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        somannak
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        Just like whenever I'm using any application, the screen rotates every four ways. I was wondering if that was possible even in the lock screen.

        I don't have any phones to use ubuntu touch on so I'm using it on an Asus One Power and I don't even have the budget to buy a new mobile phone for this. the top half of the display isn't working so I just rotate the mobile and start using depending on where I'll have to click on the screen. But that is not possible on the lock screen like whenever I get a call, the answer button is on the top of the screen and I can't rotate if the phone is on the lock screen.

        I could just wait for the call to get disconnected unlock the phone and call back. But the problem is when I get a message and the notification sticks on the top. I'll have to restart the phone every time to unlock the phone. So I need to know if I could at least disable that.

        When I get notifications like these on the lock screen, I'll either have to use a mouse to close it but that will not be possible every time, or restart the phone which is annoying. screenshot20211108_225610624.png

        So I was wondering if there is anything else that I can do.

        Full-time OpO Bacon user since 08/11/2021.

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          stanwood
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          "I was wondering if that was possible even in the lock screen."

          Indeed, you can go in the top bar menu, there's a screen rotation locker (just click on the icon).

          Redmi Note 9S Stable
          If God has a computer, it must be a GNU/Linux

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            somannak
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            "I was wondering if that was possible even in the lock screen."

            Indeed, you can go in the top bar menu, there's a screen rotation locker (just click on the icon).

            The rotation lock is switched off, but that doesn't rotate the screen when the phone is locked.

            Full-time OpO Bacon user since 08/11/2021.

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              stanwood @somannak
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              @somannak So it looks like the accelerometer sensor is not functional on your device, maybe an incomplete port (?)
              Works well on all my devices though...

              Redmi Note 9S Stable
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                somannak @stanwood
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                @stanwood said in Screen rotation on the lock screen:

                @somannak So it looks like the accelerometer sensor is not functional on your device, maybe an incomplete port (?)
                Works well on all my devices though...

                How do I fix that? How do I check the ports? I get what might be the problem but am not sure what to do.

                Full-time OpO Bacon user since 08/11/2021.

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                  stanwood @somannak
                  last edited by stanwood

                  @somannak So I would suggest you to first go here:

                  https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/

                  Find your device in this list, click on it and check if there is a "port resources" section.

                  Then try to contact the available channel(s) or maintainers (if any). Some ports (device progress) are currently inactive or even abandoned...

                  Redmi Note 9S Stable
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                  • RedXXIIIR Offline
                    RedXXIII
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                    Rotation works perfectly the four ways on my devices: bq e5, m10 fhd and fp2. But the lock screen does not rotate. If i use my phone upside downthe screen will rotate and will be usable. If i lock the screen, the lock screen will be uoside down because it won t rotate. When i unlock i get back to the previous rotated screen. hope that makes sense 😅 Anyway i don t know if it is a bug or a feature...

                    Fairphone 3+ / BQ Aquaris M10 FHD / BQ Aquaris E5

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                      AppLee @RedXXIII
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                      @redxxiii said in Screen rotation on the lock screen:

                      Anyway i don t know if it is a bug or a feature...

                      IIRC that is the current expected behavior.
                      And it's neither a bug nor a feature but more of a missing feature.

                      Again IIRC there is a feature request for some time now but it's not on top of the list.
                      And I think it was the same back in the Canonical days...

                      Work has been done on the lock screen recently so maybe something will come up for 20.04 ?
                      I think it has been discussed in the "Design" category of this forum.

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                        RedXXIII @AppLee
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                        @applee ok thanks 🙂

                        Fairphone 3+ / BQ Aquaris M10 FHD / BQ Aquaris E5

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