I've downloaded multiple astronomy apps on my phone but the direction is never right in the app. It's always off by an exact amount in all the apps and I don't know how to fix it or calibrate it. Is it even the gyroscope that is the problem?
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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..
BAleR said:
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.
A fellow on the i9000 forum posted this and it seems like it probably affects all galaxy s phone http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838949
To check if the sensor is always on do this
Type *#*#4636#*#* in the dialer
Click Battery history
Pick Sensor usage
Click on gallery and you'll see for how long the sensor has been on, seems like the sensor never shuts off after you exit the gallery.
To fix this glitch delete Gallery3d.apk from /system/app using root explorer or a terminal, restart the phone and download Gallery3d from the market.
There's also a new gallery3d app from the desire, it doesn't seem to have this glitch either plus it has a cool pinch peek feature http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=847656
Thanks alot. The new gallery also gets rid of the low res bug. Zooming in keeps the detail. Nice.
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I looked but my gallery sensor seems to turn off so may not be an issue with everyone, but thanks for post
ERRR
only i'm suffering from this problem ?
when i installed that zip file (from recovery) gallery 3D (deleted the 1 from RE like u'v said)
now when i load a picture it's loading first in LOW res than only after 2 sec it gives u the full nice RES
why is that !?? u can't enjoy seeing your pictures like that
how do i go back to the first ORIGINAL gallery APK ?
10x
ps in the original gallery it was loading HIGH RES instantly and extremly FAST
using I9000 2.2 VOODOO LAGFIX
interesting...I noticed my gallery was keeping the sensor on as well. new version from the market has fixed the problem.
does anyone know how much battery drain this is actually causing? I have noticed that the app "Bedside" is also using the sensor all the time- even when it has seemingly been killed- which seems very strange.
also- does this "sensor usage" stat apply only to the light sensor? or does the phone orientation sensor count toward it as well?
One thing i don't see mentioned here (it is in the original i9000 thread) is that this battery drain bug came with the official Froyo release on the i9000 and didn't seem to exist in 2.1.
How are you all getting the new version from the market? When I search for "Gallery", nothing resembling the official app comes up anywhere in the first hundred or so results...The rom I'm running has the AT&T version of the market, maybe thats the issue?
OP - Thank you for the instructions. I tested mine and it seems that Homerun Battle 3D was using the sensors even though it had not been launched in a couple days. It was maxed as the most Sensor usage since unplugged this morning.
I uninstalled it and will update if this helps my battery.
Thank you again
I just deleted my gallery app using Titanium backup and searched for "gallery 3d" in the market. I'm running cognition which I believe has a fixed build.prop so that might be why I can see it in the market.
looking back in the history, the app "bedside" has used significantly more sensor than even the Android system. I am a bit concerned that the app may be draining my battery. since the app is paid, I would like to raise the issue with the developer but I don't really know how much battery drain it is causing or if it is light sensor, orientation sensor, or something else. I'd appreciate any help.
thanks for this info.
I dont have this particular issue but I do see "camera" as using the sensor for the past 3 hours. I opened the camera this morning but I have closed it since. Does this mean the sensor has been using the battery all this time?...just curious...
Just wanted to update.
After finding out that Homerun Battle 3D had the sensors running when the game itself had not even been launched, I uninstalled it..
Today so far after being unplugged for 7hr 47m I am at 93% battery. Which isnt bad IMO
Can someone PLEASE tell me how to calibrate the compass on this thing? I have tried the figure 8, and also going to setting>display>E-Compass calibration it just keeps saying:
Please rotate DUT according X, Y and Z-axis respectively! until accuracy equal 3.
Then says Calibration Finish, and a little video, but nothing ever changes, and there is nothing to press to calibrate it.
I'm a little curious on the compass calibration too. The compass is jittery, it's like voltage fluctuations or something. I'm wondering if it's a actual hardware problem or its it's a software problem. ... .. still not too sure about this phone I got about 15 days left to return it.
Sent from my jittery ass compass MOTWX435KT using Tapatalk...lol
I'm having the same problem with the compass. I did the initial calibration but even now it's almost always +/-30 degrees off on way or the other.
I do see a little improvement if I do the figure 8 or rotate it around all three axis whenever I want to use it.
I also hope it's just software and there's a fix for it. So far I haven't had any luck downloading other compasses and re-calibrating it through them.
I haven't had any issues, but the app "GPS Status" has an option to calibrate the compass. Might be worth a shot.
Does anyone ever have the issue of the compass always pointing in the wrong direction?
I've done manual sensor calibration by going into the service menu (*#0*#, Sensor) quite a few times but the compass always resets.
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Does anyone ever have the issue of the compass always pointing in the wrong direction?
I've done manual sensor calibration by going into the service menu (*#0*#, Sensor) quite a few times but the compass always resets.
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Probably would have been best to not start a new thread for this since you already commented in another one.
My compass is still fine and working properly from my one calibration from the other thread. Are you getting the blue compass line with a "3" next to it?
I had the "3" and blue line. It was pointing to the true North after calibration. Then it lost the calibration. I've since recalibrated it.
I'm keeping an eye out on this. Will monitor it.
So after a few weeks of testing, I've concluded that the compass resets every time I reboot my phone. This happens consistently without fail.
The fix for me is to do a calibration every time I reboot the phone - this means "twirling" my phone in a circular motion (it's faster than doing the separate axis calibration). Usually this will recalibrate my phone in under 10 "twirls".
I guess it's something to do with the compass not being able to store the calibration permanently. Perhaps it's a R/W permissions issue. I'm on stock Three UK firmware, not rooted.
Hello there,
I have been trying to calibrate the altimeter on this amazing watch. I checked both on the watch and the Huawei Health app, but there is not an option to calibrate the altimeter when you are at a point with a known and certain altitude.
Anybody could help please?
This is such a simple option that would allow to make this watch way more reliable for mountain use.
Thanks a lot
Richacinas said:
Hello there,
I have been trying to calibrate the altimeter on this amazing watch. I checked both on the watch and the Huawei Health app, but there is not an option to calibrate the altimeter when you are at a point with a known and certain altitude.
Anybody could help please?
This is such a simple option that would allow to make this watch way more reliable for mountain use.
Thanks a lot
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Nobody knows??
Then I assume this altimeter is useless. If you cannot calibrate it, then it doesn't work in the mountain at all. It is not reliable.
This issue persist even from original first Gt watch. Was never fixed. Due almost non existent support from Huawei, I'm almost certain it will never be fixed. On the other hand I see on Honor GS pro there is an option to do so but barometer not. And it always shows wrong readings. Strange.
Whatever...at the end of the day it's China based company, what did you expect