Changing Android Device orientation with ADB

Question

I'm using Android 4.4 on a real device and I want to set the device orientation via adb. I don't want it done with uiautomator since it won't last after the termination of the uiautomator code.

How can I do this?

possible duplicate of [Android emulator - Screen rotation](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11420617/android-emulator-screen-rotation) — Simon Featherstone, Feb 26 '15 at 15:27

score 78 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 04 '17 at 02:44

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Instead of using "adb shell content", there's a more clean way by using "adb shell settings". They are doing the same thing, put value to settings provider.

adb shell settings put system accelerometer_rotation 0  #disable auto-rotate
adb shell settings put system user_rotation 3  #270° clockwise

accelerometer_rotation: auto-rotation, 0 disable, 1 enable
user_rotation: actual rotation, clockwise, 0 0°, 1 90°, 2 180°, 3 270°

answered Jan 04 '17 at 02:44

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On firestick my screen was rotating automatically and i had to set user_rotation to 0, which stopped it, not sure if they have these values meaning different things (command used: settings put system user_rotation 0) – Mazzy Apr 15 '23 at 19:12
This helped recover my Waydroid instance after I maximized an application and everything rotated. – hacker1024 Jul 05 '23 at 12:22

score 72 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 18 '19 at 13:36

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You may first need to turn off the automatic rotation:

adb shell content insert --uri content://settings/system --bind name:s:accelerometer_rotation --bind value:i:0

Rotate to landscape:

adb shell content insert --uri content://settings/system --bind name:s:user_rotation --bind value:i:1

Rotate portrait:

adb shell content insert --uri content://settings/system --bind name:s:user_rotation --bind value:i:0

edited Nov 18 '19 at 13:36

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answered Sep 16 '14 at 08:54

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You can also use `2` and `3` for upside-down portrait and reverse landscape respectively. – Matthew Read Feb 18 '15 at 17:54
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First you have to run ```adb shell content insert --uri content://settings/system --bind name:s:accelerometer_rotation --bind value:i:0``` to turn off the automatic rotation – Patrick Boos Mar 17 '15 at 06:16
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How do I avoid turning off the automatic rotation? and how do I get and restore its original value? – android developer Sep 03 '16 at 10:32
Worked like a charm, disabling automatic rotation was important. – vishalm Oct 13 '16 at 19:52
``content insert --uri content://settings/system`` is exactly the same thing as writing ``settings put system`` – Zibri Nov 10 '22 at 20:59

Benny · Answer 3 · 2017-04-09T22:09:33.763

Disable accelerometer_rotation and set the user_rotation

user_rotation Values:

0           # Protrait 
1           # Landscape
2           # Protrait Reversed
3           # Landscape Reversed

accelerometer_rotation Values:

0           # Stay in the current rotation
1           # Rotate the content of the screen

Example using adb:

adb shell settings put system accelerometer_rotation 0
adb shell settings put system user_rotation 3

Example programmatically:

import android.provider.Settings;

// You can get ContentResolver from the Context
Settings.System.putInt(getContentResolver(), Settings.System.ACCELEROMETER_ROTATION, 0);
Settings.System.putInt(getContentResolver(), Settings.System.USER_ROTATION, 3);

score 6 · Answer 4 · edited Jun 06 '23 at 05:09

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wm cmd can be used to set the user rotation on adb shell

wm help
user-rotation [free|lock] [-d DISPLAY_ID] [rotation]
Set user rotation mode and user rotation.

Example:

wm user-rotation lock 0
wm user-rotation lock 1

edited Jun 06 '23 at 05:09

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answered Jan 22 '21 at 04:15

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Changing Android Device orientation with ADB

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Example using adb:

Example programmatically:

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