So I was using my Nexus One and I was in landscape mode when I noticed that it would not go back to portrait mode on it's own. It allows me to rotate it to landscape mode but does not go back. I tried calibrating the G-sensor with the compass app, but this did not help. Anyone have any ideas?
The Reckoning said:
So I was using my Nexus One and I was in landscape mode when I noticed that it would not go back to portrait mode on it's own. It allows me to rotate it to landscape mode but does not go back. I tried calibrating the G-sensor with the compass app, but this did not help. Anyone have any ideas?
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Are you rooted?
I wonder if this is the same or similar issue that the G1 would occasionally experience. For that issue, Amon_RA built into his recovery miketaylor00's script that would wipe the orientation settings which would fix it.
uansari1 said:
Are you rooted?
I wonder if this is the same or similar issue that the G1 would occasionally experience. For that issue, Amon_RA built into his recovery miketaylor00's script that would wipe the orientation settings which would fix it.
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My boss has the same issue in his Nexus One after Gingerbread update. I rooted the phone installed the Amon_RA and Cyanogen7 (With full wipe of all data).
But the problem is still there, the wipe orientation didn't work either.
Any ideas?
Is it the RC2 ? The RC3 will come out in a few day, so have a try !
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Ive had a few customers come in over the last week with screens that wont rotate. i read on the t-mobile forums that sometimes you need to tap the phone to get the accelerometer "unstuck" (which has never fixed it). instead i did a master reset and it fixed the issue on all the devices. one phone had tons of apps installed, which could have been an explanation, but today the guy had a brand new one purchased yesterday w/ no apps that wouldnt rotate until we reset it. he says it rotated at first then stopped.
and fyi, rotation was enabled in the settings
any ideas? it seems software related.
Hi mate, this site shows you how to fix it:
http://ostebaronen.dk/?p=148
Have the same issue. 3 hours ago i had no problems with the accelerometer at all. everything was working fine.
then all of a sudden i notice that its not working. only change i did was upgrading from RA recovery 1.2.1H to 1.2.3H. after that, all was still ok. then now its not working all of a sudden.
SyntaxTerror said:
Hi mate, this site shows you how to fix it:
http://ostebaronen.dk/?p=148
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tried that. still not working.
Compass app is not pointing north,
abduction is no responding to tilts.
followed the instruction to the letter. and still nothing.
could this be a hardware issue?
Same issue.I've tried redoing sappimg.nbh still nothing if I restore nandroid backup,fresh wipe tjen update rom it will work fir a bit then dies.evwn tried amon ra fix in recovery.
EDIT: Fixed my issue! Found that my case hsa metal in the back part, this has become magnetic thus stopping my gsensor
I have a pda flip case from ebay like this.....
I dont know why but can someone look into why the epic is soo slow to change orientation \? It wasnt this bad with ecliar.. Not that i remember anyway.
post #768 someone else found it
edit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=836111&page=77
oops, forgot to link, at least your problem is solved |
Post 768 of what? I havr the same problem...i gixed it by going into settings > display > auto rotation and unchecking auto rotation. Personally for me its more annpying then helpful...espically when laying in bed.
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I did this and it worked for me....
Download an Android Terminal and type this in.
su
/system/bin/sensorcalibutil_yamaha
Follow the on screen instructions.
Hope this helps!
Its definitely not just you
stayfitted said:
I did this and it worked for me....
Download an Android Terminal and type this in.
su
/system/bin/sensorcalibutil_yamaha
Follow the on screen instructions.
Hope this helps!
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Wow. that worked. Thanks.
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bubby323 said:
Wow. that worked. Thanks.
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+1
rotates in about half the time.
Thanks
no luck
hey i switch to froyo the other day and noticed this to so i tried the calibration tool in settings and nothing so i switched back to 2.1 and it goes into landscape mode and the wont automaticly switch back i have to hit the power button the hit it the power button again then it switches???!!!! I just tryied the manual calibration using terminal and it sai success but the same thing is happing can any one help thank you!
krazeekirk said:
hey i switch to froyo the other day and noticed this to so i tried the calibration tool in settings and nothing so i switched back to 2.1 and it goes into landscape mode and the wont automaticly switch back i have to hit the power button the hit it the power button again then it switches???!!!! I just tryied the manual calibration using terminal and it sai success but the same thing is happing can any one help thank you!
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Make sure you lay your phone down on a table that is level then start the calibration. When its complete; reboot.
If this doesn't work then idk what to tell ya :\
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stayfitted said:
I did this and it worked for me....
Download an Android Terminal and type this in.
su
/system/bin/sensorcalibutil_yamaha
Follow the on screen instructions.
Hope this helps!
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I tried this method -- Seemed to work at first. But now my phone is stuck in the 270o position. Turned off auto-rotate in settings just so it would stay vertical. Any suggestions?
I've tried doing the command line with the phone horizontal with the edge of the phone on the table. Also tried it with the back of the phone on the table.
I have this problem also. Flashed to one of the froyo roms. Did a calibration, noticed it seemed "stuck" or slow to auto rotate. Flashed back to stock and and went back to EE middle problem was still there. During the course of the night it stopped auto rotating. Odin back to full stock and no fix.
Do the manual terminal command line mentioned earlier in this thread to fix the issues even after rolling back to Eclair. I believe it has something to do with the built-in Froyo calibration in settings. I did not have the auto-rotate lag until messing with that. Very annoying.
One thing I noticed is that because of the bump at the bottom of the Epic when you lay it on a flat surface to calibrate, it's off by about 15 degrees. Which makes it take longer to switch to the vertical orientation. I did it with a small bubble level laying across the top and it responds to vertical much faster.
Tamvegas said:
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rotates in about half the time.
Thanks
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NP anytime....if it doesn't work right away for you guys you may need to give your phone a reboot
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NP anytime....if it doesn't work right away for you guys you may need to give your phone a reboot
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Yup, after the reboot, it now rotates almost immediately. Thank you for this!
This helped with the compass as well.
Shouldn't this be in general?
asj2583 said:
Shouldn't this be in general?
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I say that to myself at least 5x a day.... honestly I wish there was another section specifically for questions
asj2583 said:
Shouldn't this be in general?
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No. And unfortunately, even though this fixes the problem; It cannot be baked into roms. Every person's sensors are completely different. No one cfg seems to match more than one person. I'll prolly toss a script to do it in quantum 1.6.
Thanks everybody for your support and taking the time to help out on this matter. !!! Keep up the team work !
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Has anyone else noticed the keyboard has taken a turn for the worst in 3.1? Multi touch no longer seems to work, nor does holding a key produce key repeat or shift characters. What the hell?! Can someone shed some light on this? Pretty please? It's driving me crazy.
Thumb Keyboard ftw!
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Thumb Keyboard ftw!
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10char......
Yeah, I just can't get used to the split layout.
keyboard working fine for me. Multitouch and all. Still a tad laggy on XDA though. Although I should say that scrolling and general performance on XDA is great now.
jonnypedantic said:
Yeah, I just can't get used to the split layout.
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I thought so at first, too, especially since I'm not used to tap typing at all. I swipe using Ultra Keyboard on my Evo. But after a little while, it became pretty easy. Easier, of course, in portrait, especially for small hands like mine, but I don't have much problem now in landscape, either.
i agree. Its pretty frustrating actually
I dont got any prob with my multi touch either. Verizon 3g xoom 3.1
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I reapplied the 3.1 update, and that seems to have solved the issue, although I have to start from scratch again. Thanks for your help, everyone.
Edit: Nevermind. The problem's back.
jonnypedantic said:
I reapplied the 3.1 update, and that seems to have solved the issue, although I have to start from scratch again. Thanks for your help, everyone.
Edit: Nevermind. The problem's back.
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Two suggestions that may or may not help:
Go into recovery and
1) Do a fix permissions.
2) wipe dalvik cache in advanced. (note: this will cause a longer that usual boot up time on the next reboot)
3.1 rooted wifi, no problems here
Latest version of thumbs keyboard has a mode to go back to the full keyboard.
Click the thumbskeyboard icon and it will switch modes
Thanks again, everyone. Third time wiping and reflashing was, apparently, a charm. Hopefully it's for real this time, otherwise my Xoom might just find itself transformed into an expensive frisbee. I still don't know what went wrong. I never did get a chance to try fixing permissions or wiping Dalvik cache. Anyway, it's appropriate that today is Friday the 13th.
i never rooted the Zoom and I have that problem with my keyboard too. Long press on the / sign and the @ don't pop up like it used to. Or any other keys showing there alternate. Or holding the Backspace button and it doesn't delete charectors all together?
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Two suggestions that may or may not help:
Go into recovery and
1) Do a fix permissions.
2) wipe dalvik cache in advanced. (note: this will cause a longer that usual boot up time on the next reboot)
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How do you do this?
2 factory resets fixed the problem. Wtf
Same problem on my wifi only xoom non root. Is there a way to get this keyboard working without having to factory reset as more then half the memory is already used and I really don't want to move it to my computer.
just switched to thumb keyboard and did a long press and it worked like normal so I left it in caps lock and switched to the stock keyboard and it starting working again.
I'm really confused about this now???
Working just fine here.
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Any getting the double letter thing also with stock keyboard?
Like typing hello coming out as hehello ?
I had rotation lag on my Syndicate 1.1 rom,so i applied yamaha rotation lag.
Now my epic's rotation is messed up,when i open my settings,contacts(or any app that rotates) it turns to landscape mode!
I Odined and repartitioned 3 times,applied yamaha rotation fix few times,regular rotation calibration and reset NVRAM and nothing works.
Any suggestions?Is there a "hard rotation reset" or something like that?
My girlfriend threw the phone few times but that was about a month ago,and i just started having this problem yesterday so i doubt that has anything to do with it.
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And when i do "Horizontal calibration" the ball is not in the middle of the target like it should be but all the way at the bottom and it stays there even after calibration.
Im thinking about checking "Phone Bootloader Update" or "Flash Lock"(whatever that is) in Odin because nothing else seems to work.
Update:Fixed(hopefuly it lasts) it by Odining to DK28,mods can delete this.
Update2:Rotation lag is back,oh well i reather have lag than my rotation be messed up.
Go to syndicate frozen 1.2 and then try the yamaha thing
Out could be a bug our something
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Did you try doing horizontal calibration and putting the phone upside down?
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qbking77 said:
Did you try doing horizontal calibration and putting the phone upside down?
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Yeah i did that before it dint work.But now after 10 Odin Dk28 and EC05 flashes,repartitions and 20 different calibrations i got it fixed,lol.
i have the same problem, (rotation lag) but im on the leakes eh06, i tryed the calibration through the terminal and it says " could not be found" so the sensor is some where else? any help would be great.
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i have the same problem, (rotation lag) but im on the leakes eh06, i tryed the calibration through the terminal and it says " could not be found" so the sensor is some where else? any help would be great.
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Yours is easy,backup and flash another rom that has the calibration then restore backup.
I know that Syndicate 1.1 got it and 99 percent of all roms do,or try to calibrate upside down-just put your phone upside down underneath a table and do regular calibration in settings menu.
If those two dont work let me know.
well i used to run syndicate 1.01 updated every time they did all the way to 1.2, every time ive had to re-calibrate with terminal. also i did try it with my phone upside down with the part i needed to click hanging of the edge of the table, still slow to rotate. any other ideas? thanks for all the help i really do appreciate it!
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well i used to run syndicate 1.01 updated every time they did all the way to 1.2, every time ive had to re-calibrate with terminal. also i did try it with my phone upside down with the part i needed to click hanging of the edge of the table, still slow to rotate. any other ideas? thanks for all the help i really do appreciate it!
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This what i did and beleave me this is the only way:
1 Odin to DK28 and check Nvram clear and repartition
2 Calibrate the phone in settings
3 Odin to DK28 like u did first time
4 Calibrate the phone using yamaha
5 Calibrate using settings upside down
6 Flash EC05 and calibrate using yamaha and settings
7 Flash your rom and do upside down method,but dont use yamaha because u might mess up your phone.
Yeah it seams that Odining to DK28 fixes alot of problems that EC05 and other odins cant fix,dont know why but dk28 fixed a few issues that was unfixebale otherwise like my boit samsung logo dissapering.
wow thats alot for just a few seconds of rotation time. haha so what i di is just turn of auto rotate and i just slide the keyboard out when i want it sideway. i was hoping for something simple in the terminal. thanks for your help though man. maybe when they actually release gengerbread we will find a way for it to work
So I used to run /system/bin/sensorcalibutil_yamaha as root to get a more precise horizontal calibration (the option in setting seemed to do nothing). However after upgrading to GB it seems like this executable has been removed and the option is settings still didn't seem to solve my issue. Is there another alternative on a stock GB rom? Maybe they renamed the app?
Download GPS Status from the Market. When you open the app, go to settings. There is an option to calibrate compass. Worked great from mine. Mine is spot on now.
Is there really no longer a built-in calibration app in system settings? Mine worked fine although the phone had to be upside-down like many other people's while using it.
DroidApprentice said:
Is there really no longer a built-in calibration app in system settings? Mine worked fine although the phone had to be upside-down like many other people's while using it.
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No the built-in Settings -> Display -> Horizontal Calibration still exists. My statement was that it never really worked for me and still doesn't. The only reliable way I had to calibrate was by running the aforementioned yamaha application while running as root.
I've tried the upside down trick and I still get jitters. For instance Words with Friends randomly shakes the tiles, even if my phone is sitting on a table. It's not so bad w/ GB as it was when I got the phone originally but I was able to solve it under Froyo with the yamaha tool and don't seem to have that option in GB :-(
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So I used to run /system/bin/sensorcalibutil_yamaha as root to get a more precise horizontal calibration (the option in setting seemed to do nothing). However after upgrading to GB it seems like this executable has been removed and the option is settings still didn't seem to solve my issue. Is there another alternative on a stock GB rom? Maybe they renamed the app?
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No the built-in Settings -> Display -> Horizontal Calibration still exists. My statement was that it never really worked for me and still doesn't. The only reliable way I had to calibrate was by running the aforementioned yamaha application while running as root.
I've tried the upside down trick and I still get jitters. For instance Words with Friends randomly shakes the tiles, even if my phone is sitting on a table. It's not so bad w/ GB as it was when I got the phone originally but I was able to solve it under Froyo with the yamaha tool and don't seem to have that option in GB :-(
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Download GPS Status from the Market. When you open the app, go to settings. There is an option to calibrate compass. Worked great from mine. Mine is spot on now.
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Yeah, I used to use /system/bin/sensorcalibutil_yamaha as well, and it worked very well for increasing the speed/sensitivity of rotation, but seems to be gone in CM7 (Which is built upon AOSP GB 2.3.5). I brought it up in another topic & one of the devs (I forget who) said that there is no known fix right now.
I'll try offtohavasu's tip, but I'm not gonna hold my breath! I've used it before with no success, but I haven't tried it with CM7 yet. Cross your fingers that this is the fix we need!
EDIT: no luck. I tried both the "Compass calibration" (which I didn't expect would do anything for rotation speed/sensitivity, but I tried anyway) and "Calibrate Pitch and Roll," and neither one had any impact.
not working for me either.
My rotation lag is terrible as well, and the upside down / display calibration option has not fixed it. I thought it was just me as this popped up on the last two GB leaks for me. I would love to be able to rotate my phone properly again.
Hate to tease but if I had a computer I could probably whip up a possible fix if I had my computer:/
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This certainly seems to be somewhat hardware related (as in, variations in production quality). I had issues back on Eclair or one of the first froyo leaks, including the bacwards compass that initially lead me to the upside-down calibration discovery, but my rotation speed has been fine since sometime around the release of EC05.
But how long of a delay do we each define as lag? When I had issues, I actually had to shake the phone to get the rotation to register... now, it still hesitates for about a second, but I see that at as a check to make sure it was an actual rotation instead of an incidental, momentary tilt of the phone - I would be annoyed if my screen rotated every time the motion sensor detected the slightest movement
Edit: a full second is an exaggeration, I'm seeing more like half a second of hesitation... Just trying to remain accurate
2nd edit - damn swypos, lol
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