On 24/04/2012 17:40, Ramy Yanetz wrote: > Perhaps the auto rotation should be disabled by default. After all what good > will it do if the screen auto rotates when you bank hard?
You would have to do a negative G manoeuvre, like a slow roll, to get the display to rotate :-0. Unless you are holding the device by hand in the cockpit, which is probably not recommended. > On Apr 24, 2012, at 8:32 AM, Max Kellermann<m...@duempel.org> wrote: > >> On 2012/04/24 17:16, Brunno Lopes<bnlo...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I've solved this by disabling the "screen auto rotation" feature, to keep >>> the screen always on portrait or landscape position. During flight, the >>> phone's position may change too fast and it seems to cause the crash. Since >>> I disabled this feature, XCSoar has been very stable. >> >> That's a good hint - I have observed buggy graphics drivers on a lot >> of Android phones. Rotating the display is something that seems >> likely to trigger such a bug. I have seen this in Google Maps, too! I have never managed to trigger an Android bug on my Dell by rotating it with XCSoar running - on the ground not in the air! So disabling this is not a feature that would be required on all devices. Ian PS: On a lighter note, maybe the USA competition rules committee would judge this to be a feature which "allows flight without reference to the ground" ;-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Xcsoar-user mailing list Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user
