jreink01 said:
K, thanks for checking. I installed nova and can't get it to rotate even landscape.
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Hold your finger on the Home screen until the options open up -
Settings > Look & Feel > Screen Orientation
Set to Auto-rotate
You also have to ensure that in your system settings you have it set to allow rotation.
System settings > Display > When device is rotated
Set to "Rotate the contents of the screen"

I've done all that, still will not rotate, spoke to Google support, they are sending a update, specifically to my phone which they said should fix the issue.
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jreink01 said:
I've done all that, still will not rotate, spoke to Google support, they are sending a update, specifically to my phone which they said should fix the issue.
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Just to be sure, you've also checked the box under Accessibility settings to allow screen rotation, right?
Also, recomhub.com has an article on this that suggests checking to see if your accelerometer and gyroscope are working correctly. The dialer code is:
*#0*#
Under the service mode screen, tap on "sensors" and do a self test.
Their only other recommendation if your carrier locked you out of that service screen is to do a hard reset. That's also been known to fix the screen rotation issue, but at the cost of losing your data. So make a backup if you go that route.

That is checked under accessibility settings, I also tried the service menu, but was unable to get that to work. I'm on the sprint Network. After talking with Google support, they said that sprint would not have changed the service menu by using their sim card and activating the phone. Don't understand why that service menu won't work. I don't want to do a factory reset as it took me quite awhile to get the phone setup the way I want it. Thanks for your feedback in trying to help.
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@jreink01 - interestingly enough, the Maps app rotated 180° for me yesterday. So, I'm guessing the determining factor is going to be whether or not the particular app you're using supports that orientation.
Edit: it only works or goes 180° during actual navigation.
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Nova 5.0

Hello everyone
Yesterday Nova Launcher 5.0 has arrived and comes with pixel like swipe to open drawer and dock backgrounds to draw under navbar.
When I apply to draw under navbar first it works then when I use the navbar it switches back to black background? I hope you understand what I am saying
Can Anyone who tried the new Nova Launcher help me please?

It only works on the home screen

I know that. it was black background at the home screen too. But I solved the problem you need to turn on the transparent notification bar. Now it looks as it should be
Thank you though

Anyone using Nova 5 on B320? Each time I set Nova as the default launcher and press the home button it reverts back to EMUI and I get the Smart Recovery message telling me my phone has recovered from a serious error caused by Nova. Anyone know of a fix?
Thanks

£note said:
Anyone using Nova 5 on B320? Each time I set Nova as the default launcher and press the home button it reverts back to EMUI and I get the Smart Recovery message telling me my phone has recovered from a serious error caused by Nova. Anyone know of a fix?
Thanks
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you can try disable huawei home and set nova as default and it shouldnt try to change it back

£note said:
Anyone using Nova 5 on B320? Each time I set Nova as the default launcher and press the home button it reverts back to EMUI and I get the Smart Recovery message telling me my phone has recovered from a serious error caused by Nova. Anyone know of a fix?
Thanks
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Set Nova as your default launcher.

Black background or u got the stock launcher again ? if u got back to stock then set default if u got black background might be an issue with the app update .

Reverts back to the stock launcher. As for disabling Huawei Home it isn't listed under Apps so how to disable?

£note said:
Reverts back to the stock launcher. As for disabling Huawei Home it isn't listed under Apps so how to disable?
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Is your phone rooted?

£note said:
Reverts back to the stock launcher. As for disabling Huawei Home it isn't listed under Apps so how to disable?
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re-enable it from apps manager . search it if u cant find it just hit the thre dots into the corner and choose show system apps . find it enable it will work

Doesn't work, only way to get Nova working again is to delete and reinstall
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£note said:
Doesn't work, only way to get Nova working again is to delete and reinstall
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This is weird. I never had this problem with Nova.

Maybe something to do with the fact I'm running beta firmware. I've emailed the developer to see if they can can up with anything. Thanks all for your input.
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£note said:
Maybe something to do with the fact I'm running beta firmware. I've emailed the developer to see if they can can up with anything. Thanks all for your input.
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That should be the one causing the problem. Goodluck with it bro.

£note said:
Doesn't work, only way to get Nova working again is to delete and reinstall
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not related to beta or any thing just try to reinstall i download the nova 5 and was awesome ! ...

Hi all, was there ever a solution to this? Using an honor 6x and experiencing same issue. I downloaded and set Nova launcher as default. Works for a while only to revert to home launcher after a warning message "smart recovery- device recovered from a serious failure...".
Previously i had disabled the home launcher and it rendered my device useless until I restored a backup through twrp...
Forces me to uninstall and reinstall Nova to be able to use it.
However this time around I hid Huawei home launcher in magisk and it seemed to last longer without the warning.

Nova Launcher issue

Hello friends,
So i am using nova launcher prime -latest version as default launcher.
I am facing issue in double tap to screen lock method in nova launcher. As i give permission in accessibility, it works but after few hours or a day, it resets the feature and i have to turn off/turn on the accessibility permission given to nova launcher.
Can anyone guide as to why is this happening and how to resolve this??
Thanks in advance buddies.

RahilSayed88 said:
Hello friends,
So i am using nova launcher prime -latest version as default launcher.
I am facing issue in double tap to screen lock method in nova launcher. As i give permission in accessibility, it works but after few hours or a day, it resets the feature and i have to turn off/turn on the accessibility permission given to nova launcher.
Can anyone guide as to why is this happening and how to resolve this??
Thanks in advance buddies.
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I have the same setup with no issue. Try to remove Nova as the default launcher and use Oxygen launcher that the phone came with. Press and hold an open spot from the main screen to pop up the screen settings. From there toggle off the double tap to lock screen. Re-set Nova as your default launcher again. In Nova setting reactivate the the double tap to lock screen

RahilSayed88 said:
Hello friends,
So i am using nova launcher prime -latest version as default launcher.
I am facing issue in double tap to screen lock method in nova launcher. As i give permission in accessibility, it works but after few hours or a day, it resets the feature and i have to turn off/turn on the accessibility permission given to nova launcher.
Can anyone guide as to why is this happening and how to resolve this??
Thanks in advance buddies.
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In settings/battery/app launch make sure Nova is not set to manage automatically and make sure it's set to stay running in the background.

ajsmsg78 said:
In settings/battery/app launch make sure Nova is not set to manage automatically and make sure it's set to stay running in the background.
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I couldn't find the said path in battery.

Keep it out of Battery Optimisation

RISHI RAJ said:
Keep it out of Battery Optimisation
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So i have done what i could with permissions, battery optimization. Yet i haven't received that pop up again in 18hrs.
Will update soon.

Okay...so after few days. All is working well.
App doesn't get kill and settings are intact.
Thanks everyone.

Nova accessibilty works fine but...
RahilSayed88 said:
Okay...so after few days. All is working well.
App doesn't get kill and settings are intact.
Thanks everyone.
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I'm having the same problem with Greenify. The accessibility setting turns off. Funny thing is Nova works fine! And Nova's battery is optimized! I have de-optimized Greenify and, for good measure, I have locked it in the resent apps. Is there something peculiar to greenify here? The phone is unrooted.

The Launcher Wont Stick Bug

Morning All,
as described this is annoying for nova launcher users. So is there a button remapper that works with the note 20u? I can skip the gesture navigation for now if needed. or is there an actual solution for this?
TIA

Could you please elaborate? What do you mean "launcher won't stick? You cannot set Nova as default launcher or what? I'm using Nova Prime and it's working just fine, haven't noticed so far anything unusual. Even the new gestures works with it...
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eldedo said:
Morning All,
as described this is annoying for nova launcher users. So is there a button remapper that works with the note 20u? I can skip the gesture navigation for now if needed. or is there an actual solution for this?
TIA
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I'm with @Rapier on this one we don't have enough information to help you.

He probably didn't set Nova as the default launcher and it defaults back to One UI every time he restarts
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It is set as def launch, when I swipe up it deselect the def launcher so it defaults to the one ui(samsung junk)

maybe more clarification is needed, goto recent screen then gesture the 'back" it will revert to one ui. Or with nav bar press home button and it will continually ask if you want to set as default launcher. Also when you goto default launcher nothing is selected. Hope this clears things up a bit.

That's strange. I have Nova Prime working perfectly since day 1, never faced the issues you're describing. Have you tried to reset to factory then install Nova first thing and try again?

Using Nova also and no problems here.

eldedo said:
maybe more clarification is needed, goto recent screen then gesture the 'back" it will revert to one ui. Or with nav bar press home button and it will continually ask if you want to set as default launcher. Also when you goto default launcher nothing is selected. Hope this clears things up a bit.
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Check if you installed any new apps.
I faced this issue, when I installed cenlar (bank) app. Once I uninstalled it, it all good.

Did you ever find a writing result for this? I'd really love to know how to fix this issue.

Tigermoto said:
Did you ever find a writing result for this? I'd really love to know how to fix this issue.
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I had this issue on the new update. What I did as a workaround is to first go to app settings and set One UI as default launcher. Then clear its cache. After that, I go to Nova Launcher and set it as the default launcher. As long as you don't restart or turn off your device, it will stick.

Question Will gestures work with Nova Launcher?

If I buy a brand new S22 Ultra (12/256, Snapdragon) and install Nova Launcher as my default launcher, then go to phone settings and change navigation to gesture navigation, will it work decently or will the phone not work with gestures and force me to use the nav bar?

It works fine for me

ThePerfectStorm said:
If I buy a brand new S22 Ultra (12/256, Snapdragon) and install Nova Launcher as my default launcher, then go to phone settings and change navigation to gesture navigation, will it work decently or will the phone not work with gestures and force me to use the nav bar?
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I have the same phone and gestures work great and have on many other phones. All the standard Android gestures work plus Nova allows many more gestures and taps that are completely customizable.

fraamus said:
I have the same phone and gestures work great and have on many other phones. All the standard Android gestures work plus Nova allows many more gestures and taps that are completely customizable.
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Thank you for the information! Much appreciated

ThePerfectStorm said:
If I buy a brand new S22 Ultra (12/256, Snapdragon) and install Nova Launcher as my default launcher, then go to phone settings and change navigation to gesture navigation, will it work decently or will the phone not work with gestures and force me to use the nav bar?
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It works fine for me. I use Microsoft Launcher. You can also turn on one handed use too.

gernerttl said:
It works fine for me. I use Microsoft Launcher. You can also turn on one handed use too.
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Thanks for the information, that sounds good.

ThePerfectStorm said:
Thanks for the information, that sounds good.
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No problem.

I'm using S21 Ultra with Nova 7.0.57. While the gestures work it is definitely laggy when it returns to home screen. There is a slight delay when you return to home screen from an app before you can launch another app or go to a different home page. Is there a fix for it?

nlvraghavendra said:
I'm using S21 Ultra with Nova 7.0.57. While the gestures work it is definitely laggy when it returns to home screen. There is a slight delay when you return to home screen from an app before you can launch another app or go to a different home page. Is there a fix for it?
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I switched over to Nova 7.0.57 to try and replicate it and I didn't notice a lag. Try changing animation speed in developer mode. I have mine set to 0.5x.

gernerttl said:
I switched over to Nova 7.0.57 to try and replicate it and I didn't notice a lag. Try changing animation speed in developer mode. I have mine set to 0.5x.
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I see 3 animation settings in Developer Options in phone settings - Window animation scale, Transition animation scale and Animator Duration scale. I tried changing all three to 0.5x and I still see the lag. After I swipe up to get to home and immediately touch another app icon nothing happens. There is clearly a delay before I can do anything. Am I missing anything?

nlvraghavendra said:
I see 3 animation settings in Developer Options in phone settings - Window animation scale, Transition animation scale and Animator Duration scale. I tried changing all three to 0.5x and I still see the lag. After I swipe up to get to home and immediately touch another app icon nothing happens. There is clearly a delay before I can do anything. Am I missing anything?
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No you're not missing anything that I know of. Are you using the free version or prime version? I have the prime version.
Also, keep in mind, I have the S22 Ultra, so my results will be different because of a newer device with a newer faster processer.
Nova Launcher 8 is in beta, maybe you can snag that and see if that helps any.

gernerttl said:
No you're not missing anything that I know of. Are you using the free version or prime version? I have the prime version.
Also, keep in mind, I have the S22 Ultra, so my results will be different because of a newer device with a newer faster processer.
Nova Launcher 8 is in beta, maybe you can snag that and see if that helps any.
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I'm using a prime version. I did a screen record to demonstrate it -
https://imgur.com/a/CgiHgxV
You can clearly see the touches/swipes after I go to home doesn't work immediately.

Yeah. I'm not getting that kind of lag.

nlvraghavendra said:
I'm using a prime version. I did a screen record to demonstrate it -
https://imgur.com/a/CgiHgxV
You can clearly see the touches/swipes after I go to home doesn't work immediately.
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This isn't a bug. Google changed the way Android handles gestures and the recents screen in Android 10 I believe. 3rd party launchers will have this delay on home and recents swipe. Neither the app developer, nor Samsung can do anything about it until Google decides to change it

Zero lag for me....been using it forever now on all my devices. Nova pime.
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I would not say a lag but there's a delay if you use gestures with 3rd party launchers when swipe and hold for recents. It happens in my S22.

ZayaanAhyaan said:
Zero lag for me....been using it forever now on all my devices. Nova pime.View attachment 5662971
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I wouldn't call it lag either, but gestures definitely work differently with 3rd party launchers now. This is a well known change that Google made.

Ryano89 said:
This isn't a bug. Google changed the way Android handles gestures and the recents screen in Android 10 I believe. 3rd party launchers will have this delay on home and recents swipe. Neither the app developer, nor Samsung can do anything about it until Google decides to change it
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Yes. I've read this multiple times before. But many users like @ZayaanAhyaan report that they have zero delay. I'm wondering if it is a limitation with Android how it is working fine for some users?

nlvraghavendra said:
Yes. I've read this multiple times before. But many users like @ZayaanAhyaan report that they have zero delay. I'm wondering if it is a limitation with Android how it is working fine for some users?
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It's technically not quite as fast as stock. My guess is that they don't notice it because they have been using it for so long. It's definitely real, you can Google the documentation on it. I deal with it on custom rims all the time

nlvraghavendra said:
I'm using a prime version. I did a screen record to demonstrate it -
https://imgur.com/a/CgiHgxV
You can clearly see the touches/swipes after I go to home doesn't work immediately.
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Are you sure you're on Nova prime? My Nova doesn't give me the option of having the stock single navigation bar . Also, the animation of swiping to go home and it goes to the app is not available on Prime.