Newbies Having Problems With Accelerometer Not Working

Originally Posted by ScottGood
Edited By Nic Juncos
For all having issues with the accelerometer:
I had the problem where the accelerometer did not work at all anymore.Since I did not want to lose all my data, I found a post on how to fix it without wiping:

[Warning] DON'T try this while NOT in the recovery console! You will lose space on the /data partition because of a bug!! ONLY do this in the recovery console where no system is running

Start by powering off phone
Now hold [Home+Power] to enter Recovery
Enter recovery console [alt+x]
Press Enter to bring up shell
Type the following hitting <enter> after each line:

mount /data
cd data
cd misc
rm akmd_set.txt
reboot

The file will be recreated and life is good