Hi, what are the two dots beside the front camera in the s3?
One is the proximity sensor to turn off screen during a call and the other is light sensor to detect the intensity of the light of the surroundings and adjust the screen brightness accordingly when set to auto.
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bushako said:
One is the proximity sensor to turn off screen during a call and the other is light sensor to detect the intensity of the light of the surroundings and adjust the screen brightness accordingly when set to auto.
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Ah thanks! is there any catalogue on the web to show the individual aspects of the s3? with regards to the parts on the front and back.
Ev0d3vil said:
Ah thanks! is there any catalogue on the web to show the individual aspects of the s3? with regards to the parts on the front and back.
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Yes. Page 12 of the S3 User manual, which you can google
Users manual also posted on Samsung support and its posted on XDA .
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Where the heck is it located? I thought the small circle just left of the speaker grill was it, but that's the proximity sensor.
I thibk its in the speaker
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Perhaps my problem is that it doesn't work with Juice Defender's beta brightness adjustments. Turned those off and it's somewhere in the speaker area for sure.
lyric911 said:
Where the heck is it located? I thought the small circle just left of the speaker grill was it, but that's the proximity sensor.
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You are correct. It's a combination proximity and ambient light sensor (same as on the original Evo).
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When I take night time photos, the flash lights up the subject really well but the resulting photo is a bit too dark.
Does anyone have any tips for me on getting a brighter photo when using the flash?
Menu> exposure value> turn it up and hold your phone steady
Otherwise nothing you can do, human eye perceives light on a logrithmic scale while sensor cannot, so what looks bright to us is not to the camera.
Ok, I will give it a go.
Thanks mate
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I get the same but its because I use auto brightness. Because brightness is low during night pics I just increase it and the pics look great.
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sxi200 said:
I get the same but its because I use auto brightness. Because brightness is low during night pics I just increase it and the pics look great.
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Are you talking about the screen auto brightness or a camera setting?
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The putting your finger on the screen and turning motion to get to the camera. How do I enable it I can't find it.
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I think security, lock screen options...
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dave2metz said:
I think security, lock screen options...
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Why is it under there.. wut
Thanks man I can now delete my camera short cut freeing up a space for my second email.
The first proximity sensor next to the front speaker has like a red infra red light..
Anyone else notice this?
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Mine does the same thing. It's for the direct call feature for texting. If you turn direct call off in your motion settings you won't see it anymore.
It's the proximity sensor.
It is OK to light up and it will do that with any application that uses it.
It's much more noticeable in the dark.
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yup its the proximity sensor.
its the sensor that turns off the screen when you place the phone near the ear, so that you don't activate touch functionality of the screen by mistake.
The infrared is for Smart Alert that turns on after the predetermined time you have your screen to turn off. It will turn red for like 2 seconds to see if youre still facing the phone. If it doesnt detect your face the screen will dim as usual.
The smart stay feature uses the front facing camera not the proximity sensor. The proximity sensor is the sensor closest to the speaker grill.
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sage3 said:
The smart stay feature uses the front facing camera not the proximity sensor. The proximity sensor is the sensor closest to the speaker grill.
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I don't know if that exactly accurate as I have seen the eye icon show up for about a second while my phone was not in front of me and the proximity sensor turns red. After this my screen dims. Its possible they work in conjunction.
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Odd I don't get a red dot.. but my put to ear thing works.
It's really dim. I only saw it at night in the dark.
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My camera really seems to be worse than the S3 so I am starting to think I don't have the settings tweaked. Should I be at the 13 Megapixel setting or 9? Also the pictures are good with flash but the ones without them are worse than my S3 in similar lighting by far!
13mp is a 4:3 aspect ratio, while 9mp is 16:9. I personally prefer 4:3 for photos so I use 13mp.
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My camera really seems to be worse than the S3 so I am starting to think I don't have the settings tweaked. Should I be at the 13 Megapixel setting or 9? Also the pictures are good with flash but the ones without them are worse than my S3 in similar lighting by far!
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I agree. I have been disappointed in the camera when compared to my S3. The camera feels slower and I have more blurry pics than I did with my S3.
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Try the anti-shake setting. That helped
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Yeah, the anti-shake setting does seem to help, but taking pictures in a dim environment (inside my house) without the flash is difficult. Also, for indoor pictures, I've noticed that the actual picture taken looks darker than what is seen on the screen at the time of taking the picture.
SpookySager said:
Yeah, the anti-shake setting does seem to help, but taking pictures in a dim environment (inside my house) without the flash is difficult. Also, for indoor pictures, I've noticed that the actual picture taken looks darker than what is seen on the screen at the time of taking the picture.
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It doesn't take a really good picture low light. I usually have flash on auto. and also set my phone to dynamic.
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It doesn't take a really good picture low light. I usually have flash on auto. and also set my phone to dynamic.
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So, your phone doesn't show a darker picture in the Gallery than what's actually on the screen when the shutter closes? And my screen is set to Standard...does that matter?
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truthiswrong said:
all phones can't capture good pictures when in dark places in my view,cos all my previous are in this situation, i always set it to flash automaticlly.
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Yeah, auto-flash and anti-shake seems to be the way to go for dim environments.
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Thanks for this fellas. I've not had a chance to use mine inside yet and this is great information to have. Although I do mostly take outside pictures I'm sure the time will come.
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So, your phone doesn't show a darker picture in the Gallery than what's actually on the screen when the shutter closes? And my screen is set to Standard...does that matter?
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With it set on dynamic it makes it brighter on the phone overall. Of course the phone isn't going to be able to take really great low-light pictures but it makes your screen brighter with more vibrant colors.
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