Hi!
I have a Samsung B7610.
I also have O2Compass, but I didn't know that the app includes more features then just the compass - it has also metal detector, spirit level and light sensor.
All of them work except light sensor, it always show 0.
Why is that?
Hi,
The metal detector is a trick from compass.
For the light sensor, check in your settings if you did not set the screen light to a manual value.
You're right, I did have screen brightness to manual, however I did set it to Automatic, but still the light sensor shows 0 lux, I tried to use *#0*# Light Sensor Test, but it shows light presence.
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Does anyone know the exact position of the light sensor on N1?
Also I found the automatic brightness a little dim for me
IMO i should be able to set brightness relative to light sensor, as on symbian devices
I believe its in the top left on the front, next to proximity sensor, i use manual brightness settings.
According to the Leo/Linux status wiki (http://htc-linux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Leo/Status) the Ambient Light Sensor is still not working properly.
That would explain why auto backlight adjustment does not work.
However, when in the phone screen the light sensor seems to work in that the screen goes dark when I cover the light sensor, as expected.
So I am curious as to the status of this regarding auto backlight specifically, does anyone have any more concrete info?
Perhaps there are separate light sensors? Or perhaps the light sensor only works in a limited fashion for the time being?
Just curious, not complaining
(P.S. the free "Battery Level" widget from the Market has worked well for me in the absence of auto backlight adjustment, in case others find it useful)
well there's a proximity sensor on the phone that comes into play while you are in an active call. it disables the back as you put the phone to your ear. you were simply simulating that action by covering the sensor with your hand.
Ah ok! Thats what the proximity sensor is. That is indeed marked as working on the status wiki, so that makes sense.
Thanks!
Hi
I have noticed that the readings from the ambient light sensor on the HTC One are reported as discrete values (10,40,90,160,225,320,640,1280,2600 and finally 10240). On other devices I have experience with, the readings are often continuous.
An other issue is that the so called "ambient" light sensor on the HTC One works more like a spot light sensor, in my opinion. For example standing below a ceiling down light results in a very hight "ambient" light reading even if the actual light (hence ambient light) in the room are pretty dark. Keeping the phone at the same position just angeling it a few degrees any direction will lead to a dramatical drop in the sensor reading. The intervals in between the reported values doesn't exactly help either.
My point is that the ambient light sensor is influenced to much by direct light sources rather than actually register the ambient light in the surroundings. I have not seen similar behavior in other devices from other manufacturers.
I know that the ambient light sensor for the Galaxy SII reported discrete ambient light values with stock kernel, and continuous values with the CM kernel.
Can the HTC One kernel devs change the behavior of the HTC One ambient light sensor the same way? I'm guessing that the reported values are a result of software (kernel/config/other), rather then the actual sensor itself.
I think the behavior of the sensor can explain why the display backlight control of the HTC One seems to be "less" precise, especially in bright condition, and that the display often feels to bright.
On my Galaxy Tab, the ambient light sensor is also reported in discrete value, and it generally doesn't really work with adjusting screen brightness. tbh, the most responsive ambient light sensor i've seen is on the macbook pros.
I have been googling this looking for a solution but i have not found one. I use Sensor Explorer and it reports back that the HTC One light sensor [cm36282] has a resolution of 1 lux, so it should be able to report continuous values at this resolution. How can we enable this? Is this kernel dependent or OS dependent? I wish this issue got more attention, but as i've noticed through my googling i don't find many threads regarding this issue. I would like to have the ability to fully utilize my sensor.
Hi,
The light sensor on my phone is not working.
I checked with the code *#0*# and it always shows the below status -
Light Sensor: 0 lux
Light Sensor:0,0,0,0 (R,G,B,W)
Can anyone tell me that this happens if the light sensor has failed or is there any way to fix it on my own.
Hi,
My screen is always dark with light automatic or manual... And my screen stays black during/after a call.
I have to put the light manual with high level to have a readable screen.
Which sensor is in cause? Light sensor or proximity sensor?
Thanks.