• After 15+ years, we've made a big change: Android Forums is now Early Bird Club. Learn more here.

Help please help with samsung galaxy s , auto rotation problem, someone must know how to fix this?!

rye-bond-94

Newbie
Dec 26, 2010
10
0
Samsung Galaxy S problem
Can anyone help me fix auto rotation on samsung galaxy s

I recently updated to 2.2 and a couple weeks later my phone just crashed and now it is always on landscape, if I put auto rotate off it goes to normal screen but it wont auto rotate to landscape if I'm watching youtube.

can anyone help p.s i have already factory reset.


also i took it in tmobile and a women fixed it for me saying it was something to do with the call settings, but when someone called me a day after it didnt work again.

someone must know.
 
Samsung Galaxy S problem
Can anyone help me fix auto rotation on samsung galaxy s

I recently updated to 2.2 and a couple weeks later my phone just crashed and now it is always on landscape, if I put auto rotate off it goes to normal screen but it wont auto rotate to landscape if I'm watching youtube.

can anyone help p.s i have already factory reset.


also i took it in tmobile and a women fixed it for me saying it was something to do with the call settings, but when someone called me a day after it didnt work again.

someone must know.
:mad:In a space of 1 week , Ive had to return 3 Blackberry's due to system failures, so I went for the GS and was overjoyed , until the auto rotate refused to work ...Ive had it 3 days, ive factor set it 3 times, , pulled the battery, wiped the sd card, ....and done the calibration till im sick.....at the present thehome screen is stuck in portrait as is the application pages , but when i go into each individual app it will turn (at the min ) to landscape :eek: But sometimes the other way around... Anyone know how to fix this ? HELP !!!
 
  • Like
Reactions: Tonedawg
Upvote 0
first , test if the accelerometer is working or not
go to the dialer and type *#0*# then go to sensor and check if the magnetic sensor and the accelerometer works or not [the magnetic should move when you move the phone and go to image test and turn the phone around , if the image didn't move then the problem is the accelerometer]

if that's the case , then check those 2 threads
[Q] Autorotate/Accelerometer not working - xda-developers

[q] sgs automatic screen rotation is not working - xda-developers

I had the same problem and solved it using those threads , just make sure you read everything in the 2nd thread [if the adb calibrating didn't work , then you probably need to root your device]
 
Upvote 0
hello every1 my name is ali n i got my galaxy from dubai n yet same problem i just now went through all your comments and finally tried everything but atlast the only thing that really was helpfull was the calibration the display setting> horizontal calibration try leveling the mobile the way u dial the phone not straigh on a table like ive been trying n then caliber it n let the ball be up or where ever for me my auto rotation works splended now....thanks to every1s helpfull comments....:p
 
Upvote 0
My problem is not fixed by re calibrating. Only the browser is quirked, it is always in landscape mode. There must be some answer other than get a new browser as memory us limited. Can I uninstall/re the standard browser?

Of course you can do a factory-reset, but the problem might be a lot easier to solve.
Assuming auto-rotation works for other applications, but (only) not in the browser then do this:

- Open the browser
- Press the settings button
- Click MORE
- You get a list with more settings, maybe you have to scroll down
- Select Settings
- De-select the landscape view only option

It is that simple ! :p
 
Upvote 0

BEST TECH IN 2023

We've been tracking upcoming products and ranking the best tech since 2007. Thanks for trusting our opinion: we get rewarded through affiliate links that earn us a commission and we invite you to learn more about us.

Smartphones