Libra H20 disable Autorotate

Mellobob · 10-16-2019, 07:39 PM

Okay, I think the message title says it. How to disable the auto rotate feature on the Libra H20. I found the "official" instructions here:

https://help.kobo.com/hc/en-us/artic...en-orientation

But can't get it to work. I want it set so that I'm always in portrait mode with the buttons on the left with the top button set to page forward. All works, but if I put the device down it, annoyingly, seems to think I want it upside down

I'm running version 4.18.13737 on the device.

Thanks!

robko · 10-16-2019, 07:46 PM

Official rotation locks only keep it either Portrait or Landscape, but will flip either of these when the device is rotated 180 degrees. Not sure if there's a patch that will lock it to only ONE orientation.

dordale · 10-17-2019, 01:28 AM

Additionally, if your Libra is like my new Forma, when I first pick it up to begin reading, it is almost always upside down. It orients itself pretty quickly. I'm not sure why this happens, as I almost always read with the buttons on the right and that's the way I leave it when I put it to sleep. It's quick enough to "fix itself" so it's not really even annoying to me--just something I find curious.

Mellobob · 10-17-2019, 08:17 PM

If that's the way it ... well, I guess that's the way it is. Mildly annoying, but not the end of the world. I tried reading a book in landscape, but I really don't like that. Maybe if my eyes were younger and it did a 2 column presentation? BTW, I really do like the Libra H2O.

droopy · 10-17-2019, 08:21 PM

I created a thread on the same topic

https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink/top...ink_source=app

Forma wakes/powers on w/ held-with-left-hand orientation. I hold with right hand.

FizzyWater · 10-17-2019, 08:57 PM

It works the opposite for me. I mostly read in my left hand, and it always wants to start "upside down". I have to quickly switch to landscape and flip it back up to get it to read correctly. It's just contrary!

dordale · 10-17-2019, 11:50 PM

When I start my Forma up, it almost always is right side up then immediately flips upside down and then back again so it's right side up. Don't know why it needs to do all the calisthenics each time it wakes up!

MGlitch · 10-18-2019, 01:15 AM

If you switch how the buttons move through a book from how you have it now to the other setting and then consistently hold it in the same hand you’ll find it no longer flips.

Likewise if it doesn’t flip for you either change hands and wake it, or change the setting and wake it.

As to why it has to do this I’m not sure. It’s been this way on the Forma since it launched so I imagine it’s not exactly a high priority for Kobo possibly because not a lot of people are complaining to them about it.

10-16-2019, 07:39 PM	#1
Mellobob Connoisseur Posts: 77 Karma: 13118 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Wynndel BC Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O	Libra H20 disable Autorotate Okay, I think the message title says it. How to disable the auto rotate feature on the Libra H20. I found the "official" instructions here: https://help.kobo.com/hc/en-us/artic...en-orientation But can't get it to work. I want it set so that I'm always in portrait mode with the buttons on the left with the top button set to page forward. All works, but if I put the device down it, annoyingly, seems to think I want it upside down I'm running version 4.18.13737 on the device. Thanks!

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10-16-2019, 07:46 PM	#2
robko Wizard Posts: 2,454 Karma: 5469320 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Kobo	Official rotation locks only keep it either Portrait or Landscape, but will flip either of these when the device is rotated 180 degrees. Not sure if there's a patch that will lock it to only ONE orientation.

10-17-2019, 01:28 AM	#3
dordale Wizard Posts: 1,731 Karma: 3472866 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Sony PRS-650 & 350; Kindle Voyage; Kobo Aura HD, Aura One, and Forma	Additionally, if your Libra is like my new Forma, when I first pick it up to begin reading, it is almost always upside down. It orients itself pretty quickly. I'm not sure why this happens, as I almost always read with the buttons on the right and that's the way I leave it when I put it to sleep. It's quick enough to "fix itself" so it's not really even annoying to me--just something I find curious.

10-17-2019, 08:17 PM	#4
Mellobob Connoisseur Posts: 77 Karma: 13118 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Wynndel BC Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O	If that's the way it ... well, I guess that's the way it is. Mildly annoying, but not the end of the world. I tried reading a book in landscape, but I really don't like that. Maybe if my eyes were younger and it did a 2 column presentation? BTW, I really do like the Libra H2O.

10-17-2019, 08:21 PM	#5
droopy Guru Posts: 833 Karma: 2912460 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Kobo Forma	I created a thread on the same topic https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink/top...ink_source=app Forma wakes/powers on w/ held-with-left-hand orientation. I hold with right hand.

10-17-2019, 08:57 PM	#6
FizzyWater You kids get off my lawn! Posts: 4,220 Karma: 73492664 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Columbus, Ohio Device: Oasis 2 and Libra H2O and half a dozen older models I can't let go of	It works the opposite for me. I mostly read in my left hand, and it always wants to start "upside down". I have to quickly switch to landscape and flip it back up to get it to read correctly. It's just contrary!

10-17-2019, 11:50 PM	#7
dordale Wizard Posts: 1,731 Karma: 3472866 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Sony PRS-650 & 350; Kindle Voyage; Kobo Aura HD, Aura One, and Forma	When I start my Forma up, it almost always is right side up then immediately flips upside down and then back again so it's right side up. Don't know why it needs to do all the calisthenics each time it wakes up!

10-18-2019, 01:15 AM	#8
MGlitch Wizard Posts: 2,841 Karma: 22003124 Join Date: Aug 2014 Device: Kobo Forma, Kobo Sage, Kobo Libra 2	If you switch how the buttons move through a book from how you have it now to the other setting and then consistently hold it in the same hand you’ll find it no longer flips. Likewise if it doesn’t flip for you either change hands and wake it, or change the setting and wake it. As to why it has to do this I’m not sure. It’s been this way on the Forma since it launched so I imagine it’s not exactly a high priority for Kobo possibly because not a lot of people are complaining to them about it.