Help Why doesn't the Droid X rotate home screen?

[r3dlined]

I noticed the Droid 1 and 2 can rotate the home screen. Is this a hidden feature or possible update for droid x? Its kinda annoying to have to rotate the phone when backing out the the home screen.

 

[aiqbal09]

install launcher pro from the market you'll be good to go

 

[deadinside]

ADW Launcher also works good for this and its free.

 

[hahaha what]

looks like ass

 

[john0821]

install launcher pro from the market you'll be good to go

+1...

 

[deekum1627]

droid1,2 rotate home screen b/c they have the slide up keyboard

 

[r3dlined]

Now that I put a magnet up to the back of my X I'm double pissed as I see the home screens and dialer can rotate just fine, but its not enabled!!!

I find that a completely lame feature! If you X out of the multimedia dock you;ll see that the X if full ready to rotate the rest of the screens.

 

[r3dlined]

 

[bigbadwulff]

Why on Earth they came out with a phone and it wouldn't rotate when in landscape is beyond me!

But as soon as I got my phone, Launcher Pro went on it, So I don't even know what the phone is like 'out of the box'

 

[r3dlined]

Yup but you lose the phone dialer in landscape. What pisses me off is the landscape mode is already built in and seems just completely turned off without the dock. I almost always have my X sideways and backing out to the home screen and having to turn it drives me bonkers. I hope someone comes out with something to leave the dock mode on for Froyo!

Launcher Pro is cool, but still some bugs that bug me about it.

 

[TheXFactor]

I use LP and had the home screen set to landscape mode but I turned it off because it's quite annoying. Every time I turned the phone sideways the screen rotated and I didn't care for it.

Why on earth do people need to have the homescreen rotate to landscape mode?

 

[r3dlined]

The better question is why on earth wouldn't it or at least have the option to? LP obviously thought it would be a good idea. I like to hold my phone sideways as I like widescreen monitors/TVs opposed to flipped up to be taller. Now that would be silly.

 

[bigbadwulff]

For me the phone is easier to hold in landscape.......PLUS look at that wonderful BIG keyboard in landscape. I use the whole phone in landscape except to make a phone call and whatever programs work in friggen portrait only.
Landscape is where it's at

 

[r3dlined]

There is an app called dock simulator that I never tried when i was on 2.1. Guess that will be the next best bet once there is a 2.2. version (I hope).

 

[nipatel1]

A heads up that LP would completely remove all your home + 7 screen widgets and icons.... LP is sweet though!

 

[mxsjw]

A heads up that LP would completely remove all your home + 7 screen widgets and icons.

No, no it does not.
Not unless you remove all the stuff yourself, which I did. But otherwise, everything set up on your stock launcher will be there when you switch back to from launcher pro. It's just a good idea to remove everything from the stock screens so the apps and widgets aren't running in the background while you use LP.

 

[Justintoxicated]

I swear mine would rotate but I had to turn it on, and it would only rotate one direction (buttons to the right).

But I don't even have the stock launcher Blur anymore since I'm running tranquility.