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Turn off screen when phone is face down?

Is there an app that will turn off the phone's screen when it is faced down?
I've been looking everywhere to find such and app and have not found one.

You shouldn't need a tweak to accomplish that. When you put the device face down, the proximity sensor will be blocked and will turn off your screen automatically.
(Unless you put it face down on an overhead projector surface!)

Maverick777 said:
Is there an app that will turn off the phone's screen when it is faced down?
I've been looking everywhere to find such and app and have not found one.
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I'm no programmer but this seems like it would be relatively simple, I'm surprised it doesn't already exist (or if it does, a quick search for me turns up nothing).
it would have to use the light sensor as well as the accelerometer, though. If you ever look at your phone while laying down, the phone turning off while upside down would not be very useful
ohyeahar said:
You shouldn't need a tweak to accomplish that. When you put the device face down, the proximity sensor will be blocked and will turn off your screen automatically.
(Unless you put it face down on an overhead projector surface!)
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I forgot about that (i'm still waiting on my phone to arrive)

ohyeahar said:
You shouldn't need a tweak to accomplish that. When you put the device face down, the proximity sensor will be blocked and will turn off your screen automatically.
(Unless you put it face down on an overhead projector surface!)
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That feature only works when you are on a phone call.
It doesn't work outside of the call function unless I'm missing something. My screen definitely stays on when I put it faced down.
The reason I'm asking for an app like is is because I've been listening to audiobooks as I go to sleep. Since the speaker is on the back I leave the phone faced down on my bed. I'd like the screen to automatically turn off when I do that to conserve battery life. (I know I could just hit the power button, but I'd rather have something do it automatically).

Maverick777 said:
That feature only works when you are on a phone call.
It doesn't work outside of the call function unless I'm missing something. My screen definitely stays on when I put it faced down.
The reason I'm asking for an app like is is because I've been listening to audiobooks as I go to sleep. Since the speaker is on the back I leave the phone faced down on my bed. I'd like the screen to automatically turn off when I do that to conserve battery life. (I know I could just hit the power button, but I'd rather have something do it automatically).
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You're right. I was assuming you were referring to an in-call scenario.

gyrator will do..jz discover urself with the event setting..gyrator2 is an realy awesome app..

cwkean said:
gyrator will do..jz discover urself with the event setting..gyrator2 is an realy awesome app..
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Wow I always thought gyrator was just for screen rotation, I never looked into it. Thanks for the heads up!

cwkean said:
gyrator will do..jz discover urself with the event setting..gyrator2 is an realy awesome app..
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Thanks for pointing out Gyrator for this. I never thought about using it for this.
Works like a charm for what I asked.
Now if I can find something that will turn the screen back on when I flip it face up again I'd be set.

Tonight I have written a little APP that will switch off the backlight when face down and turn it back on when you flip it over.
Seems OK on my device.
See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=560206

dahoarty said:
Tonight I have written a little APP that will switch off the backlight when face down and turn it back on when you flip it over.
Seems OK on my device.
See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=560206
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Tested on Sprint TP2 doesnt work

Why don't you try TouchLock Pro?

gyrator the best
since gyrator is the most stable one for me..i think i will stick to it..anyway..thank for ur handyflip..

[Q] Alternative ways to turn screen on/off

Hi all,
I'm wondering if there's any alternative ways to put the Nexus 7 (or any Android device I guess) to sleep/wake it up. I'm thinking something along the lines of an app that forces the touch screen to stay active but turns the display off so you can use touch input to activate wake/sleep.
Might be a bit of a stupid question. The reason I ask is because my N7 is mounted in my car and the power button isn't easily accessible.
Cheers for any tips..

UnitedWeFall said:
Hi all,
I'm wondering if there's any alternative ways to put the Nexus 7 (or any Android device I guess) to sleep/wake it up. I'm thinking something along the lines of an app that forces the touch screen to stay active but turns the display off so you can use touch input to activate wake/sleep.
Might be a bit of a stupid question. The reason I ask is because my N7 is mounted in my car and the power button isn't easily accessible.
Cheers for any tips..
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Not sure if this helps but I have a case that I bought for my N7 and when I open it and close it the screen turns on and off.
Here it is http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ASIN=B008D2POAS&linkCode=as2&tag=newyormus-20

MineralGray02K said:
Not sure if this helps but I have a case that I bought for my N7 and when I open it and close it the screen turns on and off.
Here it is http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ASIN=B008D2POAS&linkCode=as2&tag=newyormus-20
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Thanks for that but nah, it's mounted in my car dash so a case won't fit..
But that give me an idea.. does sliding a magnet across a specific point on the screen turn it on/off? That's the idea with the smart cases right?

UnitedWeFall said:
Thanks for that but nah, it's mounted in my car dash so a case won't fit..
But that give me an idea.. does sliding a magnet across a specific point on the screen turn it on/off? That's the idea with the smart cases right?
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Yes,
The magnet is somewhere to the bottom left of the device (i would say to about a quarter from bottom up and on the black contour) . If you can add an sliding magnet (make sure is weak) then you can lock/unlock screen.

Nfc tags dude i wonder if they would work
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I know some kernels can enable touch wake. I imagine it can incorporated soon. On my Galaxy Nexus, there's an app I downloaded that allowed a specific screen swipe to wake the screen.
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wyattyoss said:
On my Galaxy Nexus, there's an app I downloaded that allowed a specific screen swipe to wake the screen.
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What was the app?
Sent from the third Galaxy on the left.

That would be awesome. Do you remember the name of the app?

Gesture Control?

UnitedWeFall said:
Hi all,
I'm wondering if there's any alternative ways to put the Nexus 7 (or any Android device I guess) to sleep/wake it up. I'm thinking something along the lines of an app that forces the touch screen to stay active but turns the display off so you can use touch input to activate wake/sleep.
Might be a bit of a stupid question. The reason I ask is because my N7 is mounted in my car and the power button isn't easily accessible.
Cheers for any tips..
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Hey man. I used to have an awesome app on my very first Android tab years ago. It would turn the screen completely black (via home screen or notification icon) without actually putting it to sleep. Because it wasn't really asleep, a double tab would turn the screen back on. I CANNOT FIND IT FOR THE LIFE OF ME! Anyway, after reading your question, I searched for an hour, because I could use something like this for my setup in my car.
So, I found something that turns the screen both on and off, and actually works on my N7. Search for Proximity Screen Off. I installed the free lite version, and it works. I found out the screen won't turn on though, unless you disable your lock screen. Play with the settings to your liking.
Oh, and since we don't have prox sensors, you can use your ambient light sensor. Good luck, lmk if it works for ya.

joelhon said:
What was the app?
Sent from the third Galaxy on the left.
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It's called PGM Nexus. I almost don't want to give up my Galaxy Nexus (but I sadly still plan to) just because of this one app alone...it is so godawful nice to be able to swipe, or simply double tap the screen to fire up the screen. Unfortunately this app apparently requires some deep voodoo to work as its kernel related, and applies strictly to the Galaxy Nexus. I know a bunch of people have already started bugging the developer to make a version for the Nexus 7, I'd suggest piling on. :fingers-crossed:
It's apps like these that make you realize how superior the Nexus devices are at getting really good customized software over other devices.
I do wish there were some other options for the Nexus 7, like using the front camera as a proximity sensor of sorts to detect a handwave, or simply shaking the tablet.

jaycustom said:
Hey man. I used to have an awesome app on my very first Android tab years ago. It would turn the screen completely black (via home screen or notification icon) without actually putting it to sleep. Because it wasn't really asleep, a double tab would turn the screen back on. I CANNOT FIND IT FOR THE LIFE OF ME! Anyway, after reading your question, I searched for an hour, because I could use something like this for my setup in my car.
So, I found something that turns the screen both on and off, and actually works on my N7. Search for Proximity Screen Off. I installed the free lite version, and it works. I found out the screen won't turn on though, unless you disable your lock screen. Play with the settings to your liking.
Oh, and since we don't have prox sensors, you can use your ambient light sensor. Good luck, lmk if it works for ya.
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Thanks for that! Appreciate it. I'll give it a try when I get home after work and report back.

jaycustom said:
Hey man. I used to have an awesome app on my very first Android tab years ago. It would turn the screen completely black (via home screen or notification icon) without actually putting it to sleep. Because it wasn't really asleep, a double tab would turn the screen back on. I CANNOT FIND IT FOR THE LIFE OF ME! Anyway, after reading your question, I searched for an hour, because I could use something like this for my setup in my car.
So, I found something that turns the screen both on and off, and actually works on my N7. Search for Proximity Screen Off. I installed the free lite version, and it works. I found out the screen won't turn on though, unless you disable your lock screen. Play with the settings to your liking.
Oh, and since we don't have prox sensors, you can use your ambient light sensor. Good luck, lmk if it works for ya.
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Could you please post the settings you are using? Specifically the light sensor settings. I am having trouble getting this to work properly. Thanks!

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gtdRR said:
Could you please post the settings you are using? Specifically the light sensor settings. I am having trouble getting this to work properly. Thanks!
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Hello. I'm not sure if it helps you, but for turning off screen I use Nova Launcer (alternatively you could use Apex Launcher - as far as I remember, it has gestures in its free version) with Screen Off app by Katecca. I've set Nova Launcher to react to swiping up screen by executing Screen Off app. So I have to turn on screen by pressing button, but to turn off I just swipe up screen.
Best regards,
Artur

Added support for nexus 7 to ProximityScreenOffPro v6.0
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.itsme4ucz.screenoffpro

[Q] Strange screen behaviour

I have noticed over the past few days that when my screen is off if I tap the sensor it will turn the screen on and the LED light will also light up (usually 3 taps about 1 second apart).
I have smart stay, air view, and all gestures turned off (except screenshot). Finger print scanner on. nothing set as far as i can tell in any other menu.
Has anyone else experienced this at all? Is this a "feature" to wake the screen up.
It doesn't bother me, just curious. I am going to test on my wife's phone tonight as well and see if hers does it.

Tap what sensor? The one at the top of the phone?

Yes on top of the phone between the ear piece and the front camera.
Interestingly enough I tested on my wifes S5 and hers does not do it. I am curious what app I installed or setting I changed that is making this happen. As of right now I also do not want to reset my phone at this time as it is not a nuisance. I will try to get a video clip of it and post it.

jselden said:
Yes on top of the phone between the ear piece and the front camera.
Interestingly enough I tested on my wifes S5 and hers does not do it. I am curious what app I installed or setting I changed that is making this happen. As of right now I also do not want to reset my phone at this time as it is not a nuisance. I will try to get a video clip of it and post it.
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Cool.

Here is a quick video of this "feature."

Lodaserves said:
What is cool of that?
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That a video was to be posted to view of the quirk.

Well I have figured out what was causing my phone to do this. It is in fact a feature of the phone and is called air wake up.
To enable or disable go into Settings>Accessibility>Dexterity and interaction>Air wake up.
I must have at some point enabled this by mistake without realizing it.

jselden said:
Here is a quick video of this "feature."
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Cool..
I can't added this feature on my phone..

Auto rotate

Anyone have any problems with this? Sometimes it will get stuck in landscape. I'll have to go from portrait back to landscape to get it to rotate back to portrait
To narrow it down if I lock the phone in landscape the unlock it via fingerprint sensor it happens
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it sometimes happens. And also another odd issue i noticed was then you are listening to music or watching videos in landscape and you rotate your phone 180 degrees upside down, the audio will stop for a split second and resumes. Is this a software flaw??

godlyitem said:
it sometimes happens. And also another odd issue i noticed was then you are listening to music or watching videos in landscape and you rotate your phone 180 degrees upside down, the audio will stop for a split second and resumes. Is this a software flaw??
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No. It's the dual speakers. When the screen rotates the audio swaps speakers.... Because there channeled to a left and right speaker
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Still feel like auto rotate is wonky. Like when I turn on the screen with finger print sensor its in landscape and has to rotate back..... Anyone???? Just seems different than owner phones I've had
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Smallsmx3 said:
Still feel like auto rotate is wonky. Like when I turn on the screen with finger print sensor its in landscape and has to rotate back..... Anyone???? Just seems different than owner phones I've had
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Yes, I've noticed the same. I wonder if the bug has already been submitted.

I can also confirm that it has happened on mine as well. It happens sometimes when I wake the phone.

Yes... I've been having the same issue. Doesn't happen too often, but it is rather annoying. Seems if I just rotate the device about 3/4 of a turn it will go back to normal. I thought maybe it was a faulty accelerometer, but hopefully it's just a software bug that will be fixed sooner or later.

Same here. Does not want to come back to portrait, needs to go to landscape shake to go back to normal...
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My Nexus 6P will not go into reverse portrait orientation at all - only portrait, landscape, and reverse landscape. I have to use a third-party app to achieve reverse portrait orientation.

myownnamewasalreadytaken said:
My Nexus 6P will not go into reverse portrait orientation at all - only portrait, landscape, and reverse landscape. I have to use a third-party app to achieve reverse portrait orientation.
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I was able to fix this using GravityBox, in case anyone is interested.

myownnamewasalreadytaken said:
I was able to fix this using GravityBox, in case anyone is interested.
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Same problem here, how did you fix it with GravityBox, pls!

+1 for this issue. Sometimes, when I launch a game its stuck in potrait mode. Only way to fix it is to exit the game rotate the screen to Landscape and relaunch it.

xdaniel91: There's a setting under "Display tweaks" called "Allow all rotations." I just checked the box next to this setting. I might have had to reboot.
Cataclysm has a similar setting under "Miscellaneous" called "Upside-down rotation."

Hello guys, what worked for me yesterday, it was letting fall down the phone against the asphalt by accident when i was getting out from the car. LOL
Some other people suggested a strong shock/hit as a fix in a google nexus forum, i cant attach the link yet.

I've been following this issue closely as I was impacted by it as well.
Here's the link to the Nexus Help forum:
https://productforums.google.com/forum/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer#!topic/nexus/ytCwNnOJEaM;context-place=topicsearchin/nexus/nexus$206p$20auto$20rotate
Here's a video I made of the issue:
https://youtu.be/TIF0QZkFIuQ?t=135

Lol sounds wrong but i did fix mine, i dropped my phone today from like 2cm high and my rotation stopped working...came to this thread and read your advice, dropped it again from like 1 cm height and my rotation started working again....so thanks!
"Hello guys, what worked for me yesterday, it was letting fall down the phone against the asphalt by accident when i was getting out from the car. LOL
Some other people suggested a strong shock/hit as a fix in a google nexus forum, i cant attach the link yet"

jpraider75 said:
Lol sounds wrong but i did fix mine, i dropped my phone today from like 2cm high and my rotation stopped working...came to this thread and read your advice, dropped it again from like 1 cm height and my rotation started working again....so thanks!
"Hello guys, what worked for me yesterday, it was letting fall down the phone against the asphalt by accident when i was getting out from the car. LOL
Some other people suggested a strong shock/hit as a fix in a google nexus forum, i cant attach the link yet"
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Holy crap, that worked. My phone fell about 6 inches onto hard tile. Then auto rotate stopped working. I just tapped the phone on different corners on the same hard tile, and it's rotating again.

chamsao said:
Holy crap, that worked. My phone fell about 6 inches onto hard tile. Then auto rotate stopped working. I just tapped the phone on different corners on the same hard tile, and it's rotating again.
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There's a tiny gyroscope chip on the main board. Contained inside it is a plate (critical mass) with contacts underneath that moves/slides on top of the chip's contacts. When you rotate the phone, the plate actually moves inside the tiny chip, and from there the x,y,z axis is calculated. In my best hillbilly mechanic voice "yer plate got stuck".

hawkswind1 said:
There's a tiny gyroscope chip on the main board. Contained inside it is a plate (critical mass) with contacts underneath that moves/slides on top of the chip's contacts. When you rotate the phone, the plate actually moves inside the tiny chip, and from there the x,y,z axis is calculated. In my best hillbilly mechanic voice "yer plate got stuck".
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Mine has been getting stuck but dont think its the plate. Of course it began happening when I switched rom, flashed new bootloader, vendor AND started using a new launcher.
Fairly confident its not the launcher because no one else is complaining. Hitting/dropping the phone doesnt fix it but toggling auto rotate does. Ive tried every variation of set rotations in the settings of the rom and launcher but this has persisted over a week. Whats frustrating is itll go hours without the glitch (thinking its fixed) then it gets stuck in landscape.
Thats my boring story. If anyone has a fix please share. Thanks

Autorotation for screen is way too sensitive

Every time I sit my phone down on a table, it rotates.
Had to lock my auto rotation, I am currently using Tasker to allow it on some apps, like YouTube and Netflix, or anything with video pretty much.
The final straw for me was trying to listen to a voicemail, if I hit play and then put the phone up to my ear, it would stop because it rotated. I'm not holding it up to my ear sideways, but it's just enough to cause it to flip.
It's way too high, and I doubt it will be fixed.
Has anyone used another ROM like a Lineage based ROM? Does it still have the problem? I imagine that it could be fixed through software calibration, or in a completely different ROM, never have existed in the first place.
Anyone have any other fixes?

ArkAngel06 said:
Every time I sit my phone down on a table, it rotates.
Had to lock my auto rotation, I am currently using Tasker to allow it on some apps, like YouTube and Netflix, or anything with video pretty much.
The final straw for me was trying to listen to a voicemail, if I hit play and then put the phone up to my ear, it would stop because it rotated. I'm not holding it up to my ear sideways, but it's just enough to cause it to flip.
It's way too high, and I doubt it will be fixed.
Has anyone used another ROM like a Lineage based ROM? Does it still have the problem? I imagine that it could be fixed through software calibration, or in a completely different ROM, never have existed in the first place.
Anyone have any other fixes?
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I used Tasker to solve this issue. I found it to be overly sensitive also. You just going to tasker, start a new profile. Select the apps you want to auto rotate. I just have YouTube. Create a new task, actions, screen, auto rotate. Set it to on. Then back all the way out long press the task and select an exit action. Set it to turn auto rotation off. So every time I open YouTube autorotation goes on. Everytime I close it Autorotation goes off

zathus said:
I used Tasker to solve this issue. I found it to be overly sensitive also. You just going to tasker, start a new profile. Select the apps you want to auto rotate. I just have YouTube. Create a new task, actions, screen, auto rotate. Set it to on. Then back all the way out long press the task and select an exit action. Set it to turn auto rotation off. So every time I open YouTube autorotation goes on. Everytime I close it Autorotation goes off
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In my experience, all you have to do is the first part. I don't have an exit task and it works fine and autorotate is on with only on the apps I have selected.

How to fix it... at least it worked for me
it seems to be caused by the accelerometer/gyroscope being mis-calibrated, to recalibrate it,
1. go to dialer
2. open the number pad, and enter *#808#
3. select "sensor self-test and calibration"
4. lay the phone on a known flat surface
5. then tap the buttons with the word "accelerometer" and "gyroscope" about 5 times each
6. exit the menu and see how the screen rotation feels

Just tried, can't say I noticed much difference..

ArkAngel06 said:
Every time I sit my phone down on a table, it rotates.
Had to lock my auto rotation, I am currently using Tasker to allow it on some apps, like YouTube and Netflix, or anything with video pretty much.
The final straw for me was trying to listen to a voicemail, if I hit play and then put the phone up to my ear, it would stop because it rotated. I'm not holding it up to my ear sideways, but it's just enough to cause it to flip.
It's way too high, and I doubt it will be fixed.
Has anyone used another ROM like a Lineage based ROM? Does it still have the problem? I imagine that it could be fixed through software calibration, or in a completely different ROM, never have existed in the first place.
Anyone have any other fixes?
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Ahaa , thought it was just me.
Annoying

You can turn off autorotation and use this app to turn it on only in selected apps. Works flawlessly for me [emoji2]
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.snowlife01.android.rotationcontrol
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It's ****ing annoying.. why don't they change it or at least offer a sensitivity slider in settings...
Have the issue on the 5T as well...
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+1 I mentioned this a long time ago, when setting the phone down I have to be sorry careful not to slant the phone. Or it'll rotate..
First phone I've ever had that problem on..
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Bycek said:
You can turn off autorotation and use this app to turn it on only in selected apps. Works flawlessly for me [emoji2]
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.snowlife01.android.rotationcontrol
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I do not want to change a habit I've never had to just because an OEM couldn't do their jobs properly.
It's safe to say as much as I like the one plus (mostly for the 835 and extra ram. I will never buy another Oneplus, they just don't have any depth of any kind. HTC for me..Ois and all the above minus 2GB of ram.

dladz: It looks we have pretty common history of phones - at least last four phones iPhone wasn't good enough? I was thinking about switching to Apple before OP5, but again I decided not.
OP5 is almost best one, but have few "little" cons I hate about it:
- cannot wake phone by home button (I don't mean fingerprint unlock), just waking up as any similar phone has HTC 10, Nokia 6 etc.
- stupid sound profiles switch, which isn't the same as with regular android do by "vibration" and "no sound at all" modes...
- stupid stock dialer, thankfully replaced by Google one
- and this awful rotation thing, does it have some solution except additional APP? I tried to turn it off, but every time I sit in car, want to watch video in browser etc. I have to turn it ON manually, which is quiet annoying!

To fix the problem you have to recalibrate the sensor.
To perform this go to Settings / about the phone / tap 5 times on kernel version.
Then a test system menu appear.
Choose no 25 Accelerator, put your phone on a table and tap button calibrate.