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Author: Peter <peter@minskio.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2026 16:38:09 +0000
Android posts, at long last
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+title: "Disabling rotation suggestions on Android"
+date: 2026-10-20T16:49:00
+tags: ["Android", "Linux", "Snippets", "Software"]
+---
+
+I use GrapheneOS on my Pixel 7 phone with screen rotation disabled and have done since the moment I got this phone.
+
+If I'm using it while lying down however, I get a ~~helpful~~ *infuriating* little floating button at the bottom of the phone which offers to rotate my screen. Accidentally pressing this will rotate the screen but locking it in place. There's a way to disable this however instead of being a toggle in the settings menu, you need to delve in using `adb`.
+
+As a certified masochist, I'm naturally doing all of this over Wifi on my distro of choice, NixOS.
+
+Firstly, you'll need to enable debugging on your phone:
+
+* Enable developer options\
+About phone > tap Build number 7 times
+* Developer options > Debugging > Wireless Debugging > Enable
+* Allow over your SSID
+
+Then, on the computer front, we're connecting via ADB:
+
+```
+nix-shell -p android-tools
+adb pair your.phone.ip.address:port
+adb connect your.phone.ip.address:second-port-number
+adb devices
+adb shell settings put secure show_rotation_suggestions 0
+adb disconnect
+exit
+```
+
+And you're done, enjoy being horizontal.
