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[Q] Disable Magnetic Sensor?

Is there any way to disable the magnetic sensor on the N6? I have a smart cover that keeps constantly turning the screen on in my pocket and it's killing my battery. It is a very nice luxury case and I don't want to damage it or replace with another cover. I tried finding an app that would do it but no luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

bobprobert said:
Is there any way to disable the magnetic sensor on the N6? I have a smart cover that keeps constantly turning the screen on in my pocket and it's killing my battery. It is a very nice luxury case and I don't want to damage it or replace with another cover. I tried finding an app that would do it but no luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Dont think there is a way to disable it yet.
Although i read elsewhere its located in /sys/module/ and adding a '0' or 'false' to the value will disable. Issue is still not located the magnetic sensor, older devices it was in /sys/module/lid/parameters/lid_enabled.
But no luck on N6 yet

has anyone had any luck using an app to accomplish this?

bobprobert said:
has anyone had any luck using an app to accomplish this?
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Found nothing to disable the magnet sensor.
Installed Xposed and a MagnetOff app. But it did not disable the magnet sensor.
Because I cannot disable that feature, I decided to use it.
On the outside of my belt case I attached a small magnet (glue) and now my screen is always off when the N6 is in the case.
When I take the N6 out of the case the screen turns on. No need for pressing a button.

NLBeev said:
Found nothing to disable the magnet sensor.
Installed Xposed and a MagnetOff app. But it did not disable the magnet sensor.
Because I cannot disable that feature, I decided to use it.
On the outside of my belt case I attached a small magnet (glue) and now my screen is always off when the N6 is in the case.
When I take the N6 out of the case the screen turns on. No need for pressing a button.
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you sure the screen is always off when it's in your case? like the OP, I found that my screen would periodically come on when using a flip case that has the auto on feature (while closed).

PhilDX said:
you sure the screen is always off when it's in your case? like the OP, I found that my screen would periodically come on when using a flip case that has the auto on feature (while closed).
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When de magnet is close to the circle with the Motorola logo the screen is switched off.
I am using a flat neodymium magnet with a diamater of 10 mm.
Because the case is partly open at the top, I can see that the screen is really off when the N6 is in the belt case.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cool-CowBoy...t=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item4d2493c910
When you are unsure if the screens will be turned off when the N6 is in the case, use a stronger magnet.
I mounted with glue a magnet at the outside and put a second one on the inside.
So I am using two small magnets.

any developer willing to dig into this issue to try to find a solution?

[Q] Magnet keeps activating screen, drains battery

I found out that whenever a magnet is close to the screen (like the ones to be found in auto wake/sleep smart covers ) the screen will go off, as it should, but wakes up again after 10 seconds.
It will keep doing that forever: wake up, sleep due to inactivity, wake up, sleep, etc etc. It is obvious that the magnet is somehow triggering the screen to wake up.
You can easily reproduce this by placing a white board magnet on the device (place it between the hours and minutes of the lockscreen clock). Just wait and see what happens.
This means that you are certain to drain your battery when your phone is idle, sitting in a smart cover like the official one from Casemate.
I would love to use the smart wake, it worked flawlessly on the Nexus 5 but works only as a battery drainer on the N6
Is there anything that can be done about it? or is it a hardware issue?

plaktoets said:
I found out that whenever a magnet is close to the screen (like the ones to be found in auto wake/sleep smart covers ) the screen will go off, as it should, but wakes up again after 10 seconds.
It will keep doing that forever:
Is there anything that can be done about it? or is it a hardware issue?
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The magnet sensor of the N6 is under the M logo at the back.
When there is a magnet on the M or there above on the display the screen is switched off. And stays off, but . . . a weak magnet that moves a bit away may cause the problem you described.
The magnet sensor cannot be disabled (could not find an app). The solution is to remove the magnet from the cover.
BTW this may occur also with a (belt) case that has a magnet closure. That closure must be about 1 cm from the M logo.

NLBeev said:
The magnet sensor of the N6 is under the M logo at the back.
When there is a magnet on the M or there above on the display the screen is switched off. And stays off, but . . . a weak magnet that moves a bit away may cause the problem you described.
The magnet sensor cannot be disabled (could not find an app). The solution is to remove the magnet from the cover.
BTW this may occur also with a (belt) case that has a magnet closure. That closure must be about 1 cm from the M logo.
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Thats interesting, i didnt know the sensor as at the back. When i place the magnet there, the behavior is different. It does not go on entirely, instead it goes to ambient display. But not consistently... Weird.
Anyway i purchased some cheap neodyium magnets from eBay that are supposed to be quite strong, maybe that will have the desired effect. I plan to attach them to my spigen cover.

plaktoets said:
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Anyway i purchased some cheap neodyium magnets from eBay that are supposed to be quite strong, maybe that will have the desired effect. I plan to attach them to my spigen cover.
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If you want to be sure that the magnet sensor is active (screen off) you need probably more magnets.

NLBeev said:
If you want to be sure that the magnet sensor is active (screen off) you need probably more magnets.
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That's OK, they come in ten

I've observed this too. I wrote a Tasker app to sound a notification everytime the screen turned on (since my casemate flip case was closed) just to prove I wasn't crazy. mine turns on with every magnet (auto sleep) case I've tried. this is with stock software.
after posting about this issue in one of the case threads in the nexus 6 accessories forum, it turned out not everyone experienced this issue. or at least they didn't know they did.
I just wanna know how Google can even sell the casemate case in the play store when this issue exists (at least for some)...

Xposed has a module that turns off the magnetic sensor. I have no idea if it works or not so look at the thread for it. My phone is naked so I don't have this problem.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2621807

No software yet to disable the magnet sensor
orangechoochoo said:
Xposed has a module that turns off the magnetic sensor. I have no idea if it works or not so look at the thread for it. My phone is naked so I don't have this problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2621807
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On the hard cover I mounted a small round metal plate (glue) at the same height as the M-logo at the back.
I did choose that place, because it is above the coil for wireless charging.
But. . . . the problem is that exactly there the magnet sensor is located.
So when the N6 was mounted at the neodymium magnet, the screen becomes black.
The first thing I tried is to disable the magnetic sensor with the xposed-module. Unfortunately is does not work on the N6 with Lollipop.
Xposed need to be updated.
My hardware solution is to glue the metal plate on the cover, about 1 cm below the M-logo. And then wireless charging is not possible (metal becomes hot).
I am using at the moment two ultra thin covers for the N6. One with metal for car use and another original to allow wireless charging.

Same problem with the official case mate cover, it is useless. I pulled mine from a shelf this week wondering why I wasn't using it, two days later "ahh, now I remember...". One of the many reasons I don't like this phone. Generally, Motorola does a nice job but when they don't, the phones are real duds. At least this problem is better than those with the screen protectors keeping the screen off when you make a call.
Someone mentioned a fix using gravity box for the ambient display activating in a pocket and causing phone calls and texts inadvertently; I think it was setting to keep the screen off if the proximity sensor was active, like in a pocket. It would probably work for this problem too.

mgerbasio said:
. . . a fix using gravity box for the ambient display activating in a pocket and causing phone calls and texts inadvertently.
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When a magnet stays close enough to the M-logo there is no problem. But most leather cases are flexible. Little movings will continuously activate and deactivate the magnet sensor. So the screen is frequently tuned on.
We need a software solution that turns the magnet sensor completely off.
In the meantime you need to remove the magnet from the case/cover and replace it with Velcro.
In some types of cases the magnet is not in the center. Put the N6 in the case with the M-logo turned away from the magnet.
When the magnet is about 1 cm away from the M-logo, the magnet sensor is not activated.

NLBeev said:
When a magnet stays close enough to the M-logo there is no problem. But most leather cases are flexible. Little movings will continuously activate and deactivate the magnet sensor. So the screen is frequently tuned on.
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The update really didn't make a difference for this but I did notice that for the official cover, either I received a defective one or the magnet is extremely weak. Velcro won't help as it doesn't have a flap to keep it closed. I guess the prosimity sensor only works with a phone call.

Adopted Folio Case magnetic lock?

I just received the 5x Folio Case for my 5x. In the product description it says:
erfectly integrated protection Made just for Nexus 5X, giving you quick, easy access to your buttons and ports. Simply open your Folio to wake your screen, or close it to put your phone to sleep, saving battery life.
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so I assumed it has some kind of magnetic lock mechanism like the official N5 case had.
So I put it on and tried it: no reaction. No unlock at opening and no lock at closing, the screen just stays on.
So my question is: Is my device defective, or my case? Or does it have something to do with my Setup an the sensor is deactivated or something like that?
I'm currently runnin DirtyUnicorns 10.1 with EXKernel

S7 Edge Clear view case has suddenly stopped working as intended

So I have been using the genuine Samsung clear view case for some time now and have never had an issue with it until now.
All of a sudden the phone does not react when the flip case is opened or closed, before it would change/hide the screen to reveal a clock + notifications whenever it was closed. Now the display seems to be always on an unaffected by the flip case being closed.
I assume this will also have an affect on being able to accept/reject calls with the case closed etc.
Does anyone know how I can resolve this issue and/or tell me what is causing it?
Thanks in advance!

S-Pen - Case Issue

Hello All,
I've recently acquired a case for my Note 8. I'm not much of a case fan but I figured I'll take the plunge as the phone is too precious. I got a normal (fake) leather book type case.
Thing is, every time the phone is in the case, it for some reason acts like the pen has been taken out. When I pop it in, the screen off memo appears (Despite S Pen being still inside) and the Air Command icon stays on screen (I've now disabled that in the settings). Yet whenever the phone is out of the case, I have no issues with the S Pen.
When I put the phone into the case, I insert the bottom half in first, when the phone is at a fairly acute angle of like 20 degrees, screen off memo appears and the phone thinks the S Pen has been engaged for the duration of the phone being the case. This also happens if I insert the phone top first as well. Yet when I lift the phone back out (This is when the screen off memo appears when I'm putting the phone in), the screen off memo screen just goes off like I just put the pen back in. When the phone is in the case, I can't use the screen off memo either. Quite frustrating.
Is the phone case itself to blame ?

Professor1991 said:
Hello All,
I've recently acquired a case for my Note 8. I'm not much of a case fan but I figured I'll take the plunge as the phone is too precious. I got a normal (fake) leather book type case.
Thing is, every time the phone is in the case, it for some reason acts like the pen has been taken out. When I pop it in, the screen off memo appears (Despite S Pen being still inside) and the Air Command icon stays on screen (I've now disabled that in the settings). Yet whenever the phone is out of the case, I have no issues with the S Pen.
When I put the phone into the case, I insert the bottom half in first, when the phone is at a fairly acute angle of like 20 degrees, screen off memo appears and the phone thinks the S Pen has been engaged for the duration of the phone being the case. This also happens if I insert the phone top first as well. Yet when I lift the phone back out (This is when the screen off memo appears when I'm putting the phone in), the screen off memo screen just goes off like I just put the pen back in. When the phone is in the case, I can't use the screen off memo either. Quite frustrating.
Is the phone case itself to blame ?
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Could b the magnets of the casing screwing around w phone sensors
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I got rid of the cases with magnets. The fake ones are worse. Try using your SPEN and run lines across the screen in snote or any other writint app.
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