Unity 4.5.4.p1 failed to activate accelerometer sensor

Android, empty project on Galaxy TAB 3 (SM-T210R) , OS kitkat 4.4.2 , Unity does fail to enable the Accelerometer (logcat below), affecting a lot of Unity games.


D/Unity (22803): - Completed reload, in 0.131 seconds
D/Unity (22803): PlayerInitEngineGraphics OK
D/Unity (22803): Found 5 native sensors
I/SensorHal( 548): activate, handle: 1598182229, enabled: 1
E/SensorService( 548): Error activating sensor 1598182229 (Operation not permitted)
D/Unity (22803): Failed to enable...

Unity 4.5.4.p1 failed to activate accelerometer sensor