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Samsung Galaxy S4 drift

Samsung Galaxy S4 drift

by RobS on Dec 11th, 2013 14:36 PM

Hi all,

I got my Dive yesterday and although the unit is fine, I'm having trouble with the software on my Samsung Galaxy S4. Basically, in all the software I've tested, the display slow rotates anti-clockwise when sat still. Eg You can start the Rollercoaster looking forwards, but end up facing the left by the end of the ride! I've tried it on my girlfriend's S4 but have the same issue. Her phone is running the previous Android version, mine is upgraded to 4.3, which also means it's missing the compass calibration.

On the upside, everything works great on my old S2, all be it at lower res!

Anyone got any ideas what might be wrong? Is this a flaw in the S4 hardware or os software?

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Re: Samsung Galaxy S4 drift

by nils16 on Dec 12th, 2013 22:06 PM

I have the same issue on my s4. I have CM11 with Android 4.4.2
No known solution to fix the problem...

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Re: Samsung Galaxy S4 drift

by Christian456 on Dec 13th, 2013 09:15 AM

The latest rollercoaster app has no problems on my S4. Other Apps have. So its a common issue on the s4, but should be handable somehow on the softwareside.
Drift was also discussed in other topics here.

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Re: Samsung Galaxy S4 drift

by Joo on Dec 13th, 2013 09:37 AM

It seems the internal magnetometer readjusts itself every couple of minutes... also got the problem on the HTC One S

Would be great if the software deactivates the magnetometer all together and only use the gyro, don't know if that would be possible.

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Re: Samsung Galaxy S4 drift

by acocalypso on Dec 13th, 2013 11:27 AM

same issue on S3,

i contacted Stefan and he said, that some devices have a drifting issue, and hes thinking about a solution for this problem.

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Re: Samsung Galaxy S4 drift

by RobS on Dec 16th, 2013 11:35 AM

Glad it's not just me! At least I can fall back on my S2 for now. Hope the other VR software on the Play store can be fixed as well, especially Go Show, although that does have a lock feature.

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Re: Samsung Galaxy S4 drift

by RobS on Jan 9th, 2014 13:42 PM

Just an update for the new year - the drift issue I was experencing seems to have been solved! Excellent!

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Re: Samsung Galaxy S4 drift

by JusticeDude on May 14th, 2014 03:38 AM

I have the same drift on my Verizon S3. It's good to hear it's been fixed on other phones, and I hope the fix trickles down to the S3 soon.

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Re: Samsung Galaxy S4 drift

by Motawa on May 21st, 2014 12:46 PM

It was NOT been fixed on the S4...

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Re: Samsung Galaxy S4 drift

by Motawa on May 22nd, 2014 17:48 PM

just installed coloros for my s4 (4.2.2) and it seems that drifting is gone but some apps dont launch (black screen) like go show.

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