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New Version 2.3 defaults to rotated screen on MD device


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My problem was that I although I could get it to rotate back to "normal" I couldn't seem to change the default setting back to that. I found that by rotating it back, then System > Exit before turning the power off sorted it out.
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Flybynight (13/03/2012)
Interesting! My unit says its rotating (which it never did before) and then comes up in landscape mode. Which was its default mode before anyway.


My WinCE device does this as well even though it does not support screen rotation.
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Interesting! My unit says its rotating (which it never did before) and then comes up in landscape mode. Which was its default mode before anyway.
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No specific reasoning, it's clearly a bug. Rotating the screen back again should solve it.
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So that's behaviour that's changed from the previous release. Tim - any specific reasoning behind that?
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Hi Ian

Had the same problem after I upgraded.

If you go Settings & select Rotate Screen everything returns to landscape mode. This then appears to be the default when restarting the system
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I've just installed the new version 2.3 on my Laptop and Skydemon MD device. When I start the MD device it always rotates the screen into portrait mode on startup - even if I shut it down in Landscape. Is there a setting somewhere I'm missing?

Thanks, Ian
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