Orientation / Accelerometer Problems

[aluminum]

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[tolas]

I too have this issue (feature?).

I'm sure it did it when I first got my phone. Thus I also think it has to do with the number of icons/widgets on the home screen.

Anyone want to clear their screen out to check?

 

[indolent]

I cleared everything off of the home screens, rebooted the phone and still nothing. I kinda figured it wasn't an icon thing because the screen will rotate when you slide it open.

 

[travva]

guys i came from a storm and this bugged the piss out of me. every time you took the phone out of your pocket/holster to answer a call it would be in landscape mode. anyway, when i went to vzw on friday i checked this as soon as i touched my phone. the screen doesn't rotate unless the keyboard is open on the home screen. it does rotate when you're in an app though. hope this helps.

 

[indolent]

I don't have too big of a problem with the home screen not rotating, though I think it should be an option. I'm more annoyed with the quick search widget doesn't rotate either. Anyone else notice this?

 

[DrDude]

Almost returned the phone for this reason, as I had tried two Storms (first didn't change orientation unless I shook it really hard while in horizontal position). Relieved that everyone seems to have a similar issue. As a prior Storm user (twice), I wish that the Droid did turn to landscape when in Home screen mode.

 

[asilver]

mine also doesn't do this and I really want it too....why would they make everything work in landscape except the home screens....?

 

[Fadelight]

guys i came from a storm and this bugged the piss out of me. every time you took the phone out of your pocket/holster to answer a call it would be in landscape mode. anyway, when i went to vzw on friday i checked this as soon as i touched my phone. the screen doesn't rotate unless the keyboard is open on the home screen. it does rotate when you're in an app though. hope this helps.

You say that so "matter-of-fact". The reason this thread is growing so fast is because some of us (refer to pics above) can do it... and others can't.

 

[Timmaaay4]

i can't but i would love to.
can you take a pic with it in landscape with the app menu scrolled up.

 

[rabagley]

Rotation is busted on the home screen, same in apps. Always in landscape mode unless I just opened and shut the keyboard. Tilting to horizontal instantly returns to landscape. Switching applications returns to landscape.

The only way to get "temporary" portrait mode is to click open and shut the keyboard.

Sound and Display Settings -> Orientation is enabled.

I think it worked this morning, I did use the car mount today. Can't remember exactly when it stopped working, so this may be a red herring.

Update: removing/replacing battery restored rotation for everything except the home page. Can't honestly remember if the home page ever rotated, but at least the rest of the phone is doing what I expect.

 

[travva]

You say that so "matter-of-fact". The reason this thread is growing so fast is because some of us (refer to pics above) can do it... and others can't.

Yeah? You should listen to your own words. The home screen doesn't rotate to landscape. I don't care if someone posted a picture, you can fake that easilly if it's taken at the right time. Until someone posts a video, everyone here who's saying "oh noes it used to work!" is wrong in my opinion.

EDIT: I see it was you that did it. Post up a video man? We're all waiting.

 

[BigPat]

Mine used to rotate just fine earlier today, but it no longer does. What gives? Now that I think about it it stopped doing it right about the time I did the first reboot. I wonder if something got silently updated after it got attached to the network and then rebooted.

 

[Fadelight]

Yeah? You should listen to your own words. The home screen doesn't rotate to landscape. I don't care if someone posted a picture, you can fake that easilly if it's taken at the right time. Until someone posts a video, everyone here who's saying "oh noes it used to work!" is wrong in my opinion.

EDIT: I see it was you that did it. Post up a video man? We're all waiting.

lol No offense, but it's just not worth it anymore. I'm not the only one that has seen it. That's good enough for me. Digging out a camcorder and going through all of the effort to make and upload the video for the sole purpose of arguing with people is pointless. You can say I faked the picture if you want... I'll have the last laugh. Why? Because my home screen rotates and yours doesn't.


PS - Just curious... (not hostile tone... serious question) How stupid do you really think someone would have to be to come on a forum with hundreds or thousands of fellow droid owners and fake a picture to back up a claim the phone would do something?

 

[gnordenstam]

My DROID no longer automatically reorients the screen on any application. The only way it will rotate the screen is if I slide the keyboard out - for anything. So using the soft keyboard in a landscape mode becomes a moot point.

Plus, sometimes it doesn't rotate the screen back to portrait after I slide the keyboard closed. It worked like a charm the first day.

--G

 

[indolent]

My DROID no longer automatically reorients the screen on any application. The only way it will rotate the screen is if I slide the keyboard out - for anything. So using the soft keyboard in a landscape mode becomes a moot point.

Plus, sometimes it doesn't rotate the screen back to portrait after I slide the keyboard closed. It worked like a charm the first day.

--G

Are you sure your settings are right?

Settings > Sound and Display > Orientation

 

[DrDude]

I cleared out all of the apps from the homescreen, rebooted, and screen remains locked in portrait mode unless I slide open the keyboard.

 

[gnordenstam]

Are you sure your settings are right?

Settings > Sound and Display > Orientation

100% certain. Have tried toggling it on and off several times.

 

[Post]

I am having the same issue; no home screen or quick search auto-orientation. It also does not switch on the lock screen and contacts list; it does switch when viewing individual contacts. Having to open the phone to get the onscreen landscape keyboard to show up is not a design feature... it would be a flaw if anything. Also it was working when I first got the phone and now it's not.
Has anyone contacted Motorola or Verizon to see if they are aware of the issue? Or maybe found an advanced settings menu?

 

[indolent]

100% certain. Have tried toggling it on and off several times.

If a reboot doesnt fix it, it might be defective? Probably need to take it back and exchange it.

 

[Post]

https://supportforums.motorola.com/message/62232

 

[asilver]

I put a magnet on the back of the phone to make it go into car mode and while in car mode it the home screens work in landscape.......so maybe we just need to wait for someone to come out with a car mode emulator or whatever it might be called.

at least by using a magnet it proves the phone can do it, it just choses not to unless it's in car mode.

 

[iamloco724]

is this happening for everyone?..so confirmed software bug?

 

[rabagley]

100% certain. Have tried toggling it on and off several times.

Mine only corrected after removal of the battery. There's a bug in there, but there's also a workaround.

 

[gnordenstam]

Mine only corrected after removal of the battery. There's a bug in there, but there's also a workaround.

I tried pulling the battery - no change for me.

 

[tpriddy]

I suspect this because I've done this and the timing seems to have coincided, also I notice that the photo of the original behavior has the original wallpaper.

I changed mine with Backgrounds (stylem Media, apps@stylem.com).

FWIW: I remember my home screen orienting to landscape when I turned the phone. It no longer does.

This is not a case of mass-histeria. I did not machinate a home/landscape rotation memory after reading this thread. I found this thread via a search for "accelerometer" when looking for a solution.

I wonder if one of the apps I loaded has caused this behavior. My apps are (as reported by Apps Organizer):

[SIZE=1]4 Timers, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]ActionComplete, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Advanced Task Killer Free, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Alarm Clock (Android), [/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]Amazon, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Amazon MP3, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]AndExplorer, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Android and Me, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Android LightSaber, [/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]Apps Organizer (Tools), [/SIZE][SIZE=1]ArtfulBits aiMinesweeper, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]ASTRO, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Backgrounds, [/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]Barcode Scanner, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Bluetooth Switch, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Browser (Internet), [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Calculator (Android), [/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]Calendar (Android), [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Calorie Counter, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Camera [/SIZE][SIZE=1](Multimedia), [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Car Home, [/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]Chappelle - Rick James, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Chapelle Lil Jon, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Compass, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Contacts [/SIZE][SIZE=1](Android), [/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]Corporate Calendar, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]eDiabetes, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Email (Internet), [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Facebook, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]FeedR Demo, [/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]Full Metal [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Jacket Soundboard, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Gallery (Multimedia), [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Gmail (Internet), [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Google [/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]Sky Map, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Google Voice, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]InsultDroid, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Klondike Solitaire, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Labyrinth Lite, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Maps [/SIZE]
[SIZE=1](Internet), [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Market (Android), [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Messaging [/SIZE][SIZE=1](Android), [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Metal Detector, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Monty [/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]Python Holy Grail, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Mother TED, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Music (Multimedia), [/SIZE][SIZE=1]My [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Verizon, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]nascar, [/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]OpenSudoku puzzle folders, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Pandora, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Phone (Android), [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Photoshop.com [/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]Mobile, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Pinball, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Power Manager, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]QueueMan, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Settings (Android), [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Shazam, [/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]SimpleTimer, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Slacker, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Snappy Countdown Timer, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Solitaire, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Solitaire, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Star [/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]Trek Sounds and Ringtones, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Stewie Griffin [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Soundboard, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Stopwatch, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Soduko [/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]Free, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Switch Toggle, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]System Force 3, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Talk (Internet), [/SIZE][SIZE=1]TasKiller, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Tea Time, [/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]Tea Timer, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]TeaChimer, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]TED, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Texas Holdem - RedPokerClub, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]The Joker [/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]Soundboard, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]The Weather Channel, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]ThinTeaTimer, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]ToggleWifi, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]TotTimer [/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]Beta, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Touch Timer, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Ultimate Stopwatch, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Visual VM, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Voice Dialer, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Voice [/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]Search, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Where, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Wifi Analyzer, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Wireless O[/SIZE][SIZE=1]n-Off Widget, [/SIZE][SIZE=1]YouTube[/SIZE]

The apps running immediately after power up (as reported by TasKiller):

[SIZE=1]Google Partner Setup, Voice Dialer, com.google.android., Bluetooth Share, [/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]Email, [I]Google [/I][/SIZE][SIZE=1][I]Voice[/I], FeedR Demo, Advanced Task Killer, Soduko Free, [I]Power [/I][/SIZE]
[SIZE=1][I]Manager[/I], [I]Retro Clock[/I], [/SIZE][SIZE=1]Pandora, WiFi OnOff, Gmail, Calendar, My Uploads, [/SIZE]
[SIZE=1][I]Corporate Calendar[/I], Facebook, Settings, [/SIZE][SIZE=1][I]Photoshop.com[/I], TasKiller, Messaging, [/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]ActionComplete[/SIZE]