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Stock launcher question...

Is there a way to enable landscape mode in our STOCK launcher WITHOUT sliding the keypad but just rotating the phone by 90° to the left or right?
(please don't recommend me other launcher, I love SE's one and I won't change it)
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romcio47 said:
Is there a way to enable landscape mode in our STOCK launcher WITHOUT sliding the keypad but just rotating the phone by 90° to the left or right?
(please don't recommend me other launcher, I love SE's one and I won't change it)
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Possibly, maybe through a hack to the app

What I find really annoying is when it's on the dock everything is properly landscape, contacts, dialler etc, but when you're on a call you only get a portrait version stuck on its side!
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Wallpaper Cropping Glitch

Has anyone experienced the phenomenon shown in the two images below?
- My phone is unlocked and rooted.
- I am running LiquidSmooth v1.35
- I am also running Franco Milestone 3 kernel
It seems wallpapers will not behave correctly when my phone is in landscape mode. Anybody have some ideas?
I have tried "Wallpaper Wizardrii" which hasn't worked. This happens with both the stock launcher and the Apex launcher.

what is the resolution of the wallpaper?

That particular one is 1280x800. I set the wallpaper, just now, using the gallery "set as" function but while in landscape mode and it has eliminated the black bands on either side. However the transition from portrait to landscape is ugly (the wallpaper jumps around a bit before settling).
I don't remember it being like this in the past. If anyone has any fixes, they would be much appreciated.
Thanks.

I thought the last thing I did fixed it... but a few rotations later it was back to misaligned.

Same thing happens here on stock rom rooted using apex.
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Try using Quick Pic to set the wallpaper.
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djowett said:
Try using Quick Pic to set the wallpaper.
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Unfortunately wizard or quickpic didn't work for me either.
Edit;
I was going to suggest maybe its some kind of resolution issue but this happens even using the stock provided wall papers and built in wall paper wall paper picker app.
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I hate the new ICS wallpaper implementation. Especially, because I always turn off the "Scrolling Wallpaper" option. And I always have to crop my wallpapers to make them fit my screen :X

So this is ICS bug not launcher?
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I'm pretty certain that landscape mode isn't supported by the stock ICS launcher, is it?

copkay said:
I'm pretty certain that landscape mode isn't supported by the stock ICS launcher, is it?
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I dont think it does.
OP, i do not have this issue.
at the time of reading this, i had a wallpaper set to not scroll, and i enabled horizontal lock screen. i had the issue you were talking about.
once i enabled scrolling wallpaper, and reset the wallpaper (same one) i had full screen wallpaper on the hoizontal lock screen.
seems to be an issue with scrolling wallpapers, which also isn't an option to disable on the stock launcher.

copkay said:
I'm pretty certain that landscape mode isn't supported by the stock ICS launcher, is it?
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Yeah your right forgot about that. Still though, I'm sure older versions of apex displayed the wall paper right in landscape, only since the recent betas it started playing up.
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I'm pretty sure the stock launcher supports landscape mode. It happens when you choose Settings > Display > Auto-rotate screen.
Update: I just switched back the the stock launcher and it does auto-rotate AND has the glitch.

sparkdroid said:
I'm pretty sure the stock launcher supports landscape mode. It happens when you choose Settings > Display > Auto-rotate screen.
Update: I just switched back the the stock launcher and it does auto-rotate AND has the glitch.
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Stock rom stock launcher won't auto rotate for me. I'm sure the stock launcher actually supports it but stock rom doesn't and requires tablet mode or something for it to be landscape. I'm sure this is why people started switching to 3rd party launchers to use landscape mode.
Are you on stock rom?
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The Gingerbread Man said:
Stock rom stock launcher won't auto rotate for me. I'm sure the stock launcher actually supports it but stock rom doesn't and requires tablet mode or something for it to be landscape. I'm sure this is why people started switching to 3rd party launchers to use landscape mode.
Are you on stock rom?
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I am on custom ROM and custom Kernel (see first post). Hmmm... I will have to keep looking for a fix

sparkdroid said:
I am on custom ROM and custom Kernel (see first post). Hmmm... I will have to keep looking for a fix
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Iv just decided to suck it up for now and use scrolling wall paper even though I don't really want to but better than looking broken.
Do share if you find anything more out.
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Disable Tablet UI?

Anyone know how to disable Tablet UI while running ICS?
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If your rooted you can change the screen density to 180 or more ...the only thing is you'll have to run nova launcher or other launcher cause the stock will fc
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If by UI you are talking about the system bar. If you rooted you can use gesture control from the play store to make it hide. It works well, but some times reset the wallpaper but the dev has a simple fix in the description.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.goodmooddroid.gesturecontroldemo&hl=en

Thanks for your input guys. I will change density and report back
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unfortunately changing the density does not force cm9 into non-tablet mode. icons did seem to get a bit smaller but the phone-style navbar never showed up. I see there are a lot of threads on how to force a phone to use the tablet UI but nothing about getting a tablet to use the phone UI.
A toggle in the settings to enable/disable tablet UI would be awesome

I did it on my a100 running flex .....when I did it I set it to 180 or 200 .....the stock launcher fc I then launched nova and bam the phone status bar appeared ....not sure why it wouldn't be the same in cm9
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I just flashed Flex, what method did you use to adjust the density?
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cdkg said:
I just flashed Flex, what method did you use to adjust the density?
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Rom toolbox offers density control and I know there's another in the market but I've never used it. Like density control or modder or something like that.
Tapatalked from my Galaxy S II.

LCD density for ROOT is the app I used
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So, it works on cm9, but how do I get the on screen button for the phone UI????
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I never did get this working :'(
Flex Rom: after I changed the density and restarted it gets tuck in a bootloop
CM9: density change works but the bottom Nav buttons don't show up
I'm gonna ask some one I know who devs for the Xoom and see what he has to say.
In the meantime if anyone has any concrete answers or recommendations please post.

Someone that is willing to try, can try to get us on screen buttons for the cm9 with this....
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1364757
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Tempting. I would love to get this working.
For some reason I don't really like the tablet UI on the A100.
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cdkg said:
Tempting. I would love to get this working.
For some reason I don't really like the tablet UI on the A100.
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OK...I may be missing the point not here but let's see.
You want the phone status bar and pull down, right? But I assume keeping the nav bar at the bottom for back home recent and menu?
If so then yes the framework will need to be modded for it. Are you trying this for cm9 or stock or what, it'll be rom specific. I can see about doing it on cm9 but stock will have to wait until I reflash flex reaper.
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pio_masaki said:
OK...I may be missing the point not here but let's see.
You want the phone status bar and pull down, right? But I assume keeping the nav bar at the bottom for back home recent and menu?
If so then yes the framework will need to be modded for it. Are you trying this for cm9 or stock or what, it'll be rom specific. I can see about doing it on cm9 but stock will have to wait until I reflash flex reaper.
Tapatalked from my Galaxy S II.
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That'd be win lol. Totally prefer ICS's phone UI lol
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Pio, that's exactly right. I'm only interested for your CM9 builds
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cdkg said:
Pio, that's exactly right. I'm only interested for your CM9 builds
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lol well while I appreciate that, I just build from source, the team is doing the hard work.
I'll see about getting it going on CM9, if I can get it figured out on there, it'll be pretty straight forward for stock based ROMs. Since flex reaper has so many mods, it may or may not interfere with those mods, meaning if you apply a mod, then apply the status bar mod, it may overwrite the FR mod. Make sense?
I managed to get a touch CWM working, so I have some spare time to throw at this too.

Nice! If you need a tester....
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cdkg said:
Nice! If you need a tester....
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If you mean CWM Touch, [email protected] also got one going, posted in the thread about that, I got mine going a few hours ago and PMed him the link, but my xda is all scrambled so I never made a post for it.
If you mean this status bar thing, sure no problem I'll put it up when/if I figure it out.
Been using tapatalk all day and its making my face hurt.

Welli actually meant both but way more interested in Phone UI mod
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[Poll] Your solution for the "Rotate" topic

We all know that by default you can activate the rotation of the screen but the main desktop and the App Drawer won't do that. So in few words what's your solution?
Leave it as stock
Use the True Tablet UI Patch
Use a launcher
Use TTUI Patch + Launcher
ParanoidAndroid Rom
Really curious to know what you have done!

I use nova launcher.

+1 for Nova
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Nova as well
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You can add a string like force_enable_rotation=true
simms22 told me about it, thanks again man
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How about the lock screen?
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ultimate rotation control app - had lag issues - seems to be sorted now

CharliesTheMan said:
You can add a string like force_enable_rotation=true
simms22 told me about it, thanks again man
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Without changing the pixel density?

Holo Launcher seems to do the trick you are looking for. Matter of fact, most of the third party launchers would let you do landscape desktop and app drawer.

I use nova launcher , but if u want a stock launcher with rotation Modaco launcher it's a good choise!!!
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Looking at these posts looks like no one used the "True Tablet UI Patch" or the stock launcher....

force_enable_rotation=true @local.prop
stock launcher.
Knight77 said:
Without changing the pixel density?
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yup. the thread title's "Rotate topic", not true tablet UI. for tablet UI, u change it the DPI to 160. but i dont like that. too small screen.
but yeah, this doesn't rotate the lock screen though. not that i can't swipe up/down instead of left/right.......

R3dbeaver said:
force_enable_rotation=true @local.prop
stock launcher.
yup. the thread title's "Rotate topic", not true tablet UI. for tablet UI, u change it the DPI to 160. but i dont like that. too small screen.
but yeah, this doesn't rotate the lock screen though. not that i can't swipe up/down instead of left/right.......
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Actually the topic is "your solution for..." the rotate topic So checking answers looks like most of the people just use another laucher.
But the one you posted in few words is for what? I mean for the way I read your answer this doesn't make anything different than the "rotate" funcion in the notification bar. Or it also allows to rotate the main desktop and the app drawer?

R3dbeaver said:
force_enable_rotation=true @local.prop
stock launcher.
yup. the thread title's "Rotate topic", not true tablet UI. for tablet UI, u change it the DPI to 160. but i dont like that. too small screen.
but yeah, this doesn't rotate the lock screen though. not that i can't swipe up/down instead of left/right.......
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Actually, the funny thing is I have added this mod. It doesn't rotate the time on the lock screen but you still swipe to the right to unlock ... (toward bottom if you were in portrait mode)...no dpi changes or any other mods needed. I'm on rooted, unlocked stock ROM.
What I really wanna know is where I can mod the home screen to scroll continuously...I haven't looked yet. I have the setting on my phone, but haven't played with the N7 enough to find it yet.

I use Apex. Paid for the Pro version of it, over Nova, since Apex offered... less features for the Pro version (in other words, Nova had a lot of stuff in Pro that was non-existent in the free, and I don't like feeling like I "have" to pay in order to use an app efficiently...)

I used launcher.force_enable_rotation=true inside a new local.prop file in /data. I always use portrait mode and a pin in the lock screen, so portrait only in lock screen is fine by me.
My biggest issue was when in landscape, if I went back into home I would have to rotate from landscape to portrait, then back into landscape and if I pressed a button by mistake again, back into portrait.
I tried the change build.prop dpi settings but didn't like tablet UI for this little thing..... and I don't want to squint.
Tried ultimate rotation control which works great, it also rotates the lockscreen, but costs something like £2 after a 7 trial vs what I use now.
espionage724 said:
I use Apex. Paid for the Pro version of it, over Nova, since Apex offered... less features for the Pro version (in other words, Nova had a lot of stuff in Pro that was non-existent in the free, and I don't like feeling like I "have" to pay in order to use an app efficiently...)
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So you paid for less features in general out of principal?
Or did Apex have more free features compared to Nova, and the Pro versions equalled things out on both sides?
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Knight77 said:
Actually the topic is "your solution for..." the rotate topic So checking answers looks like most of the people just use another laucher.
But the one you posted in few words is for what? I mean for the way I read your answer this doesn't make anything different than the "rotate" funcion in the notification bar. Or it also allows to rotate the main desktop and the app drawer?
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Yes, sorry for not being clear. That tweak to local.prop is to rotate the main desktop and app drawer, just not the lock screen.
The GUI dpi change tweak it's for a complete tablet ui
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another launcher (because the default one doesn't have enough features for my taste anyway)
I don't know why some of your options are listed, like paranoidandroid rom, wtf.

Most custom roms include a landscape launcher. This shouldn't be that complicated. The stock launcher simply doesn't do landscape without tweaks. If you run stock, just download Nova or Apex.
I run EOS and its built in tablet mode with Apex.
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apex launcher, tablet mode at 160dpi :good:
IMHO apex (free) is the best

[Q] Landscape view

Does anyone know if as standard the home screen will switch to landscape view when rotated. I have the s3 which doesn't. I know I can get apps and launchers etc to combat this, but my question is does the note 2 with stock launcher rotate home screens?
Thanks for your time.

No it does not. Limitation of TW. The same in JB. However, SPB Shell does allow this.
Hopefully, someone on here maybe able able to have tweak for it! (Please).
You can try this, it does work with tw...https://play.google.com/store/apps/d....fameit.rotate (7 day trial version).

Apparently jellybean 4.2 allows home screen rotation.

jutley said:
Apparently jellybean 4.2 allows home screen rotation.
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Think I read that was for the nexus 7 only but could be wrong. Going with go launcher for now.
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jutley said:
Apparently jellybean 4.2 allows home screen rotation.
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Just a correction, It's not 4.2, it's 4.1.2.
4.2 won't be called Jelly Bean.
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