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Hey i don't know if this deserves its own thread or not, but i think it'd be pretty cool if the proximity sensor on the Touch Pro 2 could be used like those on blackberries, that when you put the phone in your pocket or a case with the screen on the screen would automatically turn off then turn back on when you took it out. Don't know if this would be possible but it is a really cool concept. Thanks
blackberries turn on cause theres a little magnet in the cases that turn on and off the screen. i dont think any blackberries have a proximity sensor. the storm is the only one with a touch screen to accidentally hit but you have to click it to do anything, and if your pushing a bb hard enough into your face to make the screen click, you deserve the have it push random buttons.
oh ok, that kinda sucks, still be kinda cool if it could be done though
i was wondering if theres some way to change the sensitivity or distance of the proximity sensor, i notice when my wife was using the phone the screen would turn on and off randomly i guess because of the way she was holding it to her ear, then i started noticing through the corner of my eye that my phone was doing this as well, it must think i've pulled it away from my ear when it senses different cavities in my ear, i'd like to turn it up to an extra 1/2" or so when i do hold the phone to my ear i know for certain it stays off, and when i really do pull it away from my head the screen wakes up. has anyone found the settings for this yet? i'm running juicy rom and my wife has mightyrom
TheLetterMan said:
Hey i don't know if this deserves its own thread or not, but i think it'd be pretty cool if the proximity sensor on the Touch Pro 2 could be used like those on blackberries, that when you put the phone in your pocket or a case with the screen on the screen would automatically turn off then turn back on when you took it out. Don't know if this would be possible but it is a really cool concept. Thanks
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you could have it that way but you would need to disable the power off after x minutes. then all you would need to do is keep the proximity sensor enabled
Changescreen has an option under the advanced settings to suspend the phone when it's placed face down or in your pocket (as long as its put in your pocket upside down). It doesn't turn back on when you pick it up or take it out of your pocket though, you have to hit the suspend button for that. I'd reccomend checking it out.
Oh ya it also does screen rotation via the G-sensor.
trevoroni said:
Changescreen has an option under the advanced settings to suspend the phone when it's placed face down or in your pocket (as long as its put in your pocket upside down). It doesn't turn back on when you pick it up or take it out of your pocket though, you have to hit the suspend button for that. I'd reccomend checking it out.
Oh ya it also does screen rotation via the G-sensor.
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I'm not sure if Changescreen actually uses the proximity sensor. It will shut off the screen even if you turn it upside down in the air. And I have found on numerous occasions that it still leaves the screen on in your pocket, which is too bad because it's handy to have.
Try PocketShield. It will automatically shut the screen off when put in your pocket or case. There is a free and paid version.
t0mmyr said:
i was wondering if theres some way to change the sensitivity or distance of the proximity sensor, i notice when my wife was using the phone the screen would turn on and off randomly i guess because of the way she was holding it to her ear, then i started noticing through the corner of my eye that my phone was doing this as well, it must think i've pulled it away from my ear when it senses different cavities in my ear, i'd like to turn it up to an extra 1/2" or so when i do hold the phone to my ear i know for certain it stays off, and when i really do pull it away from my head the screen wakes up. has anyone found the settings for this yet? i'm running juicy rom and my wife has mightyrom
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I'm with t0mmyr on this issue.
I too find that when having been on a call, my screen can end up with started apps, on the programs page, etc.
I too think that a 'tweak' on the proximity sensor will go a long way to fixing this issue. The trick is to find exactly what to tweak and this is where we need a little guru-like guidence.......!!!
Cheers
Jabberoo
theres a few interesting keys in hklm\software\htc\proximity. i wont mess with them. i wouldnt like the screen to turn on every time i pick my phone off a table or something.
The Jack of Clubs said:
theres a few interesting keys in hklm\software\htc\proximity. i wont mess with them. i wouldnt like the screen to turn on every time i pick my phone off a table or something.
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Thx for the heads-up
I looked into them but with no result.
There must surely be a way to 'fiddle' with the range..?
Cheers
Jabberoo
i dont think there is a boost on range. i think the emitter intensity is fixed and would require hardware tinkering to make reflections on object brighter for the receiving sensor.
trevoroni said:
Changescreen has an option under the advanced settings ....
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Actually I played with it a little and realized that it does in fact use the proximty sensor and g sensor. It just seems to bug up some times (or it just might be my device)
Not just yours mine does this as well. I make sure I don't move the phone away from my ear at all but if it is a long call it always seems that either the notification bar or the start button got pressed during the call. It is driving me nuts. I had a program written by someone on XDA for my Fuze that worked awesome called touch in-call screen tweak I want that functionality with the tilt 2
dalavar said:
Not just yours mine does this as well. I make sure I don't move the phone away from my ear at all but if it is a long call it always seems that either the notification bar or the start button got pressed during the call. It is driving me nuts. I had a program written by someone on XDA for my Fuze that worked awesome called touch in-call screen tweak I want that functionality with the tilt 2
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TouchLockPro has InCallTweak built in. See youtube video in the link. And recently also has added ZoomBar unlock. And it is *FREE*
...while on the phone? The screen goes black in a matter of seconds and isn't affected by the general timeout setting. This can be a real PITA while navigating a VRU system.
Have you tried going into settings/display/screen timeout?
d12unk13astard said:
Have you tried going into settings/display/screen timeout?
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That is the general timeout setting I was referring to, and it doesn't affect screen timeout while on the phone.
That's strange it shouldn't be timing out on you then. Maybe check the settings on the application your using and see if theres a reason it might be shutting off then.
i know when i had the mt4g and even my current G2x the display would turn off while talking on the phone then re-appear anytime i held it away from my head, probaly just the sensor.
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...while on the phone? The screen goes black in a matter of seconds and isn't affected by the general timeout setting. This can be a real PITA while navigating a VRU system.
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Mine does this too.. If I am on a call, the screen turns off rather quickly. I need to be able to toggle the mute during conference calls and it is a real PITA to have to hit the power button first every time.
CrozB said:
Mine does this too.. If I am on a call, the screen turns off rather quickly. I need to be able to toggle the mute during conference calls and it is a real PITA to have to hit the power button first every time.
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Pain in Le Tush!
This sounds like a really stupid solution but I have experienced the same issue before hand. What I realized was in many cases when I was going to touch the screen my hand was getting close to the sensor on top that shuts off the screen while on a call. You know like when you put it next to your face to ensure that you aren't pushing buttons. Not sure if that is it, but just speaking from personal experience.
Mine does this sometimes , it just did it on this xda app and i know it wasent 30 seconds yet. also sometimes it doesnt lock just comes right back on after i hit the button
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Its just like my lock sceen time , if i go to lock sceen but press nothing it will go black in 5 seconds
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phatgenius said:
This sounds like a really stupid solution but I have experienced the same issue before hand. What I realized was in many cases when I was going to touch the screen my hand was getting close to the sensor on top that shuts off the screen while on a call. You know like when you put it next to your face to ensure that you aren't pushing buttons. Not sure if that is it, but just speaking from personal experience.
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This is what I figured out after 20 or so times hitting the power button while on the phone.
The screen automatically comes back on in 1-2 seconds when you pull the phone away from your ear. Once I realized this, I stopped fouling it up by turning the screen off and on again with the power button. It would be nice if this delay could be adjusted, but it seems to work alright as is.
There is nothing wrong worth any of your phones as far as I know it's not adjustable yet.your phone does this while making a call to prevent your face from making a three way call or accidentally hanging up on whoever your talking to. Some one can correct me if I'm wrong but that's what I've heard and read several times and my samsung captivate did the same thing.
If you pull the phone away from your face so that the sensor can pick up the change in ambient light, or what ever it is that it does your screen should come back on shortly.to be honest
I kind of wish it would react faster, but it's still pretty good.
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mine does this when not on a call , i think the sensor is only on while talking
Well just like on the Vibrant if u swipe across the top of the screen left to right you can control the brightness. For some reason when swiping from left to right to turn brightness to max, it makes my screen go black like it has been locked and i have to press the power button to wake the phone back up. Has anyone else noticed this??? I doubt its supposed to do this....
I didn't notice this, don't think it happens on my phone
Seems like i may have another reason besides the lines in my screen to do an exchange.
I have the glitch too
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^^good to know im not alone. Its weird man, Its super convenient to be able to use it, but not if it locks the phone each time i want to brighten my screen.
I can duplicate this when viewing a pdf but not from the home screen.
mziol said:
I didn't notice this, don't think it happens on my phone
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Works fine for me. I did it as soon as I read the op haha
Edit: Although, if I go too fast, I can replicate the black screen.
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I have the glitch too. I read that AT&T and Samsung were already pushing out updates to their SGS2 to fix "annoyances"..hopefully they will push updates to our phones soon as well.
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Works fine for me. I did it as soon as I read the op haha
Edit: Although, if I go too fast, I can replicate the black screen.
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lol yea samething happens to me, i have to go slow or not all the way to the edge of the phone.
Same... Goin to fast or hitting the right edge corner makes the screen go black...
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ok i purposely did this in a room with all the lights off and the screen actually doesnt turn off, instead it turns dark gray and u can see what appears to be "burn in" maybe? The square line around my Clock widget ,the line across the row of icons at the bottom and also notification bar line are all easily visible. This isnt good at all... Please someone try to replicate this in a completely dark room to see if the results are the same.
Will do later today.
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Hi guys,
Did any body nanaged go get this function working. Even though the appropriate setting is ticked I can't get the the phone light up when switched off!
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I hope ur not turning the phone off while testing this function. .. The screen had to be locked. ..
Anyway. .. You have to swipe your hand over the light sensor while screen is off
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Place the phone on flat surface after locking it.
Now swipe your hand over your phone screen from top to bottom without touching the screen.
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Just hover your hands over the light sensor, but you have to do it kind of slowly and also it response at least 1s after you have hovered your hand over your phone. It's not really that useful of a function, more of a gimmick.
I do want to ask, do these motion functions really drain the battery a lot? As this means the motion sensor is always on.
juliano76 said:
Hi guys,
Did any body nanaged go get this function working. Even though the appropriate setting is ticked I can't get the the phone light up when switched off!
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i cant seem to get it working neither.... it only works in the quick glance motion tutorial... very weird. am i missing some other settings? motion is on, quick glance ticked, screen lock is setup, anything else??
Wolf1203 said:
i cant seem to get it working neither.... it only works in the quick glance motion tutorial... very weird. am i missing some other settings? motion is on, quick glance ticked, screen lock is setup, anything else??
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Its a cr*p feature -- or at least the implementation is. You need to sort of hover or cup your hand over the sensors and move it away slowly. Then sometimes it 'works', which means if you do it right about a second or two later the screen slowly wakes up and shows some info. All this takes 4-5 seconds, in which time you could have quickly switched the screen on and off anyways in lesser time.
Gimmick, as someone has pointed out above.
Not only your hand, but anything that cover the light sensor.
Try to calibrate the gyroscope
Wolf1203 said:
i cant seem to get it working neither.... it only works in the quick glance motion tutorial... very weird. am i missing some other settings? motion is on, quick glance ticked, screen lock is setup, anything else??
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Hi, this is my first post here.
Please try to calibrate your gyroscope
To do this go to Advance settings and calibrate it.
I have question too about this QUICK glance (but actually slow glance)
I like this to use to check the time specially during night.
But it is really not quick when I use mine and my friend sister told me that hers is fast.
Does somebody know how to do it make it fast?
kind of a useless feature IMO. doesn't display much in the quick glance screen. much easier to just press the home key.
Yeah, ur right the home button is faster. But I dont believe this is crap feature, it depends in situation. In my side I use this glance feature during night and wake up to check the time not hurting the eye for glare. And in theater also you can use this to check the time, it is really respectfull if you try not to distract others inside the theater.
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I think it's useful for checking the time at night.
I just quickly pass my hand over the front and a second later time is illuminated for a few seconds
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guys, it works fine. just hover your hand in front of the sensor just in and out just like that all in less than1 second for me. it works everytime perfectly. very convenient. can someone confirm if this drains massive amounts of battery or negligible.
After trying the feature several times -- during which it did not work -- I then went in and did the gyroscope calibration. Then went back in, turned Motion on, and turned Quick Glance on. Now it works.
It was working for me up until last week, now my light sensor and or my proximity sensor seem to have stopped working all together. I am unable to get it to work at all. Is there any way to increase the light sensor sensitivity?
Works fine here.
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It works just fine, but my problem is I like to have a screen timeout of 10 minutes, and manually turn my phone off when I want. Half the time I would click it off and set it down, it would immediately wake back up because my hand was over/near the sensor as I set it down.
Works perfect here whatever screen timeout I have set.
Remember that the phone had to be perfectly still and possibly on a level surface for it to work.
Regarding using battery I've read that the n2 has a slower processor dedicated to the motion features do doesn't fire up the main processor when using these features.
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This feature is ok, but it's something a lot of people can live without. It'd be more impressive for us if Samsung extended this to other controls in their main apps, such as allowing this gesture when you receive a call. Wave your hand over the phone and it'll automatically pick up the call in speakphone mode. The Pantech Sky Vega had this feature when it launched last year and something like this is super useful if you're working with your hands (getting them dirty).
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It works for me to.
It also works for the flip cover. So when I just open the cover the glance appears then swipe the screen to unlock..no hard buttons to push
The question though.
I how can we tell if it does drain the battery.?
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I turned on the smart screen feature, and I haven't actually seen it work except for on the lockscreen. On the lockscreen after a few seconds I do see an icon with an eye appear and then the screen turns off. Is this feature only intended to work on the lockscreen?
Mine works all the time
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I see the icon pop on the status bar all the time but fail to see if its indicative of the screen actually staying on. Sometimes I'm looking away and see the icon pop up. I guess it just tracks your head.
If you wear glasses, it doesn't work the greatest. I'm assuming light reflection, glare or whatever from the lens. It works with some extra effort tho.
I ended up disabling it. In dark rooms it would turn off the screen when I was looking at it.
I disabled it too. I've seen the eye thing pop up right before the screen shutting off, so I think it shows up when this option is on and it hasn't noticed you looking at it. However, I've had a lot of times where the screen refuses to shut off when I put the phone down lying face up, even though my face is not in view. It just doesn't seem to work well at all.
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If you wear glasses, it doesn't work the greatest. I'm assuming light reflection, glare or whatever from the lens. It works with some extra effort tho.
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I guess that's why it hasn't worked for me, you say it worked with some extra effort though. Apart from (IMHO) a feature like this shouldn't require effort, what did you do - or do you mean that without glasses it worked?
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I guess that's why it hasn't worked for me, you say it worked with some extra effort though. Apart from (IMHO) a feature like this shouldn't require effort, what did you do - or do you mean that without glasses it worked?
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It depends how you hold the device, if there's glare from your glasses and whatever lighting situation there is for it to not scan your eye properly. But in most overhead lighting it works with no problem.
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The icon appears only sometimes, mostly when I'm in a bright room, similar to face detection on the camera won't work if it's too dark.
When the icon does appear, it keeps my display on. Though it hardly comes up. Where about's is the setting for the feature? I'm going to take a stab in the dark and guess it would help on battery drain if it was turned off. Minimal difference but some effect, no?