changing the screen position

[Guest Transform]

in the favourite apps section on the today screen there is a change screen position button on there which was preinstalled (the pink t-mobile version).

i never bothered with it until today and found it a little strange...

when it changes the screen to landscape, it is the opposite side to when i pull the keyboard out. is this the same for anyone else or just me?

[Guest burrzoo]

Yep...mine is exactly the same and it's a stock HTC version. it truly is odd.....

Edited December 19, 2007 by burrzoo

[Guest Transform]

is there no way of fixing it in the registry?

its very annoying, especially when trying to use tomtom in landscape view without having the keyboard open

[Guest mandt]

I don't think there's a fix for this, but an easier way to do it is to assign a hardware key to rotate the screen. I've set mine to the 'long press record' button

[Guest Transform]

I don't think there's a fix for this, but an easier way to do it is to assign a hardware key to rotate the screen. I've set mine to the 'long press record' button

what is the 'long press record' button?

and how would i go about doing this?

[Guest mandt]

Start>Settings>Buttons

Set button 6(Hold) to (near the top of the list)

[Guest Transform]

erm, it still rotates around the wrong way. is there a way of making it rotate the other way?

[Guest mandt]

Works for me, wierd :(

[Guest Transform]

mine faces away from the keyboard. does anyone know of a cab file or something that can put this right for me?

[Guest mandt]

Ok I've been playing around and investigating.

Assign 'Rotate Screen' to a button as above

Soft-reset your phone, now go to Start>Settings>System>Screen and select 'Landscape (right-handed)' click ok

Now use the hardware button to rotate back to portrait

Further uses of the button will now rotate the screen correctly, i.e. anti-clockwise :(

Delete the button from HTC Home so you don't have to do it all again :D

[Guest Transform]

that works great thanks alot! i wonder if there is a way of doing that for the button on htc home...