Verizon LG g4 proximity sensor always on when screen is turned off.
If the screen is on, but before unlock, proximity sensor is on as well. It will turn off only after unlock the screen to home screen.
it cause battery drain and infrared light burned out/dead after being *"ON" all the time.
Any LG g4 user worry about it? I ca not imagine when my proximity sensor (infrared light) burned out, and no longer working
It is infrared, so you can only tell if you use another camera or phone look at it.
Just went to store and checked other LG G4
ALL LG G4s' proximity sensors are on WHEN screen is OFF.
So, LG G4 users, expecting infrared led light go out after reach its lifespan.
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This is normal and good. It prevents unwanted taps or screen unlocking when you have your G4 in pocket/bag/purse and will shutdown any unwanted usage.
Especially since this phone has a double tap to wake feature, this can be easily manipulated accidently. So, look at it as a good things rather then bad and draining. I doubt it's really going to cause drastic battery issues.
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Is it possible to utilize the proximity sensor so when you put the phone inside a case, or in your pocket, the screen would turn off?
I'm used to my blackberry that has a magnet that knows when its in the holster, and shuts off.
Sometimes when in my pocket the phone may turn on, and I would think if the proximity sensor is used, it would stay off because its in your pocket...
Nobody knows?
Hi, just check http://pocketshield.netserver01.com/
Not sure if HTCs leave the proximity sensor polling active while phone is off, maybe the reason is battery drain.
Blackberry magnetics work just the way the stylus work for the Diamond and later HTC models. Magnetism is a healthier approach for this because is not processor dependant. Proximity and light sensors do require CPU processing to work (at least on current HTCs hardware design)
Simple. I just press the power button to turn it off before sliding it into the case.
From my understanding, the iPhone proximity sensor activates if the phone is locked and turns on during message notification. This way the screen shuts off if it's in a case or pocket as not to drain battery life. I with WinMo did that or at least S2U2 would do that.
I have another little problem. When my Tilt 2 is paired with a Bluetooth headset and I decide to take the call at the handset the proximity sensor is not activated.
Anyone else notice this?
I am having an issue with my proximity sensor and believe it may be some sort of calibration issue. It works (ie when I am in calls, if I cover it with my finger, it shuts off the screen) but the sensitivity has become very poor. I've had the phone since the day it was released and the proximity sensor had no trouble reflecting off my head and keeping the screen off during calls. Over the last few months I've noticed I started hitting buttons with my ear during calls because the screen is not shutting down. It seems like the sensitivity has decreased by some fixed amount in the last few months. It is very annoying because I keep accidentally hanging up on people or hitting the hold call button while I am talking.
The only two things I thought it could be would be either the sensor needs to be calibrated or possibly the sensor is going bad. I'm running the cyanogen 7 nightlies but have also tried reverting to some of the more stable RCs and still had the issue. I will try going back to a t-mobile rom tonight to see if that helps.
Has anyone else experienced this? Or does anyone know how to re-calibrate the sensor?
z test from market calibrates (im pretty sure)
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z test from market calibrates (im pretty sure)
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I gave it a shot, but I didn't see anything for calibrating the proxy sensor in that app.
I did however do a test using the camera on my transformer and compared the intensity of the proxy sensor LED to that on other phones. It appears as if mine is very dim and barely blinks. I think the infrared LED is burning out or the circuit that supplies it is not putting out the correct power.
Has anyone ever tried replacing a bad proxy LED before?
try sucking over the surface with a vaccum...i know it sounds crazy but its fixed alot of proxy sensors
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try sucking over the surface with a vaccum...i know it sounds crazy but its fixed alot of proxy sensors
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That, or use one of those compressed-air cans for cleaning stuff and blow it into the speaker hole towards the proximity sensor (to the left of the speaker hole.) The proximity sensor seems very sensitive to dust particles.
You haven't installed or changed screen protectors recently, by any chance? Those have been known to mess up the sensor. Also, make sure the protector or glass is nice and clean in the area of the sensor.
Thanks for all the great advice! I'm going to give the vacuum and air can a shot.
Oh and to answer redpoint, I haven't installed any screen protectors on this phone ever, but thanks for the advice.
My GF's Vision behaves the same...
Still looking for a calibration tool, i found only one, but that don't work.
Also tried to "clean" the sensor
I think we have to return it to htc...
Same problem with my DZ since I put Virtuous G Lite on it. Did you guys find a solution for your proximity sensor ?
Cleaning or software ?
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Same problem with my DZ since I put Virtuous G Lite on it. Did you guys find a solution for your proximity sensor ?
Cleaning or software ?
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I am having the same problem. I keep hitting the hold button. Any fixes?
My Moto G5S XT1792 had overheating problems since I bought it 9 months ago but I considered it a "feature" and that Motorola would not admit it was a problem. The phone would get severely hot when using GPS and 4G at the same time.
But then, overnight, the battery bulged and raised the screen out of its frame! Finally, the battery was replaced under warranty.
Since the replacement, the battery is lasting many hours more and the phone is barely getting warm even when charging under turbo charge. I am in love with my Moto G5S again.
The normal response of the fingerprint is to vibrate and then either lock or unlock.. Or, if the finger is not recognized, it vibrates and a message is displayed.
My setting is to use the fingerprint sensor as navigation button ("One Button Nav" under Moto Actions Settings).
But when my phone is being charged, the fingerprint sensor becomes erratic. If I try a sequence of lock and unlock fingerprint procedures, giving a few seconds after each retry, many times the sensor does not respond as expected. It becomes a trial and error: sometimes it works, sometimes not. Sometimes the navigation commands are recognized (swipe left and right, quick press).
It seems that this erratic behavior is not common because I could not find other users complaining about it. I wonder if my fingerprint sensor was damaged because of the overheating problems I had since I bought the phone or maybe during the battery replacement.
I would like you to try a sequence of lock/unlock fingerprint procedures while using the original AC charger in your phones and let me know if you experience the behavior I described above.
I want to get more feedback before I request a screen replacement under warranty.
Thanks!
This is not uncommon with charging phones, and is due to interference from your big, water containing body, and the AC power ground loop, on the capacitive finger print sensor. Some phones, houses, chargers and people are more or less susceptible.
Try charging from a DC source (battery bank) if you have one, and see if the problem goes away. There isn't much that you can do about it, and I probably wouldn't bother myself with it anyway, to be quite honest.
Ok, here is the problem I am facing.
I recently changed the display to my G6 Play, and everything works fine except proximity sensor. When I try to make calls my screen goes black. I set up the power button to terminate the call but that's a very simple workaround. I can live with that but its very annoying. I checked the rubber shaped like an 8 figure around the light sensor and proximity, it seems properly aligned but I don't have enough experience to say that I am 100% sure. I have no case or screen guard on my phone also. I have tried with all kind of third apps to disable the proximity sensor. No joy. I know for sure since I have used an app for sensor testing that the proximity sensor is draining voltage aprox 0,32 mA so I think it is working. But the value is 0 so it is in a covered state. Now I am thinking since my phone dropped on the floor and cracked almost near the sensor where the impact zone was, that the sensor may be damaged. The current can flow but the hardware inside may be affected due to shock.
So again I guess it would be an elegant solution just to disable it with software. Is is possible and how?
Same problem here
Hello, I have the same problem... Did you managed yo disable the sensor?
Thanks you
My proximity sensor is pulsating not while on call but while screen is off and in good light conditions. When ambience is dimmed, it stops. Why is it doing this, any fix? Using dome glass.
Weird, but maybe somehow the glue and glass are indeed interacting with the sensor under certain conditions, I was wondering if with this new under display sensor wouldnt be this kind of issues, reading about your case, then I will not use any
Any other insight or possible solution?
I need to make a correction to my question. This behaviour happens when AOD is on and light is good. Funny enough I don't see it on call. But screen turns off just fine on call.
Same here. Even with AOD off. Seems to turn on randomly and flicker. When I wave in front of it, then it stops.
If I turn off the AOD, it stops doing this.
I also have this..sometimes it keeps flickering even after I have unlocked the screen. If I put my finger over it then it goes
I had to turn off tap to wake as the phone kept coming on in my pocket despite the phone being faced towards my leg, to me the proximity sensor in the 10+ is just wrong.
I turned off adaptive AOD brightness and it stopped doing this.
Interesting. I don't see this behavior.
With AOC on a slightly than 1% per hrs battery usage seems to be nominal operation.
This circuit uses little current I suspect anyway.
Unless it's using more battery than I stated it doesn't matter.
It wouldn't harm the OLED... cool find.