This may be the most rare thing that happened to me on my Smartphone life.
Suddenly my LG G4 stop rotating its screen automatically. Couldn't take a photo on widescreen or see a picture... only vertical format for everything. After trying to see if it was any of the latest apps, I uninstalled them and nothing... download Sensor Box and apps of that kind, ask for help to the Kinscreen app creator (as it never show any angle of the phone near 0º) and got to a conclusion: my gyroscope and accelerometer were dead. The phone still was ok, but I could not live without the possibility of rotating it, as I use that feature a lot for my work.
After a coupIe of days trying to solve the problem, I was faced to buy a new smartphone. My choice was an Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, as I missed the amoled screens (had it last time on an Motorola Razr I, but then LG G2 and G4).
As you may know: the LG G4 has a microsim as the S7 needs a Nanosim, but as I was not so sure about it I checked. Pulled out the battery of the G4 and then realise that I was right: I needed to ask for a Nano sim when buying the new phone on my carrier.
Once I bought the new smartphone, I was setting my screens and configuration and had both phones side by side. Tired of the process, (hours of it) I decided to take a break and by accident I lay down the G4 that I had in my hand in the widescreen mode... and then I was left to see how the screen DID ROTATE that time... So... I checked everything and find that the only possible explanation was the fact that I had pulled the sim out and back again the days before, but never checked screen rotation as I never would had thought that it could fix that!
Now what the hell does the sim has to do with accelerometer or gyroscope?
Needed to share in order for everyone to know. I'm happy with my change but I would not have done it if it wasn't for the screen rotation issue.
And that's how I'm off with the G4.
Kind regards,
Suddenly my LG G4 stop rotating its screen automatically. Couldn't take a photo on widescreen or see a picture... only vertical format for everything. After trying to see if it was any of the latest apps, I uninstalled them and nothing... download Sensor Box and apps of that kind, ask for help to the Kinscreen app creator (as it never show any angle of the phone near 0º) and got to a conclusion: my gyroscope and accelerometer were dead. The phone still was ok, but I could not live without the possibility of rotating it, as I use that feature a lot for my work.
After a coupIe of days trying to solve the problem, I was faced to buy a new smartphone. My choice was an Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, as I missed the amoled screens (had it last time on an Motorola Razr I, but then LG G2 and G4).
As you may know: the LG G4 has a microsim as the S7 needs a Nanosim, but as I was not so sure about it I checked. Pulled out the battery of the G4 and then realise that I was right: I needed to ask for a Nano sim when buying the new phone on my carrier.
Once I bought the new smartphone, I was setting my screens and configuration and had both phones side by side. Tired of the process, (hours of it) I decided to take a break and by accident I lay down the G4 that I had in my hand in the widescreen mode... and then I was left to see how the screen DID ROTATE that time... So... I checked everything and find that the only possible explanation was the fact that I had pulled the sim out and back again the days before, but never checked screen rotation as I never would had thought that it could fix that!
Now what the hell does the sim has to do with accelerometer or gyroscope?
Needed to share in order for everyone to know. I'm happy with my change but I would not have done it if it wasn't for the screen rotation issue.
And that's how I'm off with the G4.
Kind regards,
