Does anybody with a Lumia 800 fancy doing a small test for me?
Could you test whether your proximity sensor works in the dark during a call and post your results here (ie. whether the screen goes off or stays on)? It doesn't matter whether you put the phone to your face or cover the sensor with your finger. Don't use the diagnostics app, make sure it's during a call.
Cheers
It works here :/
Thanks - mine doesn't work in the dark during a call, but works perfectly in the diagnostics app.
Looks like it's a trip to a care point for me.
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As we all know by now, "The HD2 includes a variety of sensors including a Proximity Sensor that is used to prevent false screen touches when the phone is picked up to answer or make a call. A Light Sensor automatically adjusts the brightness of the display..."
The subject matter of this thread is the Proximity Sensor, meaning, when you receive a call and put the phone to your ear, the screen supposed to turn off so you won't accidentally hang up or open other application by touching the screen with your face. The Proximity Sensor of my phone worked perfectly. However, couple of days ago the Proximity Sensor stopped functioning and I'm wonder what could have caused that. I'm picking up the phone, talk on the phone and the screen is fully lit. I remember that, one day, I calibrated the screen... Could that have been the cause?
Anyway, does anyone know how to turn the Proximity Sensor on or, if it is on, how to make it work properly?
Thank you.
Hello guys,
My proximity / light sensor is not behaving correctly for past few days. Now whenever i dial a call, the proximity sensor turns the LCD off and it does not turn it on until the call ends somehow. It seems to be that the sensor is unable to sense the incoming light. Also the little red LED of the sensor stays on for very long, even after the call.
Also, the screen's brightness does not change when i move from low light to high light areas (and vice versa).
I have jokersax's CM9 build 0.6.1 installed with the built in kernel. (Which is probably the CM9 kernel too).
I suspect the proximity sensor is faulty. And also that this is a hardware problem. Now the question I'd like to ask is does anyone know what parts do i need to replace in order to get it back working. What would I tell the repair part vendors to send me ?
Also, do you agree that this is a hardware problem??
OR do you think, it is the ROM may be or the way I've installed it??
shabeepk said:
Hello guys,
My proximity / light sensor is not behaving correctly for past few days. Now whenever i dial a call, the proximity sensor turns the LCD off and it does not turn it on until the call ends somehow. It seems to be that the sensor is unable to sense the incoming light. Also the little red LED of the sensor stays on for very long, even after the call.
Also, the screen's brightness does not change when i move from low light to high light areas (and vice versa).
I have jokersax's CM9 build 0.6.1 installed with the built in kernel. (Which is probably the CM9 kernel too).
I suspect the proximity sensor is faulty. And also that this is a hardware problem. Now the question I'd like to ask is does anyone know what parts do i need to replace in order to get it back working. What would I tell the repair part vendors to send me ?
Also, do you agree that this is a hardware problem??
OR do you think, it is the ROM may be or the way I've installed it??
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If you have face unlock enabled then disable it and try it again.
Sent from my MB860 running Jokersax's CM9
Is there a way to adjust the sensitivity of the proximity sensor. It does not always dial when I raise the phone to my ear to make a call. It seems to only work occasionally. Any help is appreciated
HarlyFan said:
Is there a way to adjust the sensitivity of the proximity sensor. It does not always dial when I raise the phone to my ear to make a call. It seems to only work occasionally. Any help is appreciated
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Sorry if you're more technically inclined than this response credits you to be, but have you tried getting a can of compressed air and a microfiber cloth to clean out the top of your phone? Around the area where the sensor is?
On every phone I've had and seen people have this problem with, this has always been the solution.
Also the act of dialing out the phone call is not tied to the proximity sensor at all. That's all telephony. Unless you're talking about some kind of motion gesture, then that shouldn't matter.
There's a samsung ?motion? under settings
motion settings allow for quick dialing a contact on the screen by holding phone up to ear when they are displayed some combination of accelerometer, prox sensor, and contact on screen is supposed to dial.
Mine is stock, has the option enabled, but doesn't seem to autodial as expected or at all I guess.
Oddly, under AndroSensor app from play store, prox shows 3.1" or 0 but nothing else (almost binary) ... screen does turn off right away when I make a normal call and hold up to my ear.
Odd.
I have a problem with my proximity sensor (probably dust?) and I can't clean it. Now, every time I get a call on all roms I tried the screen shuts off (that is normal) but won't turn on (ie. if I have to press keys while talking or activate speaker)
The only way I have for now is flashing a very bright light on the sensor and it only works sometimes....
So my question is : is there and app, a dialer, an option, a way or whatever other trick to have the screen turned on while in a call?
Peek at this:
http://androidforums.com/htc-amaze-4g/672412-proximity-sensor-problem.html
Supposed to be a free tmobile proximity sensor recalibrator here, but the page wouldn't load for me. Maybe it is available elsewhere.
Also, if your screen protector is covering it, maybe that is making a difference?
I couldn't find a way to disable the proximity sensor or change its sensitivity, however there might still be a way.
Good luck.
Proximity sensor is working strange. Sometimes it's working fine and the screen is closed during the call when phone is near ear.
Sometimes, the screen don't goes off when the phone is near ear and sometimes during call the screen goes on.
Is this fixed in any of alternative ROMs? As this is really annoying, as you clik on screen with your face...
Before I have Huawei and Redmi and was working fine...
atletek said:
Proximity sensor is working strange. Sometimes it's working fine and the screen is closed during the call when phone is near ear.
Sometimes, the screen don't goes off when the phone is near ear and sometimes during call the screen goes on.
Is this fixed in any of alternative ROMs? As this is really annoying, as you clik on screen with your face...
Before I have Huawei and Redmi and was working fine...
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Realme uses in display proximity sensor which is much more difficult to implement in custom rom.