Device Tree Overlay to disable G-Sensor on VIM4

VIM4
1

Which system do you use? Android, Ubuntu, OOWOW or others?

Android 220424

Which version of system do you use? Khadas official images, self built images, or others?

OOWow-Image

Please describe your issue below:

Hello,

I’d like to disable the g sensor as my VIM4 is installed vertically and landscape mode apps
like Netflix rotate my screen by 180° which results in an upside-down-screen.

Is there a possibility to achieve this via device tree overlay?

Christoph

2

@cpickart Just remove the relevant services:
system/etc/vintf/manifest.xml

-    <hal format="hidl">
-        <name>android.hardware.sensors</name>
-        <transport>hwbinder</transport>
-        <version>1.0</version>
-        <interface>
-            <name>ISensors</name>
-            <instance>default</instance>
-        </interface>
-        <fqname>@1.0::ISensors/default</fqname>
-    </hal>

C:\Users\25348>adb connect 192.168.31.17
connected to 192.168.31.17:5555

C:\Users\25348>adb root

C:\Users\25348>adb connect 192.168.31.17
connected to 192.168.31.17:5555

C:\Users\25348>adb remount
Using overlayfs for /system
Using overlayfs for /system_ext
Using overlayfs for /vendor
Using overlayfs for /product
Using overlayfs for /odm
Now reboot your device for settings to take effect
remount succeeded
C:\Users\25348>adb pull system/etc/vintf/manifest.xml .
system/etc/vintf/manifest.xml: 1 file pulled. 1.4 MB/s (3898 bytes in 0.003s)
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Remove the extracted file as shown in the above image.
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C:\Users\25348>adb push W:\vim4_new\out\target\product\kvim4\system\etc\vintf\manifest.xml system/etc/vintf/manifest.xml
W:\vim4_new\out\target\product\kvim4\system\etc\v...l: 1 file pushed. 0.2 MB/s (3898 bytes in 0.021s)

C:\Users\25348>adb shell sync

C:\Users\25348>adb reboot