While many devices use the same physical sensor (made by Kionix, drivers available on their website) the orientation of the physical sensor on the motherboard is not the same from device to device… so in the registry there is a value stored which tells the kionix driver which way to rotate the screen when it detects certain orientations of the chip.Īll we need to do to correct the rotation direction is to edit this registry value. In particular, one of the issues I was having was with the accelerometer, where the auto rotation of the screen would not match the orientation of the device – very frustrating! Anyway, this tablet is not that bad frankly terrible, but I’ve been having some horrible grief fun with it trying to punish it get it upgraded to windows 10, before the free upgrade promotion expires at the end of july.Īs I did a clean reinstall, I’ve been having a headache with drivers. I paid $53 Australian dollarydoos for a full windows tablet ( Unisurf 7) , that came with a 1 year office subscription worth $89… so effectively I was paid $36 to take a PC with me when I renewed my office subscription. I like a good bargain, and nothing beats a bargain that has a little bit of that ‘too good to be true’ smell to it. P.S If you’re interested in seeing how these tiny sensors are made, click here!įor those who want more detailed information, read on! Intro Step 3: Celebrate – your tablet is working again ? If you still have a problem with all those files, please leave me a comment or try all the files in this link. Repeat step 2d with a different file until your screen is correct!Ģf.
If it is not rotated, just upside down, then you want to use the other four files.Ģd. If your device appears to be rotated by 90º (e.g – it’s sideways), you will want to use one of the four files containing the text “90degree”.
Click here to download the zip file of registry fixes.Ģc. The following steps are a shortcut, but I provide more detail in the sections below.Ģa. We need to update the windows registry with a code that contains the correct orientation of the device. To save time, I have created a ZIP file containing registry keys for the 8 possible combinations. Step 2: Change Orientation registry value
The sensor is made by Kionix (“kxfusion”), and this is a guide on how to fix the values stored in your Windows Registry to fix the orientation of the screen rotation.įirst, you need to install the latest drivers for the accelerometer sensor – you can download them here: drivers The problem is caused by the drivers used for the rotation sensor. This is common for people who have upgraded their tablet PC to Windows 10, where often after upgrading are now finding their tablet screen is now rotating incorrectly.
If when you rotate your tablet, you might find that the screen turns the wrong way (e.g. off by 90 degrees, or upside down) – here’s what you need to do. If your rotation problems have come back with a recent windows 10 update, or if you have problems with the method described on this page, then please download and install the old driver here and try that first.ĭownload: Old Kionix Driver 1.0.13.20 (kxaccel-1.0.13.20-win8-x86.exe) It seems the latest driver from Kionix no longer works the same way. 2018 Update for Windows 10 Users (for builds 1073, 17) :