topic Re: Xperia home landscape mode in XPERIA archive

Xperia home landscape mode

biistu — Tue, 13 May 2014 14:13:10 GMT

Home doesn't turn to landscape mode when the phone is turned.

Only when connected to the dock.

What's up with that? Will it be fixed?

Re: Xperia home landscape mode

Uliwooly — Tue, 13 May 2014 14:35:44 GMT

It's not that its broken, but that's the way the Home launcher was designed, to only go on landscape when connected to the Dock, it has been requested before to made this available even when its not charging at all, but it doesn't seem that it will happen, there are alternatives

1. use a different home launcher

2. use an app that will force the home launcher to rotate

3. mod the home launcher so it will rotate (check the XDA forum)

Re: Xperia home landscape mode

Zann_H — Wed, 14 May 2014 02:32:19 GMT

It has always been like this for Xperia phones. I think they come to a conclusion that horizontal mode homescreen does not provide a good enough experience since it's too small. Although the auto-rotate is not enabled on Xperia phones, it's enabled on Xperia tablets.

The alternatives are as mentioned above.

Edit: And I forgot to mention that landscape mode is also enabled when phone is docked.

Re: Xperia home landscape mode

JonC1 — Tue, 20 May 2014 06:35:32 GMT

And yet, the pictures of the SCR10 case for Z2 show a landscape home screen

Re: Xperia home landscape mode

biistu — Tue, 20 May 2014 06:54:27 GMT

Also the lock screen is not in landscape mode, even if docked. Which is a bit disturbing when trying to look at the time in the morning.

Re: Xperia home landscape mode

themanspirit — Tue, 20 May 2014 09:04:56 GMT

Totally agreee.

Considering the polish and care taken in the build quality, elsewhere in the Xperia Z2, not to mention the marketing of the device.

Its hard to believe that Sony Mobile chose to selectively support Auto-rotate screen.

Which asks the question, why give us the option to select Auto-rotate screen, when the phone does not completely support it?

It makes an otherwise polished and restrained experience, crude, and clumsy at best.

Which is completely at odds of what is arguably the mosty stylish smartphone on the market today.

Even more so, that its also found in the previous ZL,. Z, and SP.

Sony Mobile need to be more consistent with their implementations, if they want to win over, and retain new owners from Apple and Samsung.

Rather than just the Sony faithful.

Re: Xperia home landscape mode

CarloVA — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 11:52:27 GMT

I bought one of these covers and then was disappointed that the phone doesnt actually support the rotatation of the home screen which that picture shows

Re: Xperia home landscape mode

biistu — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 11:54:15 GMT

It is disappointing. Also no landscape lockscreen, not even when docked. Which makes it hard to look at the time in the morning.

Re: Xperia home landscape mode

AhkAnubis — Sat, 12 Jul 2014 11:58:29 GMT

I have been using this app and it works a treat:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spydiko.rotationmanager

Set it to force-auto. Done.

Re: Xperia home landscape mode

ajpiels — Sat, 19 Jul 2014 10:56:13 GMT

I also have problems with the screen rotation. In home-mode it will not rotate to landscape. Only when I use the mhl-cable for connection to my TV.

ajpiels

Re: Xperia home landscape mode

_alexdon_ — Sat, 19 Jul 2014 10:58:44 GMT

It should rotate also when charging at a wall socket.

Re: Xperia home landscape mode

espen-k — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 07:32:12 GMT

@AhkAnubis wrote:
I have been using this app and it works a treat:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spydiko.rotationmanager
Set it to force-auto. Done.

This works like dream

Re: Xperia home landscape mode

Henryadda210619 — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 12:40:37 GMT

If you want it landscape download an app for that on playstore. Not that hard but for some apps in landscape will not perfectly display properly if you dig me.

Re: Xperia home landscape mode

a6rnh — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 16:07:08 GMT

Mine is landscape when docked but the alarm clock always wakes in portrait... Which is annoying..