[Q] How to make home screen rotate without apps? - Motorola Droid RAZR

Hi there, I was wondering if there is any way to make the Blur home screen rotate without having to instal any third party apps.
Can someone help?
Basically, I wanted to make everything rotate to landscape, homescreen, phone, contacts, since some of those don't rotate unless you force it with third party apps.
Thanks in advance!

Does 3rd party apps also cover Nova Launcher? On settings I can get all screens to rotate.
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Maybe some dev could port some system apps from droid 4, as the actual screen resolution and hardware is more or less the same
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Pretty sure you can edit your build.prop to do this...could be wrong.

g_mosh said:
Does 3rd party apps also cover Nova Launcher? On settings I can get all screens to rotate.
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I'm almost switching to nova... people say good stuff about it...

brandogg said:
Pretty sure you can edit your build.prop to do this...could be wrong.
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Any devs around? would appreciate...

Blur doesn't rotate and devs will probably not use this in a rom.
Cheers
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pedrotorresfilho said:
Blur doesn't rotate and devs will probably not use this in a rom.
Cheers
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Found another app, the best one so far. I guess that the file we need should be in that app, but since I'm not a dev, i don't dare to try it.
The app is called Set Orientation, and it allows you to force auto orientation even on those apps that don't rotate, like homescreen and dialer.
The best of all, it's a free app.

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[Q] Camera in portrait?

Hi, I just got a RAZR today, my friend Cody bought me one because I gave him a ride to go see Chronicle, and I love it so far.
The only problem is, when using the camera, it sticks in landscape.
I find that pretty annoying, because with AOSP/MIUI cameras, I mostly use it in portrait.
Does anyone know how to get it to change to portrait????
Thanks!
To clarify, whats in portrait? The camera app or the gallery after u take the pics? The camera is in the same position regardless of orientation.
You can try checking your screen orientation toggle if its the gallery your referring to after you take the pics
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Mine does it too. Either you can install a different camera app or live with it. The reason it does it is so that you have access to the different settings.
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HYE_TECH said:
To clarify, whats in portrait? The camera app or the gallery after u take the pics? The camera is in the same position regardless of orientation.
You can try checking your screen orientation toggle if its the gallery your referring to after you take the pics
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The camera itself, it won't get out of landscape
keeb119 said:
Mine does it too. Either you can install a different camera app or live with it. The reason it does it is so that you have access to the different settings.
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So, there's no way to change it?
arikaru said:
Hi, I just got a RAZR today, my friend Cody bought me one because I gave him a ride to go see Chronicle, and I love it so far.
The only problem is, when using the camera, it sticks in landscape.
I find that pretty annoying, because with AOSP/MIUI cameras, I mostly use it in portrait.
Does anyone know how to get it to change to portrait????
Thanks!
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Tell your friend I'm willing to give him ride anywhere he wants if he gonna buy me a phone
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OnlyOne Beta Discussion Thread

I figured I'd make this for people to talk about issues and cool things they find with the OnlyOne Beta 2 Rom
Good morning everyone!
Just installed this ROM last night and running it through the paces.
When long clicking on a home screen, I do not see the option to add direct dial, direct text etc to the homescreens, just apps and folders.
Any suggestions?
Those options are in the app drawer. Click on the app drawer then widgets. Long click the widget to add it.
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This is the type of ROM/MOD I really like....plus the SIII TouchWiz operates great...I can get rid of all my other alternative lauchers.
I did try to do some of these mod's myself on the leaked version...svoice, touchwiz, etc. but there was always something not running right...so it's great that some take the time to do this for us!!!
Nice...running almost perfect thusfar...highly recommended.
Can anyone confirm if the tether feature on this rom is working?
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wallpaper
Thank you for putting this rom together it's amazing.
The only issue I'm having is with the wallpaper. It says it's vertical when you choose it then changes to scrolling on it's own therefore it zooms in and doesn't look very good. Am I missing something?
dylthathryl said:
Thank you for putting this rom together it's amazing.
The only issue I'm having is with the wallpaper. It says it's vertical when you choose it then changes to scrolling on it's own therefore it zooms in and doesn't look very good. Am I missing something?
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Setting wallpapers with QuickPic worked without a hitch for me. Did you try to use it or just the gallery option?
Tyie101 said:
Setting wallpapers with QuickPic worked without a hitch for me. Did you try to use it or just the gallery option?
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I did, had the same zoomed in effect. I downloaded auto resize/DbD from play store and that worked. Thx
dylthathryl said:
I did, had the same zoomed in effect. I downloaded auto resize/DbD from play store and that worked. Thx
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glad to hear it
multi dpi does not work. one of the reasons why i moved away from the rom. the new launcher doesn't support it + stock dpi is too large for me lol
mwatsonca said:
Can anyone confirm if the tether feature on this rom is working?
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Its working!
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Thank you for the reply that's good to know. Going to load this up tomorrow then!
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Home Screen Rotation

Some where I read in the reviews that finally Sense 4.0 provides hone screen rotation, but today I check the phone in sprint store and it does not...Now I know that I can use 3rd party launchers but then I will lose sense advantages...What is with android and home screen rotation is it another of of the apple patent thing?
asteetva said:
Some where I read in the reviews that finally Sense 4.0 provides hone screen rotation, but today I check the phone in sprint store and it does not...Now I know that I can use 3rd party launchers but then I will lose sense advantages...What is with android and home screen rotation is it another of of the apple patent thing?
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I will do it in Car mode even after you exit car mode if using the HTC Dock. It will also do it when using media link.
I am not sure why they won't allow us to do it at will though. I would like this to happen.
Many custom Roms allow landscape...
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with sense?
bhint15 said:
Many custom Roms allow landscape...
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with sense or without sense?
Is there a way to achieve this without flashing a ROM? is there a build.prop setting that could be changed? it does work in car mode after all....
You need a modified rosie.apk. You need to be rooted to change it but don't need to be bootloader unlocked. There are threads about it on here.
asteetva said:
with sense or without sense?
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With sense. There are a couple of ways to do it.... If you do not want to root, you can get app from the play store that will rotate the home screen..... I forget the name of the app though....
Or you can flash a custom rom... I m using charmeleon rom and there is an option for screen rotation.
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With sense. There are a couple of ways to do it.... If you do not want to root, you can get app from the play store that will rotate the home screen..... I forget the name of the app though....
Or you can flash a custom rom... I m using charmeleon rom and there is an option for screen rotation.
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oh ok... i still have not got evo, but wanting to switch from sgs2, want to make sure i m not making a mistake as sgs3 is around the corner too...
asteetva said:
oh ok... i still have not got evo, but wanting to switch from sgs2, want to make sure i m not making a mistake as sgs3 is around the corner too...
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If I were you, I would just wait for the sgs3 to come out.... So you can compare the two and make your choice then.
Also you can check out reviews of it and there will be reviews directly comparing both.....
DarkManX4lf said:
If I were you, I would just wait for the sgs3 to come out.... So you can compare the two and make your choice then.
Also you can check out reviews of it and there will be reviews directly comparing both.....
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yeah that is the plan, not leaning more towards evo though, as i have used only htc phones sgs2 is the only samsung phone i owned...but yes will wait one more week and see...thank you so much for providing me correct info, if i had asked this kind of question in SGS2 forum, being an evo owner, i would be dead by now..
The app is rotation locker from playstore. After installing click on it and longpress auto rotate. Bamm you have landscape rosie
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As others have mentioned it does rotate home screen and app screens if you exit car mode with the phone still docked. I have not been able to rotate these screens outside of the dock, however.
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Doctechx said:
As others have mentioned it does rotate home screen and app screens if you exit car mode with the phone still docked. I have not been able to rotate these screens outside of the dock, however.
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I am still not getting the answer...Is it because os some patent infringement or something else?
I have tried a few android phones and none seem to provide it. Now I tried apex launcher, go launcher and others and they can provide it, so I am still not sure why we do not get it in stock launchers?
Rotation locker worked great on my phone but has one maybe unknown side effect. If you have it set to permanently stay on landscape or you have the auto rotation feature enabled and you enter the camera app you will be in for a nice treat.
The camera app focus disorients and everything looks funny and in a strange angle. You have to aet tthe phone to portrait mode so everything could go back to normal.
Other than that, the app works great!
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[Q] Can anyone modify touch wiz UI to have landscape mode on home screen?

Are we going to have any modification of touch wiz UI to have landscape mode on home screen? I'm really frustrated..... I really don't want to switch to another UI....
Have you tried to use a launcher?
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It sucks that TW still doesn't have that.
I might never have swapped to Nova if TW had that feature.
Its TwiX said:
Have you tried to use a launcher?
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I tried Nova but it forceclosed at least twice a day. There aren't other ones I really like.
dcdgoth said:
I tried Nova but it forceclosed at least twice a day.
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Really??
I have used Nova for a bunch of different phones and I don't remember it ever FCing once. (it has definitely ran absolutely perfect in my N2.
Ultimate rotation control will allow you to force anything to rotate. I used it to get 180 rotation before we had ROMs with it baked in.
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sleevasteve said:
Ultimate rotation control will allow you to force anything to rotate. I used it to get 180 rotation before we had ROMs with it baked in.
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Thanks man! This is just what I need!
Alternatively, search for "Rotation Locker madmack" on Google Play for a free app that works too, pressing and holding "auto" when you start up the app will make it run in the background.
jmorton10 said:
Really??
I have used Nova for a bunch of different phones and I don't remember it ever FCing once. (it has definitely ran absolutely perfect in my N2.
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Same here.
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holo launcher

Google Launcher working on LG G2

I can only dream until we can get it ported properly to lg g2. Icons seem huge same with app drawer. :victory:
Yea I saw a video where they made them a little bigger.
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Does the "OK Google" command work for you? Does touching and holding ur finger pop out the ability to change wallpaper and add widgets come out? If it does, when you try to change wallpaper does it crash?
Just a few issues I had on mine. LG spoiled me with the customizations.
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ricardo_r21 said:
Does the "OK Google" command work for you? Does touching and holding ur finger pop out the ability to change wallpaper and add widgets come out? If it does, when you try to change wallpaper does it crash?
Just a few issues I had on mine. LG spoiled me with the customizations.
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Some widgets are being shown that are not installed but others work fine. Adding a wallpaper by holding down and selecting wallpaper is broken had to by using gallery. OK Google spoken command does work thanks to the snapdragon 800 but Google search crashes :/
The icons are GIGANTIC.
It hurts my eyes and I feel like Google thinks were all blind.
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Works perfectly here bud... Sounds like you gotta raw dl.
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My search works great and saying ok Google is quick to answer. No crashes....as of yet
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OK Google is not working can someone tell me where am I going wrong
I installed new Google search,Google play services and Google home apks
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If your "OK Google" is not working... Try this.
Go into Now setting
, then Voice Settings. Go to "Offline Speech Recognition" and then either redownload or update your language. I did this and it works flawlessly now.
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How do I shut this OFF, I mean COMPLETELY OFF... I do NOT want my phone listening to me all the time.
Knock on Dead
I set this up quickly, but then killed it because it disabled knock on. Also the nav bar was still the LG one so it kind of looked weird to me. And yes the icons were garrishly large. I liked the 5x5 grid on the stock launcher and this made me feel like I was using a Fischer Price launcher with the huge buttons. The killing blow for me was that I could not switch easily back to stock launcher and had to uninstall the new 4.4 launcher.
if it could work with Knock on, I might give it another go. (unless I was doing something wrong and there s a way to make it work.)
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I set this up quickly, but then killed it because it disabled knock on. Also the nav bar was still the LG one so it kind of looked weird to me. And yes the icons were garrishly large. I liked the 5x5 grid on the stock launcher and this made me feel like I was using a Fischer Price launcher with the huge buttons. The killing blow for me was that I could not switch easily back to stock launcher and had to uninstall the new 4.4 launcher.
if it could work with Knock on, I might give it another go. (unless I was doing something wrong and there s a way to make it work.)
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Knock on definately works......
where can we get google launcher?
Everything works, even OK Google!
Only downside is that transitions can be a little laggy..
Tex_Norseman said:
where can we get google launcher?
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http://www.droid-life.com/2013/10/3...-5-dump-search-launcher-and-more/#more-123662
to get nexus 5 camera, and launcher + many other nexus 5 apps. Unfortunately camera only goes up to 8 Mpix and the buttons are mostly obscured by the soft keys, but it is still usable. But it does have photo sphere. Experiment by pressing just above the soft keys to activate functions and learn how to use it since the actual icons are blocked.
Enjoy
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Knock on isn't disabled by a launcher. It still works. But to knock off the screen you have to taps twice in the status bar.
ElecEngineer1422 said:
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/10/3...-5-dump-search-launcher-and-more/#more-123662
to get nexus 5 camera, and launcher + many other nexus 5 apps. Unfortunately camera only goes up to 8 Mpix and the buttons are mostly obscured by the soft keys, but it is still usable. But it does have photo sphere. Experiment by pressing just above the soft keys to activate functions and learn how to use it since the actual icons are blocked.
Enjoy
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If you long press in the middle of the screen you get the options to pop up as well.
So, can "OK google" be installed by itself? Or does it require apks other than google search? What I'm curious about is, does it fully integrate with calender, etc.?And for those that did install it, how is the battery with it on? Can it be turned off, or does it require uninstall?
I have the launcher installed and the Google search and play services. But I cannot for the life of me get OK Google to work.
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eh, it's still not a smooth, non-choppy launcher. idk why, but these stock android launchers still randomly get choppy when switching between pages, even if they're not filled with widgets or icons.

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