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About Rotation Control

Usage: Some 3rd Party apps are made only for mobile phones and/or handle the landscape/portrait not correct, therefore you need another 3rd party app to force these apps to use the Landscape mode.

Tested: Maxwell 10 Lollipop 2.2.129 / Rotation Control 1.0

You can control screen orientation from notification area easily.
You also can prevent the other application from changing screen orientation.
The following rotation modes are available.
- Guard: this application prevents the other application from changing screen orientation.
- Auto Rotation: screen orientation is determined by a physical orientation sensor.
- Portrait: the screen is in a portrait orientation.
- Portrait (Reverse): the screen is in a portrait orientation; the opposite direction from normal portrait.
- Portrait (Sensor): the screen is in a portrait orientation, but the sensor is used to change direction.
- Landscape: the screen is in a landscape orientation.
- Landscape (Reverse): the screen is in a landscape orientation; the opposite direction from normal landscape.
- Landscape (Sensor): the screen is in a landscape orientation, but the sensor is used to change direction.

Gigaset likes this app because: 

• Works with Maxwell 10.
• After reboot, app is started and landscape mode is activated automatically.
• Easy to install.
• Easy to use / configure.

Installation:

1. On the Maxwell 10. , open the Google Play store and search for "Rotation Control"
2. Install the app.
3. Enable:
   "Start controlling rotation"
   "Start on boot"
   
4. Enable the "right"option "landscape(Sensor) Mode; the screen is in landscape orientation, but the sensor is used to change direction."