How do I calibrate the accelerometer?

[ShedoSurashu]

The accelerometer on my phone is misaligned. I started to notice this when I played Need For Speed Shift. When I hold my phone upright, the car would slowly veer to the right. I need to calibrate / re-calibrate my acclerometer so that I can fix this annoying issue. On Samsung, there's a calibration option on the Settings. I can't find it on my phone.

[Uliwooly]

http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/113787

go to service menu

Open the Dialer and press this

*#*#7378423#*#*

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[ShedoSurashu]

I don't get it. How am I supposed to calibrate it here? I can only do tests which only further confirms my suspicion that the accelerometer is misaligned.

[Uliwooly]

there isn't a way to calibrate it, you could repair it with SUS or PCC and see if that does the trick

Update Service (SUS)

http://www.sonymobile.com/gb/tools/update-service/

http://www-support-downloads.sonymobile.com/Software

%20Downloads/Update_Service_Setup-2.11.12.5.exe

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[ShedoSurashu]

May I ask why there isn't an option to calibrate it?

[Uliwooly]

I haven't seen an android with this option or a smartphone with this function, there might be one but I haven't seen it just yet.

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[DeGraaff]

All my SE phones (with accelerometer) have had the same slight miscalibration to the accelerometer, I suppose it has something to do with easier screen rotation (vertical/horizontal) ...

However if that is really the reason, the could've just adjusted the angle at which the screen turns rather than miscalibrating the accelerometer.