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[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Kraize:
It doesn't rotate in my bed at night when I'm looking at it sideways or when I wakeup and try to turn off my alarm and it's rotating ;)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Mandragore:
Ah, I know exactly what you mean ;) But, can't you use exceptions to prevent certain applications from certain rotations?

I'm all for an easy way to toggle rotation. Even so, I'm wondering if integrated scheduling is the best solution in terms of resources. And what to do with exceptions to the schedule? No exceptions, or use the existing exceptions, or only if they have more than one orientation checked?

Anyway, I'm happy with what exceptions already can offer. But I'd like to be able to toggle rotation on and off through the use of a shortcut. That way, we can toggle rotation on and off from a menu, with a hardkey, or even with another scheduler like SKScheMa.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Kraize:
Well. I was hoping just to have a simple turn on and off at certain times. That was my idea of scheduling. Simple. Not overly complicated. Just like turn on at 7 and turn off at 8. Something like that.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Kraize:
I have a kickass idea! I know this might make the app a little bulky :| But how having a feature that allows you to choose your SIP based on screen orientation, then add a feature in the exceptions to allow SIP orientation feature to work or not. Lemmie know if you don't get what I mean. Btw, TouchLockPro has the SIP orientation feature so you can look at it's source code (freely available) and see how you might be able to make it work :) I'm waiting your next release since the keyboard is being screwy, in pocket turns off music, and it's a little buggy with wm6.5.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] atirage:
This is a great app! I really like it, all its feature and how its so light.

The only request I have is to add a hardware keyboard override - eg. to disable the automatic screen rotation whenever the hardware keyboard is opened, but the position of the device to determine that, or our setting in the general tab (eg. only portrait mode).

Thanks for the great app :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] rpersa1:
Great application! I really like it!

What I miss is an option, that would lock my device on face-down (besides turning the screen off).

I've figured out, that just turning screen off won't prevent my unintentional calls (i don't know how do I do it, but it sucks :) )
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
Sorry, I've been out of it for a while... I've been testing the new version and it seems to be stable for me. I still have to fix a few things and tweak it a bit. I was experimenting with allowing the users to specify the rotation levels but the way I have it set up right now will be too confusing for most people to grasp - so it'll have to wait until the next version. As for the release that fixes the screen off/lock option stopping the music and a couple of other bugs mentioned (including a better UI) - I will have it out to you by the end of the week. Anyone having problems I urge to try the new version once its out. I've tried as hard as I can to use as little resources as possible to get the new version to work without screwing with the task manager applications. Hopefully it will do the job!

If you want to give me a little reminded of what I said i was going to fix (or add) please do so before I release the new version. I think I got most of the problems but I'm sure there were some that I missed or forgot about...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] MrRalphMan:
Just the UC version from me please.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Kraize:
I hope you also fix the stopping the music for the phone in pocket option as well. And check out the SIP request I had. You can look at the source code of TouchLockPro for it.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] halloj:
Don't add too much stuff into a working app. Most people are happy with it as it is.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] :
Hi..

htcalbum is very slow and buggy if Changescreen is enable on my Topaz..

I don't now what the problem is, I tried all possible settings..

Then the configuration interfaces of changescreen is buggy if you hold the device in the landscape modus..
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
Yes, the landscape issue will be fixed with the next release. As for HTC album, changeScreen shouldn't affect it @ all so long as you have an exception named htcalbum with no boxes checked...

Things are done differently in the next version so maybe it will help your situation...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] c_shekhar:
good news about new version.....waiting...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] TruPlaya187:
Hi

Im new to this...I was wondering if this would work for my HTC Touch.

I want to be able that when I open the tmail (text messaging) it would go directly to landscape.

If not would there be a app for this.

Thanks in advance.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Kraize:
Put normally as portrait

In exceptions put tmail and only check landscape. So it'll only open in landscape.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] TruPlaya187:
Hi,

Thanks for the quick reply. When I install the app, I check the box enabled and run at startup. I go into the exceptions list and add tmail and check the second checkbox. Then I save and I get the following error message : An unexpected error has occurred in changeScreen.exe. Select Quit and then restart this program, or select Details for more information. Can't find PInvoke DLL HTCSensorSDK.

Please help cause I would love to be able to open my texts in landscape by default...and again thanks in advance.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
New Version 2.75 available for download!

***Version 2.75 - There is a new version for download as of May 29th '09. This version includes the following:

- fix for the music issue

- a sensitivity adjustment bar

- ability to define your own default exceptions (for personal use or for ROM's)

- user can choose to add a toggle link added to the programs menu. You can then link this to hardware buttons via other programs.

- & many other fixes that were brought up during the past few months.

Download the latest version of changeScreen (v2.75) here!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Kraize:
Sweet! Thanks for the new version! :) I'm going to try it out right now and report what problems there are and how awesome the improvements are!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] snufkin:
thanks. downloading.....:)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] snufkin:
After a quick test, here is the result:

- fdc Task Manager: still keep scanning the process....:(

- AppToDate: problem solved! :)

- Sensitivity bar: moved from left to right but can't observe any significant difference??? what's the expected change?

will report more findings if any problem found....

good work!!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Kraize:
I like the sensitivity change :) At the very left, it takes keeping it in landscape for a few secs to change it. To the very right, it changes before i fully get to landscape.

A few things. Import and exporting exceptions doesn't work for me? It lets me click it, but nothing shows up.

Ty for the music fix!

Another thing, in exceptions, it would be nice when I open the SIP that it scrolls up and goes to the bottom one, since I type in the last exception, and it's hidden under the SIP.

Also, could you have the keyboard override only for those in landscape orientation? Like I have some specifically only to display in portrait no matter what but since the keyboard overrides it, I can't display it. Like S2P. It doesn't work in landscape :P
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] c_shekhar:
Great!!!! new version with sensitivity settings.....
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
Glad to hear that

Sh*t really?! Let me check it out. I may have to put another cab up!

Yeah I see what you mean. I'll get on that.

Can you explain a little more? I don't quite understand what you mean...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] snufkin:
one more thing:

- if only one orientation is set as exception, in previous version, the screen is rotated automatically regardless of the orientation of the phone. for this new release, i found that i need to rotate the phone to that particular orientation in order to make the screen rotate. once rotated, the screen keeps the same orientation.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
New version 2.76 available for download!

***Version 2.76 - There is a new version for download as of May 30th '09. This version includes the following:

- the error found in this post and the error found in this post.

- fix for the music issue

- a sensitivity adjustment bar

- ability to define your own default exceptions (for personal use or for ROM's)

- user can choose to add a toggle link added to the programs menu. You can then link this to hardware buttons via other programs.

- & many other fixes that were brought up during the past few months.

Download the latest version of changeScreen (v2.76) here!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] slim23:
hey great stuff man.. i love it THERE ARE BUGS... nothing major.. htc diamond... when i roate my home touch 3d screen it cuts off.. its like a choped up image on the unfilled area of the square.. hope it makes sence.. every thing else works great.. great for texing THANKS ALOT
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
It should not do that to you. Do you have an exception named manila with only the portrait box checked?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
New version 2.77 available for download!

***Version 2.77 - There is a new version for download as of May 30th '09. This version includes the following:

- the error found in this post and the error found in this post AND the error found in this post!

- fix for the music issue

- a sensitivity adjustment bar

- ability to define your own default exceptions (for personal use or for ROM's)

- user can choose to add a toggle link added to the programs menu. You can then link this to hardware buttons via other programs.

- & many other fixes that were brought up during the past few months.

Download the latest version of changeScreen (v2.77) here!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Philip:
Are you sure? It feels the opposite way around to me (Left = changes easily; Right = takes a while to change).

The Help file doesn't seem to mention it.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
Yeah, sorry - I havent't updated the help file in a long time... The left should change quicker while the right should take longer. I guess I should have labeled it!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] slim23:
i have checked the first on from the left ( i think its protriat) and the 4th from the left(landcape)... am i only supose to chk protriat only ???? thanks for the reply
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] slim23:
na i have landcape chk too.. i uncheck landcape and now only one chk on portairt.. now today screen doesnt do landcape.. is today screen supose to do landcape or what?? thanks for the reply
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Kraize:
Okay. I mean that when an exception is checked in landscape or reverse landscape, that the keyboard slide-out does not override it. Only for the landscape exceptions.

And I also have another problem and I'm pretty sure it's related to ChangeScreen. It's the weirdest problem. I left my phone on charging and turned off the screen when face down and no light and like 10 minutes after, I go to check it and it won't turn on...Even after powering on my phone or sliding out the keyboard (slide to wake is enabled), it won't turn on. All i see that indicates that it's on is the center led has the charging circle glow....and the weird thing is....even when i took the charging cable out, the circle would still glow....and it still wouldn't turn on....I hard-reset my phone, but I remember my settings and I'll try and achieve the same situation so it's easier for you to evaluate it. I had a couple other programs, but they've never had this problem before and the only updated thing was the rom (EnergyROM build 52209 to 52809) and ChangeScreen.

Also, think you could make the sensitivity bar more sensitive? And add a preference to change the ms of it polling interval of the orientation? Or is that the default polling interval?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Kraize:
What do you mean? If you've only checked portrait, it won't rotate at all. If you check portrait and landscape (or reverse landscape) it will switch once you rotate it to that position.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
Kraize is right. Manila (touchflo 3D) only displays correctly in portrait (until I can figure out how to switch it correctly to landscape). For now you need to keep the manila exception with only the portrait box checked so that it wont become distorted when you turn your phone. I'll get it right eventually. Sorry about that for now...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
Well, for your 1st problem I will look into it. I'm sure there is a way to override the kayboard slide out but I don't know of it off hand.

For the second problem its got to be something in that ROM. I've never experienced that before & can't imagine what it could be. I'll check it out but it really shouldn't interfere with any built in functions. Maybe there is an add on prog running on that ROM that is causing a conflict w/ changeScreen? I'll look into it...

As for the sensitivity bar, I suppose I could make it have more stop points rather than only the 4 its got now. All that does is change the polling interval. The default is 250ms. Believe me, anything under 250ms has no noticable difference than 250ms. Plus we don't want to overwork the processor and waste battery...

Thanks for all your input to the app btw. I appreciate it a lot. I don't get much time anymore to really experiment with the phone...

So again, thanks!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] slim23:
thanks alot
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Kraize:
Alright! Thanks!

I'm trying to see if it does it with other roms as well or maybe it was another program.

Actually, I meant to be able to make it more sensitive, not more options. I meant like make it's max more. So it only goes to a certain sensitivity to the left, could you make it more sensitive? Not more options. I hope you know what I mean.

No problem. :) I love this app and enjoy helping you make it better than it already is.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] snufkin:
Hi 600GOL,

Great work!! Using latest 2.77,

- fdc Task Manager: still keep scanning the process....

- Sensitivity bar: still no significant change at my diamond. maybe my diamond issue??:confused:

- if only one orientation is set as exception, in previous version, the screen is rotated automatically regardless of the orientation of the phone. for this new release, i found that i need to rotate the phone to that particular orientation in order to make the screen rotate. once rotated, the screen keeps the same orientation: problem solved!!:D
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] rpersa1:
That one still doesn't work for me (ver. 2.77) When I launch Garmin, It should automatically go into landscape mode, but it doesnt. I have to rotate screen first.

It worked on v2.76
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
Yeah... I can't believe I left that out. I re-wrote the whole inner workings of the app so I guess I just forgot to copy and paste that little bit of code! Anyway, glad its working now...

I really don't know why the sensitivity bar isn't working for you. Anyone else have this issue. If you put it all the way to the right and click Save there should be a noticable delay in the rotation...

Can you try the same thing with another app? Just so we can see if its an issue just with that particular app? Let me know what happens.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
Cool, let me know what happens...

Well, like I said... the max sensitivity is set (by my research & trial and error) at 250ms. So basically the app checks for a change in rotation 4 times a second! When I was testing - even checking 100 times a second did not make the app any faster than checking 4 times a second - and it drained the battery a lot quicker!

I guess the only reason I put this option in was becuase some people felt like when they tilted the device to the left that it would rotate too quick, even when they didn't really rotate the device (ie: tilted it a little by accident). Then they would have to wait a couple of seconds before the device would rotate the screen back to portrait. For all those people, if they set the sensitivity bar up to say the 2nd stop point, it will help the situation with the device rotating too quickly.

Anyway - in changeScreen, by default has the fastest rotation time I could have possible pre-configured for you all.

Sorry if I still didn't get what you meant by make it's max more. Writing & reading is not really the best way to express your ideas. Let me know if I got it wrong and i'll try again...

Happy to hear that. You've been around since the start of the app. Its good to see you are still here following the development so closely!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Kraize:
Oh! I totally misunderstood you! I thought by 250ms you meant polling interval, but I then thought of polling interval as something that doesn't relate to the sensitivity. My bad. I totally agree, writing is not the best way to express your ideas.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] rpersa1:
Hi,

i've tested another application, and results are the same.

I tried to:

- Completely remove application

- Reinstall application and reset it to defaults

- import backup (after that, i've tried to enable application but it crashed every time, even after soft reset, so no luck here :( )

- add new exception, but still didn't work..

Another interesting thing. When I add for ex. Garmin to exception list (landscape mode only), I turns it only by turning phone (like said before). When I exit Garmin, it turns to landscape my MobileShell, which is in exception list for portrait mode only...

I must say, it all worked on v. 2,76, but I had some problems with that version too...

ex: I've started typing new message in landscape mode. When i putted my phone (still in landscape position) onto its back (facing up) it switched application into portrait mode. So I always had to keep phone still in landscape position (90° +- approx. 5-8° into portrait's direction and approx. 1-5° into facing up position) to keep it landscape....

That's about it, sorry for my bad english :)

And again, very cool application indeed.

My phone: HTC touch HD...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Philip:
This is a fantastic application (I have tried all the other rotation programs and for me ChangeScreen is by far the best!)

I still have the problem described by snufkin. I have an Exception set to only run TomTom in landscape. In earlier versions of ChangeScreen, it didn't matter what orientation my Touch HD was in when I started TomTom, the phone would change to landscape before starting TomTom (which is exactly what I wanted). With V2.77, TomTom starts in whatever orientation the phone is in at the time (and if it's portrait, I can only change to landscape by exiting TomTom, rotating the phone to landscape, and then restarting TomTom - which is a pain).
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
I'll look into these issues when I get the chance (hopefully tomorrow). It all works fine on my device tho (which is a Touch Pro) so its a little weird why it'd be giving you trouble. I'll see what I can do and get back to you...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Agent.Orange:
Hey 600GOL

great work, thank you!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Rems31:
I'm using S2U2 and I've set it so that it's only on portrait.

However, sometimes it'll show it on landscape. I'll then make it go portrait and it works fine. But after I slide to unlock, it'll lock itself again as if there were two unlock-to-slide screens.

This usually happens if i get a text/incoming call and I turned off the screen while it's still in landscape mode. Not a big issue. Works great otherwise. Thanks!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] puertoblack2003:
thanks for the app :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] ayekhine:
Nice application.

Nice application!

and Thanks you verrry much for sharing it.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Philip:
Just to let everybody know that the problem I have been having with TomTom has resolved itself - it now always starts in Landscape regardless of the orientation of the phone. Not sure why it didn't before (perhaps I hadn't waited long enough, or it needed a soft reset?)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
No problem. thanks for using it!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
I've had that happen to me too when I briefly used S2U2. I'll try to find time to install it again and determine why that happens. In the meantime, if you can pinpoint exactly when it happens please pass it along to me so I can fix it. It may however be an issue with S2U2 - which means that theres nothing I can do. Regardless... let me know. Thanks!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Rems31:
I've found out how to replicate it.

Basically it happens if any app is not in portrait and I turn the screen off.

So when I turn it back on, S2U2 will start up (as expected). Then when I slide to unlock, it will do so but right after it unlocks it will lock again.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Claus72:
Tomtom issue

I have set in the exception list tomtom only in landscape but, after few second since I launch it, the windows task bar appear. :(

I have changescreen 2.77. In the version 2.5 it worked fine.

Could someone help me?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
I'll look into it asap & get back to you. Thanks for doing the research!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
Does this only happen with Tomtom or with other apps as well?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Claus72:
I have noticed it only with tomtom and with the game nfs undercover.

I have also noticed that, if I launch tomtom with the phone in landscape it works fine.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] boge:
It happens also with Opera or Klaxon, after the direction is changed, windows taskbar will appear. Both are the full screen applications.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Claus72:
Yes, it happens also with opera. :(
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] doughamm:
Prevent rotation while sleeping?

Hi folks - I have a sideways holster and find it annoying when I wake the phone up and it's landscape after being asleep in the holster. Any way to disable the rotation sensor while sleeping?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] FinalAeon:
Hi 600GOL

Will you be adding a function to put the device to standby if it is upside down? I didnt notice that from the list of functions in the first post. Its the only reason why I'm still using Gyrator which has the problem of quitting itself.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
Screen off in pocket. Is that what you want. This will shut the screen off when the device is upside down (ie: call keys on top of screen)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
I check this out...

Hopefully I can put the option in a new release...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] 600GOL:
I'm going to look into this... I guess it happens with all (or most) full screen apps?