Accelerometer Rotation Speed Patch

bradbamford · 08/30/2011, 04:38 PM

I have really been enjoying my overclocked TouchPad with performance patches, with one really big exception.
The speed at which the TouchPad rotates orientation is so slow!

If I barely tilt my TP, it unintentionally starts to rotate, and I have to wait for it to finish and then wait again for it to rotate back to the original orientation... So Annoying!

My question is, is it even possible to speed up the screen rotation with a patch, or increase the distance required before the TP attempts to rotate?

Common Sense tells me that if HP could make the screen rotate faster they would have done it, but HP and common sense don't really go together either.

brum · 10/12/2011, 06:34 PM

Bump.

sledge007 · 10/12/2011, 06:43 PM

I usually just have my rotation lock on and forget it even rotates.

Cantaffordit · 10/12/2011, 06:59 PM

my issue is that it rotates any time there is a slight breeze, so I leave it locked. The "delay" seems to be their attempt to make sure you really rotatedm but it definitely doesn't work the way it should.

dhkeller · 10/12/2011, 08:40 PM

Agree absolutely with the OP. The rotation "feature" is hands-down my biggest annoyance with the TP. I toggle it off routinely to the point where I wish it had its own damn button on the outside.

I would love to see a patch that influences this behavior.

sledge007 · 10/12/2011, 09:35 PM

Whether it's a physical button, or a soft key....it's the same thing, is it not? At least the soft key isn't going to break, get stuck etc. (recall loose Home buttons and Volume Up buttons that are stuck, for perfectly good examples).

Do you really change orientations that much? (honest question... I'm in landscape for almost everything I do)

netwrkr9 · 10/12/2011, 09:38 PM

99% of the time I am in landscape view, so I just put the screen lock on, no big deal.

Mutoidi · 10/12/2011, 09:53 PM

Likewise almost perma-landscape.
Didn't the 'faster card' patch and/or WebOS 3.0.2 update kinda sort this issue out from the original twichy slow-response mess?
Mine won't re-orient screen image until it's at least 50* into the turn anyway.. and then it flips fast!

dhkeller · 10/13/2011, 09:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sledge007

Do you really change orientations that much? (honest question... I'm in landscape for almost everything I do)

My TP responds slowly to my intended changes ... AND introduces phantom changes that I don't intend.

Picking it up to get started often sends it into a fit of rotation that never quite catches up to my flipping it back and forth to get it to stop. And heaven forbid I decide to switch from reclining to sitting on my couch. Add a laugh track and it would make a great viral comedy video on YouTube.

shanpalm61 · 10/14/2011, 01:38 AM

mine doesn't rotate until it is completely turned and rotates instantly. 32gig & 1.5 over clocked.

08/30/2011, 04:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
bradbamford Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 13 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 3 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	Accelerometer Rotation Speed Patch I have really been enjoying my overclocked TouchPad with performance patches, with one really big exception. The speed at which the TouchPad rotates orientation is so slow! If I barely tilt my TP, it unintentionally starts to rotate, and I have to wait for it to finish and then wait again for it to rotate back to the original orientation... So Annoying! My question is, is it even possible to speed up the screen rotation with a patch, or increase the distance required before the TP attempts to rotate? Common Sense tells me that if HP could make the screen rotate faster they would have done it, but HP and common sense don't really go together either.
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10/12/2011, 06:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
brum Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 392 Likes Received: 16 Thanks: 216 Thanked 30 Times in 24 Posts	Bump. __________________ Palm V → TX → Centro → HTC Legend → HP TouchPad/Pre 3(UK)
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10/12/2011, 06:43 PM	#3 (permalink)
sledge007 Forum Moderator Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Calgary Alberta Posts: 5,056 Likes Received: 720 Thanks: 969 Thanked 887 Times in 644 Posts	I usually just have my rotation lock on and forget it even rotates. __________________ Sent from my TouchPad, laying in my hammock.
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10/12/2011, 06:59 PM	#4 (permalink)
Cantaffordit Moderator Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 15,149 Likes Received: 958 Thanks: 3,804 Thanked 3,910 Times in 2,776 Posts	my issue is that it rotates any time there is a slight breeze, so I leave it locked. The "delay" seems to be their attempt to make sure you really rotatedm but it definitely doesn't work the way it should.
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10/12/2011, 08:40 PM	#5 (permalink)
dhkeller Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 138 Likes Received: 1 Thanks: 17 Thanked 18 Times in 11 Posts	Agree absolutely with the OP. The rotation "feature" is hands-down my biggest annoyance with the TP. I toggle it off routinely to the point where I wish it had its own damn button on the outside. I would love to see a patch that influences this behavior.
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10/12/2011, 09:35 PM	#6 (permalink)
sledge007 Forum Moderator Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Calgary Alberta Posts: 5,056 Likes Received: 720 Thanks: 969 Thanked 887 Times in 644 Posts	Whether it's a physical button, or a soft key....it's the same thing, is it not? At least the soft key isn't going to break, get stuck etc. (recall loose Home buttons and Volume Up buttons that are stuck, for perfectly good examples). Do you really change orientations that much? (honest question... I'm in landscape for almost everything I do) __________________ Sent from my TouchPad, laying in my hammock.
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10/12/2011, 09:38 PM	#7 (permalink)
netwrkr9 Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 3,132 Likes Received: 154 Thanks: 453 Thanked 495 Times in 364 Posts	99% of the time I am in landscape view, so I just put the screen lock on, no big deal.
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10/12/2011, 09:53 PM	#8 (permalink)
Mutoidi Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Oz. Posts: 957 Likes Received: 57 Thanks: 57 Thanked 101 Times in 84 Posts	Likewise almost perma-landscape. Didn't the 'faster card' patch and/or WebOS 3.0.2 update kinda sort this issue out from the original twichy slow-response mess? Mine won't re-orient screen image until it's at least 50* into the turn anyway.. and then it flips fast!
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10/14/2011, 01:38 AM	#10 (permalink)
shanpalm61 Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: North Idaho Posts: 91 Likes Received: 15 Thanks: 60 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts	mine doesn't rotate until it is completely turned and rotates instantly. 32gig & 1.5 over clocked.
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