I just flashed Slim 4.2.2 build 3 and I'm having a problem with my face dialing numbers while I'm on a call. I don't see in Developer Options or anywhere where I can adjust the proximity sensor. Is anyone else having this issue?
can you see that screen is off when on call, with a mirror, if needed.
dirt or sensor fail can be a problem.
phone explorer app in google play will read sensor and let you know if it is working correctly.
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I'll download the app and see what happens. I noticed the screen was dark when I'm talking on the phone.
Thank you.
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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.
has anyone had issues with the Proximity Sensor not sensing your face properly and the screen turning on during calls? I have had several calls where the mute, speakerphone, or end call button were pressed while I was in the middle of a conversation. I am holding the phone to my face, touching my skin. No space between the sensor area and my ear at all.
It's very annoying.
ixll said:
has anyone had issues with the Proximity Sensor not sensing your face properly and the screen turning on during calls? I have had several calls where the mute, speakerphone, or end call button were pressed while I was in the middle of a conversation. I am holding the phone to my face, touching my skin. No space between the sensor area and my ear at all.
It's very annoying.
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Yes. The worst is when you turn the speaker phone on in the middle of a call and get your ear drums blasted.
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Yes. The worst is when you turn the speaker phone on in the middle of a call and get your ear drums blasted.
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Yes, that is exactly what has happened to me a few times now.
Sucks big time, I had some app that made the flash turn on when a call was coming in, removed that, it seems like things are better, might have been the culprit.
If you're rooted, you can use Rezound Prox Sensor Calibrator from the Play Store to adjust the minimum and maximum values to get better results from your proximity sensor. I had to do that especially while running an AOSP ROM on my HTC One.
ixll said:
has anyone had issues with the Proximity Sensor not sensing your face properly and the screen turning on during calls? I have had several calls where the mute, speakerphone, or end call button were pressed while I was in the middle of a conversation. I am holding the phone to my face, touching my skin. No space between the sensor area and my ear at all.
It's very annoying.
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kazhar90 said:
If you're rooted, you can use Rezound Prox Sensor Calibrator from the Play Store to adjust the minimum and maximum values to get better results from your proximity sensor. I had to do that especially while running an AOSP ROM on my HTC One.
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+1 just found that app today and fixes everything.
Hi everyone,
I have a French Moto X 2014 newly updated to Lollipop and the proximity sensor has some issues.
I received the phone recently so I updated the phone immediately to 5.0. I can't say if the problem was there with 4.4.4.
The issue :
During calls, the proximity sensor works normally except when I call my voice mailbox. And especially when the dialpad is on-screen. The proximity sensor is then less sensitive and sometimes does not work at all : the screen stays on even if I completely cover the sensor.
On other calls, the proximity sensor is fast and reliable, the screen shuts down from farther than when I call my voice mail.
It's a really weird issue and I wonder if someone has this problem also.
Thanks
I think this is normal. This happens to me with my nexus 5 and on the moto x (when I had it) when I use the visual voicemail app. I don't think its a problem with the phone.
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Yeah it happens to me too, but it happens no matter who I'm calling. Sometimes when I pull the phone away from my ear the notification shade is down or I'm in the clock app (presumably by way of Chronus which is my main home screen widget). I think it is a bug in android and not with the phone itself because like the poster above me stated, it also happens with my Nexus 5. Both my X and N5 are on 4.4.4.
Thanks guys for the info. It's kind of annoying though. I archived a message involuntarily with my cheek by clicking the dialer and it's a charged service... I'll be more cautious in the future.
Hello I've been happily using L.O. S 7.1 for three month on my XZ1C . But It's been a few weeks that the screen turns off to black when dialling a call, before I put the phone to my ear. It doesn't lit back unless I make a long press on the screen and activate the speaker, or the keyboard icon so that the screen stays accessible while phoning. It looks like a proximity sensor bug.
I've made some tests with "Sensor Readouts app" , and the proximity sensor seems to react normally.. So I've tried to use another Dialer app, or to reinstall the Stock Phone dialer app because it's a very uncomfortable issue. BUt no success so far... Is there a way to reinitalize the Proximity sensor and/ or the Telephone app on LOS 17 /1 ?
Thanks for any hints.
I am facing the issue with a sensor while making call after oneui2.5 update.
Sometimes, the screen remains black after the call disconnected. To wake up the screen I used (double tap or power button)
After a restart, it works good. But after some time it became laggy again.
Does anyone face the same issue?
I have a quite different issue with the sensor. My screen doesn't go dark most of the times even when the phone is close to the ear. I guess there's no sensor in this phone, it also uses front camera to adjust the brightness.
Yes, the same issue when close to the ear. I don't know about the separate sensor or camera sensor.
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