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There are a few rotation-lock questions already submitted, but I would like to propose a specific solution to the problem.

There are many rotation-lock apps on Android, despite Android having options for landscape and portrait lock in the settings. Primarily this is to make rotation lock faster to access. It goes to show how quickly the rotation lock needs to be available.

I would like to suggest an elegant option: A "rotate to here" gesture, directly accessible from within any application. You set rotation mode to manual in the settings, turning off all auto-rotation. This enables a quickly accessible gesture that immediately rotates the screen to the current orientation of the phone and re-locks it there whenever the gesture is used.

The gesture could be anything, a button would suit the Android paradigm. For the Jolla, perhaps you draw a down-pointing "V" on the screen?

There are a few rotation-lock questions already submitted, but I would like to propose a specific solution to the problem.

There are many rotation-lock apps on Android, despite Android having options for landscape and portrait lock in the settings. Primarily this is to make rotation lock faster to access. It goes to show how quickly the rotation lock needs to be available.

I would like to suggest an elegant option: A "rotate to here" gesture, directly accessible from within any application. You set rotation mode to manual in the settings, turning off all auto-rotation. This enables a quickly accessible gesture that immediately rotates the screen to the current orientation of the phone and re-locks it there whenever the gesture is used.

The gesture could be anything, a button would suit the Android paradigm. For the Jolla, perhaps you draw a down-pointing "V" on the screen?

There are a few rotation-lock questions already submitted, but I would like to propose a specific solution to the problem.

There are many rotation-lock apps on Android, despite Android having options for landscape and portrait lock in the settings. Primarily this is to make rotation lock faster to access. It goes to show how quickly the rotation lock needs to be available.

I would like to suggest an elegant option: A "rotate to here" gesture, directly accessible from within any application. You set rotation mode to manual in the settings, turning off all auto-rotation. This enables a quickly accessible gesture that immediately rotates the screen to the current orientation of the phone and re-locks it there whenever the gesture is used.

The gesture could be anything, a button would suit the Android paradigm. For the Jolla, perhaps you draw a down-pointing "V" on the screen?

There are a few rotation-lock questions already submitted, but I would like to propose a specific solution to the problem.

There are many rotation-lock apps on Android, despite Android having options for landscape and portrait lock in the settings. Primarily this is to make rotation lock faster to access. It goes to show how quickly the rotation lock needs to be available.

I would like to suggest an elegant option: A "rotate to here" gesture, directly accessible from within any application. You set rotation mode to manual in the settings, turning off all auto-rotation. This enables a quickly accessible gesture that immediately rotates the screen to the current orientation of the phone and re-locks it there whenever the gesture is used.

The gesture could be anything, a button would suit the Android paradigm. For the Jolla, perhaps you draw a down-pointing "V" on the screen?

There are a few rotation-lock questions already submitted, but I would like to propose a specific solution to the problem.

There are many rotation-lock apps on Android, despite Android having options for landscape and portrait lock in the settings. Primarily this is to make rotation lock faster to access. It goes to show how quickly the rotation lock needs to be available.

I would like to suggest an elegant option: A "rotate to here" gesture, directly accessible from within any application. You set rotation mode to manual in the settings, turning off all auto-rotation. This enables a quickly accessible gesture that immediately rotates the screen to the current orientation of the phone and re-locks it there whenever the gesture is used.

The gesture could be anything, a button would suit the Android paradigm. For the Jolla, perhaps you draw a down-pointing "V" on the screen?