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Search Contacts while on call

Weird.
Was just on a call but had to search through my contacts and the screen would dim out every 1 second..press the back key again too continue looking and the screen dims out again.
Any ideas on why I can't run another task while on a call because the screen keeps dimming out?

the phone has a proximity sensor like the iphone. when on a call screen will automatically turn off when you put it up to your face because the sensor sees that theres no light (unless your face is a flashlight). you probably blocked it by accident while using the phone. its somewhere on the top of the phone dont kknow exactly where though.

melterx12 said:
the phone has a proximity sensor like the iphone. when on a call screen will automatically turn off when you put it up to your face because the sensor sees that theres no light (unless your face is a flashlight). you probably blocked it by accident while using the phone. its somewhere on the top of the phone dont kknow exactly where though.
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Ahh that makes sense. My DSLR has that as well. Thanks for clearing that up.

Yeah if you put it on speaker it wont do it.

Turning phone over to mute?

Had this phone for about 5 days so far, and coming from an old HTC one X I'm amazed by the battery life! And generally really liking the phone, however..........
I cannot seem to find how to mute the phone's alerts by turning the phone over onto it's screen. i.e. in a meeting or restaurant, phone begins to ring... and I can just flip it quickly over to shut it up and know that it won't ring again whilst turned over.
I know I'm probably being stunningly dim, but any hints?

alex.mc said:
Had this phone for about 5 days so far, and coming from an old HTC one X I'm amazed by the battery life! And generally really liking the phone, however..........
I cannot seem to find how to mute the phone's alerts by turning the phone over onto it's screen. i.e. in a meeting or restaurant, phone begins to ring... and I can just flip it quickly over to shut it up and know that it won't ring again whilst turned over.
I know I'm probably being stunningly dim, but any hints?
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I guess this isn't supported on x play.

alex.mc said:
Had this phone for about 5 days so far, and coming from an old HTC one X I'm amazed by the battery life! And generally really liking the phone, however..........
I cannot seem to find how to mute the phone's alerts by turning the phone over onto it's screen. i.e. in a meeting or restaurant, phone begins to ring... and I can just flip it quickly over to shut it up and know that it won't ring again whilst turned over.
I know I'm probably being stunningly dim, but any hints?
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That's a handy feature to have... Someone should work on that.

abhish3k9 said:
That's a handy feature to have... Someone should work on that.
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It's kernel related I think. You can tell the developers about it on kernel related thread.

K.khiladi said:
It's kernel related I think. You can tell the developers about it on kernel related thread.
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I don't think so. I think, it's just using the proximity sensor to mute the device while receiving a call. An app for non-rooted phones will do. Though, it can be embedded in custom ROMs.

abhish3k9 said:
I don't think so. I think, it's just using the proximity sensor to mute the device while receiving a call. An app for non-rooted phones will do. Though, it can be embedded in custom ROMs.
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Nope it isn't that easy that just an app would enable it. X play has notification led also but requires custom kernel to support it.

K.khiladi said:
Nope it isn't that easy that just an app would enable it. X play has notification led also but requires custom kernel to support it.
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I might be wrong, but, enabling the notification LED i.e letting power into it or establishing a connection to it (hardware level) is different than using a (already working) sensor. The feature mentioned in this thread is just a cleaver use of sensors.

abhish3k9 said:
I might be wrong, but, enabling the notification LED i.e letting power into it or establishing a connection to it (hardware level) is different than using a (already working) sensor. The feature mentioned in this thread is just a cleaver use of sensors.
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The sensors are working correctly but for that particular trick to work there has to be support from software level and that comes from kernel support. I haven't heard of any app that initiates this flip to mute thing. I could also be wrong. I ain't a developer but just reading stuffs everywhere.

You don't need special kernel support for this.
Any app (if you grant the permission) can mute the phone by setting RINGER_MODE_SILENT via Android Audiomanager.
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/AudioManager.html
And any app can choose to be notified on sensor data changes of a specific sensor (e.g. proximity semsor) if it registers a listener for this sensor.
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/SensorManager.html
If you combine both and put it as background service you have an app that mutes the phone based on sensor input. E.g. if proximity sensor if covered. Quite easy.
Though for flip to mute proximity sensor alone probably doesn't help as the sensor is a also covered if the phone is in your pocket. I guess gyroscope would be best, which X Play doesn't have...
But maybe you can detect the flip motion also via clever combination of magnetometer and accelerometer data?
But I would be very surprised if there were no apps in Google Play which offer flip to mute functionality

u42671 said:
You don't need special kernel support for this.
Any app (if you grant the permission) can mute the phone by setting RINGER_MODE_SILENT via Android Audiomanager.
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/AudioManager.html
And any app can choose to be notified on sensor data changes of a specific sensor (e.g. proximity semsor) if it registers a listener for this sensor.
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/SensorManager.html
If you combine both and put it as background service you have an app that mutes the phone based on sensor input. E.g. if proximity sensor if covered. Quite easy.
Though for flip to mute proximity sensor alone probably doesn't help as the sensor is a also covered if the phone is in your pocket. I guess gyroscope would be best, which X Play doesn't have...
But maybe you can detect the flip motion also via clever combination of magnetometer and accelerometer data?
But I would be very surprised if there were no apps in Google Play which offer flip to mute functionality
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Thanks for correction and I haven't heard of any app with that feature.

I haven't seen a standalone app for this (but then I haven't really looked too hard) but if you have xposed installed you can use GravityBox which has "Flip action while ringing" under the "Phone Tweaks" section. Options are:
Do nothing (default)
Mute ringer
Dismiss call
The flip action is defined as "device is flipped face down while ringing".

Proximity sensor not working at all

So the screen starts to shut as soon as i'm making phone call, any kind of call, skype, line free call, whatsapp, pretty much anything, even if i'm not sticking my phone to my ear, the screen will turn off immediately and won't turn back on as soon i'm releasing the phone from my ear. I hope it was just a software bug, please help

That sounds like a screen protector issue, have you installed one recently
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markdexter said:
That sounds like a screen protector issue, have you installed one recently
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I'm not sticking any screen protector up till today

To verify if it is software or hardware issue, you may want to run ASUS device test.
1. Start the hidden ASUS device test: Open stock Calculator app; click exactly ".12345+=" without quotes; the test app will start
2. Run "Single test" and choose "Proximity Test" to test the sensor.

For you guys who still own this beast of a phone: Just took it apart with a little help of a YouTube video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnBmLSpCljs&t=189s
Cleaned the proximity with some cute-tips and a tooth pick with some alcohol. All is perfect now !!

Front video not working. Want to back up app data before trying factory reset.

For some reason, the front camera gets all weird when taking a video. Back camera works fine, just not front. All the colors become muted and blue tinted, everything goes dark, and the quality drops signifgantly. Here's what I mean: imgur.com/a/t1XOc (I can't post links yet :/ so just copy paste)
First picture is what selfie (front) camera sees, 2nd is what happens when I try to take a video using the front camera, 3rd picture is what the selfie camera looks like afterwards. It gets "fixed' after i switch to front camera and back. I think it's a hardware defect, since I haven't found anyone else having problems with this on the internet.
I want to factory reset to be sure (is there a way to turn on safe mode? I can't figure out how on this phone) unfortunately I already put a bunch of games on my phone that don't have cloud save, and I don't want to loose all that progress. Is there a way I can back up all the app data without rooting? (I haven't rooted in case I needed to send it back for repairs). If I do restore the apps, will they still be able to receive updates and will I still be able to make inapp purchases?

Phone comes with weshare... Have not tried it myself.

Unintended taps during call: how to prevent them?

Hi!
I"m not the only having the problem: during a call unintended taps takes place while screen waking up is not registered during the call. So, you see, I'm not sure a proximity sensor is the reason of the problem as far as screen is kept turned off.
I have tried to reproduce the issue by fingers, but wasn't lucky.
Have you any ideas how to eliminate the problem?
I mean not-rooted official up-to-date stock firmware use case.
And, by the way, I haven't found proximity sensor calibration in service menu for A1. Is it placed somewhere into another place?

That happens to me all the time too.

Yup, me too. While in call I sometimes unknowingly turn on the flashlight and probably look like an idiot. ?

With the rn3p I would constantly end up muted. With mi a1 the problem is much less although I've noticed that numbers are still pressed. I've learned over time to switch to keypad so when something gets touched it's not the mute and at worst the other person receives some key tones.

I also have this problem a lot. I mute myself 9/10. To bypass to problem, I just lock the screen before placing it against my ear.

Yes, a simple soutions is just when you call someone, imidiately press power button to lock the screen (no password or fingerprint requred to unlock)

dejano said:
Yes, a simple soutions is just when you call someone, imidiately press power button to lock the screen (no password or fingerprint requred to unlock)
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That's what I've been doing. That and pushing the top part of the mobile on my face just to make sure. lol
Oh and use the Feedback app and send it to xiaomi and hope they fix it on the next update.

i had this problem too, has it been fixed in the latest of updates? its a really annoying bug.

You must be doing something wrong. This issue "must" have been in all smartphone operating systems in the world, if what you are saying is the truth.
There's no way to drop the call, or press anything while you are calling someone. The proximity sensor doesn't allow turning on the screen when it's close to an object. The gyroscope also turns off the screen when you rotate the phone vertically during a call.
But all I can say is that it's not a bug, this is how is your phone knows when you are in a call, and you put your phone to your ear, or when you use your "speaker", and so the phone knows it's supposed to used it's speaker to transfer voice through the call.
Beside my poor English, try to move your phone a bit vertically before putting it close to your ear.

same problem here, also disabling ambient display... i also tested proximity sensor with some apps and it seems ok

I have that problem too from the beginning. None of the updates came up with a solution

Same here: I mute, turn on the flashlight or even open apps sometimes with my face. And thanks for the input @SmallTarzan but i know how to operate a smartphone and did not have any similar problems for the last five years. Apart from that annoying bug it's a great phone.

Wow, i dont know of this bug since i'm using custom rom from very beginning.
Try to make a call then use your hand to cover top part of the phone, screen doesn't lock??

I am having this issue too and it is really annoying

And still nobody came up with a solution???
It's easy to understand why it happens.
Proximity activates while you're in a call, but apparently the touchscreen digitizer remains working (even though the screen is off). Touching the digitizer with your ears or cheeks activates different actions while you think your screen is locked.
I can't believe how this issue is not fixed yet! That's a shame!
Same applies for the network fluctuation issues. You need to either choose 3G or 4G to avoid loosing your data connection.
Xiaomi that's more than LAME! You need to be ashamed of yourselves.

It happens to me quite often, although not always.
It's more frequent during long calls. If the call lasts for less than a minute or so, it doesn't happen.
Proximity sensor works, and screen turns off as soon as I put it at my ear.
Keyboard is off and not responding for a while. Then, all of a sudden the phone comes alive.
In my case it's not the torch. What I activate unknowingly is the handsfree loudspeaker, which can be even more embarrassing, sometimes.
Maybe it's because I am left-handed.
In an attempt to have the proximity sensor fully covered by my face, I tried to make calls by holding the phone with my right hand, but to no avail, after some time the screen wakes up regardless of everything.

Happens to me too. Although I did notice some differences regarding the position of the phone on my ear or which side of my head I put the phone on, I started pressing the power button long ago to turn the screen off. It may not be ideal, but it takes care of it.

AlaiSalaam said:
Happens to me too. Although I did notice some differences regarding the position of the phone on my ear or which side of my head I put the phone on, I started pressing the power button long ago to turn the screen off. It may not be ideal, but it takes care of it.
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Try this app, some users say it helps.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ss.proximityservice

Any fixes yet?

simontol said:
Any fixes yet?
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None, same sh**