Well.. This is about screen rotation... Im pretty sure it worked fine before, but I installed x- plane and since playing that it seems my device needs to be completely vertical for it to sense a orientation change. Is there a way to calibrate it? or should I exchange?
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Screen rotation issue as well
ptesmoke said:
Well.. This is about screen rotation... Im pretty sure it worked fine before, but I installed x- plane and since playing that it seems my device needs to be completely vertical for it to sense a orientation change. Is there a way to calibrate it? or should I exchange?
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I'm having the exact same issue.
I'm pretty sure it worked well after upgrading to Jelly Bean 4.1.1 (it didn't in 4.1)... but now, to rotate, it must be COMPLETELY vertical (or inclined toward me) to rotate appropriately.
Is this a defect? Or I need to calibrate something?
Thanks!
satanicsurferz said:
I'm having the exact same issue.
I'm pretty sure it worked well after upgrading to Jelly Bean 4.1.1 (it didn't in 4.1)... but now, to rotate, it must be COMPLETELY vertical (or inclined toward me) to rotate appropriately.
Is this a defect? Or I need to calibrate something?
Thanks!
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I found a "workaround". I installed the "Compass" application from Google Play and use the "Calibrate" option... and it solved the problem.
However, I need to re-do the same steps when I shut down and start my tablet again.
That's the best I found so far...
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I am running dk28 and haven't had any issues with gps that seem t be all over the forums. When I updated to the new google maps my gps isn't as accuruate as it was ( still pretty close but not as close) and basically when I turn left, it turns right, I go right, it goes left and its a bit annoying.
I uninstalled the update and it still was messed up. Tried re installing and still a no go. Anyone else had this problem? Or does anyone know what I can do to fix it, preferably without flashing back to 2.1 through odin and all that mess?
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joshk89 said:
I am running dk28 and haven't had any issues with gps that seem t be all over the forums. When I updated to the new google maps my gps isn't as accuruate as it was ( still pretty close but not as close) and basically when I turn left, it turns right, I go right, it goes left and its a bit annoying.
I uninstalled the update and it still was messed up. Tried re installing and still a no go. Anyone else had this problem? Or does anyone know what I can do to fix it, preferably without flashing back to 2.1 through odin and all that mess?
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Have you tried to calibrate the magnetometer? Download Compass from Market and Menu > Calibrate?
Didn't know of compass. There's a compass thing in te new maps though that I did calibrate and it still had issues. Ill try that though
Edit - still a no go
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Nothing new really. I've noticed that the compass is pretty ****ty in the Epic period regardless of OS to the point of being almost useless.
did you happen to spin the map on accident?
mysteryemotionz said:
did you happen to spin the map on accident?
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Lol no.
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Orbiting234 said:
Nothing new really. I've noticed that the compass is pretty ****ty in the Epic period regardless of OS to the point of being almost useless.
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I've always had good gps til this incident. Sucks, I don't use it often but it comes in handy now and then. Hopefully when, or if, an official release drops it will be better
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I was recently having problems with the compass and Navigation going the wrong way. Intrerestingly enough I calibrated the accelromater and it fixed the issue. The phone no longer thinks South it North. I used the calibration method through the Connectbot below. In Froyo there is setting to calibrate it right through the GUI.
"Originally Posted by tmspyder
I was able to recalibrate my g sensors as follows ..
This worked for me but I'll take no responsibility if it mucks something else up
1. Download a terminal app from the market
2. Enter one line at a time.
su
/system/bin/sensorcalibutil_yamaha
3. Follow the onscreen directions, while making sure you device is flat.
pay attention to the bump at bottom on back.
I hung said bump off the edge of table
I preformed this AFTER flashing to stock and then flashing my former ROM.
So it was not done in 2.2"
THANK YOU TO: tmspyder
I've just downloaded the Compass app from the market, but it doesn't seem to working correctly. I've tired both 'sensor types' but the direction it shows flickers and is incorrect.
Have any of you encountered the same issue?
you should try another app. I think gps status will work fine.
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sogo87 said:
you should try another app. I think gps status will work fine.
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I've just tried that GPS Status app and it does work better then compass, but it seems to be about 40 degrees out when the phone is moves and even seems to wobble abit when it's stationary. I've made sure there's no interference before testing it out
Have you calibrated it?
Intratech said:
Have you calibrated it?
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Yep, I've done the figure '8' waving
I have this problem too. Definitely a sensor issue -- the apps work perfectly on other phones (and indeed I *think* the compass used to work).
This is really damn annoying -- part of the reason I got the phone was so I can make a gyroscope-assisted compass app.
Hmph.
Just installed it from the market and it worked without any settings adjustment on the SGS II.
Timmmmmm said:
I have this problem too. Definitely a sensor issue -- the apps work perfectly on other phones (and indeed I *think* the compass used to work).
This is really damn annoying -- part of the reason I got the phone was so I can make a gyroscope-assisted compass app.
Hmph.
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I'm on the phone to O2 getting an exchange.
I'm hoping it's an uncommon problem
Let me know how that goes, I may have to do the same. My compass has since settled down but it is consistently off by about 25-30 degrees...
Maybe this is your problem too
Read this, maybe you have the same problem...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1047894&highlight=compass
I "developed" a problem with Auto Rotation after calibrating my horizontal and gyro sensors. If I enabled it everything except the home screen flipped straight into landscape. I have spent six hours trawling the web and every possible forum trying to find a solution, and having found none that worked, including re-calibrating and factory reset (ouch!) I decided it was a hardware problem and I was going to return the phone and get something else.
Please save yourself the bother and FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS for calibrating the sensors. It says PLACE THE PHONE ON A LEVEL SURFACE AND TAP CALIBRATE. Simples. That means place it flat on a table or something. Do not hold it upright in your hand, or upright on a mantlepiece or any other position. Put it screen up, camera down on a flat level surface and press calibrate.
It took me six hours to figure that out. Its just a damn shame that phone users like me are not as clever as the phones we use. And what a great bit of kit the S2 is. Put it down to user error. If you have had this problem, and this is the solution, and you now feel like a tit, join the club.
lol, made me laugh, how else would you have calibrated the sensors if not by just placing you phone down face up?
Make me wonder how people can get confused by such a simple task.
It took me 0.1 second to figured it out...lol
I still have the problem of home screen and application screens not rotating while oter screen rotate no problem.
I have enabled autorotate both in settings and dropdown menu.
I have calibrated gyro and horizontal settings.
I have run *#0# and run all tests on gyro etc and all work including the nice little chihuahua rotating etc.
I have installed numerous ROMS both stock and customised, with odin and via cwm but the rotate in home eludes me. Whereas my son's untouched phone works brilliantly.
I think mine went belly up after installing Villain Rom 3 but then again I can't be sure.
Anyone any other ideas?
Sounds to me like a hardware problem, as if you have used many different roms, factory reset to do so etc, it's the only logical conclusion. Therefore to fix it send it on to repairs
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@midjet: rotate in home you say? You mean the home screen? As far as I know, if you're running the stock touch wiz launcher, it DOESN'T rotate on the home screen. If you're running a third party launcher, like launcher pro or adw, you may need to turn it on in settings.
If your son's rotates on the home screen, then it is highly unlikely it is untouched.
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@midjet: rotate in home you say? You mean the home screen? As far as I know, if you're running the stock touch wiz launcher, it DOESN'T rotate on the home screen. If you're running a third party launcher, like launcher pro or adw, you may need to turn it on in settings.
If your son's rotates on the home screen, then it is highly unlikely it is untouched.
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Bloody good point mate, I am using TSF shell so it does not rotate at all either, did think of the homescreen app?
You were lucky. I think jtag was the next option
Thanks for sharing. Good giggle I had.
Full stop.
Thanks for all the replies.
My son won't let me near it, he is frigtened to lose warranty LOL
He will have a launcher running which may account for the rotate I suppose but it defo isn't rooted or customised ROM
My phone rotates fine everywhere else ie when running games or using web browser, even when in setting so I am inclined to think hardware is also fine.
Perhaps as mattisfaction says it never rotates in home screen.
Thanks for input guys...appreciated
is this thread for real?
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thank you very much
:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh: im love you xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
you saved me
hmmm, how long your phone take to rotate the screen since you flip your phone? Mine is approximately 1 second. Is that normal?
it also happened to me on my galnote n7000, damn.. #lol
but thanks for writing your story hahahahahahha
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.
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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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Good day XDA. I just noticed that my N7 is having problems with its accelerometer. I was playing temple run and mutant road kill and the characters always veer to the right.
Question is: is this a software or a hardware issue?
also, is there a fix/app if this is indeed a software issue?
thanks
well, i know that there is apps for calibrate the accelerometer, i can´t remember now the name, sorry, but i´m sure that you can find it on the market o google.
Anyways, did you try in diferents places? i mean, maybe the surface where you try wasn´t flat...
thanks for the reply man.. anyway, i already found a way to fix it and it's been holding up.
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thanks for the reply man.. anyway, i already found a way to fix it and it's been holding up.
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What's the fix?
What did you do to fix the issue?
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well first you have to confirm that you indeed have the gyro/accelerometer problem. you guys could download an app for that (i used Android Sensor Box). once that is confirmed, download the app "GPS Status". Run it and go to tools, then calibrate pitch and roll and just follow the instructions. I suggest you guys do this while your device is lying flat on a surface.
after trying this fix, i uninstalled GPS Status, rebooted my device and it held up. played temple run and the character started right smack in the middle lol. also tried checking the sensors using Android Sensor Box and it was calibrated. i just reinstalled GPS Sensor just in case i might need it down the road but im hoping this fix will be permanent. if it isnt, im pretty sure that this is a software problem and an update could give a permanent solution.
let me know if you guys get the same result i had with this.
Thanks
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well first you have to confirm that you indeed have the gyro/accelerometer problem. you guys could download an app for that (i used Android Sensor Box). once that is confirmed, download the app "GPS Status". Run it and go to tools, then calibrate pitch and roll and just follow the instructions. I suggest you guys do this while your device is lying flat on a surface.
after trying this fix, i uninstalled GPS Status, rebooted my device and it held up. played temple run and the character started right smack in the middle lol. also tried checking the sensors using Android Sensor Box and it was calibrated. i just reinstalled GPS Sensor just in case i might need it down the road but im hoping this fix will be permanent. if it isnt, im pretty sure that this is a software problem and an update could give a permanent solution.
let me know if you guys get the same result i had with this.
Thanks
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That was amazing man. I have been swearing over this accelerometer issue ever since I got the device, and now it's perfect. :beer:
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Had exactly same issues on all three units I have purchased. GPS Status app does fix the problem. Thanks for the solution.
GPS status did nothing for me.
Same problem veering to the right
Held n7 landscape
Reboot
After reboot accelerometer is working fine
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bagofcrap24 said:
GPS status did nothing for me.
Same problem veering to the right
Held n7 landscape
Reboot
After reboot accelerometer is working fine
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This didn't do the thIng for me neither
But I did the job like this.
Open an app that uses the compass. You can use GPS Status, Android Sensor Box or whatever app you like that uses a compass.
twist/turn your device 3 times around each of all the three axes
FINISH
Even after a reboot it works great.
But if you flash a new rom this fix will be broken