Landscape - G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Is there a way to force the phone to always be in landscape mode? I use my phone as GPS on my motorcycle (KLR650) and have it attached the the handlebars sideways. This works out great except whenever I turn or hit a bump the phone goes from landscape to portrait mode several times which lags out my GPS application and causes it to quit logging my route... This is especially when I am off-roading and NEED to keep track of my route in case I need to turn around and make my way back out.
Possible solutions might be:
-Tricking the phone into thinking it is open all the time...
-Editing the parameters on the accelerometers to think the phone is always on its side...
I don't know how to do either... I've looked for apps but I can't find any.
-Nick

xathor said:
Is there a way to force the phone to always be in landscape mode? I use my phone as GPS on my motorcycle (KLR650) and have it attached the the handlebars sideways. This works out great except whenever I turn or hit a bump the phone goes from landscape to portrait mode several times which lags out my GPS application and causes it to quit logging my route... This is especially when I am off-roading and NEED to keep track of my route in case I need to turn around and make my way back out.
Possible solutions might be:
-Tricking the phone into thinking it is open all the time...
-Editing the parameters on the accelerometers to think the phone is always on its side...
I don't know how to do either... I've looked for apps but I can't find any.
-Nick
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PM Loccy, the guy who does the better browser, and ask him if there is a way to lock the phone into landscape, because he has a setting for the browser to always be locked into landscape.

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Screen stays horizontal

I tried to look if there is a fix on forums but with no sucess.
After a week of having at&t tilt once after using keyboard i slide it back but screen stays horizontal. anyone knows whats that all about?
Soft reset didnt work so far. i think it happend during wall charging when i started sending some messages.
So, after you reset, the phone boots in landscape? Or once you go landscape, you can't switch back? Either way, I think the kaiser uses a magnetic switch to sense the keyboard opening/closing. I don't have a definitive answer, but at least that's a starting point for some good ol' fashioned research.
yea, it doesnt want to go back from landscape. i thought wierd problem like this should be spotted before and i was hoping for a quick fix. phone is to new to have issues like this.
Swurv is right, the kaiser uses a magnetic switch to make the change between landscape and portrait. It sounds like the switch is sticking when you open it. I don't know of any way to fix it, you might have more luck returning it and getting another. Good luck.
It isn't going to actually fix the issue, but you should be able to get around it till you can swap the device : Start --> Settings --> System --> Screen and select the Portrait orientation
Best of luck getting a replacement, hope its smooth sailing.
Got curious about the magnetic switch and figured out where the magnet itself is located- If you have your screen open and tilted all the way forward, the magnet is on the back side of the screen, on the same corner where the front OK button and the messaging button are.
WizRd said:
It isn't going to actually fix the issue, but you should be able to get around it till you can swap the device : Start --> Settings --> System --> Screen and select the Portrait orientation
Best of luck getting a replacement, hope its smooth sailing.
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Hey. this actually restored my original settings. It works now just like new!
I switched setting to "portrait". Never touched this option before.
Thanx man. Thnx all you guys for your time.

Tilt turns on by it self

hi guys
I have Att tilt and since 3 days a go my phone keep turning on by it self. any ideas how to fix this? Thanks.
i'm defnitely sure u need to call in an exorcist. for the time being, pls place the phone within a ring of garlic cloves
It's probably the instant messenger receiving an SMS message with someone signing on/off or you getting a message.
if you are using a case with a magnet in it it will cause it to turn on like if you were sliding it open to fix this download kaiser tweaks and turn off the option to turn on when slide open or keep away from magnet cases
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steve960 said:
if you are using a case with a magnet in it it will cause it to turn on like if you were sliding it open to fix this download kaiser tweaks and turn off the option to turn on when slide open or keep away from magnet cases
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This is indeed the only thing i can imagine is happening. Strong radiowaves can turn on/off devices and even uses them..... Just to give a exemple, I work on a warship and we had a 250KW powercable with some leaks in the isolation. This causes some of the other equipment to power on and even use it while all safeties were still on!
thanks guys for your help. i will try to disable the sliding thing. i hope it works.
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My brother wanted to give me his old Wizard holster which closes with a magnet. I told him the magnet might cause my screen to turn on. Sure enough, as soon as the phone got near the holster the screen came on and switched to landscape just as it would if I had flipped out the keyboard.
Guess that's why my Kaiser came with a holster that uses velcro.
This has been driving me nuts since I got my Tilt! The slightest sliding movement of my screen would wake the phone up.
Thanks for the easy fix with the Kaiser Tweak setting!
Hi guys,
I did the Kaiser Tweak setting but still same issue from before. every like 5 to 10 min my phone comes on by itself.
any other sugestions?
now im having the same problem. wtf is going on. no magnets near my phone. it sucks lol

What solution do you use to keep the GPS on ?

I use my GPS a lot and I want my GPS to be running in the background while it track logs. I am not the only person who needs the GPS to not go to sleep so there must be someone else who has found a good solution.
First I tried S2U with a option to not go into sleep mode selected. This work well but I have to have S2U launch of a hardware button and also had to slide after waking it up.
Then I started using AE button plus. Set on of my unused side buttons to turn off screen with single press. This was the best solution I found except it has made taking pictures very buggy.
So has anyone found a good solution to keep the GPS on while the screen is off keeping power consumption down ?
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I use my GPS a lot and I want my GPS to be running in the background while it track logs. I am not the only person who needs the GPS to not go to sleep so there must be someone else who has found a good solution.
First I tried S2U with a option to not go into sleep mode selected. This work well but I have to have S2U launch of a hardware button and also had to slide after waking it up.
Then I started using AE button plus. Set on of my unused side buttons to turn off screen with single press. This was the best solution I found except it has made taking pictures very buggy.
So has anyone found a good solution to keep the GPS on while the screen is off keeping power consumption down ?
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GPS on and Power down are contradictory... I measured that the GPS uses 120mA to run.
Anywho, PhoneAlarm will do it for me. I have a GPS Tracking profile (a day and a night one actually) and the phone never turns off when I have it set to those. Gotta be careful with it though, if you forget to disable it you'll find a hot phone with a low battery in your pocket later.
Have you tried to just set the settings to do it? It's not automated, but it's free. There was a thread on a program called BikeMobile which the author describes how to modify the registry to NOT allow the phone to go to sleep when a certain com port is active. I never quite grokked it, but perhaps you will. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=387262
Thats going to be a nice and toastie phone all day.
Thanks khaytsus. I will try out PhoneAlarm and see how I go. I found the phone to be drawing only about 45ma when my screen was off. Just trying to find a rom to suit my needs at the moment. When I find one I will start to try to find a solution.
There are many programs like "trackme" which can log GPS and switch off screen for you. There are some standalone programs like "BlackMe" which can switch off just the screen and lock phone for you.

[Q] screen won't turn on. restarts by itself

so for the past month my screen has been dead when it is in portrait mode. it would only turn on if i open my keyboard in landscape mode. if i close the keyboard the screen will freeze. the screen is still responsive in portrait mode though, for example, i can still slide to unlock even though the screen is off. i also can't turn on the phone unless it's the keyboard is on til i get to the lock screen.
also my phone has been restarting itself a lot this past month. usually i notice it does it when i walk and it's in my pocket. but it also happens even when i'm just using the phone, it'll randomly restart itself.
is there any solution to my problems or is it a lost cause?
This sounds like a ROM/overclocking issue. If you're overclocking, turn your levels down a little bit. Flash a different ROM if that's not the case. And if neither of those work, rip her open and check and make sure everything is in their proper place. There are guides online that you can google.

[Q] Wake up when picked up?

Is there an app or a way to have the tab wake up (to the lock screen) when it detects motion? ie Wake up automatically when it's picked up? allowing you to then either use the device or set it down so the screen can timeout again?
It seems like a more natural way to use the device as opposed to fiddling with a button. If like me you use the device only around the house then it's stationary 90% of the time and not being jostled about in a pocket. So if I pick it up at all then it's because I'm about to do something with it. It'd be great to have the screen flick on automatically.
It's not something I've seen much of. I'm not even sure if that sensor can trigger that action. Any thoughts or ideas?
If you are on a firmware that lets you access test mode (*#*#0*#*#) you can find that P1000 actually have a "grab sensor" that works well, but I never knew the use of it...
Let's hope the experts have an answer! ^^
I have to admit, that would be a cool feature... not for everyone or every lifestyle, but I can already imagine frequent uses where that would be good to select as an option.
I'm runnning overcome 4.1.0 - doesnt seem to let me access the test settings for the "grab sensor". Fingers crossed there is another way to utilize this feature.

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