Folks,
I am new to touchscreen based smartphones and HD7 is my first. So please be soft on me.
Here is my problem when using the HD7. When i am on a call, if i keep the phone close to my ear/face the phone automatically ends the call due to my ear touching the screen/end call button. Is this how touchscreen supposed to work?
I thought there will be a proximity sensor to turn of touchscreen when keeping near the ear/face.
Please help if there is a easy way out of this.
The screen should turn off when it gets close to your face. Try making a call and hovering your hand near the earpiece to test. If the screen doesn't turn off the proximity sensor may be faulty. I would look into getting the phone replaced.
the sensors are in the upper left corner of the display, just past the HTC logo on the TmoUS model, about 3 or 4 cm from the arc in the glass
Thanks for the reply. I did check the sensor and it does work. For some odd reason (may be its just me new to touchscreen phones), i accidentally end up the call when my ear/face touches it. It might be due to the fact that i tend to keep the phone tiny bit away from my face/ear to avoid skin /hair grease and that causes the sensor to not work?
Anyway, i will play with it for couple of days and see how it goes.
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I don't know what I did (maybe install something) but now my proximity sensor on my HD7 is out of whack. When I do a call it almost instantly goes to black even if it isn't next to my face or anything else. And it won't go back to the regular screen until after the call is over. (Yes I've tried pushign the button on the top of the phone). The phone has worked for months just fine, but a couple weeks ago I noticed this new behavior.
I've tried finding the right ## code to get to these settings but I can't find the one that works with the HD7.
I've tried calling T-Mobile support too, all they said is to hard reset my phone. Which I'd rather not do. Especially if it is a simple setting that can be adjusted.
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htc hd 7 proximity sensor problem
Hii, l have the same problem but l have not solve it yet.did you solve your problem? Can you help me about this topic.thanks...
I had it number of times in my case hardware issue.
To fix. Take battery out, clean the two sensors on top of screen left to htc logo. Clean properly with washing up liquid as water or finger did not work. Dry it up with phone off for about 1h and presto.
I always trigger the fault on hot day or rainy day.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=864311
sensor fix
I FIXED IT HERE watch it on the TUBE at /watch?v=XKk_4sXqqLA[/url] or youube look for proximity sensor fix by DAVERUKY
I have replaced the lcd/digitizer on my htc sensation xl and my proximity sensor has stopped working. Every time i make calls it goes to a black screen and sometimes the battery needs to be removed just to get it to turn back on. i was wondering if there was a way to disable the sensor through the software? or completely replace it?
anyone??
johnwehbe said:
I have replaced the lcd/digitizer on my htc sensation xl and my proximity sensor has stopped working. Every time i make calls it goes to a black screen and sometimes the battery needs to be removed just to get it to turn back on. i was wondering if there was a way to disable the sensor through the software? or completely replace it?
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i don't have any idea about the proximity sensor ,but the same thing happened to me ,when i make a call my screen shuttdown and it comes black ,i tried diffrent roms but nothing changed so i decieded to sale the phone .
i posed a post about that and dont receive any proposition or help ,with you ,we are tree presons suffuring from this bug .
i didn't sale the phone yet but before that i will taste one last possibility who is to flash my phone with Ruu ,until that time i wish you a good luck and if i found something which fix it i will post it here .
i once had the issue with screen protector on, but once i took it off, it worked fine.
definitely gotta be the screen's problem, it has nothing to do with softwares.
maybe you can try this app to disable the prox sensor http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/tools/proximity-screen-off_pjwz_download.html
if the app works for u, rmb not to touch the screen when u are making a call.
woshikevin said:
i once had the issue with screen protector on, but once i took it off, it worked fine.
definitely gotta be the screen's problem, it has nothing to do with softwares.
maybe you can try this app to disable the prox sensor http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/tools/proximity-screen-off_pjwz_download.html
if the app works for u, rmb not to touch the screen when u are making a call.
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ok ,i will try this app and i will see if the phone respond positively .
I have a HTC Sensation XL and have also found the same issue when replacing the screen, both the speaker and Proximity sensor stopped working. After looking around for a while i found the comments on this site from a guy that obviously has come across the issue often:
psytechrepairs.tumblr.com/page/6
It sounds like a common occurrence that they fail with a screen replacement. I've also found that the light sensor and proximity sensor seem to both be on the same removable replaceable board (some sell it as a light sensor & others sell as a proximity sensor but they are both together):
www parts4repair.com/htc-sensation-xl-sensor-light/
Hope this helps.
I know this is an old thread however I have found a solution which i would like to share.
When replacing the lcd the way to fix the proximity sensor is to cover BOTH parts of the proximity sensor with Scotch tape and color the Scotch tape with a black Sharpie felt-tip pen.
works 100%
Hi,
sorry for posting here after so much time, but I have a problem. I smashed my display and ordered myselve a new one. Once I have changed it, the phone looked like everything is working just fine. Than I noticed that my Google Play Store is crashing, and a few apps were on my phone that I have deleted months ago.
My phone is ROOTED!!!
I decided to flash it again, the problem with crashing Play Store was solved.
After I realized my phone is acting crazy,first when I call someone the display goes black, and I cannot hang up or something. It looks like the proximity sensor failure. And even worse, sometimes the phone acts just like someone was using it, it writes opens apps, just like when someone is using the phone.
Any ideas???
Hello there, I bought a wallet cover to my Lumia 920 (if needed, google it, i couldn't post the link) and I wanna know if there's any way to lock/unlock the screen without pressing any button, just openning/closing the cover. Maybe something that works with call sensor that turns the screen off when near the ear.
Well, this would be amazing.
Thanks !
No. Not only would that require that the proximity sensor be continuously active, it would also mean that, if your phone was (for example) sitting next to you on the desk the way mine is, every tim my hand moved past it in range of the sensor it would come on. This would be quite bad for battery life.
I'm visiting my parents and my mother's Z3 Compact has issue that screen goes black when call is made. It turned out proximity sensor reports always active on state. It seems to work when I push the top-left part of screen but I have no experience with fixing HW issues so I don't want to open the phone.
Instead I would be happy if it was possible to disable the proximity sensor altogether for now. Phone is bought as used and it seems to have bootloader unlocked so it wouldn't probably be a big deal to root it if that would help with fixing the issue. Any suggestions what to do? I tried some programs like Proximity Screen Off Lite which some people mentioned had done it for them but it seemed not to help me with this issue.
Hi. Proximity issue is result of peeling off screen from frame. Just take some epoxy glue and apply a little to the gab in the corner between frame and screen. Just watch out to not apply glue on proximity sensor, but only on the frame. After that take some clip to press it and left it for 24 hours to make sure glue get dry. Thats all. Of course You can also take apart whole phone and change whole glue adhesive under the screen but this one is quite harder than just apply some glue in gap between screen and frame.
I have installed Xposed and Sensor Disabler and have disabled the proximity sensor since I was guessing that it was that causing the error. But screen still goes black the second I call and stays black. Only way I can get it on is if called person hangs up or if I double tap the screen on button many times and then if I'm very lucky the screen turns on but easily turns black again very quickly.. What am I missing here?
old issue. Look for proximity sensor issue / failure. Happens with aftermarket screens, but also because of the ****ty sandwhich construction of the phone. There is about one mm friction possible for the frame, which leads to the slowly letting loose of the screen. Have a Z3 compact like that. tried glueing (B 7000 glue) but still. I can see the light inbetween frame and screen. Only a hardcover can possibly maybe prevent this screen from dis-attaching itsself from the frame. I rooted mine as to try disabling the proximity sensor, but I also failed doing that. I actually bought a Z1 compact again. Easy to fix. Thats why I thought the Z3 compact would be an upgrade. Well its not. Its build-quality is a nightmare. And repair also sucks. I even bought a screen plus frame new, and after installation I already saw space between the frame and the screen. Can't sell mine. Its useless. Stay away from this model. very, very bad.