accelerometer calibration?

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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.

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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.

Originally Posted by bivanbi

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.

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.