I noticed my proximity sensor randomly stopped working properly without making any changes to my phone recently. I'm rooted but don't have the latest OTA updates because I didn't want to lose root. The screen will either shut off and not turn back on when I put the phone up to my ear, or it will just shut off on its own without me covering the sensor. I'm in the process of searching the forums now, but they all seem to be older threads. I thought maybe there was a newer solution somewhere.
And I keep reading about this *#7353# that you can dial for diagnostic stuff, but on my phone it does nothing. I dial it in and nothing happens.
It works fine for the QuickGlance feature every time. I downloaded an app and it apparently detects the sensor being covered, but then doesn't detect that it's uncovered again.
Never mind, I read some people recommended blowing out the earpiece, so I hit it with my RocketBlower and now the sensor works fine.
So I just ran the OTA update, and since then it seems my Proximity sensor has stopped working when in a call. This means that the screen is doing all kinds of things when I'm on a call, and I've even ended up putting the phone into flight mode mid-call. It worked perfectly before the latest update, but now seems to have ceased working.
I've gone into the service test menu, and there it seems to work, as soon as I cover the sensor it goes from Off to On, but during phone calls it isn't working at all.
Today when I dialed someone, the screen switched off, like when we bring it to our face, cover the sensor, tapping didnt do anything, only pressing power did bring back the screen, after that all was normal, except it wouldnt switch off the screen when the sensor was covered again
Did another call, the same, rebooted the phone but still the same. I use Dialer+, but tested with standard Phone app and the same happened, any suggestions
Yesterday all worked fine, the only apps updated yesterday where: Google, Calendar, MoboPlayer and Shazam
melorib said:
Today when I dialed someone, the screen switched off, like when we bring it to our face, cover the sensor, tapping didnt do anything, only pressing power did bring back the screen, after that all was normal, except it wouldnt switch off the screen when the sensor was covered again
Did another call, the same, rebooted the phone but still the same. I use Dialer+, but tested with standard Phone app and the same happened, any suggestions
Yesterday all worked fine, the only apps updated yesterday where: Google, Calendar, MoboPlayer and Shazam
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Same happened calling with Whatsapp...
No one
The proximity sensor seems to work fine otherwise
I've had the same issue on seemingly random occasions. Lots of people suggested checking the proximity sensor data using AIDA64 but it all checked out fine.
Only thing that worked for me was to recalibrate the motion sensor under display settings. Hope that works for you!
gator716 said:
I've had the same issue on seemingly random occasions. Lots of people suggested checking the proximity sensor data using AIDA64 but it all checked out fine.
Only thing that worked for me was to recalibrate the motion sensor under display settings. Hope that works for you!
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Thank you :good:
I ended up upgrading to MM and the problem is gone
melorib said:
Thank you :good:
I ended up upgrading to MM and the problem is gone
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I had the same issue on Lollipop, I upgraded to marshmallow and it still exists. It happens at random times, sometimes the proximity sensor works fine but sometimes it kind of freezes and the screen remains off even after a phone call, I have to touch it a bit to make it respond.
Any permanent way of fixing this? Any solution would be very helpful.
masaichris said:
I had the same issue on Lollipop, I upgraded to marshmallow and it still exists. It happens at random times, sometimes the proximity sensor works fine but sometimes it kind of freezes and the screen remains off even after a phone call, I have to touch it a bit to make it respond.
Any permanent way of fixing this? Any solution would be very helpful.
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Mine never had the problem other than that one day before I upgraded to MM, I have the phone since January. Did you try re-calibrating the sensor like Gator said
Same happened with MM, recalibrated the motion sensor under display settings, and it is working again...
In this morning when I've picked up my phone from the wireless charger I've got a lot of Facebook has stopped working, Dropbox has stopped working and a lot of other apps. And the proximity sensor is not working anymore, and the light sensor shows only 4lx value. I've tried to restart the phone a few times, but same problem.
I can't reset to factory settings because I really need the phone today.
So any suggestions?
L.E. I've booted in Safe Mode and it is working. So I guess it is an software issue!
vibecatalin said:
In this morning when I've picked up my phone from the wireless charger I've got a lot of Facebook has stopped working, Dropbox has stopped working and a lot of other apps. And the proximity sensor is not working anymore, and the light sensor shows only 4lx value. I've tried to restart the phone a few times, but same problem.
I can't reset to factory settings because I really need the phone today.
So any suggestions?
L.E. I've booted in Safe Mode and it is working. So I guess it is an software issue!
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Boot to recovery and wipe cache. Problem will be solved
i have m2001j2g on MIUI 13.0.7 version stock rom, no root. Since i bought the phone 2 years ago i have been having problems with calls. When i put the phone on my ear, the screen goes off as expected but after a while it opens again and my face touches the screen. mostly closing my microphone, and doing other stuff as my face keep touching the unlocked screen. i tried locking my screen before a phone call and tried proximity sensor reset APK. none of them worked. i really like the specs but this problem annoys me. is there any solution?
ilampayen said:
i have m2001j2g on MIUI 13.0.7 version stock rom, no root. Since i bought the phone 2 years ago i have been having problems with calls. When i put the phone on my ear, the screen goes off as expected but after a while it opens again and my face touches the screen. mostly closing my microphone, and doing other stuff as my face keep touching the unlocked screen. i tried locking my screen before a phone call and tried proximity sensor reset APK. none of them worked. i really like the specs but this problem annoys me. is there any solution?
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If it's not hardware problem
You can try calibration/re calibration
Goto my device>all specs>click on kernel version multiple times, it will open CIT menu
And find your desired option.
Just install "Call Proximity Sensor Fix" from playstore.
none of the recommendations worked. only proximity sensor fix app's proximity overrider works but it creates a constant notification. i use blockada for adblocking, it also has a constant notification. they keep changing places, it is annoying
edit: ok, i just unclicked show notifications for both app's, locked them on running applications, remove all restrictions: they are both working now without any notification. call proximity sensor fix it's overrider works dine, thanks all