Gyroscope

July 5, 2010

I didn't know this at first, but the galaxy s features a 6 axis gyroscope! This means great opportunities for games/apps, developers :)

Does anyone know if there is an app to test it? if not, can someone pls hint a developer :D

July 5, 2010

can you cite the source you were getting from? from what i check only the 4 US variants has gyroscope but the generic Galaxy S doesnt have it :)

source : http://briefmobile.com/samsung-galaxy-s-guide

July 5, 2010

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Edited July 5, 2010 by gravityz3r0

July 6, 2010

is there anyone know whether non-US version has gyroscope?

July 6, 2010

is there anyone know whether non-US version has gyroscope?

I have the European Version (bught by Amazon Germany) wich has a SMB380 Acceleration, an MS-3C Orientation, and a MS-3C Magnetic Sensors. There is no 6-Axis Gyroscope in the Eruropean Samsung Galaxy S I9000.

But the combination of this sensors is also very good for gaming.

Only thing the Sensor has an factory offset wich must be recalibrated and that can be done with on board Software but not without Super User Rights.

Regards

Christopher

July 6, 2010

I have the European Version (bught by Amazon Germany) wich has a SMB380 Acceleration, an MS-3C Orientation, and a MS-3C Magnetic Sensors. There is no 6-Axis Gyroscope in the Eruropean Samsung Galaxy S I9000.

But the combination of this sensors is also very good for gaming.

Only thing the Sensor has an factory offset wich must be recalibrated and that can be done with on board Software but not without Super User Rights.

Regards
Christopher

Can you explain how to do this on a rooted phone?

Tankyou

July 6, 2010

Does anyone know if there is an app to test it? if not, can someone pls hint a developer :)

Checkout the compass app (free in market). Change the compass type to GPS. In this mode it will show you the pitch and roll of your phone as well as the compass direction and also the GPS data.

July 12, 2010

I have the European Version (bught by Amazon Germany) wich has a SMB380 Acceleration, an MS-3C Orientation, and a MS-3C Magnetic Sensors. There is no 6-Axis Gyroscope in the Eruropean Samsung Galaxy S I9000.

But the combination of this sensors is also very good for gaming.

Only thing the Sensor has an factory offset wich must be recalibrated and that can be done with on board Software but not without Super User Rights.

Regards
Christopher

Sorry to pull up an old thread but how did you recalibrate the sensor , i just got this phone and i am dead worried of the offset.

Thanks , i am looking forward to your reply

July 12, 2010

Sorry to pull up an old thread but how did you recalibrate the sensor , i just got this phone and i am dead worried of the offset.

Thanks , i am looking forward to your reply

Phone must be rooted

STOP before pressing enter read the rest of this post!

Code:

adb shell

su

/system/bin/sensorcalibutil_yamaha

(can also be done from the phone with a terminal software like better terminal)

place the Phone horizontally on a table or somerhing flat, from which you knmow it is a correct horizontal area.

keep in mind that the phones back isn't flat so lay it on the edge of that table.

keep still in this position

Press Enter

after this reboot or restart the phone.

Thats all

regards Christopher

Edited July 12, 2010 by Tanis64

July 13, 2010

I have the European Version (bught by Amazon Germany) wich has a SMB380 Acceleration, an MS-3C Orientation, and a MS-3C Magnetic Sensors. There is no 6-Axis Gyroscope in the Eruropean Samsung Galaxy S I9000.

But the combination of this sensors is also very good for gaming.

Only thing the Sensor has an factory offset wich must be recalibrated and that can be done with on board Software but not without Super User Rights.

Regards
Christopher

I'm pretty sure there are now 6-axis gyroscopes at all. There are only three rotational axis in a 3d world. At least as far as I know.

It is the combination of gyroscope and accelerometer that makes it a 6 axis device.

July 13, 2010

EDIT: This was a semi wrong theory..

Edited July 13, 2010 by Andrew Luecke

July 13, 2010

There seems to be a long response on the benefits here:

http://diydrones.com/profiles/blog/show?id...:BlogPost:41145

IT's certainly interesting, and seems to suggest that they are gyro's with accelerometers built in..

July 14, 2010

For your interrest:

This is the sensor chip in the european Version of the Galaxy S

Bosch smb380-Datasheet

Overview

Edited July 14, 2010 by Tanis64

July 14, 2010

Hi ,

As you know, all of the 4 american versions of Galaxy S have 6 axis accelerometer which is a combination of traditional 3 axis accelerometer and a 3 axis gyroscope like iPhone 4. but what about the international version of Galaxy S ? I thought the international version has only 3 axis accelerometer but today Omar Khan in MobileBeat 2010 conference shows a slide with international version of Galaxy S and there is a sentence above it:

What do you think?

source:

http://mobile.venturebeat.com/2010/07/12/m...-with-galaxy-s/

July 17, 2010

i think it has 6 axis acc.

cause i just compared it to the omnia 2 and it beats the sh*# out of it

July 19, 2010

6 Axis.. wow thats 6-D!!!! perceive dimensions in gaming not yet available in reality!

I kid i kid. on a more serious note, watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SvXljHGcH4...eos=gRe4WCgyhig

Omar Khan claims that the european version of the galaxy S has 6 axis gaming. Much alike the iphone 4.

July 20, 2010

6 Axis.. wow thats 6-D!!!! perceive dimensions in gaming not yet available in reality!
I kid i kid. on a more serious note, watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SvXljHGcH4...eos=gRe4WCgyhig

Omar Khan claims that the european version of the galaxy S has 6 axis gaming. Much alike the iphone 4.

Well in that video he says it's a 3 axis accelerometer X 2 axis geo-magnetic (i.e. compass) = 6D so that doesn't sound much like a gyroscope unfortunatly.

July 21, 2010

well, from here, it states that it can work likes gyroscope.

http://android.hdblog.it/2010/07/20/galaxy...iamo-chiarezza/

September 15, 2010

Great to find this and other threads like it i thought, i run the tool, and i get this:

# sensorcalibutil_yamaha

=====================================

Sensor Calibration Utilities

=====================================

Starting calibration utilities...

access: Stale NFS file handle

msmachdep_Init failed

calibration utilities failed

When i try to use a compass app, or the *#0*# sensors app, i always see this in logcat:

I/ActivityManager( 2255): Starting activity: Intent { cmp=com.mictale.gpsessentials/.compass.CompassActivity }

E/SensorManager( 3332): registerListener 1:MS-3C Magnetic Sensor delay:120