[omairiq]

My query is regarding autorotate of n97. In my N97, while rotating the screen first go blank and then rotates the menu. however in some demo videos I have seen it rotate like Iphone, displaying the movement of the menu and not going blank. ??

How can i change this??

[weid1374]

You cannot, the demo video is fake...

[rdcinhou]

Yes, Nokia fooled-the-world with the demo videos of the transition effects on the N97.

And they didn't even put any teeny-tiny disclaimer text at the bottom of the ads like iPhone did with their demonstrations ("Time sequence shortened" ).

Since the auto-rotation feature resets the calibration on the magnetic fluxgate compass in the N97, nearly everyone has turned this feature off. 

Who knows if a future firmware update will fix this problem?

Message Edited by rdcinhou on 26-Aug-2009 06:30 AM

[celios]

There is also a bug with the unlock button not working that now only seems to occur if you have the accelerometer auto-rotate enabled.  I've disabled mine and just open the phone to get it into landscape mode.

[phatdumi]

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weid1374 wrote:
You cannot, the demo video is fake...

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Big mistake showing your serial number.

[arvar]

i too have the same problem, it first goes blank and then sort of struggles for a while to get all the widgets in line. teh pther problem i am having is the angle the screen roates. i mean i have to have the phone perfectly horizontal for it to rotate. am nt sure if thats a problem or its meant to be like that

[rafamiga]

Disable autorotate -- it does prevent screen from blanking. It's sad users have to use such trick -- this kind of bugs shouldn't escape beta testing.

What annoys me the most with autorotate [apart from no promised eye-candy] is that I cannot have a screen properly rotated when I turn my phone clockwise. Why not, Nokia? Apart from being easier for a left-hand person to rotate clockwise, there's no reason for people to force them to do a 180 turn when the phone is rotated they way Nokia considers wrong.

I'm not writing about sliding the keyboard out, it's obvious you cannot rotate "the other way" in this situation.

Why not make it "Autorotate 360" checkbox in Sensors setting?

This is one of many usability challenges [read "failures"] of N97...

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rafamiga

Message Edited by rafamiga on 27-Aug-2009 05:50 PM

[omairiq]

Sorry to say but Not at all IMPRESSED by N97!

[kavi6233]

Yea, Nokia fooled the consumers with fake smooth transitions.

Its not smooth and beautifully looking as the iPhone.

However, the transition is nice in my N86 when I turn theme effects to "ON" . Try this N97 users.

[mccbleue]

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kavi6233 wrote:

Yea, Nokia fooled the consumers with fake smooth transitions.

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Truth is probably that the advertisement was done using created animation sequences becasue publicity is often prepared before a final product is finished and ready for sale - this is typical across the electronics industry.