Is it just me or anyone else have same problem with auto rotate not working in home screen display? I just found out that my Mini Pro SK17i with default 2.3.3 have problem auto rotating in home screen now. After I click an app or widget the display will go landscape from portrait if I hold in horizontal position, but it stays portrait even when I hold it in horizontal position while in home screen. The only exception is when I slide open the keyboard then the display will go landscape. Is it normal or is it just me? Is there any solution.
I'm led to believe that this is a part of the design, and the home screen assumes you will pull out the keyboard when you flip it sideways. :/
I've noticed a similar issue while using my Sk17a as well, at least.
Yes, its normal. The display only rotates when you pull out the keyboard
It is normal then...tough sometimes I see the display got rotate for a few second....thanks for the reply
Hey all,
I'm getting this problem even with keyboard out, will test again when my phone is fully charged and back up running.
I'm using Mini pro, latest versions of miniCM7 & nAA Kernal.
StevenArnoldi said:
Hey all,
I'm getting this problem even with keyboard out, will test again when my phone is fully charged and back up running.
I'm using Mini pro, latest versions of miniCM7 & nAA Kernal.
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Tried again, not working. If anyone an point me in the right direction. Searching the forum but not having much luck
One of the last few things I need to fix!
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It is normal then...tough sometimes I see the display got rotate for a few second....thanks for the reply
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And I don't think this is normal... before I flashed with miniCM7 it rotated fine and the fact it does for a second then rotates back is not normal in my eyes.
[EDIT] Right I have found out that official updates have caused this problem but I should still be-able to get the home screen to rotate when the keyboard is slid out. This does not happen.... anyone know why or could point me to a fix? And I have auto-rotate already on
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Hello guys, I got this new unit and I already tried to calibrate/ check auto rotate option in settings.
Should my home screen rotate while i move my phone horizontally and/or vertically.
My icons are always in vertical mode.
If i go to gallery and choose picture i taken with the cell it rotates fine.
But if I go into internet browser ( the default one ) it takes like 4-5 tries shakes and moves my phone so it finally works <== this also seems odd shouldn't this works like faster or on first try ????
//Edit: needless to say , factory stock on everything nothing installed apart from opera mini and skype.
Everything else is default out of the box.
But my main question is shouldn't home screen follow my phone movement?
no, custom roms do though, like cm7
So no home screen/icons on it will follow if I place my phone in landscape mode hmm. Also what about the locked screen ( default one ) with the clock on it. Should that move? or same like home screen its only vertical.
Also I find my sensor in apps ( any app for that matter) to be really slow or unresponsive :S You need to move your phone in all directions like good 40-50secs or even more for it to switch into landscape mode :S
If anyone cares I re-calibrated the sensor but this time NOT on flat surface but in my hand the best I can and matched my movements so I works the best like im holding it in every day use.
Fixed my slow-ness or non-responsiveness about landscape / vertical switching.
=)
Hey guys I figured out something kinda cool today and idk if anyone else has ever tried it but I thought I would post it here just for fun. So if you unlock your phone and go into a landscape friendly app (I just use messaging) and turn your phone to the landscape position. Then turn auto rotation off from your status bar (if your rom supports it of course). Now lock your phone and your lock screen should also be in landscape mode!
Idk what this does to ethe twlauncher but I know it puts my nova launcher into landscape mode even though I have it set to stay portrait. I've noticed this happening other times when I have been using my phone in landscape and then locked it and went to unlock it again right after and my lock screen appears to be in landscape for a short second. Idk if there's any other apps that now go landscape that dont usually or what it does to the twlauncher so let me know if you guys find anything else cool with this.
Yeah, I noticed that. Pretty neat I guess.
Yes, it was like that on my old Captivate running Gingerbread as well. Kinda makes sense that if it's locked in landscape mode, it would stay in landscape mode, including the lock screen.
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On CM7, if I lock rotation in landscape, it goes back to portrait.
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On CM7, if I lock rotation in landscape, it goes back to portrait.
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Same here on ICScrewed 2.1.
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thanks for sharing. this trick is great if you are web browsing on your phone but you have the tendency to move your hands around a lot... causing your phone to inadvertently rotate between landscape and portrait view.
i agree, the trick works on certain roms.
on a similar note:if you set auto-rotate on but your phoen doesn't rotate...check your launcher settings. for quite some time...i've always wanted my home screen to rotate, but i realize i had my screen orientation settings set to 'potrait' of my launcher settings.
Upgraded to CM11, but had this on 10.2 as well. Back and home buttons are rendered inoperable depending on how NT is positioned (rotated). Really annoying and I know they aren't shorted because BACK works in one position but not the other, same issue with HOME. Anyone know of a fix?
Anybody?
you're talking about the onscreen buttons in android, right? i've never had any issues
that happen to me
I had that same problem when I change the dpi from 160 to 265 and that when it happen to me. It took me a day or two before I realized what causes It but when I change the dpi back to 160 my buttons started to work just as they did before.I hope this helps you with your fix.good luck
Well I don't know if it's your case, but this happened to me as well, and I found that I had dead zones in touchscreen exactly where on screen home and back buttons are, the only way I could use home and back buttons again was rotating the screen to upside down portrait (I could not pull down controls menu in this position since that part of screen was dead) or in landscape.
How I found out: download this app. from Google Play https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rn.yamtt, turn your tablet to landscape so on screen buttons will change positions. Open the app. and select paint tester and move your finger on the part of the screen where the on screen buttons wasn't working in portrait mode.
If you have dead zones like me, the app. won't paint the area where you are moving your finger because the touchscreen is dead in that area.
Also, my nook developed another problem after this, it won't charge, and when I plug the power cord, tablet crashes and reboots and stay in a bootloop unless I remove the cable. I'm 100% sure the cable and charger are ok, my nook suddenly started to show a lot of problems, I'll miss my nook =/
so what did you do to fix it?
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Well I don't know if it's your case, but this happened to me as well, and I found that I had dead zones in touchscreen exactly where on screen home and back buttons are, the only way I could use home and back buttons again was rotating the screen to upside down portrait (I could not pull down controls menu in this position since that part of screen was dead) or in landscape.
How I found out: download this app. from Google Play https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rn.yamtt, turn your tablet to landscape so on screen buttons will change positions. Open the app. and select paint tester and move your finger on the part of the screen where the on screen buttons wasn't working in portrait mode.
If you have dead zones like me, the app. won't paint the area where you are moving your finger because the touchscreen is dead in that area.
Also, my nook developed another problem after this, it won't charge, and when I plug the power cord, tablet crashes and reboots and stay in a bootloop unless I remove the cable. I'm 100% sure the cable and charger are ok, my nook suddenly started to show a lot of problems, I'll miss my nook =/
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so what did you do to fix it?
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Nothing since this has no fixes, part of the touchscreen is simply dead, unless a miracle happens, I even tried to restore stock nook rom, opened my tablet to check if there is a loose cable or something.
Is this happened to you in the same day you opened this thread? If your answer is yes, this sounds funny, because it's exactly the day when this small part on left bottom of the touchscreen died in my nook.
Also, somewhat my tablet started to charge again, but very slow, like USB charging, but I'm happy my nook returned to life.
No this happened many weeks before the thread. All of a sudden both home and back touches no longer worked in portrait position, but DO work in Landscape. Annoying.
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Nothing since this has no fixes, part of the touchscreen is simply dead, unless a miracle happens, I even tried to restore stock nook rom, opened my tablet to check if there is a loose cable or something.
Is this happened to you in the same day you opened this thread? If your answer is yes, this sounds funny, because it's exactly the day when this small part on left bottom of the touchscreen died in my nook.
Also, somewhat my tablet started to charge again, but very slow, like USB charging, but I'm happy my nook returned to life.
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No this happened many weeks before the thread. All of a sudden both home and back touches no longer worked in portrait position, but DO work in Landscape. Annoying.
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Did you made the check I mentioned before? Does the back and home buttons works if put your tablet in upside down position so portrait mode will move soft buttons to the top edge?
Yes - all three DO work when I flip it upside down in portrait. Is this my workaround?
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Did you made the check I mentioned before? Does the back and home buttons works if put your tablet in upside down position so portrait mode will move soft buttons to the top edge?
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Yes - all three DO work when I flip it upside down in portrait. Is this my workaround?
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Unfortunately, you have the same problem as me - dead zone in touchscreen. Flip the tablet upside down in portrait or use in landscape are the only workaround afaik. I thought in moving the on screen buttons more to the right in a zone where the touchscreen is working, but I didn't find a way to do this, I managed to move them a little bit by adding more buttons in the bar in system settings, but the back button would still stay in the dead zone, them I switched home and back buttons positions (so home stays in the dead zone) since you can still use the tablet N button to use home function.
I received my sprint s6 edge today and have noticed that the screen will randomly go to landscape while browsing without any or very little movement and then it will get stuck in landscape. The only way to get it back to portrait is to return to the homescreen or another screen that forces portrait view.
Anyone else experiencimg this issue?
It's very odd I seem to be the only person with this problem. I've never had this issue on a phone before. I've noticed it seems to get stuck in landscape most often when using the stock browser, but it does happen with other apps.
My screen doesnt rotate at all .i have galaxy edge sprint version.im ok with it though but it kind of sucks that i cant figure put the issue
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My screen doesnt rotate at all .i have galaxy edge sprint version.im ok with it though but it kind of sucks that i cant figure put the issue
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How can you be okay with it? Lol. It drives crazy. So yours doesn't do into landscape at all?
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How can you be okay with it? Lol. It drives crazy. So yours doesn't do into landscape at all?
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Nope .well yes if i force it to like when im in the youtube app for example i can swtich it there by pressing the button. I guess im loving the phone soo much right now that im overlooking the auto rotation as something minor .i hope they push an update to fix it .im still trying to search for a solution myself
Mine is totally stuck as well, ie thats broken. Anyone got any ideas on this, I am seeing more and more people on various forums with the issue.
At this point its back to AT&T for me....
it only rotates within the APP. To obtain full rotation you have to have a 3rd party app like NOVA and enable screen orientation within the settings.
Mine just started doing this today too. Noticed it first with my camera app symbols being upside down and all my pictures coming out upside down too. Then realized my screen rotation isn't working.
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it only rotates within the APP. To obtain full rotation you have to have a 3rd party app like NOVA and enable screen orientation within the settings.
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Nope not true..it doesnt even work with nova launcher installed...also anyone noticing the people edge lighting not working either...the phone is supposed to flash colors depending on the contacts when faced down...buts its not doing it for me
Screen rotation not working for me either. ..
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Hopefully this is just a software thing and they can push out a quick update.
Just realized that my screen rotation was normal before the update. I took a couple pictures at some point before the update and those are the only ones not upside down.
Has everyone with an issue installed the update? Anyone notice if it started afterwards?
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Mine just started doing this today too. Noticed it first with my camera app symbols being upside down and all my pictures coming out upside down too. Then realized my screen rotation isn't working.
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happened to me randomly too. had to get a new unit from tmobile.
I have the tmobile version and mines rotates perfect
Got my s6 edge yesterday and gyro scope doesn't work so the camera buttons and picture are stuck on landscape and no apps will go to landscape mode so I tried the test screen which says the gyro is failing getting replacement on 21st, dial *#0*# to test it.
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I have the Galaxy S6 Edge with Sprint and I took it in today because I am unable to view photos in Landscape mode I also downloaded some movies on it and when I went to the video player They wouldn't go into landscape mode either I finally figured out that If I turned off the screen rotation setting then went back and played the video a small screen rotate option apprered I tapped that and the video went into landscape mode I turned the main Screen rotation setting back on and it came out of landscape mode
I tried using the Internet in landscape mode and it wouldn't go period they checked my sensors and they were all working so I did a master reset I still can't view photos in Landscape mode videos are the same and if I view the Internet in landscape mode it locks in that way and I have to close it completely in order to get out of landscape mode
It has to be a s9software issue and Samsung needs to get on the freaking ball
I am also experiencing this issue.
I am returning the phone tomorrow, after speaking with Samsung and my carrier they agreed I should return it.
I made a thread on the androidcentral forums about it which I wanted to link, but I can't post a link here because I'm a new user. Good stuff.
I looked at the axis device movement graph thingy for my phone. Phone x coords are stuck at -32768 :/
I can't post a link here because I'm a new user. So, that's great. But there is an image on the androidcentral post of it.
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I am also experiencing this issue.
I am returning the phone tomorrow, after speaking with Samsung and my carrier they agreed I should return it.
I made a thread on the androidcentral forums about it which I wanted to link, but I can't post a link here because I'm a new user. Good stuff.
I looked at the axis device movement graph thingy for my phone. Phone x coords are stuck at -32768 :/
I can't post a link here because I'm a new user. So, that's great. But there is an image on the androidcentral post of it.
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my x coord is also stuck at -32768
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I have the Galaxy S6 Edge with Sprint and I took it in today because I am unable to view photos in Landscape mode I also downloaded some movies on it and when I went to the video player They wouldn't go into landscape mode either I finally figured out that If I turned off the screen rotation setting then went back and played the video a small screen rotate option apprered I tapped that and the video went into landscape mode I turned the main Screen rotation setting back on and it came out of landscape mode
I tried using the Internet in landscape mode and it wouldn't go period they checked my sensors and they were all working so I did a master reset I still can't view photos in Landscape mode videos are the same and if I view the Internet in landscape mode it locks in that way and I have to close it completely in order to get out of landscape mode
It has to be a s9software issue and Samsung needs to get on the freaking ball
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Im saying the same thing. This has to be more of a software issue if the sensors are working. hopefully there will be a mnor update of some kind
rotation issues
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Im saying the same thing. This has to be more of a software issue if the sensors are working. hopefully there will be a mnor update of some kind
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I'm almost positive and the reason why is because when I was in the Spint Store and Best Buy I was checking out The S6 Edge both had photos downloaded on them as well as a few short film clips and the landscape mode worked perfectly
At Best Buy over in the Samsung area they have taken Wonders of nature movie that comes preloaded on the Galaxy Tab S 10.5 tablet and downloaded it on the all the S6 phones so you could really be amazed at how beautiful the display is on these phones
I watched that movie in landscape mode without having to go through all the hassle I'm having to now.
That's why I couldn't figure out what the heck was going on and neither could the techs at the Sprint store because they S6 phones that have been on display don't have this problem because they haven't been updated.
Or at least they hadn't been the last time I pcked one up and looked at it and that was Friday
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Im saying the same thing. This has to be more of a software issue if the sensors are working. hopefully there will be a mnor update of some kind
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Mine worked initially, at least I think it did because my pictures were normal. I took a few pictures when I first got it up and going and then later that evening I downloaded the big software update and at some point after that it was different. Not sure if it was the update or something else.
I was on MM 6.0.1 (existenz rom) and since yesterday I cannot pull down the notification bar anymore. This only happens in portrait mode. When in landscape mode, everything is fine. I thought that was a software issue, so I went back to stock MM 6.0.1, but I am still having the same problem. I looked for cracks, but could not see any.
Another odd thing is: When on lockscreen, I can pull down the notification panel.
Any ideas?
What did you do before this thing happened?
Shoot photos, but apart from that I didn't use my phone much in the last couple of days. I am on a trip right now, so I didn't install new apps. I did some offline navigation and messaging when on WIFI. The last app I installed was Cisco Anyconnect to set up a VPN network with my university. But after the installation of that app, it still worked. At least for some time (2 days or so).
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Shoot photos, but apart from that I didn't use my phone much in the last couple of days. I am on a trip right now, so I didn't install new apps. I did some offline navigation and messaging when on WIFI. The last app I installed was Cisco Anyconnect to set up a VPN network with my university. But after the installation of that app, it still worked. At least for some time (2 days or so).
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U tried wiping cache and dalvik cache?
If that dont work dirty flash your rom.
2 weeks before i have also 100℅same problem in my z2 i tried all thing like changing rom ,,darti flash ,,,update rom ,,,,stock rom but none help me...i asked from many shopkeepers and do many search but same result and last i change my screen ...this problem occurs when
1... u have drop ur mobile..
2.. u sleep with ur mobile and by any case extra force pressed on ur z2 screen this will also cause screen problem so i am preety much sure that u have to change ur screen this is a screen problem not software problem ...u can check on sony draw app
to check screen touch errors or type*#*#7378423#*#* in call app then select service tests then touch screen ....and do screen test and see the result.....
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Most funny part ,,,,i was also on existenz rom on that time when my screen get same problem :laugh::laugh::
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I was on MM 6.0.1 (existentz rom) and since yesterday I cannot pull down the notification bar anymore. This only happens in portrait mode. When in landscape mode, everything is fine. I thought that was a software issue, so I went back to stock MM 6.0.1, but I am still having the same problem. I looked for cracks, but could not see any.
Another odd thing is: When on lockscreen, I can pull down the notification panel.
Any ideas?
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this problem occurs when
1... u have drop ur mobile..
2.. u sleep with ur mobile and by any case extra force pressed on ur z2 screen this will also cause screen problem so i am preety much sure that u have to change ur screen this is a screen problem not software problem ...u can check on sony draw app
to check screen touch errors or type*#*#7378423#*#* in call app then select service tests then touch screen ....and do screen test and see the result...
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Might have dropped it or slept on it, BUT: When in landscape mode the area on the left (where the notification bar is when in portrait mode) seems to work. I tracked the touch input via dev options and it recognizes the touch right to the edge of the screen. Additionally, when on lockscreen (and no pattern or PIN is set) it seems to work, too. For me this is an evidence that the screen works fine. But when I do the screen check with *#*#7378423#*#* it won't recognize any touch input in the upper area of the screen.
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Might have dropped it or slept on it, BUT: When in landscape mode the area on the left (where the notification bar is when in portrait mode) seems to work. I tracked the touch input via dev options and it recognizes the touch right to the edge of the screen. Additionally, when on lockscreen (and no pattern or PIN is set) it seems to work, too. For me this is an evidence that the screen works fine. But when I do the screen check with *#*#7378423#*#* it won't recognize any touch input in the upper area of the screen.
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on lock screen the screen is working also in my time ....
and u said that u check on *#*#7378423#*#* and it won't
reconize any touch input on tha upper area of the screen .....
then i am sure that u have to change ur screen......