Hi!
Something strange is happening on my S4 i9505. None of the sensors work.
On 21st of February the sensors were working well, no problems. When I woke up, on 22nd of February, all of the sensors were stuck, none of them was working. Now it is the same situation.
I made some screenshots in *#0*# menu (Sensors and SensorHub Test). You can see them in this album: http://imgur.com/a/K8tju
I can see that the accelerometer has some stuck values (x -1904 and that x-angle 90) but the rest are 0.
I was on Lollipop at that time. When I saw this, I came back to a stock 4.4.2 firmware but it is the same. I really don't know what it could happen. I never had problems like this before.
And, if it is a hardware problem, is it related to the motherboard or sensors are separate hardware parts and just connected with the motherboard?
I don't want to spend 150$, 200$ for a new motherboard and then notice I haven't done anything with that.
Thank you very much! I hope you can help me!
Where was the phone during that night?
Was it plugged in or was it on a table?
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Does anyone know where the accelerometer and magnetic sensors are physically located in the phone? Are they on the motherboard or one of the daughterboards? Mine seemed to have stopped working. I have another broken phone I might be able to pull them from if I knew where they were.
Never mind, I got it fixed by deleting /data/systemms3c_yamaha.cfg. I guess it would still be interesting to know where the sensors are...
Guyz, I am from Bangalore, India. This is getting very very irritating. My proximity and ambient light sensors, both work very very randomly. Have been testing this for like 3 months and could not figure out any regular pattern behaviour which stops both sensors or make both sensors work.
When this issue started, my Moto X Play was on stock MM 6.0.1. When I visited Moto official service center, they without checking anything, demanded me to change the complete motherboard for this small problem. For reference motherboard costs 75% of the actual phone cost itself!!! :crying: What a pathetic un-professional way from moto service center. They only know to replace motherboards and nothing else.
After this pathetic experience, i decided to root my phone and went with LineageOS 14.1 Nougat 7.1.1.
Everything is great experience with this Nougat, but my both sensors are still working randomly. The original problem still persists!!!
Is anyone facing similar issue?
Got a N910c recently and it's perfect condition- camera, fingerprint all OK but none of the sensors work- rotation, gyro, proximity, heart rate sensor and even GPS (though it detects the sensor). Can ALL of the sensors have failed at the same time? Or is it more likely that something controlling the sensors has failed? Checking the firmware (*#0#) returns a fail. One thing I noted is that the ncu firmware version is BR010 whilst bin firmware version is BR0115102300. I thought they had to be the same??? Update firmware option is not available (*#2663#). Could this be a software issue??? I am now desperate as I can do no more. If it's a new mother board I might as well sell it for spares! Tried everything I have seen online but nothing worked. Any help please???
Any Help Plz!!
My bad, i went through your post like "hell yeah, thats my problem n it'll be solved wz a simple scroll down "
shocked to find it blaaank, so, how did it go wz you? found a solution or it's a dead end?!
may any expert help me plz
Try flashing latest ROM via Odin, it's your only shot to fix it if you don't want to replace the motherboard or something
Thanks for reply, i already did this n it failed, made reset n flashed latest stock ROM then reset, ignored restoring any of the apps or accounts, nothing, same test results on *#0*#: light, proximity, accel., baro and magnetic sensors all giving zeros and that sensorhub selftest gives FAIL.
if it's a single sensor i would've gone for hardware issue easily, but all of them dead together?!!
i'm afraid to go to repair shop because i guess they will say it's a mother board thing (without being sure of anything) just to get a big bill on me
Please forgive this annoying question, but I recently dropped my K20 (and myself) in seawater in a boating "accident" and, obviously, the phone stoped working immediatelly. Opened it, dryed it, cleaned it with IPA, to no avail.
Then, after 10 days, it came back to life. The only thing not working was the FP sensor. So I bought a new one, but the phone still doesn't recognize it. I remember a problem with some phone in the past that when the FP sensor was replaced, it would not recognize it before resetting some partition or something. Does anyone know anything about it? Maybe the new sensor is busted as well, or the connector from the bottom PCB to the upper one is damaged, I know, but any information would be appreciated.
I haven't done anything unusual really, just went from stock 7.0, unlocked BL through Odin, wiped and then installed scripted's Lineage and all my sensors are not working (light, prox, rotation, etc.). Anyone have any solution for this? Or if there is a way to reset to the latest official ROM and try again that would be helpful too.
Update: I flashed stock and the sensors still do not work.
jayloofah said:
I haven't done anything unusual really, just went from stock 7.0, unlocked BL through Odin, wiped and then installed scripted's Lineage and all my sensors are not working (light, prox, rotation, etc.). Anyone have any solution for this? Or if there is a way to reset to the latest official ROM and try again that would be helpful too.
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Normally i only use stock rom but have installed Lineage 17.1.
In some cases settings will have to be turn on.
eg: Screen rotation - go into settings - Display - advance - Rotation settings
Rotate Home Screen - long press on home screen - select Home settings
If in doubt you can re-flash lineage in twrp or stock rom with Odin.
Thanks for your suggestion. However, I just flashed the stock rom with Odin and the sensors are still not registering, no reading from any of them? I'm really not sure what to do, I feel like maybe some file was wipe in TWRP that registered the sensors?
If you have any protective case remove it and test.
On stock rom in phone app enter *#0*# should bring up a test menu which you can test your sensors or you can download from playstore ( or other mirror sites ) apps which will test your senors eg: cpu-z, samsung phone info.
This appears to be a bigger issue, one that appeared via a software update. It might be hardware related. There are many other users experience the same.
jayloofah said:
This appears to be a bigger issue, one that appeared via a software update. It might be hardware related. There are many other users experience the same.
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Rooting... experimental roms can destroy hardware. Override built in firmware safeguards.
Mostly it applies to overclocking but without knowing the exact circuit layout the engineers used, the components maximum specs and heat sinking capacity 3rd party rooms are an educated guess that could overlook critical design limitations. It could as simple as not setting a limited duty cycle to a component.
While not perhaps common, it is a risk.
Another reason why I wouldn't root a valuable device.
You can trying disconnecting the battery and hard resetting all the chipsets with the stock rom already loaded.
blackhawk said:
Rooting... experimental roms can destroy hardware. Override built in firmware safeguards.
Mostly it applies to overclocking but without knowing the exact circuit layout the engineers used, the components maximum specs and heat sinking capacity 3rd party rooms are an educated guess that could overlook critical design limitations. It could as simple as not setting a limited duty cycle to a component.
While not perhaps common, it is a risk.
Another reason why I wouldn't root a valuable device.
You can trying disconnecting the battery and hard resetting all the chipsets with the stock rom already loaded.
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My S8 (SM-G950FD) all sensors are not working. Can anyone please help fix this?
I purchased new Samsung Galaxy S8 (SM-G950FD) just 02 weeks ago and since last Tuesday (22nd May), all sensors (iris scanner, proximity, gyroscope, compass) are not working. FYI there are no damages since it was never dropped. I suspect if it is due the firmware update 8.0. I tried factory reset...
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It looks as if it is a manufacturing defect rather than one from rooting/development. Perhaps disconnecting the battery might be one possible solution. I was looking into whether there is a way to discard the motherboard as there sometimes is in some laptops.
jayloofah said:
My S8 (SM-G950FD) all sensors are not working. Can anyone please help fix this?
I purchased new Samsung Galaxy S8 (SM-G950FD) just 02 weeks ago and since last Tuesday (22nd May), all sensors (iris scanner, proximity, gyroscope, compass) are not working. FYI there are no damages since it was never dropped. I suspect if it is due the firmware update 8.0. I tried factory reset...
r1.community.samsung.com
It looks as if it is a manufacturing defect rather than one from rooting/development. Perhaps disconnecting the battery might be one possible solution. I was looking into whether there is a way to discard the motherboard as there sometimes is in some laptops.
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I hope the hard reset works.
It was operating normally until the new firmware?
There's your answer if the reset fails to work.
The mobo and displays are the most valuable components. The mobo presents more challenges than the display because it contains the device's ID and must be compatible with all the daughter PCBs/modules. So you need the correct variant. The imei issue is one I don't know enough about to address however many here do who can help you.