[Q] Auto Brightness Keeps Turning Itself Off? - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge

I know there's another auto brightness thread but I think my problem is different. I'll turn it on, leave the phone in standby for a while, and when I use the phone again I find the auto brightness doesn't have the check mark there anymore? Has anyone else noticed this?
I was wondering why my battery was draining so fast when I was using it. That's when I realized my setting was at full brightness but the Auto had become unchecked so it was running at 100 constantly without auto adjusting. I've used the 100/Auto checked on all my other Samsung devices dating back to the Note 2 and S3.
I'm thinking it's a software glitch which will hopefully be fixed in a future update. If it is, I'll live with it for now...

I actually had the same issue and I found that the issue was related to game recorder app I just uninstalled and now is fine

Interesting... I don't have any kind of recorder apps so I'm kind of at a loss as to what other app could cause that...

diehardbattery said:
Interesting... I don't have any kind of recorder apps so I'm kind of at a loss as to what other app could cause that...
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I'm suffering from this exact same issue. Very annoying because the auto brightness works well when it actually stays on.

NCSUgolfer01 said:
I'm suffering from this exact same issue. Very annoying because the auto brightness works well when it actually stays on.
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For what it's worth, I started having other issues yesterday morning. When I first got the phone, and did the OTA, I did a factory reset as was widely recommended to do. Apparently it din't clear up everything.
What I ended up doing was, yesterday, I did another reset using the Samsung Smart Switch software. I backed up what I could, let it reset, and restored afterward. So far it's been 24 hrs and no issues.

I have the same problem with the auto brigthness with my galaxy S6 edge . but when i uninstall the car app from samsung its gone
maybe it works for you too

jekuper said:
I have the same problem with the auto brigthness with my galaxy S6 edge . but when i uninstall the car app from samsung its gone
maybe it works for you too
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I'll try that and report back

jekuper said:
I have the same problem with the auto brigthness with my galaxy S6 edge . but when i uninstall the car app from samsung its gone
maybe it works for you too
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I also uninstalled the car app and restarted the phone.
it was still happening, but now it ain't anymore.
if it does will post here again

godsboy7777 said:
I also uninstalled the car app and restarted the phone.
it was still happening, but now it ain't anymore.
if it does will post here again
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Interesting.. car mode is the culprit? That's not the only bug in that app then. There's an option to auto close the app when the bluetooth connection is disconnected from the car.. it doesn't work for me.
But I'll just be sitting there doing something and if I'm in a dark room... WHAM I get blinded LOL...
I got a replacement today so I guess the saga continues...

diehardbattery said:
Interesting.. car mode is the culprit? That's not the only bug in that app then. There's an option to auto close the app when the bluetooth connection is disconnected from the car.. it doesn't work for me.
But I'll just be sitting there doing something and if I'm in a dark room... WHAM I get blinded LOL...
I got a replacement today so I guess the saga continues...
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I installed Samsung Switch for pc and did a backup for my edge.
I then did a factory reset.
Restored the backup from Switch.
I also un-installed a Go battery saver application.
Since then no more auto-brightness switching itself off.

godsboy7777 said:
I installed Samsung Switch for pc and did a backup for my edge.
I then did a factory reset.
Restored the backup from Switch.
I also un-installed a Go battery saver application.
Since then no more auto-brightness switching itself off.
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I did all of that, except for the app you removed. It behaved itself for a about 24 hrs and still came back. How long has it been for you?

jekuper said:
I have the same problem with the auto brigthness with my galaxy S6 edge . but when i uninstall the car app from samsung its gone
maybe it works for you too
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diehardbattery said:
Interesting.. car mode is the culprit? That's not the only bug in that app then. There's an option to auto close the app when the bluetooth connection is disconnected from the car.. it doesn't work for me.
But I'll just be sitting there doing something and if I'm in a dark room... WHAM I get blinded LOL...
I got a replacement today so I guess the saga continues...
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diehardbattery said:
I did all of that, except for the app you removed. It behaved itself for a about 24 hrs and still came back. How long has it been for you?
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It has been more than 24 hours no probs, but I also have to say since doing this I have not touched the auto checkbox or slided the bar left or right at all.
did you?

I'm pretty sure I didn't... I don't remember doing anything of the sort LOL...

diehardbattery said:
I'm pretty sure I didn't... I don't remember doing anything of the sort LOL...
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Have you updated all apps recently?
What is your specific phone model number?

All updates were done right after the restore. SM-G925T

diehardbattery said:
All updates were done right after the restore. SM-G925T
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My phone model is SM-G925F

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[Q] Screen timeout not working?

I have stock (rooted then unrooted) JC with APEX launcher. It sounds crazy but my phone screen doesn't turn off by itself.
There are several times I woke up in the morning to find out my phone screen was on overnight (screen must have turned on when I plugged in the charger). Right now, I turned on my phone just to see if the screen would turn off at 1) lock screen 2) apex home screen. neither works.
I tried all these with different timeout settings (15 sec, 30 sec, 1min, etc.).
Anyone having the same problem? Anyone with solution?
kg1128 said:
I have stock (rooted then unrooted) JC with APEX launcher. It sounds crazy but my phone screen doesn't turn off by itself.
There are several times I woke up in the morning to find out my phone screen was on overnight (screen must have turned on when I plugged in the charger). Right now, I turned on my phone just to see if the screen would turn off at 1) lock screen 2) apex home screen. neither works.
I tried all these with different timeout settings (15 sec, 30 sec, 1min, etc.).
Anyone having the same problem? Anyone with solution?
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Had that issue with siii, reboot fixed it, have you tried reboot?
mattsm said:
Had that issue with siii, reboot fixed it, have you tried reboot?
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Yes rebooting always solves the issue but can i get a permanent fix? It's kinda annoying. I'm on GT-N7100 JB4.1.2 and i've never rooted.
Kinda glad i wasnt the only one having this issue. Happened to me yesterday. Kinda freaked me out as i dont want anything wrong with this phone.. reboot worked for me yesterday.
On a side note.. every once in awhile my youtube app goes to **** and it refuses to play videos.. it says network error yet i can do everything else... reboot fixes that too.
Sent from my big big BIG iphone killer.
morbiddevil82 said:
Kinda glad i wasnt the only one having this issue. Happened to me yesterday. Kinda freaked me out as i dont want anything wrong with this phone.. reboot worked for me yesterday.
On a side note.. every once in awhile my youtube app goes to **** and it refuses to play videos.. it says network error yet i can do everything else... reboot fixes that too.
Sent from my big big BIG iphone killer.
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Yeah no kidding. I really don't want anything to go wrong with my phone. But unfortunately it has been kinda buggy from day one. A minor issue with the stock keyboard was solved after the 4.1.2 update. But the weird error with the Quick Commands thingy ain't getting sorted out, even after the update. Of course, reboots also never help.
Oh someone please tell me what's wrong with my phone The screen timeout thingy ain't working An unattended message or missed call means my display stays on till I turn it off manually A reboot would solve the issue but then it would come back again. Any permanent fix? Please help I've never rooted my phone.
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Uninstall any apps that keep your screen on or go through the apps list and kill everything individually. imediashare keeps my screen on after I'm done using it cause it still wants to stay running.
w7excursion said:
Uninstall any apps that keep your screen on or go through the apps list and kill everything individually. imediashare keeps my screen on after I'm done using it cause it still wants to stay running.
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Lemme try doing that
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w7excursion said:
Uninstall any apps that keep your screen on or go through the apps list and kill everything individually. imediashare keeps my screen on after I'm done using it cause it still wants to stay running.
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Went through the 124 apps that had WAKE_LOCK permission. (Used Permission Explorer). If I count out the recently installed apps before which the problem had originally started, I guess there aren't any suspicious apps. Oops Aren't there any apps that forces the display to go off? ^_^
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I'm just throwing it out there by maybe go into recovery and fix permissions? Clear the cache? Factory reset if all else fails I guess.
w7excursion said:
I'm just throwing it out there by maybe go into recovery and fix permissions? Clear the cache? Factory reset if all else fails I guess.
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I didn't want to do a factory reset Anyways, thank you Lemme see what I can do
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kg1128 said:
I have stock (rooted then unrooted) JC with APEX launcher. It sounds crazy but my phone screen doesn't turn off by itself.
There are several times I woke up in the morning to find out my phone screen was on overnight (screen must have turned on when I plugged in the charger). Right now, I turned on my phone just to see if the screen would turn off at 1) lock screen 2) apex home screen. neither works.
I tried all these with different timeout settings (15 sec, 30 sec, 1min, etc.).
Anyone having the same problem? Anyone with solution?
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Hi. Having the same problem... However, i believe it has to do with the feature that prevents screen from turning off if you are looking at it. Try to turn it off and on. Perhaps it will help.
If you continue to have problems, just disable that feature... it is a good adon, but having the screen turn off tose battery is more important.
Hope it helps.
Let us know if it worked out

utorrent stops downloading when screen goes off?

This is pretty irritating that I can't figure this one out... so I'm running CM of that has anything to do with this problem. Utorrent stops downloading when the screen shuts off... I've used utorrent on probably 10 other devices and never had this issue before. "Keep WiFi on during sleep" is set to always, and I have also tried turning off WiFi optimization. Also I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app to no avail. Anybody know what I could be missing here? Thanks!
toddnbrown said:
This is pretty irritating that I can't figure this one out... so I'm running CM of that has anything to do with this problem. Utorrent stops downloading when the screen shuts off... I've used utorrent on probably 10 other devices and never had this issue before. "Keep WiFi on during sleep" is set to always, and I have also tried turning off WiFi optimization. Also I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app to no avail. Anybody know what I could be missing here? Thanks!
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Can't you just adjust your screen settings to never turn the screen off? Leave it charging while downloading?
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DatDude123 said:
Can't you just adjust your screen settings to never turn the screen off? Leave it charging while downloading?
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That's what I do, tTorrent has that option too, BUT it is annoying, I don't want to leave the Nexus with the screen on everytime I'm downloading something...
NekroWolfen said:
That's what I do, tTorrent has that option too, BUT it is annoying, I don't want to leave the Nexus with the screen on everytime I'm downloading something...
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I totally agree. Just my .02
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DatDude123 said:
Can't you just adjust your screen settings to never turn the screen off? Leave it charging while downloading?
D
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I could do that I guess, but there has to be something simple I'm missing. I have been using utorrent for a couple years, and every other device, including the previous gen. N7 and the N10 never gave me any issues.. This without ever messing with any settings. It just downloaded in the background, screen off or on.
same problem with my lg g3 but my lg gpad does not face this problem it is annoying letting the screen on all the time.
battery optimization might cause this....
toddnbrown said:
This is pretty irritating that I can't figure this one out... so I'm running CM of that has anything to do with this problem. Utorrent stops downloading when the screen shuts off... I've used utorrent on probably 10 other devices and never had this issue before. "Keep WiFi on during sleep" is set to always, and I have also tried turning off WiFi optimization. Also I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app to no avail. Anybody know what I could be missing here? Thanks!
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go to phone settings>>battery>>battery optimization>>click on utorrent>>don’t optimize battery. this will surely work.
This one worked in my MI devuce
bandkarsagar said:
go to phone settings>>battery>>battery optimization>>click on utorrent>>don’t optimize battery. this will surely work.
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this one worked thanks buddy
Heres the solution.
Go to Settings>Assessibility>Clear background App> Check tick for Utorrent
done!!
Nothing works in my moto g4 plus..is there any other way

Anyone have an issue where you cant turn wifi on after awhile?

A restart fixes this but for 2 days I have woken up to a mobile data connection without being able to turn on wifi without restarting the phone...
Thanks
stu5797 said:
A restart fixes this but for 2 days I have woken up to a mobile data connection without being able to turn on wifi without restarting the phone...
Thanks
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This question should have been posted in the Q&A section - I've moved it there. Please post in the correct sections - thank you.
I just got my phone replaced for some other issues and this one did this exact thing this morning. I really hope this isn't another defective device.
I am waiting for best buy to get in my replacement phone. My WiFi issue and random reboots are horrible. Why did you exchange your phone? What were the other issues?
stu5797 said:
I am waiting for best buy to get in my replacement phone. My WiFi issue and random reboots are horrible. Why did you exchange your phone? What were the other issues?
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Defect in the glass it had a cloud area under the screen
stu5797 said:
A restart fixes this but for 2 days I have woken up to a mobile data connection without being able to turn on wifi without restarting the phone...
Thanks
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So does this happen to you every day or every other day?
Multiple times per day. Can't wait for best buy to get them in again for my replacement
stu5797 said:
Multiple times per day. Can't wait for best buy to get them in again for my replacement
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Ah okay mine only did this once this morning. I'll see how it goes I guess.
If this happens to you again tonight you will need to replace it cause it has gotten worse over time for me.make sure you go to bed with WiFi on to test. Good luck
Besides the probable issue with your phone, try turning off/unchecking smart wifi option under advanced settings for wifi. Sometimes it's not that smart
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That was off day 1.lol
Nizda1 said:
Besides the probable issue with your phone, try turning off/unchecking smart wifi option under advanced settings for wifi. Sometimes it's not that smart
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It was weird. The toggle showed it was on but it wouldn't show any wireless networks where as I normally see about 10-12 networks. I doubt all my neighbors routers all died at the same time lol I blame it on sun spots
That's exactly how mine reacts every day.
stu5797 said:
That's exactly how mine reacts every day.
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Do you have att smart WiFi turned off or frozen? That's one think that was different from my other phone. I didn't have it frozen last time. I reactivated that app tonight to see.
I have it turned off. How do you freeze it if we are not rooted?
stu5797 said:
I have it turned off. How do you freeze it if we are not rooted?
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I was using the terms interchangeablely and prob shouldn't have lol .. It does kinda do the same as turning it off so. Oh well. I ment turn the app off.
I reactivated it too. I will report back tomorrow.I turned the app on but didn't go through all the steps to activate it
stu5797 said:
I reactivated it too. I will report back tomorrow.I turned the app on but didn't go through all the steps to activate it
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I didn't activate the app last time either but I never stopped it either. I just left it be. I hope this works
Does not work for me. Just woke up with my same issue. Can't wait to exchange when best buy gets my new on in stock
stu5797 said:
Does not work for me. Just woke up with my same issue. Can't wait to exchange when best buy gets my new on in stock
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Mine is operating fine this morning. I have att smart wifi app on but not set up, smart network switch on, network notifications off, pass point off, keep wifi on always, always scanning is on, auto connect to att wifi spots off.

[Q] LG G4 H815 Not rotating/Accelerometer stuck

I randomly realized my G4 wasn't rotating the screen anymore and I have since tried everything - factory resetting, calibrating the sensor (doesn't work) and even the banging phone on table method, none are successful.
This may indicate that it is a hardware issue but if I hold the phone landscape and open the camera the buttons do rotate, but if I rotate whilst already inside the app nothing changes so I'm not exactly sure what is going on. When I use the app CPU-Z to track the accelerometer value it stays static until I turn the screen off and move the phone a bit, when I turn it on the value changes again but stays still.
Any idea what the cause is??
does booting into safe mode make any difference (i know you said factory reset, but I'm curious).
Also, probably won't, but is there any difference whilst the phone is charging?
Throwing this out there. Did you debloat? On the Samsung models, if you uninstall the Hub app, rotation gets broken for some weird reason. I don't know what that would be on the G4, but maybe? Just a random guess.
lawrence750 said:
does booting into safe mode make any difference (i know you said factory reset, but I'm curious).
Also, probably won't, but is there any difference whilst the phone is charging?
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I'll try booting into safe mode, and there's no difference while charging.
pre4speed said:
Throwing this out there. Did you debloat? On the Samsung models, if you uninstall the Hub app, rotation gets broken for some weird reason. I don't know what that would be on the G4, but maybe? Just a random guess.
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I believe I did remove a few apps but since I factory reset and flashed a fresh image I believe they should be restored?
wilfred888 said:
I'll try booting into safe mode, and there's no difference while charging.
I believe I did remove a few apps but since I factory reset and flashed a fresh image I believe they should be restored?
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Not necessarily. I know a factory reset doesn't restore any previously removed apps, and flashing factory a fresh image depends on how it's flashed I've discovered. Only a CSC restores the phone to factory specs, while other methods didn't for me.
pre4speed said:
Not necessarily. I know a factory reset doesn't restore any previously removed apps, and flashing factory a fresh image depends on how it's flashed I've discovered. Only a CSC restores the phone to factory specs, while other methods didn't for me.
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Safe mode didn't help, and I actually don't know which ones I removed but they looked pretty normal, how do I check or compare vs stock?
wilfred888 said:
Safe mode didn't help, and I actually don't know which ones I removed but they looked pretty normal, how do I check or compare vs stock?
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I think I recall seeing a debloat list somewhere. See if you can find it and compare what you've got. I'm not saying this is the problem, but it could be.
pre4speed said:
I think I recall seeing a debloat list somewhere. See if you can find it and compare what you've got. I'm not saying this is the problem, but it could be.
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Yeah I found a few lists but they only have apps that are safe to remove and don't warn or mention possible ones that cause problems which I may have already removed
wilfred888 said:
I randomly realized my G4 wasn't rotating the screen anymore and I have since tried everything - factory resetting, calibrating the sensor (doesn't work) and even the banging phone on table method, none are successful.
This may indicate that it is a hardware issue but if I hold the phone landscape and open the camera the buttons do rotate, but if I rotate whilst already inside the app nothing changes so I'm not exactly sure what is going on. When I use the app CPU-Z to track the accelerometer value it stays static until I turn the screen off and move the phone a bit, when I turn it on the value changes again but stays still.
Any idea what the cause is??
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I had the exact problem a few weeks ago, thought my hardware was already flaking. Don't remember what I did to get it working, but it wasn't overly complex.. Rebooting didn't help, I think I pulled the battery, waited a bit, and then rebooted and then went to calibration from there.
Do you happen to have xposed installed by the way?
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strikelight said:
I had the exact problem a few weeks ago, thought my hardware was already flaking. Don't remember what I did to get it working, but it wasn't overly complex.. Rebooting didn't help, I think I pulled the battery, waited a bit, and then rebooted and then went to calibration from there.
Do you happen to have xposed installed by the way?
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Hey thanks for your reply, I am trying now the battery pulling method, did you then calibrate through the sensor in display settings?
And yeah I do, hmm not sure if it stopped working after that actually.. but I remember after I flashed a fresh .kdz even without xposed it still doesn't work.
wilfred888 said:
Hey thanks for your reply, I am trying now the battery pulling method, did you then calibrate through the sensor in display settings?
And yeah I do, hmm not sure if it stopped working after that actually.. but I remember after I flashed a fresh .kdz even without xposed it still doesn't work.
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Yea would have been the calibration from the regular settings.
As for xposed, flashing a kdz will keep user data and settings.. It might have been gravitybox causing the issue for me, which if you uninstall that, reboot and reinstall it, might help. Same goes for any other modules you had enabled.
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strikelight said:
Yea would have been the calibration from the regular settings.
As for xposed, flashing a kdz will keep user data and settings.. It might have been gravitybox causing the issue for me, which if you uninstall that, reboot and reinstall it, might help. Same goes for any other modules you had enabled.
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Oh yeah it did but I factory reset as well so... I never installed gravitybox since I heard there were some problems with it but I'll see if there are any modules causing issues.
Silly question: Have you tried clicking the rotation icon in the pull-down notifications bar?
alamo76 said:
Silly question: Have you tried clicking the rotation icon in the pull-down notifications bar?
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Yeah I have I don't even know there are signs that point towards it being a hardware or a software issue tbh.
Problem happened to me too. Started yesterday, sometimes worked, sometimes stuck on portrait.
Shutting down and pulling the battery for a few seconds seems to do the trick. It works properly now..
Have you been used apps which could calibrate the accelerometer before?
etc. some games that needs to be controlled by rotating the phone on its axis..
onotor said:
Have you been used apps which could calibrate the accelerometer before?
etc. some games that needs to be controlled by rotating the phone on its axis..
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Me? Not that I know. Some new apps yes, but still proper screen rotation.
This problem happened on my g4 today...
Stock ROM?
LG 4 not rotating??
quick fix which worked for me was just take the battery out, wait 30 seconds, put back in switch on and problem solved...
hope this helps guys.... regards Steve

Notifications Stopped Working

About every few months it seems that for no reason what so ever my notifications stop working on my watch and I have to reset it. Does this happen to anyone else? It's very frustrating.
Never happened on my LTE model...
steelersmb said:
About every few months it seems that for no reason what so ever my notifications stop working on my watch and I have to reset it. Does this happen to anyone else? It's very frustrating.
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i kind of have something similar but instead of stopping, it can take 5 to 10mins to get them.
i believe it has something to do with battery optimization where something related to the galaxy wearable app gets dozed or something. so to me i think its on the phone side and not the watch.
Happened to me
Yes this just happened to me too. Very frustrating.
bryansjames said:
Yes this just happened to me too. Very frustrating.
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i believe it maybe the galaxy wearable app. for about a week now i don't get any email notifs, only texts. everything was working well for a while there.
Check the app on your phone. I had same issue and looked into notification settings and some were changed. I wonder if app update changed my settings.
Theater Mode
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Check the app on your phone. I had same issue and looked into notification settings and some were changed. I wonder if app update changed my settings.[/QUOTE
Somehow "Theater Mode" got turned on my GWA. I turned it off & notifications came back like before. I am not sure if this was just a coincidence.
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