I've already worked around the problem; I wasn't posting here looking for solutions, more to put this out there so that the next dev getting motion-sensor errors on a Note 3 (or similar) would be able to find it. Sorry I didn't make that clear.
My solution looks like this: try { SensorManager.getRotationMatrixFromVector(R, rotationVector); } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) { if (rotationVector.length > 3) { // Note 3 bug float[] newVector = new float[] { rotationVector[0], rotationVector[1], rotationVector[2] }; SensorManager.getRotationMatrixFromVector(R, newVector); } } I couldn't come up with a good decision criteria for trapping the bug preemptively, so I went with catching the exception instead. I've confirmed that this solution works with a Note 3 user who was experiencing the bug, plus it doesn't break on other devices (including a Galaxy Nexus on 4.3 and a Galaxy S4 on 4.2.2). String -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.