Hey Community,
So here is the issue I'm having, my phone's auto rotation is not working. It gets stuck in horizontal mode when auto rotation is on. Here are the things I have tried:
Odin back to stock
turn off and back on auto rotation. turn off and reboot then turn on
SGS Tools Accelerometor tester - this came out that everything is working the way it is suppose to
Now I can't figure out what else I could try to fix this. Does anyone happen to know a file I could push to fix this? Or another solution I haven't tried..
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
What rom are you currently on? Also are you using and alternative home application like launcher pro or adw?
konthewicked said:
What rom are you currently on? Also are you using and alternative home application like launcher pro or adw?
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Trigger and yeah I'm using twGTGLauncher. I've tried switching launchers but no go on that either. Any ideas??
might try to Odin back to stock JFD, >then Root> Then install Rom Manager> then reflash Trigger or Biwinning> Then test it for auto-rotation and make sure it works. Assuming it does, reboot a couple times and retest, if it is working, then it probably is either the Tigers-blood kernel or the Theme you flashed, and do not flash those. The complex problem with all these phones (not just Vibrant) is when they are built and by who..... so the result is what works great fro me does not translate into a guarantee it will work for you.
oka1 said:
might try to Odin back to stock JFD, >then Root> Then install Rom Manager> then reflash Trigger or Biwinning> Then test it for auto-rotation and make sure it works. Assuming it does, reboot a couple times and retest, if it is working, then it probably is either the Tigers-blood kernel or the Theme you flashed, and do not flash those. The complex problem with all these phones (not just Vibrant) is when they are built and by who..... so the result is what works great fro me does not translate into a guarantee it will work for you.
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Thanks, I tried that. It originally started when I was on Simply Honey 2.5. with its kernal Overstock 1.5.1 worked for a week or so then I calibrated my horizontal rotation and ever since then it hasn't worked. I went ahead and odin back to stock eclair like I got my phone and tried it and it still didn't work in stock or when I re-flashed Simply Honey. Is it possible to re-push a file to try and fix it?
madguitarist63 said:
Thanks, I tried that. It originally started when I was on Simply Honey 2.5. with its kernal Overstock 1.5.1 worked for a week or so then I calibrated my horizontal rotation and ever since then it hasn't worked. I went ahead and odin back to stock eclair like I got my phone and tried it and it still didn't work in stock or when I re-flashed Simply Honey. Is it possible to re-push a file to try and fix it?
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You need to Odin to Eugene's froyo that doesnt brick. Uncheck ALL boxes before running Odin. Then use Odin to flash back to JFD with repartition, autu-reboot and EFS clear checked. Then flash whatever you want. This happened to me2 times and this is the only thing Ive found to fix it. Hope this helps.
You can find eugenes froyo here: http://eb-productions.net/
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I had installed Voodoo and went to install one of the AOSP roms available. I didnt realize that it would overwrite the kernel and now upon booting the phone will go into FC loops. I cant get anywhere and cant get into CWM. I thought I would try using ODIN to get back to stock but now its doing the same thing at stock. I'm at a loss. What should I do? Is my phone Perma-bricked?
Was it my rom? I don't think it deletes the kernal?
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blue breeze. I didnt think so either but now I get nothing but FC's from startup. So I tried to flash back to stock. Still nothing.
Oh my there are going to be a lot of these...
I don't know. I think that IF I had flashed the ROM first and then Voodoo I would've been fine. Unless I'm wrong and that's not what caused the issue. Any solution or am I out of a phone?
why can't you get into cwm? even by turning your phone off and holding the volume keys and the power button?
It goes to stock recovery, always has. I could only get into CW by going to ROM manager and booting into it that way.
do the update.zip and it should take you to cwm
the reason you're in FC HELLLLLLL is cuz you flashed over voodoo. that's why JT said don't flash over vooodooooo. you can fix it by going back to stock with odin. then i suggest loading bubby's kernal then voodoo over that.
Ive tried going back to stock with ODIN and it still does it. I'm going to try re-downloading the stock files and do it again. BTW the FC's are: android/process.media, and TwLauncher. I cant even get to any kind of homescreen or settings to turn on debugging.
i tried going back to stock with odin because i wanted to remove voodoo anyway before i flashed a rom and still am getting FC's like crazy
Have you tried this?
Have you checked this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=807088 ...would be a good idea....
I just download roms directly on my phone, go to rom manager, install rom from sd card, check wipe data and cache, and reboot. everything has worked fine so far, I've installed 3 different roms every since I started and am currently running nero v3 with voodoo enabled.
You want to odin back to stock as I understand it roms can leave behind traces of themselves or not be compatible with new ones so it's best to use odin to make sure that nothing is left of them
willsnews said:
You want to odin back to stock as I understand it roms can leave behind traces of themselves or not be compatible with new ones so it's best to use odin to make sure that nothing is left of them
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ahhh ok. damn I need to install windows on my latop asap. thanks.
junglerumble said:
I just download roms directly on my phone, go to rom manager, install rom from sd card, check wipe data and cache, and reboot. everything has worked fine so far, I've installed 3 different roms every since I started and am currently running nero v3 with voodoo enabled.
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The way you download roms and flash them is a very easy way to do it. BUT, seeing as you are using a rom that has voodoo embedded, learning how to properly use odin is very important. All is well, until you forget to disable voodoo and flash something else and your phone gets hung up in the boot screen.
I stayed away from odin for as long as I could. Flashing thru CWM was far too easy. That was until I did exactly what I just mentioned and forgot to disable voodoo. Then I had to learn quick, fast, and in a hurry.
Take my advice. Read up on odin as much as you can to save yourself some trouble later on. Do yourself another favor and download all the necessary tools for it, as well.
is using odin on ubuntu ok? I got odin running through wine but I don't wanna brick my phone thinking everything will work properly lulz.
I am fairly new to all this and am wondering if I need to have the stock Froyo installed to flash the new Sweet Honey 2.5 ROM. I thought I read that somewhere in the development forums. I am running Bionix 1.3.1, and the battery drains so fast I am looking for something else to try. If I Odin back to stock before I flash Sweet Honey, does it matter what I was using before? Thanks.
Noo you dont need to do nothing...just flash...if you odin back you will lose root...just flash the rom and thats all
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Yup, no need to Odin back unless you are having major issues. Just follow the installation instructions in the thread step-by-step and you shouldn't have a single issue.
dfh0410 said:
I am fairly new to all this and am wondering if I need to have the stock Froyo installed to flash the new Sweet Honey 2.5 ROM. I thought I read that somewhere in the development forums. I am running Bionix 1.3.1, and the battery drains so fast I am looking for something else to try. If I Odin back to stock before I flash Sweet Honey, does it matter what I was using before? Thanks.
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I actually just switched from Bionix 1.3.1 to Sweet Honey to try it out and had no problems flashing it. Just make sure to do it from Rom Manager as suggested in the op.
Flashed it last night, and it is working like a champ. The only thing I couldn't do is install the updated G-mail app. When I hit the install button it says it is not installed. I have the most current G-mail app from the market, but I loved the new G-mail icon and would like to get it back. Any suggestions? Thanks.
I flashed sweet honey and i have problems receiving phone calls. then i flashed back to bionix 1.3, and i had alot of FCs. then i tried B 1.3.1 and still had force closes. so now im back to sweet honey. cuz odin wont reconize my phone in download mode
Now that you mention it, I haven't received any calls yet. I tried calling my phone from another phone, and it rings once and disconnects. Did you find a solution? Anyone out there have a solution? It's kind of important to be able to receive calls. I can initiate a call with no problems.
No i havent found a solution. im still trying to get my pc to reconize my phone in download mode. my phone is really messed up lol
dfh0410 said:
Flashed it last night, and it is working like a champ. The only thing I couldn't do is install the updated G-mail app. When I hit the install button it says it is not installed. I have the most current G-mail app from the market, but I loved the new G-mail icon and would like to get it back. Any suggestions? Thanks.
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You may have to go into Root Explorer, find the gmail app and long press it. You should get a menu pop up. Click fix permissions and make sure that read/write are checked for the first one and only read for the other two.
splatteredmess said:
No i havent found a solution. im still trying to get my pc to reconize my phone in download mode. my phone is really messed up lol
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You two may want to send a message to Explodingboy and see if he can figure it out. I didn't seem to have that issue. My only question would be did you guys flash it like he suggested or did you just flash it through Clockwork recovery? My flashing addiction has taken me to Jellette's Atriarc rom which seems great as well.
Flashed CM9 to experiment with it and see how it ran, prior to doing so made a backup of current setup (unnamed 2.2.1 w/ siyah kernel). After flashing to CM9 and playing around a bit i was going to revert back to my original setup. Tried flashing back and now I am unable to even get to CWM Recovery, or Download Mode. It will boot to the SGS2 screen and then just go black no matter what I do. It is still recognized in Odin so I was thinking I'm going to have to revert back to stock and just flash it back afterwards. Any ideas before I proceed?
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Flashed CM9 to experiment with it and see how it ran, prior to doing so made a backup of current setup (unnamed 2.2.1 w/ siyah kernel). After flashing to CM9 and playing around a bit i was going to revert back to my original setup. Tried flashing back and now I am unable to even get to CWM Recovery, or Download Mode. It will boot to the SGS2 screen and then just go black no matter what I do. It is still recognized in Odin so I was thinking I'm going to have to revert back to stock and just flash it back afterwards. Any ideas before I proceed?
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Flash back to stock. Strange - you say you can't get into download mode, but Odin recognizes it?
Ok, finally got into DL mode and flashed a stock kernel from Entropy's post. Now i'm faced with it booting to the ATT splash screen and it just loops that screen infinitely. I'm still unable to access recovery mode to wipe data/cache or anything like that. This is becoming frustrating and I'm not quite able to wrap my head around why after flashing stock that I'm unable to boot into the phone beyond the splash screen. Am I using the wrong stock fw or something? Here's the link to the one i used.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432
From my experience it's the wrong SPL/radio combo.
No matter what I do, I'm stuck up to that point.....I've tried a few different stock flash packages through Odin to no avail, same result every time. I know i'm probably doing something wrong or I'm missing something here, its not bricked I do know that so its not like i'm dead in the water here. Any ideas would be better than where I'm at currently.
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From my experience it's the wrong SPL/radio combo.
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There is no SPL on the GSII, and a bad radio will only screw up calls/cell data.
To the OP - exactly how did you flash CM9? CWM or some kanged-up Odin build?
Through CWM, everything worked fine but when I was using CM9 my back button and serach button weren't working, probably erroneous to this situation. this is just messing me all up that I'm able to boot up til the splash and then it just loops it over and over, its making me think that the FW is having issues loading or something.
Problem solved finally. Something must have changed after this last flash attempt because now I was able to get into CWM of all things and recover my old backups. Nice little adventure that was. Thanks guys for the help!
Entropy512 said:
There is no SPL on the GSII, and a bad radio will only screw up calls/cell data.
To the OP - exactly how did you flash CM9? CWM or some kanged-up Odin build?
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Understood. Coming from G1 I know it's different.
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It's been awhile since I odin and don't want to mess up...I also have a CWM backup of Bionix 1.3.1 before testing ICS. I need GPS working more reliably and not have to reboot every time just to get ICS GPS working again so thinking of going back to Froyo.
So...what are the proper steps to revert back to Froyo from ICS? Thanx.
Hmm,
i don´t have any problems with gps and ics.
Maybe you just have some wrong settings?
Odin to 2.1
Install CWR (link in my sig)-put it as update.zip on your internal, boot into recovery, hit "Reinstall Packages" it will cycle, hit "Reinstall Packages" again and your recovery will go from Stock (blue) to CWR (green).
Scroll to "Install from SD" and find Bionix 1.3.1 zip (needs to be the raw ROM). Hit ok let it run and boot up.
Boot back into recovery and restore your nandroid.
Don't forget to wipe when neccessary.
Your GPS can still work within accuracy of 20 ft even after more than 20 min of deep sleep? If so please share what setting you are using and rom and kennel version.
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kobesabi said:
Your GPS can still work within accuracy of 20 ft even after more than 20 min of deep sleep? If so please share what setting you are using and rom and kennel version.
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My GPS works this well on Bionix fishmanmod 2: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1441976
Bali 1.8.8uv kernel.
I use the Tosti Rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1441462
until now i used gps for navigation but i will test it with smartrunner while mountainbiking.
DruckDuc said:
I use the Tosti Rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1441462
until now i used gps for navigation but i will test it with smartrunner while mountainbiking.
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Man the rom you're talking about is not for the Vibrant...unless you ported it to Vibrant....
DruckDuc said:
I use the Tosti Rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1441462
until now i used gps for navigation but i will test it with smartrunner while mountainbiking.
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HD2 ROM... Wtf
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ascallop said:
My GPS works this well on Bionix fishmanmod 2: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1441976
Bali 1.8.8uv kernel.
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of course it does! its because its a froyo rom and not ics. the deep sleep GPS issues are with all the ics roms.
Woodrube said:
Odin to 2.1
Install CWR (link in my sig)-put it as update.zip on your internal, boot into recovery, hit "Reinstall Packages" it will cycle, hit "Reinstall Packages" again and your recovery will go from Stock (blue) to CWR (green).
Scroll to "Install from SD" and find Bionix 1.3.1 zip (needs to be the raw ROM). Hit ok let it run and boot up.
Boot back into recovery and restore your nandroid.
Don't forget to wipe when neccessary.
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Thanks for your guide, have a question. Seems easy just to change cwm version to go back and flash froyo, so if I've gone through all the trouble to get to ics including gb bootloaders etc.,does it mean that if I want to go back to ics then I just need to follow the same simple process by flashing a newer cwm version?
You would need to Odin back to 2.1 if you want to go to Froyo bc CM7 and ICS use mtd as their system format while Eclair and Froyo use RFS or Ext4(voodoo). It isn't about CWR but rather the system format.
kobesabi said:
It's been awhile since I odin and don't want to mess up...I also have a CWM backup of Bionix 1.3.1 before testing ICS. I need GPS working more reliably and not have to reboot every time just to get ICS GPS working again so thinking of going back to Froyo.
So...what are the proper steps to revert back to Froyo from ICS? Thanx.
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Odin back to stock and upgrade from there it'll be cleaner. Also you need to install the Nexus S drivers for odin to see your ICS build
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Odin back to stock and upgrade from there it'll be cleaner. Also you need to install the Nexus S drivers for odin to see your ICS build
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What do you mean by install Nexus S driver? Install to ROM or PC?
Oh, smthg. went wrong.
Didn´t see the wrong forum.
Sorry.