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Help HELP!!! How do I calibrate the orientation sensor?

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Extract0r

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I have been playing with the Galaxy Nexus phone for about a week. I noticed a problem while playing the Temple Run game that my character would run hugging the right wall when the phone is held at level.

The horizontal plane seems to be off by a few degrees. I said to myself, no problem I had similar problem with my Captivate and all I had to do was run the sensorcalib command, set the phone flat and just re-calibrate.

But WTF? no calibration menu in ICS? Not even in the service menu?

I would hate to return an otherwise perfect phone. Is there any way of re-calibrating the sensor??? If not, this phone is going straight back to Google.
 
Last time I opened a compass app, it asked me to do figure-8's in the air to calibrate it. Is there an option to calibrate in the menu? That one does. :D
 
colchiro said:
Last time I opened a compass app, it asked me to do figure-8's in the air to calibrate it. Is there an option to calibrate in the menu? That one does. :D
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The compass calibration doesn't stick. Compass stays calibrated but as soon as I start a different app, all calibrations are back to the way it was.
 
colchiro said:
What does that little square button do on the lower left?

This one has a calibration button in that same area: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ihandysoft.carpenter.level&
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Thanks for trying to help.
That square button just brings up an info screen. It is an app called "Android Sensor Box".

The link that you provided is for a Galaxy S and unfortunately it doesn't apply to Android ICS and the Galaxy Nexus. According to my research, there is no way to do system-wide calibration of the orientation or gyro sensor in Galaxy Nexus.

I think Samsung + Google totally dropped a ball here. I am so disappointed as this phone is just about perfect with no dead pixels or dust under the screen. No random reboots and not a single crash in several days of use. It's a shame that I have to return this device because the developers forgot to include a calibration under the settings menu in ICS.
 
Yes, I would return the phone right away if you bought it to play Temple Run. If you bought your phone however to make calls and be productive, then you might want to wait on a Google or 3rd party fix (Samsung left out intentionally due to their overall record of addressing user complaints in a timely fashion).

Not to be a Samsung/Google apologist (those two piss me off to all hell sometimes) but every phone has bugs/defects. Sometimes people lose sight of what are deal-breakers and what are annoyances.
 
ssummer said:
Not to be a Samsung/Google apologist (those two piss me off to all hell sometimes) but every phone has bugs/defects. Sometimes people lose sight of what are deal-breakers and what are annoyances.
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Precisely, and if one of the major usages of the phone for the OP is games, especially this one, then that'd constitute a deal-breaker, no? Just because it's not for you, doesn't mean it's not for the OP. Just sayin'. :cool:
 
ssummer said:
Yes, I would return the phone right away if you bought it to play Temple Run. If you bought your phone however to make calls and be productive, then you might want to wait on a Google or 3rd party fix (Samsung left out intentionally due to their overall record of addressing user complaints in a timely fashion).

Not to be a Samsung/Google apologist (those two piss me off to all hell sometimes) but every phone has bugs/defects. Sometimes people lose sight of what are deal-breakers and what are annoyances.
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I didn't buy the phone to play games, but why would I want to keep a $430 phone within the return period if there is an obvious defect? I've tested an HTC One X and a Galaxy S2 at a local AT&T store and the were all perfectly calibrated.

Hoping for a fix which might never arrive would not be a financially smart thing to do. I am still waiting for a GPS fix on my Captivate from 2 years ago.

Anyway, the phone is all boxed up ready to be shipped back to Google. Meanwhile, I ordered a replacement phone and hope I have a better luck with the new one.
 
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