Home Screen in Landscape Mode

[W_A_Watson_II]

OK, I know and hate the fact that the Home and Apps screen don't rotate, but while driving home yesterday I plugged my phone in to the car charger, and later noticed the screen was still on and in "desk cradle" mode. When I hit the exit button spot it was in Landscape mode!

It would not rotate but the Home and Applications screens were in landscape. Even the phone dialer was in Landscape.

Now when I unplugged the charger cord it went back to normal, and hasn't done it again. Did I do something different this time, did I hit some off combinations of buttons? If I'd known then how to capture the screen I would have, but didn't know the trick, sorry.

Anyone else seen this?

Phone is un-rooted and running Samsung Home Launcher

 

[hooskins]

Default functionality for android. You need to download another launcher, like launcher pro, which has the option to allow the home screen to auto rotate.

 

[W_A_Watson_II]

Well, it did it again. I connected the car charging cable, and the next thing I know it's displaying the car dock screen, so I exit, and look how the Home Screen appeared:

After un-pluging the charger, it switched back to the normal view and stayed that way, even when re-plugging in the charger.

 

[trifecta]

I think that is what mine looks like when it is in the window dock. Not sure why yours would do it just plugging it in.

 

[papa54]

OK, I know and hate the fact that the Home and Apps screen don't rotate, but while driving home yesterday I plugged my phone in to the car charger, and later noticed the screen was still on and in "desk cradle" mode. When I hit the exit button spot it was in Landscape mode!

It would not rotate but the Home and Applications screens were in landscape. Even the phone dialer was in Landscape.

Now when I unplugged the charger cord it went back to normal, and hasn't done it again. Did I do something different this time, did I hit some off combinations of buttons? If I'd known then how to capture the screen I would have, but didn't know the trick, sorry.

Anyone else seen this?

Phone is un-rooted and running Samsung Home Launcher

go to settings>Display>check to be sure "Auto-rotate box has been ticked"

 

[W_A_Watson_II]

Auto-rotate is checked, it turns our Samsung's Home Screen's arn't programmed to Auto-rotate, frustrating.

 

[Farabomb]

Like stated above an aftermarket launcher fixes this if it really is an issue. I have used LauncherPro and GO and both work quite well.