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Proximity Sensor

I noticed what I thought was a defect on the screen of my Thunderbolt and nearly went back to the store and returned it in favor of a new one. The only thing that stopped me from doing so was when I noticed the exact same defect in a high resolution marketing photo. So just an FYI, the little bubble looking thing in the glass above the check mark is actually the proximity sensor. Don't go returning it ^_^

Gets very annoying, when you get off the phone.
-Monky_1

I was wondering where that was haha, nice find.

I just noticed this today and like you I kinda flipped out for a second and thought I had some defect... than I realized what it was haha

I thought it was a defect the first time I saw it.

I read my little book that came with the phone before I noticed it so I already know knew what it was
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SicNside said:
I read my little book that came with the phone before I noticed it so I already know knew what it was
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WHO READS THOSE?! lol

HorsexD said:
WHO READS THOSE?! lol
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Haha yeah man. Actually I will end up reading mine for fun. I tend to be a bit of an enthusiast about my phones lol.
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I hope my InvisiShield doesn't screw with it! On my Evo there was a cutout for it but on the TB there isn't! I know it's a clear cover but I'm curious as to why the Evo one had a cutout to not block it?
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PorscheGuy said:
I hope my InvisiShield doesn't screw with it! On my Evo there was a cutout for it but on the TB there isn't! I know it's a clear cover but I'm curious as to why the Evo one had a cutout to not block it?
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My droid InvisiSHILED had a cutout for the light sensor but not the proximity sensor and it worked fine.

Ah, good to know, thanks!
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[Q] external battery case

Does anyone know of an external battery case coming out or already out like the Mophie for the iphone? I know Tmobile sometimes sells them in select markets for select phones ( I had one for the HD2, HD7 and mytouch 4g all bought from Tmobile). Has anyone seen or heard of one for the Sensation?

Are you talking about one like this http://t.co/3ZNgYKZ
-McMex
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That would be great. But I bet it would interfere with the WiFi antenna and other things built into the back battery cover.
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Ueah like that but that's HUGE!!!! Wonder if anyone will make a smaller one. The one for the iPhones are pretty small.
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mcmexican said:
Are you talking about one like this http://t.co/3ZNgYKZ
-McMex
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What's up with that TUMOR on the side of the case? Ew.
As for the OP's post, I haven't seen any yet either, but I'm looking!

keithgrobertson said:
What's up with that TUMOR on the side of the case? Ew.
As for the OP's post, I haven't seen any yet either, but I'm looking!
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The tumor is actually where the case plugs into your phone's microusb. I agree it's ugly and they should think of another way

Htc Sensation touch screen issues have stopped for the time being.

Okay so I was having all kinds of touch screen issues,with the lock screen and in general the display wasn't recognizing swipes and was constantly opening Widgets and apps on the home screens.So I went to do a warranty exchange and took off my Tpu blue argyle case and after a reboot everything went back to normal so just thought I would post(even though this probably won't help anyone)there is a chance that it might.Please post your responses whether this helps or not and if your phone has been naked all it's life and still having problems.I usually always have my phone naked in a Nexus one pouch as I bought a bunch of them and like the protection they offer.
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platinumandroid said:
Okay so I was having all kinds of touch screen issues,with the lock screen and in general the display wasn't recognizing swipes and was constantly opening Widgets and apps on the home screens.So I went to do a warranty exchange and took off my Tpu blue argyle case and after a reboot everything went back to normal so just thought I would post(even though this probably won't help anyone)there is a chance that it might.Please post your responses whether this helps or not and if your phone has been naked all it's life and still having problems.I usually always have my phone naked in a Nexus one pouch as I bought a bunch of them and like the protection they offer.
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Thanks for contribution, but this is NOT a fix, trust me. Not for most people anyway.

Your a little to late to the dance my friend. This has been said multiple times over the past 6 weeks. Works for some and not for others. A lot of people also report that after a while, the problems come back whether the case is on or not.
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Right on no biggie,that's why in my post I said this most likely wouldn't help anyone I just wanted to know if anyone else noticed a difference and if it came back,and like you said it does so thanks.I just thought it was odd that a case was causing problems,I was also having wifi problems and since I took the case off those too have been resolved so I guess I have to wait and seen if there is a direct correlation or couincidence as I didn't have any issues pre case.
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platinumandroid said:
Right on no biggie,that's why in my post I said this most likely wouldn't help anyone I just wanted to know if anyone else noticed a difference and if it came back,and like you said it does so thanks.I just thought it was odd that a case was causing problems,I was also having wifi problems and since I took the case off those too have been resolved so I guess I have to wait and seen if there is a direct correlation or couincidence as I didn't have any issues pre case.
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The case is blocking some of the WiFi signal. I know its not much but a piece of rubber is enough to **** up a already weak signal.
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I owned 2 sensations and both of them i returned for that same problem.
No matter how many resets or messing around with settings the screen woldnt register my touch after about a week and a half.
Im going for the mytouch 4g slide now and pray it works fine lol

I no longer have the problem after removing bloat ware and putting on a screen protector. Not sure which one fixed the problem. Try both!

jrwingate6 said:
The case is blocking some of the WiFi signal. I know its not much but a piece of rubber is enough to **** up a already weak signal.
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Dude you don't have to be so hostile,if your having a bad day I am sorry,I noticed your a Firefighter and want to say that you for the job you do.I in no way meant for my post to be provocative and irritate anyone.
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platinumandroid said:
Dude you don't have to be so hostile,if your having a bad day I am sorry,I noticed your a Firefighter and want to say that you for the job you do.I in no way meant for my post to be provocative and irritate anyone.
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Uh? I am in no way bei g hostile at all and am very sorry if my post looked like I was. I was just saying that a lot of people are complaining about weak wifi signal and that a rubber case is thick enough to weaken the signal more. Sorry again man but I really was just giving you some info.
Ask anyone who knows me. If I am bei g hostile, trust me, you'll know it.
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jrwingate6 said:
Uh? I am in no way bei g hostile at all and am very sorry if my post looked like I was. I was just saying that a lot of people are complaining about weak wifi signal and that a rubber case is thick enough to weaken the signal more. Sorry again man but I really was just giving you some info.
Ask anyone who knows me. If I am bei g hostile, trust me, you'll know it.
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Right on,thanks for the apology and I appreciate the info,your right it's common sense and it's just I have read of sooo many people complaining about this phone (death grip,poor wifi,touch screen issues,random reboots)and I hadn't experienced any of them until last week when I bought a case and for the last week I have had problems until today and when I took of the case off presto all MY problems disappeared.Which is odd since my wife has a similar case and has used it since launch and never had any issues.I just normally never use a case with any of my devices and haven't for a few years.
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Touchscreen problems start when you use the phone while on charge. Go to my thread, and read a bit.
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tinky1 said:
Touchscreen problems start when you use the phone while on charge. Go to my thread, and read a bit.
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I haven't seen this at all and I use the phone while charging all the time although I don't use the stock charger,I use my Nexus One wall charger due to the sweet length on it.
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There's some things I would do if I were you just for precaution.
1. Turn "Tell HTC" off. Its a setting under "About Phone". A lot of people have reported improved touch sensitivity and speed.
2. Take your battery out and keep it out over night.
Those two things seem to be fixing the issues the most.
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I encountered the laggy unlock ring problem about 2 weeks after I got the phone. It lasted about a week and then went away. I haven't had any problems for almost a month now. I've never put a case on my phone, but I did disable all HTC syncs and disabled most HTC and Tmobile apps.

Where can i find this part. And Welcome (me)this douche back

I sold my g2x after i got my sgs 2. I have since purchased and rooted a gajillion fones to see what i like and to sell.
Among this phones are htc sensation x3, hd2 x5, sgs vibrant x5, moto defy x3, g2 x5, htc radar, htc glacier
The phone that xonsistantly walks all of these devices including my sgs2 was my g2x.
What i did. Purchased a moar den fubar g2x. All that was left was the main boahrd and camera. I purchased a digitizer and screen and put this thing back to gether just to make it up to the g2x and show it i was sorry for abandonin it and shiet.
The phone is workinh and i dont have screen blled issues at all. The whites are brighter then my sgs 2 #;&%'n shiet. Internetz loahdz faster &*%#'N SHIEEET.
All im missing is the little grill that sits a top the microphone.
I have searched all over for this lil shiet pieces.
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Tl;dr you want the little grill?
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theking_13 said:
Tl;dr
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Hahahahahahahaha
Also, to the OP, you know what you should do?

Wha wha
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Why don't you find another broken G2x? Or make a warranty claim to T-Mobile.

IRASadPanda said:
Hahahahahahahaha
Also, to the OP, you know what you should do?
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Cry about it...
No but really, get a broken G2x and scrap it for parts.

All I think I understood was that he needs a part for his phone, a speaker grill. How do you work at T-Mobile with such horrible typing skills?
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theking_13 said:
All I think understood was that he needs a a part for his phone, speaker grill. How do you work at T-Mobile with such horrible typing skills?
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And how working at T-Mobile would you not know where to get parts?

I think he was typing like that on purpose.
I love how everyone is hating on this guy xD
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Well the forum rules clearly state to use English. I tried to put the OP through Google translate and it could not recognize the language.

That's for making me laugh
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You could always fabricate one out of shiet
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I think Nelly has the answer to your problem.
"Rob the jewelry store and tell 'em make me a grill"

theking_13 said:
All I think I understood was that he needs a part for his phone, a speaker grill. How do you work at T-Mobile with such horrible typing skills?
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how do you work at eating cheeseburgers with g2x's as your pattie?
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50 cent said 'go ahead and switch your style up, and then you sit back and let them hate then watch the $ pile up.

Ninosmaxima said:
how do you work at eating cheeseburgers with g2x's as your pattie?
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That didn't make sense at all?

i dont make illogical sense... I get it, "get kagiki ma [email protected]%@a": said the microphone grill to the jewlery store

How do you even lose that?
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whoopsies!

I have seen you a lot around the G2x forums being pretty useless. He didn't lose it, he is putting a G2x together from scrapped parts and is missing that part.
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I also need this part. Spring on the piece is all bent out of wack. Makes weird noise when phone vibrates.
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HTC One S with NFC ?

Check this Video out !
What do you think ?

Looks pretty real to me, didn't know it had disabled nfc
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highly doubt it's real since if it's there, HTC should've advertise it so they will get more praise for it.

What about the Samsung s2? That has NFC but not in the software.
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Probably not. NFC can't get through the metal back cover. Since it can't, I doubt HTC put any NFC chips in the device.
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Hunt3r.j2 said:
Probably not. NFC can't get through the metal back cover. Since it can't, I doubt HTC put any NFC chips in the device.
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That's why the top and bottom covers are plastic. NFC could get out, just like wifi and cell does.

Why would they put NFC in the device and not advertise it ? They know what they put into the phone as much as id like it to be real it must be fake
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Be nice if this is true. Not too bothered about it now though as NFC isn't really a big feature here in the UK (yet.....) and can't see it being that popular/"the norm" for at least another year.
It has happened in other phones as well i.e. my last android phone, the Samsung galaxy spica i5700, it had a FM radio chip and also multi-touch, both weren't enabled with stock samsung software and weren't advertised at all or listed in the specs. either, thankfully, one great developer got the multi-touch working superbly.

Is the youtube video creator a xda member?
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Have the tear downs not showed a NFC chip ?
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I have build an NFC Chip into my Computer to test the possibilities of NFC with my One X. So I thought, could it be that the One S also has an NFC Chip but disabled it so that the One X has an benefit against his little brother. Than I tried to port the NFC Drivers from the One X to the S and it works very well, but you can't disable it and there is no Android Beam yet. I try to cook an NFC enabled, RUU based Rom with working Android Beam. Download Link: Is coming soon!
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Quoted from the video... so the One S is missing drivers and all functionality?

devgee said:
Check this Video out !
What do you think ?
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I think I wrote about this a couple days ago in my thread
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Another video showing the use of Tec tiles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WKQSB4imtk&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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If this is true about NFC someone should try hitting up leedroid on Twitter he's quite good at porting things over and can give it a shot if he would like to atleast bring it to his attention
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David111jr said:
I think I wrote about this a couple days ago in my thread
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Yup David111jr did have this up a few days ago....but the title of his thread didnt help to entice people to read :silly: When i showed this to a few other people, it was mentioned that it might be the cleaver use of Chrome to Phone. It would be awesome if it turned out to be true, but since people like to play nice tricks like this, we will have to wait and see. As for Leedroid, looking through his thread it looks like he might be busy with home things (after all awesome devs have home lives too ) . Hopefully a dev can either debunk or reproduce it. I will keep my fingers crossed for sure!!

Chrome to phone for sure. I call shenannigans.

Try to explain tec tiles ?
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a13xemz said:
Try to explain tec tiles ?
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All I saw was a video of a device opening up Google+ when it was near the tech tiles. Pretty sure that can be scripted pretty easily.

mjm128 said:
All I saw was a video of a device opening up Google+ when it was near the tech tiles. Pretty sure that can be scripted pretty easily.
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Wireless adb? Lol
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a13xemz said:
Have the tear downs not showed a NFC chip ?
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All teardowns I have seen thus far, eg. the directfix one, really just show how to replace the display so guess we have to wait till I slam a door on mine or something...