I've looked but haven't found any info on where the ambient light sensor is located on the Streak. Seems to me that it'd be useful to know so that I don't hold it with my finger on it.
Between the mic and the front cam. thought it was a flash untill I put my thumb on it.
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Hey. I recently got the diamond and have been wondering if the small block on the left hand side of the speaker grill on the front is a light or a light sensor?
Having previously had devices which flash lights to tell you the bluetooth is on and stuff i expected the diamond to have it but it doesnt light up or flash or anything so im wondering if it should but is broken...
Thanks
Graham
yoc81 said:
Hey. I recently got the diamond and have been wondering if the small block on the left hand side of the speaker grill on the front is a light or a light sensor?
Having previously had devices which flash lights to tell you the bluetooth is on and stuff i expected the diamond to have it but it doesnt light up or flash or anything so im wondering if it should but is broken...
Thanks
Graham
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I think that's a light, with notifications as on other devices.
it's a light sensor !!!!!!!!
yoc81 said:
Hey. I recently got the diamond and have been wondering if the small block on the left hand side of the speaker grill on the front is a light or a light sensor?
Having previously had devices which flash lights to tell you the bluetooth is on and stuff i expected the diamond to have it but it doesnt light up or flash or anything so im wondering if it should but is broken...
Thanks
Graham
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there is no led light in diamond !!!!!
yoc81 said:
Hey. I recently got the diamond and have been wondering if the small block on the left hand side of the speaker grill on the front is a light or a light sensor?
Having previously had devices which flash lights to tell you the bluetooth is on and stuff i expected the diamond to have it but it doesnt light up or flash or anything so im wondering if it should but is broken...
Thanks
Graham
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haha yeah i was wondering the same thing, but yeah it is indeed a light SENSOR, you can test it quite easily by sticking the phone in bright light, you will see the screen is bright, then put you finger over the bit of transparent plastic in question and you will see the screen dim slightly (because it thinks you are now in a dark setting) so yeah, good call on guessing light sensor.
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I think that's a light, with notifications as on other devices.
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I was wrong! Sorry!
http://www.modaco.com/content/htc-diamond-diamond-modaco-com/269166/led-notification/
Thanks guys
Almost had a panic attack that it might have been a fault on the phone...
Does seem odd there is no service notification without turning screen on.
Cheers.
Of course there is ... there is flash around your circle pad ... didn`t notice that ?
It's a light sensor.
The only light indicator is the white circle around the "enter" button.
Bye
We all know that the nexus one has in the top left hand corner 2 types of sensors:
1. Proximity Sensor
2. Light Sensor
I dont know which one is which but in this demo of the day 2 conference one of them lights up during the demonstration of a call. Can someone explain why that is?
Take a look at timestamp 23:02 in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY3U2GXhz44
That could very well be an infrared light flashing and being picked up on the camera.
Is that how the proximity sensor works? Sends out flashes and looks for a reflection?
Could possibly do that when a call initiates and whenever motion is detected to check the proximity.
Try it yourself. Start a call while looking at your phone through a webcam. I just did and can see it flashing while the call is active. It doesn't flash the same way as on the phone in the demo, but more of a steady flashing on mine. Could be that it is more efficient in FroYo or the version they were running.
Nice find, I overlooked it when I watched it earlier.
Link with time jump: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY3U2GXhz44#t=23m01s
Not sure which sensor it is but
1) infra red light does show up when you look at it through a lense with filter/coating/film. Try looking at your tv remote with your digital camera.
2) the blinking could be the video framerate
I think it's most likely the proximity sensor. The light sensor should just take in data and never give out any type of signal. Also I did over look the way a proximity sensor works. It does send out some type of signal and it needs to collect information such as reflection index and velocity to get an accurate measurement of distance
Didn't notice it lol.
Like britoso said:
It looks like infrared sensor. probally the proximity sensor.
Hey guys, I'm fairly new here, but there's something that keeps bothering me.
On the left side of the LG there's this 3(?) LED lights or something..
Does anyone have a clue on how they work, or if they even work?
Well, they are not LEDs, they are sensors. Two of them are obvious, one is proximity sensor and the other one would be light sensor. Don't have a clue about the third though...
I'm secretly hoping the third to be a notification LED of some sort
Thanks though
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Well, they are not LEDs, they are sensors. Two of them are obvious, one is proximity sensor and the other one would be light sensor. Don't have a clue about the third though...
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- Accelerometer sensor
- Proximity sensor
- Gyro sensor
eh, what?
tenchars
@xmoo
That makes no sense. The gyro and accelerometer have no need for visual input, hence highly(!) unlikely that they are what you say they are.
i suspect the first 2 from the left are both proximity sensors, it could be to increase reliability.
the 3rd is the light sensor.
The proximity sensor is based on an IR diode and an IR receiver, just "film" your O2X with a camera and you should see the IR LED flashing.
Thank you guys
Still think they should've put a LED in it though.
so i was watching Death Valley on my Bionic and i found out that while the movie is playing, if you put your finger or thumb over the light sensor the four buttons at the bottom will turn off and your screen will dim. no no no, that's not the cool part... the cool part is when you have your finger or thumb over that light sensor, if you slowly drag it up or down you will notice that you can control your screens brightness through the light sensor, you also get a little notification in the middle of the screen that lets you know the brightness level. just thought i would throw it out there, since i haven't seen it posted anywhere else. sorry for the long write up, kind of excited i was the first to find something new that maybe no one else knew
sounds neat
Recently bought galaxy m31 and found out that i have to press my phone real hard on my ear to screen to go off during call. I never faced such issue with previous devices. So i searched on google and found *#0*# to check sensor working or not. Sensor is working correctly but there is no fixed place of sensor, seems like whole upper part of touch screen is used as sensor and there is no actual optical proximity sensor inside this phone. It's also clearly written Virtual Proximity sensing. Anyone facing same issue on this device or any other phone which uses this technology and any fix for this?
I have also the same problem. Thanks, at least you dig deeper "virtual proximity sensor".
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Recently bought galaxy m31 and found out that i have to press my phone real hard on my ear to screen to go off during call. I never faced such issue with previous devices. So i searched on google and found *#0*# to check sensor working or not. Sensor is working correctly but there is no fixed place of sensor, seems like whole upper part of touch screen is used as sensor and there is no actual optical proximity sensor inside this phone. It's also clearly written Virtual Proximity sensing. Anyone facing same issue on this device or any other phone which uses this technology and any fix for this?
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It doesn't have any separate proximity sensor, rathor the front camera works as a proximity sensor. Try covering the front camera properly.