So what's happening here is that you tell the sensors that the phone would be in landscape position (by shaking it), but you have an app focused which forces the shell to stick with portrait. Then, you start an app that supports landscape and unity will do what you asked it for, rotating to landscape.
** Changed in: unity8 (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1474225 Title: Screen rotates itself to landscape when the phone is laying on the desk To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qtubuntu-sensors/+bug/1474225/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs