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Hi All,
My xperia doesnot respond quick enough or doesnt response to the orientation of the phone at all(switching between the potrait and landscape view of screen).
I manually checked by putting magnet near to the phone,this time xperia quickly changes the screen mode(from potrait to landscape or viceversa).
Is there any configuration that i need to do??any sw upgrade??
Thanks & Regards
Arindam
xperia dont have G-sensor, sooo dont waste time
But its responding to the magnets.How dat is possible without the gsensor??
G-sensor is affected by gravity.
Magnet sensor is affected by magnetic field.
Accelerometers are G-sensors except they are also affected by movement of the phone such as shaking, or hand gestures.
G-sensor works when the sensor detects which way the sensor is facing
Magnet sensor is like a "trap alarm" every time the sensor notices a magnetic object passing by it's "door" it will trigger the "alarm". The alarm will tell the screen to change into landscape. When the magnetic object is not present, it will trigger instructions for the screen to revert back to portrait.
Basically on your Xperia is a magnet and a sensor. The sensor is what you call the keyhole. The magnet is what you call the key. Every time these two correspond to each other, it will trigger an "unlock", and every time these two disconnect from each other, they trigger will a "lock".
"G-sensor is affected by gravity.
Magnet sensor is affected by magnetic field."
I dnt understand the difference between the two,as earth act as a magnet.
According to my understanding a magnet should align itself according the earth's magnetic filed.Incase of of xperia detection of the change in magnetic filed should trigger changing the xperia view mode. Is there anyother usecase of putting the magnetic sensor apart from changing the view mode?
And that's why magnets stick to plastic.
But really, no.
Gravity and magnetism are two different things. We don't understand gravity proplerly yet, we are able to measure it, and predict it's effects, but as of yet, we don't know what causes it.
In short. No, your phone's magnetic sensor can not detect gravity, nor can it detect motion unless there's a mgnet nearby.
bullzeye.za said:
And that's why magnets stick to plastic.
But really, no.
Gravity and magnetism are two different things. We don't understand gravity proplerly yet, we are able to measure it, and predict it's effects, but as of yet, we don't know what causes it.
In short. No, your phone's magnetic sensor can not detect gravity, nor can it detect motion unless there's a mgnet nearby.
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No he is right
earth has a magnetic field as well ... which is very weak and is used for the compasses and digital compasses. so i guess the right answer is that the magnetic field of the earth is so weak that it doesnt intefere the magnetic trigger of xperia which is instead triggered by the opening of the slider (magnetically). well of course than Gsensor is based on gravity which is different from magnetism.
Gravity and magnetic fields are different indeed. Yes, earth does have a magnetic field, probably caused by the many metals inside the planet.
Gravity a force inherent to all mass. The bigger the mass, the bigger the pull. Earth is big --> enough gravity to pull everything on it towards it (atmosphere, animals, rocks, plants etc.). It's also what keeps the earth orbiting around the sun (sun's gravity). Had gravity not existed, the centrifugal forces would have flung us into space. We indeed don't exactly know why gravity exists - yet.
Magnetics are based on poles, electrons etc. Positive and negative - a whole different principle, with - although with a different origin - similar properties to gravity.
Though, lets face it, if people have to tell you why and how gravity differs from magnetics, I doubt you should be on this site, or on the internet in the first place.
(school would be a nice place to start, they teach this in physics)
Angelusz said:
Though, lets face it, if people have to tell you why and how gravity differs from magnetics, I doubt you should be on this site, or on the internet in the first place.
(school would be a nice place to start, they teach this in physics)
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Agreed 100%. This thread makes me smile.
ari1984 said:
"G-sensor is affected by gravity.
Magnet sensor is affected by magnetic field."
I dnt understand the difference between the two,as earth act as a magnet.
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Perhaps you were sleepy that day in science class and didn't quite catch everything the teacher said about earths magnetic poles?
probably his deduction is based on magneto from the x-men who can defeat gravity..
darthmarko said:
probably his deduction is based on magneto from the x-men who can defeat gravity..
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this thread is hilarious
yes that is what actually wat i wanted to ask.I think because of the weak earth's magnetic field xperia isnt able to change the screen view.
Is there any tweak that the sensivity of xperia((towards magnetic field) can be increased?
No!
There is only to way to change screen view on X1:
1- open the hardware keyboard
2- set a hardware button to screen rotation
or magnets.
The X1 has no G-sensor or accelerometer. The reason why you're able to change screen orientation using magnets is that the magnets are in someway triggering the hardware keyboard's rotation switch.
ari1984 said:
yes that is what actually wat i wanted to ask.I think because of the weak earth's magnetic field xperia isnt able to change the screen view.
Is there any tweak that the sensivity of xperia((towards magnetic field) can be increased?
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Yes, go to the North pole and X1 will automatically go to landscape. Go to Antarctica and X1 will automatically go to portrait. Go anywhere in between and you have to use the keyboard or softkey to switch orientation.
ari1984 said:
yes that is what actually wat i wanted to ask.I think because of the weak earth's magnetic field xperia isnt able to change the screen view.
Is there any tweak that the sensivity of xperia((towards magnetic field) can be increased?
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Guys,
I smell a toke jopic.
TC, why don't you just wear a magnetic band on your wrist? Then you can wave your wrist over the phone and it'll switch its orientation.
Cheers.
So I managed to drop my phone the other day. I've noticed that since the drop it wont rotate to portrait mode. I'm 99.9% positive that it is a hardware problem. If I hold the phone upright and open the keyboard about 1/4th of an inch it will rotate. So I'm guessing that its a problem within.
So now for the question. On CM5.0.8T4 Is there a way to disable the rotation when the keyboard is out? Basically giving the accelerometer full control of orientation.
Sorry if this is in another place, I've been searching for days now and haven't found any solution.
Thanks.
Anyone? I'm interested in this as well...
My S Pen doesn't seem very accurate. When I touch the screen with it, it is off by a couple of millimeters. This is very annoying when drawing.
Is there a way to calibrate the screen/pen or something?
ltrulsse said:
My S Pen doesn't seem very accurate. When I touch the screen with it, it is off by a couple of millimeters. This is very annoying when drawing.
Is there a way to calibrate the screen/pen or something?
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Well, that "problem" it isn't that. They need to do that because they want you to see the line that are you drawing.
If you enter in to the options of the drawing pen and change to left handed, you will see how that millimeters move to the other side of the pen. So, 1 2 up and 1 or 2mm left/right are necessary and it is how the wacom screens works. In other side I have tried a lot of wacom devices and this is one of the most accurate.
The only problem that I see it is the pen that if you don't give enough pressure it doesn't works, and if you give much, then it will writes in "bold" rather than skinny lines.
Try to move the pen without pressing it, only light slide and see how it doesn't do anything.
Other funny thing on the wacom devices is that the accuracy is not the same in the center of the screen and in the side of it. Problems of magnetism
Did you try pen pressure with autodesk sketchbook, is it working ?
Hi
Just a quick question for you who have the phone and use the pen. When you use your pen for drawing, what happens when your hand (which you hold the pen with) touches the screen? It must be annoying always to write without touching the screen with the hand/fingers like you would do if you were to write with an ordinary pen on a classic paper.
drelle said:
Hi
Just a quick question for you who have the phone and use the pen. When you use your pen for drawing, what happens when your hand (which you hold the pen with) touches the screen? It must be annoying always to write without touching the screen with the hand/fingers like you would do if you were to write with an ordinary pen on a classic paper.
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The good thing is that u can touch the screen with finger when u write, unlike pure capacitive screen
If u touch the note with finger u will get a mark, ie u can use ur finger to write on the note
If u touch the area of screen above the note, the note app disappears to show the app beneath it and when u remove the finger the note comes back. This is to jot down things from the app beneath it. Hope this makes sense.
ltrulsse said:
My S Pen doesn't seem very accurate. When I touch the screen with it, it is off by a couple of millimeters. This is very annoying when drawing.
Is there a way to calibrate the screen/pen or something?
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I'm curious, are you left handed?
There is a setting: settings -> pen settings -> dominant hand.
I changed mine to left handed (which I am), and when my right handed friend used it, he complained that it was off by a millimeter or too to the right.
- Frank
drelle said:
Hi
Just a quick question for you who have the phone and use the pen. When you use your pen for drawing, what happens when your hand (which you hold the pen with) touches the screen? It must be annoying always to write without touching the screen with the hand/fingers like you would do if you were to write with an ordinary pen on a classic paper.
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Thats not an issue as when the pen is touching (so it's active), the screen will no longer accept any additional touches. So with your fingers, multi touch will be active for upto 10 (I believe) seperate touches at once, but as soon as the pen is touching the screen, it will only pick up the pen and no additional touches from your fingers etc so you can rest your fingers on the screen while you are writing.
Thanks for the explanation that makes sense nevertheless the offset is annoying and difficult to get used to.
Try this. It works for me.
http://jjpda.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-to-calibrate-galaxy-note-s-pen.html
try turn on the auto rotation
Or turn off auto rotation
Just try...
Actually all this is nonsense.
The offset is variable and depends on the angle of the pen.
The most simple way to test this and to get used to it, is to open
a S-memo. Then instead of using the line option you choose the
eraser option. Touch the screen and on the screen you see a circle.
Now with the pen on the screen change the angle of the pen and you will see
the tip of the pen 'move' inside the circle. Now get used to the angle of the pen
where the tip is in the center of the circle. Once you are used to this angle your pen will be dead on when drawing.
Remember way back when you learned how to write, it took you days to get used to holding a pen or pencil the right way.
I can recommend the official samsung s-pen holder for a much nicer feeling when using the pen.
Hope this helps
Keethos said:
Thats not an issue as when the pen is touching (so it's active), the screen will no longer accept any additional touches. So with your fingers, multi touch will be active for upto 10 (I believe) seperate touches at once, but as soon as the pen is touching the screen, it will only pick up the pen and no additional touches from your fingers etc so you can rest your fingers on the screen while you are writing.
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I just want to clarify thhis, the pen needs to be touching and in writing pressure on the screen for it to stop accepting input from your skin.
friedje said:
Actually all this is nonsense.
The offset is variable and depends on the angle of the pen.
The most simple way to test this and to get used to it, is to open
a S-memo. Then instead of using the line option you choose the
eraser option. Touch the screen and on the screen you see a circle.
Now with the pen on the screen change the angle of the pen and you will see
the tip of the pen 'move' inside the circle. Now get used to the angle of the pen
where the tip is in the center of the circle. Once you are used to this angle your pen will be dead on when drawing.
Remember way back when you learned how to write, it took you days to get used to holding a pen or pencil the right way.
I can recommend the official samsung s-pen holder for a much nicer feeling when using the pen.
Hope this helps
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Go to photo editor choose a bright picture choose the pen option from photo editor hold the phone on portrait mode and try to draw on the edge with a smaller tip on the pen then go switch dominated hand on spen and try again and then come back and say this isn't a devs calibration problem or coding or call it how you want. But give attention to
PHOTO EDITOR
PEN OPTION
PORTRAIT MODE
RIGHT HAND DOMINATED > RIGHT SIDE
LEFT HAND DOMINATED > LEFT SIDE
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This idea that we need to see where we are writing is just as imbecilic as Motorola's idea of protecting users from rain drops. Back then, it stoped you from playing any games that required you to keep your finger stationary for more than 15 seconds. Here, it makes drawing and writing very difficult.
I don't ****ing see where I'm writing when I'm using a paper, why would I need that on my phone's screen?
I have also problems using my spen. Is it realy normal to put quite much pressure on the pen to write sth.? It's realy hart to dram thin lines without any interruption of the line..... feels as if that'S not "normal"
how about yours? Is that normal?
I don't know if this will help, but my s-pen was off a few millimeters too after an official update. I tried calibrating the accelerometer and gyro and the s-pen became accurate again. I'm not sure though if this indeed did the trick or if my mind was just playing tricks on me.
Thanks, I'll try that, too. But my Problem primarily is not the millimetres off, it's the pressure needed to draw sth.
I also wrote Samsung's support yesterday. I'll see what they say.
I won't flash my phone before I can be sure that it's okay and I don't have to return it.....
Matrox182 said:
Thanks, I'll try that, too. But my Problem primarily is not the millimetres off, it's the pressure needed to draw sth.
I also wrote Samsung's support yesterday. I'll see what they say.
I won't flash my phone before I can be sure that it's okay and I don't have to return it.....
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iam having the exact same problem..please tell me if you find a solution.
it didnt happen with the pen which came with phone..it had the millimeters away problem..and when i lost i ordered new pen this new pen has more pressure problem..its very hard to draw thin lines
friedje said:
Actually all this is nonsense.
The offset is variable and depends on the angle of the pen.
The most simple way to test this and to get used to it, is to open
a S-memo. Then instead of using the line option you choose the
eraser option. Touch the screen and on the screen you see a circle.
Now with the pen on the screen change the angle of the pen and you will see
the tip of the pen 'move' inside the circle. Now get used to the angle of the pen
where the tip is in the center of the circle. Once you are used to this angle your pen will be dead on when drawing.
Remember way back when you learned how to write, it took you days to get used to holding a pen or pencil the right way.
I can recommend the official samsung s-pen holder for a much nicer feeling when using the pen.
Hope this helps
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This is absolutely correct... the stylus orientation definitely does affect the point offset.
The problem is (at least on mine) is that the "left-handed" setting appears to do nothing. The point offset is the same regardless of the setting (it's biased for right handed), so trying to write left handed is very hard.
How many people that are having the problem are 'lefties'? If I pretend to be right handed, the offset is perfect (regardless of the left or right setting). This has to be a bug and I'll presume it'll get fixed soon. Because it's really quite intolerable as a leftie.
Today I upgraded my phone to Criskos rom with Abyss kernel and all accuracy problems are gone for me.Never had problem with pressure.
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EDIT: I meant accidental, not actual. in the title above. Oops.
Basically is there a way to "lock" my watch in ambient mode until I press the side button? I already have all gestures turned off so movement doesn't wake my watch but I don't like having to make sure my watch isn't resting against my leg while sitting or against my arm when my arms are crossed. I am open to rooting if that provides a resolution.
I don't know about locking it to only be in ambient mode, but I use the app "Showear" to screen lock the watch. The watch will still go in and out of ambient mode with a screen touch (or wrist movement if you have that gesture turned on), but the app will act like a keyguard until unlocked. The app is free and has enough config options for my use, allowing me to set a pattern of taps and swipes to disengage the lock and and a quick swipe up from the bottom locks the watch. There are also options to automatically engage the lock when going into standby and so forth. So while it's not quite what you are describing with using the side button, it is an easy option that has been working well for me.
Have you tried this?
A while ago I noticed that the calculator app I had loaded didn't recognise my touch presses on the lower numbers on the display.
Wasn't particularly bothered about this at the time and forgot about it, but today needed to use the numerical keypad for the phone app and the bottom row wasn't responding to finger touches, and I needed the 0 and #
To get around this I put the watch on the charger, that rotates the display, and using the watch while still on the charger, the numerical keypad works fine, the touches required are on a different area of the display.
The touches on the display work fine for other apps in the same area of the screen, which would indicate the screen touch sensitivity is okay....?