HTC Magic (aka Google G2) accelerometer not working

So I got my new G2 a couple of months ago and haven’t put it down that much since.  Well, last night I installed *something* (game/app) that stopped the accelerometer working.  I was close to tears.  Not really.  But I was bloody irritated and it took a while to find out how to kick-start it again.  Whilst Les watched Moulin Rouge (again), I browser forums and played.  Finally found the answer in a really obscure place (OK combination of places) – the HTC website and the androidforums).  Answer: factory reset.  Nothing else required.

http://androidforums.com/htc-magic/5855-accelerometer-problem.html

http://www.htc.com/au/faqs.aspx?p_id=267&cat=0&id=94110

Problem solved and all working well again.  It does, however, point to the fact that an app can crash the OS, which is not, imho, that good.

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