ok here is the problem my screen wont rotate did a soft and hard reset and all only time it switches view are when i'am in the andriod market ,netflix and so forth ,but at the home screen everything is the long way now it cool when iam reading my book or my comic books and i think i can deal with it but i do like it when its the other way too any help with this problem would be great
Did you check settings, screen and auto rotate?
Or did you lock your screen with a setting in one of the launchers?
And how did you get your market and Netflix to rotate? Mine doesn't.
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What ROM are you running?
phillytye215 said:
ok here is the problem my screen wont rotate did a soft and hard reset and all only time it switches view are when i'am in the andriod market ,netflix and so forth ,but at the home screen everything is the long way now it cool when iam reading my book or my comic books and i think i can deal with it but i do like it when its the other way too any help with this problem would be great
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You need to be a bit more informative about the problem brother. Things like what model do you have( wifi only, 4G...) are you running a stock unrooted Tab or are you rooted and running a custom rom, if so which rom and are you using the stock launcher or a 3rd party one??? It'll help us to figure out what's going on.
Now after rereading your post a few times this is what I'm understanding. When you say "long ways" I'm assuming you mean portrait... right? That would mean that your Tab is stuck in portrait (longer from top to bottom and shorter from side to side) and the only time it jumps to landscape is when you go to Apps that are written to automatically switch to landscape when opened, like the Market and Netflix. You also say that you've done a soft rest (meaning completely powered off your Tab) and did a hard rest (meaning you did a factory rest) am I right so far???
If I'm on the right track with what I've posted above and this is assuming that your running a stock unrooted Tab and the stock TW launcher you could very well have a bad accelerometer. That's the sensor in side of our Tabs that tell it how your holding it. If you did a factory rest (hardrest) then that should have reset your Tab it exactly how it was when you took it out of the box. And auto rotation would be set on by default.
Go to settings> screen> and make sure you have "auto rotate screen" checked.
Hit us back with some more info so we can try and help out a bit more.
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So far your right on...
Hey SouthPhilly...
I noticed this thread suddenly stopped.
I am having the exact same issue, and have done a reset to factory on my device and the screen still does not rotate unless forced to by an app.
Just wondering if you were going to launch in to a possible solution.
thanks.
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Hey SouthPhilly...
I noticed this thread suddenly stopped.
I am having the exact same issue, and have done a reset to factory on my device and the screen still does not rotate unless forced to by an app.
Just wondering if you were going to launch in to a possible solution.
thanks.
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I'm wondering the same thing here. I have the same issue with my GTab 7510..bleh!
wipe cache.
sometimes it works
Hello everyone,
First of all, I hope this is the right corner and I've collected enough information - I couldn't find anything closely related to my issue.
Now, I've got the first big problem:
Regarding the support of Tablet devices, some apps just don't offer any possibilty to install them. Now, to avoid this problem, I've changed the LCD density to 240dpi.
The Prime is still able to boot normally and everything is working just fine - except for the Launcher: It crashes every 2 seconds and the buttons on the bottom of the screen are cut away just like the one for the app menu in the upper right section so that I've only reached the settings by some tricks so far.
So far, I own my Prime for roughly 1 1/2 months, my Prime is rooted, NOT unlocked and has the most up-to-date firmware installed on it.
Up to now, I tried to factory reset via settings and wipe data with Volume Down + Power button combo.
Apart from that, I think I heard that the dpi settings are to be found in the build.prop file.
Sorry for letting you read this much, but I think this reduces the overall time to spend on it.
I hope that it's possible to get it back working. I miss the Prime experience
Thanks in advance for any help!
Solved!
So, after some hours, I managed to get the Prime back to life by myself:
The build.prop file was the key to success; With some actions in the ADB-Interface and permission changes, it's possible to revert a bad dpi value to default via USB debugging.
If anyone's further interested, I'll try my best to explain how exactly it's working.
I don't believe this has been asked before as I've run a few searches so hopefully someone can help me out. I have a few questions as I'm trying to get the DPI of the phone to automatically change when I plug it into the lapdock on a CM7 rom, so it changes to more of a tablet size for landscape mirroring.
First -- Is there app to easily change the DPI of your phone on one of the CM7 builds w/o rebooting? If so, would it be possible to have the DPI automatically change when plugged into the lapdock? (Maybe using Tasker?)
(I know some of the CM9 builds has DPI changing built in, but I record with the camera enough to justify not switching.)
Second (if above is possible)-- What I would like to happen is have separate phone profiles or home screens; one for when the phone is docked, and a regular one. Is there some kind of app where I could make this work? (I just don't want to keep my phone at tablet DPI when its not docked as everything is just too small, so I figured using different "profiles" or something where I could quickly switch would address that)
I hope I made the questions clear enough, lack of sleep from playing with GenTop2 on a blur rom is taking its toll. Thanks.
No automatic dpi change yet, you have to reboot or it won't take effect. The guys working on CM9 and the kitchen sink project are working on it already.
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Hi, I am new in XDA, but just want to share some trick on the new Xperia C5 Ultra on change of screen density to look more beautiful without root.
This is useful for those who like to have phablet screen look like table density.
I have done tested on my Xperia C5 Ultra and it work with any flaw.
Please be reminder I am just putting a guide here, I will not responsible for anything happen to your phone, damaged, brick or exploded.
Any how this is done without root and you can restore to original screen density if you don't like it.
Please follow below guide :
Before you start, please ensure you have a working adb tool install on your PC and you have driver install on your PC.
refer here if you don't http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979
This can only be done thru the PC
Original the Xperia C5 Ultra density is 480. This guide will help to change to density 320
screen resolution remain on 1920x1080
Step by Step
1) pls enable the developer mode on your Xperia C5 Ultra
2) check the USB debugging on the developer option
3) plug in the USB and connect your phone to the PC
4) press on the PC " window" key + "X" key and select command prompt (admin)
5) in the command prompt , put in text adb after C:\windows\system32>
6) your phone share pop up message to authorize the usb debugging, select YES.
7) If step 5 & 6 don't come up any long message on the window command prompt, this mean you did not install properly the adb tool in your pc. (refer above to redo)
8) at this step , mean adb is done properly and go back to command prompt in the window
9) enter text "adb shell wm density 320" after the C:\windows\system32>. it look like this C:\windows\system32>adb shell wm density 320 and press enter key on PC
10) Now your phone have change to screen density 320. everything will look smaller now.
11) you need to re-start the Xperia C5 ultra phone and all screen size will completely change to new density 320.
12) you are done. now you can re-arrange your phone icon and have a fresh look !!
How to go back to original screen density
1) repeat the step 1 , 2, 3, 4 & 5.
2) key in C:\windows\system32>adb shell wm density 480 and press enter on pc
3) restart your phone then you will go back to original screen resolution
What works and what not work
work
- all phone function work as normal including screen capture and screen video
- so far I did not encounter any problem, tell me if you know any
- all one hand operation mode is working except the phone key dialer pad as below
not working
- the phone key dialer will not work in one hand mode. It will show error if you have set "one hand mode" on the telephone key dialer
screenshoot as below
Enjoy
Does the camera app scale properly?
No, camera resolution and function no changes. work as normal . Only icon size become smaller
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No, camera resolution and function no changes. work as normal . Only icon size become smaller
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Did you figure out how to extend the battery life. Mine is 13 hours max?
Sorry of topics but you seems like Sony's McGuyver to me.
Whoa.. I cant thank you enough for this tip. Never knew changing of DPI is so easy without root. Everything looks so hi-res now. Seriously, everyone should do it. Sony should had done this be default.
Only glitch I see now is the sony home launcher's page indicator is a little misaligned.
I already tested and tried as your instruction. However I revert back to 480 as the phone feel warm and I afraid it will explode anytime.
I just noticed that the battery life is affected... or is it just me? also the phone is way too hot when I'm using it. hotter than when the DPI is 480
I not sure what wrong. Density and battery should be no connection. You phone is hot because many background processes is running. Try end task all not using app, I think it should be back to normal very fast.
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kychan2015 said:
...Original the Xperia C5 Ultra density is 480. This guide will help to change to density 320 screen resolution remain on 1920x1080
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I don't understand... is it supposed that: Higher ppi number gives Sharper screen !!?? But now you lower it to 320?
kychan2015 said:
I not sure what wrong. Density and battery should be no connection. You phone is hot because many background processes is running. Try end task all not using app, I think it should be back to normal very fast.
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I reverted it back to the original and it's not as hot as it was. I think and sure it was affecting... come to think about it, if the icons are smaller, then it can accommodate more things on the screen thus making the gpu work more in terms of animation but I don't know if that's right. But it did affect my battery life when I changed it.
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I reverted it back to the original and it's not as hot as it was. I think and sure it was affecting... come to think about it, if the icons are smaller, then it can accommodate more things on the screen thus making the gpu work more in terms of animation but I don't know if that's right. But it did affect my battery life when I changed it.
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Technically yes it makes the gpu work a little harder to draw more things on the screen. But there shouldn't be any noticeable impact on the battery nor heat. Countless other devices changes their dpi but never or hardly were this reported. There should be other factors causing the issue for u.
Is there something between 480~320?
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So if we adjust it to make things smaller to look like a real 1080p, will it effect gaming performance? I mean fps drops?
apps problem...
i have a problem. i mean there is a problem. i set density to 320 and after that i tried to install minecraft pocket edition v13 b5 which i have taken it from original density(restore). it didnt install it. just gave an error.
Edit: i dont know why but game performances are increased.
is it not possible to do it using terminal on the phone itself?
I dont think so. It needs root i guess
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Is there something between 480~320?
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Looking for this as well... 480 is to big while 320 is quite small.. Any idea if we can set it somewhere between these values? Thanks in advance ..
May I request someone to post screenshots after increasing the screen density? Thank you very much in advanced.
You can pick any number you want. I use 360. Just change and try it out until you find a setting you like, you won't break anything.
different between 480ppi and 320ppi
320ppi is smaller, 480ppi is bigger
Maybe this thread shouldn't be here, but I am really worried about this, and impressed of my stupidity.
So I was messing with my phone settings, apps and stuff, and for some reason I decided to download "resolution changer" on my phone on which you change your phone's DPI. And for no reason I changed it to 800. Genius me. Basically what I see now is some giant buttons. I can't open the app and change it to default again. Can't use ADB because debugging is not on. When I try to hard reset, the screen won't show up. What can I possibly do now? RIP?
P.S It's LG F70 D315
tl;dr I set my DPI too high, almost can't see anything. What can I do?