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Help rotate 1 way, landscape works; rotate other way, it doesn't

I just bought the Nexus One unlocked for AT&T and really like it. 1 wierd thing is that when I rotate the phone counter clockwise, the screen goes to landscape just fine; but when I rotate it clockwise it does not go to landscape "the other way". And, if I'm holding the phone 'normally' and rotate it 180 degrees ('upside down') it doesn't follow.

My youngest daughter delights in telling me that her iPhone does this with no problem. What's up with that?
 
I just bought the Nexus One unlocked for AT&T and really like it. 1 wierd thing is that when I rotate the phone counter clockwise, the screen goes to landscape just fine; but when I rotate it clockwise it does not go to landscape "the other way". And, if I'm holding the phone 'normally' and rotate it 180 degrees ('upside down') it doesn't follow.

My youngest daughter delights in telling me that her iPhone does this with no problem. What's up with that?
with FroYo it will rotate 'both landscape modes' (clockwise and anti-clockwise) but not upside down portrait mode
 
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Agreed. The two way rotation makes me dizzy ... or dizzier than I already am.
Hahah true dat! I was typing a rather lengthy e-mail on the go today and somehow I got switched to reverse-landscape (as I call it). I pressed the charging led space of the screen like 5 times before I realized there was no back button there.
And I used to be soo good with new technology, I'm getting old lol :p
 
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