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Originally Posted by tschucha
I don't know why anyone would think that this was a desirable feature and I can't find any way to turn it off.
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I believe
rogerinnyc gave the most compelling reason so far:
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Originally Posted by rogerinnyc
The auto-rotation [...] often when I turn on the device, the text is upside down in terms of the orientation in which I'm holding it and I have to do a turn and back to get it to correct. I suspect this is why they introduced the swipe, which now always opens the book in the right orientation if you're using the button to turn it on and off. If you're using the sleep cover, the orientation is usually correct at the start and there is no need to swipe.
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Makes some sense.
But I agree, "Swipe to Unlock" is pretty bad. I wrote about my
experience with this "Swipe to Unlock" in another post.
On the initial firmware, I could just push the power button to unlock and jump right into the book/homescreen.
On the new firmware, the swipe is impossible to use in the dark, and I more than likely reset the entire device instead.
For the "correct rotation", I think a better solution would be like in Android, allow you to enable/disable any of the degrees individually (0° + 90° + 180° + 270°). Personally, I would set it to 0° (or 180°) and forget about it!
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Originally Posted by tschucha
Does anyone know of a way to get normal waking functionality back?
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Hope for the next firmware to bring back the original unlock.
Or like MGlitch said, "Get a sleep cover". (Having to buy expensive extra hardware because of a crippling software decision... ugh...)