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[DISCUSS] Trackpad problems!!

Is anyone else having this. In nova 2 the left trackpad work brilliantly for the move and strafe but with the right one it doesnt keep turning for the aim it just moves like a laptop trackpad and i have to keep swiping the pad to get it to move. also in star battalion it very spazmodic on if it work or not, sometimes it will turn the ship in all directions sometimes it will forget how to turn uphill etc etc. just wondering if this is game implimentation issues or if i have a faulty handset.

yh for me too in start battalion its pretty horrible and sometimes the sensitivity seems just plain random. however playing spiderman HD, Asphalt or Gun Bros the track pads work flawlessly!
im guessing it comes down to how the devs code the apps to use the trackpads.

Im having the same issues with star battalion.
Its odd that devs are having trouble getting used to real controls again.
Optimizing for touch screens must have been a huge step backwards for them as well as the gamers who used it

do you get this problem with crash bandicoot too? i noticed i had that problem with nova and another gameloft game dont think ill buy another fps from them anytime soon try a different game.

[Q] TF sudden death

hey all,
so i was working with TF late at night, and i conveniently pushed the power button to suspend it (not turning it off), and the next morning, it just refuses to light up. I have the keyboard dock as well, but I was not using it at that time, and when i dock it, nothing happens.
any ideas? it starts to make me worry, since i had it for just 3 days.
thnx

Mine does that a lot.
First, plug it into the wall to make sure you've got some battery life.
Then try holding down the power button for a long time, maybe a minute. Then I push it a couple more times and it always comes up.
Just keep pushing that power button!

agreed sounds like the same issue that many of us have experienced (I've had it a dozen times or more). Each time just hold the power button for 10-12 secs, release then turn on as normal and it mysteriously comes back to life. Plenty of posts on this forum about it.

And unfortunately this problem persists for me even after the recent OTA update...
If the Samsung Tab 10.1 had a microsd slot, I think my Transformer would be on eBay right now.
Getting tired of unpaid beta testing.

Sorry for re-posting a common issue. On a side note, I was on the latest OTA firmware too.
I am off to work will try again in the evening.
Also, when it happens, does it also drains battery? Or is it just a not powering up issue
thanks for all the responses

It depends... Sometimes I get it to wake up and it says it has battery life. (Most of the time actually.)
Someone was saying that if you turn of the wifi new notifications option sometimes that helps. (I think that was the option...)

Please also refer this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1070343&page=7

SOD
I have the SOD problem with the official rom (asus), not rooted, at the last version.
I have the problem even if wifi is off prior to put it to sleep (power off, no shutdown). If it stay docked with keyboard, i have no problem. It looks like i always have the problem without dock, after about 20 minutes, it no longer resume and have to press power button for 10 secondes and then it restart to boot like if has been shutdown.
Is there a log file somewhere ?
I did not notice this problem the first few day i had my tf, only since yesterday.
Maybe one of the installed program is causing the problem ?
Adobe Flash Player 10.3
androidVNC
Angry Birds
Angry Birds (another one)
Angry Birds Rio
Artillery
Barcode Scanner
BBC News
BlastMonkeys
BreakTheBricks
Bubble Blasts 2
CNet News
CNN
Cordy
Drag Toilet paper
Earth
wBuddy
ElectroDroid
f1.Com 2011
FreeCell
Google Sky map
GPS Test
How to Tie a Tie
Klondike
Labyrinth
Mahjong
Maps
msnbc.com
Pinball Classic
Pinball Deluxe
Pyramid
Revision 3
Satellite AR
Skype
Slots Royale
Spades!
Spider
Stupid Zombies
SurvivalGuide
Talking Gina
Talking Roby Free
Talking Santa
Talking Tom
Tank Hero
TegraZone
Terminal Emulator
Tic Tac Toe
the ones i have installed lately :
Amazon kindle
Adobe reader
HW Solitaire
bang Bang racing
reckless Racing lite
I hope they can solve the problem soon, cause that make no sens to have to always reboot (take ~15 sec)

Only the programs that are currently running not installed programs.

If you have a mini HDMI cable try to hook it up to a tv or monitor to see if that works. I had the same SOD issue but it's not really a screen of death. What happened to mine was just the back light died. If you have good eyes and are in a dimly lit area try turning it on and see if you can see the lock screen. I was able to see the lock screen, enter my pin, and actually vaguely see the home screen. Also if it hooks up to the monitor and you have adb access, chances are the back light is dead. Let me know how it goes.
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA Premium App

bleclair said:
And unfortunately this problem persists for me even after the recent OTA update...
If the Samsung Tab 10.1 had a microsd slot, I think my Transformer would be on eBay right now.
Getting tired of unpaid beta testing.
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Seems to be alot of peoples sentiments.
Theres not even a chance of a dongle right ?
Asus transformer is turning into a very strange device with its combination of demand and HW problems.

don't know if this will help for you, but i fixed the sleep of death problem by removing my lockscreen to a normal unsecured login. prior, i set up a lockscreen pattern code.
it fixed my sleep of death problems when i was having it the first couple of days and i haven't had any since day 1.

sod
I do not have any password, only the default lock that you have to move out of circle.
Last night, i left it on sleep (power off but no shutdown) with no running application (had just reboot previoulsy) and in the morning i had to press power 10 seconds to make it reboot, the power on was not working.

just got back home, as for lock pattern, i had none, just plain honeycomb locking mechanism. I will try the 10sec power button trick right away though.

it worked! thanks all.

karlr30 said:
I have the SOD problem with the official rom (asus), not rooted, at the last version.
I have the problem even if wifi is off prior to put it to sleep (power off, no shutdown). If it stay docked with keyboard, i have no problem. It looks like i always have the problem without dock, after about 20 minutes, it no longer resume and have to press power button for 10 secondes and then it restart to boot like if has been shutdown.
Is there a log file somewhere ?
I did not notice this problem the first few day i had my tf, only since yesterday.
Maybe one of the installed program is causing the problem ?
Adobe Flash Player 10.3
androidVNC
Angry Birds
Angry Birds (another one)
Angry Birds Rio
Artillery
Barcode Scanner
BBC News
BlastMonkeys
BreakTheBricks
Bubble Blasts 2
CNet News
CNN
Cordy
Drag Toilet paper
Earth
wBuddy
ElectroDroid
f1.Com 2011
FreeCell
Google Sky map
GPS Test
How to Tie a Tie
Klondike
Labyrinth
Mahjong
Maps
msnbc.com
Pinball Classic
Pinball Deluxe
Pyramid
Revision 3
Satellite AR
Skype
Slots Royale
Spades!
Spider
Stupid Zombies
SurvivalGuide
Talking Gina
Talking Roby Free
Talking Santa
Talking Tom
Tank Hero
TegraZone
Terminal Emulator
Tic Tac Toe
the ones i have installed lately :
Amazon kindle
Adobe reader
HW Solitaire
bang Bang racing
reckless Racing lite
I hope they can solve the problem soon, cause that make no sens to have to always reboot (take ~15 sec)
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You touch on something here. I do wonder if it's some app that's causing issues. Looking at your list above, I do not have most of the apps you list, and my TF has never encountered the SOD. I have a dock as well, both updated to the latest firmware, and still no issues.
I really wonder if it's something running in the background that just doesn't want to let the device start back up.
I'd suggest to people encountering the problem to first (as much as it sucks) do a factory reset and then be sure the firmware is up to date. Then install only a few applications - just the core ones you use the most frequently - preferably only a couple at a time. Then use the sleep mode and see what happens.
I'll add this as well - I had an Archos 101 that had a SOD problem. I figured out that it happened a lot if the screen off timeout was exceeded. Meaning, if I had the screen timeout set to 2 minutes, and I put it into sleep for more than 2 minutes, a lot of the times, it encountered the SOD.
Right now, my TF is set to keep the screen on. Perhaps this is a factor as well?
If anyone would like to test either or both theories above, try only one at a time. If you change too many things and then fix a problem, it's a lot harder to tell which action resolved the problem.

still sof
I still have the problem. And it is not a dim problem.
nothing on the screen.
Have to press 10 seconds o the power to have it to boot.
Isn't Asus going to do something about it ?

karlr30 said:
I still have the problem. And it is not a dim problem.
nothing on the screen.
Have to press 10 seconds o the power to have it to boot.
Isn't Asus going to do something about it ?
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May I know which version you are using now?

Version no
Here are the version number :
Version android : 3.0.1
GPS : 1.2.4
Wifi : 5.248.35
Bluetooth : 6.12
kernel : 2.6.36.3-00004-g069b8b5
build : HRI.US_epad-8.2.3.13-20110511
Dock : EP101-0209

Language
I dont know but maybe i have something... i did'nt remembered but i think i started to have that problem when i changed the language of my tf to "french (canada)". Now i have reverted it back to "English US", and so far it doesn't look like i have the problem anymore... i'll continue to test that way and i will report back.
I have rebooted after changing the language, or else i still had the problem.

Accelerometer? (Vegacomb)

Hi guys, I'm on the latest Vegacomb, I can play Need For Speed or SpeedX using the accelerometer, however, if I try Turbofly 3D (Wipeout clone) or something like Satellites AR then the accelermoter doesn't work at all
UPDATE:
Krazy Karting - the cars just turn right
Riptide GP - even with graphics on lowest setting it takes nearly a second to respond to turning, this makes the game near impossible to play (works perfectly on highest setting on my Galaxy Nexus)
any ideas?

did turbofly work on any other rom , i have always played it with screen controls because even with a perfectly working accelerometer on all my other games it never worked on this game, and i have used all the available roms

Don't know mate, only got my vega about a day after this rom was released

i think Turbofly 3D is also having problem on dropad a8 tablet, guess the game got bug.

Krazy Karting - the cars just turn right
Riptide GP - even with graphics on lowest setting it takes nearly a second to respond to turning, this makes the game near impossible to play (works perfectly on highest setting on my Galaxy Nexus)

Sorry for late reply.
You can try how precise the accelerometer is with this app.
If you can't access it thru the market (like me) I've extracted the apk from my phone and put it on megaupload.
Sorry I can't tell you how precise it is on my unit, because the accelerometer is broken and I will send my unit back for repair in few days/weeks.
This app is monitoring only z-position (green) and it's not moving, but it should go up/down if I move my tablet around.
On my phone all positions are jumping up/down when I move my phone.
I hope that this app works for you and you can see the latency, or how good your accelerometer works on your tablet.

yani2000 said:
Sorry for late reply.
You can try how precise the accelerometer is with this app.
If you can't access it thru the market (like me) I've extracted the apk from my phone and put it on megaupload.
Sorry I can't tell you how precise it is on my unit, because the accelerometer is broken and I will send my unit back for repair in few days/weeks.
This app is monitoring only z-position (green) and it's not moving, but it should go up/down if I move my tablet around.
On my phone all positions are jumping up/down when I move my phone.
I hope that this app works for you and you can see the latency, or how good your accelerometer works on your tablet.
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Cheers, it force closes on mine

OK, I'm back with some news.
After 1 month my tablet's accelerometer just started working on it's own again.
And here are the results of my findings:
Riptide GP v1.0.1 and v1.3:
- With G-Sensor: it just turns right
- Without G-Sensor: it just turns left
That is all in normal tablet position (landscape).
But if I turn the tablet in portrait (90-degrees left), then I can steer left/right with 1 second delays but the game is not playable anyway because the picture is turned 90-degres.
Krazy Kart Racing v1.2.7:
- With G-Sensor: reverse steering
- Without G-Sensor: perfectly normal steering, no lag whatsoever
Only the graphics was a little bit low, but it's OK.
And the "Accelerometer" app I gave you worked flawlessly!
All three positions were jumping up and down and there we no delay, everything worked snappy (with or without G-Sensor enabled).
I tried all these on stock Android v2.2!
Hope that helps, but I know you have other problems with your tablet right now.

i have the exact same problem you described in riptide with the stock 2.2 rom. how did you manage to fix it? whats this accelerometer app that you mention?

slybunda said:
i have the exact same problem you described in riptide with the stock 2.2 rom. how did you manage to fix it?
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Sorry, but there is no fix for Riptide GP.
slybunda said:
whats this accelerometer app that you mention?
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I mention this accelerometer app.
And the megaupload link to apk is here (because you can't install it from market).

xperia play accelerometer off to the left

hello so i have a r800x and recently i went to play temple run and the runner was staying to the left of the screen. so i thought it was just the app and re downloaded it but same problem. so i got a device test to test my sensors and the accelerometer was off to the left when i was holding it straight. so i got a friends phone a samsung fascinate and it was fine so can someone help plzzzz...... P.S. i tried a calibrator with no avail so plz help

I have this issue too but only in temple run. Temple run brave and other similar games are good.
Sent from my Xperia Play using xda app-developers app

Its a problem of the xperia play, i checked it on two R800a devices and its the same, on every game or program the accelerometer is tilted to the left.

I have the same problem with the last update of Temple run, I thought that I was the only one with this issue. All the other games don't have the problem so, I think is a bug from the game with its last update.

Don't worry it's just lag, when the system starts to get stressed, the accelerometer will temporarily stop working. If it gets more stressed, it will stop serving touch screen response, ultimately triggering an ANR (application not responding).
It also happens with Running Fred when your device gets stressed by trying to run lots of apps at the same time, etc. But I believe this type of lag is the developer's fault when coding the app.
Sony Xperia Play - Tapatalk 2​

thanks
DanielEGVi said:
Don't worry it's just lag, when the system starts to get stressed, the accelerometer will temporarily stop working. If it gets more stressed, it will stop serving touch screen response, ultimately triggering an ANR (application not responding).
It also happens with Running Fred when your device gets stressed by trying to run lots of apps at the same time, etc. But I believe this type of lag is the developer's fault when coding the app.
Sony Xperia Play - Tapatalk 2​
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thanks i think your right mainly cuz the play has so little ram

Gyroscope issue on nexus 7

Has anyone had any issues with the gyroscope? Is there anyway to recalibrate it?
When playing games I notice it veers to the left, for example temple run on a flat surface, character is running along left wall. I guess this could be an app issue.
Anyone else experience this?
Thanks

Does it use the accelerometer at all? If so, completely close the app, hold the tablet in the perfect "Centered" position, and re-launch. This will re-calibrate the app to the accelerometer.

I get an issue in Modern Combat 3 were within about a minute of play the character ends up looking at the ceiling very annoying. Tried recalibrating in app etc. but to no avail. Anybody else experiencing this?

Similar issue, I have to hold my device completely straight up before the screen rotates. Problem with the gyroscope maybe? But when I play games like Rip Tide GP, it works perfectly, senses every single movement, no matter how slight. I'd hate to have to return it, since this unit has no other issues .

flexwong said:
Similar issue, I have to hold my device completely straight up before the screen rotates. Problem with the gyroscope maybe? But when I play games like Rip Tide GP, it works perfectly, senses every single movement, no matter how slight. I'd hate to have to return it, since this unit has no other issues .
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I'm having the same issue!
Everything works fine except the screen rotation, which I have to hold the device completely vertical (or toward me) to make it rotates.
In games, it seems to work fine though.
I have no other issues, and would hate to return it back too.
Is there anything we can do to calibrate this?

satanicsurferz said:
I'm having the same issue!
Everything works fine except the screen rotation, which I have to hold the device completely vertical (or toward me) to make it rotates.
In games, it seems to work fine though.
I have no other issues, and would hate to return it back too.
Is there anything we can do to calibrate this?
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Ditto here.
My case with stand sits at angle of 15-20 and when a new app is launched it fails to detect that it should be in Landscape mode?
Here's a demo of the issue:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIYzn54uN9Y

I had to recalibrate my compass to make it work right. There are instructions on youtube -- open an app that uses compass, etc. and spin it three times around on three different axes.
Don't know why, but some apps seem to have compass issues when others do not.

BaronInkjet said:
I had to recalibrate my compass to make it work right. There are instructions on youtube -- open an app that uses compass, etc. and spin it three times around on three different axes.
Don't know why, but some apps seem to have compass issues when others do not.
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But it's not a compass issue. I downloaded a compass app for my N7, it works perfectly. Just can't get the screen to rotate unless it's held at a perfectly vertical angle.

I don't know if this is just me, but I'm so used to just kinda giving the device a little shake to point the gyro in the right direction (for landscape or portrait), so I haven't noticed anything weird.

flexwong said:
Similar issue, I have to hold my device completely straight up before the screen rotates. Problem with the gyroscope maybe? But when I play games like Rip Tide GP, it works perfectly, senses every single movement, no matter how slight. I'd hate to have to return it, since this unit has no other issues .
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I also have this. I've gotten used to the fact that I need to just quickly hold ot vertical. On a positive, I find my phone is too sensitive, and when I lay it flat on the table it sometimes switches orientation when I don't want it to, but obviously my Nexus 7 does not have this 'issue'.

I'd say mine rotates automatically at anything beyond say 30-40' from horizontal and while very slowly tilting it to that angle. I definitely do not have to bring it to anything near 90' for this to happen. I am not sure that I'd call it not rotating at 15-20' an issue other than one of sensitivity, and if it becomes overly sensitive it has a tendency to flip at the smallest movement/vibration, which occurs in a number of phones on different roms.

if anyone else is still having this problem I figured out how to fix it. Close the app/ game, then restart with tablet flat on a table or surface. That should reset it at center.

I have been having this problem since day 1. In temple run if i hold my nexus straight he runs down the right wall, i have to hold it about 25-30 degrees to the left to center it. Other games and apps exhibit the same problem. I have yet to find a solution. I have tried all the tips suggested here and even flashed back to stock. No luck yet.

I had an issue where the gyroscope endlessly turns towards one direction. Going to erase the tablet and see if that fixes the issue. Will report soon.
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erase and reset resolved the issue for me

I got my new one today (already have one with bad screen) and it has this problem.
Have to hold the tab directly facing me to rotate, games veering off to the right etc.
Calibrating with compass makes everything work until I remove it, then all screwed up again.
Been on to Google for a replacement

i'm developing a 3d augmented reality app and i tried it on my nexus 7 and after a few other apps that i tried that use the gyro it looks like google swapped the x and y axis or something. so it's not really a hardware error, but more on the software side...
edit: or maybe not. but there's definitely something going on with the gyro.
edit2: on further research it seems that the timestamp of the gyroscope sensor is broken, somehow i end up always getting the same timestamp. on my other android devices (galaxy nexus and galaxy s 2) this is not the case. if this is true (and my findings are correct) then this is definitely a bug that needs to be filed to google. can some other developer confirm this?

Hi,
I just started having this problem :crying: :crying: very sad with it.
It worked perfect since I received it a few days ago, then I locked (on the top bar) to use in an app and after I unlocked it it stopped working.
The behavior/test goes as follows:
- on the home screen, click on Chrome (or any other app that is supposed to rotate freely)
- turn landscape CCW, the app turns
- turn it back to portrait, the app does not turn
- back to home screen, open the app again
- opens in portrait
- turn landscape CW, the app goes landscape but upside-down (to be viewed as if it was turned CCW)
- tries rotating the app, it doesn't ever rotate again.
I would hate having to return it, but if it stays like that, I don't have other option.
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edit:
I've just checked for games that uses the gyro:
Temple Run: the character is always on the right-hand side of the screen.
Highway Rider: although it's possible to turn the moto left, if I center the screen it will go to the right hand side

that's it,
just gave back to Carphone Warehouse (UK) and now I have to patiently wait for them to receive a new one so I can go pick it up.
I installed this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=imoblife.androidsensorbox app that left me without any questions that the accelerometer was not working horizontally on the screen (if you holding in portrait) :crying:
let's just hope that the replacement doesn't have any of the faults that we've been reading around the forum.

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...

There is an app called GPS Status & Toolbox https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2&feature=search_result
It has a calibration tool and I had to run it a few times but once it got things working, it did stay that way even after shutting down the Nexus 7.
It even stayed that way after removing the app altogether but after altering the DPI to try tablet mode, it knocked the gyro off again so had to reinstall the app.
Such things really are just workarounds though and I certainly wouldn't consider keeping the device and having to keep messing like that.
Fortunately, my replacement has a perfectly working gyro.