I have tried some of the custom launchers from the store but was not that impressed with them. I still like the performance of the stock launcher but I just wanted it to rotate the home screen and allow portrait or landscape mode.
Well I found out you can do just that.
You need to be rooted to do this. I am using a fully stock Nexus 7 just adding Root to it. Follow the other guides on how to do this.
Note: NEW info...
Just add the following line to the file "local.prop" located at "/data/local.prop"
If this file is missing, just create a new one. You DO need to be rooted to create or edit this file.
Use ES File Explorer, turn on Root Explorer and Mount File System in the settings.
Navigate to the folder "/data/"
Press Menu, New, File, then name it "local.prop" (without the double quotes).
Add the following line to it in the editor...
Also change to Tablet UI
If you want the full tablet UI just add the following line also to this file:
The qemu.sf.lcd_density overrides the setting ro.sf.lcd_density in the "build.prop" file.
Then reboot your device.
Old method
Note, this method makes it more difficult on re-installs and OTA upgrades, because typically the build.prop file is upgraded or overwritten each time also. The new method above is retained as long as you do not wipe data.
All you have to do is edit your "build.prop" file located at "/system/build.prop"
I used ES File Explorer to edit this file, just turn on Root Explorer and Mount File System in the settings.
Just add the following line at the end:
Then reboot your device.
That's it! Hope this helps others.
Well I found out you can do just that.
You need to be rooted to do this. I am using a fully stock Nexus 7 just adding Root to it. Follow the other guides on how to do this.
Note: NEW info...
Just add the following line to the file "local.prop" located at "/data/local.prop"
If this file is missing, just create a new one. You DO need to be rooted to create or edit this file.
Use ES File Explorer, turn on Root Explorer and Mount File System in the settings.
Navigate to the folder "/data/"
Press Menu, New, File, then name it "local.prop" (without the double quotes).
Add the following line to it in the editor...
Code:
launcher.force_enable_rotation=true
Also change to Tablet UI
If you want the full tablet UI just add the following line also to this file:
Code:
qemu.sf.lcd_density=160
The qemu.sf.lcd_density overrides the setting ro.sf.lcd_density in the "build.prop" file.
Then reboot your device.
Old method
Note, this method makes it more difficult on re-installs and OTA upgrades, because typically the build.prop file is upgraded or overwritten each time also. The new method above is retained as long as you do not wipe data.
All you have to do is edit your "build.prop" file located at "/system/build.prop"
I used ES File Explorer to edit this file, just turn on Root Explorer and Mount File System in the settings.
Just add the following line at the end:
Code:
launcher.force_enable_rotation=true
Then reboot your device.
That's it! Hope this helps others.
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