Since 4.1.2 strange rotation issue - Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Since I've upgraded my btu note 2 to 4.1.2 I've had really weird issues with my screen where it will go to landscape on some apps and it refuses to rotate to portrait
The play store sites it and xda sometimes . Plus in the gallery some pics refuse to rotate
Has anyone else had the issue ?
My screen rotate is switched to on
I've wiped the handset on update
Thanks
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It happens the same to me, a lot with the videos of youtube

Glad its not just me thought my phone was faulty .. Any solutions ? Don't fancy wiping my phone again
Wonder if the dbt new update of 4.1.2 will sort the issue ?
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There was a thread about this with a solution. Just search rotation.
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Since updating my samsung galaxy note 2 to 4.1.2(N7100XXDMC3) my screen rotation is acting crazy..when I switch on the auto rotation it doesn't rotate no matter how hard you try to do it(even with smart rotation on/off)..then suddenly after some time it rotates to clockwise side and it stays in that position forever on that side it won't rotate any other side even portrait mode until I turn the auto rotation off..I'm annoyed by this problem even rotation in youtube fails..I have heard from forums that muti window causes this problem.. but a restart fixes it but just temporarily..does anyone have this kind of issue?..please please fix this samsung even with a small update..we cant wait to long for 4.2.2(don't know even if they will fix this problem in 4.2.2)

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Auto-rotation issue

Hi all, my mom recently bought the captivate glide. (it is a rogers one, i927r is the model number... & the rogers boot animation is a giveaway lol)
Anyways, it's unlocked, stock, not rooted & she's using it on straight talk at&t.
Here's the issue: the auto-rotation is shoddy/a little over zealous.
Even if the phone is upright, if she/I goes in the messaging app, or any other app, or menu, the screen auto rotates into landscape mode. The only way to fix the issue is to take the auto-rotate option all the way off... which sucks because l obviously she needs it for other things.
I come from a gnex & don't really know much about this device. I thought it would be a good crossover phone for her as this is her first smart phone.
Please, any help/insight is greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
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I too have noticed the rotate to be at times over zealous. The way that I worked around it is to disable the auto rotate and when I need it to rotate simply open the keyboard tray as that will still rotate the screen even if the auto rotate is disabled. I know it is not the solution you are looking for but just letting you know what worked for me. I see you did mention not wanting to turn off auto rotate but the way I do it you have a work around. Good luck
JB
dudejb said:
I too have noticed the rotate to be at times over zealous. The way that I worked around it is to disable the auto rotate and when I need it to rotate simply open the keyboard tray as that will still rotate the screen even if the auto rotate is disabled. I know it is not the solution you are looking for but just letting you know what worked for me. I see you did mention not wanting to turn off auto rotate but the way I do it you have a work around. Good luck
JB
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I second that i do the exact same thing lol
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Thanks for the replies. I wouldn't mind a workaround, but I feel my mom will. Looks like this device may be going back.
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I'm not sure if we are talking the same issue but 2 or 3 times the rotation seems to get 90 or 180 degrees off. Turning off auto rotate worked around it until I could reboot which made it go away. I've had the phone for 9 months and it hasn't happened in a long time.
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eddiert said:
I'm not sure if we are talking the same issue but 2 or 3 times the rotation seems to get 90 or 180 degrees off. Turning off auto rotate worked around it until I could reboot which made it go away. I've had the phone for 9 months and it hasn't happened in a long time.
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I'm not positive it's the same issue or not. I helped my mom move from Verizon to prepaid at&t (straight talk). Purchased a brand new captivate glide. If the phone is upright (portrait) & I open the messaging app or settings/anything... the phone will go into landscape, no reason at all. Takes a lot to have it rotate back to portrait & when it finally does, it spazzes out & rotates back into landscape, again for no apparent reason. It's stock, not rooted, on 2.3.6.
I've had a lot of android phones & none have ever done this. Again, any help/insight is appreciated. Thanks.
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Photos show rotated when taken as portrait

Hello all,
So I've searched for this issue before, and while I've found others that have the same problem, nobody seems to have found a solution.
The issue is that when I take a picture in portrait mode, and then either try to MMS or send to my PC, the photos end up rotated on their side. I noticed that when I open my camera, it looks like my phone is rotating to landscape. I have tried resetting auto screen rotation, but no luck. Anyone have any idea about a solution to this? My wife's S3 does the same thing so others MUST have the same problem, I'd assume. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
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Just take photos in landscape. They come out looking normal. It's a known bug. I don't think there's a setting to change it.
Since i rooted and flashed new kernel and rom never happened again
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this happens when i have Auto Rotate function turn off. I just turn it back on and everything is back to normal.
I didn't know that about auto rotate.
How many articles have been written about the pitfalls of taking pictures in portrait? Just don't do it

Screen rotation problem

Hi,
I have noticed that sometimes the auto screen rotation doesn't work anymore. I have tried to disable and enable again the screen rotation icon but it doesnt help. The only way to restore the screen rotation is to reboot my Note2.
It happens every time after having used a few days my device.
Any idea what could be the reason for this bug?
I am using a stock Rom with root.
Smart rotation is off.
Daniel
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I have just noticed that enabling and disabling the Smart rotation ( in settings-display) restores the auto screen rotation.
Danielfr said:
Hi,
I have noticed that sometimes the auto screen rotation doesn't work anymore. I have tried to disable and enable again the screen rotation icon but it doesnt help. The only way to restore the screen rotation is to reboot my Note2.
It happens every time after having used a few days my device.
Any idea what could be the reason for this bug?
I am using a stock Rom with root.
Smart rotation is off.
Daniel
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I have just noticed that enabling and disabling the Smart rotation ( in settings-display) restores the auto screen rotation.
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Thanks OP same problem, worked for me too.
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You can try and recalibrate gyroscope in settings-motion-advance settings-gyroscope calibration.
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mariosraptor said:
You can try and recalibrate gyroscope in settings-motion-advance settings-gyroscope calibration.
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It doesn't help and since a few days, I have to reboot every day my NOTE 2 to have the auto screen rotation working.
Danielfr said:
It doesn't help and since a few days, I have to reboot every day my NOTE 2 to have the auto screen rotation working.
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So the smart rotation trick stopped working for you?
tgyberg said:
So the smart rotation trick stopped working for you?
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Yes and every trick stopped working.
I have installed the app "Ultimate Rotation control" . With this app, I can force applications to rotate but it doesn't
work when the rotation is set to "auto" ( of course until I reboot)
Daniel
Bummer! I have the same bug but it is the only bug so I'm not going to complain too much!
tgyberg said:
Bummer! I have the same bug but it is the only bug so I'm not going to complain too much!
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Me too.
I think but I am not sure that the bug appeared after I have flashed a Perseus Kernel (I see that you have also
a Perseus kernel)
Maybey i found the problem
I maybey found the problem for the screen rotation glich!
I've done my reboots and taking the battery out etc...but after a while the problem kept returning!
Now....i've been wondering around on some forums and i found and read that they have the same issues after the 4.1.2 update!
So.....i tried all the apps on my phone.....exept one!...YOUTUBE!
I have uninstalled youtube and also turned it OFF in the aplication manager!
rebooted my phone!...and gues what?.....my note 2 is running like sunshine and no screen rotation problems! (knock on wood)
Sometimes when you put like a..news app on...some news apps also use Youtube for a movie to show you whats happening wright?
So if you didnt used youtube but did lool at your news app..youtube gets activated without you knowing it!
And then...also yhe screen rotation glitch returned!
Since i put toutube off.....problem GONNE!
But then again.im not a specialist!...im using:
baseband: N7100XXDLK7
Version 4,1,2
Kernel: 3.0.31-679347
I have a unbranded phone!
But ive read on forums that this is a problem for ALL THE NOTE 2's after the update!
Greets and help yourselff
Mike.
Tick auto display brightness and it will rotate!
I too got the same problem some times back. And along with that the network was also not getting detected. Some of my friend told that the network IS is gone. But I went to the service station and the software up gradation makes it alright.
graduation
drgkt said:
Tick auto display brightness and it will rotate!
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Did we ever figure out a real fix for this? Was the true cause of the problem ever even isolated? I am aware of the "auto brightness trick", but have also heard about fumbling around with the multi window feature or opening the dialer to "unlock" it.
lesliescott06 said:
I too got the same problem some times back. And along with that the network was also not getting detected. Some of my friend told that the network IS is gone. But I went to the service station and the software up gradation makes it alright.
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Graduation, interesting.
Danielfr said:
Me too.
I think but I am not sure that the bug appeared after I have flashed a Perseus Kernel (I see that you have also
a Perseus kernel)
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I got the same issue and yes, it seems like it occurred after I too flashed the Perseus Kernel. Damn.

Screen Rotation bug?

Hey there, just want to consult something to you guys. For the past few days I am experiencing a bug in screen rotation. Seems like the phone cannot detect the accelerometer and it doesn't rotate the screen/app accordingly. I also tried Rotation Locker set to auto but it only rotates when I lock/unlock the phone. Apparently the issue can be fixed by restarting the phone but it goes back again. BTW, phone is stock unrooted MB2. I experienced this after MB2. Anyone having the same symptoms?
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Disable smart rotation.
Search this forum. I saw this problem long back
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Also started experiencing this rotation bug with DMB2. I thought it was just because I was pushing the system to the edge.
The "smart rotation" comment above does not work. Only a restart does the trick.
This is so annoying. First, the battery issues. Now this?! Come on, Samsung. Don't kill my love for the Note 2 with your stupid updates.
Mine does the same and I have exhanged one unit because of it and still happens its weird wished samsung would fix it. Only seems to happen when I watch a video for long period of times. Dont have smart rotation enabled either its a strange one.

Rotation problem

Bought a Note 2 a couple days ago ( sold my old Note 2 to get the Galaxy s4...dind't like it so sold it and got an HTC One...dind't like it so sold it and got a Note 2 again )
After around 3 days i have a weird rotation problem, the rotation stops working and the only way to get it working again is to reboot.
Searched xda and google and it seems its a bug in the latest android firmware for the Note and not a fault of my device.
Anyone can confirm its a bug and if there is a fix how to fix it???
Still stock cause i wanted to test the device before rooting.
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I myself haven't got that problem and I'm on the latest DME6 and DMF1 software.
Try a factory reset?
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lu1gj3s said:
I myself haven't got that problem and I'm on the latest DME6 and DMF1 software.
Try a factory reset?
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I'm on ME6 to with ME4, it's a new device. I bought a grey Note 2 last week and that device had the same problem...returned it and bought a brown Note 2 in another store and again same problem.
It works perfect for 2 days and then while in portait or landscape mode it freezes and doesn't wanna rotate anymore...reboot the phone and i'm good again.
I did a factory reset but that didn't solve it.
On the grey Note i used a Nillkin flip case and on the brown Note i'm using a zenus flip case but that shouldn't mess up my rotation right.
I read Samsung said it's a software bug in the latest firmware but if that was the case there would be a lot more threads here about this issue...so really don't know whats going on
2 brand new phones with the same issue...is it a software bug...is it the cases...is it a faulty device...don't know.
Thinking of rooting it and flash a rom with an older firmware to see if that solves it but reading a lot about the imei issues with the latest firmware and i'm on the latest firmware cause it's a new device so don't have a old efs backup to try out some older firmwares
Other users nu rotation issues??
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.fameit.rotate
apps like that might help.
thedicemaster said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.fameit.rotate
apps like that might help.
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I have tried several apps in the market and the only one that worked while having the issue is the one you posted ( so if i don't find a solution i'm gonna buy that app )
But i would like to know if it's a software bug like Samsung claims and if there are more users with the same issue...or...if there is something wrong with my phone ( witch i doubt cause i have the same issue on 2 new different Note's and after a reboot everything works perfect for a couple of days...and that app wouldn't work if it's a problem with the phone )
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i used to have that problem on an old rom, but newer ones work fine for me.
usually toggling auto-rotate off and on worked for me to fix rotation.
and i think getting that app is a good idea anyway.
i have it set to only override specific apps to give them better rotation or upside-down rotation, and to lock rotation to the current state instead of reverting to portrait when i turn off auto-rotate.
thedicemaster said:
i used to have that problem on an old rom, but newer ones work fine for me.
usually toggling auto-rotate off and on worked for me to fix rotation.
and i think getting that app is a good idea anyway.
i have it set to only override specific apps to give them better rotation or upside-down rotation, and to lock rotation to the current state instead of reverting to portrait when i turn off auto-rotate.
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Toggling auto-rotate off and on doesn't solve it ( very irritating when the issue comes in landscape mode cause then the only way to use the phone is in landscape lol )...only way to get it back to normal is a reboot.
I'm gonna get that app to solve it for now and hope that a new software update fixes it...or i'm gonna root the phone and try some roms and see if the issue stays.
Do you think it's a software bug or a device fault?
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