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First thing I did when I got mine was look for OS updates so I can't say as to whether or not the bug existed fresh out of the box... but it certainly makes me want to change to a custom OS. I really wish we would just get 4.0 already I feel like that should have happened by now... at least it would help me figure out the cause of this annoying bug. I really like the phone it's just a shame that something this stupid is hindering my experience with it.
ok so I think i may have figured out a way to fix (or prevent) this bug from occurring; wanted to share. while i still haven't found the absolute cause of the problem i have found that if i let the screen time out while it's rotated horizontally it will stay like that until returning to the home screen, or any app that requires the vertical orientation. this then causes the auto-rotate to not work until rebooting the phone (POWER + VOL DOWN button). if you let the screen time out while it's vertical this doesn't seem to happen, and the auto-rotate will work fine. just a theory but so far so good, i've been trying to make sure to return to the home screen, or anything else using the regular orientation, before letting the screen time out.
I had the problem on my Razr after a recent update. Re-boot and no problem...
My 2 month old Razr has just yesterday started having Auto-rotate issues. I have to turn the phone off to fix it. Must be some update issue.... Also I've had troubles getting the Hotspot to work the first time. Have to turn that off and on maybe 3 times.
happening in my razr also. Very annoying.
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I could not trigger the bug by letting the screen time out while in landscape mode. Tried several apps and screens, tried resuming right away, resuming afer 20 minutes and screen autorotated evrey time. Was working good for 3 days and then all of a sudden frozen in portrait mode.Quote:
Originally Posted by EXCellR8
I do notice that the compass and level functions on the swiss army knife app is jumping around like crazy while the bug is triggered. Reboot resets all back to normal untill the next instance.
Gotcha can't seem to figure it out either. It just happened again today. No reason. Thought it had gone away.
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I had the same issue with the screens auto rotate...they started my phone in safemode, and then it didn't do it. They said that meant it was an app had, I did a reset and didn't install go launcher, and so far haven't had a problem. For what it's worth, I don't know how they started it in safemode, but it seems to be helpful.
Anyone else know how to get phone to start in safe mode
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Leave it in safe mode for a week and post back your results.Quote:
Originally Posted by ccgustavus
Even if it works, is safe mode the answer? The whole point is to have a robust device. Might as well have a flip phone with alphanumeric
screen.
Of course its an app but its one thats preinstalled by Verizon or motorola.
The question is, is it a specific issue with Razr/Razr maxx or are there any other brands or models which have this bug?