Guys,
SGS owner sapiensbryan found a bug in TwLauncher to make the TwLauncher to able to display Landscape mode for both desktop/ Home and Application screen, but the change is neither auto nor permanent.
Will any developer able to make a patch to make it switchable and permanent just like LauncherPro?
http://www.sapiensbryan.com/index.p...mescreen-applications-page-in-landscape-mode/
>> Firmware 2.1-update1 (Eclair.DXJG4).
>> Try playing Angry Birds then return to homescreen half way playing, you might see the homescreen in landscape if you are lucky.
Cool but, where does he explain how he did it?
oswade said:
Cool but, where does he explain how he did it?
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>> Firmware 2.1-update1 (Eclair.DXJG4).
>> Try playing Angry Birds then return to homescreen half way playing, you might see the homescreen in landscape if you are lucky.
looks like Samsung can make TwLauncher in Landscape but has it locked, do not know the reason behind.
I believe the homescreen goes into landscape on the Epic 4G when the keyboard is out. Since the firmware is similar the code for landscape mode is still there on the other versions.
If you use LauncherPro you can have it go into landscape mode based on orientation, but it happens to be more irritating that useful.
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Hi i was looking into the files of touchwizlauncher and widgets and all apks have landscape images, so it should support landscape? (JPH/JPC/JM8 i checked).
Even on JPC i had landscape for just a moment when i was coming back from a landscape app (couldnt reproduce it).
So there must be some setting to enable landscape...
is anyone interested and capable enough to look into this.?
tommy34 said:
Hi i was looking into the files of touchwizlauncher and widgets and all apks have landscape images, so it should support landscape? (JPH/JPC/JM8 i checked).
Even on JPC i had landscape for just a moment when i was coming back from a landscape app (couldnt reproduce it).
So there must be some setting to enable landscape...
is anyone interested and capable enough to look into this.?
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Decompile the apk and check its manifest, does it rotate based on user,sensor...etc
You could maybe use this bug to determine what is being enaled to allow landscape.
I cant post a link as I'm a new user but the thread is on this site and the title is "Galaxy S i9000m touch wiz landscape bug"
I have searched for some time both on the market and several Android forums but I cannot find an answer to this. I'm wondering if it is possible to force landscape orientation to rotate counterclockwise instead of clockwise, for things such as flash player, angry birds, etc. Any ROMs with the option, or instructions on how to change it via adb or terminal would be great.
Did you ever get an answer for this? I have my NC in a case and any apps that require landscape mode are always oriented in toward the spine of the case which seems backwards.
Hi all, I've had this tablet for about 2 weeks now. Before I received it, I assumed that I would set up my home screens for landscape mode and go Tablet UI right away. But as time goes by I find myself using portrait mode a lot more, whether or not it be setting up my launcher or using apps (with the exception of watching videos, of course).
What do you prefer?
mjs2011 said:
Hi all, I've had this tablet for about 2 weeks now. Before I received it, I assumed that I would set up my home screens for landscape mode and go Tablet UI right away. But as time goes by I find myself using portrait mode a lot more, whether or not it be setting up my launcher or using apps (with the exception of watching videos, of course).
What do you prefer?
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I use portrait mode for most thing but web browsing and videos. Its real nice having the option
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Portrait is so much easier to type and see text with since there's more text listed than landscape. I also find it LOADS easier to type with my thumbs in portrait mode.
I'm finding the typing a lot easier as well with two thumbs and the ability to swipe as well.
I use landscape for videos, portrait for everything else
Portrait for almost everything except YouTube.
I am 50-50 so far. I like landscape for web surfing and videos, portrait for reading and replying to messages. I should find an alternative keyboard to make thumb typing a little easier.
cjacks9 said:
I am 50-50 so far. I like landscape for web surfing and videos, portrait for reading and replying to messages. I should find an alternative keyboard to make thumb typing a little easier.
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Get on the SwiftKey Flow beta. It's great on this device in either mode. Just change it to separate thumb mode while in landscape.
I'm about 50 50. I like using landscape and with the 4.2 keyboard it's pretty easy to type... for me
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With my iPad I use portrait all the time probably because its big and heavy but with my nexus 7 I use landscape for almost every thing. I think because its pretty small and I feel I get more on the screen that way, plus I get to see all of the wallpaper on my home screen too
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Landscape 99% of the time here... I could never find any advantages of using it in portrait - folks say that it's easier to type, but the keyboard is much smaller in portrait mode, which makes it harder to type in my opinion (much easier to hit the wrong key by accident).
Very interesting that it seems most folks prefer portrait.
Of course my case caters to landscape mode too, so that may play a big part as to why I use landscape mode most of the time...
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the problem in landscape mode is the navigation bar that the bar is always on front.
That reduces the screen and make it too small.
I would like to have the choice to put the navigation bar at the side in landscape mode.
Does it possible ?
I find in landscape you can't see much, when the keyboard pops up it takes most of the screen and is so hard to view and type at the same time.
Watchaa said:
the problem in landscape mode is the navigation bar that the bar is always on front.
That reduces the screen and make it too small.
I would like to have the choice to put the navigation bar at the side in landscape mode.
Does it possible ?
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I usually use apex (sometimes nova) launcher, when you keep it in landscape (or portrait) only, you can maximize the area available. But then youre not able to use the other way ...
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I usually use apex (sometimes nova) launcher, when you keep it in landscape (or portrait) only, you can maximize the area available. But then youre not able to use the other way ...
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the problem with apex is the portrait / lanscape compatibily.
you can have a big desktop on landscape but the icons will disappears when switching to the portrait mode.
That's very annoyoing and this fix should be a basic feature !!
Watchaa said:
the problem with apex is the portrait / lanscape compatibily.
you can have a big desktop on landscape but the icons will disappears when switching to the portrait mode.
That's very annoyoing and this fix should be a basic feature !!
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Is there any launcher capable of having icons arranged differently in portrait and landscape modes?
90% portrait
Both
jtrosky;36533214...folks say that it's easier to type said:
True, but N7 screen width in portrait mode is same size as ~4" phone landscape.
In landscape, I can't type comfortably, because I guess I have quite short fingers and my thumbs can't reach the keys in the middle of the screen.
I use it mostly in portrait (my homescreen is arranged for portrait), I also browse in portrait mostly, because of exact thing Apple was bashing N7 on their iPad mini release (those extra pixels on iPad mini) - there's too much stuff on top and bottom, making visual area small (in chrome you can't hide address bar, like on stock phone ICS browser (it hides automatically when you scroll down the web site).
I find it more comfortable to hold in portrait, and it's easier to read stuff too (books are portrait after all).
I use landscape for videos and games (and stupid new skype).
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Both ways but I guess its in Portrait most often.
I'm using the latest jcsullins ROM for jelly bean. Do you guys notice lag when scrolling through home screens in portrait mode? It isn't anywhere as smooth as landscape mode. I tried this on nova prime and treb launchers.
Bump. Does anyone have this problem or just me?
i do, and since the honeycomb it remains as an unsolvable problem
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I'm using the latest jcsullins ROM for jelly bean. Do you guys notice lag when scrolling through home screens in portrait mode? It isn't anywhere as smooth as landscape mode. I tried this on nova prime and treb launchers.
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I'm on the same rom, but I never use portrait mode. I just tried it, and no lag. I'm using Apex launcher, maybe that's it?
chicle_11 said:
I'm on the same rom, but I never use portrait mode. I just tried it, and no lag. I'm using Apex launcher, maybe that's it?
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Try scrolling in the browser, you'll notice a difference on heavier pages for sure. It is harder to tell on less intensive apps like the launcher.
I installed the FPS meter app to see the difference on the homescreen. When scrolling through homescreens on portrait mode i get around 30-40 fps, but in landscape mode it is a solid 60. I tried acme uninstalling and webos doctoring, reinstalling multiple roms. I have this problem using every type of launcher except GO launcher EX, for some reason it is smooth around 60 in both landscape and portrait, but only in CM9 nightly, not cm10 roms. So weird... I wish a developer for some of the roms could look into this.
With such a huge screen, why didn't Google allow the home screen to display in landscape orientation? While I have never wanted this functionality before, it seems like it would be great here. I'm assuming there's no way to do this without root?
You can... download a third-party launcher such as Apex Launcher or Nova Launcher. You can find them on the play store and then make the launcher to be landscape mode or portrait based on the orientation of the phone.
If you want this feature with google now launcher then there is no way to achieve this, not until Xposed is made to work using ART
They had to follow Apple this time. The iPhone 6 plus has this feature due to larger screen.
nyijedi said:
With such a huge screen, why didn't Google allow the home screen to display in landscape orientation? While I have never wanted this functionality before, it seems like it would be great here. I'm assuming there's no way to do this without root?
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You can try forcing the homescreen rotation with Ultimate Rotation Control:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.fameit.rotate
Let us know whether it helps.
nyijedi said:
With such a huge screen, why didn't Google allow the home screen to display in landscape orientation? While I have never wanted this functionality before, it seems like it would be great here. I'm assuming there's no way to do this without root?
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yep huge annoyance, especially since 1) iphone (!!!) now allows this and 2) google themselves allow it on android tablets
The launchers rotate, but the navigation and notification bars don't. Or at lease I have not been able to figure out how to make them do so. I know a custom ROM will fix this at some point, but part of the reason I bought this phone was to use as a micro tablet.
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You can try forcing the homescreen rotation with Ultimate Rotation Control:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.fameit.rotate
Let us know whether it helps.
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Son of a gun....this works! I just installed it and haven't used it yet to see if it keeps on working consistently, but so far, so good. Thanks!