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My compass is messed up. (I.E. Points in the wrong direction, jerks around when I rotate it) I can fix it temporarily by waving the phone around in a figure 8 pattern, but this only lasts for the current instance of an app.
I've had these problems after I installed MoDaCo's custom rom. (Though I am now running fresh 5d.)
Is there any way to make this fix "stick"? (Or is there some other more permanent solution?)
Did you calibrate the G-Sensor?
It's hidden under "Settings", "Sound & display"... all the way at the bottom.
I'm having the same issue, except mine was happening before I was root and before Modaco...
Hard resetting it would restore the compass to normal for a few days, then it would go fishy again.
Its doing it now with root and modaco 1.2c unofficial...
I'm really confused. Haven't heard other people complain, but not alot of people use their compass.
x99percent said:
Did you calibrate the G-Sensor?
It's hidden under "Settings", "Sound & display"... all the way at the bottom.
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The accelerometer is completely different from the compass.
The digital compass (magnetometer) measures the earth's magnetic field, while the "g sensor" (or accelerometer) measures gravitational pulls on different axis.
Accelerometers use a quartz crystal mounted between a fixed point and a free floating mass. The mass puts pressure on the crystal and generates a tiny voltage (some work on resistance or capacitance change). As the direction of gravity's pull changes, so does the force of the crystal and the signal it generates. Most accelerometers are designed to sense movement in only one direction, so true 3D position sensing must use three crystals mounted in different orientations each with their own floating mass.
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poor_red_neck said:
The accelerometer is completely different from the compass.
The digital compass (magnetometer) measures the earth's magnetic field, while the "g sensor" (or accelerometer) measures gravitational pulls on different axis.
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Wow! Thank you, Captain Obvious!
I mention the G-sensor calibration because I had an issue with a compass-related program that did not work properly until I calibrated the g-sensor. If he tries it and it works, great... if not, no big loss.
YOU'RE WELCOME, DOUCHEBAG.
How the hell am I supposed to know what your intelligence level is. You're not the only one reading posts. Someone else may find that information relevant or helpful.
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So I tried my compass again and after shaking it it was still messing up. For ****s and giggles I tapped the corner on my desk a few good times. Not hard, but solid smacks and voila... it works now. Weird.
Such Hostility!
Not sure why tapping would have worked, the magentic sensor has no moving parts as far as I have been able to read on them. Don't live at the north pole do you?
You should try to install the Metal Detector app and see if it gives you issues, it uses the same sensor and maybe its a hardware issue. Given it is not the most accurate as far as detection, but it does really work if you put a piece of metal right behind the phone.
Watch out with those belt holsters with magnetic locks. Those will screw up your compass fast. Not sure if thats your situation but just FYI.
atoy74 said:
Watch out with those belt holsters with magnetic locks. Those will screw up your compass fast. Not sure if thats your situation but just FYI.
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Very good point, I hadn't though about that, especially since there is no telling really where that sensor lives on the board, and they are usually pretty strong little magnets in the holsters
Well... I tried recalibrating the g-sensor for kicks, but that didn't help. I've never used a magnetic holster, so I don't think that's it...
Any other ideas?
Does compass work in Google Maps????
I have see the commercials and youtube videos..
that show in google maps...
in street view...
you can move the phone around and up and down...
the street view.. will change according to your orientation
so if the Hero has a Compass
and we have google maps
why don't this feature work for me?
Or.. does this mean my Sprint Hero.. does not support this function at this time???
FYI...
Brand new hero (got it on 12/30/09)
Rooted
MoDaCo 1.3 ROM
Dan330 said:
so if the Hero has a Compass
and we have google maps
why don't this feature work for me?
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It has to be enabled in Maps first. And you have to be in street view mode (obviously :X)
maejrep said:
It has to be enabled in Maps first. And you have to be in street view mode (obviously :X)
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obviously....
so.. i am taking you have a sprint hero.. and it works in street view...
you can spin around with your phone.. and the view changes respectively????
I have looked.. and can not find any place that lets me enable this feature... inside google maps.
My compass was acting similarly a while back. Not sure when it changed, but now that I have rooted and installed Fresh, it's working fine. Strange.
Dan330 said:
I have looked.. and can not find any place that lets me enable this feature... inside google maps.
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Load Google Maps.
Long Press a spot on the map.
After the address loads, touch the info bubble.
Touch Street view.
Press the Menu Button.
Touch Compass mode.
markachee said:
My compass was acting similarly a while back. Not sure when it changed, but now that I have rooted and installed Fresh, it's working fine. Strange.
Load Google Maps.
Long Press a spot on the map.
After the address loads, touch the info bubble.
Touch Street view.
Press the Menu Button.
Touch Compass mode.
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thanks !!!! found it.. works great now..
can not believe i did not find it..!!! ???
Don't know if I'm missng a setting, but I can't get the digital compass to work with any app. Gps works fine though. Thoughts?
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Rescue9 said:
Don't know if I'm missng a setting, but I can't get the digital compass to work with any app. Gps works fine though. Thoughts?
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What digital compass?
BarryH_GEG said:
What digital compass?
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Ditto.
As per the link below:
'Sensor
Accelerometer, Digital compass, Light, Gyroscope'
http://www.samsung.com/global/microsite/galaxynote/note_10.1/specifications.html
Rescue9 said:
As per the link below:
'Sensor
Accelerometer, Digital compass, Light, Gyroscope'
http://www.samsung.com/global/microsite/galaxynote/note_10.1/specifications.html
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How are you accessing it to know that it's not working?
I bought the tools app from the google $.25 sale and the compass works fine...
I've installed the compass app, and the GPS status app. Neither of which work.
Rescue9 said:
I've installed the compass app, and the GPS status app. Neither of which work.
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Can you give any details on how they don't work?
For example, at work I have a lot of interfering magnetic waves, so it points in the wrong direction, but always points towards the source of the magnatic waves.
It's absolutely non-functional. As if the application isn't even detecting that a digital compass is installed. The needle doesn't move at all, nor does the pitch indicator in GPS Status. I'm wondering if it's due to a bad flash or something. I've only flashed once, CM10, then did a clean wipe multiple times ( cache, dalvic & wipe 2 times each) before installing a nandroid of the rooted stock back to the tablet.
Is there an application that reads directly from the sensors that I can test?
Rescue9 said:
Is there an application that reads directly from the sensors that I can test?
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This is what I thought you were already doing, and knew something I didn't know. There are sooooo many apps out there. The fact that you had rooted and flashed is also important info.
can someone install 'Sensor List' and see if the 3-axis magnetic field sensor functions for you. I'm getting nothing on mine.
EDIT: it must have been something to do with a bad flash. i flashed the recovery Entrophy ripped and it's working now. Guess it's going to be a night of rebuilding the tablet now.
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can someone install 'Sensor List' and see if the 3-axis magnetic field sensor functions for you. I'm getting nothing on mine.
EDIT: it must have been something to do with a bad flash. i flashed the recovery Entrophy ripped and it's working now. Guess it's going to be a night of rebuilding the tablet now.
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ahh well glad to hear you found out the cause
Well.... after the latest update (done in Kies due to CWM installed) the compass has stopped working again and I'm not getting any values from the magnetic field sensor. The UEALGB stock recovery tar was what I flashed through Odin last time to get the compass back. I'm at a loss on what to flash this time though as I have updated.
Still waiting on a a recovery that I can Odin. There has to be something in the CWM port that Entrophy uploaded that is borking the magnetic sensor.
Hi
After downloading an app calles Sensor Box I saw that on my rooted device (sm-g3858) (stock rom) the orientation sensors, magnetic and gyroscope sensors are missing. Is there any way to add them? Are these sensors hardware based? GPS works fine for me so is there a way to implement these 3 mentioned sensor functions? Available in the phone are accelerometer and proximity sensor so I want to know if I can add the others by adding certain xml files
Pretorian187 said:
Hi
After downloading an app calles Sensor Box I saw that on my rooted device (sm-g3858) (stock rom) the orientation sensors, magnetic and gyroscope sensors are missing. Is there any way to add them? Are these sensors hardware based? GPS works fine for me so is there a way to implement these 3 mentioned sensor functions? Available in the phone are accelerometer and proximity sensor so I want to know if I can add the others by adding certain xml files
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Sensors are indeed hardware. You can't simply "add" them. If my memory serves me, the only practical use of a gyroscope sensor is for Photosphere. Lots of devices are missing this. It's odd that your phone doesn't have a magnetometer. It's also odd that there's no orientation sensor. To be honest, I don't think that your phone is missing a magnetometer or orientation sensor. I mean, if you're watching a video or viewing a webpage and the display rotates, then clearly it has that sensor. And most phones have a magnetometer. Your phone (Galaxy Beam 2) is kinda a specialized device, so I guess it's possible that certain things common to other phones were omitted. If that's the case, it's unfortunate, but sadly, you can't "add" them via software.
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Sensors are indeed hardware. You can't simply "add" them. If my memory serves me, the only practical use of a gyroscope sensor is for Photosphere. Lots of devices are missing this. It's odd that your phone doesn't have a magnetometer. It's also odd that there's no orientation sensor. To be honest, I don't think that your phone is missing a magnetometer or orientation sensor. I mean, if you're watching a video or viewing a webpage and the display rotates, then clearly it has that sensor. And most phones have a magnetometer. Your phone (Galaxy Beam 2) is kinda a specialized device, so I guess it's possible that certain things common to other phones were omitted. If that's the case, it's unfortunate, but sadly, you can't "add" them via software.
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thank you for your reply. Maybe that function is not activated? Samsung pretty much sucks when it comes to software support so maybe some files are just missing. Do you know where I could find the location of these files? The problem is that compass apps for example need that function (unless you know of an app that doesnt..)and I might not be suprised if Samsung just didnt add the files to /system
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thank you for your reply. Maybe that function is not activated? Samsung pretty much sucks when it comes to software support so maybe some files are just missing. Do you know where I could find the location of these files? The problem is that compass apps for example need that function (unless you know of an app that doesnt..)and I might not be suprised if Samsung just didnt add the files to /system
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I really couldn't help you with that. I doubt anyone could. I would suggest, however, that you try a couple other apps. Phone Tester, Sensor Kinetics Innovations, to name a couple. Also, some basic apps that use these functions. Most compass apps use the magnetometer, and there's also metal detector apps (obviously, you'll need something steel or iron, not just any random metal). And as I said before if you're viewing a webpage or video or something, and you turn your phone sideways and what you're viewing changes its orientation, then you've obviously got that sensor as well.
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I really couldn't help you with that. I doubt anyone could. I would suggest, however, that you try a couple other apps. Phone Tester, Sensor Kinetics Innovations, to name a couple. Also, some basic apps that use these functions. Most compass apps use the magnetometer, and there's also metal detector apps (obviously, you'll need something steel or iron, not just any random metal). And as I said before if you're viewing a webpage or video or something, and you turn your phone sideways and what you're viewing changes its orientation, then you've obviously got that sensor as well.
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I tried Sensor Kinetics and when I change the orientation the Accelerometer is effected. So basically the orientation sensor is the accelerometer in this phone. And I can also see that in the demo option. But anyway I tried several metal detector apps and there is 0 reaction. So I guess thats it. Thanks for your time.
Guys!
Do you experience proximity sensor issues while answering calls on OP7P?
For me while I'm on calls. The display comes on and gets disturbed and get pressed by my ears all the time.
Also any idea of where the proximity sensor is located on OP7P?
Thanks ?
Yes, I'm having the same issues. While I'm on calls I often activate the notifications pulldown. It would be nice to know how to fix this.
If you pull down the notification shade, the sensor is located just above the fifth icon on the first row. IE behind the screen.
If you pull the shade all the way down it is above and between the third and fourth icons. Easiest way to describe it. Put your thumb over that area with auto brightness on to watch the slider move.
Annoying while on a call that the screen comes on.
I'm experiencing the exact same issue with the caller app.
I also tried to make a flip cover to turn screen on or off with a proximity sensor detection app and it didn't work either.
I search a little in engineer mode (*#808#) and found that there is multiple proximity sensor, the IR sensor work quite well but it doesn't seem to be the default one.
The default one seems to be the ultrasonic sensor which works really bad.
There is also a "TP" proximity sensor which seems to be a near field detection which seems to work if I move my hand near the screen.
The sad thing is that in dedicated app to use or test proximity sensor (and in antutu or else) only one proximity sensor is listed (The ultrasonic one I guess) so you cannot switch to use the one which is working well.
Isn't this in the wrong place? Shouldn't it be in the Questions and Answers section?
Mods?
Probably just here looking for a mod to improve the situation
Actually I was going to open a new thread in Q&A when I found this one with the same subject and problem.
Do you think I need to open a new thread?
Is any of you experiencing the same issue as I described in my answer?
did anyone calibrate the proximity sensor using *#808# first? That seems to fix double tap to wake for some people
I tried to with no luck but as I explain in my first message the IR sensor is only used when screen is off (that's why it could help with double tap to wake)
But when screen is on another or couple another sensors are used and you can't calibrate them.
I think ultrasonic sensor is used when screen is on.
Do someone tested proximity sensor with any app on the play store? (Like proximity sensor test)
Put it on a table and check if it's working, mine is absolutely not. If I hold it like I was about to phone it works a little but it's not impressive.
Since I got 9.5.7 (EU version) earlier this evening screen turn off when I make a call.
I'm having this issue since 9.5.8... It's very annoying and I'm really disappointed, I often turn on airplane mode during a call... I tried to calibrate but it doesn't work.
I'm very very frustrated
schmeggy929 said:
did anyone calibrate the proximity sensor using *#808# first? That seems to fix double tap to wake for some people
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When I click on proximity test it says it needs calibration how do I do that cause otherwise I can not test my proximity sensor cause when I click on it nothing happens
I am on 9.5.8
dallasnights said:
When I click on proximity test it says it needs calibration how do I do that cause otherwise I can not test my proximity sensor cause when I click on it nothing happens
I am on 9.5.8
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This...
I've been having issues with phone calls but more so with pocket issues.. When I had the 6t pocket mode kept the phone neutral but this phone doesn't seem to have an accurate prox sensor.. Is there a way to activate a pocket mode?
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Happening to me too, approached oneplus via live chat about this issue and at one point they said to wipe and reset my phone even if I told them the sensor is working but seems badly calibrated. Will try the wipe & reset and if it's not working I am returning my phone.
Proximity sensor is working fine - there is a bug elsewhere on the firmware that does not lock the screen when it is blacked out
pinzarualex said:
Happening to me too, approached oneplus via live chat about this issue and at one point they said to wipe and reset my phone even if I told them the sensor is working but seems badly calibrated. Will try the wipe & reset and if it's not working I am returning my phone.
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Let us know if it's going to fix the issue wiping and resetting everything please!!!
Jaco2k said:
Proximity sensor is working fine - there is a bug elsewhere on the firmware that does not lock the screen when it is blacked out
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But I have had this issue since release.. Do you a link to this information? If that's the case maybe someone can look into the firmware and see if it's minor tweak that can fix it?
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Jack_Sparrow_ said:
Let us know if it's going to fix the issue wiping and resetting everything please!!!
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Of course it didn't fix anything...
Jaco2k said:
Proximity sensor is working fine - there is a bug elsewhere on the firmware that does not lock the screen when it is blacked out
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This has been an issue since the release. Do you have a link to where you read this information? If it is the firmware maybe someone can look into the settings and see if needs a tweak..
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This has been an issue since the release. Do you have a link to where you read this information? If it is the firmware maybe someone can look into the settings and see if needs a tweak..
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I have reported this to Funk wizard on the OOS support thread and he said he cannot reproduce it anymore on the latest test build, so... We have to wait for next firmware release and see if that is indeed the case
Hey! I'd like to ask a favor from someone with a Zenfone 7 in their hands. Could you tell me the driver name of your proximity sensor? You can check it by using Sensor Box (free on the playstore).
I'm asking for this because it seems my phone doesn't even recognise the driver and it just displays as ASUS Proximity Sensor, opposedly to other sensors that display their true name. Maybe I'm tripping and that's just it's real name, but I'm almost sure it had a different name before the sensor started malfunctioning.
I'll attach a couple screens. Thank you in advance.
Here's some screenshots from a borrowed Zenfone 7 Pro, as you can see it's named the same.
To be sure we don't suffer the same fate I did some tests to confirm that sensor is working.
@zcrubby Thank you! Indeed your sensor works well. I'll keep trying to figure out where to find the root folder of the proximity sensor driver to disable it, since I was able to get sensor disabler functioning but didn't do the trick with the proximity sensor. Would you let me know if you know something? Much appreciated!
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@zcrubby Thank you! Indeed your sensor works well. I'll keep trying to figure out where to find the root folder of the proximity sensor driver to disable it, since I was able to get sensor disabler functioning but didn't do the trick with the proximity sensor. Would you let me know if you know something? Much appreciated!
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Any luck in disabling the proximity sensor? I have a strange bug wherein every restart of the device causes the first instance of the camera to flip upside down and come up with the camera obstruction error. But once you click ok several times it's fine.