Rotating screen on XDAIIi

[eisley]

Hi,

I've just got an XDA IIi (having had XDA I and II before) using O2 in the UK.

I notice that the O2 Active application has a button in the bottom toolbar called "screen view" which rotates the display by 90° (i.e. making it landscape instead of portrait).

I don't use O2 Active itself as it's too clunky for what I want, but I would like to have access to the rotate screen feature.

Is it possible to put this on a button in my lower toolbar on the today screen (i.e. next to wireless and bluetooth icons). If so, how? Alternatively, can I have it as a button on the "desktop" (I use "Rhino Launch" to give me shortcuts to programs on the today screen). In the latter case, I'd just need to know where the exe for it is or a .lnk that will activate the switch in the display.

Thanks a lot,

James.

[Danny-B-]

There shoud be an icon on the bottom taskbar far right to change screen layout.

If you hate the O2 active crap thats on the phone, do a hard reset and when prompted for "Personal" or "Corporate" user ..... choose the corporate option and use the password "0506"

The screen layout swapping icon is deffo on the corporate install.

[siupiu]

The little icon which rotate the screen sometimes missing( after i install some software e.g. spb Diary,)

actually i don't really care to use the O2 active that softare, but does anyone konw what is the short cut of the screen view ?
cos i want to put it in my spb pocket plus..

or does anyone know what is the short cut for changing the screen?( setting--system---screen--Landscape ( right-handed)?


or even the short cut of the little icon in the right hand corner?

really thx..

[eisley]

Thanks for the replies.

I removed O2Active from the start-up (by removing "connections" from the /windows/startup" folder) and did a soft reset. Now that O2 active doesn't run, the icon for changing the screen orientation is now being displayed in the lower right corner.

Problem solved.

Cheers,

James.

[meph]

I removed the O2 shortcut from the startup folder ages ago and the little screen orientation icon remained at the bottom of the today screen until today.

However it just dissapeared while installing some software (Calligrapher.) If I start O2Active a similar icon appears but it hasn't come back to the today screen. I'm sure it's not the same one. (Note the wi-fi icon in O2 does different things from the today screen one.)

So anyone have any ideas how to bring it back?

In future I think I'll backup the entire unit before every install.

[eisley]

Of course, as soon as I entered my reply saying the rotate screen icon had appeared in the today lower task bar after removing O2 active (does anyone actually use O2 active?), it promptly vanished and I didn't even install any software in between. This is very mysterious. I did a soft reset but it didn't come back.

Can anyone shed light on this?

Thanks,

James.

[meph]

After a few resets and some experimentation I think I've good evidence to show that the icon dissapears on the next soft reset after installing spb diary. I've submitted a polite request to their support. It might be worth someone else doing the same if they can prove to themselves that spb diary is causing this.

Mike

[alas]

i've experienced this as well and there's no O2Active program on my Startup folder....does anyone have any updates on this? thanks....

UPDATE: fyi, got a response from customer support:

With regard to your query below, are there any third party applications? Any software conflict may cause malfunction to the unit. To remove any software conflict, you may want to do a hard reset then without restoring any data, monitor the performance of the unit.

1) To perform a full reset:

Warning: Clearing memory deletes all data and restores the Pocket PC Phone to its default settings. Programs installed at the factory remain, while data you have created and programs you have installed are erased.

Before performing the full reset, use ActiveSync to keep a backup of your Pocket PC Phone data so that if you need to clear memory, you can restore the data on your Pocket PC Phone.

To perform a full reset on XdaII, press and hold the power button, and then use stylus to press the soft reset button at the same time. After the full reset, you will be prompt to recalibrate the touch screen.

2) Without performing any synchronization with your desktop PC to Restore back the information(under an enviroment of no possibility of software confliction), try to use and monitor the functionality of the Xda II.