Landscape issues with Windows Mobile 6.1

[Jed D`Lagged]

There seem to be issues with Windows Mobile 6.1 and Landscape.

If you switch the display to landscape, and reboot the phone, it will change back to portrait.

If you press the missed calls button in HTC Home while in landscape, it will switch back to portrait.

Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this?

[Jed D`Lagged]

Alright, I fixed the missed calls issue with a new dialer, but the phone still consistantly boots into Portrait.

[bapssystupr3m3]

i'm not too sure but i would assume u have a kaiser...and when u say it boots into portrait i assume its a soft reset or a power on...and i assume that when you're in landscape mode u have the hardware keyboard slid out...if it boots to portrait...cant u just slide in n out the keyboard to have it go back to landscape?

[Jed D`Lagged]

Sure, when I slide out the keyboard, it goes into landscape. However, when I close it again, it goes back into portrait.

If, after the phone has booted, I go into Screen options and change it back to Landscape, it will stay in landscape regardless of what I do.

When I soft-reset, it goes back into portrait. If they keyboard is open, it will start in portrait, then shift into landscape. Upon closing the keyboard, it's back to portrait.

[NotATreoFan]

This is the default behavior for HTC devices. My Wizard did this just like my Tilt. I would suspect the cause is because when you slide out the hardware keyboard, a sensor activates a service running in the WM subsystem that tells WM to rotate the screen.

However, if you actually go into the screen options and change the default screen orientation to landscape, the registry is updated to reflect landscape as the new default orientation.

[Jed D`Lagged]

However, if you actually go into the screen options and change the default screen orientation to landscape, the registry is updated to reflect landscape as the new default orientation.

If, after the phone has booted, I go into Screen options and change it back to Landscape, it will stay in landscape regardless of what I do.

When I soft-reset, it goes back into portrait. If they keyboard is open, it will start in portrait, then shift into landscape. Upon closing the keyboard, it's back to portrait.So yeah, done that.

Windows Mobile 6.0 did not have this problem. If you set it to Landscape in screen options, and rebooted, it would stay in landscape. This issue with it always booting in portrait is new in 6.1.

[nunorsilva]

Same problem here.. anybody found any solution? Thanks.