Posted a few other places with no answer...
Is there a way to calibrate the accelerometer? Mine is WAY off.
My friend has the HTC Incredible and he can do a quick accelerometer calibration by placing his phone on a flat level surface and hitting a calibrate button.
there's a game called "papijump". it let's you calibrate your accelerometer. works great.
cheers
Great app for calibration is Advanced Bubble Level. You can calibrate the accelerometer on all sides. You just need level surface.
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The problem about Advanced Bubble Level or any bubble app, it only calibrates the app your using, and doesnt calibrate the system accelerometer, therefore when using another app that doesnt give the option for calibration such as the game ASPHALT 5, you'll end up being stuck again, with no way of calibrating the accelerometer.
I've contacted Samsung regarding this and they told me to go to the service centre as this is a hardware issue. If it is possible to correct it on site (which they told me is very unlikely) they will do so, if not, they will send the phone back to Samsung so it can repaired/exanched.
there is a script you run to calibrate search on this forum
Also, in JP3 firmware, there's calibration in the Settings, so it's obviously coming with Froyo.
My Galaxy S acts like its accelerometer is not calibrated. However, I checked with the internal hardware test. Dialed *#0*# then entered Sensors dialog, and my readings on x y z axis' went to 0 when put on a level surface. In spite of that, Layar and Asphalt5 still thinks my phone rolls to the left when on a level surface. Pretty strange.
It is very frustrating, that Samsung lacks the calibration feature. I think I will return my phone, not because the hardware is broken, but the soft(firm?)ware surely is.
bivanbi said:
My Galaxy S acts like its accelerometer is not calibrated. However, I checked with the internal hardware test. Dialed *#0*# then entered Sensors dialog, and my readings on x y z axis' went to 0 when put on a level surface. In spite of that, Layar and Asphalt5 still thinks my phone rolls to the left when on a level surface. Pretty strange.
It is very frustrating, that Samsung lacks the calibration feature. I think I will return my phone, not because the hardware is broken, but the soft(firm?)ware surely is.
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My Layar rolls slightly as well but that must be a software problem. I'm sure there will be a fix with FroYo or something. My Asphalt5 plays fine though.
This has been discussed extensively before... it is fixable only through root. You just need to run the sensorcalibutil_yamaha tool, which is in /system/bin .
Here is the thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=712439
Layar and everything else is completely "cured" doing this. As it was said, there is a problem with factory calibration.
Correction: hardware test has so low resolution, that it displays zero in a wide angle.
SOLVED!
Before launching the
Code:
su
/system/bin/sensorcalibutil_yamaha
from the terminal:
try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9876929&postcount=42
Then do the calibration.
DONE!!
SOLVED!!
Before launching the
Code:
su
/system/bin/sensorcalibutil_yamaha
from the terminal:
try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9876929&postcount=42
Then do the calibration.
DONE!!
Or in 2.2..
Menu -> Settings -> Screen -> Horizontal calibration. Hey presto, it's calibrated!
(I've translated the labels here, so it might be a bit off )
Does the menu->settings->display->horizontal calibration appear in all 2.2+ phones, or is it SGS-specific?
If I'm writing an app that measures the phone's pitch, should I include my own calibration option?
PS: Hi! First post.
PersonOfKnownOrigin said:
Posted a few other places with no answer...
Is there a way to calibrate the accelerometer? Mine is WAY off.
My friend has the HTC Incredible and he can do a quick accelerometer calibration by placing his phone on a flat level surface and hitting a calibrate button.
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dude i wanna kiss you, i really do lol
i had a problem with the accelerometer for two days, i tried everything to fix it but i couldn't, until i read your post, so i placed the phone on a flat level surface and hit the calibrate button and it worked like a charm!!!!
thanks a lot man
Guy's,
The accelerometer on my rooted 2.2 suddenly stopped working. It was working fine one moment then the next it just stopped. I've tried it in several applications including the Bubble app and everything just displays in portrait. If I try to play a game which uses the accelerometer it either fails to launch at all (Asphalt5 tries to launch, vibrates a few times then shuts down) or it just doesn't play e.g. in Labyrinth Lite the ball just stays put regardless of how I move the phone.
I've been into settings -> Display -> Auto-rotate screen to make sure that's ticked and it is and I've also performed a Horizontal Calibration in the same menu with confirmation that the phone has been "Calibrated". I also did several battery pulls without success.
Seriously confused.com here.
Any ideas?
Ben
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The gsensor on my g1 has all of the sudden gone whack in all programs from papi jump to maps to bubble they are all reading weird readings all of the sudden help please how do i fix this problem
liljumpman said:
The gsensor on my g1 has all of the sudden gone whack in all programs from papi jump to maps to bubble they are all reading weird readings all of the sudden help please how do i fix this problem
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This is a great question as I ran into the same exact problem. My issue started after I downloaded the "de Blob" game which allows you to "calibrate" the sensor based on the orientation of how you want to hold the phone during accelerometer based play. After doing so my auto rotate would turn at awkward times and I found that other games didn't respond appropriately. I tried going back and "re-calibrating" by laying the phone flat but that didn't work. What ended up working for me (as I could not find for the LIFE of me where the "calibrate" feature was in the settings) the "Bubble" app which is basically a level app that tells you if a surface is level. Once I calibrated in the Bubble app, I no longer had the issue. Needles to say I no longer use the accelerometer to play "de Blob" and have emailed him to let him know of the issue. (I haven't gotten a response) Hope this helps. I will be looking forward to other ideas on how to re-calbrate the sensor in case this happens again. I'm sure there is a easier way.
yea i tried the bubble app out and now my gsensor is not working at all no matter what direction i put it in the gsensor does not respond
Really? Sorry man. Worked for me. You may need to start from scratch by wiping your phone and reflashing your ROM
The same problem
Hi are you have some solution. My G-sensor didn't respond too.
liljumpman said:
yea i tried the bubble app out and now my gsensor is not working at all no matter what direction i put it in the gsensor does not respond
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They recommend you to mahe "8" signs with your phone in hand (twist it in all direction) because the sensor recalibrates that way. This is othe official advice.
Calibrating with the bubble app should work too. If not - alt+w
I have got the G-Sensor.
From Recovery
backup
Alt+W - delete all
and update to CM last stable
No joke, try shaking your g1 around kind of hard, it might be stuck. Reset it again after that and see what happens, worth a shot.
may sound daft, but have you tried this solution?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4424396&#post4424396
it is a quick fix for auto rotate issues, not a permanent solution, but it may help as auto rotate is accellerometer based, as are all the apps you're trying to use
if it works, thanks go to MikeTaylor00, not me, i'm merely a messenger
senaia said:
may sound daft, but have you tried this solution?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4424396&#post4424396
it is a quick fix for auto rotate issues, not a permanent solution, but it may help as auto rotate is accellerometer based, as are all the apps you're trying to use
if it works, thanks go to MikeTaylor00, not me, i'm merely a messenger
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hey senaia, is this a proven method? Thanks =)
Not sure if this is a defective hardware problem or just the "normal" result of rooting this device.
Examples:
#1) Touching items on the screen seem to be "off". For example, when I have a list of 4 emails and I "touch" the top one the one below it often gets selected. I have no problem being on "target" on my iPhone so I am good at aiming on small devices.
#2) When I need to select a checkbox at the very left edge of the screen (again in an email app) I rarely am able to select it. Once again, seems like the "touch area" is missing.
It's like I am not "aiming" properly to select what I want but I am extra careful and have no problems on other touch devices.
Is this "just the way it works" or do I possibly have bad hardware? Is there a touch screen calibration utility app out there? That seems to be the problem, it needs to be calibrated.
Thanks.
Anytime I've had issues like this, I just put it into sleep mode and power it back up and the problem seems to be solved.
http://nookdevs.com/Recalibrate_the_NookColor_touch_screen
You may want to give that a try as well.
i used this and it worked great:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=934500
smitty0255 said:
i used this and it worked great:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=934500
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Same here; this especially helped with touches near the edges of the screen that would not register 50% of the time.
On my third galaxy note now, read more about it here.
The gyroscope isn't working, I've tried calibrating it many times and I did a factory reset of the phone.
Is there a way to fix this or am I screwed?
i think i have the same problem! the accelerometer works perfectly, but the gyro doesn't move at all while calibration, is that what u r facing?
parthpatels007 said:
i think i have the same problem! the accelerometer works perfectly, but the gyro doesn't move at all while calibration, is that what u r facing?
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Yeah, the gyro ball isn't moving at all during calibration. The accelerometer is moving correctly only after calibrating it, but after some time the ball can be on the left side when it's supposed to be on the right side or something like that.. I'd hate to be forced to send this one back as well... pretty tired of sending back replacements and on Samsung's bad quality control of their new released product...
though the gyro isn't getting calibrated, but i think it's working perfectly. correct me if i'm wrong, maybe some1 who has used other phones having gyro may know better
For me the ball in calibration menu is not moving at all. However, if I dial *#0*# and select sensors, readings from gyro are ok. Seems like a software problem.
tomksoft said:
For me the ball in calibration menu is not moving at all. However, if I dial *#0*# and select sensors, readings from gyro are ok. Seems like a software problem.
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Indeed. If you download a sensor checker you will see it is working perfectly... the little ball in the calibrator doesn't just move.. = software.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium
The Gyroscope actually works
http://youtu.be/rZx_x9zB1dE
Thanks to tomksoft for the *#0*#0 code
Forget me if I'm wrong but the ball shouldn't move should it? Little test for you guys, go into calibration and move the phone around, do you feel a slight pull from the phone when moving it? as if you were holding a spinning gyroscope? Mine does this, its a weird sensation but if it does do this then your gyroscope is working fine. I think if the ball moved the gyroscope would be broken because its suppose to stay dead centre?
Alexanderbooth said:
Forget me if I'm wrong but the ball shouldn't move should it? Little test for you guys, go into calibration and move the phone around, do you feel a slight pull from the phone when moving it? as if you were holding a spinning gyroscope? Mine does this, its a weird sensation but if it does do this then your gyroscope is working fine. I think if the ball moved the gyroscope would be broken because its suppose to stay dead centre?
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i doubt what u r saying is right :\ correct me if wrong
Alexanderbooth said:
Forget me if I'm wrong but the ball shouldn't move should it? Little test for you guys, go into calibration and move the phone around, do you feel a slight pull from the phone when moving it? as if you were holding a spinning gyroscope? Mine does this, its a weird sensation but if it does do this then your gyroscope is working fine. I think if the ball moved the gyroscope would be broken because its suppose to stay dead centre?
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lol wut?
he says 'forget him'
parthpatels007 said:
i doubt what u r saying is right :\ correct me if wrong
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I second that
;-(;-(;-(;-(;-(
Hello all!
I also thought my gyro wasn't working, because the calibration ball stood still. Before I knew about the sensor test code, I found a nice app to test it, called GyroRotate. It basically just shows a colored cube which rotates if you rotate the phone. Seems to be working great on my phone. The only thing is that when I do 360 degrees with phone, the cube seems to have rotated only 180 degrees. I don't know if this is the gyroscope reporting such values, or the app is coded in such a way.
I didn't come to the conclusion that there is something wrong with the gyroscope because the ball isn't moving during calibration. But because screen rotate will work randomly and I need to calibrate it again for it to work until it starts acting weird again. For an example, if I tilt my phone to the right it will act as if I tilted it to the left. Sometimes it will act as if I was holding the phone in landscape mode when I'm not etc.. Really annoying.
Edit: I also have problems with playing games like Labyrinth where the ball won't respond accuratelly to how I am moving the phone.. It will work if I calibrate the phone but after a while it will stop working again.. I also did the *#0*# test and it said PASS.
bnapalm said:
Hello all!
I also thought my gyro wasn't working, because the calibration ball stood still.
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I don't actually have a Note yet, it's in the mail, but could it be that you have to hold on the screen for it to work? The reason why I bring this up is because, correct me if I'm wrong, in the browser if you press and hold onto the screen with two fingers and move the Note it zooms in/out, and this function uses the gyro, I believe.
k1ng617: no, at least for my Note, the ball stays in the center whether I put it on the table or pick it up and wave/rotate all over the place.
bnapalm said:
k1ng617: no, at least for my Note, the ball stays in the center whether I put it on the table or pick it up and wave/rotate all over the place.
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How about in the browser does the two-finger hold and zoom work? Or the move an item across homescreens work by motion? Phonearena says this is handled by the gyro. If it does it might just mean the application is broken.
k1ng617 said:
How about in the browser does the two-finger hold and zoom work? Or the move an item across homescreens work by motion? Phonearena says this is handled by the gyro. If it does it might just mean the application is broken.
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Yes, the two-finger zoom works flawlessly. The motion-icon-moving does work, although I can't seem to always get it to work.. But I'm guessing it's using accelerometer, since I have to move the device left/right (this also works if I don't rotate the phone at all and keep it straight while moving left/right)
My Note's gyro is broken too It's easy to test the gyro with e.g. google sky map
Hi!
I am facing problems with the orientation sensors (accelerometer and/or gyroscope), because installing several applications to test them (or use games), it is clearly observable, that they are a bit off (with enough to be disturbing when required). For example, games or tests that simulate a ball, and my phone is laying on a horizontal table, the ball rolls quickly to the edge of screen. This happens as well with the built-in tests in the "service menu" of the phone, for accelerometer and gyroscope also.
Do you have any suggestions how could I calibrate these sensors globally (for every app)?
Thanks.
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vetko said:
Hi!
I am facing problems with the orientation sensors (accelerometer and/or gyroscope), because installing several applications to test them (or use games), it is clearly observable, that they are a bit off (with enough to be disturbing when required). For example, games or tests that simulate a ball, and my phone is laying on a horizontal table, the ball rolls quickly to the edge of screen. This happens as well with the built-in tests in the "service menu" of the phone, for accelerometer and gyroscope also.
Do you have any suggestions how could I calibrate these sensors globally (for every app)?
Thanks.
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factory Reset ur phone and then use PC companion app to Repair Firmware...
this can wipe current data and install fresh firmware on ur device
:good:
Hi,
I have the same problem. Only the x axis of the accelerometer seems to be affected : it show a value around 1 instead of 0 while the phone is sitting flat. Y and Z display normal values.
All the software solutions I have tried have had no effect at all... It seems the built-in test reads raw data from the accelerometer. It is hard to imagine how this can be a hardware problem though...
Anyway, in my case I believe a software fix (x=x-1) would do the trick but I have no idea how to do such a thing ! Any help ?
@vekto : Have you solved the issue by any chance ?
Would anyone care to try the accelerometer tests and post their results ?
Typing *#*#7378423#*#* will get you on the service menu. The two significant tests are "accelerometer" and "gyroscope".
I'd post some screenshots myself but I'm not allowed yet...
I'm having the same problem now. It seems one axis is affected. Haven't found a way around so far. This is sad because it affects the images taken with Google Camera Sphere mode. The images are badly aligned together with glitches in between. My phone wasn't like this before.
Either a SW fault - might be able to calibrate with GPS Status & Toolbox app, for example - or a FW fault - and reflashing ROM might help (highly unlikely) - or HW fault - the sensor has moved on the board (which is a bad sign anyway, might be on the way to disconnecting itself).
I sent mine to Xperia Care and got it back with the accelerator fixed. Still unclear if it's a HW problem...
It came back with a white spot on the screen (near the power button) though... so I sent it back again
I'm also having issues with the gyroscope. Installed Bubble app to calibrate the gyro. It showed the gyro was of a couple of degrees. Unfortunately the bubble app calibration doesn't work in a game like Need for Speed. It's very difiicult to achieve good times in the game right now since I have to hold it tilted to the left to go straight ahead.
So if anyone has a fix or workaround... Please do post.
Same problem, Seems after factory reset whith wipe dalvik cache.
any solution?
02nd March 2017, my autorotate has completely stopped working, restart, safe-deposit and reset do not fix. Diagnostics show Gyroscope Light Sensor and accelerometer failed testing, 3 years of same issue, surely there must be a fix that works by now?? ( please note, " turning it off and on again " does not fix it )
Helps Please
I have the same issue. Since last week, gyro, accelerometer, light and proximity sensors stop working. I've tried reflashing stock ROM without success. I have not warranty (almost 3 years old), so I even try to disassemble , disconnect an reconnect every flex (I don't know exactly were the sensors are located on the board). After that I get almost 8 hours of fully functionally sensors and then, they stop working again, so I'm almost sure it's a hardware issue.
Same problem for 3 years
I'm just now getting around to doing something about this. As my power button stopped working I can't post requested screenshot without going to the pc. I have been shopping new (fall 2018) phones after having the Z3+ since release. In my research I'm finding the phone still is better than Samsung, LG, and the pixel3 for me because the 3.5mm phone jack is mandatory for me using my device with an i-rig midi requiring both that port and the USB at the same time. I'm going to do everything I can to keep using this phone till it falls to dust. It's one of 4 Sony I've bought since the day Z1 came out of t-mo. I look forward to testing solutions. :good:
Some time after my post, I bought a new jack/proximity sensor flex and replace it. This solved the issue, but weeks later, the bottom portion of the touch screen becomes unresponsive. May be I have done something wrong... may be programmed obsolescence...
Hi I'm facing a problem of my gyroscope I don't know which one is not working a gyroscope or accelerometer. My gyroscope is so delay when I play pubg mobile and I can't also calibrate my Gsensor it always says FAIL but I put in a perfect flat surface please please please help me with this problems
Hi,
I've started this poll for ALL owners of the LG G Watch R.
The question is: does your G Watch R flicker after charging it to full 100% when you take it off the charger?
After selecting yes or no on this poll, can you check your build number on your watch and post it here?
If you post the info, please also note if your watch does flicker or not to keep the results clean.
something like this:
Does flicker:
Software version: 5.0.1
Build number: LWX48P
Serial starting with: 412KPGS0139XXX
or
Does not flicker:
Software version: 5.0.1
Build number: LWX48P
Serial starting with: 412KPGS0139XXX
What I'm trying to figure out by starting this poll, is if it's hardware related or not.
To check your build:
Go to "Settings" on your watch.
Then press "About".
in the about section you will find the following info:
Software version: 5.0.1 (This will change after a new update.)
Build number: LWX48P
Serial starting with: 412KPGS0139XXX (Just replace last 3 digits with XXX, we don't need to know your exact serial number.)
Above info is from my own LG G Watch R.
Thanks for participating
Treborov.
Results so far:
All watches posted so far have Build number: LWX48P. I wonder if there are other build numbers out there? If anyone has a different build number please post it here
Serial ranges: 410KP series, 411KP series and 412KP series.
Everyone so far is running software version 5.0.1 (Which is the latest update.)
Remarks by users about what might cause the flickering effect:
Screen brightness settings: 1x
(Google calendar event) notifications: 1x (Could be any notification because I had the same problem with multiple notifications that all tried to pup up at once)
Watchmaker app: 2x (installed on 2 watches that have the flickering effect.)
Hardware related:
Loose display ribbons: 1x
I have had the snow-crash in one and the flickering in my second watch, now on my third. that one seems all right at the moment. what makes me suspect hardware in stead of software is that the LG G, does not show this problem. and both are technically quite close related.
If my watch shows the flickering again, i will partake in your experiment, as i am quite curious as to what is causing this. I also noticed the much brighter flickering as brightness was down to 1.
As i read the posts concerning this problem, i also noticed that the part that flickers is not always the same, on my watch it was the lower half blinking, others have mentioned the upper half.
It still reminds me of what a led does when power goes below a certain threshold.
Good luck in your project!
RoosW said:
I have had the snow-crash in one and the flickering in my second watch, now on my third. that one seems all right at the moment. what makes me suspect hardware in stead of software is that the LG G, does not show this problem. and both are technically quite close related.
If my watch shows the flickering again, i will partake in your experiment, as i am quite curious as to what is causing this. I also noticed the much brighter flickering as brightness was down to 1.
As i read the posts concerning this problem, i also noticed that the part that flickers is not always the same, on my watch it was the lower half blinking, others have mentioned the upper half.
It still reminds me of what a led does when power goes below a certain threshold.
Good luck in your project!
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Thanks for leaving a comment, I did read all your comments in the other post about you sending your watch back to LG.
So you're on your third LG G Watch R now right? Not exchanged it for an LG G Watch?
If you got another Watch R. would you mind posting the build number?
Let's just hope your 3rd watch doesn't go all "disco" on you like the other two
Disco time haha. Half of the screen flickers, same as the OP explained. Really annoying, happened 2x already within 3 weeks of owning the watch
Does flicker:
Software version: 5.0.1
Build number: LWX48P
Serial starting with: 411KPZK0129XXX
Software : 5.0.1
Build : LWX48P
Serial starting with : 411KPPB
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So you're on your third LG G Watch R now right? Not exchanged it for an LG G Watch?
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I had a Pebble before i had an LG G, my wife now has that one, i decided to stay with the LG G R, because the recessed screen helps in preventing random contact with my sleeve (thus interrupting the music playing on my headset), and i like its looks a lot more then the LG G, the screen above the bezel like the 360 has, is why i did not got that one (besides the poor hardware and battery) until someone writes an app that kills the touchscreen until the crown is pushed once or say 2 times, all other options are just to annoying
Hmmm.. 2 days straight of flickering every morning when I tried to check the watch right after I wake up.
I noticed that after I restart the device, a Google calendar event notification will pop up. Then the flickering will stop
Looks like a Calendar Event notification bug in Android wear, could someone confirm this?
Update : It flickers again, no calendar event notification. Maybe this is a hardware problem
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Does flicker:
Software version: 5.0.1
Build number: LWX48P
Serial starting with: 410KPVH0010XXX
thought the 5.0.1 solve the flicker but it came back after few days
O.K. Update on my watch.
I did a factory reset yesterday on my LG G Watch R.
I haven't touched the watch as in, changing face plate installing software etc.
This morning when I took it off the charger it didn't start flickering like it did the last two days. (So it was working as it should.)
Things I had installed on my watch when it was flickering: (before factory reset)
Multi Calculator
Instaweather app.
Intellicom Watch faces app.
Luxury watch faces app.
WatchMaker free app.
Facer app.
After factory reset, the only thing that automatically popped up on my watch when I checked watch faces, was the Facer app. The rest of the apps wern't showing on my watch anymore.
However, I didn't uninstall those on my phone.
I uninstalled the Facer app on my phone.
After checking the Watch Face options this morning, all the installed programs are back on my watch.
It seems they all got synced again between my phone and my watch.
Maybe I checked to soon yesterday after the reset and these programs weren't synced yet.
I'll take a closer look after next factory reset.
Thanks everyone who has participated so far in this thread :good:
@unclebor
In your app list, we only have 1 common app installed.
I also installed watchmaker, and as far as I remember the flickering started after i installed that! I will uninstall watchmaker and delete the data folder because I already tried uninstalling it but the data folder was not deleted.
Hopefully this is the culprit, if not maybe this is a hardware issue.
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The flicker is most likely due to a loose display ribbon connector and stops after a while because the watch warms up, the connector expands and makes better contact, but it will remain intermittent since it's not pressed all the way in. You need to open the watch and press in all the connectors (there are 4) and the flicker will likely stop.
For the record, I'm on 5.0.1, LWX48P, 411KPSL0096XXX, no flicker.
Mine does the same with LWX48P. It happends since i started using it with always On screen. Can we return it and exchange to a new one? I like pebbles warranty since they have issues about flickering screens too. Returned and sent me a new one.
Since update 5.0.1 the display flickers sometimes after fully charged. Power off and power on the watch helps for me (no reboot!)
Software version: 5.0.1
Build number: LWX48P
Serial starting with: 410KPNY0036XXX
cheers
Manfred
Update on my watch day 2 after factory reset.
I took it off the charging cradle this morning and again, no flickering.
It seems the factory reset helped so far. (Crosses fingers.)
my current settings are:
Adjust Brightness = 4 (stock after reset)
Always-on screen = off
Face plate = suit
Installed apps:
Intellicom watchfaces (did not select any face plates after reset)
Luxery watchfaces (did not select any face plates after reset)
Watchmaker (did not select any face plates after reset)
InstaWeather (did not use this after reset)
I'm going to change one setting today, and that's the Adjust Brightness = 4 to Adjust Brightness = 1 and see what it will do tomorrow when I take if off the charger.
If indeed it flickers again tomorrow (which I surely hope it won't), I'll change the setting back to 4 and recharge it to 100% and check again.
After tomorrow (if the brightness setting isn't the issue), I'll put the brightness level back to 4 and select a 3rd party watch face.
Yes, this is going to be a slow testing process, because I want to check only after a whole night of charging to not manipulate the charging time.
When I can trigger the flickering process by changing some setting, I'll just recharge it on the fly. Check if I can make it "un-flicker" by undoing the last change I made on the watch.
if that doesn't help, uninstall the program that made it flicker in the first place and check after that. (if it's a 3rd party app and not a Google Wear 5.0.1 setting)
If that doesn't help, factory reset, one more night charging on default settings, if that doesn't make the watch flicker, re-install the program that caused it to flicker and retest the last procedure that triggered the "disco" effect.
Makes sense? LOL for me it does
I wish I had like 10 of these watches, would make the testing process go much faster.
Thanks again for everyone participating in this poll and posting serials and such :good:
It flickers again this morning without the watchmaker app. So that's not the culprit, really annoying, i will return this for warranty.
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Why don't you guys return the watch? Sod the testing the watch was not designed to flicker! When I get mine on Xmas day, if it flickers.. Back it goes
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There's a reply on the other thread, he returned it ang LG fixed it. But flickering still persist. So looks like LG doesn't really know how to fix this. But I sent mine for warranty.
No official statement from LG regarding this issue.
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wicked1683 said:
There's a reply on the other thread, he returned it ang LG fixed it. But flickering still persist. So looks like LG doesn't really know how to fix this. But I sent mine for warranty.
No official statement from LG regarding this issue.
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Here are my 2 cents about the flickering on the watch:
Quick summary,
Got the watch (day 1), it was fully charged 100% when I turned it on, paired it and played with the stock settings and options.
Didn't flicker the first morning after full charge (day 2).
I played with it a lot, installed apps, changed face plates, (Also tried out some MOMO 360 face plates through the 3rd party app to see what they looked like on this G Watch R, didn't like them, chose another one), played with the weather app..etc.
Flickered after full charge! (day 3).
Played with it a bit, didn't really pay attention to the flickering because it was working normally after a reboot, just thought it was annoying. However put it in the back of my head for the next morning to check.
Flickered after full charge! (day 4).
Thought it was pretty annoying and checked the web for possible solutions and if other people had the same problem with this "disco effect".
After reading the threads here, I decided to do some testing myself.
I did reset my watch to factory settings.
Didn't flicker after full charge (day 5).
Didn't flicker after full charge (day 6).
Changed display settings to brightness level 1 (was on 4).
If the watch was broken, hardware related, the flickering effect would be there all the time right? (Broken = broken, no matter what the settings).
If it was a loose wire, it wouldn't only flicker after charging. (Unless the watch heats up to a certain level on the charger which would cause a bad connection in the watch itself which makes it flicker only after recharge.)
Therefore I think it's either software related OR the combination between the brightness/always-on settings and hardware.
There might be something in one of the installed (3rd party?) apps OR in the brightness/Always-on settings that triggers the "disco" on your watch.
Maybe if the brightness level is put below stock settings, there is a condenser that regulates the screen brightness? (Going to put this to the test.)
IF tomorrow morning my watch flickers, I know it's the hardware that can't cope with the low brightness setting. If not, I'm going to change the brightness back up to 4 and install a 3rd party watch face.
I still think, because Dersie changed his brightness settings through another app, it is software related.
if it was hardware related, it would always flicker after recharge, no matter which app you use to dim the screen. (condenser/hardware goes all stressed when it has to power up the screen in dimmed mode).
It's like searching for a needle in the haystack, but hey.... I like finding needles in haystacks.
It gotten worse! After charging I decided to turn it off, I slept, when I woke up I turned it on, then seconds later flickering happends. Restarted it, but still the same. I turned it off for a couple of times. Until I decided to just leave it on until flickering dissapears. Did factory reset but still the same. Sick and tired of this, $300 watch and its defective I dont wanna deal with this everyday, Im gonna return it to newegg since they have 30 day return/replacement warranty. But my watch has a lil dent on the bezel already. I hope they still accept it.
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I still think, because Dersie changed his brightness settings through another app, it is software related.
if it was hardware related, it would always flicker after recharge, no matter which app you use to dim the screen. (condenser/hardware goes all stressed when it has to power up the screen in dimmed mode).
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Mine started flicking after 4 weeks, batt at 42% 2 day after charged, on a table since 1H, so no movement to move hardware screen connector, no after full charge. No issue the last 2 days after using brigntness setup with SWApp....
condenser problem is maybe a way for the problem. It happen only from screen OFF to ON for me, never when screen is already ON for awhile. So only after condenser can be not charged.
Time to let you guys know about what's going on with my watch.
Didn't have much time to post anything the last couple of days :/
All I can say is, so far so good.
The last 3 days it didn't flicker at all.
I am running a 3rd party watch face now, brightness settings set to 1. No flickering after full recharge.
I don't know what caused it in the first place.
Maybe it was a MOTO 360 face watch I tried on my watch to see what it looked like, I don't know.
I will do some more testing after these busy days at the end of the year.
I will post again in this thread when the flickering returns or when I find out how to trigger it.
If I can find out anything else about the "disco effect" on the G Watch R series on other sites, I'll post a link here.
I'm sure this isn't over yet, I guess I am just lucky at the moment that it doesn't flicker.
However, knowing hardware /software it will probably come back since I already experienced the affect on this watch.