With most Android phones, user has two options for screen rotation: "lock the rotation", forcing the screen to remain in portrait mode and "automatic rotation", rotating screen automatically according to device's physical orientation.
Problems arise when you're, for example, watching a video clip on your phone's browser, laying on sofa with phone in slightly tilted position - you move ... [ read the full article ]
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Originally posted by mcdyer: I've been using this for quite a while on my nexus 7 because the rotation control has become very temperamental and doesn't work most of the time
My Nexus 7 started having rotation problems and I found people fixing it like this:
Power down the tablet. Lay it face down on a table with a towel or something to cushion the glass. Press fairly firmly on the back, in the area of the NEXUS embossing. Apparently the sensor is in that area and something gets out of place, and pressing on the back sorts it.
It sounds a bit weird but if you do a websearch you'll find lots of references to this.
