since a few days whenever i switch to landscape mode all running applications are minimized, and i get thrown back to HTC's touchflo screen which reverts my orientation back to portrait mode.
only thing i can remember i installed besides a few games is S2U2, however disabling that didn't help either.
this occurs with all apps that don't have native Gsensor-based orientation switching regardless what i use to switch to landscape(happens with both the Gsen app, and when using the windows mobile screen setting)
the exact phone i use is a T-mobile MDA compact IV(operator branded version of touch diamond) with latest rom provided by T-mobile(1.93 i think)
this is quite a problem for me because i got some apps and games that just don't work comfortably in landscape mode.
EDIT: turns out it was just one of windows mobile's random glitchups.
a soft-reset fixed it.
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I recently replaced my IPAQ 6915 with the Kaiser - what a difference. For the past few days I have been playing around with the settings, installing my favorite softwares and also trying out some new. Last night I installed resco explorer, Kaiser Tweak and PointUI and a strange thing happened: When I slide the keyboard out the screen switches to landscape, but it does not switch back again when I slide it back in. Also when I soft reset it will start up in landscape mode. I uninstalled the PointUI thinking that it might be the reason for the trouble, but no difference.
Any ideas?
I tried the "dubai" version and the "chinese" version.
With no other programs installed, pressing the off button will briefly turn the screen off, but it will come back within moments.
Worse yet, the keyguard only guards the keys, not the screen.
Has anyone else experienced this?
At what level are you using the backlight?
If I'm correct you have to stay above 40%. It is an old WM bug.
hmm, the thing is, it's not just the backlight, but also the touch itself. besides, the problem was there without installing/changing any programs or settings.
when keyguard is activated, it only guards the physical keys, not the touch screen. this means i can poke around even when the keyguard is supposedly activated.
i have this same problem, keyguard not turned off screen, its all the time on even show is locked
version of software is 1.12-vfu
firmware version is 1.54.00.00, where i can get better version of software, maybe the software is crap ? how we know is windows! :/(more problems than using system)
Happened to me too.
I'm on a Treo 750 with WM 6.1 OS 5.2.1.19199
Keeping the backlight brightness 4 notches and above fixes it.
yap, simply keep your brightness not lower then 50% and walaaaaa all works just fine
Hello,
My arrow keys are mapped wrong. I'm running the latest PDACORNERULTIMATE v20. I've used the tilt keyboard fix cab file. The thing is, they work fine when texting or something. However, when I go to play a game, whether its tomb raider, wolfenstein, morphgear, any game that uses the arrows, they're mapped in the wrong position. left goes up, right goes down, up goes right, down goes left.
Sorry for posting this if it's a common fixable problem. I've looked for a long time now for a solution and haven't found anything. Maybe I'm just looking for the wrong problem description.
Thank you.
i dont think its an issue with the key mapping.
i think its from the switching of the screen orientation from portrait to landscape.........cause when u switch the orentation, up/down becomes left/right. what i do with morphgear is, i slide out the keyboard first (to switch the orientation), then i start morphgear
wolfenstein 3d
Thanks, I'm an idiot, that was it.
Though Wolfenstein 3d starts out in portrait mode even if you go to landscape before loading it. Has anyone found a fix around this? I tried switching back and forth midgame, but it didn't seem to recognize it and it stayed in portrait mode.
I already made a thread about the backlight, but it seems that I only have that problem while using Tomtom.
If I use tomtom without external power, the screen blanks after 30 seconds, or whatever setting is used in the energy settings of the TD2.
When driving on external power, the screen goes blank after 30 minutes (the maximum of the settings if the TD2 isn't used.
On my diamond 1, the diamond recognized tomtom as an active application, hence the screen would stay on, until the battery was empty.
Weird thing is: if I use Coreplayer, the screen does stay on, so the TD2 recognizes Coreplayer as an active application.
More people with this problem? I have the latest official HTC rom (Dutch). Did multiple hard-resets and multiple installations of TT7 (7.910 and 7.915 versions). With or without audio-fix; no matter what: screen blanks....
Touch Incall Tweak ?
maybe is the Touch Incall tweak the solution for you? You can then manually enable backlight settings:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=488991!:
Hope this works for you, did it for me.
Unfortunately, it did not. I installed the app, did a soft reset and saw that TomTom was one of the applications on the list.
However, after the same period the screen went blank again. As far as I understand it, the applications on that list are the apps that should prevent the screen blanking out, when a call is coming in. But using tomtom, not always a call comes in..
So, how did you manage to get it working then..??
Honoustly I don't know. I remember I had the same problem but after a while the screen doesn't switch off anymore.
I always have the TD2 power connected when navigating and in the settings tab-more-system-energy-advanced tab you can control the lighting settings and time outs.
Must say that I downgraded to Tomtom 7.910.9185 caus' it should work a little better... I still have the big lag and slow screen refreshing problem though.
For navigating I use Nav'n go Igo (8.3.2.80621) now. Has a lag also but works better and more stable. And uses maps of 10-3-2009!
What version are you using?
TT 7.915.9196, but tried the .9185 also, but seemed to me that that version gave a little more lag than the newest. Newest is stable; the point of the arrow is the point that my car is, so thats ok with me.
Last thing seems that on car power the tt stays on now, but on battery power still disables the screen. Both versions, with or without the audio-fix, with or without the tweak.
O and I upgraded to the latest rom; no result either.
Perhaps this is just a useability thing but I often have my phone sat flat on my desk. From the home page I launch an app (Messaging, Market etc.) without picking the phone up and the app opens in Landscape mode.
I think I worked out what makes this happen:
If I have the phone in my hand (portrait) showing the home screen (which does not rotate) with nothing running in the background and put it down on my desk as I put it down I have actually tilted it so if an auto-rotate app was running it would have gone to landscape. It is as if the accelerometer has sensed the phone in landscape mode and remembered this so next time I launch an app without picking the phone up it starts in landscape. I proved this by holding the phone (portrait) on the home page and putting it down on my desk carefully so it was only tilting in a portrait orientation, then stated a program and it started in portrait.
OK, this is probably considered normal operation but the way I use my phone it's really annoying.
I don't know about anyone else but when I put my phone on the desk I nearly always lay it down long edge first - which puts the accelerometer into landscape mode, causing the "problem".
What would be nice is an app that let you choose the default orientation programs/apps start up in but ONLY if the phone is flat. Hmmm I'd buy it!
EDIT: Or just an app that resets the accelerometer to your preference of landscape or portrait after the screen locks or unlocks and the phone is horizontal
Mark.