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Weird problem with the G-sensor

So, when i turn on the phone, the G-sensor/Gyrator are working pretty well. But when i make a phone call or answer one there's something going on afterwards. When i open an application and rotate the phone to landscape, the app automatically is closed and i'm stuck to the home screen (when restarted everything is back to normal till the next call). This is really annoing when browsing the net. Any suggestions?

exseed said:
So, when i turn on the phone, the G-sensor/Gyrator are working pretty well. But when i make a phone call or answer one there's something going on afterwards. When i open an application and rotate the phone to landscape, the app automatically is closed and i'm stuck to the home screen (when restarted everything is back to normal till the next call). This is really annoing when browsing the net. Any suggestions?
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do not use GSEN

I have experienced a similar problem with SMS. I currently have Gyrator installed.
When i open a SMS and rotate the phone to landscape and try to use the keyboard, the app automatically closes and i'm stuck in the home screen.
I don't experience any other problems with other apps, just SMS & Email
This is really starting to annoy me.
I have checked WIKI which quotes
Simple enough, you could disable all rotation, then just use the "Windows Title" provided by Gyrator and select SMS and email tab (or others apps you wanted to rotate), add event and enable, then go rock with your Landscape full qwerty when typing SMS and emails.
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Can someone explain this a little for me?

exseed said:
So, when i turn on the phone, the G-sensor/Gyrator are working pretty well. But when i make a phone call or answer one there's something going on afterwards. When i open an application and rotate the phone to landscape, the app automatically is closed and i'm stuck to the home screen (when restarted everything is back to normal till the next call). This is really annoing when browsing the net. Any suggestions?
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Hi,
I have exactly the same issue.
WWE HD device.
gyrator2
after reset everything back to normal....

I stopped using Gyrator because I also got infrequent problems which seemed to be caused by this.
I now use AEB Plus with double press on the OK button to rotate the screen. I personally find this the simple way to rotate as I don't often need the rotate.

I disabled all rotation in Gyrator.
Then I only enabled the rotation for sms/mms, mail, tomtom, and just a few others.
Set the polling rate to 2 seconds.
It works oke now, except for the incoming call problem.

Thanks for the infos, i tried reinstalling the gyrator, made a phone call and everything was normal.

exseed said:
Thanks for the infos, i tried reinstalling the gyrator, made a phone call and everything was normal.
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Which version do you have installed for gyrator?
I have 2008.12.10.1

HI,
did some additional testing.
It seems not to occur after just one phone call.
I rebooted the device and everyhting was oke (with rotating).
I made a call
I recieved a call.
Still everything is oké.
Anyone else got something to add as a fact?

ikkezelf1 said:
Which version do you have installed for gyrator?
I have 2008.12.10.1
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Mine is the same.

Exceed: You havn't found anything that could help us out here?

No, mate, it just happend after i reinstalled the app. I don't know how and why.

Don't know what I did, but havn't had the problem for almost a whole day now...
Will update when I know more details.

Solved;
It was the 'darklord' coloured icons top bar cab file that caused the rotate to loose its focus.
I removed it and it worked.
Pitty that I don't see the percentages of the battery live not anymore...
with regards.

Rotate to portrait when you close keyboard FIXED

This is a fix for the rotation problem where you close your keyboard and it does not rotate back. In order to fix this problem you can not rotate the screen with the keyboard in but since i never do it that way its a great fix for me so i thought i would post for others who feel the same way. If you want source code so you can add exceptions for certain apps drop me a pm and i will send it to you.
I want to give a big thanks to robp for helping me with this if you want to donate, donate to him - https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=9432507.
please link to this post so others can see the donation link

Rotate to Landscape with G sensor
It would be nice if anytime we turn the Tilt 2 to landscape the screen would go to landscape without the need to slide the keyboard open. Any fix to do this?

ADVANCE said:
It would be nice if anytime we turn the Tilt 2 to landscape the screen would go to landscape without the need to slide the keyboard open. Any fix to do this?
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Actually, there are quite a few ways to do this. I personally use Changescreen, but there are other ones such as Gyrator and G-config which also work just as well.

all of those above will work but will not work with my app so you get one or the other

Finally i found the right person who can help me with that
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=574444
Please Help

irus said:
all of those above will work but will not work with my app so you get one or the other
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I was just replying to ADVANCE's question, I didn't mean to imply that it would fix the screen rotation problem, since I'm honestly not sure if those do that or not

DaveTheTytnIIGuy said:
I was just replying to ADVANCE's question, I didn't mean to imply that it would fix the screen rotation problem, since I'm honestly not sure if those do that or not
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my response was not meant in a negative way. I was just pointing out that the way my app works is different and if you used one of those apps with my app installed it would keep rotating back to portrait

[Q] Screening not rotating..??

I just noticed a couple of days ago that the screen was not rotating when phone is placed sideways..i have that autorotation function enabled but still not turning.
I am not sure what happened, but it is kinda irritating.
I recently flashed SC 2.5 voodoo last week, didnt notice this at first. not sure if it is rom-related or just my phone ,,maybe some apps i installed..
has anybody had this problem before?
should i just wipe and flash again? i rather not do it if i can resolve it without flashing new rom.
thank you

There should be a rotation option on the far right of your pull down menu. Make sure it's lit up
Edit: sorry I didn't see that in your op. Have you tried disabling and re enabling
Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA App

Michaelg2183 said:
There should be a rotation option on the far right of your pull down menu. Make sure it's lit up
Edit: sorry I didn't see that in your op. Have you tried disabling and re enabling
Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA App
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I tried that several times both from pull down menu and display setting but didnt help. I tried to turn off the phone and boot it but didnt help.

kundoc said:
I just noticed a couple of days ago that the screen was not rotating when phone is placed sideways..i have that autorotation function enabled but still not turning.
I am not sure what happened, but it is kinda irritating.
I recently flashed SC 2.5 voodoo last week, didnt notice this at first. not sure if it is rom-related or just my phone ,,maybe some apps i installed..
has anybody had this problem before?
should i just wipe and flash again? i rather not do it if i can resolve it without flashing new rom.
thank you
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I think it is important to note here that NOT ALL LAUNCHERS SUPPORT AUTO ROTATION. Do your APPS while in use Auto-Rotate? If so, then it is simply your homescreen that will not Auto-Rotate because of your launcher, and THAT you cannot change, unless you get a different launcher. If your APPS do not Auto-Rotate either though, then yes, I would wipe, wipe, wipe, and re-flash. Also the launcher that comes with SuperClean does NOT Auto-Rotate.

Dread This Day said:
I think it is important to note here that NOT ALL LAUNCHERS SUPPORT AUTO ROTATION. Do your APPS while in use Auto-Rotate? If so, then it is simply your homescreen that will not Auto-Rotate because of your launcher, and THAT you cannot change, unless you get a different launcher. If your APPS do not Auto-Rotate either though, then yes, I would wipe, wipe, wipe, and re-flash. Also the launcher that comes with SuperClean does NOT Auto-Rotate.
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i use launcherpro, and i disabled autorotation for the launcher so yes launcher doesnt rotate but i like it that way. but now even if i enable the autorotation for launcherpro it wont rotate. main problem is using browsers (dolphine, stock, or opera) or typing like sending text it just suddenly stopped rotating a couple of days ago, not sure why,, other apps like games that have default horizontal display is working fine (but they dont rotate anyway..)

kundoc said:
i use launcherpro, and i disabled autorotation for the launcher so yes launcher doesnt rotate but i like it that way. but now even if i enable the autorotation for launcherpro it wont rotate. main problem is using browsers (dolphine, stock, or opera) or typing like sending text it just suddenly stopped rotating a couple of days ago, not sure why,, other apps like games that have default horizontal display is working fine (but they dont rotate anyway..)
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I have heard of this bro, it is probably the sensor. Someone else reported the same problem. They wiped, wiped, wiped, and reflashed and all was well. I would try that, I hope it works for you!

kundoc said:
I just noticed a couple of days ago that the screen was not rotating when phone is placed sideways..i have that autorotation function enabled but still not turning.
I am not sure what happened, but it is kinda irritating.
I recently flashed SC 2.5 voodoo last week, didnt notice this at first. not sure if it is rom-related or just my phone ,,maybe some apps i installed..
has anybody had this problem before?
should i just wipe and flash again? i rather not do it if i can resolve it without flashing new rom.
thank you
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I had the same thing happen to me about a week ago, but I was able to pinpoint when the problem occurred and I was able to fix it. If you use Google Maps, at some point it may tell you that your compass needs to be calibrated and that you should wave your phone in a figure 8. Well I started waving my phone and then suddenly it hard locked and the screen turned a funky shade of yellow. I had to pull the battery and reboot. At that point I lost all rotation and sensors. If you go to the Android market and download some Compass or Sensor apps, you should see that you phone doesn't work with those apps. I ended up wiping everything and just reflashing a superclean version again. Fortunately, all of my sensors started working again and I have not experienced this problem since.

Dread This Day said:
I have heard of this bro, it is probably the sensor. Someone else reported the same problem. They wiped, wiped, wiped, and reflashed and all was well. I would try that, I hope it works for you!
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make sense..i guess ill just wipe x3~4 then reflash...thank you

[Q] Screen Won't Rotate

i've had AOKP build 4 flashed on my Nexus 7 since it was released on Sept.30.
all of a sudden yesterday, i noticed that nothing would allow me to change the screen orientation. i checked and double checked, i have that setting enabled.
for example, if i'm in portrait mode on the home screen, open up Chrome, i can not change the orientation to landscape.
but, if i launch a game, where it forces the orientation to landscape, i am now stuck in landscape mode. if i open up Chrome, i can't change it to portrait.
i've tried clearing data and cache of Nova Launcher. tried to lock down orientation then enable it. but nothing is working.
has anyone come across something like this before?

mrhomiec said:
i've had AOKP build 4 flashed on my Nexus 7 since it was released on Sept.30.
all of a sudden yesterday, i noticed that nothing would allow me to change the screen orientation. i checked and double checked, i have that setting enabled.
for example, if i'm in portrait mode on the home screen, open up Chrome, i can not change the orientation to landscape.
but, if i launch a game, where it forces the orientation to landscape, i am now stuck in landscape mode. if i open up Chrome, i can't change it to portrait.
i've tried clearing data and cache of Nova Launcher. tried to lock down orientation then enable it. but nothing is working.
has anyone come across something like this before?
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My Advice, try the re-calibration thing, lay it flat on a desk and calibrate it.
Ensure the lock is enabled, and then try again.
If this doesn't help, I read somewhere a while back that this works, but I don't get how:
lay the phone flat on a table, spin it 3 times. Put it on it's side, spin it 3 times. Hold it up on one end, spin it 3 times.
Weird but works (APPARANTLY)!

cool, thank you for the info, but i think i'm missing something. how do i calibrate it?
i have screen rotate locked/disabled on a flat surface. then i tried to unlock/enable it (while still on a flat surface), and it still doesn't rotate.

mrhomiec said:
cool, thank you for the info, but i think i'm missing something. how do i calibrate it?
i have screen rotate locked/disabled on a flat surface. then i tried to unlock/enable it (while still on a flat surface), and it still doesn't rotate.
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No you need to re-calibrate the gyro sensor, Im not with my tab so I can't quite remember where it is. Go to settings, and just have a look round, untill you can find the calibration of the gyro sensor.
No worries btw, glad to help

i still think i'm totally missing something. i can't find anything in the settings to re-calibrate it.
however, i did setup Z - Device Test and within the accelerometer and gyroscope testing shows that movement is being detected.

ok, something is totally messed up.
i just flashed Cyanogenmod monthly-2, did a full wipe cache and dalvik, and factory reset from CWM.
and my screen is still not rotating.
i'm totally clueless now.

I am on CM10 grouper latest build my home screen wont rotate, the apps and settings rotate only the home screen and apps drawer wont rotate.
Any ideas anyone?
Edit: Got it to work, I was using Nova launcher and by default its not enabled. Nova Launcher- Look and Feel - enable auto rotate. You need to enable both in system settings and nova settings. Silly of me :-\

mrhomiec said:
ok, something is totally messed up.
i just flashed Cyanogenmod monthly-2, did a full wipe cache and dalvik, and factory reset from CWM.
and my screen is still not rotating.
i'm totally clueless now.
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Read here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1929790 it seems you need to extract some stock files to get it to work.

Guhrasoh said:
Read here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1929790 it seems you need to extract some stock files to get it to work.
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thank you for the link. i download a binary file from here..
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/drivers#grouper
but i have no idea what to do with it.
on a side note, i'm wondering why this all of a sudden stopped working tho? AOKP's build 4 was doing it before the release of 4.1.2, but then just stopped. i don't understand why i need to manually do something that was working from the beginning. especially within apps. i can't get the screen to rotate in Chrome, GMail, Reader, Twitter, etc. i can care less about the home screen rotation.
[UPDATE]
so i was downloading different apps- mainly games trying to test out the rotation to see if that is buggy too, and i came across this app...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsInphdXNhbi56ZGV2aWNldGVzdCJd
with this, i was able to test the Gyroscope and Accelerometer sensors and i noticed the blue axis (z-axis?) was not moving at all.
i then gave a few door knocks on the back plate, and all of a sudden the z-axis jumps to the correct view.
somehow it got stuck in place, but it seems to be working now. very odd. i've never dropped it. don't know how this could have happened.

mrhomiec said:
<edited>....somehow it got stuck in place, but it seems to be working now. very odd. i've never dropped it. don't know how this could have happened.
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Well first of all stop banging on it, it has nothing to do with that. I've noticed there was something either added or removed from AOSP that causes this after the 4.1.2 update last week. Most people who are compiling locally probably noticed this... any others that have it working are just proof of the excessive kanging nowadays... since they're all probably a kang of AOKP or CM (who of which I'm sure identified it and corrected it in their git).
I haven't had time to look into it yet but I'd assume its related to Launcher2.apk. Look in Launcher2 in the AndroidManifest.xml and see if there's a line with something like:
android:screenOrientation="nosensor"
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...you want that to be set to either "sensor" or "user"... I cant recall right now.
Did you try editing the build.prop file yet? If it is in fact related to the sensors then I dont think this will correct it anyway, but it's worth a shot. Go to your /system dir and mount is r/w, edit build.prop by adding this to the very end, on its own line:
launcher.force_enable_rotation=true
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...save that, close it, then reboot and see what ya got. If it doesn't work then you know its Launcher2 not enabling the sensors. I'll post again once I look at it and fix it.

mrhomiec said:
i've had AOKP build 4 flashed on my Nexus 7 since it was released on Sept.30.
all of a sudden yesterday, i noticed that nothing would allow me to change the screen orientation. i checked and double checked, i have that setting enabled.
for example, if i'm in portrait mode on the home screen, open up Chrome, i can not change the orientation to landscape.
but, if i launch a game, where it forces the orientation to landscape, i am now stuck in landscape mode. if i open up Chrome, i can't change it to portrait.
i've tried clearing data and cache of Nova Launcher. tried to lock down orientation then enable it. but nothing is working.
has anyone come across something like this before?
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Do you have "auto rotate" in 'settings/accessability' , checked?
Posted via my Amiga 3000, EVO 3D , or Nexus 7

oOo B0XeR oOo said:
Well first of all stop banging on it, it has nothing to do with that. I've noticed there was something either added or removed from AOSP that causes this after the 4.1.2 update last week. Most people who are compiling locally probably noticed this... any others that have it working are just proof of the excessive kanging nowadays... since they're all probably a kang of AOKP or CM (who of which I'm sure identified it and corrected it in their git).
I haven't had time to look into it yet but I'd assume its related to Launcher2.apk. Look in Launcher2 in the AndroidManifest.xml and see if there's a line with something like:
...you want that to be set to either "sensor" or "user"... I cant recall right now.
Did you try editing the build.prop file yet? If it is in fact related to the sensors then I dont think this will correct it anyway, but it's worth a shot. Go to your /system dir and mount is r/w, edit build.prop by adding this to the very end, on its own line:
...save that, close it, then reboot and see what ya got. If it doesn't work then you know its Launcher2 not enabling the sensors. I'll post again once I look at it and fix it.
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thanks for all the info.
i'm not the type to mess with the files. but as i mentioned, i wasn't on 4.1.2 yet when this started happening. AOKP build 4 was based on 4.1 or 4.1.1. and would it be possible for a file to make the z-axis jarred in one direction? then when placing some force to the back of the device jump it back in place?
i haven't had any issues since then. i am now able to rotate the screen at will.
Originally Posted by mrhomiec
i've had AOKP build 4 flashed on my Nexus 7 since it was released on Sept.30.
all of a sudden yesterday, i noticed that nothing would allow me to change the screen orientation. i checked and double checked, i have that setting enabled.
for example, if i'm in portrait mode on the home screen, open up Chrome, i can not change the orientation to landscape.
but, if i launch a game, where it forces the orientation to landscape, i am now stuck in landscape mode. if i open up Chrome, i can't change it to portrait.
i've tried clearing data and cache of Nova Launcher. tried to lock down orientation then enable it. but nothing is working.
has anyone come across something like this before?
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Do you have "auto rotate" in 'settings/accessability' , checked?
Posted via my Amiga 3000, EVO 3D , or Nexus 7
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I'm having this problem now too. Just in the last 2 days.
I have a completely stock 2013 N7. It gets stuck in an orientation, and locked there. I have checked all the settings, and auto rotate is on.
I downloaded the Android Sensor Box, and something is fishy with the orientation hardware. One axis of the sensor is locked to one side and won't move.

[Q] sensor orientation for camera and screen

please help
I use my SM-G900H for some days but I have a problem with orientation of the screen and of the camera.
I think the sensor don't response, when I rotate the phone nothing happens.
I used CPU-Z to verify sensors it seems OK
how can resolve this problem please help.
thank you

Have you turned off screen rotation? I suspect you might have.
There is a toggle for it in the extended toggle section of the notification drawer.

yes I do it
nobnut said:
Have you turned off screen rotation? I suspect you might have.
There is a toggle for it in the extended toggle section of the notification drawer.
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Yes I do it, but nothing happens
The same thing even with the camera on the lock screen

Do other apps rotate when you tilt the device?

nobnut said:
Do other apps rotate when you tilt the device?
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tank you for your help
I solved the problem by strongly typing the phone against hand