Villa
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I can't see how that would help as the device does not have an accelerometer!
Screen Rotation settings not saving when box is reset.
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I have sent you a PM.
Ferrocene
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Neither can I, but just thought the possibility of some interaction between android and/or OP's apps when auto-rotate is selected/not selected during reboot might be worth checking if it has not been already.
CybeRider
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That's what the icon with the crooked arrows, that I mentioned above, is for.
Ferrocene
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Agree, have only rarely used that drop down menu and icon and didn't get what you wrote in #19, I was wrong, you had already mentioned the auto-rotate option.
@Ferrocene i have tried changing the auto-rotation, no effect. @CybeRider , just tried Nova, was able to change the rotation within Nova's settings and they stayed after a reboot. Doing more testing, thanks!
Villa
Administrator
I have found that if Auto-rotate screen is enabled it affects the outcome of the Screen Rotation setting. ie: it is reset.
Villa
Administrator
OK, I thought I had the definitive solution!?
But actually after switching about different combinations of Screen Rotation and Auto-rotate screen I now appear to have rotation issues!
My only thoughts are that with a Factory reset and then only adjusting Settings, Device Preferences, Screen Rotation will the setting stick.
Before I started interfering with other rotation settings my device would always remember the rotation setting!
But actually after switching about different combinations of Screen Rotation and Auto-rotate screen I now appear to have rotation issues!
My only thoughts are that with a Factory reset and then only adjusting Settings, Device Preferences, Screen Rotation will the setting stick.
Before I started interfering with other rotation settings my device would always remember the rotation setting!
@Villa in the last few days i have factory reset 2 of my units several time, this to start fresh. The first test is always the rotation on the settings and disabling auto-rotation from more settings, never once worked. As of now, i have Nova installed and it has kept the rotation after multiple reboots, apps show rotated as well. Not the ideal solution because requires additional software, i hope a solution will be presented at some point. Thanks @CybeRider for suggesting Nova!
Do you mind me asking what digital signage software you are using? If you can send a signal from the CMS to the player to orientate it in portrait the software can rotate the image for you. I've found I need to select 90 degrees then restart the U22 and then the software can then autorotate the image for you on the back end. Hopefully that makes sense.
This is the temporary solution we ended up using. Our software has a rotation setting which also wouldn't save on reset, but we found that by using the software rotation setting as well as the Minix rotation setting together it seems to work.
The box boots up in landscape but then switches to portrait when the signage app opens. It's not perfect and we have had some reports of content playing upside down at times.
Hi Jordan
I've found if you add the apk set orientation apk by eyes free project you can set the orientation on the display and it will stay in that orientation on startup
Hope that helps