[Rtcomm] [Rtcomm] [Bug 5911] New: Shaking device switches between landscape and portrait modes

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https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5911

           Summary: Shaking device switches between landscape and portrait
                    modes
           Product: Chat & Call & SMS
           Version: 5.0/(1.2009.41-10)
          Platform: N900
        OS/Version: Maemo
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: Low
         Component: Call Application UI
        AssignedTo: rtcomm at maemo.org
        ReportedBy: donn.morrison at gmail.com
         QAContact: call-ui-bugs at maemo.bugs


STEPS TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM:

1. Open the telephone application (Applications > Telephone)
2. Set the rotation to Automatic (Menu > Rotation Settings >  Screen
Orientation > Automatic) (translated from French so may not be exact)
3. Shake the phone horizontally (from left to right)

EXPECTED OUTCOME:

The screen orientation shouldn't be so easily confused.

ACTUAL OUTCOME:

The screen orientation seems to be too sensitive and changes between landscape
and portrait, even though the device actually remains in the same physical
orientation.

REPRODUCIBILITY:

always

OTHER COMMENTS:

Shaking is an extreme case, but I've noticed that sometimes the orientation is
changed simply by moving the N900 too quickly to one side, say when you're
moving around a bit. (Bug summary could possibly be updated to reflect this
generality).

This could possibly be fixed by smoothing over several samplings of the
sensor(s) that determine the device orientation, although this might be to the
detriment of the snappiness of a valid orientation change.


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