*Solved*
I put the original LCM housing back in as the magnet on the new one didn't seam to exist. All now OK.
Hi,
I've just stripped down my wizard and replaced the full housing and fascias. Everything went back together well, or so I thought. The phone now works as normal apart from the screen rotate function no longer works when the keyboard is opened.
I've re-opened the phone but can't see the sensor that would be responsible for this. How does the phone know when the keyboard is in use?
My phone is a G4 with WizFlo 20273 ROM installed.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated?
I have my SGS2 since two weeks and very pleased with it. All worked fine, also the compass or magnetic sensor.
I tried some custom ROMs but now use the original KE2 again. Since a couple of day I noticed that the magnetic compass does not work anymore. No movement at all. Also checked it with other apps (Google Skymap etc) but no compass.
I checked the sensor with code *#0*# and then select the sonsor tests. It shows MAGNETIC Sensor "Need for calibration" and the needle is stuck and indicates 0 degrees.
I have been trying to callibrate in many ways described on the net but without luck. Does anybody have an idea? or is the Magnetic sensor bad/damaged and should I send the SGS2 back?
Search works .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?searchid=74782950
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Mine is only a few degrees out. Using Stock KE7 XEU Rom.
Not too fussed tbh.
Magnetic sensor
Well, I read all what has been written on the magnetic sensor or compass on XDA developers and other forums. Learned a lot but nothing helped.
I would like to know a way to check if the sensor is bad.
I downloaded the compass app and checked my sensor.
I tried the program "Sensor Test / Plot" to check the sensors. No values at Magnetic field, Orientation, Gravity Sensor and Rotation Vector Sensor. It just says "Waiting" as the program probably does not receive any data.
Until now I beleive it is a sensor problem and not calibration. It could be a problem in the firmware as it occurred after flashing some ROMs. I tried all origianal Samsung ROMs again but without result, the compass stays stuck and phone doesn't know it's orientation.
erikcornelisse said:
I tried the program "Sensor Test / Plot" to check the sensors. No values at Magnetic field, Orientation, Gravity Sensor and Rotation Vector Sensor. It just says "Waiting" as the program probably does not receive any data.
Until now I beleive it is a sensor problem and not calibration. It could be a problem in the firmware as it occurred after flashing some ROMs. I tried all origianal Samsung ROMs again but without result, the compass stays stuck and phone doesn't know it's orientation.
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Just downloaded the same app and all ok here.
I don't know what happened today but suddenly the magnetic sensor came alife. The test program is now giving readings and senses magnetic influences. Also the compas is showing some movement but is pointing always wrong. North is always down (towards me) and south always up (so compass indicating 180 degr). Rolling the phone causes the heading to change.
I tried calibrating the compass using several described methods and compass programs but without luck. I get tactile feedback of good calibration after figure 8 waving (using a standard compass program). When I start the app it notes that it senses an abnormal magnetic field and needs calibration.
I'm happy that the magnetic sensor seems to work again but I can't get it calibrated.
Problem solves, it was a bad magnetic sensor this time. The phone is under repair and I will get a new board inside. Hopefully I will have it back next week.
Problem indeed solved. Got the phone back with a new magnetic sensor
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Dial *#0*#.. select sensor... then hold ur device and move it in air so that it makes an 8... do it a couple of time... it will solve your problem...
Hello!
Since about 2 weeks i own a new Samsung Galaxy S II i9100.
Everything is working good except the compass.
With any compass app or the GPS Test app the compass just seems to do whatever it wants.
On Google Maps app it seems to sometimes show east and west correctly but inverted, and north and south don't work at all. If i point the phone for example from east to north its just not moving or directly jumping to south. Sometimes its turning quite correctly but the other way around, for example when i turn to left, the arrow in google maps turns right.
Now i just found out that if i hold the phone above my head with the display pointing to the ground, the compass in Google Maps and all compass apps work perfectly.
In the sensor check at *#0*# the Magnetic Sensor has a "3" and seems to work good. Also whenever i hold a magnet near it, it points in that direction. No matter wich way i hold the phone.
I made hundrets of 8's in the air already to calibrate it.
I factory resetted it alot of times and used other firmwares without success.
I have this issue with stock roms of 2.3 GB, ICS and the new spanish official Jelly Bean.
I already tried to use libraries from other firmwares without sucess (/system/lib/libakm.so and /system/lib/hw/sensors.xxx.so).
They all work but they work as explained above.
I have no custom phone cases and nothing is made of metal or magnets, everything is original as it came out of the box. I didnt change a thing.
Any ideas or is it a hardware problem?
Thanks in advance for any useful answers.
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No ideas?
I had a simillar problem like with accelerometer sensor .
Just go with your phone at a service and ask for a recalibration of gyroscope.
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I just installed Ridiculous Fishing and noticed that my phones gyro is not working properly. When my phone is flat, the game thinks its tilted to the left. I have to tilt my phone to the right so much just to compensate and get the center point correct. Is there a fix for this?
Up. Anybody?
Update in case someone bumps into the same problem.
I was able to fix the issue by following the steps for sensor calibration here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32101271&postcount=1697
Hi everyone,
I am experiencing funny accelerometer issue with autorotation ON.
When I keep my phone straight it flips screen to the left. When I rotate the phone it flips again. Only the home screen works good.
The same is with the games - if I am playing every thing goes to the left because it thinks that the phone is flipped.
I do not know if this could be the issu with the spirit rom but on CM11 there is the same issue and with this rom's there are no calibration tools.
It looks like the start position for the accelerometer is flipped left.
When I test accelerometer with moving the phone up and down it looks like working left and right like the axies being changed.
Do you have any ideas, how could I approach this issue to fix it?
It is just not possible to use autorotation now.
Best regards to you all.
Have the same problem
Yea, it depends on which ROM you installed. Some work some don't. Been looking around, but not much activity for MEGA. Looks like everybody is loosing interest for this phone. I just got mine and love it, have the same problem with screen and camera. Has to do with what it thinks north is.