Does anyone know if it is possible to get ICS on a tablet to show the dock as it does on phones? (I know it is possible with 3rd party launchers.)
I would imagine the dock's appearance is determined by the screen size of the device which send ICS into tablet or phone mode. Would this be difficult for devs to implement once we have the source?
Thanks!
Hi there - is it possible to force the landscape option without plugging in the HDMI? I have a cradle that has the phone on its side due to the retarded layout of the ports from Sony I'd like not to have to twist my head to read it while it is in the dock....
Are you rooted?
Rotate to landscape, disable auto rotation.
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waynekirby said:
Are you rooted?
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Can be if needed, not needed to so far.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you're asking about the landscape mode in the homescreen?
On my arc I remember someone created a theme that had this option in it but I don't know if the same exists for the XS
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you're asking about the landscape mode in the homescreen?
On my arc I remember someone created a theme that had this option in it but I don't know if the same exists for the XS
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That is exactly correct - sorry I just realised this isn't clear. All things that are meant to be widescreen work fine (email, Music player etc...). But I feel a bit daft having a portrait phone docked on its side at my desk.
I may be able to help you out, but its a bit of a workaround. I have been playing with the different display modes and noticed the launcher does auto rotate, but only under some weird circumstances.
One that may help you is that if you activate car mode, then hit back until you return to the launcher, the launcher auto rotates.
So, how do you launch car mode? Well, I published this this morning
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vexedbadger.simpletoggles.car_mode_on
Get an NFC sticker from somewhere like rapidnfc.com, code it up to be an Xperia SmartTag (see the accessories forum for details) and have discovery of the tag launch the app "Car Mode On". Stick it to your dock and you are golden.
On a related note, if anyone knows how to activate dock mode programatically, I would be very grateful.
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I may be able to help you out, but its a bit of a workaround. I have been playing with the different display modes and noticed the launcher does auto rotate, but only under some weird circumstances.
One that may help you is that if you activate car mode, then hit back until you return to the launcher, the launcher auto rotates.
So, how do you launch car mode? Well, I published this this morning
Get an NFC sticker from somewhere like rapidnfc.com, code it up to be an Xperia SmartTag (see the accessories forum for details) and have discovery of the tag launch the app "Car Mode On". Stick it to your dock and you are golden.
On a related note, if anyone knows how to activate dock mode programatically, I would be very grateful.
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Awesome, thanks!!
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BigPhil said:
I may be able to help you out, but its a bit of a workaround. I have been playing with the different display modes and noticed the launcher does auto rotate, but only under some weird circumstances.
One that may help you is that if you activate car mode, then hit back until you return to the launcher, the launcher auto rotates.
So, how do you launch car mode? Well, I published this this morning
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vexedbadger.simpletoggles.car_mode_on
Get an NFC sticker from somewhere like rapidnfc.com, code it up to be an Xperia SmartTag (see the accessories forum for details) and have discovery of the tag launch the app "Car Mode On". Stick it to your dock and you are golden.
On a related note, if anyone knows how to activate dock mode programatically, I would be very grateful.
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To help with coding up a tag, I wrote this today. I published it about 20 minutes ago
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vexedbadger.smarttagmaker
Perhaps the simplest NFC app ever?
If you want to dabble with NFC, its a good place to start.
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 just wondering if it's just me or others r having this issue. to get youtube to go full screen I need to have screen rotate on. coming from sgsII all you had to do was turn the phone and u didn't need rotate turned on. maybe I'm missing a setting
if there is a workaround or fix I would to hear about it
I have auto roate off and I just had to double tap the video. On my Evo I could press down and hold on the video and hit the maximize icon that popped up.
I tried double tapping... I'm on youtube version 4.0.8e if that helps and I'm on stock i747 rom
anyone?
Happens with ICS on the Sprint SGS2 as well. Seems to be a TouchWiz issue because CM9 rotates like it should. Not sure if there's a workaround other than waiting for CM9 to make its way here.
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must be a problem with youtube 4.0.8e
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hi just wondering if it's just me or others r having this issue. to get youtube to go full screen I need to have screen rotate on. coming from sgsII all you had to do was turn the phone and u didn't need rotate turned on. maybe I'm missing a setting
if there is a workaround or fix I would to hear about it
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Same here!
I'm using Apex Launcher but i don't know if touchwiz is doing something in the background. Double-touch doesn't work neither.
it might just be with youtube 4.0.8e... anyone else having this problem?
Hi guys,
Running CM13 on mako (nex4)
I wanted to know if anyone knew of a lightweight way to do this... I could do it in tasker for instance, but maybe there is a better way.
(CM's profiles dont allow enabling rotation)
I want my phone to allow rotation / disable rotation lock when my car stereo is connected via bluetooth.
I cant find any simple option that will allow this.
Is there a lightweight way to do this nowadays? Or will I have to get some kind of tasker solution going?