Proximity sensor activation - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have a custom built leather case someone made for me. All I am trying to do, is have screen turn off when case is closed, and on when it is opened.
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Proximity sendor

when i am on the phone and.i want to end the call, my screen is off. I have to push on the home button, to switch the screen on. I tested the proximity sensor (*#0*#), but that is ok. I have the feeling that i only have this problem in the evening.
I run on 2.3.5 ki8.
Anybody any thougts what this could be?
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Do you use a screenprotector?
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No. No screen protector
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Anyone have problems with screen locking?

Just randomally goes to lock screen? Even when using the device I have my screen timeout for two mins but this random ally happens sometime twice less then a minute.
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I believe I found out what's causing it.. lol I am wearing a magnetic ring and when I touch near the bottom left on the back it turns the display off weird?
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So apparently its supossed to do that with magnets like in a case but works with my ring kinda cool.
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Lord_Xovon said:
So apparently its supossed to do that with magnets like in a case but works with my ring kinda cool.
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Had the same problem. Used to fold the front of my case behind the tablet to use Kindle app for example then realised the magnets were causing the screen to lock. Was driving me nuts for a while and I was all ready to return the tablet to the store. All's well now though :good:

Flip cover and the nexus 4

Hi everyone I would like ask to the people who uses a flip cover what app do you use for locking and unlocking just with opening and closing the cover of the screen. Since I just got my flip cover I downloaded an app called "Simple Cover Lock" but I just saw the problem of battery drain and it really kills my battery or at least it seems like that.
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Nethojs29 said:
Hi everyone I would like ask to the people who uses a flip cover what app do you use for locking and unlocking just with opening and closing the cover of the screen. Since I just got my flip cover I downloaded an app called "Simple Cover Lock" but I just saw the problem of battery drain and it really kills my battery or at least it seems like that.
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I used the same app with my flip and the battery was poor. It's probably too difficult to improve due to the sensor/app being a wake lock.
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Nethojs29 said:
Hi everyone I would like ask to the people who uses a flip cover what app do you use for locking and unlocking just with opening and closing the cover of the screen. Since I just got my flip cover I downloaded an app called "Simple Cover Lock" but I just saw the problem of battery drain and it really kills my battery or at least it seems like that.
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Even I use a Flip cover. I use the inbuilt setting(Goto sleep in quick settings) to lock the phone and to unlock the phone I use volume waker built in feature..
Touch to wake is what I used on 4.2.2 but on 4.3 I can't use it, kernel issues(unsupported for a few)
Try out "awesome on off" app. It uses proximity sensor to turn screen off and you can use it for flip covers
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I use proximity screen off, I purchased the full app to get more features
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Here is a screenshot of mine
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I use automaton
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Quick window free case. .

As some of you noticed the lg g2 came with a free quick window case. Which I personally really really like. Just when the flap goes over the screen. It never stays on the screen... Its always raised. So its not stable and it can turn on the device by accident. Just wanted to know if anyone is having same issues or have a solution ( if you know what I am on about anyway)
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same issue here
Mine didn't come with the case...
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No free case here. But then again att likes to repackage their phones and take out all the extra goodies a phone would normally come with.
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You have to break it in. It takes about a week or so.
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After about a month, it's still a bit raised for me. I was hoping it'd be magnetized or weighted.
It's nice to see i'm not the only one with this problem, even though it is a pretty minor issue to me anyway, it is REALLY annoying :/
you would of though they would have put a magnet on it or something.
Yes it will work after you open and closer it about 100 times. I also layed a book on mine eventually it works as intended
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Simple but good idea haha. Thanks!
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Why does my proximity sensor stay on when the screen is off (not in a call)

So playing around with some night vision goggles I discovered the proximity sensor turns on when the screen turns off. I tried a phone call and discovered the flash pattern was the same. I played around with the settings but could find nothing that could explain this (on my s4 quick glance the culprit). Does anyone know why this is happening?
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Possibly related to the feature where our will answer a call if you place the phone to your face
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Possibly related to the feature where our will answer a call if you place the phone to your face
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Wouldn't it start looking for your face only when a call is coming through?
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The sensor stays on to prevent knock-on from working in your pocket. If it detects that the phone is in an enclosed space, it will not knock-on.
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