Use this topic to troubleshoot problems viewing device applications on the BlackBerry Simulator
Problem: When orientation is switched from portrait to landscape, the application does not refresh and keeps displaying in portrait mode.
Workaround: The device application is compiled with the BlackBerry JDE 4.2.1 and running on a 4.7 OS device, so the BlackBerry Storm automatically switches to compatibility mode, which causes a keyboard to display. To turn off compatibility mode:
After restarting the Simulator, the keyboard will not display but a Show/Hide keyboard menu option is available.