OK, so i have been noticing lately that my photospheres have not been turning out that great. I usually see (if i go slow enough) that the little blue target dots move around slowly on their own. so i did an experiment. I placed my phone in my desktop dock sitting vertical at about 10 degrees from completely vertical.
opened up photosphere and the "horizon" blue dot was above where i needed it to be....but slowly the dot started moving down and eventually got to the target and took the first pic...then view kept going town until the transparent circle thing got to the bottom of the first pic...then it just want in a 180 degree circle at that height. there is no way this is normal, and i believe it is causing some issues with my photospheres coming out....not quite right.
so my question is:
is this normal? (i seriously doubt it is)
and how can i fix this?
i have noticed it on the last few ROMs i have tried (CM,AOKP,Mmuzzy ect)
so it is hardware not software IMO.
My gyro is wonky from time to time. Sometimes a good shake up or light tapping seems to get it in line. That said, I get the gyro wandering quite often as well.
Damn. So this is a known issue? It seems it is much worse in portrait mode but almost completely gone in landscape mode for me... Weird
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When I press on the very bottom of the screen (edge of the glass), it acts as a click to about 1/3 the way up the screen. This is annoying by its self (and doesn't seem ROM related) but also my screen sometimes locks up, with a point at about 1/3 the way up the screen, and horizontally in the middle, and I can't do anything until I lock the screen and leave it off for a second. More recently, but related to this issue, the keyboard when typing hasn't been accurate. I've tried to type 'a' but got caps or 'q' instead, and I get letters I didn't press.
This is not ROM related, as it started happening on CM6 about a week ago, and I've flashed Ava V9, Myn's 2.2, FrEaKy Evo, and CM6, and I have tried stock kernels, and Kings. It seems to lock up more when plugged in also. I've been watching the forums and I haven't seen anyone else post about this, is it just me? It seems very hardware related, but if there is a fix for it that someone knows about, please let me know.
If I get around to it I might take a video of what I'm talking about, but probably only if it's requested.
I'm currently running Myn's Two-Point-Two with King's CFS #11 and am still getting the issues. I've rebooted, and wiped cache/dalvik, flashed new roms, reflashed, nothing.
I am having the exact problem, except that the spot that keeps getting phantom clicks is at the very top of the screen, so the drop down bar starts freaking out. I downloaded the program 'dotty' and it is showing that a touch is being registered in the expect spot, so I'm pretty sure it is just an issue with the screen hardware. I want to take it to a sprint store and see if they can replace just the screen instead of getting a brand new phone because I have so much stuff downloaded on it and I don't want to lose data/settings.
It happens a lot, but then I will have days at a time that it stops happening...its just very strange.
Its good to hear that I'm not the only one with this problem. Currently running rooted stock froyo. unrevoked forever. Original June 7th release device.
same here...was happening witht he W/q as well...but when your viewing a white page you can see a light on the screen brighter than the rest...
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same here...was happening witht he W/q as well...but when your viewing a white page you can see a light on the screen brighter than the rest...
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W/q? what are you talking about there?
also the light bright spot is completely unrelated: evo developing a light spot in middle of screen
Screen burn possibly due to overclock
Bright spot in the lower right of screen
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I am having the exact problem, except that the spot that keeps getting phantom clicks is at the very top of the screen, so the drop down bar starts freaking out. I downloaded the program 'dotty' and it is showing that a touch is being registered in the expect spot, so I'm pretty sure it is just an issue with the screen hardware.
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I downloaded dotty, and it's saying my spot is at:
X: 159.6
Y: 363.5
and P which I'm assuming is the size of the area being touched at .937.
I tested P and it does seem to be how big of an area you're touching but the biggest that I could get using my thumb was only .235, so it's a huge area and constantly in the same spot. Some times it gives me two points or one a bit up and to the left.
Hey folks, I've got SyndicateROM Frozen running, and have the following problem:
When I use Google SkyMap, it won't let me see above the horizon. If I use GPS Test, which shows pitch/roll, it'll detect up to 90 degrees up, but doesn't seem to register anything higher than that. I mean: when I hold the phone flat on a table, no problem. Pick it up, and face it in front of me so the screen faces me, no problem. Tilt it upward so the camera is looking at the sky, and it doesn't seem to register.
I've tried calibrating compass, accelerometers (with the GPS Test tool, and with sensorcalibutil_yamaha), but to no avail. Tried the calibration tool in system settings, too.
This happens with any Froyo build/ROM I've tried. Did battery pull, etc., no go.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Finally someone else has asked about this. There is an app called "Surveyor" that is used to measure distances with the camera but ever since I started using custom ROMs it isn't able to find horizon. Any help with a possible fix would be appreciated.
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I had a problem similar to this (the compass was pointing way off and very erractic). I used an app called Sensor Debug and found that my pitch axis was reading -178 lying flat on a table. I went into the phones display settings and chose the Horizontal Calibration, put the phone upside down flat on a table, but hanging over it so I could reach under and push the Calibrate button. This worked for me like a champ! (Calibrate upside down). I noticed this after the OTA Froyo.
I have the same issue as the OP. I tried installing that sensor debug and it showed 0 for pitch and 0 for roll when laying flat... note... I put it flat but with the camera hanging over the edge of the table.
Anyways, Google Skymap fails for me too...
bump... any word... hopefully from a dev on what is happening?
Not flat with the camera hanging off... upside down flat.. screen side down.. with enough of the screen hanging off to hit the calibrate button..
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Hmph.
Welp, looks like I've got to post here, as I'm a new enough member and don't have the necessary # of posts to post to the Developer forum!
In case anyone from the ACS/SyndicateROM team is reading this: AWESOME JOB. Flashed EC05 and Takiya (1.1.0) without a hitch. Amazing that it just keeps all data/settings. I can't thank you guys enough!
Back to the point of this thread: Accelerometers are still not working correctly, even with EC05. I've re-tried:
- Android horizontal calibrate (under settings) both screen up and screen down
- system/bin/sensorcalibutil_yamaha, both screen up and screen down
- Battery out/battery in
- Recalibrate from within GPS test.
Good news is compass works, GPS works. Within GPS test there's a pitch/roll sensor. Doesn't seem to want to register above 90 degrees.
If someone is running EC05/SyndicateRom 1.1.0, would you try running Google SkyMap and see if you can see above the horizon? Basically, I can tilt down and look at the Nadir, but when I tilt up, no matter how far I tilt up, in landscape or portrait mode, it won't show anything above the horizon.
Thanks!
EDIT: Er, the app I use is called "GPS Status," it has the pitch/roll/calibrate stuff.
It seems to work for me (running SRF 1.1.0).
Unless I'm just interpreting what I see incorrectly, but if I start out pointing down, and gradually shift to pointing up, it crosses what I assume is the horizon (because it has directions like north/south written on it) and keeps going.
I'm pretty sure it worked for me on previous versions of SRF though.
Alright my screen itself may bed bad? I am unsure. I flashed CM7, and for a while everything appeared to be going smoothly. The real trouble began when I started playing Stupid Zombies(fun game, angry birds with guns and zombies). The game worked fine, but at one point the touch screen started acting weird. I would be holding my finger on the right side, but the cursor would be having a seizure on the left side of the screen. This random behavior didn't seem to affect the rest of the phone though, I pulled the battery and the same thing occurred. Eventually it simply stopped, but left me with a notifications bar that I cannot pull down in portrait mode. When I flip to landscape I can pull down the notifications bar, and the top part of the screen seems to respond just fine to my input. I reflashed and wiped and the same thing occurred. I flashed into a sense rom(while wiping of course) and my bar still will not respond to my touch whilst in portrait mode! I am vexed, any ideas would be swell.
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Alright my screen itself may bed bad? I am unsure. I flashed CM7, and for a while everything appeared to be going smoothly. The real trouble began when I started playing Stupid Zombies(fun game, angry birds with guns and zombies). The game worked fine, but at one point the touch screen started acting weird. I would be holding my finger on the right side, but the cursor would be having a seizure on the left side of the screen. This random behavior didn't seem to affect the rest of the phone though, I pulled the battery and the same thing occurred. Eventually it simply stopped, but left me with a notifications bar that I cannot pull down in portrait mode. When I flip to landscape I can pull down the notifications bar, and the top part of the screen seems to respond just fine to my input. I reflashed and wiped and the same thing occurred. I flashed into a sense rom(while wiping of course) and my bar still will not respond to my touch whilst in portrait mode! I am vexed, any ideas would be swell.
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If you wiped/reflashed and wiped/flashed a sense rom and still have the same problem, it might be a hardware issue! I'm not an expert on this but I had a similar issue on my HTC HD2 where part of my screen would work and the other part wouldn't, it turned out to be my digitizer that was messed up! I would take it to a cell phone shop and see if they can give you a free estimate on fixing your problem for you.
If you feel froggy like they say, try to do it yourself.....
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GOOD LUCK!!
I was afraid I would get this reply, I may indeed give it a shot myself. I'm pleasantly surprised by how cheap the replacement digitizer though. Thanks for the links.
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I was afraid I would get this reply, I may indeed give it a shot myself. I'm pleasantly surprised by how cheap the replacement digitizer though. Thanks for the links.
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Hi, I have a question. Did the digitizer replacement fix your problem? I am having the same exact issue with my girlfriend's EVO (rooted, with Cyanogenmod, done several wipes and flashes with no luck) Works in landscape mode, but not in portrait mode.
Get an app that highlights keypresses/gestures and test the area or test a different ROMs landscape orientation
Then you would know almost for sure if it was hardware.
Is anyone else having issues with what appears to be dead areas when scrolling, swipe texting or otherwise using your phone? In typing this message the phone just lost my finger on 4 occasions. When scrolling webpages it often just stops and clicks an area where my finger was. I'll get occasional double clicking on things when I do try to click. I have trouble purposely replicating my problems but in regular us it is driving me nuts. Because I can't constantly replicate I'm not sure trying to take the phone back will be successful. Anyone else having issues? Could there be something I'm missing somewhere?
Sounds kind of mean but I hope your issue is isolated. I saw the ifixit teardown and the ease with how the digitizer came off of the glass has me worried about the longevity of the digitizer.
Happening to me insanely often on my regular Pixel.
This happens to me occasionally. Sometimes, when typing it spams v and b. If I find anything I will fill you in.
Yes, I'm having this problem with my Pixel. It happens across all apps, even in Settings. Generally it happens if I start scrolling after not touching the screen for a little while.. for example when reading a news article. The scrolling freezes, and I can move my finger around on the screen and it doesn't react, but then it might pick up my finger again and the screen jumps around or clicks on something even though I've not lifted my finger from the screen. I tested it in safe mode and it happens there also. I even got my original device exchanged, and the same thing happened immediately on the new phone. I've been in touch with Google Help this morning and they've confirmed it's a software issue. They've asked me to submit a bug report. It'll help them if more people report the bug though and they have more data to fix it, so if you're experiencing the same issue, please report it! You can chat directly to Google support through settings on your Pixel.
Haven't had any issues but I know the google keyboard can be a bit glitchy at times. I used to have a nexus 6P and I would get weird issues with that keyboard as well on that phone. Getting them less on my Pixel though.
Having issues with typing on my 6P, it's so odd as sometimes I can not type when in desktop mode and sometimes not when in mobile. Switching the webpage screen mode and also doing a soft shut off on the phone and coming back both fix it temporarily. Thought at first using a different keyboard app might help but what app it runs does not solve the problem.
Same problem here. Google pixel
Happening to me as well. Did a factory image flash and it seems to have helped but still happens once in a while. I notice it the most when I'm using reddit sync. Seems to just happen too frequently.
Just an update on this... After doing a few steps suggested by google tech support like, test on safe mode, factory reset using bootloader method, etc... They just replaced my unit. I'm using a new one today and problem is not existent now. I would assume the problem would be hardware.
To be honest, I'm quite happy with their tech support...24/7 support and the staff are really competent. This in my opinion, is worth the high price of the pixel. Good job google!
I have the standard Pixel, and I too had issues with typing (occasionally wrong letters or spaces would register), and dead areas in the top corners of my screen when trying to open apps. I was going to return it one day after confirming that the dead areas at the top of the screen were persistent, but for some reason I decided to grab an App from the bottom of the screen and move it by sliding to the top area. Instantly this cured the dead area issue, even after I moved the app back to the bottom of the screen. It's as if it recalibrated the touch sensitivity vertically as it stopped erroneous spaces when typing too.
Pixel 2 one handed thumb scrolling issue
I have the pixel 2 and I have intermittent scrolling issues when I hold it one handed and try to scroll with my thumb. I realized it's because the base of my thumb is brushing the opposite side of the screen and preventing it from scrolling freely.
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I have the pixel 2 and I have intermittent scrolling issues when I hold it one handed and try to scroll with my thumb. I realized it's because the base of my thumb is brushing the opposite side of the screen and preventing it from scrolling freely.
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You should probably post about that in the Pixel 2 forums.
I've had my s8+ from Verizon for a while and when ever I turn on screen rotation to auto, it doesn't rotate the screen or if it does it takes a long time to do so then it gets stuck in the orientation. I've tried doing a factory reset and I left auto rotation on and it worked a little bit better but over time it just got worse and went back to how it was before, is there a fix for this? Also when ever I use cardboard apps it tends to drift as if it's trying to center it's self even though it's already centered.
just noticed this today too, figure anything out yet?
It seems to work perfectly sometimes then others it's just terrible I'm not sure why.. I also noticed that in some positions it works better, it's odd though.