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Proximity Sensor Doesn't Work!!!

Hi guys,
I got my xperia x10 and the proximity sensor doesn't work. Even in test mode it just says off with a dial tone. Any idea what I can do? Ive tried flashing firmwares.
Regards
corruptfate

The proximity sensor in X10 does disable the touch on your screen immediately after you put the phone to your face, and it waits about 6 or 7 seconds to turn off the display.
you can test it, call someone and put your finger on the top of the screen( beside the earpiece ) and try to cancel the call.

ya but the thing is it doesn't work in the service menu...

I tested it now and it's working fine from the service test menu. it even detects my finger about centimeter and a half away from it.(give you a tone and write "ON" on the screen)

When you test it in the service menu... are you actually covering the proximity sensor? it won't activate unless you cover it..
it's just above and to the right of the word "Ericsson" at the top of the phone.

yes it is the little black thing It works on my brothers but not mine when I open the test i just hear a dial tone and see off even when I try to cover it

Sounds like you need to take it back then.. either get it repaired or replaced..

but it's working while you are in a call, so don't bother yourself.
maybe it's just a software error.

thats what I'm planing to do... thanks for your help guys

Proximity Sensor

Hey,
I'm having a problem with my proximity sensor. If I make a phone call, the screen turns automatically black, even if sensor isn't covered. And I can't turn the screen back on during call, only if the conversational partner hangs up, then it turns back on normally. If I try to hang up, the phone the display stays black for about 2min.
I'm having this problem only with WP7 & Android, works normally on WM6.5.
Hope somebody can help me.
Thanks in advantage.

You saying it works fine with winmo, it has to be a setting or bad flashing. You can try wiping your phone and starting over. I haven't played with WP7, but in some andriod roms there is an opition to use proximity sensor in the phone settings. Goto settings/ call settings. You might want to check and see. might be able to help you more if you were to tell what rom and how you installed.

This setting montecarlo5 mentions is available in cyanogenmod roms.
Are you sure there's no dirt covering your proximity sensor? Maybe Android is more sensitive than WM/WP.

I'm using RAFDROID HD 2.3 and like u allready said, the setting isn't available.
I'm having this issue on every NAND build i ever tested, but the sensor is 100% clean.

Please guys, don't open everytime a new thread before searching, if some one did the same -.- I made some tests to find out the reason of this issue and how to solve it (more or less).
Pls follow: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=913134

proximity sernsor: is it working?

Hello, I'd like to ask you if the proximity sensor works during a call.
It happens that when I put the phone next to my ear, sometimes the call ends because I touch the end call area with my face.
Is there a way to see if the proximity sensor is disabled?

I'm not sure but mine works perfectly so far..

Yea, the problem was that I used the viva-voice (I don't know the english translation).

maybe you touch the screen and end call? when you close far phone to the head wait one second and then backlight is off... but dont touch the screen yuor ear or cheek before the scren isn't off.

screen goes black on call

When I make a phone call screen goes black without taking the phone near my ear and it doesnt recover and it remains black.... While the screen is black i can hear the person who am calling to...

Yep. I had the same issue after installing the Cyanogen Mod 7.1 ROM. There is an option to recalibrate the Proximity sensor. After doing that the problem got fixed for me. So might want to try this out.
It was under Open App Drawer--> ZTE BLADE settings--> Proximity Sensor Calibration.

[Q] Defy - auto lock screen while calling

Hi,
I am using red lense defy and CM10. When I use the dialer to call others, the screen will be automatically turned off and I have no way to lit it again during the call. Thus I cannot enter the choices for languages when calling these automatic voice machines. After the call, it will be lit again.
I used to have CM7 on this defy. The dialer worked pretty well. However, Skype on CM7 had the same problem. Now I can use the keyword while using Skype, but the dialer fails...
Who knows a possible cause for this?

Ok I've found the problem by myself. The proximity sensor is not working well. After cleaning the screen it works now.
However, is there a way to disable to proximity sensor in case it is malfunctioning?

Please ask all questions in the Q&A section. Thread moved there.

proximity sensor prob
my defy's screen is turned off during calling/answ. ok, its normal.
but i have no way to get the screen on again!! even not after the call has ended. the red light rom sensor keeps on glowing. i have to re-install battery.
i updated to cm7.2 yesterday. evrything is just awesome!!
before that i was on 2.2.2 official.
also my device's proximity sensor is not working well. between the range of 0 to 100cm, it shows 0 everytime.
same problem during call was there in 2.2.2, but i was always able to glow my screen.
pls help me with this. any way disable the functioning of proximity sensor?

Screen protector?
I know this thread is old but in case somebody stumbles across it like I did. I fought with this problem for about 2 weeks and finally pinned down my cause. I buy large protector sheets for tablets and cut my own to fit my defy. Works not bad. First time I ever forgot to peel the cover layer and got this problem. Before getting too crazy with programming, try removing your screen protector or at least the dummy layer that you remove after install. http://forum.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/eek.gif