I apologize if there are threads about this; I searched but did not find anything.
I recently got the official car dock for the Evo. I'm really happy with it, and how with CM6 almost everything rotates into landscape.
The major exception to this seems to to be the phone application (like during a call) - the dialer does change orientation properly.
Is anyone aware of any sort of fix to make the phone application change its orientation? It's pretty annoying that it stays in portrait and is sideways.
Thanks!
Like many others I use Dialer One because it looks cool AND you can search contact names by typing on the keypad, which you cannot do with the AOSP dialer.
Another benefit of Dialer One?? Yes, it rotates
When you place a phone call with Dialer One, does that show in landscape, or is it still portrait only?
thefivetheory said:
When you place a phone call with Dialer One, does that show in landscape, or is it still portrait only?
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Sorry man, I misunderstood (despite you being very specific about it)
The dialer does landscape but as soo as it starts the call the phone app opens and reverts to portrait
No worries. That's what I figured. It seems like there isn't any way, that I can find at least, to get the phone app to show in landscape. I have to admit I find it a bit odd, seeing as most other apps have no issues. Oh well...
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Hi all,
Quick one i hope. One thing that really annoys me about this phone is when im receiving a call depending on the angle of it when i take it out of the case, im unable to answer a call because the screen is midway on a portrait / landscape rotation.
Even the button to answer a call refuses to work until the screen has rotated.
So can I stop it for the "receiving call" screen? Can i make it always be portrait?
Thanks,
D.
Do you have your messaging on auto-rotate, meaning you can type on both portrait and landscape mode without opening up the hardware keyboard? Coz, it does the same thing on my TP2. I have g-config installed on my phone and I did set the WM messaging on auto-rotate. Ever since I did that, my in-call screen also rotates depending on the angle I picked my phone up. So if you have the same situation, just disable the auto-rotation using g-config.
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Do you have your messaging on auto-rotate, meaning you can type on both portrait and landscape mode without opening up the hardware keyboard? Coz, it does the same thing on my TP2. I have g-config installed on my phone and I did set the WM messaging on auto-rotate. Ever since I did that, my in-call screen also rotates depending on the angle I picked my phone up. So if you have the same situation, just disable the auto-rotation using g-config.
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I have the same deal here too, I know how to stop it, but this would also stop sms reply and email replys from auto rotating.
If you always use your keyboard to type, you can go into g config and remove all entries that say "dialog" and your call screen will stop rotating after a reset.
I like to use swype in landscape mode and would like to keep that rotation for sms replies but still stop my incoming call from rotating.
Any ideas?
you can use the text message program in manila instead, that uses manila.exe.
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you can use the text message program in manila instead, that uses manila.exe.
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This works but then all of manilla rotates, like the today screen and some others. I dont want that either.
Thanks,
Jeff
I just remembered that i have GyRator 2 installed. And with it yeh if i rotate the screen in an sms without sliding the keyboard, it does rotate.
Ideally i just want to know what i can edit, or install to control what screens rotate, and which dont.
Sounds like i need to look at g-config then?
I dont really understand this manilla.exe though?
Thanks for your replies.
D.
G-Sensor Reg Hack
dlthorpe said:
I just remembered that i have GyRator 2 installed. And with it yeh if i rotate the screen in an sms without sliding the keyboard, it does rotate.
Ideally i just want to know what i can edit, or install to control what screens rotate, and which dont.
Sounds like i need to look at g-config then?
I dont really understand this manilla.exe though?
Thanks for your replies.
D.
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Hi dlthorpe
Yes, I can see how this problem is annoying. One thought is that there is a G-Sensor section of the registry which can be edited which, without any third party software allows screen rotation in various different applications. The same is actually true for the Zoom Bar and I think that the registry entries are adjacent.
Do a search for that. Just one hint, the executable file (and therefore process) that runs the phone canvas application is called cprog.exe If you remove this from your G-Sensor list, your phone screen should stop rotating with the phone's position.
Thanks
andrew-in-woking
Hrm, curious about this as well (want SMS to rotate, don't use Manilla, and want CPROG to stop rotating). cprog.exe isn't in my G-Config list (and never was, custom ROM) but the canvas still rotates. Perhaps there's more to it?
~Eric
eknutson said:
Hrm, curious about this as well (want SMS to rotate, don't use Manilla, and want CPROG to stop rotating). cprog.exe isn't in my G-Config list (and never was, custom ROM) but the canvas still rotates. Perhaps there's more to it?
~Eric
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I am in the same boat, I have deleted all out of my g config exept IE, opera and sms dialog and still the phone screen rotates too.
I have used the search with my resco reg editor for the g sensor but I can only find the settings for things like the polling interval and such, not anything that resembles the apps that are allowed to rotate.
Can someone get us pointed in the right direction?
thanks,
jeff
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I have the same problem, looked everywhere and can find any solution...
Hi I was wondering if any of the roms you guys know about have a landscape dialer or is there a way to add one into any rom?
I use my phone for satnav a lot and at the moment when i get a call it changes the orientation to portrait which is annoying.
hello @all!
Any solution for this problem?
wensing said:
If the phone is in landscape mode, and an incoming call, the phone switches back to portrait.
The dailer does support landscape, though: if you are in portrait and switch to landscape, the dailer is OK.
Does anyone know a way to make the dailer come up OK in landscape?
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grEEtZ,
gongoscho
Same problem for ages here. I tried to get advice several times here, but it seems, that noone is using xperia in this usecase. Only working solution is a ROM having Rhodium dialer (and it seems, that it must be correct version of the dialer or correct combination with winmo version) - I was using EnergyROM which was working excellent this way, until October builds. I tried to find another rom, but everyone out there has the problem (except original X1 dialer of course). Now I'm using 826x non-htc rom, which has also rhodium dialer and landscape is working fine.
hope this helps
Well i've got the cure. Not sure about puting it into a rom thought.
I have the verizon thunderbolt.
So this is the only phone i've tested it on.
You can get the car home ultra licence app.
The link below is for the free one. Not sure if it has the option but the paid one does.
Hint:try 4shared.com
The one with the litte red car as the icon shortcut.
Inside this app's options it has a check box to turn on car home
which came with the phone. It acts like you put it into a car dock from verizon.
And guess what the dialer is now landscape. So when you use this app
when your driving you can put a shortcuts on the app to call or open the phone.
It is in LANDSCAPE. It took me since the phone came out till today to find this
to work. Hope this helps anybody with a thunderbolt. and i bet other androids too.
https://market.android.com/details?i...=search_result
I have a tmobile TP2 running SPB Mobile shell... just wondering if theres any way I can keep the phone in Landscape even with the keyboard closed and without always having the phone on its side. Is there a program I can download and run or something in the settings or file system I can change so that the screen always stays landscaped? Any help is apprectiated please and thank you!
no one?
Alright. aparently I am the only person [right now] that wants to keep their phone in landscape at all times, BUT if someone else does come across this I did figure out how to edit the registry and keep it in landscape.
First you need to have a registy editor.. obviously.
Second you need to change this -
Enable Manual Screen Rotation (Portrait/Landscape): HKLM - System - GDI - Rotation - HideOrientationUI (change from 1 to 0)
and Third go into
HKLM - HTC - htcsensor - iskbrotatebackportrait (change from 1 to 0)
Then you can go into Settings - Screen - Select Landscape Orientation and hit okay. Should switch it to landscape and stay even after the keyboard has been out and pushed back in.
There are multiple applications that can do this and they can all be found in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=550973
My personal favorite and the one I currently use is Gyrator.
It runs in the background and allows you to set screen rotation rules for any or all application the device. It wouldn't be hard at all to set a rule for what you require.
... and yeah, I honestly think you're the only person that would ever want to keep their phone in landscape at all times. I'm not particularly fond of reading text sideways.
try this one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=589918
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There are multiple applications that can do this and they can all be found in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=550973
My personal favorite and the one I currently use is Gyrator.
It runs in the background and allows you to set screen rotation rules for any or all application the device. It wouldn't be hard at all to set a rule for what you require.
... and yeah, I honestly think you're the only person that would ever want to keep their phone in landscape at all times. I'm not particularly fond of reading text sideways.
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I might try this but I'd like to do it in a registry edit or something so that I am not running more programs than needed... and I don't read the text sideways I hold my phone on its side...lol
meromar said:
try this one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=589918
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I tried this and it did work, when I ran the script the screen rotated fine, but as soon as I slid the keyboard out and back in it rotated right back to portrait mode again...?
To go along with my original post it DOES work when I change that value but as soon as I get a text or something and open the text [all in landscape] and close the SMS program it rotates right back to portrait.
I don't know how to fully write a script for mortscript but I think all I need is a script that will tell the IsKBRotateBackPortrait to always stay at a value of 0 and I would be good.
I can't get it to just stay at a value of 0. anymore help would be wonderful and thanks again!
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and I don't read the text sideways I hold my phone on its side...lol
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just wondering if theres any way I can keep the phone in Landscape even with the keyboard closed and without always having the phone on its side.
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You said it, not me.
Okay in that case it does sound like I am reading it sideways lol I apologize, but what I really meant was without having to rotate the phone onto its side and wait for the screen to rotate. I just want landscape all the time, every screen, without ever going to portrait.
Alright, in what will hopefully be my last post on this thread of me sorta talking with myself. While looking through the list of programs that was in the thread posted by SlyMaelstrom I found one called Changescreen. Link is here
http://idevelopstuff.com/dev/WM/Fuze/changeScreen/
Downloaded the cab and installed, its very simple to use and works like a charm. Set it to only have landscape as its orientation and it worked, never changes back.
Only problem I had was that it wont let you access the Dialer to dial phone numbers while in landscape, so I set an exception inside the program to switch to portrait so dialer can be used. Otherwise everything is good to go.
Thanks again SlyMaelstrom and meromar for the help!
Hello guys and girls
I have a problem with a HTC Dialer in all the WM6.5 ROMs.
I am a Rhodium user and sometimes I use Landscape mode even with my keyboard detached. I have a Navi Software called AutoMapa which automatically rotates the screen to Lanscape to fit the in-car use.
And every app I am running by the time AutoMapa is on, appears in Landscape mode. But unfortunately when I press the SendKey to call somebody (or if somebody calls me) the dialer always appears in Portrait mode forcing the screen to rotate to Portrait mode as well.
This is annoying because later I have to manually turn the screen again to landscape in order for further navigation.
Is there any way to prevent the dialer from appearing always in Portrait?
To be clear: I don't want the Dialer app to follow the G-Sensor. I already tried to add the cprog.exe to the G-Sensor lists, but the effect is that the dialer appears in Portrait, turns itself to Landscape for a moment, and then turns to Portrait again making it impossible to answer a call. The side effect is that when somebody calls me when my phone is in the pocket (out of the car) I can see the caller in many different screen modes depending on how I take the phone from the pocket.
So what I want is that the Dialer should follow the current screen mode no matter if it's Landscape or Portrait instead of bringing whole system to Portrait.
This problem occurs in every WM6.5 ROM starting from Rhodium stock 2.07 through all the cooked SE ROMs I tested.
I write about it here and not in the Rhodium forum because the same effect is present for LEO and Topaz according to my friends' information. So it is either a matter of the Dialer itself or perhaps there is some mode selection list in the registry (similar to the G-Sensor list) where some of the applications are mentioned together with their default mode...
I am not the guru if about the registry so please take a look in my problem.
Thanks in advance
PS. Admins, if you think this post might belong to somewhere else, please feel free to move it. Thanks!
PS2. The workaround is presented in post #13
Hello again,
I would like to ask a Moderator to move this thread to Questions and Answers, as maybe there will be somebody able to help me. It's making me mad to have to rotate the screen every time I want to call somebody...
moved to the right forum, please post in the correct forums.
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moved to the right forum, please post in the correct forums.
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Thanks, althoug I have Rhodium, but the same issue (perhaps this is not actually an issue for everybody) exists in Topaz and LEO according to my friend's information. That's the only reason I posted my question in the general part.
Thus I searched a lot around here and google, I didn't seem to find anything about the dialer problem...
anybody?
Perhaps I should ask this question in yet another forum part? Any suggestions would be welcome...
Absolutely no one knows the answer to this question.
It shouldn't be that hard.
My rhodium dialer supports landscape and portrait but rotates the screen to portrait when the phone is in landscape.
(using 826x rom)
Confirm that the problem exists, any help from the xda experts would be highly welcome
Luckily for me, the developers of the navigation software I use (AutoMapa) redesigned the newest interface and now when I start the software in Landscape and then minimize it (i.e. because of an incoming call), the app detects the screen orientation when brought to "front" again and turns accordingly. It takes very long time though...
But it's only a workaround not a solution.
Skrobel said:
Luckily for me, the developers of the navigation software I use (AutoMapa) redesigned the newest interface and now when I start the software in Landscape and then minimize it (i.e. because of an incoming call), the app detects the screen orientation when brought to "front" again and turns accordingly. It takes very long time though...
But it's only a workaround not a solution.
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Did you try to experiment a bit with the registry settings corresponding to the dialer?
EDIT: I guess that this "return to landscape" is hardcoded in .dll's, but who knows? It's worth a try.
Hell yeah... I spent many hours on that. But it's also possible that I didn't know where to look. That's why I posted this thread...
BTW, In your Hybrid ROM v6 there was no problem. And I remember that the dialer looked like in S1 (WM6.5) stock ROM, is it possible it actually was an S1 dialer?
Edit: Please note that the dialer does not return the screen to portrait when the hardware keyboard is extended.
Skrobel said:
is it possible it actually was an S1 dialer?
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Nope. Those are totally different builds (but same version).
S0 (stock WM6.1) = PhoneCanvas 3.50.34796
S1 (stock WM6.5) = PhoneCanvas 3.50.36045
S2 (stock WM6.5 2nd generation) = PhoneCanvasEnhancement 4.2.51720
PS Did you look at
Code:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\PHONE]
"ViewMode"=dword:00000001
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Jackos said:
PS Did you look at
Code:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\PHONE]
"ViewMode"=dword:00000001
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I don't remember but I just did. Both "0" and "1" don't make any difference. I don't know if there are any other values for this key.
Well, if somebody is still interested I have found a workaround (not a solution) to the problem with rotating dialer.
Apparently when we activate the new HTC dialer, first of all it checks in registry if the hardware keyboard is open (at least for Raphael and Rhodium) and then if it discovered that the keyboard is closed, it triggers the screen back to portrait mode.
The "test" reg entry is
Code:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Keypad:IsSlideOut
"0" means the keyboard is closed,
"1" means the keyboard is opened.
Now I wrote a little app which is nothing more than a simple screen rotate toggler, but when it turns the screen to Landscape it writes "1" to the above registry value and therefore "cheats" the system that the keyboard is open (of course when run again, it sets the vaule back to "0").
When I use this app to rotate my screen to Landscape, the dialer doesn't switch back to portrait anymore. I have mapped this file to my hardware Send key and use this every time I want to change the orientation without actually sliding the keyboard (for instance in my car).
I didn't notice any side effects of this "cheat". The SIP in Landscape is triggered by different reg key
Code:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\GDI\Rotation:SlideKey
and the keyboard backlight is controlled in yet another place.
Feel free to test it and post your comments...
Hi, I have update the my nuxus 4 to Kitkat(4.4) but I am very much disappointed with new dialer, Can any one have the old 4.3 dialer?? Please share me..
Thanks,
Bhaskar
+1, every time I try to swipe to awap screens it deletes my favorites.
Also need it for a friend...If i pull it from factory image will be working??
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk
4.4 dialer sucks
That's why I went back to 4.3.
It really sux!
Agree with you.
Installing apk from jelly bean will fail as it has lower version (and it might be not the only reason).
Maybe some can grab sources from JB Dialer/Contacts app and change it's ID so Android will install it aside with original dialer as separate app painless?
:highfive:
it's just a matter of time till you get used to it, JB's dialer was and is outdated, the new one is a total improvement and you'll learn to like it like all of us did :fingers-crossed:
Why do you want the old dialer? If you have the same problem with it as me, I might have a workaround.
I hate that it doesnt show the dialer itself, I just want to open the app, press a few numbers and call a person. For this, someone made an Xposed module called Show Dialpad which will show the dialpad the moment you open the app. Now I don't mind using the new dialer anymore
zxzyzd said:
Why do you want the old dialer? If you have the same problem with it as me, I might have a workaround.
I hate that it doesnt show the dialer itself, I just want to open the app, press a few numbers and call a person. For this, someone made an Xposed module called Show Dialpad which will show the dialpad the moment you open the app. Now I don't mind using the new dialer anymore
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Do you know how or if we can get landscape in the new dialler? With the 4.3 one, the dialler automatically switched to landscape when docked in the car, which the Kitkat one doesn't seem to do.
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Do you know how or if we can get landscape in the new dialler? With the 4.3 one, the dialler automatically switched to landscape when docked in the car, which the Kitkat one doesn't seem to do.
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Xposed App Settings can also do that. Go to App Settings > Dialer, turn the switch on and in orientation, change (default) into Normal Rotation.
zxzyzd said:
Xposed App Settings can also do that. Go to App Settings > Dialer, turn the switch on and in orientation, change (default) into Normal Rotation.
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Thanks and yes I am already using that Xposed mod just to get some degree of landscape as unfortunately it doesn't give a 'proper' landscape mode. It just expands/compresses the portrait screen into landscape. So for example, the dialpad becomes almost unusable with the rows of numbers overlapping etc. On the 4.3 dialler, when docked, it brought up a properly formatted landscape mode, with the caller image on the left, and buttons on the right.
smar said:
Thanks and yes I am already using that Xposed mod just to get some degree of landscape as unfortunately it doesn't give a 'proper' landscape mode. It just expands/compresses the portrait screen into landscape. So for example, the dialpad becomes almost unusable with the rows of numbers overlapping etc. On the 4.3 dialler, when docked, it brought up a properly formatted landscape mode, with the caller image on the left, and buttons on the right.
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You can install Contacts+ from the play store. I would say it is a nice dialer to replace the stock.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.contapps.android
If you need more information about it here is the thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2091434
llaugerm said:
You can install Contacts+ from the play store. I would say it is a nice dialer to replace the stock.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.contapps.android
If you need more information about it here is the thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2091434
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Thanks. This certainly helps, but the one thing we're missing is the in-call landscape. Unfortunately due to the way Android works, it seems as if no other dialler can be used for the actual in-call functionality other than stock.
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