Pocket Shield Rotation Fix

WisdomWolfX · #1 (**permalink**) 10-24-2009, 10:47 PM

I have been using Pocket Shield for quite some time now and I absolutely love it. The only issue I have is that I often keep my phone open and at my desk (even more so with the Touch Pro 2 thanks to the tilt feature). When PS wakes up it always reverts to portrait which I find quite annoying as I have to close/re-open the keyboard in order to get back to landscape each time I turn the device back on. I had assigned a shortcut key to do this for me, but it was still a bit annoying

Today I discovered that they have added a registry edit to cure just this issue. Make sure you have at least version 3.1 and then modify this key: HKLM\Software\PocketShield\ROTATE=0

I'm sure I wasn't the only one bothered by this, so hopefully this'll help some of you out.

Update: Cab added. Be sure to thank apristel for cabbing it up.

slopokdave · #2 (**permalink**) 10-24-2009, 10:49 PM

+thanks to you! Make sure you post this on the PS forum as well; I remember seeing a few threads on there for people asking, including myself.

-Dave

WisdomWolfX · #3 (**permalink**) 10-24-2009, 10:53 PM

I actually got the info directly from their forums. But I had to do some digging to find it and figured there are a lot of people here that would like the info without having to sift through their forums.

**Unknown Zone** · #4 (**permalink**) 10-24-2009, 10:57 PM

did they put back the answering by hardkeys again, I had to reinstall the old version because I answer with hardkeys and the new version they had removed the hardkeys answering.

WisdomWolfX · #5 (**permalink**) 10-24-2009, 11:05 PM

I am running the latest version and yes you can answer with the hard keys. Just go to the phone tab and chose enable hard keys even when locked, then press the plus and check the box next to send/end keys.

**Unknown Zone** · #6 (**permalink**) 10-24-2009, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by WisdomWolfX

I am running the latest version and yes you can answer with the hard keys. Just go to the phone tab and chose enable hard keys even when locked, then press the plus and check the box next to send/end keys.

thanks, i will update again, I know alot of people were upset that they took out that option, they must of put it back in.

edit:wow it is now up to version 3.2.0.5 yup they added back in and also with alot of nice features...lol.

c4inam2n · #7 (**permalink**) 10-25-2009, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by WisdomWolfX

I have been using Pocket Shield for quite some time now and I absolutely love it. The only issue I have is that I often keep my phone open and at my desk (even more so with the Touch Pro 2 thanks to the tilt feature). When PS wakes up it always reverts to portrait which I find quite annoying as I have to close/re-open the keyboard in order to get back to landscape each time I turn the device back on. I had assigned a shortcut key to do this for me, but it was still a bit annoying

Today I discovered that they have added a registry edit to cure just this issue. Make sure you have at least version 3.1 and then modify this key: HKLM\Software\PocketShield\ROTATE=0

I'm sure I wasn't the only one bothered by this, so hopefully this'll help some of you out.

I have the same issue right now and i have the lastest version which is 3.2.0.5 but dont ahve the "HKLM\Software\PocketShield\ROTATE=0" when i go into my registy....any1 please help if you could

slopokdave · #8 (**permalink**) 10-25-2009, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by c4inam2n

I have the same issue right now and i have the lastest version which is 3.2.0.5 but dont ahve the "HKLM\Software\PocketShield\ROTATE=0" when i go into my registy....any1 please help if you could

You need to create a new DWORD value. Name it ROTATE and set it to 0. Soft reset.