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[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] wizaard:
My experience(s) with the app:The app keeps hanging/freezing. As soon as (for example) Manila is screwed (most definitely by the tilting app) the app hangs and it's necessary to restart it (disable and reenable again). The same thing happened when I ran the PowerPoint with fixed display orientation (set in the PPT menu). I don't know whether there's some connection but I thought it might help.

I'm no WM programmer but may there be some interference with WM tilting? I mean - can't the app "fight" against the WM/current app tilting?

Even though I'm sad about it, but for now I've stopped using the tilting app. I'm really looking forward for the next build hoping this issue will be solved, since otherwise the app is just exactly what I wanted.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] halloj:
I'm not using S2U2 and I don't have any of the mentioned problems.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
To everyone that is having problems:

Really sorry about the issues you are having. Im away for the weekend so unfortunately I can't look into it until Monday. For now if its really bad I would suggest reverting to v1.54. Link is in the 1st post. Thanks for the patience. We'll get the issues resolved.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
Great to hear that! Some people are having problems with the 2.0 BETA. I'll be uploading a new version today for everyone that's had problems. I think I've weeded out the source (cross your fingers). You guys can look for it within the next couple of hours. I'm including a help "html" file for you guys too which should answer most of your questions...
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] MobileXMan:
Great! I'm looking forward of it!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
Updated BETA (v2.1) available!

Please let me know your results! Sorry about all the "runaround" with the BETA and the application seeming as though it quit. I've been able to recreate a lot of the errors that you guys were getting and I've addressed them so that they no longer occur on my device.

Please let us know your results. We're getting closer and closer to the app that everyone wants...
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] cincy1020:
Hi 600GOL:

Thanks for the great app!!

I should be embarrassed to admit, I tried Gyrator, and it was just way too complicated for me :o

Your app is the perfect solution for those of us who just need the rotating feature.

Thanks again!!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
Don't be... I'm sure it was the same way for a lot of us...

Anyway be sure to let us know your results! & your Welcome!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] rareness4:
just lettin you know that you forgot to change the name to 2.1 :)
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] Windgott:
I installed you Beta 2.0 - and it works just fine for me. Just one thing: Although I have both options "Enabled" and "Run on startup" checked, it happens from time to time that screens don't turn that used to do so before. But this might be a strange behaviour on my device only.

Thanks anyway for the great work!!!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
When did you download it? A new version has been posted as of about an hour ago... (v2.1) It should fix your issue...
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
Ah, thanks bro... good catch!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] lannie:
I tried searching through this thread to see if anyone else has asked this, but didn't find it..

I have a Sprint TP and can't seem to exclude my today screen/desktop. I don't use TF3D and when I use the program to find out what the today screen/desktop is called, it says "shell32". If I try adding "shell32" (which seems unlikely for the today screen/desktop name) it stops everything from rotating. Same happens if I label it as "start". I've tried some other programs previously and with them (and on the stable vers.) it's called "desktop". Trying to use "desktop" as an exception does nothing. Anyway, to the point, what do I name it?

P.S. Great job. :)
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] rareness4:
more like "sis" lol but anyway quick question, will the exception list save from version to version like the last? I'm one of the ones that didn't have any problems w/ v 1.54 but I wanted to try out the beta 1) for the new layout and 2) to see if there are any bugs, but my exception list from 1.54 didn't come over however I have the changescreen.config file on my sd card, not sure if I can do anything with that.

Thanks.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] Windgott:
OK, just saw it now (with the new name) - glad to try this one. And let me say hello from pocketpc.ch, the Swiss community for Windows Mobile based devices. Your application is very well received there, many thanks. I guess there already was somebody telling you this, but still - great work!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
Yeah, unfortunately if you don't use manila then your home screen is part of "shell32" along with the programs menu a couple of other things... What do you mean by "it stops everything from rotating"?
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
Haha, sis.. yeah sorry about that, but anyway... no. Unfortunately the beta exceptions are different and a lot more involved than v 1.54 so the whole file structure of the changeScreen.config is different... I would keep the old on tho in case you revert back to 1.54. All you'd need to do it put it back in your Windows directory...
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
Nah, I don't think anyone has mentioned that "community" but I'm glad to hear its been accepted and liked over there as well! Be sure to let them know about this release if it works for you!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] lannie:
If I add "shell32" or "start" to the exceptions, nothing will rotate at all unless it was designed to (ie. Opera).

I guess I'll have to go back to the 1.54 version, because it works with it.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
WAIT!!! can you send me your "\Windows\changeScreen.config" file so I can look at it? Maybe I'll be able to pinpoint the problem...
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] lannie:
I just changed my rules to only allow exceptions to rotate, but I guess I can recreate how I had it. Where do you want me to send it to?
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
Check your private messages...
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] letsgoflyers81:
This is a great app, so far the best rotating utility I've seen. I do have one request though. Would it be possible to add a setting to allow an application to rotate only if the keyboard is opened? For example I can set Manila or the phone to always be in portrait mode and it works great. However if I open the keyboard it still won't rotate. I think opening the keyboard is a pretty good indicator you might want the app in landscape so it'd be nice to have the option set orientation both with the keyboard closed and opened. Is this possible for a future release?
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
I don't really understand what you are saying...

The issue has come up before and basically its been resolved to this:

If you have an exception... say "manila" for example to ONLY be in portrait, it'll remain in portrait unless you open the keyboard, then it'll rotate to landscape. Now the exception to what I mentioned above is that if you are reading for example your email in landscape with the keyboard closed, and then open it, when you go back to manila it will be in portrait with the landscape menu (grey overlay buttons).

I don't know if I'm explaining this correctly but what it basically comes down to is that if you want your device to remain landscaped when you pull the keyboard out, you must either pull the keyboard out as you are turning the device (from portrait to landscape) or open the keyboard first in portrait and then turn your device to landscape. Again, if you open the leyboard with your device already in landscape posistion it will still try to rotate your exceptions. If you use one of the above ways it will keep your device landscape until the keyboard is put back in.

Hope that made sense. If not let me know. I have no idea whether I've answered your question or not. If not just try to explain a little more for me!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] lannie:
Ok, I was messing around with stuff and the only exception out of the ones discussed that stops things from rotating is "system32". I tried it again with "start" and nothing rotated at first, but once I opened my keyboard, everything started to rotate again when I'd turn the device. Unfortunately so did my today screen.

I kept "system32" in the exception list and tried going into calendar, contacts and calc, nothing rotated. I also tried going into Resco Explorer and that did rotate.. It would only be activated once I opened the keyboard though. I didn't try it in every app. I'll send you my config file in a bit.

I'm going to switch back to 1.54. I prefer the way that exceptions are set up. Setting things by title name provided more options. I don't like how calendar and contacts are both poutlook and how both text messaging and email are tmail. I want my contacts to be able to rotate, but not my calendar and I want my text messages to be able to rotate, but not my email. Is there a benefit to the way you now have to add exceptions vs. the old way?

Thanks again.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] letsgoflyers81:
Forget my question, I either had something wrong with my settings or there was just a glitch that required a soft reset. I have Manila and the phone set to portrait only and they both rotate when opening the keyboard. For some reason when I made my post neither one would rotate when the keyboard was opened. Oh well...
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
I'm assuming you mean "shell32" instead of "system32". Regardless, the way you had your setup, all the exceptions you put will not rotate at all, and instead will open in the same orientation as the previous app. Everything else should rotate fine. One way to resolve this would be to specify at least one orientation for the apps such as "shell32" and "services" and "s2u2".

Which ROM/Setup are you using?

The reason that it was set up like this rather than 1.54 where you would use the window names is because some applications use blank window names which would result in the application turning back to portrait. A lot of people didn't like this but if it works for you thats great! I'll keep 1.54 up for all the people that prefer it over 2.1.

Thanks for the patience and sending the file!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] Kraize:
I would suggest you take some advice from the Wildberry theme and their Flip_it app. As it seems that they have been able to achieve landscape screen with their gsen rotating app. This would be awesome if you could work it into changescreen :)

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[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] StevePritchard:
Just wanted to say that v2.1 looks really good - seems to have fixed the problems with the keyboard rotation causing the app to stop working. Nice job.

Cheers,

Steve.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] wizaard:
I've been using the 2.1 BETA since yesterday and so far no problem - the tilting app doesn't hang/freeze when something goes wrong, so from my point of view (so far) GREAT WITH NO PROBLEMS!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
Tried Flip-IT and it appears to be very similar to changeScreen - atleast the way its set up, but it didn't work for me @ all! No idea why...
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
Thanks guys. Great to hear the 2.0 problems seem to be gone! Keep us updated.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] MobileXMan:
Using 2.1 beta, too. I still got some problems. Manila, Su2u and cprog are still switching. not so often like 2.0, but they do.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] rareness4:
So far so good. Like with the previous full build(1.54), haven't ran into any problems.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
Can you please send me your configuration file? Or just upload it to a post? I'll take a look at it and see if I can figure out what the problem is.

Thanks
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] grahamkdt:
Excellent...

I've posted about this app before, but since v2.1... wow! Many of the small 'niggly' issues seem to have been solved. It's early days yet, I know, but so far I'm very impressed. The major issue I had with previous versions was the keyboard rotating issue, but I'm happy to say that seems to have been resolved too!

I also mentioned this before... it blows GSen and Gyrator right out of the water. They're just way too complicated... all I want is the screen to rotate, I don't want a million options that take 3 weeks to get set up to my liking! (Only my opinion - no offense to the developers or fans of these apps).

Keep up the great work :)
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
Nah man, I completely agree with you and I'm sure a lot of the people here would as well. Believe me, the creator of Gyrator probably spent a very long time to get it to the caliber that it is now, which for a lot of people is perfect. For you and I and the rest of the changeScreen users it was just a little (maybe a lot) over the top...

Anyway I'm happy you like it and that its working as good as you say!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] keeper22:
600GOL,

I have been using this app for a while and really like it. But I have been forced to use this app http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=466519 as I want the screen to stay on during a call with out me hittting buttons with my face. But I am afraid it conflicts with changescreen.

With both apps installed when the screen rotates it brings up the dialer and flashes a bunch of different screens. In case you want to test out the problem, I have not noticed the problem until after the first call after a soft reset.

Please look into it if you get a chance as i would really like to run both apps.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] robwiley:
thanx

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[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
You mean the "Phone" screen rotates? Try this:

- Add an exception with the name "cprog".

- Only check the 1st (portrait box for the "cprog" exception

- Save

Let me know if that helps. this will prevent the "Phone" application from rotating and distorting the screen...
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
You're welcome!!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] keeper22:
No I had it as an exception which worked fine. I am saying anytime the screen rotated (while not using the dialer) the dialer/contacts app would pop up. Real strange behaviour.

I am not trying to say it is the fault of your app, which I love, but I don't think the two apps are compatable.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
Damn. Misunderstood you. I can't see where they'd possibly conflict tho...

I'll download it @ some point and test it out. It may be a combination of other things as well...
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] StevePritchard:
I've found what I think is a minor issue, but there is a workaround. I'm thinking it might be something worth reporting...

I had "manila" set as an exception, with no orientations ticked - which I think is how it is set by default? If you use the "Programs" tab to launch a program in portrait. Rotate the program you just launched to landscape, then close it while in landscape, you return to the "Programs" tab, but it has been rotated.

You can work around this by setting the exceptions to include portrait for manila, but I thought it was worth pointing it out, just in case people were experiencing rotated manila problems.

Cheers,

Steve.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] keeper22:
I have changed from the dialer I was using to PhonEx and I am no longer having trouble. Thanks
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
Yeah the default in 2.0 was no boxes. the default in 2.1 has the portrait checked off to make sure that doesn't happen. You probably had settings from 2.0 and they just carried over to 2.1. Thanks for all your input tho!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
Great! glad to hear you got it working!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] StevePritchard:
Yep - that would explain it.

Cheers,

Steve.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] noellenchris:
Since 2.1, i noticed my battery draining quickly...the taskmanager shows changescreen polling the processor very often? Any ideas why? I had no issues with 2.0...:confused:
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
Nah man... I'm using the same logic as 2.0. You sure it wasn't happening with 2.0 also?

What task manager are you using? I'd like to see what you are talking about. I honestly haven't noticed any battery drain with the new version tho. If there was I definately would have told all of you about it! Let me know about the task manager. Hopefully we can figure this out for you!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] StevePritchard:
Interestingly, I've had the same thing happen with just the portrait option ticked for manila where Programs was rotated.

Cheers,

Steve.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] noellenchris:
I'm using Task Manager v3.1 (FdcSoft). It actually hovers around 1.2 percent usage. But the rest only use about .5 or less, except for Idle Process and task manager......hmm now that I'm looking Idle Process is using about 60-70 percent....what the heck is it doing? Ok back to the drawing board....

changescreen shouldn't be my batterydrain issue.....sorry...
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
Really?! That shouldn't be. So you're saying that if you check portrait for manila it will still rotate when showing after an app that was in landscape? Does it ever turn back to portrait? if you tilt the phone to portrait? Can you send me your config file? "\Windows\changeScreen.config" so I can see whats going on?

Yeah, changeScreen shouldn't be wasting too much battery. It does "poll" your device but nothing major at all. At any given time your device is being "polled" much more than what changeScreen does -> just so you have some peace of mind.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] keeper22:
600GOL,

Just to give you an update, I found the problem was not with changeScreen. The issue was anytime the screen rotated not just with your app.

THe problem was actually with a color task bar cab I installed. So no need to problem solve.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] rareness4:
Any word on an 2.1 official release?
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
Thanks for keeping us updated. Good you were able to weed out the source!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] roma_pop:
600GOL u made nice application!!!

But i have small question , is it possible to made option in u app, when turn PDA face down to suspend device ?

Really huge thanks :D
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] StevePritchard:
I've managed to find the steps to re-create the problem - this is with just the portrait box ticked for manila:

1. In portrait mode, go to Programs in Manilla.

2. Start a program that rotates, e.g. Google Maps.

3. Rotate the device to landscape

4. Lay the device flat, screen up.

5. While flat, close the application you opened.

6. Programs will be rotated, but as you move the device into a landscape or portrait orientation, it will be corrected.

It's not a big deal, but I thought I would let you know.

Cheers,

Steve.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
Ah yeah i see what you are saying... If the device is flat it will remain at the last rotation... This was actually a fix that I put in to prevent the app from changing to portrait when it was layed flat... I suppose this should be changed to prevent the behavior you're talking about. I'll fix it for v2.1 final!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
A few people have requested this... What does everyone think?
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
Glad to hear that!

No, you should not need anything else... Did you check all three boxes and then click the "Save" button? Come to think of it, check your 'Windows\' folder for a file named "HTCSensorSDK.dll". This file should be on your phone by default... Also, the phone will NOT rotate while the changeScreen configuration screen is open. It'll rotate only after its marked as Enabled and saved!

I have no idea why it would prevent you from creating the shortcut. I'll look into it but for now id just try the usual -> restart app, restart phone... If you have "Total Commander" I would just create a shortcut of '\Windows\changescreen.exe' and put it in the '\Windows\Startup\' folder...
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] jpeel:
My tf3d desktop does rotate 90 degrees if I unlock my phone (using s2u2) while in the landscape position. Is there anything I can add to the exceptions to prevent the program from affecting tf3d? I have added s2u2 to the exceptions list and it doesn't rotate s2u2, just the homescreen when I unlock.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] vipertk8:
Excellent app!

If you don't want for the TF3d to tilt just add "Today" on the exception list. Worked for me

TK
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] jpeel:
Thanks for the tip, but after adding Today to the exception list I still get the same behavior.

And I second the excellent app! If there is not a quick fix for my issue, I will still use the application appreciatively, just thought I'd ask.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
Put in "Star" for now in the exception list and see if that works... I'll find a permanent fix for this issue soon...
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] jpeel:
Thanks! That seems to have worked! Once again thanks for the great app.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] kwill:
app looks promising and so far so good. thanks for sharing. i liked gyrator, but this just as good, if not better. not to mention, adding exceptions is a lot easier:D
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] bblevins:
I love the program. Thanks for the hard work. I have one question about a configuration option... Like the other apps (gyrator, gsen), it seems to take somewhere between 2-5 seconds for the rotation to happen. Would it be possible to include an option for a faster reaction from the program? Like a checkbox for fast response, or a dropdown with a couple of options like 1 sec, 2 sec, 3 sec. Maybe even an option for no delay at all? I am not really sure if the delay is a hardware or software issue but I would love the option to make it respond faster to orientation changes.

Thanks,

Brent
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] palmbluetooth:
Really Great App, I was waiting for something like this, works fast and perfect.

Only one little issue, I had the issue with Manila rotating back, I put the * as you mentioned before and it was fixed, but I have the same issue with Garmin Mobile, when I open the keyboard the screen rotates for a second and than rotates back to portrait, do you have any ideas?

Thanks for your work....
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
Its obvious we all want the screen to rotate as fast as possible. I've tried many different tweaks internally to make it as quick as the device allows for... I'm still trying new things because the delay bothers me too. Rest assured that the minute I come up with something this thread will be the 1st to hear about it!

I'm confused, did you put the actual * symbol or the word "Star" ? (I meant the word 'Star'). The other thing is that If you have your device in portrait and open the keyboard the device will rotate to landscape by default. What changeScreen does is sense that the device is still in portrait (even though the keyboard is open) and rotates it back.

elaborate a little more and i'll see if I can help.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] -MyHTC-:
Been using your app since last night and I have to say love the simplicity.

Donation sent.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] -MyHTC-:
I vote for sticky.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] rjmjr69:
+1:d :d:d:d
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
That made my day... thanks!

Be sure to check back thru out the next couple of days. Since its gotten such a good response i'll make it a point to look further into the code when I get the chance... Hopefully we can have the rotations occur faster & smoother!