As soon as I unlocked the phone by swiping up, it immediately locks itself again. I have a tempered glass screen that is chipped near the light sensor, but it is far from the sensor and as far as I can tel it's not directly touching the sensor. It's been cracked for a few days and just started doing this today. I have Chroma installed. Does this sound like the glass is interfering?
Figured it out. Just put a steelie on it today. I had it near the top of the phone below the camera. I moved the steelie lower and it works fine now. Apparently having something magnetic hear that part of the phone puts it to sleep
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I have experimented with various screen protectors on the Moto X. The one that I have on now covers the left side portion by the ear speaker. I have also seen screen protectors that purposely have this area cut out of the screen protector. I believe that this is where the light sensor is. I have been trying this screen protector out for a couple days (it is a anti-glare kind and is opaque) I have noticed that the active notifications don't come on as much...however, this may all be in my head. Curious if anyone else had tested this. See attached picture.
The screen protector I used ( Xtreme guard) has an extra area cut out to the left of the speaker, i guess for the proximity/light sensors..
and I don't have any issues with active notifications.. maybe you can cut it out?
That is the proximity / light sensor. Play with it when you're in a call - cover it up with your finger, and the screen goes off, remove your finger, and the screen comes back on. That's how your phone knows it's up to your face and to turn the screen off so you don't accidentally face dial. Some screen protectors don't affect it, others seem to. I don't doubt that your active notifications are funny if that piece is covered up. I had a tempered glass protector on that covered it. I had some issues with the screen not coming on when I took my phone away from the face to end the call. Sometimes active display would randomly turn on when the phone was sitting still on my desk. After I switched to a different brand that didn't cover it up, my problems went away.
Thank you for the info. I had a feeling that there was something up because it was acting a little random after putting that protector on. I don't think all companies really test their accessories on the phones they make them for...other than that they fit okay but not if they affect performance. Those test would take too much time. Funny thing is I got them from a Sprint store and they were $20 for two :/ . I found some, actually the exact one's Moto's sight selling, on Amazon for around six dollars something and they have a space cut out for that area.
I am running the latest a stock debloated 6.0 rom from tupac4u right now and having some issue during phone calls. For me I make or receive a call and my display will turn off even before putting the phone to my face. However, getting the screen on during a call is a bit hard to do as pressing the power button doesn't turn the screen on(sometimes have to press it 3 times to get it on). Anyway to fix this, or to disable this? Thank you
Using a screen protector? If yes, it may be blocking the proximity sensor, which is located just to the left of the top speaker grill.
In another thread I'm being told it's a bug with marshmallow. How accurate is that? And yes I am using a screen protector. I'm just not sure where the proximity sensor is so I can adjust accordingly?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/development/mod-fix-proximity-sensor-5-1-rom-t3069031
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!category-topic/nexus/nexus-6/mIRwBP4Hx_Y
I do not use shell or film and have the problem for a long time. Tried everything but nothing helps you get used to it.
Knowing isuses since 5.1 and the sensor is on the top left of the earpiece
Yeah i took a light to find where it was. I have a tempered protector. Tried to use a knife to adjust it, but broke the screen protector. Oh well I'll just skip one cup of tea this week. If I go with a regular screen protector(one of those cheap $1 ones will that still cause issues?
Yup, the oversensitive proximity sensor issue started after 5.1 arrived. I too had a tempered glass covering the proximity sensor and it was working fine when I was on 5.0/5.0.2. I had to remove the tempered glass and get a new one which doesn't cover proximity sensor to fix this problem.
Did the same thing. Got a regular screen protector right now for a cheap, until I can find a tempered model that doesn't cover the proximity sensor.
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.
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Also, does any of you have a problem with the fingerprint reader response when using night reading (red filter mode for less eye fatigue).
By day (auto contrast set - stock) and the reader responds without problems.
However, when it gets dark and the phone starts to use night reading, the reader is often unresponsive.
Of the 4 scanned images, it usually takes only one, so I have to put my finger the same way to unlock the phone.
I use protective glass (9H 2,5D curved, tempered by Sigisi).
But I think there will be no problem, because the reader reacts with the glass without problems during the day.
Thanks for the reaction.
I guess that the night mode plus the protective glass is a bad combination
Did you set the fingerprint after applying the glass or before?
With the night reader mode it shouldn't be any problem. The phone automatically, when it detects a finger on the sensor, disables All screen filters. If you notice, when the blue light of the sensor appears, you'll notice that some colors lower it's contrast for a more precise scan. And with the glass, I have a non branded 5D glass and it works perfect. In the only situation that fails reading my finger, it's when I have my fingers wet (by the swimming pool) and wrinkled, but I think that it happens with every Fingerprint scanner. If the scanner works without the glass. The problem is the glass. If not. You want the warranty to remain valid
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Im thinking about buying this phone, but what worries me if fingerprint scanner works well with protective glass?
I'm using generic tempered glass from the start. Even registering my fingerprints with glass on. No problem so far. Just little advised,I'm using only my right thumb to unlock,and what I did is I repeatedly registered the fingerprint while I'm holding the phone so it will be more accurate.
By the way. I' also set my phone to be on reading mode at night.so far no problem with it. I'm on miui 11.3.3,stable official global rom.
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Im thinking about buying this phone, but what worries me if fingerprint scanner works well with protective glass?
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Just use a glass one and it should be fine, at least for me its 100%
I replaced the screen on my phone a few weeks back and earlier today the screen was lifting so I removed it to re adhesive it. The screen was working perfectly fine before hand however now it is not giving a display signal. Me touching the screen still gives feedback but nothing on the display. The screen was on the same table as where I dismantled it. The screen had a bit of adhesive down the side of I used some 80% alcohol hand sanitiser to help remove it. Refit the screen and their is no display, been a fair few hours and still nothing. Swapped broken screen in and their is no display on that one either, Pls advise what could be the issue and how I could recover data as there is a password on the device.