In call sensor(s) malfunctioning - Motorola Photon 4G

Anyone else having issues with the proximity sensor not working when on a call? Screen stays on for me when its against my ear. I'm also rooted with Alien rom and Knightwolf's themes.
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Yep and it is annoying as can be.........seemed to go away after I updated.....

unsane said:
Yep and it is annoying as can be.........seemed to go away after I updated.....
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I have the newest update installed. I would rather not reinstall but it seems like it's my only choice. #Sadguy

I updated and still have the problem. sucks!

this was covered in another thread.. I can't recall where but the fix for this is related to the in pocket lock setting...
go into menu > settings > display
disable 'in pocket' detection..
reboot your phone..
after reboot, you may enable it again if you use that feature or leave it off.
PROFIT !!
I take no credit for this fix. I don't remember who discovered it but I'm sharing it because it bothered me after the update as well.
If this works/helps, remember to hit that magic thanks button

I've tried that and it doesn't work...only thing so far that works is a reboot
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daddymikey1975 said:
this was covered in another thread.. I can't recall where but the fix for this is related to the in pocket lock setting...
go into menu > settings > display
disable 'in pocket' detection..
reboot your phone..
after reboot, you may enable it again if you use that feature or leave it off.
PROFIT !!
I take no credit for this fix. I don't remember who discovered it but I'm sharing it because it bothered me after the update as well.
If this works/helps, remember to hit that magic thanks button
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I've tried this myself too. Did not fix the problem

I would like to see a thread that shows all the issues we have and potential fixes. This is one that needs attention.
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yup mine doesnt work properly either. ALso the ear speaker doesnt work ( i think its broken cuz it makes a funny noise

You guys may have hardware issues too, go swap your devices and see if it helps.
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This may sound crazy but mine does this only at work??? When I'm at home its fine. So I'm not so sure its hardware as opposed to radio or software. IDK?

xxxicu812 said:
This may sound crazy but mine does this only at work??? When I'm at home its fine. So I'm not so sure its hardware as opposed to radio or software. IDK?
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Thats a weird one... Try a factory reset
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This isn't a device/hardware issue either. Something causes the sensor to shut off or fail. I feel this is software related.
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I downloaded androsensor from the market, and you're right the prox sensor just stops responding... Says waiting for event, and after a reboot it gives an output of 1.2 our 39.4 inches.... Not sure what the prob is. I read on another forum that out may have something to do with rooting the phone, but I don't adhere with this. Are you guys with the problem rooted?
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had the same problem. turning off "in-pocket detection" worked for me.

Just to confirm. Once I disabled the in pocket feature the proximity sensor works just fine.
Once you disable the in pocket feature you will need to power off your phone than re power it up and it should be fine.

anoroc44 said:
Just to confirm. Once I disabled the in pocket feature the proximity sensor works just fine.
Once you disable the in pocket feature you will need to power off your phone than re power it up and it should be fine.
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I have tried multiple roms (Homebase, Star Wars, and stock) and it still malfunctions. definitely seems like a hardware issue.

flawlessbmxr said:
Anyone else having issues with the proximity sensor not working when on a call? Screen stays on for me when its against my ear. I'm also rooted with Alien rom and Knightwolf's themes.
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yea was really annoying.....but it went away after updating the phone

Anyone still having the problem? I am. Im on the latest OTA and did a hard reset via recovery. Moto forums seem to think it has something to do with Bluetooth. Is it a known hardware issue? Resetting the phone always fixes it.

Ya mine does that too....i never ever use blue tooth so that cant be the only issue..bluetooth is off
On the latest update. 6 or whatever was just released the other day ..i manually pushed it with rsdlite
We will see if that fixed it
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[Q] Proximity Sensor Issues?

Am I the only one having problems with the Proximity Sensor on the Atrix? I can't seem to get it to kick in when on a call. I have already dial-toned a couple of people when talking on the phone. I have tried covering up the sensor by placing the palm of my hand over the to 1/2 of the phone and it never kicks in.
Can someone verify for me that it does work and not some software bug.
Thanks,
Ed
Did you ever find the problem? My proximity sensor has stopped working also.
i am having an issue with mine too. at first i thought it was an issue with the screen not coming back on, but now i realize that the proximity sensor is not turning off the screen at all and my screen is just turning off when the screen timeout value is reached.
my phone is rooted, i have used titanium backup to freeze some of the apps associated with blur, and i have installed the hack to use webtop mode. can others that have this issue confirm if they are running stock or modified software?
***EDIT***
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12035170#post12035170
Any of you guys ever find a fix for this? I just noticed that mine is not working anymore either. It's rooted using aRoot but it was working for a while and now it doesn't anymore. I have another couple of days to exchange in store if I want to if it's a phone issue.
Crap, I'm having the same issue now too -- was working fine since I had it, but this occured just today, Day-2 of using 1.5.7 .... wonder if it's related ...
Crap, I'm having the same issue now too -- was working fine since I had it, but this occured just today, Day-2 of using 1.5.7 .... wonder if it's related ...
Reboot seems to fix this -- but annoying >_<
Is anyone that is having these issues using bluetooth? I have isolated mine to bluetooth and sent an issue report to Motorola.
same problem here but not using bluetooth
My wife's Atrix does the same thing. "dials or hangs up while in a call". She does not own a bluetooth headset and I have only connected a Motorola 305 one time to it. Reboot fixes the problem. Reboot seems to take forever when compared to my Dell Streak.
Ed Venture said:
Am I the only one having problems with the Proximity Sensor on the Atrix? I can't seem to get it to kick in when on a call. I have already dial-toned a couple of people when talking on the phone. I have tried covering up the sensor by placing the palm of my hand over the to 1/2 of the phone and it never kicks in.
Can someone verify for me that it does work and not some software bug.
Thanks,
Ed
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Had the problem with mine when I installed a different launcher had to delete it and restart the phone now it works ....for me anyways
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Hi I believe I traced the problem with the proximity sensor not working to Handcent SMS. On two separate Atrixes, as soon as I uninstalled Handcent and rebooted the phone the problem went away and stayed away. I have since installed GoSMS and now it happens just sometimes (usually after I install a new app) but a reboot after installing an app ususlly fixes it.
My Phone has a standard Telstra (Australia ROM) and is not unlocked or modified in any way.
Ed Venture said:
Am I the only one having problems with the Proximity Sensor on the Atrix? I can't seem to get it to kick in when on a call. I have already dial-toned a couple of people when talking on the phone. I have tried covering up the sensor by placing the palm of my hand over the to 1/2 of the phone and it never kicks in.
Can someone verify for me that it does work and not some software bug.
Thanks,
Ed
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hi, you can try this
open /system/build.prop and add this
persist.mot.proximity.touch=1
reboot phone
Seem that i have this problem on my atrix,when i calling someone,the screen turn off immediately and the led on proximity sensor just keep turn on when i stop calling,i cant imagine this atrix have a lot a lot hardware problem
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If you are using unlocked bootloader or if u have unlocked the dim using a code then u will have to disable the In Pocket detection and then try sounds crazy but worked for me.
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ranjithkumar1201 said:
If you are using unlocked bootloader or if u have unlocked the dim using a code then u will have to disable the In Pocket detection and then try sounds crazy but worked for me.
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care to share how?
Similar issue
Just installed latest stable build onto my Atrix 4G, everything seemed fine last night, although I was using phone with bluetooth, this morning get a call, answer, screen goes dark, red proximity light comes on, and I can hear no sound, [later on the caller said he could hear me fine].
Phone would not wake up right off, and when it did it I still could not hear caller.
Been screwing around with settings all morning to no avail, discovered that the phone will only work with bluetooth device connected. without bluetooth the device goes dark, cannot wake up, have to hard reboot, with bluetooth and volume button awaken enabled, it performs normally, so possible connection to issues in post with proximity but with a bluetooth twist...
12as2005 said:
hi, you can try this
open /system/build.prop and add this
persist.mot.proximity.touch=1
reboot phone
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Did that...... Does nothing much....
12as2005 said:
hi, you can try this
open /system/build.prop and add this
persist.mot.proximity.touch=1
reboot phone
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Worked for me!!!
Stock rom with, root, atrix tweaks installed.
Thank's a lot!!!

Disable Noise Cancellation??

Hiya guys. Yes i am the dumbass who dropped a dumbell onto the galaxy. Phone is now fixed .......moving on
Anyways i get complaints of an echo noise off the person on the recieving end everytime i use a protective case to cover the device, but if i disable noise cancellation everything works fine echo free.
MY QUESTION: is there a way of disabling noise cancellation differently rather than having to do it during a call everytime which can get rather annoying!
Thanks in advance
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On mine, it stays disabled until/unless I re-enable it.
Hmmm thats strange.......
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If you update to KG1 (2.3.4) you will have the option. Once you get on a call and its answered, the icon / option shows up.
Some confusion to whether if its OFF by default and you can turn it on OR its ON by default and you can turn it off.
Anyway, its there once you get on 2.3.4
didn't find the option in any where...
This is the only thing that bugs me about this fantastic phone!
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My brother has this exact same problem. We tried everything except hard reset...
His solution....buy a new case lol.
Its random I guess coz my wife and I also have SGS2 and we use that case just fine.
dhruvmalik said:
If you update to KG1 (2.3.4) you will have the option. Once you get on a call and its answered, the icon / option shows up.
Some confusion to whether if its OFF by default and you can turn it on OR its ON by default and you can turn it off.
Anyway, its there once you get on 2.3.4
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Im using VillainRom 2.0 and its OFF by default, when you press Menu and then press NOISE REDUCTION OFF, it actually turns it ON.
I think the option is saying that the NR is off, then if u press it, it will be ON.
Tested myself with my brother on a noisy street, sound is more silent when I press NOISE REDUCTION OFF.
I have tried two different cases and both encounter same problem. Arghhhh very frustrating!
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If the case covers the bottom area (mic) I think you will have this problem. Be very interested to know if hard reset mat fix
No the area around the mic and charger port are cut open so that cant be the problem
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auswill2 said:
If the case covers the bottom area (mic) I think you will have this problem. Be very interested to know if hard reset mat fix
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The noise cancellation should be at the top of the phone. Right next to the ear phones jack slot. For my GSII, the Noise Cancellation cannot be disabled permanently. It is always enabled whenever a call is made/received. I've to manually disable it once the the call is connected. Unfortunately I'm still finding out solutions. Will share of course
hi,
any news regarding noise reduction off?
Still have problem that I have to click on button
during every conversation because other party
hear echo...
I root phone, change rom, and nothing.
Now on villain rom, still have echo.
Is there any tweak to leave noise reduction off?
thank you
gervasius said:
hi,
any news regarding noise reduction off?
Still have problem that I have to click on button
during every conversation because other party
hear echo...
I root phone, change rom, and nothing.
Now on villain rom, still have echo.
Is there any tweak to leave noise reduction off?
thank you
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up same prablom ......
asimply said:
up same prablom ......
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ok, I got it... with sylicon case I have problem, when phone
is naked - not
So, I have to find proper case
Same for me too, with or without case.
Im having the issue, with a case mate tough case.
There must be a system.prop we can change or something?
to the TOP!!!!! this issue is annoying
I have the same problem with noise cancelling and echo, always have to turn it off each call.
Any solution?

[Q] Proximity sensor always enabled

I have been using my S2 since the beginning of February 2012 and have not noticed at any time other than when making calls that the proximity sensor was activated (dull red glow). Just last night I noticed that the sensor seems to be activated all the time now, screen on, calling, whatever...
It of course turns off when the S2 is turned off. When booting back up it does not get enabled again until the end of media scanning.
Any ideas how to check which app or process is enabling this when it is not necessary nor wanted?
Shameless bump. Surely somebody has an idea what variable is involved or what program I can use to change the behavior?
Try after a fresh install with full wipe if it happens
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Well I don't know why, but the sensor has stopped running continuously without any intervention. Thanks for the reply.
I had a similar problem and I found out it was an app causing that - viber.
Probably it was the same with you.
NunxPT said:
I had a similar problem and I found out it was an app causing that - viber.
Probably it was the same with you.
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Thanks! I had the same problem , and it was indeed Viber.
Btw , did you managed to fix it ?
ZVictor said:
Thanks! I had the same problem , and it was indeed Viber.
Btw , did you managed to fix it ?
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New viber update today and the issue is fixed
Viber was the problem for me too

[Q] facinate not viberating anymore

I am running AOKP ver 35.1 I have noticed that my phone doesn't vibrate anymore. and I'm not sure when I lost it. I have been all over in the settings it is set to vibrate. somewhere I think I seen that it was broken in ICS any ideas for me?
Thanks
bthelin said:
I am running AOKP ver 35.1 I have noticed that my phone doesn't vibrate anymore. and I'm not sure when I lost it. I have been all over in the settings it is set to vibrate. somewhere I think I seen that it was broken in ICS any ideas for me?
Thanks
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My vibrate is working on 35.1. It could possibly be a bad download or maybe your vibrate motor just wore out. ( it is one of the few moving parts in our phone)
You could try redownloading/ reflash and if that doesn't work, I would return to stock eh03 to see if it functions at all.
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so i thought i was having that issue till i hit the call button, went into dialer settings and enabled vibrate from there. try it out
I honestly had sort of the dame issue twice. I would get a weak weird vibrate instead and when I reset the phone it was fine again. It us probably due to the age of the phones is my best guess.
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Xperia S vibration disfunctioning

Hi,
My Xperia S suddenly quit vibrating at all, not for (text) msg's, incoming mail/sms etc, and haptic feedback for the 3
bottom keys doesnt work as well as that for the keyboard. Yesterday for some reason it stopped, but after a while it
returned. However, atm there's no vibrating at all again, which is annoying since I dont like to check everytime if I have a
msg or not.
I did not turn it off myself, and checking the settings it's still on. Furthermore nothing happened to the phone in terms of
mechanical damage. I did not recently (last few days) install new apps, but updated to firmware 6.1.A.2.45 5 days ago.
I dont think that has anything to do with the problem though, since the problem occurred only yesterday.
Phone software is just the original stock software.
Anyone recognizing this problem and perhaps has an idea on how to solve it? I'd be very thankful...
Thanks in advance,
Nanoxy
Send it to Sony to repair vibration.
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HooLIMAN87 said:
Send it to Sony to repair vibration.
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Hm actually I hoped it could be some software bug... I wouldnt be happy to
send it to sony etc... too much trouble
Isnt there some code I can dial to check if vibration works at all? I think I read somewhere about it but cant find it now...
And, if I use "back up and repair" function of pc companion, and repair using a back up of lets say 1 week ago, will I lose any data?
I mean of course I lose things I did this week, but for the rest are there things I should know before trying this?
Same here ever sinceci updated to ics ( any chance you live in belgium too)?
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naaney said:
Same here ever sinceci updated to ics ( any chance you live in belgium too)?
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The Netherlands, so close...
But well, total reset + restore with back up does not help... I find it hard to believe that its a hardware problem though...
how's that possible for no reason :s
nanoxy said:
The Netherlands, so close...
But well, total reset + restore with back up does not help... I find it hard to believe that its a hardware problem though...
how's that possible for no reason :s
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mine worked on gingerbread so it's not a hardware prob
naaney said:
mine worked on gingerbread so it's not a hardware prob
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Yeah mine worked all the time, but stopped working at a moment not close to an update...
besides, vibration is not AT ALL working... I cant even force it to vibrate after installing some
of those sad "vibrator" apps or whatever... I'm afraid the only thing I can do is let it repair, which totally sucks.
nanoxy said:
Yeah mine worked all the time, but stopped working at a moment not close to an update...
besides, vibration is not AT ALL working... I cant even force it to vibrate after installing some
of those sad "vibrator" apps or whatever... I'm afraid the only thing I can do is let it repair, which totally sucks.
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Maybe repair with compagion
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Dial *#*#7378423#*#*
Then go to service test... Then find vibrator option and check if it's working properly...
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noim said:
Dial *#*#7378423#*#*
Then go to service test... Then find vibrator option and check if it's working properly...
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Yeah thats what I meant, but... if I choose vibration at "service tests" it wont work...
does that mean its just 'broken'?
Got the same problem with my Acro S ...
Same problem on my Xperia S. Ran the vibrator test without any issues - doesnt seem to be a hardware problem.
There's always something.
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well... i just found this post - which funnily enough... solved my problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26012346&postcount=2
The resulting questions being... how did that setting get toggled?
Cheers.
[email protected] said:
Same problem on my Xperia S. Ran the vibrator test without any issues - doesnt seem to be a hardware problem.
There's always something.
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well... i just found this post - which funnily enough... solved my problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26012346&postcount=2
The resulting questions being... how did that setting get toggled?
Cheers.
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Lol. Oddly enough I had the same problems which was solved with that instructions. I never changed any SMS settings. Maybe its default? Im using FXP201 ROM btw
Thank you!
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nanoxy said:
Yeah thats what I meant, but... if I choose vibration at "service tests" it wont work...
does that mean its just 'broken'?
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I think it is...
But bfore sent to service centre try to flash stock firmware using flashtool...
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Sony Xperia S' vibrate and screen lock are not working.
My Xperia S suddenly quit vibrating at all, not for (text) msg's, incoming mail/sms etc, and haptic feedback for the 3
bottom keys doesnt work as well as that for the keyboard. Yesterday for some reason it stopped, but after a while it
returned. However, atm there's no vibrating at all again, which is annoying since I dont like to check everytime if I have a
msg or not.
I did not turn it off myself, and checking the settings it's still on. Furthermore nothing happened to the phone in terms of
mechanical damage. I did not recently (last few days) install new apps, not updated to firmware.
I dont think that has anything to do with the problem though, since the problem occurred twice week.
Then security screen lock's not work. I check the setting slide is still on. So, Why that not working?
Please reply me.
Phone software is just the original stock software.
Anyone recognizing this problem and perhaps has an idea on how to solve it? I'd be very thankful...
Thanks in advance,
same problem with my Xperia SP
suddenly vibration gone !!
last night i had vibration and today i dont just like that !!
i even downgrade to official sony stock ROM but still dont have vibration
its really strange by the way..

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