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Okay so during a phone call there's this red light next to the front facing camera, once the call is over it disappears!
Are we bring recorded?!!? Lol
But seriously does anyone know what the red light is and/or why it is there?
Thanks in advance
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Stixho said:
Okay so during a phone call there's this red light next to the front facing camera, once the call is over it disappears!
Are we bring recorded?!!? Lol
But seriously does anyone know what the red light is and/or why it is there?
Thanks in advance
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It's not a light at all, it's the proximity sensor.
Lol whats with all the conspiricys on here lately
The proximity sensor doesn't light up. Its the infrared light for the sensor.
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AT&T is recording all your phone calls and sending the information to companies so that you can get more personalized results. It's part of the terms and conditions that you sign...Now, you can be talking to your friend about these new jeans you really want to buy, end the call, and boom, Amazon's link to that pair is ready and waiting.
@yahoowizard: I knew it!!! LOL
@quarlow: Figured, just wanted to have a fun thread! LOL
Some people have better near-IR sensitivity than others... Just like old people have less sensitivity to high frequencies than young, leading to some old fogeys using "squealers" to implement "get off my lawn!".
The light during calls is the near-IR component of the prox sensor. It's how the phone turns off the screen and disables touch when your face is next to it.
This thread made me laugh.
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@akira: That's one of the main reasons I wrote it!
I knew it. This proveo wasnt crazy I always say a red light on this and the captivate
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Discaimer: I'm apologizing in advance of this seems like a stupid question or post.
I noticed that my search button partly illuminates when I first turn on my phone if it's completely off. Once the phone is fully booted and my home screen comes on all of the other buttons light up properly as well as the search button.
It just seems a little odd, but isn't causing any problems. Anyone else have this? I'm just hoping it's not a sign of potential hardware problems. (Yes I have insurance but enjoy full root with hboot 1.4)
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aerajan said:
Discaimer: I'm apologizing in advance of this seems like a stupid question or post.
I noticed that my search button partly illuminates when I first turn on my phone if it's completely off. Once the phone is fully booted and my home screen comes on all of the other buttons light up properly as well as the search button.
It just seems a little odd, but isn't causing any problems. Anyone else have this? I'm just hoping it's not a sign of potential hardware problems. (Yes I have insurance but enjoy full root with hboot 1.4)
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I don't know why it does it but same thing happens here mate. So hopefully its the same for all.
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Mine too. I was always kinda curious about whether it was common or not, but it never really bothered me too much
Yes, its normal. They should have got that fixed before finalizing this model.
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Mine is the same way as well. It's a light leakage. If I use one of the kernels with dim LEDs, my buttons look like ass because of this. Most people can lower their value to 2 (in ..../button-backlight/currents), while I can only lower mine to 14 before it starts looking dumb.
Mine is most prominent when in recovery. Only time I notice it.
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Cool, thanks for all the replies. Happy to know it's common.
By the way it's nice to see some fellow Evo/Hero guys in here. I recognize Leukay and Tailsthecat from one of those 2 forums. Don't know you guys personally but nice to see you in here. Actually I think I recognize Rydah803 and Ducky1131 too so good to see you all here.
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I've noticed this too. It does make the phone look like crap when the LEDs are off.
It's light "bleed" from the screen to the search button. it most visible in recovery, probably because your screen is completely white and it's easy to see the white light bleed.
Kinda sad that HTC didn't fix this issue before releasing the phone.. Cheap internal build quality, perhaps?
I think it may be due to the fact that they used some sort of clear plastic to put together the inside. If you open the batterycover you can see what I'm talking about.
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I got it too and my phone is a recently assembled device on one of the latest h boot builds. Doubt this will be fixed so i guess we live with it...
Same with me I thought only i have that issue.
Seems like HTC did a bad job in this area. I also have hardware build 0002 so I guess it's an issue with that build.
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Hey I just want to ask what this little red light that turns on when the screen is on, it's the one beside the earpiece on the right side.
This is on my mom's phone so I won't know what this is, hence the question
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Proximity sensor
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nodstuff said:
Proximity sensor
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Is it supposed to light up?
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Doodsz said:
Is it supposed to light up?
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When it's being used..
How come on my Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S they aren't lit up when screen is on
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Because they're different phones.
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Doodsz said:
How come on my Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S they aren't lit up when screen is on
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Touchwiz uses the proximity sensor doesn't it? AOSP roms do not. It doesn't light up on my S3 with an AOSP rom.
Alright thanks for answering my questions. Lol
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Oh okay, thanks
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Mines never lit up, on stock or any custom rom. I'll check again maybe when it comes close to the head it comes on.
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Mines never lit up, on stock or any custom rom. I'll check again maybe when it comes close to the head it comes on.
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I just found out why it lights up
It lights up when you have motion enabled
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Doodsz said:
I just found out why it lights up
It lights up when you have motion enabled
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I have all motion options enabled but still can't see it turn on.
Anyone else has it working?
sak500 said:
I have all motion options enabled but still can't see it turn on.
Anyone else has it working?
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What's funny is I have the exact opposite situation, I have all motion options disabled but occasionally see it, I can't remember when I see it and under what conditions so I'll post back when I have more useful info. It looks like an infrared light so I'm wondering if it might be able to take commands from another device.
Here are links to 2 other forums speaking about this issue:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28588879#post28588879
http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s3/577797-red-light-whilst-text-messages.html
Guys the question has already been answered in the 2nd post. Its the proximity sensor and it can light up on different occasions, such as during calls and possibly in text messages etc if you have direct call enabled.
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sxi200 said:
Guys the question has already been answered in the 2nd post. Its the proximity sensor and it can light up on different occasions, such as during calls and possibly in text messages etc if you have direct call enabled.
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We all read it thanks for pointing it out. We are talking about it's lighting up or not lighting up in what conditions.... NOT what it's supposed to do, do read the comments above urs.
He was referring th lordazoroth who believed it to be a infrared emitter/receiver.
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We all read it thanks for pointing it out. We are talking about it's lighting up or not lighting up in what conditions.... NOT what it's supposed to do, do read the comments above urs.
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Ok. Let me make it a bit clearer for you. When your in a dark environment, dial a number and it will turn on. If direct dial is also on, when you put it near your head, as it starts to dial remove it and you will also see it lit. Nothing more nothing less as far as I know. The reason most people don't notice it is because the light is very feint and on most occassions can't be seen.
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Alright I have more information, I do not have direct calling enabled so when I'm texting the light does not turn on. However when I'm in the middle of a call, I'll see the little red dot light up faintly and the screen will turn off when my head gets close to it. Interestingly enough, there is a cone of detection coming from the light (or directly next to the light). When I move my finger within the cone of detection, projecting from the light, the screen will turn off. When my hand or head is close to the phone without blocking this cone of detection, the phones screen will not shut off. I would assume that due to how dark my testing conditions were (including the screen being nearly pitch black), this would appear to be an infrared detection system. Therefore it should serve any purposes in which proximity detection is needed, including direct calling and automatic screen control. If a program were written, I'm guessing this infrared sensor could be used for any number of things, including remote control and even data transfer.
Interestingly, my Nexus S 4g seems to have a very different detection system, there is no tiny red light nor is there a cone of detection projecting from the front. Instead when anything sizable comes near the top of the device (from the front, top, and/or back) the screen shuts off during a call, which indicates some type of field detection. I'm guessing these two devices have different proximity detection systems either for power conservation, cost of manufacture, or both.
Its proximity sensor. . . Don't worry its not causing any harm. and near to this is RGB sensor.
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Ok. Let me make it a bit clearer for you. When your in a dark environment, dial a number and it will turn on. If direct dial is also on, when you put it near your head, as it starts to dial remove it and you will also see it lit. Nothing more nothing less as far as I know. The reason most people don't notice it is because the light is very feint and on most occassions can't be seen.
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Thanks, i was thinking it would be easily visible but it's really faint light and visible under dark conditions only. My guess is it might be infrared light for the sensor. I used to have night vision option in video camera and could see bright light coming out of remote controls dont' know where i placed my old handy cam but if someone has it they can test it out and see if it emits IR light as well.
So yes, I have very bad light bleed on my HTC Amaze. The mod intended to fix them, didn't. I tried the screen filter app and that didn't help. I just want this to go away. What can I do?
DinoSoup said:
So yes, I have very bad light bleed on my HTC Amaze. The mod intended to fix them, didn't. I tried the screen filter app and that didn't help. I just want this to go away. What can I do?
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Turn off the LEDs. You can do this with AdjBrightness app.
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So yes, I have very bad light bleed on my HTC Amaze. The mod intended to fix them, didn't. I tried the screen filter app and that didn't help. I just want this to go away. What can I do?
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U can turn them off with screen filter
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I dont want them OFF, I just want it to be lowered. I use my phone at night...
OK... Ill turn off the LEDs. Any other options? Cuz the adjbrightness is only temporary.
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The LEDs brightness aren't adjustable. So the only options is to turn them off. I believe everyone that owns a rooted amaze turns them off..lol
I use a script to turn off my LEDs. But since I'm on Energy it has the option to turn them off in Tweaks.
I just deal with the bleed. Is not like it makes it unusable. If I watch a video at night, I just turn them off.
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Between adjbrightness and screen filter adjbrightness is looking like the better of the 2 just remember to go into options so it stays off.
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Anyone know what the color options are for the LED (s)? I'm messing around with light flow without much success.
It seems the back one only does orange and the front us yellow green or red?
Thanks in advance
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I recall reading somewhere light flow not working on droid DNA right now, they need to update.
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They should both be able to do green, orange, and yellow.
Both of them have a green led and a orange led, and if they are both on it makes yellow.
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Kleany said:
I recall reading somewhere light flow not working on droid DNA right now, they need to update.
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it works, kinda.... Really what I use lightflow for is not so much the actual light, although it was nice with my gnex, its more so for the repeating notifications with custom ringtones/sounds for different contacts. I am able to get that by just turning off every led notification and just use the sound and vibration. When ever I tried to use the lights I just had problems, so I gave up on them, besides, the front LED is maybe the worst I have ever seen, and I hardly ever see the back as I lay my phone down with the screen up. So yes, lightflow works, just not 100% as its name would suggest.
Yeah in really hoping it ends up having a little more control over the front LED. I relied on the difference between white/red/pink for text/call/whatsapp on my Nexus and was really hoping for the ability to do that on this phone.
At this point I just wanna get the light to stay solid rather than blinking...
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cc16177 said:
Yeah in really hoping it ends up having a little more control over the front LED. I relied on the difference between white/red/pink for text/call/whatsapp on my Nexus and was really hoping for the ability to do that on this phone.
At this point I just wanna get the light to stay solid rather than blinking...
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Well the different colors are not gonna happen.
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Bigandrewgold said:
Well the different colors are not gonna happen.
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Yeah that's cool as long as I have three different colors I'm satisfied.
I got everything working now my only issue is the front LED blinks and the rear is solid when I want both to be solid.
We'll see what happens.
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