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[ICS] Isn't the home screen supposed to be able to rotate ?

Hi ,
I'm sure I've seen this in several videos of pre-release Android ICS ! The home screen and the app drawer rotate in landscape mode.
Apparently it isn't the case in Android 4.0.1 on the GN... Why, why did they remove the feature ?! Am I missing something ?
[Sorry for the likely poor english, not from here]

EDIT: Seems I can't remove my own posts here for some reason. Slightly rewritten to at least make sense.
There has never been official support for that as far as I know. Some custom launchers implemented it.
What I said above was before I saw you mention pre-release ICS. In that case it indeed seems strange. Perhaps it was buggy?

Home screen rotate
I thought it would as well as am most disappointed , as it actually does work perfectly well when you plug in the mhl cable and turn it into landscape mode. Just dont understand why not without the cable , Perhaps a request to be put in for the next software update ?

Exactly, if you connect it to your TV with a MHL cable you can rotate the screen no problem.

cja1972 said:
I thought it would as well as am most disappointed , as it actually does work perfectly well when you plug in the mhl cable and turn it into landscape mode. Just dont understand why not without the cable , Perhaps a request to be put in for the next software update ?
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Can you take a picture of the TV screen? I want to see what the launcher looks like in landscape.

I took some pictures, and there is a picture of the lockscreen as well ;-)
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/9025/dsc01335u.jpg
http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/1873/dsc01337p.jpg
http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/1130/dsc01334u.jpg

Hope our friendly hackers here will fix this for us. xD
It looks quite polished, I don't see why Google removed it at the last minute?

Check your settings, the rotate option might be disabled.

Chris95X8 said:
Check your settings, the rotate option might be disabled.
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There is no such option. I mean there is but it does not affect the main screen.

gambiting said:
I took some pictures, and there is a picture of the lockscreen as well ;-)
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/9025/dsc01335u.jpg
http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/1873/dsc01337p.jpg
http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/1130/dsc01334u.jpg
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Sorry to hijack what battery widget are you using?

Martinp86 said:
Sorry to hijack what battery widget are you using?
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BatteryLife by CurveFish

gambiting said:
There is no such option. I mean there is but it does not affect the main screen.
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There is an option. It's in 'system settings' -> 'Launcher preferences' -> 'General' -> 'Auto-rotate screen'.
Your home screen should now rotate between landscape and portrait. Nice and intuitive setting location, right?

billstidham said:
There is an option. It's in 'system settings' -> 'Launcher preferences' -> 'General' -> 'Auto-rotate screen'.
Your home screen should now rotate between landscape and portrait. Nice and intuitive setting location, right?
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It doesn't work on the home screen. Never did on any official builds. The option is there,but it only affects applications, not the home screen.

billstidham said:
There is an option. It's in 'system settings' -> 'Launcher preferences' -> 'General' -> 'Auto-rotate screen'.
Your home screen should now rotate between landscape and portrait. Nice and intuitive setting location, right?
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Why bump a thread from November ?? And there is no such thing as launcher preferences. You are running a rom that has it.
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gambiting said:
It doesn't work on the home screen. Never did on any official builds. The option is there,but it only affects applications, not the home screen.
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I didn't really think to mention the rom I'm running. I'm running ICS Passion 10.6. In this rom there are two setting for it, one in 'Display' -> 'Auto-rotate screen' which seems to control rotation in apps, and one in 'Launcher preferences' -> 'General' -> 'Auto-rotate screen' which enables home screen rotation.
As mentioned by joshnichols189, I'm running a rom that has the option NOT an official release. Again, my apologies for the Confusion.
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Why bump a thread from November ?? And there is no such thing as launcher preferences. You are running a rom that has it.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
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I wasn't trying to bump the thread. I was looking for the answer myself and found this forum post. I found the answer myself afterwards and thought I would be witty and post a response. Of course my response was unfortunately flawed, but still well-intentioned. The thread's only a few months old, I really don't see the problem here.

FWIW, at least on my G-Nex, this app allows the stock launcher to either auto-rotate or be locked in landscape: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.devasque.rotationlocker
XDA thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1412752

[q] volume on cm10

Hi!
My name is Takin, and I live in Norway.
I'm new to this stuff and just got my kindle yesterday. Went straight home and rooted it and loaded CM9 on it and then upgrading to CM10.
The fact that the Kindle does not have physical volume controls haven't really bothered me before now. For every stroke on the on-screen keyboard, I hear a clicking sound (really loud if headphones are plugged in). The option is in fact unchecked in the settings menu.
Another thing - is there no other way to moderate the volume than doing this trough the whole process of entering the system-menu?
My last question: regarding this problem. Should I wipe the device and stay on CM9 ?

Anyone?:..

Install an app that will give you a widget. I use "Volume" from the store.
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takink said:
For every stroke on the on-screen keyboard, I hear a clicking sound (really loud if headphones are plugged in). The option is in fact unchecked in the settings menu.
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Keyboard sounds are separate from other sounds and volumes. Under "Languages & Input" in settings, you can access the keyboard settings and disable key clicks.
Another thing - is there no other way to moderate the volume than doing this trough the whole process of entering the system-menu?
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Apart from AOSP, I think all CM10 based ROMS either have a volume controller in the notification menu, or have a setting to enable it.
Hope that helps.

takink said:
Hi!
I'm new to this stuff and just got my kindle yesterday. Went straight home and rooted it and loaded CM9 on it and then upgrading to CM10.
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What CM10 ROM are you running?
And just like soupmagnet said, go to the settings, and under Personal, there is a Language and input option. Choose that, and then tap on the little slider icon next to the Android keyboard. There you can turn off Sound on keypress.
If you have your tablet in a tablet UI, there should be a sound bar in your notification popup menu.
If you are looking for a developed CM10, then I would choose twa-priv's ROM with SGT7 and other fun stuff. If you are looking for a pure Vanilla experience, I would choose something like Hashcode's.

I have had no issues whatsoever with sounds and control of them with twa-priv's ROM with SGT7. I tried another CM10 ROM but went back to twa-priv's because it was more developed.

I found out how to turn off touch sounds, but can't find keyboard clicks. This is running Hash's JB build. Think it was 9/28

matchstick13 said:
I found out how to turn off touch sounds, but can't find keyboard clicks. This is running Hash's JB build. Think it was 9/28
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Settings menu > Language & input...
Select the settings icon for your keyboard and deselect "sound on keypress".

Thanks found it. Didn't realize there was an extra settings button there.
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[Q] How to change/customize screen orientation?

Greets!
In a nutshell: looking for a way to hold my screen up-side-down and have it show correctly. Basically I wan to put it in my dash holder up-side down so that the usb charging port is facing the bottom. That way, I dont have to try an get my charging and audio cables to reach all of the way to the top!
I have found an app that lets me change to landscape, but not completely all the way around. My iPad does this with ease by default. Any clue on how to change the orientation so that I can hold my phone up-side-down but still have the screen showing correctly?
Also, running Slim 4.2.2 Build5 if that makes a difference.
Thanks!

One of the settings (display maybe?) has what screen orientations are enabled. 180 is off by default.
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frostedunit said:
One of the settings (display maybe?) has what screen orientations are enabled. 180 is off by default.
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Stock CM and many ROMs based off it has this option BUT they will not enforce this on all apps AND it will not work on lockscreen (i.e. even if you lock it 180 in settings, you'll have to unlock in 0 degrees).
I've investigated the same problem quite much and found "Ultimate Rotation Controls" to be the only solution that can force all apps including the lockscreen to rotate in any direction you want (while other similar apps also can force apps to rotate but fail on lockscreen).
Sent from HTC Incredible S @ CM10.1

AndyYan said:
Stock CM and many ROMs based off it has this option BUT they will not enforce this on all apps AND it will not work on lockscreen (i.e. even if you lock it 180 in settings, you'll have to unlock in 0 degrees).
I've investigated the same problem quite much and found "Ultimate Rotation Controls" to be the only solution that can force all apps including the lockscreen to rotate in any direction you want (while other similar apps also can force apps to rotate but fail on lockscreen).
Sent from HTC Incredible S @ CM10.1
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PERFECT! Thats exactly what I am looking for: Thanks!

magnamagna said:
Greets!
In a nutshell: looking for a way to hold my screen up-side-down and have it show correctly. Basically I wan to put it in my dash holder up-side down so that the usb charging port is facing the bottom. That way, I dont have to try an get my charging and audio cables to reach all of the way to the top!
I have found an app that lets me change to landscape, but not completely all the way around. My iPad does this with ease by default. Any clue on how to change the orientation so that I can hold my phone up-side-down but still have the screen showing correctly?
Also, running Slim 4.2.2 Build5 if that makes a difference.
Thanks!
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frostedunit said:
One of the settings (display maybe?) has what screen orientations are enabled. 180 is off by default.
Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk 2
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System settings > Interface > Display > Rotation

How to get rid of the rightmost, demo home screen?

My gpad (US version) has the rightmost home screen delivered with gpad feature demo screen. How do I get rid of it?
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bklm1234 said:
My gpad (US version) has the rightmost home screen delivered with gpad feature demo screen. How do I get rid of it?
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I'm not sure exactly where it is in Settings, but there's definitely a setting under display or such, where it says that you have a separate screen with all the features described. At least this is what I think you mean by rightmost demo home screen. The screen is to the right of the default screen and lets you select different walk throughs for the different features. Be assured, it's in settings.
I'd look it up for you, but just half a week ago, I just couldn't stand the stock rom anymore. All my other devices are on 4.4, so I just had to install cm11.
I hope I could help.

Settings > Display > Home Screen. Under 'Tips', uncheck 'Do you know?'

dgenx210 said:
Settings > Display > Home Screen. Under 'Tips', uncheck 'Do you know?'
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Simple when you know How

got it. Thanks

[SOLVED] System UI Tuner doesn't show up in Android M

Just flashed Android M final version from factory image, try the method (long tap on Settings gear) for System UI Tuner, but nothing happens...
Any idea?

It took me several tries to get it to work. I finally went to settings to see if I missed the message, but I didn't. Once I did it once from the settings screen it worked.

pappt said:
Just flashed Android M final version from factory image, try the method (long tap on Settings gear) for System UI Tuner, but nothing happens...
Any idea?
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Probably the animation is disabled in developer option. Enable it and reboot.
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ranaxda200 said:
Probably the animation is disabled in developer option. Enable it and reboot.
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Yes, i disabled the animation...i hope that's the reason...i am not have the tab with me right now, so can't try immediately.
Thanks!

Google is hiding everything from users as usual.
System UI tuner is nowhere to be found on Nexus 7 by default even under developer options. It just doesnt exist!
In order to enable System UI tuner on your Nexus 7 in the first place you have to long tap settings icon and then you get message "congratulations, system UI tuner has been enabled"
Enjoy!
BTW, there is no vertical app drawer by default on Nexus 7 either! You have to download "Google Now Launcher" app from Google Play/ Carefully read notifications once you open this app, it is asking if you want to transfer all icons on your current homescreen to new one or start from scratch

pappt said:
Yes, i disabled the animation...i hope that's the reason...i am not have the tab with me right now, so can't try immediately.
Thanks!
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the animation was the trick...or the bug?
Anyway, it's working now.

I am unable to get this to activate. I went under develop options to check the animation settings. All I see is: window animation scale, transition animation scale, and animator duration scale. All 3 are at 1x. Any thoughts?

im using a note 3 running resurrection remix android 6.0.1 and i am also unable to enable system ui tuner. Developer options is turned on, animations are turned on as well, but the gear will not spin and i cannot get the toast message no matter how many times i try to press and hold the button. Please help.

my t-mobile galaxy note 5 just updated to Marshmallow, and i am not able to enable the system ui tuner. any help ?

Im having the same problelm
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I am unable to get this to activate. I went under develop options to check the animation settings. All I see is: window animation scale, transition animation scale, and animator duration scale. All 3 are at 1x. Any thoughts?
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let me know if you get any answers.

I have the same problem. Doesn't work.

With Cyanogenmod 12.1 (latest smapshot) my problem is the same. The cog keeps spinning around and stops when I don't touch it anymore. Is it possible to edit some config file to activate the System UI Tuner? Or isn't there any Sytem UI Tuner in the Cyanogenmod releases at all?
Heinz

^It does the same in CM13 on my i777. I'm pretty sure it doesn't do anything because those settings are already available in CM.

sorry, wrong phone

How is this SOLVED? I am having the same problem on a non rooted Samsung galaxy s5. And this did not explain why it is not working or how to get to the system ui tuner. I've tried everything, but the gear doesn't spin at all. And in all the pics I've seen, none of them have hardware buttons like the galaxies do, they've always been the buttons on the screen, the back button, the home button, and the menu button.

I am using asus zenphone 2 laser 5.5.....
I can't enable the system ui tunner...
I tried all the way what are clearly shown above.
Any one help me

cmckee.cna said:
How is this SOLVED? I am having the same problem on a non rooted Samsung galaxy s5. And this did not explain why it is not working or how to get to the system ui tuner. I've tried everything, but the gear doesn't spin at all. And in all the pics I've seen, none of them have hardware buttons like the galaxies do, they've always been the buttons on the screen, the back button, the home button, and the menu button.
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Touchwiz removed the settings with one of its updates. There is no current access to the System UI.
Recommend removing the SOLVED part of the title, so as to not confuse anyone searching for solutions.

FOUND THE FIX
Disable Developer Options
Reboot
Do the tappy tap on your Build Number to re-enable Developer Options
Swipe down and hold dat Settings icon for ~5sec
Tada

Pimpataria said:
FOUND THE FIX
Disable Developer Options
Reboot
Do the tappy tap on your Build Number to re-enable Developer Options
Swipe down and hold dat Settings icon for ~5sec
Tada
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I've tried all the options mention in this thread. But cudnt get into the system ui. Is it device specific or all marshmallow devices are supported? Please help me in a more detailed method if possible. I'm using Symphony i10 mtk6580 android 6.0 device.

buraq4 said:
I've tried all the options mention in this thread. But cudnt get into the system ui. Is it device specific or all marshmallow devices are supported? Please help me in a more detailed method if possible. I'm using Symphony i10 mtk6580 android 6.0 device.
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Unfortunately it may not be a universal fix. Decided to share just in case it might work for anyone else