From some searching, it seems that the Hermes uses a magnetic sensor to sense the keyboard being slided out, rotating the screen to the right by 90 degrees.
If there is room inside the Hermes, is it possible to put a super tiny mercury switch or accelerometer or something, positioned/configured to trigger the sensor when the Hermes is held rotated to the left by 90 degrees?
I guess you better buy a device with a built in sensor.
I cant imagine putting a tiny mercury (or similar) "sensor" inside my hermes with the risk of leaking inside.
Asign a non used button to make the trick.!
i still say someone makes the camera auto rotation thing.
i swear i was playing with an LG Dare and the rotating in messaging and pictures wasnt so smooth and didnt always work.
so i think the LG Dare uses the camera.
EDIT: nevermind.
it in fact DOES have an acceleromter
I droped my phone but it was inside a big protective case now i don't know if this issue is related to this but here it goes.
If i open a picture message with the phone in my hand the screen goes into landscape, when i exit out it stays in landscape until i exit the messaging client. Here is the strange part, if i leave my phone flat on the table and do the same it goes back to portrait mode as soon as i close the picture.
Does this sound like the phone has a hardware damage?
Tried restarting it and calibrating the accelerometer, nothing.
Can someone please also do me a favor and see if in the game Teeter when the phone is on the flat surface does the ball still rolls slightly to the left? I can make it stop and not move but it prefers to go to the left.
My ball stays still.
I don't see how this can be a problem since accelerometer works but in an sms client only when the phone is on the desk.
I wonder if my unit is faulty. I find that the auto rotate does not work very well. It refuses to rotate sometimes, and the only way seems to be to shake it. But when I do so, sometimes the orientation is upside downs.
Am I alone with this problem?
Hi Steve, my auto rotate isn't totally perfect but i'd say its good enough and i certainly haven't had to shake it yet lol
I find sometimes you need to lift it up (as if taking a picture) to let gravity kick in on the sensor.
Just had a thought....I installed a compass app (i think on the first day i got the phone) and i had to move the phone in a figure 8 to calibrate it, maybe i calibrated mine without knowing? that is if it even uses the same sensor?
Oh well, may be the fact that it does not rotate well is a good thing when using on bed. I'm looking at the half full glass.
I just got my note and am having problems with auto rotate.
I ran the tests in *#0*#
It looks like they all passed fine
But sometimes mine rotates n it's own and when it rotates, it sticks in Horizontal.
I do not understand the calibration instructions for Horizontal and Gyroscope.
For instance, when it says place device on a level surface and press calibrate, does that mean just place it on it's back on a table? Also, after it is done calibrating, should the gyroscope "ball" on that page move when you move the device? Mine is always stationary.
On the horizontal calibration, how do you position the device before you hit the calibrate button? Should it be landscape or portrait?
IMO they don't explain these very well and it's confusing how to set this up.
Yes, just place it on a table or the floor. Not sure with the gyroscope since i don't have the Note yet, but i imagine the ball moves.
If this is a bug it's a software bug. All Desire HD owners including me had the auto rotate bug when it got released. These are bugs that's very common on freshly released Android devices, and it will get fixed.
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Yes, just place it on a table or the floor. Not sure with the gyroscope since i don't have the Note yet, but i imagine the ball moves.
If this is a bug it's a software bug. All Desire HD owners including me had the auto rotate bug when it got released. These are bugs that's very common on freshly released Android devices, and it will get fixed.
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Here's the question I have:
I only have 30 days for return if it's broken. Nobody else has complained about auto rotate yet and I would think that would come out pretty fast. I figured out mine had a problem 30 seconds out of the box.
Hi les_garten (another maemo/TMO refugee here!) - I've had my note for over a week, haven't seen any spontaneous rotations at all. I calibrated my gyro on day 1 though I think you don't ned to unless you are having problems. Once calibrated, the blue ball just sits in the centre of the circles, it doesn't move at all.
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Hi les_garten (another maemo/TMO refugee here!) - I've had my note for over a week, haven't seen any spontaneous rotations at all. I calibrated my gyro on day 1 though I think you don't ned to unless you are having problems. Once calibrated, the blue ball just sits in the centre of the circles, it doesn't move at all.
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Thanx for that info! Mine also rotates when I turn horizontal, then won't go back into portrait.
How do you do the Horizontal calibration. Do you stand it on it's edge in landscape mode?
I'll never give Nokia another Nickel! Great idea with dismal execution.
horizontal calibration just involves sitting it flat on a flat surface. After calibration the ball can be "rolled" across both axes - like I said above, for me at least the gyro calibration screen does not allow the ball to roll at all either before or after calibration (hope that's what's supposed to happen, I've never had a phone with a gyro before, I would have assumed the ball was meant to move in response to tilt/turn ....
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horizontal calibration just involves sitting it flat on a flat surface. After calibration the ball can be "rolled" across both axes - like I said above, for me at least the gyro calibration screen does not allow the ball to roll at all either before or after calibration (hope that's what's supposed to happen, I've never had a phone with a gyro before, I would have assumed the ball was meant to move in response to tilt/turn ....
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if you go into the dialer and dial *#0*#
then do sensors and run the Gyro tests and graph, it seems to be fine.
I have to keep auto rotate off.
It will rotate Landscape, but won't return to portrait.
It wil flip Landscape on one side and Landscapeon the other side, but won't do portrait, till auto rotate is turned off.
Anybody have any suggestions on how to fix this?
I guess I could whack it and start over, but that blows! That would at least tell me something I guess.
It's really irritating. And I would hate to keep it if it is broke.
I have the auto rotate bug also...you need to try many times before it will rotate... kind of embarrsing.. but I am sure it will be fixed first..but sometimes I wonder..if samsung have tired the phone at all before they ship it...such fundamental feature should work...without any problems
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I have the auto rotate bug also...you need to try many times before it will rotate... kind of embarrsing.. but I am sure it will be fixed first..but sometimes I wonder..if samsung have tired the phone at all before they ship it...such fundamental feature should work...without any problems
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For some strange reason this makes me feel better!
bug was solved in 2.3.6 ..works without problems now.
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bug was solved in 2.3.6 ..works without problems now.
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Thanx. I just did mine last night as well.
Very happy now!
i just got a galaxy note 3 weeks ago and it is running gingerbread 2.3.6
i have the same problem for the auto rotation problem, when i test the gyro and horizontal calibration, the ball doesnt move or move in a very laggy motion, when i lever my phone to a certain angle in all direction, the ball will not move in some area of the display. i had calibrated once before it has this problem, the ball move smoothly in any angle...now my message will auto rotate to landscape while i holding it in potrait...please help
I can't actually help fix anything - but if you enter *#0*# in the dialer and then select "sensor" from the LCD tests, then "image test" (under accelerometer sensor) you'll get a picture of a dog whichshould rotate between portrait & landscape as you rotate the phone, and there is an overlayed real time display of x and y axis angles as registered by the accelerometer.
This test should at least show whether the h/w is working or not.
Fix here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1592170
I can fix that.This is from galaxy S2 but i dont knows how for Note, i try and working for Note. But after install from CWM, i see Setting/Display/ Gyroscope calibrationand Horizontal calibration. It not working. I was very afraid and i flash new rom N7000ZSLPF---------4.0.3 http://hotfile.com/dl/156123968/e690f65/N7000ZSLPF_N7000OZSLPF_OZS.zip.html
And now Gyroscope not work but rotation is work good.
Sorry my English
auto rotat pro
dude plz helppp......................I have to keep auto rotate off.:crying::crying:
It will rotate Landscape, but won't return to portrait.
It wil flip Landscape on one side and Landscapeon the other side, but won't do portrait, till auto rotate is turned off.
Anybody have any suggestions on how to fix this?
I guess I could whack it and start over, but that blows! That would at least tell me something I guess.
It's really irritating. And I dont wat to do:crying::crying::crying::crying:
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dude plz helppp......................I have to keep auto rotate off.:crying::crying:
It will rotate Landscape, but won't return to portrait.
It wil flip Landscape on one side and Landscapeon the other side, but won't do portrait, till auto rotate is turned off.
Anybody have any suggestions on how to fix this?
I guess I could whack it and start over, but that blows! That would at least tell me something I guess.
It's really irritating. And I dont wat to do:crying::crying::crying::crying:
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Since you are on Rocket ROM, check here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30107755
Hello all, I'd like to ask if anyone else experienced this...
Phone works fine, except that if tne proximity sensor detects proximity for an amount of time of 5-10 mins at least, (for example in pocket or left on the table face down), a 1.5 cm wide vertical band appears on screen, with lighter color than normal, just under the proximity sensor, from upper to bottom edge of screen. If the phone is then left without sensing proximity (face up, outside of pocket), it goes back to normal within half an hour... It is perfectly usable, but strange and a bit annoying.
Any ideas?