Hi,
I have problem with the proximity sensor, that automatically start other calls.
How can i solve the problem?
tks
I don't know if it can be calibrated or there are some rom where it works better, what I do to mitigate the problem is turn off the screen after I answer/start a call.
robibg said:
... automatically start other calls ...
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Why are you convinced it's due to the proximity sensor?
The proximity sensor does nothing during a call other than turn off the screen when the speaker comes close to your ear.
StaryMuz said:
Why are you convinced it's due to the proximity sensor?
The proximity sensor does nothing during a call other than turn off the screen when the speaker comes close to your ear.
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Probably because screen stays on during a call and you do all sort of crazy things with your ears.
Calibrating proximity sensor from my experience does very little to help with this problem.
What @MrCrayon suggested is probably the best solution
slickw said:
Probably ...
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So the problem is that it doesn't turn off the screen and touching your face to the display triggers what you don't want.
The proximity sensor of our phone has a very narrow detection area. The space is located in the area below the top speaker outputs (top left). The ear should preferably be attached at this point during a call. So not in the middle of the top edge of the phone as usual. It is definitely uncomfortable. In addition, the sensor is less responsive if the phone is not in a vertical position. The proximity sensor is probably the biggest weakness of this phone.
The best way to check its function is to use the AndroSensor app.
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Hi,
I'd like to know if X10 has that proximity sensor, that, during calls for example, can detect if your face is near of the phone, turning off the screen and saving some battery. I'm my opinion this is very useful.
Yes it does, although the stated usage is to avoid the face interacting with the touch capability. I don't know if it turns the screen off.
at least for my old Motorola Cliq the sensor is able to turn the screen on and off..
I haven't had any problems talking with the phone against my cheek. Read on a swedish forum about someone getting sms during a call and seemingly had answered the sms with his cheek. Needless to say, it was filled with junk^^
deeziel said:
I haven't had any problems talking with the phone against my cheek. Read on a swedish forum about someone getting sms during a call and seemingly had answered the sms with his cheek. Needless to say, it was filled with junk^^
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Yeah, I read that too! But I have never had any problems like that myself. Works like a charm!
Yes. It has a proximity sensor. It is near the top to the right of the speaker. It will disable the touch and dim the screen (which will also turn off after a time) when it is against your face.
Does anyone know if the sensitivity of the proximity sensor can be tweaked. Mine only blanks the screen when i put my finger within about 1-2 mm of the screen. Now i know i have big ears, but if i position the phone so that it is hard against my face but the proximity sensor is over the centre of my ear the phone comes on. Anyone else get that?
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zimma said:
Does anyone know if the sensitivity of the proximity sensor can be tweaked. Mine only blanks the screen when i put my finger within about 1-2 mm of the screen. Now i know i have big ears, but if i position the phone so that it is hard against my face but the proximity sensor is over the centre of my ear the phone comes on. Anyone else get that?
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yes it can through build.prop you can chane how quick it turn on
I needed to change that for my wife, she kept hanging up when the oboe was against her cheek lol
I have no issues.
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does the proximity sensor also works in pants or shirt??
for example: i pick up a call using bluetooth and the phone is in my pants, it seems that the phone screen n touch screen is on... if i move my body and accidentaly touch the "end call" button i suddenly hang up... this also happen if i accidentaly hit the speaker key on the screen... i know donut 1.6 doesnt have this problem, but after update to eclair 2.1 the screen doesnt shut if i pick up a call using a bluetooth...
I think I have a small problem.
When someone calls, the caller ID is displayed on screen. But at this time, the proximity sensor does not work. Only after I have accepted the call is the proximity sensor activated.
Due to the proximity sensor being disabled, while taking the phone out from my trouser pockets, lots of times I mistakenly touch the screen and the call is rejected even before I can get the phone out. And sometimes the call gets rejected by its own due to the clothing touching the screen(though this should not happen actually. But I have seen this happen with my phone)
So I am trying to find out if it is a problem with the custom ROM I am using or is it the standard feature of P500?
I am using OpenOptimus 1.172
of course when the caller ID shown proximity sensor won't come into place, or not how are you gonna accept/reject a call!?
Anyway this thing happens in all android phones with the proximity sensor
terratrix said:
of course when the caller ID shown proximity sensor won't come into place, or not how are you gonna accept/reject a call!?
Anyway this thing happens in all android phones with the proximity sensor
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When my phone is in my pocket, what is the use of turning on the screen? Until I get it out of my pocket, I wont be able to see the screen anyway.
And when I take my phone out of my pocket, the proximity sensor won't be blocked anyway(it will be in free air) so it will turn on the screen anyway then.
Because of this useless thing, I have missed many a call
Right after I replaced the rear camera in my phone it seems like the proximity sensor died as when I try to call the screen immediately turns off and locks until the call has ended.
Proximity sensor finder indicates that there is an object 3cm away but there is nothing actually there and the indicator is just stuck on 3cm.
What should I do?
I'm on cm9 btw.
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Same issue
I have my stock camera and run CM9 AOKP, and I have similar issues with the proximity sensor. I read somewhere that it was an issue with CM in general and always discounted it as such. I did set up volume rocker wake and use that to wake the screen on call.
Do you use facelock? Try disabling it. Its a well known bug in CM9 that effecting proximity sensor...
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Using the volume buttons doesn't wake the phone.
Note sure what facelock is.
Thanks for the answers.
my wifes proximity sensor started acting up along with many other problems. this all happened right after the last OTA update. I sent it in to moto for repair. I was suprized i didnt need a reciept. I bought it on cl used. went to motos site and they showed me how to check if warranty was still good
Phone was imported so no warranty is available.
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Phone was imported so no warranty is available.
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Ok, I figured and putting the proximity sensor really close to a light source makes the screen wakes.
Also, using proximity sensor finder I did see that the proximity sensor responds when putting it really close to the light source.
It seems that while replacing the back camera, the rubber cover of the proximity sensor fell off. Is there any way I can replace it or improvise something that might suite?
Thanks.
Hello to all...again !!
Recently, i broke the digitizer flex cable and the antenna cable connector so i had to
replace both of them. I did. Antenna works great, digitizer works great..the only problem
is the proximity sensor.
I have disassembled the device several times and if i'm not mistaken the proximity sensor
is on the digitizer's ribbon cable. Is that correct?
Anyway, everytime i make a call, the screen goes black and can't turn it on. No way to NORMALLY turn it on.
the only way i've found that turns on the screen, is if i put the sensor in front of a light i.e a lamp.
Furthermore, when i go in the service menu ( *#*#7378423#*#* ) and do the proximity switch test it defaults to on
when i think it should default to off (because at the time i'm starting the test, there's no obstacle in front of the proximity sensor).
when i move the sensor in front of a light, the test gives me a sound and the value changes from on to off.
So i'm thinking that there is nothing wrong with the hardware. They didn't send me a flawed digitizer, did they ?
Plus, is there any config file or driver responsible for that sensor ?
Also, i searched xda and found this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMk1S90MjbY for motorola defy. Is there
any workaround like this for the neo v?
Thank you very much for your time and assistance.
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The proximity sensor is on the right corner, between front camera and the right corner.
Check again the position of the sensors beneath those two black piece of plastic.
The items are, from the left to right:
- speaker;
- light sensor;
- front camera;
- two viewer for the proximity sensor.
@ciubexx
thank you for your answer.
I checked the sensors and are correctly positioned but the problem persists.
Again, if i put the device under light the sensor seems to work.
Also, i've downloaded "proximity sensor finder" from google play and it seems like
the sensor is constantly covered. I did the test without the front housing and the same
happened again.
Also, i have a problem with the earphone. When the front housing is attached the volume is
very low but when removed, the volume is normal again. What could that be?
Thanks again.
edit: everything solved. disabled the sensor and removed earphone's cover from front housing.
arisremounia said:
@ciubexx
thank you for your answer.
I checked the sensors and are correctly positioned but the problem persists.
Again, if i put the device under light the sensor seems to work.
Also, i've downloaded "proximity sensor finder" from google play and it seems like
the sensor is constantly covered. I did the test without the front housing and the same
happened again.
Also, i have a problem with the earphone. When the front housing is attached the volume is
very low but when removed, the volume is normal again. What could that be?
Thanks again.
edit: everything solved. disabled the sensor and removed earphone's cover from front housing.
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How did you disable proximity sensor?
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I noted each time I make a call, the display immediately turned black. It auto turn black without me even taking up the hone up to my ears. I needed to press the power switch to have the display lit up again. Is this a proximity sensor defect ??
Same issue
mobile88 said:
I noted each time I make a call, the display immediately turned black. It auto turn black without me even taking up the hone up to my ears. I needed to press the power switch to have the display lit up again. Is this a proximity sensor defect ??
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Yea I'm dealing with the same issue on my at&t model, it's definitely a proximity sensor issue. Also, I find that the proximity sensor functions relatively OK outside of the phone app when I'm on a call in terms of lighting of fading to black...I haven't found a fix yet, hopefully it's a software issue though somethings telling my it's not... Just another defect in a long line of LG phones as of late
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Yea I'm dealing with the same issue on my at&t model, it's definitely a proximity sensor issue. Also, I find that the proximity sensor functions relatively OK outside of the phone app when I'm on a call in terms of lighting of fading to black...I haven't found a fix yet, hopefully it's a software issue though somethings telling my it's not... Just another defect in a long line of LG phones as of late
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I have a same issue but clean the proximity sensor and it will work. The proximity sensor is next to the speaker. Clean with your t-shirt or jeans.
thebiker said:
I have a same issue but clean the proximity sensor and it will work. The proximity sensor is next to the speaker. Clean with your t-shirt or jeans.
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I've cleaned it several times to no avail
I have noticed occasional "quirkiness" while in the phone app, but not to the point of requiring a battery pull. Example, connected via Bluetooth, while plugged to a charger in a call, no way to wake the phone without pulling the charger.
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thebiker said:
I have a same issue but clean the proximity sensor and it will work. The proximity sensor is next to the speaker. Clean with your t-shirt or jeans.
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Thank you. Thank you. Your proposed solution works very well. Now no more this problem. Had never thought the sensor could be dirty or blocked over time. I had the phone only about 2 months
Problem update
Okay, I've found new info on the proximity sensor problem. Firstly, I noticed that my proximity sensor still works with the second screen, if I cover it up when my screen is off it goes black and comes back on when I remove my finger. Secondly, if I was on the phone but not actually in the phone app it would behave normally sometimes. Now today I found out that when I'm in the phone app, if I'm talking on the phone through the speaker the screen does not go black, as soon as I take it off speaker, the screen goes immediately blank. Still have not found a fix, but just more info that may help define what the actual problem is.
anyone have any update on this? this issue seems to be getting worse for me
Same issue, drives me nuts. This phone is a disappointment to me overall. Have an S7 on pre-order with Verizon. Can't wait to get my hands on it!
Had same issue just happen on the AT&T LG Escape 2. (Yes I know its a year since this thread was started)
It was the proximity sensor but the "T-shirt wipe" method didn't work for me.
What I did realize there was some gunk on the sensor, and I used a cotton swab (Q-tip) with alcohol and rubbed it till it was visibly clear of gunk. Now it works fine again..
odesskiy said:
Same issue, drives me nuts. This phone is a disappointment to me overall. Have an S7 on pre-order with Verizon. Can't wait to get my hands on it!
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Turn of Gestures
Was facing the same issue
Went into settings
Call
Turn of both gestures auto answer and flip to silence