when i leave my g2 to sit with the lcd on , the soft keys and keyboard backlight cut back on when i wave my hand across the top , is this because of the light sensor ...
Yes, it's your hand blocking the light
im not making the light cut off thats my settings for it to go off if not used for a min. but if i was to wave my hand over it awakes the lights
...im not holding my hand over it at all just a wave of the hand
It's probably registering input from the proximity sensor. Just a guess.
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no problems here im just perplexed at the moment
okay this is insane how the heck does my phone know to turn of the screen when im in a call, ONLY when my head is close to it, i held the phone completely still and when i put my head close to it the screen turned off but when i moved away the screen turned on, though it was the accelerometer at first but now i dont know!
It's called a proximity sensor.
HTC and others have put this in many phones to turn the screen off when placed near your head, so you dont press buttons with your ears.
These things will probably do everything for you 5 years from now.
Just place your finger over the top of the phone screen and do it yourself. lol
The proximity sensor is located under the glass in the upper right corner of the phone, above the screen. There's also a light sensor. You can see them if you shine a bright light.
kozm0naut said:
The proximity sensor is located under the glass in the upper right corner of the phone, above the screen. There's also a light sensor. You can see them if you shine a bright light.
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cough* upper left corner *cough
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cough* upper left corner *cough
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Hey!
Iv'e noticed that the bottom touch buttons only glow when in a dark room, how can I make them allways glow?
hold your thumb over the top part of the phone
You could but tape over the light sensor
(not the proximity sensor or you won't be able to end calls)
what feature is this? when i put the phone near my face the screen goes blank and when i move it away from my face the menu lights up, pretty cool. anyone know how it works?
Not sure of the technical aspects, but I've heard it has a sensor - much like a car has headlight sensor. When it gets dark, the headlights go on, when it's daylight, headlights shut off. Phone is the opposite, dark to your face - light off, pulled away from face, lights up. I agree, cool feature - helps to conserve battery a little bit too.
It's a proximity sensor. The screen turns off so that it doesn't accidently register the screen touching your face as a touch input (aka your face touches the 'end call' button while in the middle of talking).
Lol all phones have done this using a proximity sensor for about 4 years now;-). It's nice though! Otherwise your cheek would press all kinds of buttons during a phone call, likely the end button as one of them.
These have been around for about six years now on mobiles.
Yes, this is nothing new on phones. If you're interested, look very closely at the phone's front, to the left of the speaker as you look at it. Opposite side of the camera lens. You may have to tilt it a bit, and bright light will help. You'll see two very small transluscent spots. One is the light sensor, the other is the proximity sensor.
Hey!
You know how the g2 locks the screen when u are in the middle of a call, so u wouldn't accidentally push a button with your cheeck/ear? Well sometimes (and quite often too) it stops locking, probably thinking that I moved the phone away from my face.. and the it relocks it the next second.. well most of the times it unlocks, I push the mute button or I hang up alltogether.... its getting rlly frustrating, and I was wondering if anyone is having the same problem..
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Are you outside or in bright light when this is happening?
The proximity sensor (the thing that controls this function) is in the upper left hand corner of the phone, above the display area. Basically if light hits it, on comes the screen. No light, no screen. Put your phone on a desk/table and make a call to voice mail or something, and then move your finger over the proximity sensor. Then move it away... You should be able to make the screen go on & off by passing your finger over the sensor. If this does not work, then perhaps your sensor is bad.
Some have had problems when making calls outside, because the light gets in between their face and the phone, hits the sensor, activating the screen.
Steve Jobs would tell you to hold the phone in your left hand. (It works better that way.)
Thanks! That's helpful.. I tried the finger test and it seems to work fine... when I'm holding the phone next to my ear with the sensor TOUCHING my ear, ii flickers on and off =S
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You know the four LEDs that light up along with the keyboard LEDs at the bottom of our phone? It pisses me off that Samsung wired these guys in with the keyboard and literally made it impossible to disable them using software fixes. And I've set it to 3 seconds but that just doesn't cut it. I want them disabled, permanently, until I decide they should be turned back on. Well, I took it to the next level.
Cutting a piece of black electrical tape to just fit over the four, bottom buttons, I place it over the LEDs and BOOM, they were gone. My eyes will no longer tear up when I'm on my phone late at night while laying in bed. No longer will the screen be set to a healthy, dim brightness only to be overpowered the four LEDs at the bottom each time my finger touches the screen.
The capacitive feature still works fine, and I've lost no functionality with this fix. I'd post a picture but I'm having some issues with my digital camera.