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screen auto rotates without tilting the device!

JohnEpure
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screen auto rotates without tilting the device!

I know this sounds weird but it is! After the upgrade to 4.4.2 when I am doing whatever, doesn't matter what, the screen auto rotates upside down without me even tilting the device towards that direction!! It is really annoying - if I am typing it would make me click on go back or home when I should press space, when playing it makes me fall down and die, or turn right instead of left, when browsing it makes me click on something else, etc etc. I hoped that 4.4.4 would solve that - it solved indeed the flickering of the screen but it didn't the auto rotation. So, what should I do with my crazy accelerometer?! I guess it's the software not hardware... Anyway, I know how to turn off the auto-rotation of the screen from settings but I would love my device to still be able to auto rotate when I need it and not to have to make a manual rotation! Thank you for your answers!!

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Davem
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I had the same issue after upgrading from 4.2 to 4.3. Sony advised me to do a repair update via Pc Companion, which fixed it. Make sure you back up to both sd card using tablet app, and to pc via companion, and restore from both, otherwise you may lose any apps you have installed. I found that out that out the hard way 🙂