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Pocket Detection

How does it work, or how is it supposed to work?

I believe its based on the proximity/light senor. When it reads no light/close proximity for a few seconds, it'll shut off the screen.

My guess and I can be wrong, it works with the light sensor?
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To the right of the ear mic, above the motorola sig, (where the activity light is) that's where the sensor is. So if you have pocket detection on, and the sensor gets covered up (by pocket, hand, or anything else that touches the phone in my opinion) then the phones screen turns off. Its a good idea, but I always
Accidentally cover it up, and it gets annoying.
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Active Notification inconsistent

I don't know if others are having the same problem but I have a stock phone not rooted and active notifications enabled
Every time I place my phone upside down and then a few seconds later turn it over it will show the time..no problem...everytime
On the other hand if I leave my phone aside faced up ..after the screen goes black I would say 8 times out of 10 the clock shows up when I pick up the phone.. I'm assuming the sensors know that the phone has been picked up a d activate the clock display....sometimes the screen remains black even after picking it up and giving it a gentle or hard shake.....bug ?
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I too am experiencing this especially when there are no notifications which seems like a waste to me.

Can you guys check your sensors? Maybe something's broken. I'm having sensor issues myself, and have noticed inconsistent notification behavior as well.
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I don't turn my phone upside down. But just sitting there face up it it completely and randomly light up the notifications
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blkkouki said:
I don't turn my phone upside down. But just sitting there face up it it completely and randomly light up the notifications
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That's normal behavior.

[Q] Active display Issue

Hello,
Like the tittle said. I have a little problem with active display, it seems like my moto x is too sensitive to movement, for example, when I am on my bed and my device is besides me active display start showing the time without touching or picking up the phone, I think it does it just because of the movement I do. Does anyone else have this problem? I also want to know if there is away to only show active display only for notification and not for the time. I appreciate the help.
p.d.: sorry for my bad english

I have the same issue. If I'm not mistaken active display works off of the proximity sensor. If it see dark then light it will trip the display. Like if you were to take it out of your pocket.
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yankeesfan714 said:
I have the same issue. If I'm not mistaken active display works off of the proximity sensor. If it see dark then light it will trip the display. Like if you were to take it out of your pocket.
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Yeah just a while ago I put it on my table with no movement and just move my hand above it without touching it and the time appear, so i guess it is the proximity sensor, but it feels very weird and annoying

ECassinelli said:
Hello,
Like the tittle said. I have a little problem with active display, it seems like my moto x is too sensitive to movement, for example, when I am on my bed and my device is besides me active display start showing the time without touching or picking up the phone, I think it does it just because of the movement I do. Does anyone else have this problem? I also want to know if there is away to only show active display only for notification and not for the time. I appreciate the help.
p.d.: sorry for my bad english
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The behavior you have described is normal. I don't consider it a problem. Yes the phone uses sensors to trigger Active Display, but because of X8 it uses almost zero battery. The convenience of not having to press the power button (to trigger the lock screen) is well worth it IMO. If you find it too 'annoying', I would suggest disabling AD since there is no adjustment you can make to it.
P.S. The phone uses multiple sensors to trigger AD. Proxmity, Gyro, Accelerometer, and even the microphone.
Good Luck

Or, simply place your phone face down on an opaque surface
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If you have pending notifications, it will get annoying. Swipe away the pending stuff and it won't be as sensitive

It's not an issue, it's how it is supposed to be. And I like it this way.

Just to reiterate what everyone is saying, this behavior is normal. It doesn't use much battery at all, and it's very handy.
I prefer it this way. I can just knock hard on whatever surface the X is sitting on and it shows me the time and/or notifications.

Blue light filter

Just noticed, the blue light filter takes a few seconds or more to engage after screen is brought back from standby mode. Pretty irritating.
Example viewing a page within Samsung browser, screen times out ( has to time out )then I press the home button to turn screen back on, blue light filter is off now for a good few seconds or unless I go into the settings screen.
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No mines not like that, mines instant and on all the time.. I turned off animations in developer option, doubt that has anything to do with it tho lol
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jadaress1 said:
No mines not like that, mines instant and on all the time.. I turned off animations in developer option, doubt that has anything to do with it tho lol
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Mines instant also, just not instant when waking the screen with the home button after it times out.
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Limeybastard said:
Just noticed, the blue light filter takes a few seconds or more to engage after screen is brought back from standby mode. Pretty irritating.
Example viewing a page within Samsung browser, screen times out ( has to time out )then I press the home button to turn screen back on, blue light filter is off now for a good few seconds or unless I go into the settings screen.
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I thought it was just me. I looked around to see if anyone else was having it in other threads but I'm glad I'm not the only one having this issue. Mine is really delayed that I need to turn it off and turn it back on. Sometimes I wait over a minute til it activates so I just end up having to toggle it off and on since it's faster... Unfortunately

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I thought it was just me. I looked around to see if anyone else was having it in other threads but I'm glad I'm not the only one having this issue. Mine is really delayed that I need to turn it off and turn it back on. Sometimes I wait over a minute til it activates so I just end up having to toggle it off and on since it's faster... Unfortunately
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Definitely not you, like you said once the I press the home button to wake the screen up after immediate time out the page appears with no blue light filter until I switch to another window then back again .
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I have this issue. Also, even with blue light filter turned completely off, it still engages at dark. Anyone else?

WaxysDargle said:
I have this issue. Also, even with blue light filter turned completely off, it still engages at dark. Anyone else?
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What you have could be Google books issue that you have , it's been discussed on here in the past. It's complete different to what my issue is
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Limeybastard said:
What you have could be Google books issue that you have , it's been discussed on here in the past. It's complete different to what my issue is
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Google books issue?

Screen goes black when on call (speakerphone). How do I disable this?

I multitask all the time on my Note 9. However when I try to use the screen when I'm talking on the speakerphone (for example, look up a phone number or web browser) the screen turns black immediately when my hand covers the proximity sensor. This is especially an issue since I hold my phone in landscape almost all the time (my left hand covers the proximity sensor). I'm baffled why Samsung would want the proximity sensor to turn off the screen when talking on the speakerphone... with no intuitive way to disable this.
Seems kind of odd considering this phone is meant for busy people who multitask. I've already spent a lot of time looking for a solution for this... but, haven't found a solution yet. I've already tried "Kinscreen" and "Keep screen on" on Google play. However, it doesnt work on the Note 9.
So... what's the trick to disable the proximity sensor on the Note 9?
Saw the below article by searching on Google... However, it seems to be a bogus website with false information:
https://gettechmedia.com/how-to-turn-proximity-sensor-on-off-samsung-galaxy-note-9/
PS: I have a Verizon phone.. so I can't root it either.

Sounds like a screen protector or similar may be causing an issue with the proximity sensor

The screen isn't supposed to turn off when on speakerphone, mine doesn't
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Thanks for the reply. I probably should have mentioned that the proximity sensor works correctly. If I move my finger over the sensor, it blacks out the screen. If my don't cover the sensor, the screen turns on immediately.
I think that's how the proximity sensor is supposed to work by design. This functionality is in place so that when you move your ear to the phone, it turns the screen off.
The problem I have is this that the proximity sensor turns off the screen if I accidentally move my finger over the sensor; even when I'm talking on the speakerphone (when my phone is not near my head). On older versions of android, there's a simple setting to turn this functionality off under Phone/Call Settings.

Could you please check to see what happens if you move your finger over the actual proximity sensor when the speakerphone is on?
harlenm said:
The screen isn't supposed to turn off when on speakerphone, mine doesn't
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mkanet said:
Could you please check to see what happens if you move your finger over the actual proximity sensor when the speakerphone is on?
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I just did, nothing
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Thanks for confirming this! So... my next question is how do I fix this issue. I wonder if there was some setting that I changed that causes this behavior.
PS: If I enable "Smart Stay", the screen will stay on (even if my move my finger over it), as long as I'm staring right at the screen and hold it the phone vertically.
harlenm said:
The screen isn't supposed to turn off when on speakerphone, mine doesn't
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I'm almost too embarranssed to say what the real problem was. I guess I'm more tired than I realized. I just noticed I didn't actually have speakerphone turned on. I guess the phone speaker is so loud that I thought the speakerphone was enabled! Thanks for trying to answer my question anyway.

Lol, glad you sobered up ??

I noticed back in oreo speakerphone screen would go blank after a few seconds.
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Verizon N9. Screen goes black when on speakerphone after 10 seconds.
No screen protector. No proximity sensor issues. This is after I hit the speakerphone button (unlike OP that didnt know speakerphone wasn't truly engaged)
How do you get the screen to stay on when using speakerphone?
Again - this is NOT a prox sensor issue. The prox sensor works great when I am using it against my ear/face and not using speakerphone.

Same issue with the s10+, screen goes off after some time on speakerphone same as note 9.
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