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Problem with the proximity sensor

The proximity sensor stopped working. When I'm making a phone call the screen is still blank when removed from the head.
Quick glance only work when I try it in the demo.
Is there any settings I might have missed or is the proximity sensor broken?

I got this problem too
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sophanith said:
I got this problem too
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R you guys rooted and/or have a custom rom? If yes reflash to stock and see if that helps. I`am on stock/unrooted atm and works fine.

Two issues that are honestly quite annoying

Firstly I love my Note 3 and if not for these issues it would be a 10/10.
My first issue is that occasionally the phone will freeze up for a few seconds regardless of the app I'm in and will tell me essentially that Samsung Watchon has forceclosed. Happens all the time and I have no idea why.
Secondly when in a call if I put it on speakerphone and leave the phone app to perform other tasks while on the phone the proximity sensor still acts as if it is not on speaker. The screen shuts off if i try to slide down the status bar or something which is quite irritating.
If you guys have any idea what could cause this or how to fix it it would be much appreciated. Gratzi :laugh:

I have that force close of watchon also
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My watchon did that right at first, but after setting it up, it hasn't crashed since.
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bskarpa said:
My watchon did that right at first, but after setting it up, it hasn't crashed since.
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Agreed. I started getting this one fcing. Now I've progressed to other apps fcing. I hate to say it but there's going to be an update on the next few days. Hope it doesn't kill root

armus said:
Agreed. I started getting this one fcing. Now I've progressed to other apps fcing. I hate to say it but there's going to be an update on the next few days. Hope it doesn't kill root
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An update????? Nooooooooo! I hope not cause I have my phone just perfect. It is running smoothly and so far the call quality is decent enough for me. I use bluetooth most of the time or my gear.
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I just deleted the update and the app itself dont plan on getting watch it worked for me now no problems
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Well that blows haha. Cmon samsung I expected perfection at that price. Anyways is anyone else experiencing the proximity sensor doing that? It's only once I leave the phone app it starts interfering.

immortal7792 said:
Firstly I love my Note 3 and if not for these issues it would be a 10/10.
My first issue is that occasionally the phone will freeze up for a few seconds regardless of the app I'm in and will tell me essentially that Samsung Watchon has forceclosed. Happens all the time and I have no idea why.
Secondly when in a call if I put it on speakerphone and leave the phone app to perform other tasks while on the phone the proximity sensor still acts as if it is not on speaker. The screen shuts off if i try to slide down the status bar or something which is quite irritating.
If you guys have any idea what could cause this or how to fix it it would be much appreciated. Gratzi :laugh:
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#1 i just setup WatchOn and it stopped because i was having this issue as well. no other apps are causing me issues
#2 i have same problem and its the same with my S4 and also my RAZR HD
as far as an update coming i have frozen SDM.apk and will definitely not be taking any updates until it looks safe for root and possible unlock. i saw a lot of people take the S4 update shortly after release and they were not happy campers

Not only is watchon a buggy POS, it runs in the BG all the time.
That was one of the first things I disabled.

WatchON is kind of useful, I think. I used to get the FC warnings a lot at the beginning, but after running the app and setting it up and adding my TV to the remote devices, I haven't had a problem since.

I had problems with watchON crashing when I opened news stand. But I've since turned it off.
As for the speaker phone I've never had that problem.
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1.WatchOn pop up errors stopped after it was set up.
2. You can turn off the proximity sensor during calls if you want in the call settings menu.

Screen wake during call

Something weird is happening during a phone call. While I'm talking I'll pull the phone away from my head and the screen won't turn on, ever. Even when I want to end the call I have to press the power button and then end call after the screen turns on. Doesn't matter what ROM I'm on. Also a buddy who isn't even rooted has the same problem. I'm hoping it just a stupid setting.
Any ideas?
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Same problem here.. even on a fresh room install.. so I'm afraid it is not a settings issue
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Do you guys have a case for it? Maybe the sensor is covered somehow.
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Yes I have a case but I had the case since I got the phone and it only recently started doing this
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Took the case off and tried nothing. Does it go by a light sensor or the gyro?
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No case here either. Very strange
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Mine started do this as well. After phone call pull the phone away and have to hit power button to turn screen on.
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Happened to me and I found the solution on another thread. Sounds stupid but it worked for me. Blow into the ear piece. I used a compressed air spray can but it may work with just your mouth. Apparently some dust gets in front of the proximity detector inside the phone next to the ear piece. This removed it. Give it a shot.

No volume no viuce sometimes

Hello everyone. I use gs4 i9500 on android 4.4 . Whn i work on slmy phone sometimes the voice is lost. I increase the volume by side buttons but no voice. And even i try to hear music nothing at all. No voice. But once i restart the phone ilthe voice comes back again and works normally but after some periods of time again.. help me to solve this. And my phone rooted.
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rovshanst said:
Hello everyone. I use gs4 i9500 on android 4.4 . Whn i work on slmy phone sometimes the sound is lost. I increase the volume by side buttons but no voice. And even i try to hear music nothing at all. No sound. But once i restart the phone the sound comes back again and works normally but after some periods of time again.. help me to solve this. And my phone rooted.
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rovshanst said:
Hello everyone. I use gs4 i9500 on android 4.4 . Whn i work on slmy phone sometimes the voice is lost. I increase the volume by side buttons but no voice. And even i try to hear music nothing at all. No voice. But once i restart the phone ilthe voice comes back again and works normally but after some periods of time again.. help me to solve this. And my phone rooted.
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No worries. Its a minor bug which I am sure will be fixed in next update roll out. I too noticed the same thing with my phone. Good part is it does not happen that frequently .... Mine once in a month so far

Thank u for reply
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"Ok Google" Anywhere breaks video recording.

Just in case you weren't already aware. The "OK Google" hot word detection apparently breaks the ability to record video. It makes the camera app think your on a call. Kinda crazy. I hope it's something on the Google end and they fix it. I was using it for the last day and LOVED it!
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Are you sure Google should fix this? Seems to me more like lg job (or our mod devs). The Google camera video recording works. Anyway thanks for the info!
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jcnbama said:
Just in case you weren't already aware. The "OK Google" hot word detection apparently breaks the ability to record video. It makes the camera app think your on a call. Kinda crazy. I hope it's something on the Google end and they fix it. I was using it for the last day and LOVED it!
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Working fine....tried FHD and UHD....maybe you didn't hang up your phone while recording.........
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Having the same issue where video recording doesn't work anymore when enabling Ok Google word detection on every screen. I'm on xdabbeb's camera. Anyone having this problem on stock camera?
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rogconnect said:
Working fine....tried FHD and UHD....maybe you didn't hang up your phone while recording.........
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That's odd. If you Google it there are other people complaining about it as well. Also I am using Xdabbebs modded camera app.
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jcnbama said:
That's odd. If you Google it there are other people complaining about it as well. Also I am using Xdabbebs modded camera app.
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Probably your modded camera app......but i am on CloudyG3 1.1 stock camera app which is modded too.
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Maybe other people will try it and report. It is very frustrating. I want Google now everywhere. Maybe I will download a 3rd party camera and see if it has the same issue.
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Downloaded Google Camera from the Play Store and it works. So, guess it's a mod problem.
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I've found the issue is with on screen phone. Turn off on screen phone and OK Google hot word detection works but no video recording with stock camera app (the Google camera app will record). Turn on screen phone on and video recording works fine but OK Google hot word stops working. Very strange.
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Semi on topic, but this also breaks the alarm when the phone is plugged in. The phone thinks that you are on a phone call, so it doesn't let the alarm fire with sound.

Sfkn2 said:
Semi on topic, but this also breaks the alarm when the phone is plugged in. The phone thinks that you are on a phone call, so it doesn't let the alarm fire with sound.
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Yup just tried it and it automatically snoozes the alarm. Dang, such strange issues.
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Mobius360 said:
Yup just tried it and it automatically snoozes the alarm. Dang, such strange issues.
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It's not strange really. Always listening makes the phone think you're in a phone call. Alarms don't go off when you're talking on the phone. This is an oversight in design.

Sfkn2 said:
It's not strange really. Always listening makes the phone think you're in a phone call. Alarms don't go off when you're talking on the phone. This is an oversight in design.
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Yeah, now what I wonder is if it's a LG issue or Google? Who should fix it? Lol
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Does the nexus have the same issue? LG phone and all. I'm guessing it's an LG issue but who knows. At least it's easy to switch between modes by turning on screen phone on or off.
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Mobius360 said:
Does the nexus have the same issue? LG phone and all. I'm guessing it's an LG issue but who knows. At least it's easy to switch between modes by turning on screen phone on or off.
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Alarm works fine on my nexus 4.