Selective landscape home screen mode

[#1]

Hi everybody!

I have Xperia Neo (MT15i), with the latest available ICS 4.0.4 update installed and working.

Here is something that's been eating me for a while:

I've always missed a landscape orientation of the home screen, and I've eagerly anticipated it with every new update.

To my great disappointment, I still unsuccessful in achieveing landscape oriented home screen on my devise.

That is, until recently, when I noticed that if I connect to phone with an USB cable to a computer, and then put the phone in a lanscape position, after about 15-30 seconds of heavy thinking, the screen does come up in a landscape mode! Totally shocked, I picked up the phone and disconnected it from the USB cable. Immediately, the home screen went to a portrait position and no matter how I did rotate it, it never switched back to a landscape mode. Until I connected it again to the USB cable... Weird! True, it takes it about 30 sec. to make the switch but it comes up in a landscape orientation only when it is connected viaUSB cable to a computer.

Can anyone tell me why can't I have the landscape mode without the USB connection active?

My best,

Blaze

Below is a screenshot of my home screen when the phone is connected to a PC via USB.

[jurakhon]

I have Neo V and I have experienced that landscape mode too. the home screen and the menus all were landscape. It was awesome. I thought it was ICS 4.0.4 feature but then I noticed it only showed landscape when the phone was connected to PC. it is a little buggy by the way. sometimes it shows blank black screen instead of landscape mode.

[#3]

Hi!

Indeed! All you describe is correct! I have experienced it too! Let's hope there is someone who can explain this odd behavior!

Cheers!

[hasithabuddhima]

I am xperiancing any time landscape mode in my ST18i(Ray) on ICS.

http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/45344?start=0&tstart=0

Go there and see what we did.. It's easy.. But you have to Root your phone..