[Q] Screen orientation not changing?

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Hi,

I got a Captivate in the mail yesterday. It seemed to be working fine.

I installed LauncherPro and screen rotation was working fine.

Unfortunately it's not rotating the screen. I went to the settings to verify that screen rotation was enabled, and it was.

I can't get rotation anywhere. LaunchedPro Home screen, text messages app, email app, gmail, browser. None of them work.

Is this a known issue? Could a factory reset resolve this? Maybe flashing another ROM? Also, is there any app that can test the accelerometer?

regards,
del

Have you removed LauncherPro to see if that is the issue? I would do that prior to doing a reset of your phone.

Yeah. I also flashed a stock Samsung ROM from this thread:

hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989

No go. I also tried a Bubble Level app from the Market. It is not moving (not getting anything form the accelerometer).

Guess I'm gonna have to contact Samsung, because I got it from ebay.

Yep looks like the accelerometer is dead

Sent from my phone so excuse the spelling errors

Oh lucky me.

Called Samsung, had to explain the problem around 4 times to the rep. After a number of restarts, enabling/disabling screen orientation on the menu, and even a user data clear, she agreed that there was a problem.

So, she starts making arrangements for me to send in the phone and, all of a sudden, says: "I'm really sorry, we can't honor the warranty because you bought it off of ebay."

Sounds like I bought a Lemon.... tried contacting the seller via email to see if the phone is still in the 30 day AT&T warranty and she seems to be ignoring me. (Maybe she knew beforehand and that's why she sold it?).

I think I'm going to open a case in Paypal.

i don't know if this was resolved but you can access a test mode by going into *#0*# into the phone then there is a sensor selection select that and then there is an image test that test rotation i messed with that and got it working. but im now on a custom rom and it doesnt work anymore.