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GT-I9505 - Gyroscope, accelerometer and compass not working!

Since yesterday my phone's compass, gyroscope and accelerometer stopped working. That means that if I tilt my phone, it won't rotate the screen, and stuff like that. Rotate Screen option is ON, of course. On the GPS STATUS app, Pitch and Roll information are always zero and the compass' north is always pointing to the top of the device, it doesn't move.
Does anyone have any idea about this?
I bought it in amazon.com while I was in the US and brought it to Brazil. When I called Samsung-Brazil, they told they couldn't help as it was bought in the US. Then I called Samsung-US and they told me this model is not available in the US, so they can't help me. That's unbelievable.

kgyn said:
Since yesterday my phone's compass, gyroscope and accelerometer stopped working. That means that if I tilt my phone, it won't rotate the screen, and stuff like that. Rotate Screen option is ON, of course. On the GPS STATUS app, Pitch and Roll information are always zero and the compass' north is always pointing to the top of the device, it doesn't move.
Does anyone have any idea about this?
I bought it in amazon.com while I was in the US and brought it to Brazil. When I called Samsung-Brazil, they told they couldn't help as it was bought in the US. Then I called Samsung-US and they told me this model is not available in the US, so they can't help me. That's unbelievable.
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You've tried the obvious right? A Factory reset.
Have you dialed *#0*# on your keypad and checked them in the sensor screen?

Obagleyfreer said:
You've tried the obvious right? A Factory reset.
Have you dialed *#0*# on your keypad and checked them in the sensor screen?
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Yes, I did a factory reset, it didn't work.
Yes, I dialed *#0*# and on Sensors, Accelerometer, Proximity, Barometer, Gyroscope and Magnetic Sensor are not working! On every aspect, it says '0' (zero). Only temp-humid and lights sensor are working.
I updated it a few days ago.. could this update be responsible for this?

kgyn said:
Yes, I did a factory reset, it didn't work.
Yes, I dialed *#0*# and on Sensors, Accelerometer, Proximity, Barometer, Gyroscope and Magnetic Sensor are not working! On every aspect, it says '0' (zero). Only temp-humid and lights sensor are working.
I updated it a few days ago.. could this update be responsible for this?
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Could be yes.
I would use Odin to re-flash the firmware and hopefully that might sort it out.

Now the light sensor and thermohumid stopped working. Damn, what's going on? =/

kgyn said:
Now the light sensor and thermohumid stopped working. Damn, what's going on? =/
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I have the exact problem. Done research and test all day. I have installed the stock many times but but no luck. its really annoying now. Hope somebody have an idea about this. Thanks
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Got It fixed just now. so relived...
Ok here what you need to do.
boot to recover and wipe both data and cach
Download this firmware
http://hotfile.com/dl/227325799/7c349e7/ATO-I9505XXUBMEA-20130611165624.zip.html
Extract it.
Download Odin odin3 v1.85
slect PDA and done touch any other button. Hit start ... when finished you are good to go. and everything is fixed.

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rizanx said:
I have the exact problem. Done research and test all day. I have installed the stock many times but but no luck. its really annoying now. Hope somebody have an idea about this. Thanks
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Got It fixed just now. so relived...
Ok here what you need to do.
boot to recover and wipe both data and cach
Download this firmware
Extract it.
Download Odin odin3 v1.85
slect PDA and done touch any other button. Hit start ... when finished you are good to go. and everything is fixed.
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Thanks for the reply. Unfortenately, it didn't work.
Now, my last hope is to flash it's original rom, I9505ZHUAMDE. If it doesn't work, then I'll have to go for technical support and pay for it.

Same problem
I also have this problem and I am on stock, unrooted MEA firmware I tried clearing the cache in stock recovery and it worked for a few hours but the sensors died again. I sent my phone back to the carrier for repair. Just sharing

I`m having the same problem here...
Has someone fixed this?
Flash diferent roms doesn`t work at all...
And I don`t want to pay for tech service. And I think it wasn`t the flashing that caused this...

Same problems occurs to my S4... and some others.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2362773&highlight=sensors
Tried flashing different ROMs, wiped data, cache and dalvik cache, tried rizanx way of fixing the problem - nothing helped
Has anyone resolved the bug/problem? Is somebody sure, that it is a software instead of a hardware problem?

Today all my sensors stopped working. Anyone solve the problem or do I have to send my galaxy for repair?

sensors working
Same problem but all my sensors show pass via *#0*# sensor checks. Tried nordic i9505 I9505XXUFNB9_I9505NEEFNB2_I9505XXUFNB9_HOME.tar 4.4.2, then SIngapore I9505XXUFNBE_I9505OLBFNB3_I9505XXUFNBE_HOME.tar 4.4.2. Screen rotation all fine when I flash firmware, root, then add flas CWM touch - everything good. Screen rotate works until the first reboot after all of this which might even be a day or 2 later. As soon as reboot phone, screen rotation dies and it is a huge pain in the arse. Sensors continue toi say pass via *#0*#. Every few days i have to re-flash firmware, re-root, then re-CWM touch, no need to factory reset just those 3 steps. Has anyone got any solutions for this yet?? :
kgyn said:
Yes, I did a factory reset, it didn't work.
Yes, I dialed *#0*# and on Sensors, Accelerometer, Proximity, Barometer, Gyroscope and Magnetic Sensor are not working! On every aspect, it says '0' (zero). Only temp-humid and lights sensor are working.
I updated it a few days ago.. could this update be responsible for this?
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If you want to work out whether it's a software issue or a hardware issue and you are not savy modifying or working within android the best way to work it out is to flash a stock unmodified rom from your phone provider through Odin 3.04. A word of caution - If you have updated to a bootloader and modem that is not currently supported by your phone provider (sometimes they are slow to update their version of the roms) then you will need to find a stock version of a Kit Kat rom in the forum.
You need to keep in mind that phone providers often customise their software based on regions, laws, network restrictions etc. so you may be missing settings and bloatware if you go with a generic stock rom.

[Q] s4 camera failed error

hi friends I m in deep trouble I have s4 i9505. whenever I open camera phone freezes for couple of seconds and black screen appears then a warning pop up with "camera failed .front cam is working fine. I have done following but none of these works.
1. 1st of all i thought its a h/w issue and I have changed 2 camera which were also the same model (i9505) of mine but it also dosn't work.
2. clear the the cache and data from application manager.
3. cleared the cache partition from recovery.
4. removed the battery and reinserted.
so plz help.me and yes there another problem. WiFi is not turning on whenever I try to turn it on it turns off by itself. I m.on lollipop5.0.1
waiting for some help

Flash the ROM again to fix your WiFi. While the ROM may help, I believe your camera problem is a hardware issue. You'll have to replace the camera module.

Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Flash the ROM again to fix your WiFi. While the ROM may help, I believe your camera problem is a hardware issue. You'll have to replace the camera module.
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than for reply. but I have replaced more than two camera modules. when I changed the module and open the camera. a message came updating camera firmware but after few minutes same warning came as camera failed. I think it's a software issue. kindly help me what to do.

Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Flash the ROM again to fix your WiFi. While the ROM may help, I believe your camera problem is a hardware issue. You'll have to replace the camera module.
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thanks for reply. but I have replaced more than two camera modules. when I changed the module and open the camera. a message came updating camera firmware but after few minutes same warning came as camera failed. I think it's a software issue. kindly help me what to do.

Flash the ROM again. You have to anyway in order to fix the WiFi issue.

Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Flash the ROM again. You have to anyway in order to fix the WiFi issue.
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ok i just updated 5.0.1 . and how to flash rom via odin?

Flashing a custom ROM won't help fix your WiFi. You need to flash a stock ROM through Odin, and there are threads in the S4 forums which explain how to flash a ROM. Please use the search engine to find it.

Same Problem...
Just noticed this problem 3-4 days ago. I've done a factory reset and also tested a known working rear camera in my phone - I still get an updating firmware message or can't connect to camera message when I open the camera app. Also, the flashlight won't work and disappears from the pull-down menu in Lollipop. I'm unrooted on an I9505G (GPE S4) running 5.0. Not having any other issues with the phone and have tried re-seating the rear camera on the pins over a dozen times. Cleared cache /data from the camera app, uninstalled upadates, etc. I'm stuck. My best guess is either the board, or software related and I haven't figured it out.

With the OP, once firmware had been ruled out as a problem, the only thing remaining would be a motherboard issue. He had already replaced his camera module.

i just want my camera to work no matter wifi work or not. i m stock lollipop
so kindly suggest me something for camera. btw today i will try to flash ro

Take your S4 in for service. If you've updated the ROM and still do not have a working camera, you have a problem with the motherboard, not the camera module.

Sensors Broken after ROM Change

Hi, i'm cross-posting this for visibility.
So, i'm completely lost. I was playing around with ROMs and mods (the RAM build.prop, for example), and now all my phone's sensors seem to be stuck.
I have reflashed back to completely stock ROM, taken official sprint update. Tried modded ROM, done factory resets, cleared/wiped everything, and still the issue persists.
It would appear my Gyroscope, Accelerometer, Proximity Sensor, and Compass are all not responding at all.
Right now i'm on rooted stock AOJ6.
Does anyone have any ideas? Maybe a corrupted sensor properties file or something similar like that? I'm completely at a loss.
Any help is appreciated.

Guys, it fixed itself. I booted into safe mode, restarted and all the sensors are working again.
I doubt it had anything to do with safe mode, as the sensors weren't working in safe mode.
I have no idea what could have done it. I wish I had a real answer for you.

[Request] Persist.img for ZC551KL

Hello,
I've been without sensors nor camera for a while now (almost a year), got broken because an OTA update. Tried downgrading, didn't work.
Yesterday I managed to root and install TWRP, did some research and heard about ''persist'' partition. I've been searching for similar cases but no luck. Also tried deleting sns.reg
Can someone provide me the persist.img stock file? So I can finally fix my sensors.
Broken sensors:
Gyroscope
Ambient light
Accelerometer
Proximity
Fingerprint
Camera Flash isn't working either.

Foxxo990 said:
Hello,
I've been without sensors nor camera for a while now (almost a year), got broken because an OTA update. Tried downgrading, didn't work.
Yesterday I managed to root and install TWRP, did some research and heard about ''persist'' partition. I've been searching for similar cases but no luck. Also tried deleting sns.reg
Can someone provide me the persist.img stock file? So I can finally fix my sensors.
Broken sensors:
Gyroscope
Ambient light
Accelerometer
Proximity
Fingerprint
Camera Flash isn't working either.
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Solved, download the firmware version you have here and look for persist.img. The firmware comes with it but the install script doesn't use it. Just flash it:
Code:
fastboot devices
fastboot erase persist
fastboot flash persist persist.img
fastboot reboot

Hello friend,i have similar problems,apart from fingerprint sensor,all my sensors and cameras,camera light are not working,will i loose imei numbers if i flash the persist img ? i dont know how to flash persist img,can you help me please?
Edit: hi i actually fixed my problem by flashing persist.img, all sensors and cameras are working now

Thank you so much
I would like to thank you for this solution, finally, after 2 days trying I have my ZS570KL alive and working faster, I had to try rooting, then it was bricked for some hours, finally I got it rooted, but after deleting that persist/sensors/and.reg it was the same... until i found this thread, everything works good!!! thank you very much

3sgebeams said:
I would like to thank you for this solution, finally, after 2 days trying I have my ZS570KL alive and working faster, I had to try rooting, then it was bricked for some hours, finally I got it rooted, but after deleting that persist/sensors/and.reg it was the same... until i found this thread, everything works good!!! thank you very much
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Did you also have broken sensors issue and it is fixed now? I want to try it on my ZS570KL too, but is there a persist.img for this phone?

DIXES said:
Did you also have broken sensors issue and it is fixed now? I want to try it on my ZS570KL too, but is there a persist.img for this phone?
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Depending on your OS version yes, contact me on Telegram @GuerrillaRadi0 (the last character is zero) maybe I can help you, after I fixed the problem I configured fingerprint security and the problem came back, so I tried to flash persist.img again and it didn't work, so I got the raw rom of the Oreo version I have; WW-15.0210.1810.73, which comes with its own ADB, and flashed from there, the same raw rom has the persist.img. After that all sensors worked again, so I configured fingerprint security again just to be sure, and again I lost all the sensors, but after deactivate fingerprint again everything worked fine, I guess I have some hardware issue related to fingerprint sensor, I guess it was because a technician opened the phone to replace screen and battery 2 months ago. I always used fingerprint so I need to go back to pattern.
Good luck

After some days without any issue the problem came back, I flashed persist.img twice and it worked, but about 3 days ago I can't solve this flashing persist.img, I tried wiping everything, downgrading to Nougat, then flashing Oreo, with TWRP and via flashtool, no solution, any other idea?? all sensors are not working.
Thanks in advance

Redmi k20 gets stuck while trying to play sound

Since Friday my device is restarting automatically with error DEVICE CLOSED UNEXPECTEDLY
I tried hard reset went to service centre they did an software upgrade and then a downgrade to 12.0.3 from 12.0.5 but nothing worked
And now when i try to play any sound whether through YouTube , Music etc it is just crashing
Even the Sound settings are not opening and i couldn't connect to calls either and volume keys are also not working

Seems like hardware problem

But other things are working

Are you sure they did upgrade and downgrade?
Was it full wipe?
It recommend to flash custom ROM and see if sth cbange

Yes they did downgrade from 12.0.5 to 12.0.3
And I had full wiped from recovery 2-3 times
And yesterday I noticed one more thing my front pop-up camera was working fine but when I enabled sound effect for it
It just freezes

Ok, so that's officially India MIUI issue
try this
This is ultra battery saving option related and they're working on an update

i have already tried all these but nothing works and how my device is stuck in fastboot mode while trying to flash stock rom through mi flash tool

You mentioned earlier that phone is boiting, but it restarts often.
What error in miflash?

Yes it was booting then only when I tried to flash miui11 through mi flash tool it got stuck in fastboot mode
Mi flash was giving crclist error everytime
Anyways I have successfully flashed miui 11 through twrp but the above problems are still there

I had exactly the same issue with this device.
Then tried 5/6 custom roms of android 11.
Nothing worked, every os had it's own issue.
Then lastly I've installed PIXEL EXPERIENCE 10 PLUS rom and the phone started to work fluid.

I have a same problem. Whenever accessing sound, if freezes and restarts! Went to Mi center. They said they have to replace the motherboard . Actually it's one of the IC that's malfunctioning... Here's a video -

Let e know If there's any ROM that gets around this issue

nilanjan.joy said:
I had exactly the same issue with this device.
Then tried 5/6 custom roms of android 11.
Nothing worked, every os had it's own issue.
Then lastly I've installed PIXEL EXPERIENCE 10 PLUS rom and the phone started to work fluid.
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Didn't work for me

shrae said:
Let e know If there's any ROM that gets around this issue
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Pixel Experience 11 plus worked fine, except the Audio problem still remains :-(

Gopalakrishnan V said:
Pixel Experience 11 plus worked fine, except the Audio problem still remains :-(
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Did you manage to solve your problem? I have the same issue and dont know what to do

levarete said:
Did you manage to solve your problem? I have the same issue and dont know what to do
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Nope the audio issues cannot be fixed with any software. I think it's caused due to some IC failure.
You would have to change the motherboard to fix the issue or you have to be a professional electronics engineer who knows and have the equipment for micro soldering.

The same issue was encountered with me also. I am in great distress right now. Tried more than 30+ ROMs (including recover, fast boot, custom, and stock), but nothing helps.
IF you find anything please update here.. THat’ll be a great help indeed!!
Here’s my thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...dphone-and-many-features-not-working.4309769/