Hi everyone,
I was wondering if anyone has seen or heard of a horizontal/landscape docking station / stand for the HTC One. All I see is the portrait one, but I use my phone as an alarm clock as well, and it would be really cool if the alarm app would automatically switch on when it senses it's in a landscape holder of some type. My Original Google Droid had such a holder, and my wife's Sony Xperia Play (don't laugh) also had this accessory.
Alarm clock apps are supposed to be viewed in landscape mode. I have searched on the web, and I don't even see references to even a future product. I thought maybe someone on this forum might have some inside info, unless I overlooked something.
Thanks again for any replies.
Alberto
Just picked up a Otterbox Defender and the belt clip rotates and snaps open to hold your phone in a landscape layout.
The problem is that Sense 5.0 doesn't come with a desktop clock mode like you get in stock Android. HTC doesn't make a desktop dock for the phone, so nothing happens when you plug it into a power source.
I just use a portrait dock and have Tasker launch a desk clock app.
earlyberd said:
The problem is that Sense 5.0 doesn't come with a desktop clock mode like you get in stock Android. HTC doesn't make a desktop dock for the phone, so nothing happens when you plug it into a power source.
I just use a portrait dock and have Tasker launch a desk clock app.
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Through HTC Media Link HD there is a horizontal Sense mode so there is probably a way to force this through some tweaks i suppose.
Maybe Trickdroid has that function in the Tweaks app or maybe ViperOne. Haven't tried it though only with Media link HD.
Can't test it myself currently cause i'm at a GPe rom.
Or put the phone in Car mode
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Hi:
I finally got a nice eBay dock for the Desire Z, which fits well as long as I take the case off...
Now I'm looking for a home/dock app that will display the time, weather, news in a full-screen app. I downloaded the Samsung Desk Home app, but it doesn't want to install.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
well alarm clock plus gives you the option of adding any widget you want plus access to your music pictures and alarms and for me it automatically opens when i dock my phone
Sounds like you want HTC sense?
After searching the forums, I see that landscape mode while in the home screen is not something that exists on the Galaxy Nexus. However the other day I put my Verizon Galaxy Nexus in the Verizon car dock (sideways to use navigation) and the screen jumped to landscape mode! I started music then navigator, drove off, arrived at my destination, removed my phone, and it has not happened since.
Has anyone had this happen? Is it a glitch or a hidden feature?
I tried to place the phone against my old Droid 1 dock and the magnets in it had no effect on the G-Nex.
Stock rooted.
Thanks!
The car dock will put the launcher in landscape but you need an alternative launcher to achieve this effect without the dock.
It's the same if you use the MHL -> HDMI cable, your screen then goes to Landscape mode.
Have u tried Orientation Control from the Market?
Don't have a Galaxy Nexus but if you want to set how the homescreen behaves (always portrait/ always automatic orientation change), I would recommend using Nova Launcher. It is basically the standard ICS launcher with extended settings (i.e. for screen rotation).
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Have u tried Orientation Control from the Market?
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What does that do exactly?
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U can use it to force landscape.
I use it on my GTV...
You can also use Rotation Locker: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.devasque.rotationlocker&hl=en
Even though the Dev doesn't necessarily intend it to work this way (see thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1412752 ), if I set it to Portrait, Auto-Rotate, or Landscape, just about every app (including the stock launcher) on my G-Nex locks to Portrait, Auto-Rotate, or Landscape, respectively.
I have a Sensation XL and the official HTC dock which ( like lots of other phones ) will enter dock mode when inserted into it.
As there is no dock app in apps does that mean when a dock is released ( assuming the dock will charge via the touch points on the back ) no Dock mode will be auto entered ?
I use my phone as an alarm clock and love to dock it next to my bed and as this X had the touch points USB can be taken out of the equation meaning no fiddling to dock it.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts
Si
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I have a Sensation XL and the official HTC dock which ( like lots of other phones ) will enter dock mode when inserted into it.
As there is no dock app in apps does that mean when a dock is released ( assuming the dock will charge via the touch points on the back ) no Dock mode will be auto entered ?
I use my phone as an alarm clock and love to dock it next to my bed and as this X had the touch points USB can be taken out of the equation meaning no fiddling to dock it.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts
Si
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It has "Dock Settings", so I suppose there is also an app which pops up. Having no app in the app drawer doesn't mean that there is no app at all
Maybe someone with a device could use something like any cut to create a shortcut to the Dock App and run it ? I'd like to see if it's the same as the 3.6 sense app I have.
Thanks
Si
Was just wondering if anyone knows of a way for there to be media controls when the phone is in clock mode. I had a droid bionic and when i put it in the dock it would go into a nice big clock mode with the abiltity to control the music and thats really the only aspect that i miss. Does anyone have a viable option? even if its an app that works as well as a well made dock mode, that will be fine. I just miss it. Lol.
any suggestions are more than welcome
-ty
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I apologize if this question is old hat. I really did try searching the forums for it in advance. Perhaps I was formulating the search in such poorly. I'm relatively unfamiliar with Android terminology.
Anyway, so I have a KF running the ROM mentioned in the title, the CM10 w/ STG7 improvements by twa_priv. Latest iteration. My first Android ROM for the KF, though, was "Jandycane." I switched off of it because A. it couldn't run Chrome and B. my device had absolutely abysmal battery life while using it. But Jandycane's Trebuchet launcher had an option that allowed you to have an app dock on both sides of the home screen simultaneously. It also adjusted far better to switching between portrait & landscape.
Does anyone know the "mode" I'm talking about? Or if there's some way to enable it on other ROMs besides JC? Is there a way to independently install a version of Trebuchet within this mod that allows for dual docks? I'd really like to stick with the ROM I'm on except for this one feature.
I don't know if there is a way to have two app docks. I know you can't have the phone app dock (bottom center) and tablet app dock (upper right) together obviously. If you want easy access to your app dock, though, I would recommend using one of the "gestures" that you can use. It is located in the settings under Launcher, and is the last row. I don't have the button for the app dock enabled because I use the swipe down gesture to control opening up my apps.
As far as switching between portrait and landscape, if you have Auto-rotate screen enabled, it should work pretty well. It does lag a little bit, but I don't think there's anyway to get around that. You might try the auto rotation app featured at this website: http://www.androidtablets.net/forum/nexus-7/44113-how-get-auto-rotation-nexus-7-home-screen-app.html but I don't know how well it works, so no guarantees.
oh, and I also am running twa_priv's ROM...
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I don't know if there is a way to have two app docks. I know you can't have the phone app dock (bottom center) and tablet app dock (upper right) together obviously. If you want easy access to your app dock, though, I would recommend using one of the "gestures" that you can use. It is located in the settings under Launcher, and is the last row. I don't have the button for the app dock enabled because I use the swipe down gesture to control opening up my apps.
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Thanks for the reply. I'm afraid it's not about access; it's just about having the "dual docks" option Jandycane has, combined with the stability and flexibility of twa_priv's build.
As far as switching between portrait and landscape, if you have Auto-rotate screen enabled, it should work pretty well. It does lag a little bit, but I don't think there's anyway to get around that. You might try the auto rotation app featured at this website: but I don't know how well it works, so no guarantees.
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Lag hasn't been the problem at all. What I was trying to get at is, the way icons rotate with the "dual docks" option makes a lot of sense. The top and bottom in portrait become the left and right in landscape, while the center rows & columns remain in the same positions they would have been otherwise. Things which are situated properly in landscape also look good in portrait, and vice versa. Without dual docks, rotating the icons basically behaves the same way the iPad does; if you set it up in portrait, landscape will look terrible. And vice versa.