Questions tagged [auto-rotation]
Questions about the screen auto-rotate feature.
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Rotate Always On Display 90° On WearOS?
I've been playing with some ADB settings put commands on one of my WearOS watches (Galaxy Watch 7, WearOS 5, OneUI 6), to customize things a bit beyond what the settings app usually allows, and I've ...
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OTG physical mouse doesn't work on right side of screen in landscape mode for many apps
I have an Oppo A18. When I am using a physical mouse through OTG, I can't scroll or select when the cursor is on the right side of the screen in browsers and various apps/games. I have seen the same ...
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Does the Android Life360 app have an option to display in landscape mode out to an external display?
Looks like Life360 app itself will change to landscape but it gets letterboxed on the left and right sides. I have already reached out to customer support and they have mentioned that there is no ...
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How to have full autorotation with reverse portrait on phones?
In my experience, I can have a 360 degree autorotation only on tabs and not on phones. On phone, I can not set up reverse portrait mode. Some apps state that it is possible, my experiences are bad ...
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Turning off Rotate suggestion in stock android
Whenever auto-rotate is "off", the lower-right corner of the screen will have this button that allows for manual rotation when you press on it. I know that this is a built-in feature in ...
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Cloned Discord app doesn't respect the system's auto-rotation setting
On a realme gt master edition with Android 13, I have used the app cloning feature from the system to create a clone of the Discord app. This cloned instance always turns into landscape mode when I'm ...
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Prevent app from reversing the screen and mouse movement on BlissOS
I have installed the latest BlissOS on QEMU VM. The app which I'm interest in works, but it reverses the mouse (dragging up will move the mouse to left, dragging down will move to right) and the ...
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How to enable landscape mode for lockscreen in LineageOS 20 on Samsung Tab S6 Lite?
LineageOS has been a huge improvement in terms of responsiveness and customization compared to Samsung OneUI. However on Samsung Tab S6 Lite (which mostly is set horizontally on table) the lockscreen ...
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Android Accessibility Suite Doesn't Remember App Settings
Okay so, I have a Unihertz Jelly Star running Android 13. Because it has such a small screen, I'd like the ability to quickly toggle auto rotation. If I could add it as one of the functions on the ...
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Chromecast Google TV: rotate output to display with default portrait mode
I recently bought a Waveshare display to connect my Raspberry Pi (RPI) to it for showing Home Assistant info. The display also has a second HDMI port which I would like to use to connect my Chromecast ...
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Screen orientation under WSA
I started experimenting with WSA today because I want to use Moon+ reader on my Microsoft Surface device, and it doesn't have a native Windows version. The app seems to work so far, but the app's ...
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Have screen rotation option always on
The screen rotation of my phone works fine. When I rotate the phone from portrait to landscape, then a small icon appears in the lower right corner. I have to click it, then the screen rotates. Going ...
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Force an app to be able to auto-rotate in Android 12
I have some apps, like Spotify for example, which for some inexplicable reason do not allow me to rotate some activities (like the player) into landscape. I am looking for an app or method that can ...
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Disable auto-rotate does not work in certain apps
In android 11 I disabled auto-rotate of the screen by setting to "off" Settings > Display > Auto Rotate. however in certain apps that doesn't seem to make any difference and the screen ...
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Magisk to set orientation - Android Head Unit
On Android head units, the orientation typically defaults to landscape. And has disabled auto-rotation, the screen will always remain in a landscape mode. This effectively means you can't use any ...
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