View Full Version : turn off screen rotation for phone
cre8web
01-17-2010, 11:59 PM
I have been caught enough times now for this to be a pain in the a##e.
Can we turn off the screen rotation to make the phone stick in either landscape or portrait. every time i pick up the phone off my desk to answer the screen skips around and i hit reject or nothing by mistake.
It would need to be a simple solution as i am a bit of a slow learner with this things
cheers
marty
F2thaK
01-18-2010, 12:05 AM
yes, this JUST happened to me AAAAAAAARRRGGHH
used to happen wit my n97 all the time too :(
EDIT: best way is to turn to always on portrait...
cre8web
01-18-2010, 12:11 AM
yes, this JUST happened to me AAAAAAAARRRGGHH
used to happen wit my n97 all the time too :(
EDIT: best way is to turn to always on portrait...
how do you do this?
nashith
01-18-2010, 12:14 AM
Go to Phone app, select application menu "Phone" select "Turning Control", tap "Display Orientation" to select "Portrait", tap-off "Launch by turning", tap "Save"... and your done :)
nicorumiz
01-18-2010, 12:14 AM
here is the solution:
-open phone app and click the top tab in the biddle
-click rotation setting
-click the first option and set it how you like it
F2thaK
01-18-2010, 12:15 AM
u should be able to set it to landscape too....
odd thing is this setting isnt accessible thru settings > phone ?????
nicorumiz
01-18-2010, 12:17 AM
no, they are on the phone app itself
F2thaK
01-18-2010, 12:21 AM
no, they are on the phone app itself
thats what i mean, its not with all the other setttings in the settings menu :D
nicorumiz
01-18-2010, 12:22 AM
yep!
"we r right"
F2thaK
01-18-2010, 12:24 AM
that setting is obviously easy to miss....... hidden in the phone app.. :D
nashith
01-18-2010, 12:30 AM
@f2thak, I agree that the access to the phone app settings are a bit confusing, but when you actually think about it, this is how it should be implemented. As you said "phone app.." so all application specific settings should go into their respective app and not into system wide settings or "control panel", imagine having all the settings for all the integrated apps in one control panel... yes imagine Vista or Windows 7.. it's a bit of a nightmare ;)
@f2thak, I agree that the access to the phone app settings are a bit confusing, but when you actually think about it, this is how it should be implemented. As you said "phone app.." so all application specific settings should go into their respective app and not into system wide settings or "control panel", imagine having all the settings for all the integrated apps in one control panel... yes imagine Vista or Windows 7.. it's a bit of a nightmare ;)
And yet, there is a phone settings button in the system wide settings "control panel" on the n900.
nashith
01-18-2010, 12:40 AM
@j,s, yes but if you have been using "Smartphones" specially Symbian based devices, you would notice that these settings are Phone related and affects system wide. For example 2G-3G selection, which also affects data bearers.
F2thaK
01-18-2010, 12:45 AM
And yet, there is a phone settings button in the system wide settings "control panel" on the n900.
yup, and those settings arent in there !!
ossipena
01-18-2010, 01:28 AM
thats what i mean, its not with all the other setttings in the settings menu :D
because phone app is phone app. phone settings are more like network settings.
just like you wont find web browsers settings behind connection settings.
only the name in settings is a bit misleading and imo that should be changed
cre8web
01-18-2010, 01:35 AM
thanks to you all, big help
cre8web
01-18-2010, 01:36 AM
just changed it sooooo happy now :)
F2thaK
01-18-2010, 02:05 AM
because phone app is phone app. phone settings are more like network settings.
just like you wont find web browsers settings behind connection settings.
only the name in settings is a bit misleading and imo that should be changed
very true............ :D
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