Hi all again,
I must saw I've NEVER had to do so many posting for a single phone... anyway.
I just updated my Leo to 1.61 via a tortuous goldcard process and the proximity sensor is still not working correctly My wife is the main user of the phone and I was watching her while on a call- the screen was on and off like some demented Xmas lights.
I have a theory regarding the problem. It's only my wife who has the problem with the phone, it's seems ok with me (but I don't use it as much!). The phone is very wide, and the proximity sensor is not central. I think that the sensor is missing her ear (she has small ears!). The gap between her ear lobe top and her head is too great for the sensor. I tested the sensor gap with my thumb and it seems to be around 1cm to activate.
The hardware solution is either move the sensor so it's central (that's not going to happen soon) OR increase the sensitivity of it.
Does anyone know how to change the sensitivity of the sensor OR anyway to completely disable the touch screen during a call.
Hmm I can not believe that, I've tested my sensor:
It put the lights out if i come closer that 1,5 cm next to the screen during a call. So it think this is not the source of your problem.
But: I'm running a 1.48 rom...
I had the proximity sensor behaving eratically upon installing a screen protector. Even though I installed the original HTC screen protector which has 2 holes to position exactly over the sensors but even then I had problems. Ever since removing the screen protector everything is okay again.
Just thought if your problem also coincides with installing a screen protector.
Regards
The problem occurs when your hair overlaps the proximity sensor, the light immediately comes on. Stick the phone back to the ear and the proximity sensor works perfectly on time.
p.s. ive long hair and I too faced this problem and figured it out by running a few test as mentioned above ;-)
Hope this helps.
well, I'm having the same problem and It's not caused because of my hair. it just sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. the test I make is using the palm of my hand. if during one call It's not working, it won't work no matter what you do. then if I make a call and its working, I can turn on and off the screen placing my hand in front of the sensor..
jpresencia said:
well, I'm having the same problem and It's not caused because of my hair. it just sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. the test I make is using the palm of my hand. if during one call It's not working, it won't work no matter what you do. then if I make a call and its working, I can turn on and off the screen placing my hand in front of the sensor..
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I reckon you clear the area around the receiver and try doing a hard reset.
CAUTION: Take an individual back of your data rather than doing a full backup using some software.
same problem
Hi, I have the same random proximity sensor bug problem. During call accidental hang-up happens every day. I have short hair and no screen protector. Is there any solution for this yet? thanks.
I wrote to HTC already, but they claim there is no problem reported. Sory for my English.
Had a similar problem. My proximity sensor is now working fine. Install the 'Proximity Sensor for Screen Off v0.2' cab. Search the forum for the thread.
thanks for tip, hope this little app will "evolve"...
hi,
i had the problem with the proximite, that it is only working when the phone is in portrait mode. when im incall and portrait i can put my finger to the sensor and it is working perfect. when i rotate the display to landscape the sensor does nothing and the display stays on. unfortunatly i turn the phone sometimes on the way to my ear, and so the screen stays on.
i will try now the mentoined .cab and see what it does for me.
regards mad
I had posted this question in the AmericanAndroid thread first (since that's the ROM I'm using) but then I figured this might be a general problem with Android/HD2 so I figured I post my problem here as well.
When I first installed Android on my HD2, the proximity sensor did not work at all. Then suddenly along the way it started working properly. I have no idea why or what I did that made it work. I use Leppie Proximity Sensor Recalibrator to check the operation of the proximity sensor (it displays "NEAR" when I move my finger close to the sensor, and "FAR" when I move my finger away).
The other day I noticed the screen wouldn't come on when in call and when I moved the phone away from my ear. Checking with Leppie's, I saw it toggled from FAR to NEAR when I moved my finger towards the proximity sensor, but it would then stay on NEAR. It would never switch back to FAR. Then quite by accident, I found out it would work perfectly if I hold the phone face down.
This hasn't anything to do with the light sensor, since I've tried in a dark room with the same results. Face up and the proximity sensor does not work. Face down, it does.
Anyone any ideas?
I found this topic about the design flaw:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2129140&highlight=proximity
I've seen it myself, when I was reassembling my phone. Hardware design for that particular part is absolutely HORRIBLE.
It happened after changing the motherboard on my phone. In-call screen turns off immediately and doesn't turn on until the call ends.
Proximity sensor seems to work OK when it is out of its place on the phone, but after placing it back, the path is blocked somehow.
I got a spare part to interchange, but it behaves the exact same way the previous did.
There is a rubber gasket, it fits nicely and holds sensors in place, but it might block the sensor. Without the rubber gasket, sensors are not fixed in place and they work inconsistently.
I am curious, if it is a special way it is assembled, or I am a dumb ass can't figure out how to place it properly.
Please help, otherwise it would be great to know, if there is a way to turn it off in software. Thanks.
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Tasker can turn off your proximity sensor while on call.. I think some custom roms also have that feature..
Would be great.
u can use proximity disabler
i lost the rubber thing when i changed the screen!!
i followed these two methods
i used proximity disabler from xposed framework to stop the proximity sensor
you can get that from
http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.mrchandler.disableprox
or follow this tutorial
or
i fixed that using a small cardboard an made two holes exactly infront of the sensor
and that fixed my proximity sensor for my nexus 4 and even made a video for the same you can check that at
Just tips for people who might have the same issue as me.
Problem: When you are in a call, the proximity sensor turns off the screen but when you pull the phone away from your face the screen stays off.
Solution: In my case it was because there were dusts covering the proximity sensor which caused it to not be as sensitive as it should. I blew some compressed air thru the speaker (top) and everything works well.
Hope this helps, I was struggling with it for months thinking maybe a custom rom installation went haywire.
takuyaah said:
Just tips for people who might have the same issue as me.
Problem: When you are in a call, the proximity sensor turns off the screen but when you pull the phone away from your face the screen stays off.
Solution: In my case it was because there were dusts covering the proximity sensor which caused it to not be as sensitive as it should. I blew some compressed air thru the speaker (top) and everything works well.
Hope this helps, I was struggling with it for months thinking maybe a custom rom installation went haywire.
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I have this problem too. I believe my proximity sensor is damaged. I have done a lot of reading out there and tried all solutions. This is very annoying when you want to turn on the speakerphone or use the keypad when calling #'s that require input. I tried using Pacman rom 4.2.2 and 4.4. I heard its possible to disable the proximity sensor during calls with stock Touchwiz rom, but I can't stand it. I may consider trying Goldeneye 4.4 TW Rom, but installation seems like a major hassle. I hope there is a custom rom out there that disables the proximity sensor.
Hi everyone,
Long story short, I got a used Nexus 4 off someone, everything works perfectly except the proximity sensor. During a call the screen blacks out and doesn't come back unless I hard reset the phone to hang up. I figured out it was a problem with the proximity sensor. Upon reading these forums and many other articles on Google about taking off the screen protector (which I don't have) and swapping the rubber "sensor" holder holes, I decided to open the phone up and take a look.
It appears that my phone is missing the rubber piece to hold the proximity and light sensors in place, making the sensor unusable and causing many issues with making calls. I've tried playing around with it using other peoples' suggestions and nothing has worked. I've decided to just find a way to disable the proximity sensor instead during a call, as I'll be quite satisfied with just a simple software fix.
Right now I am using Proximity Screen OFF to keep the screen on, but it drains my battery pretty hard. I was thinking to just flash my phone with a mod that allows me to turn the proximity sensor off during a call.
Any suggestions as to which mod contains this feature?
Thank you.