LG G3 Screen Rotation Problems

[Matt Comanda]

You Da man. Only difference was instead of dropping my phone I smacked it into my hand and bingo.

 

[AustinTech]

Just did the same thing. Smacked it a bunch of times and it started rotating again. THANKS!

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[sprintrjm]

holy fuuuuuu$k it actually worked.. 15 drops and bam auto rotation is working again.

 

[D_phil]

THANK YOU! Worked for me!

Settings>Display>Auto-Rotate Screen: Make sure this box is checked.

 

[Aimee Farrell]

Got the phone not quite a week ago, and as of today the screen will not rotate. I haven't dropped it, nothing has been changed. The roto option is selected, and I did a factory hard reset to no avail. I'm going to bring it back and have it replaced, unless anyone here has had this problem and knows a solution? Thanks!
EDIT: The phone is on Verizon, if that helps.

 

[Aimee Farrell]

I am now on my 4th lg3!!! Twice my phone stopped rotating. It would rotate the opposite way then get stuck. They keep sending me a refurbished phone, then 2 months later the same problem happens! Love the lg3, but I am getting a bit tired of replacing my phone with another used one every couple of months!

 

[ba1dwin]

LMAO. Amazing. Thought for sure my phone was broken until I tired your unorthdox method of redropping the phone to jar loose the stuck sensor and...sure enough it worked. I dropped it on a thin bathroom floor mat about 3 feet high in attempts to resolve and BOOM...fixed. Thanks for the weird advise ;-). Cheers.

 

[sushi sushi]

THANK YOU! Worked for me!

Just goto setting....display...check auto rotate. And another one is goto setting ....general....gesture....motion sensor calibration....note! Flip your phone downward on a flat surface before CLICKING calibrate.......

 

[E39BMW98]

Hi there, I was facing the same problem on my G3 yesterday after let it fall at office. The Y axis was stuck ! So my phone won't rotate. What I did was simply amazing! I let it fall again and it works again! It seems that acelerometer sensor got stuck. I hop can help someone with this problem. I suggest testing acelerometer with a app called Advanced tools free on play store. with this you can see if some axis is stuck it non working. I tried it all and nothing seems to works except let it fall from the height of my hip on a carpet and that solved the problem! You can use this method as a last resort. But be careful from breaking the phone.

I can't believe that worked. I got scared after reading post #9, because my auto-call answering feature from the light sensor wasn't working, either. I guess dropping my phone isn't always a bad thing!

 

[Yair Adi]

Thanks!!!
I was in the same situation, the X axis stuck in -19 m/s2. So I hit the phone on the left side three times increasing the force until it start responding.
Excellent!

 

[Cara Washington]

Hi there, I was facing the same problem on my G3 yesterday after let it fall at office. The Y axis was stuck ! So my phone won't rotate. What I did was simply amazing! I let it fall again and it works again! It seems that acelerometer sensor got stuck. I hop can help someone with this problem. I suggest testing acelerometer with a app called Advanced tools free on play store. with this you can see if some axis is stuck it non working. I tried it all and nothing seems to works except let it fall from the height of my hip on a carpet and that solved the problem! You can use this method as a last resort. But be careful from breaking the phone.

Auto rotate was stuck, none of the settings made it work, read this and dropped my phone (on my desk, 6/8" drop. Works perfectly. Thank you genius human. Seriously.

 

[Stephen Miller7]

SUCCESS!
After many failed attempts of
-soft reboot
-safe mode
-hard reset
-dropping onto a carpet

I finally downloaded cpu z, noticed my sensors would react slightly to my rotations then immediately reset to 0. the sensors were stuck but dropping it onto a carpet was going too easy on my sensors. after a few hard knocks with my knuckles on the back of the phone near the camera the phone quickly rotated back and everything was working great!

 

[Ahmad Lokman Alias]

hi all..
my cpu-z shows like that..
i alraedy smack to my hand few times, but still not work..
any solution?

 

[Superj235]

I'm a little paranoid but I did something similar. With the case on I tapped the corner of the decice on the floor (vinyl). After every tap, I tested the rotation. Took about 3 or 4 good taps.

Works. XD
Thx

 

[Benzzo]

Should i drop it with or without the case on it?