diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/audio/RotationHelper.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/audio/RotationHelper.java
index 359cc360bbc78..ad20ed895805e 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/audio/RotationHelper.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/audio/RotationHelper.java
@@ -17,15 +17,13 @@
 package com.android.server.audio;
 
 import android.content.Context;
+import android.hardware.display.DisplayManager;
 import android.media.AudioSystem;
 import android.os.Handler;
 import android.util.Log;
-import android.view.OrientationEventListener;
 import android.view.Surface;
 import android.view.WindowManager;
 
-import com.android.server.policy.WindowOrientationListener;
-
 /**
  * Class to handle device rotation events for AudioService, and forward device rotation
  * to the audio HALs through AudioSystem.
@@ -42,18 +40,17 @@ class RotationHelper {
 
     private static final String TAG = "AudioService.RotationHelper";
 
-    private static AudioOrientationListener sOrientationListener;
-    private static AudioWindowOrientationListener sWindowOrientationListener;
+    private static AudioDisplayListener sDisplayListener;
 
     private static final Object sRotationLock = new Object();
     private static int sDeviceRotation = Surface.ROTATION_0; // R/W synchronized on sRotationLock
 
     private static Context sContext;
+    private static Handler sHandler;
 
     /**
      * post conditions:
-     * - (sWindowOrientationListener != null) xor (sOrientationListener != null)
-     * - sWindowOrientationListener xor sOrientationListener is enabled
+     * - sDisplayListener != null
      * - sContext != null
      */
     static void init(Context context, Handler handler) {
@@ -61,34 +58,20 @@ class RotationHelper {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid null context");
         }
         sContext = context;
-        sWindowOrientationListener = new AudioWindowOrientationListener(context, handler);
-        sWindowOrientationListener.enable();
-        if (!sWindowOrientationListener.canDetectOrientation()) {
-            // cannot use com.android.server.policy.WindowOrientationListener, revert to public
-            // orientation API
-            Log.i(TAG, "Not using WindowOrientationListener, reverting to OrientationListener");
-            sWindowOrientationListener.disable();
-            sWindowOrientationListener = null;
-            sOrientationListener = new AudioOrientationListener(context);
-            sOrientationListener.enable();
-        }
+        sHandler = handler;
+        sDisplayListener = new AudioDisplayListener();
+        enable();
     }
 
     static void enable() {
-        if (sWindowOrientationListener != null) {
-            sWindowOrientationListener.enable();
-        } else {
-            sOrientationListener.enable();
-        }
+        ((DisplayManager) sContext.getSystemService(Context.DISPLAY_SERVICE))
+                .registerDisplayListener(sDisplayListener, sHandler);
         updateOrientation();
     }
 
     static void disable() {
-        if (sWindowOrientationListener != null) {
-            sWindowOrientationListener.disable();
-        } else {
-            sOrientationListener.disable();
-        }
+        ((DisplayManager) sContext.getSystemService(Context.DISPLAY_SERVICE))
+                .unregisterDisplayListener(sDisplayListener);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -128,84 +111,21 @@ class RotationHelper {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Uses android.view.OrientationEventListener
+     * Uses android.hardware.display.DisplayManager.DisplayListener
      */
-    final static class AudioOrientationListener extends OrientationEventListener {
-        AudioOrientationListener(Context context) {
-            super(context);
+    final static class AudioDisplayListener implements DisplayManager.DisplayListener {
+
+        @Override
+        public void onDisplayAdded(int displayId) {
         }
 
         @Override
-        public void onOrientationChanged(int orientation) {
+        public void onDisplayRemoved(int displayId) {
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void onDisplayChanged(int displayId) {
             updateOrientation();
         }
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Uses com.android.server.policy.WindowOrientationListener
-     */
-    final static class AudioWindowOrientationListener extends WindowOrientationListener {
-        private static RotationCheckThread sRotationCheckThread;
-
-        AudioWindowOrientationListener(Context context, Handler handler) {
-            super(context, handler);
-        }
-
-        public void onProposedRotationChanged(int rotation) {
-            updateOrientation();
-            if (sRotationCheckThread != null) {
-                sRotationCheckThread.endCheck();
-            }
-            sRotationCheckThread = new RotationCheckThread();
-            sRotationCheckThread.beginCheck();
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * When com.android.server.policy.WindowOrientationListener report an orientation change,
-     * the UI may not have rotated yet. This thread polls with gradually increasing delays
-     * the new orientation.
-     */
-    final static class RotationCheckThread extends Thread {
-        // how long to wait between each rotation check
-        private final int[] WAIT_TIMES_MS = { 10, 20, 50, 100, 100, 200, 200, 500 };
-        private int mWaitCounter;
-        private final Object mCounterLock = new Object();
-
-        RotationCheckThread() {
-            super("RotationCheck");
-        }
-
-        void beginCheck() {
-            synchronized(mCounterLock) {
-                mWaitCounter = 0;
-            }
-            try {
-                start();
-            } catch (IllegalStateException e) { }
-        }
-
-        void endCheck() {
-            synchronized(mCounterLock) {
-                mWaitCounter = WAIT_TIMES_MS.length;
-            }
-        }
-
-        public void run() {
-            while (mWaitCounter < WAIT_TIMES_MS.length) {
-                int waitTimeMs;
-                synchronized(mCounterLock) {
-                    waitTimeMs = mWaitCounter < WAIT_TIMES_MS.length ?
-                            WAIT_TIMES_MS[mWaitCounter] : 0;
-                    mWaitCounter++;
-                }
-                try {
-                    if (waitTimeMs > 0) {
-                        sleep(waitTimeMs);
-                        updateOrientation();
-                    }
-                } catch (InterruptedException e) { }
-            }
-        }
-    }
 }
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