This pertains to changing screen orientation.
Anyone else notice that the accelerometer is near unresponsive when the screen is tilted downward? (Like if you are lying down using the gtab) When vertical it is a little better, but when it is tilted with the screen facing up (even just a few degrees, like if sitting and using) the accelerometer changes screen orientation almost instantly.
I wonder if this is due to calibration or physical positioning of the sensor...
If it is calibration, then fixing the in game behavior may fix this as well, but if this is a symptom of physical placement of the sensor, this (and potentially in game) may not be fixable.
I would think that a simple remapping of the axis should fix it, though thegtab has no compass to assist in orientation sensing. The sensor test app I have does not give an option to plot orientation at all, just accel data.
I would think the closer the back or front of the tab gets parrallel to the floor, the less effective the sensor is. That's the way my phone works. If it's parrallel to the floor, the sensor doesn't work.
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Mine seems to be really sensitive so that the screen rotates even if I tilt the phone a small amount. Is there any way to fine-tune it?
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Wondering this also since I noticed there is no calibration for it in CM6.
Don't know about on CM6 but on other roms, go to Settings > Display > G-Sensor calibration.
Anyway to do this on non-rooted phones? Ever since I upgraded to Froyo it seems to rotate if I tilt it even just slightly off it's axis
Those directions were for rooted and non rooted phones...
Greenfieldan said:
Anyway to do this on non-rooted phones? Ever since I upgraded to Froyo it seems to rotate if I tilt it even just slightly off it's axis
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Turn off garbage rotation with Switchpro
Anyone gotten a reply from Cyanogen? I messaged him on Twitter, but he never responded.
If you download, GPS Status from the market and in settings under " Help and release notes " it says this...........
My compass points to the wrong direction or I'm asked to calibrate my compass. What should I do?
Your phone contains a digital compass which measures the magnetic field's strength in three direction with three separate sensors. The orientation of your phone is calculated from these values. Unfortunately the sensitivity of the sensors are a little different. To correctly calculate your orientation your phone must measure first these differences. This is done during the calibration process. To calibrate your phone, simply find a space where no external magnetic field is present (preferable outside of buildings) and rotate your phone 1-2 times on EACH of its three axes (Swinging your phone in big 8s in all direction will also do, but it' less scientifically correct ). If you feel that your compass has become inaccurate you can repeat this procedure.
But i dunno if it works or not..
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If you download, GPS Status from the market and in settings under " Help and release notes " it says this...........
My compass points to the wrong direction or I'm asked to calibrate my compass. What should I do?
Your phone contains a digital compass which measures the magnetic field's strength in three direction with three separate sensors. The orientation of your phone is calculated from these values. Unfortunately the sensitivity of the sensors are a little different. To correctly calculate your orientation your phone must measure first these differences. This is done during the calibration process. To calibrate your phone, simply find a space where no external magnetic field is present (preferable outside of buildings) and rotate your phone 1-2 times on EACH of its three axes (Swinging your phone in big 8s in all direction will also do, but it' less scientifically correct ). If you feel that your compass has become inaccurate you can repeat this procedure.
But i dunno if it works or not..
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That just calibrates the compass.
Hi,
Is there any difference between G-Sensor and Gyro Sensor?
HTC Sensation specifications states both sensors
Sensors
Gyro sensor
G-Sensor
Digital compass
Proximity sensor
Ambient light sensor
There is, but it's kinda subtle.
A G-sensor (accelerometer) can measure the change in acceleration of the device towards a direction. If you move the handset with a constant speed (no acceleration) then it shouldn't pick any signal. However, when moving their hand people change the speed slightly so an accelerometer picks that, but it will look sluggish.
A gyroscope can measure orientation, rotation and speed, so it can complement data collected from the accelerometer to smoothen out the reading of movement a great deal.
It's not the most important thing ever, but it's definitely a plus. Apps that use gyroscopes (mostly games and augmented reality apps) behave way more smoothly with it.
To put it more simply: The G-sensor measures the movement of the device. (By measuring acceleration). The gyro measures the tilt. They can work together to get more precise measurments of both.
Thanks for the explanations Guys...
Hello everyone,
To fix the dialer bug thing, I applied all the suggestions which were mentioned here http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=17383 like using the proximity sensor app, etc etc....
Now I am getting a good battery backup like 12+ hrs on a full charge (without using wifi/data).
So now the problem is that when I am playing a game say cut the rope, the game goes in potrait mode which is fine, but if by mistake my finger hovers over (or touches) the proximity sensor area, the screen goes off and locks. This is frequently happening
Is anyone facing this issue?? Is there a fix to this??
Can someone confirm that this is present on yours X5III? Wondering if this is by design or some fault.
I'm using barometer to log an altitude of my trips..
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Open app showing barometer data (preferably Phyphox), run pressure test.
Tapping or making pressure to middle part of the display makes pressure go peaking high and low. Like this:
Probably normal, you're changing the internal pressure when you do that.
Means the watertight seal still intact.
Fun fact: this water-tight seal, plus a barometric sensor, has been used by apps to simulate features like the side squeeze Pixels had from series 2 thru 3a.
I tried the same thing on my old X Compact and it does the same thing. Only the sensor on XC has a lot slower readout so it does not show so rapidly and sometimes it smooth it out. Well, need to be more soft on tapping while also recording altitude with barometet ) thx for replies
My pixel 4a's proximity sensor related functions (tap to wake, always on display, screen off during call) are not working properly
The hardware seems working fine while checking.
What may be causing the issue, and is there any way to fix this on latest versions???? Please someone help
The problem was with the device itself. By checking with sensor test application, proximity sensor shows value 0.5cm and covering the sensor shows 0.0cm. The problem is it won't turn back to value 0.5 ( not covering condition).
It stays at 0.0
By just applying some pressure to my display on the edge, it's working fine.
Recently I dropped my phone and the display might have some gap with the frame or something.
I have seen so many people on the internet have complaints similar to this across different pixel devices, that's why I thought of it might be a software issue.