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[That-Guy]

Anyone know if its possible to edit/tweak one of the Android OS files to enable Screen Rotation on the Home Screen and Apps Draw on the Huawei U8800?

Its a simple feature that some Android Devices seem to have

[flibblesan]

There should be some modified Launcher2.apk about that can do this. I use LauncherPro which allows rotation.

[That-Guy]

Found a modified Launcher2.apk here: http://forum.xda-dev...d.php?t=1025264

But that is for 2.3 so guessing it wont work, will keep looking

[That-Guy]

This is a Froyo Launcher2.apk that should work I think but comes with Droid X Wallpapers bundled.

Features:
- 7 Home Screens
- Faster
- Auto Rotate Enabled

Not tried myself yet:
http://www.droidforu...ate-faster.html

EDIT: Download link does not work so still no closer

Edited by That-Guy, 18 June 2011 - 06:19 PM.

[That-Guy]

Got a little bit closer with this after posting on another site.

Was told I need to de-compile the launcher2.apk and search for android:screenOrientation="nosensor" and change to android:screenOrientation="sensor".

They said it is in the file AndroidManifest.xml but cannot find it

Anyone know if im missing something?

[Poulsen8r]

That-Guy, on Jun 24 2011, 07:26, said:

Got a little bit closer with this after posting on another site.

Was told I need to de-compile the launcher2.apk and search for android:screenOrientation="nosensor" and change to android:screenOrientation="sensor".

They said it is in the file AndroidManifest.xml but cannot find it

Anyone know if im missing something?

Don't use 7zip/Winrar to decode apks. Make sure you use apktool or somefiles may not be extracted from the apk. I decoded with apktool and it's right there in the root directory with that string you are looking for:

android:name="com.android.launcher2.Launcher" android:clearTaskOnLaunch="true" android:stateNotNeeded="true" android:launchMode="singleTask" android:screenOrientation="nosensor" android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan"

This is the launcher i'm using (Stock Launcher2 from AOSP):
http://www.mediafire...4w9a9la1duv0a4d

[That-Guy]

Thanks will try APKTool after work