Howto always keep HTC wizard in landscape mode?

[aste]

Hi!

Is it possible to always keep HTC wizard in landscape mode?

I can change it manually by tapping on screen or by HW button. But it reverts to portrait every time I close the keyboard. Since I use the keyboard 98% of time it takes forever every time the screen rotates.

Does anyone of you guru's know of any reg hack or something else that can keep landscape all the time?

Regards,

\\ aste

[a042349]

http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=928836&page=1&pp=15

See the post from me (a042349) near the bottom of page one. It's a bit of a hack, but it'll work until the next soft reset.

[David96Z]

Go to "settings" "system" tab and select screen. There is an option ot select Portrait, Right handed Landscape or left handed landscape.

[aste]

a042349: tnx!

This is the soloution you described:
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Start the camera application which puts the phone in landscape mode. Then use a 3rd party utility like "Close-All" or maybe even the native task manager (can't remember exactly) to "kill" the camera app. As long as you kill the camera app without using it's "x" or exiting normally, the device will stay in landscape mode. It stays this way if you open/close the keyboard. It will return to normal mode if you re-open the camera and close it normally, or soft reset the device.
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I tried this on my wizard. But couldn't get it working. I've tried closing the camera app with VJOKButt, VBAR and the native task manager. It stays in landscape mode until I close the keyboard next time. IE exactly the same behavoiur as when manually changing to landscape mode in settings.

May be this is due to all these programs close the camera app to nicely? Or can it be this isn't working on the latest AKU2 ROM?

Anyone got an idéa?

// aste

[cibinlik]

a042349: tnx!

I tried this on my wizard. But couldn't get it working. I've tried closing the camera app with VJOKButt, VBAR and the native task manager. It stays in landscape mode until I close the keyboard next time. IE exactly the same behavoiur as when manually changing to landscape mode in settings.

May be this is due to all these programs close the camera app to nicely? Or can it be this isn't working on the latest AKU2 ROM?

Anyone got an idéa?

// aste


Not working for me too. Maybe something with wm6? God, someone has to hack the wizard about this problem!

Thank you guys for tryin' :)

[stump8125]

I know this thread is somewhat inactive but I just got an 8125 and really wanted to figure this out. I did some poking around in the registry and some experimentation and found the registry keys that seem to do what we want.

HKLM\System\GDI\Rotation\CamAppActive - 0 is off, 1 is on. When this is 1 it keeps the screen from rotating. This seems to be why the camera workaround worked.


Set CamAppActive to 1, then go to settings/system/screen and switch the landscape lefthanded mode. Now the phone is in landscape and theres no laggy switching between portrait and landscape every time you open the keyboard :D ! To cancel it out just open and close the camera or soft-reset.


This could also be used to keep the screen in portrait whenever the keyboard is open....but i have no idea why anyone would want to do that.

If i knew more about messing around with the registry and programming for WM I'd try to work out some sort script to set this on startup..maybe when i get bored...