Does Tilt 2 go landscape without keyboard open?

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I went to my local AT&T corporate retail store to try the Tilt 2 again because the first device I tried at another store seemed slow and not responsive. I had a similar experience this time around too. But I have to believe that most of that can be chalked up to the fact that it has the stock ROM on it and also every noob in the world has messed with it inside the store. But it did leave me with a few questions.

I could not get the screen to go landscape unless I flipped out the keyboard. And when I pushed the keyboard back in it would go back to portrait even though I was still holding it landscape. Is this a setting somewhere? I thought the Tilt 2 had a true accelorometer.

When in the browser I would touch in the URL line and start typing out a www address. But every time i would get a few letters into it and another text field would open at the bottom and start intercepting my typing. Anyone know what that is?

While the Tilt2 is equipped with an accelerometer, TouchFLO itself is not designed to re-orient itself in landscape using just the accelerometer.

That being said, some applications do go into landscape mode when you turn it with the keyboard closed. The Windows Mobile SMS application, some versions of Opera, and other various apps. Otherwise, to "force" landscape the keyboard needs to be open (or use some 3rd-party app/tweak).

Also, out-of-the-box, the stock ROM is actually pretty responsive and fast. Its one of AT&T/HTC's better built stock ROMs out there. Of course there is always room for improvement. I suspect the slow/unresponsiveness is due to the fact that its a demo unit thats already been messed with.

As for the additional text field in the browser, I have no idea what that is. Only thing that pops up normally during normal browser usage is auto-complete that makes URL suggestions.

Originally Posted by ChasDun

I could not get the screen to go landscape unless I flipped out the keyboard. And when I pushed the keyboard back in it would go back to portrait even though I was still holding it landscape. Is this a setting somewhere? I thought the Tilt 2 had a true accelorometer.

You can use G-Config (available here on xda) to add programs (including TF3D and the Start menu) to the sensor database. Works great!

I have mapped one of the hardware buttons (long press on the answer key) to rotate the screen. Find it better than auto rotate depending on the orientation.