Can't rotate.. - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys.. I have been having this problem for a couple months now.. didnt bother me that much but now I want to fix it...
My screen won't rotate.. It worked.. one day I updated and it didn't work anymore.. now I have CM 12 and it still won't work.. I have autorotate on of course.. but sometimes (rarely) when I open WhatsApp and a screen for password protection (app called Applock) pops up it pops up horizontally and turns quickly back to normal.. but I can't rotate no matter how I place the phone.. I installed gyroscope back then everything seemed to be fine (with the sensors) but it just won't rotate..
anybody can help?

Maybe an app that is causing it? Do a full wipe, reflash rom and don't install any apps. See if it works.

Nope.. didn't work.. which is really weird.. is used to work.. I didn't drop my phone once.. any other tips?

People... no help?

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Random hangups.

Hey.
Ok so ive got a really wierd problem.
My device keeps locking up at random times. I can for example send an sms and then press the panel button, It hangs totally. cant do anything about it. Have to pull out the battery.
This hapens almost always when im playing around with my phone.
I got touch it 4.0 rom....
Anyone know what this could possible be?
Possibly or even for 100% one of the apps or some elements have conflict.
I installed once the app in beta and it slowed down my X1 big time.
Uninstalled and all came back to normal.
omg.. it seems most likely you are joining my " i hard resetted my x1 " club
now again my device locked up. Was browsing pics in the facebook app. and it just hangd up. for no reason, and there is nothing i can do except removing the battery and putting it back again.
god damn it!
are you considering hard reset?
Since after upgrading firmware to R2AA, I've had similar issues when I install either one or both SPB Mobile Shell and SPB Pocket Plus. I uninstalled both of them and all is well.
seems as it was the facebook panel updated that did it for me.. that was the only thing i dident install after hard reset.. :O

G-Sensor and call problems

Well first of all I love Android, but I have some problems. The first problem I have is the G-Sensor, it used to work, but suddenly it stopped working properly. Now when I want to rotate the screen I have to hold it the way I want it to turn for 20 seconds, is there a solution to this problem?
Now my second and most important problem is calling. I have multiple problems with it. One of them is when I'm being called while the phone is in lockscreen I try answering it but I have to wait ten seconds before it actually answers, mostly the caller is already connected to my voicemail. My second problem is the End Call button when is press it, it says ended but I also have to wait ten seconds before it actually ends the call. Does anyone have the solution to these problems?
For further information, I use Froyostone 3.2. And sorry for my poor English.
Could anyone please help me, sorry for the bump?
Also I notice that my hardware buttons light up randomly.
I also have the same problem. Well at least with the g sensor. Running android 2.2 the problem with my g senor is whenever I flip messages they will not flip back. (along with anything else that does flip) I've done the re-calibration on the phone and this is what happens.. x axis is fine y axis either stays all the way up or goes all the way down. When I start the calibration the y and x axis both go to the middle but after when calibration is done the y axis goes right back up or right back down.
Thanks in advance if any one can help.
The same thing happens to me when I'm trying to calibrate it. Also have you tried holding your device for 10-20 seconds the way you want to turn it? This solves the problem for me, but I would like it to happen a little faster.
I calibrated the G-sensor when I first put on Android, bad mistake, the Bubble just stayed at the top and nothing rotated properly. The Sensor worked fine in WinMo so I guessed I'd screwed it up.
Since read somewhere on here that you shouldn't Calibrate it in Android.
Had to reinstall Android fresh to get it to work again, but its been working fine since.
Was on froyostone 3.1, when I reinstated upgraded to 3.2, all is great
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Okay that could be the solution. Do you also know if I need to put a new data image on it. I would like to keep my old one, but I thinks the problem lies there or doesn't it?
You might be able to calibrate your G-sensor in Android. Click the calibrate button and place your phone screen down on a flat surface. For some reason, calibrating only seems to be working when you face your phone screen down. It did the trick for me, fixed the offset and it's working just fine now.
Daan0 said:
Okay that could be the solution. Do you also know if I need to put a new data image on it. I would like to keep my old one, but I thinks the problem lies there or doesn't it?
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I tried changing the data image from 3.1 to 3.2 but the g-sensor was the same, i just used Titanium Pro to backup the data i wanted to keep and reinstalled.
Try the Phone on its screen re-calibrate as suggested, ive read that may work as Roeltjuh suggested, but that was after i had reinstalled
That seem to do the trick, thank you!
Does anyone have the solution to my other problems? Also I've noticed a new problem, sometimes my WiFi won't turn on till I reboot. In the settings menu it says shutting down WiFi. But its already been shut down, and because of the loading it takes to shut down wifi, I can't turn it back on and my data connection says that it will be turned on when my WiFi is shut down. So I always have to reboot.
Sorry for all the questions, but I believe some of them can be fixed and they're too annoying to ignore. And again sorry for my poor English.

Vibration/Haptic feedback buttons Menu/Back stopped to working

Hello guys,
I expose my problem. I have the phone since a while and the button tactile Menu and Back stop to respond sometimes when i try to go back to the homescreen from a app. It's like the stop to work sometimes for 2-3 secondes or sometimes i need to reboot the phone... If anyone have a idea to fix this please?
Vanhai said:
Hello guys,
I expose my problem. I have the phone since a while and the button tactile Menu and Back stop to respond sometimes when i try to go back to the homescreen from a app. It's like the stop to work sometimes for 2-3 secondes or sometimes i need to reboot the phone... If anyone have a idea to fix this please?
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I'm having the same problem. It has happened twice now. It seemed to resolve itself after about a day last time it happened. I messed with a lot of settings but I am not sure it was anything I did that fixed it. I'm having the problem again today and I don't know how to fix it.
kinggheedora said:
I'm having the same problem. It has happened twice now. It seemed to resolve itself after about a day last time it happened. I messed with a lot of settings but I am not sure it was anything I did that fixed it. I'm having the problem again today and I don't know how to fix it.
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Yes, it happen when i'm using 2 apps in background. Happen today using skype and whatsapp.... i don't know what happen

Few questions about regular using

1. I've notice that sometimes when I put off the charger from device and 'playing' with it the screen time not counting! only after I turn off and on screen its start counting the screen time.... also if I reboot/turn off-on device, if I won't turn off and then on the screen it won't count the time the screen is on.
Its not happens all the time, but most of the time it is... Why is it happens?
2. Today I had it for the first time (hope the last time also) - I downloaded a game via Play and at home screen I tried to pull down the notification bar/status bar and it wasn't respond.
I tried to change to horizontal mode and it didn't work also, I've checked that touching responds in these areas and seems works properly.
I tried force close launcher still didn't work - the area on this status is changed - the time is update well, also the notifications seems not stucking, only can't swipe it down (one nor two fingers).
The only way I've found to fix it is reboot the device, then it back work fine.
Anyone have any idea why is it happens?
3. On camera (stock app), taking few pictures in sequence with flash on (notice that when I took pictures on low light/dark place while photo taken with flash) rebooting the device. Seems like there is a bug with the flash module. maybe with stock camera app - but when you take few pictures (lets say 10 pictures sometime more, nothing costant) with flash the device freeze and reboot itself.... Why is that?
I'm using stock 4.2.2, no root or bl opened..
Anyone notice one (or some) of these issues? And/Or anyone have any idea why these (or some of these) happens?
Thanks.
PsyOr said:
1. I've notice that sometimes when I put off the charger from device and 'playing' with it the screen time not counting! only after I turn off and on screen its start counting the screen time.... also if I reboot/turn off-on device, if I won't turn off and then on the screen it won't count the time the screen is on.
Its not happens all the time, but most of the time it is... Why is it happens?
2. Today I had it for the first time (hope the last time also) - I downloaded a game via Play and at home screen I tried to pull down the notification bar/status bar and it wasn't respond.
I tried to change to horizontal mode and it didn't work also, I've checked that touching responds in these areas and seems works properly.
I tried force close launcher still didn't work - the area on this status is changed - the time is update well, also the notifications seems not stucking, only can't swipe it down (one nor two fingers).
The only way I've found to fix it is reboot the device, then it back work fine.
Anyone have any idea why is it happens?
3. On camera (stock app), taking few pictures in sequence with flash on (notice that when I took pictures on low light/dark place while photo taken with flash) rebooting the device. Seems like there is a bug with the flash module. maybe with stock camera app - but when you take few pictures (lets say 10 pictures sometime more, nothing costant) with flash the device freeze and reboot itself.... Why is that?
I'm using stock 4.2.2, no root or bl opened..
Anyone notice one (or some) of these issues? And/Or anyone have any idea why these (or some of these) happens?
Thanks.
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Looks like a hardware issue. My friend's Xperia neo used to reboot on using flash. they replaced the phone then.
nijom said:
Looks like a hardware issue. My friend's Xperia neo used to reboot on using flash. they replaced the phone then.
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Maybe, but Im not the only who facing this issue... (about the flash)
I guess you don't have nexus 4 so you can't check it...
Anyone else notice any of the issues that I've mention and/or have any idea why is that happens?
Some people have the flash issue with 4.4 too.. seems like google didn't fix it.
Anyone else face one/some of these issues and has opinions on possible solutions?

Nexus 4 Random touches on its own

Hey All,
I have nexus 4.. I was on stock rom 4.4.2 and suddenly three days back my phone started to be weird.. I see randomn touches on my phone. ( i have enable option show touches in devloper options..)
I was using art runtime..
So when i press the power button and lock the phone twice then i unlock it runs normally..
But these started to occur very frequently..
When it happens it freezes my phone or you can say touchscreen doesnt work sometimes it just freezes..
So i decided to Factory rest my phone i thought it was some apps having bug..
But it was still happening..
So I finally installed Cm11 with the installer.. I still have the issue...
Any Solutions?
It first showed when i was charging my phone but later it happened when i was not even charging ..
This has happened to me before. Call Google to begin an RMA and replace your phone if you're still under warranty
ankitgokani said:
Hey All,
I have nexus 4.. I was on stock rom 4.4.2 and suddenly three days back my phone started to be weird.. I see randomn touches on my phone. ( i have enable option show touches in devloper options..)
I was using art runtime..
So when i press the power button and lock the phone twice then i unlock it runs normally..
But these started to occur very frequently..
When it happens it freezes my phone or you can say touchscreen doesnt work sometimes it just freezes..
So i decided to Factory rest my phone i thought it was some apps having bug..
But it was still happening..
So I finally installed Cm11 with the installer.. I still have the issue...
Any Solutions?
It first showed when i was charging my phone but later it happened when i was not even charging ..
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M out of warranty
Any other solutions I can trt
Take off the screen guard :highfive::highfive::highfive:
I will take it off thanks for the advice.. but suddenly can screen guard cause such issues?
U seem to be a genius.. how did u know it was screenguard issue.. i think the problem is solved it works fine as of now.. will test for 2 days more...
Infact the part where random touches were happening sceenguard was stuck over their even after removing i had to muscle it over with my nail.. between thanks a lot to you.. looks solved of rnow
ankitgokani said:
U seem to be a genius.. how did u know it was screenguard issue.. i think the problem is solved it works fine as of now.. will test for 2 days more...
Infact the part where random touches were happening sceenguard was stuck over their even after removing i had to muscle it over with my nail.. between thanks a lot to you.. looks solved of rnow
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Thank you It will be solved dont worry. Low quality screen guards cause such issues.
It was invisible shield screen guard ?

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