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Questions tagged [auto-rotation]

Questions about the screen auto-rotate feature.

Thanks to built-in sensors, Android is capable of many things. In this case, it's the built-in gyroscope, which can determine the device's orientation and act on movements. So the screen can adjust its orientation automatically depending on how you hold the device, from landscape to portrait and vice-versa -- even if you hold your device head down.

This usually works fine -- but there are cases where the screen orientation does not auto-adjust when you want it to -- or it auto-adjusts when you do not want it to (think e.g. of reading an eBook while lying on your bed). If you run into one of these cases, this is the tag to be used.

See also: for general issues with the gyroscope sensor

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Is it possible to have the Auto rotate feature turned on or off by app?

I'm sick of having to turn on auto rotate every time I use Google Maps for navigation. I don't know why it's not just automatically landscape like apps such as Youtube. Is there a way I can have it turn on auto rotate JUST for google maps and not…
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Change screen rotation sensitivity

I often find myself in the wrong screen mode (landscape vs portrait) and I find the switching delay quite annoying. I would like my phone to be much more responsive when I rotate it (iphone-like)... Do you know about any apps/tweakings to achieve…
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Have screen rotation option always on

The screen rotation of my phone works fine. When I rotate the phone from portrait to landscape, then a small icon appears in the lower right corner. I have to click it, then the screen rotates. Going back from landscape to portrait works…
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OnePlus X (OxygenOS): Screen auto-rotating in wrong direction

I have an unrooted OnePlus X phone with the stock recovery and stock OxygenOS 2.2.0-X operating system (based on Android 5.1.1) installed. With auto-rotation enabled, whenever I turn the device into landscape mode, the screen rotates in the wrong…
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Rotate Nexus 5 upside down?

I have a Nexus that I'd like to set up on a stand while I have it plugged in. To do this, I have to rotate the phone 180 degrees. Unfortunately, Android on the phone does not seem to support this. This works fine on my Nexus 7, but not on the…
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Add rotation toggle to powerbutton menu?

Is there any way (short of reflashing to a totally new ROM) to add a "toggle auto-rotate" or "toggle portrait/landscape" option to the menu that comes up when you press and hold the power button? I'm endlessly fighting with auto-rotation. For…
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Why is 180 rotation disabled on android devices?

I managed to get around the limitation using an app (Rotation Lock Adaptive) but meanwhile it still has me stumped as to why you can't use a tablet upside down (I prefer to have usb cable out of way when changing or tethered) any ideas?
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Screen won't rotate in any apps on my Nexus 6

So, quite some time ago I upgraded my Nexus 6 to Android 6.0.1. At that time, my screen rotation worked fine. A few days ago, I noticed I couldn't rotate the screen in Snapchat or on other social media apps. Even things like YouTube wouldn't rotate…
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Default rotation direction for landscape apps

My device is Samsung Galaxy S5 with Android lollipop. Some games run on a landscape mode and the top-side becomes left-hand side and bottom becomes right-hand side. Can I change this so that top goes right and bottom goes left? I don't want to…
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Force an app to be able to auto-rotate in Android 12

I have some apps, like Spotify for example, which for some inexplicable reason do not allow me to rotate some activities (like the player) into landscape. I am looking for an app or method that can force these apps to follow my device rotation…
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Manual screen rotate via terminal isn't working

I want to fix the custom ROM (android 7.1.1 Resurrection Remix) issue on my tab TB2-X30L (portrait orientation instead of landscape on startup), but when I write the command content insert --uri content://settings/system --bind name:s:user_rotation…
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How to toggle portrait / landsape screen orientation with launchable command?

I would like to get screen rotation under manual control. Action A: set portrait mode Action B: set landscape mode Both actions with immediate effect, no menu, no confirmation, etc. I would like to have these commands reachable as regular…
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How to set which landscape mode is default (reverse landscape vs landscape)

I have a few different apps that seem to have difficulties keeping landscape mode from going upside down when certain things happen, like playing ads. My phone is always rotated clockwise for landscape mode when I use landscape mode, but will often…
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Disable upside down rotation

My phone should have rotation completely disabled - i.e. "Auto-Rotate" icon in fast settings pulldown is grey, "Settings->Display->When device is rotated" says "Stay in portrait view", "Settings->Accessibility->Auto-rotate screen" is off. Actually…
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