I wanted to ride the ICS wave but after experimenting with multiple radios/ROMs/hboots/kernels configurations I always got the same issue - while in call my screen gets black and no button will wake it up unless the call is interrupted (by the other side). Haven't found a real solution but created a workaround that actually works pretty well for me and decided to share it with whoever is in the same boat.
APK and sources attached.
I created a simple service that kick in during an active call. If activated tricks the phone into thinking that there are headphones plugged in and the screen is being turned on. While in this more the audio is being redirected to the headphone jack so you don't hear anything through the earpiece but normally I need the screen on only when I want to hang up and either way don't hear anything. Basically works perfectly well for my needs.
After installation enable and configure the service via the simple form. Once done when you get the black screen push the Vol Down multiple times to get the the lowest value and the service will unlock your screen. To get back the audio through the earpiece (and lock your screen) press Vol Up as many times as necessary to get to the max volume.
so is it one or the other?
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Got a new tp2 from sprint. whenever i make a call it flips to home screen then off then back over and over. Also when I call voicemail, the keypad never comes up until i press keypad and while i am listening it goes back to home screen then turns off. whats going on? dam its annoying!
I'm having a similar issue. When ever I remove the phone from my ear while I'm still on a call it goes to the home screen. Very annoying. It will work as it's suppose to some of the time but I'd say 95% of the time I have this issue. Hopefully someone comes out with a fix for this.
Me too (I'm on TMobile). Also, at the end of the call when it asks if you want to add to contacts, it flips back to home if you don't respond fast enough. But the worst is when I'm dialing in for voice mail and need the touchpad; it flips to home and I have to hit the bottom left hard button to get back to the phone.
I assume it's something to do with the way it turns off the touch screen based on the proximity sensor when it's up by your ear, then turns it back on again as you move away from your ear, so no doubt there's a setting somewhere to adjust that.
same here... during a call the screen goes on and off several times. may be light sensor.... who knows
anything that prompts you to make choices by picking numbers becomes a pain unless you use speakerphone. really hoping for a fix
I have no clue if this will last but I changed the setting to lock the phone if it's unused from 30min to 1hr and that seemed to work for now. Changed it back to 30min to double check, it happened first try during the call but worked properly after.
the way its supposed to work is, when you put the phone to your ear the screen goes out when you pull it away it will come on to the call status screen(not the keypad, unless you push keypad then it should stay on keypad,but if you put it to your ear it will go off, when you pull it away it will come back on to the keypad.)this feature is so you do not push buttons with your face.
Same issue...
Orginally seemed to keep on the call status screnn, but now moves to the home screnn when pulled from head.
Any fix would be apprecaited...
I see people had this problem for months with different Android phones, but I have to check to see if anything had changed with the Sensation... or is there an app to help... I can't believe nobody handled this serious issue.
When I pair my Sensation with the car audio system via the Bluetooth and answer the call by pressing the button on the wheel, the screen of the phone is unlocked. If I move even slightly, or the car hit a bump on the road, something is pressed and strange things happen. It sometimes ends the call, switch the speakerphone off etc. I need the screen to stay locked while using Bluetooth hands free.
Is there an application that helps in these situations?
Hello,
I have a issue that is bothering me since my past phone, however I haven't been able to find a solution on the web, so I finally decided it was time to ask the experts on XDA.
When I'm on a call on my nexus 5 using the loudspeaker (while driving or while using my PC at work), the screen locks after a period of time (which I guess it is the time I have set up on the display settings) after that I can't unlock the screen without clicking the power button, however I have my phone set up to end the call when I press the power button during a call, so every time the screen is locked during a call I have to end that call and redial, this is quite frustrating during calls to automated systems (when you have to input the options you are looking for) or while on a call with a coworker and suddenly you have the need to get another person into a conference call.
I know that if I use the phone on the ear (not on speaker mode). It works flawlessly as the sensor turn on or off the screen, but while on speaker it does not work that way.
Is there something wrong with android in general or with the nexus 5 only? Or it is there a setup I'm missing?
I know an option it to disable the power button ends call option, but this is a "smart" phone it should have to be smart enough not distinguish between ending the call and unlocking the screen during a call.
Isn't there an app for that? Or a workaround?
I know we can survive without these fickle requests but hey It will be a nice feature to have on either the phone or the OS
Thanks
Never heard of this before.
I think it's something with the proximity sensor on the right side of the speaker above the screen. Well, I think you should disable the End call on power button option.
Normally, as soon as you move the phone from your face, the sensor detects the distance and starts the screen.
hexen2006 said:
I know an option it to disable the power button ends call option, but this is a "smart" phone it should have to be smart enough not distinguish between ending the call and unlocking the screen during a call.
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how can it tell if you want to end the call or try and turn the screen on? it might be a smart phone, but it doesnt know your intentions.
disable that option if you want to do what you're wanting to do.
Are you rooted ? If so use volume rocker wake
Nexus 5 xposed + gravitybox
Nope, not rooted yet, I purchased my Nexus 5 on the US playstore but I live in Mexico, so I might root it after warranty expires, The nexus 5 is quite expensive in Mexico, so if something happens to my phone after rooting I will be pretty much phone orphan for a while
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Well I didn't meant it to guess what I want to do, I meant something like an "if" command line, for example ( I don't know jack about android coding)
If speaker = Off
and
Screen = on
or
Screen = off
Then
Power button = End call
If speaker = On
and
Screen = on
Then
Power button = End call
If speaker = On
and
Screen = off
Then
Power button = unlock screen
Something like that...
Hope this makes sense
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Hi batmanforever69 (that's a cool nickname)
Yes the proximity sensor works, after I take the phone away from me it turns the screen on, but I left it away from me eventually the screen locks, I tried volume buttons, shaking the phone, tapping the screen on several places, and bring the phone to my ear then away again, but nothing worked... Only power button and of course it ends my call
I wonder... What about the LG G2... That phone has the knock on feature... That must work for this issue... I hope Google can integrate the knock on code on future android releases
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I have tried lots of different screen lock apps, but none of them does what I want to. Just today I was out checking my lobster pots, and I got a business call on my bluetooth headset. The damned idiotic thing is that when that happens, the screen will actually turn on and show the caller info stuff. And of course in my rain gear pocket it manages to press the buttons, so the call is suddenly on speaker phone instead of BT. Almost lost a contract on that one... Put it back into my pocket, and another call without incident. But when the call is finished, the screen is unlocked, so it starts pressing lots of buttons. I almost sent an SMS to a contractor with "umumumumumumumumum" for four lines! So I need a screen lock that actually locks the screen. Preferably so I have to press for instance power and then a combination of buttons to unlock it. All the apps I have tried have some idiotic slide menu that wants to show me my music player, change theme or something like that. And the built-in screen lock has had me call the Norwegian version of 911 from my pocket several times before I gave that one up. SO can anybody please tell me about a screen lock app that ACTUALLY LOCKS THE BLOODY SCREEN? (Sorry for shouting, I'm quite annoyed...)
I'm so frustrated. I lower the ringtone volume on my phone to a normal, human level. I don't mess with it. Then inevitably my phone rings and the volume is somehow back to super ridiculously freaking loud. What is changing my volumes? I've tried different things to see if I can trigger the change but it seems to happen by itself with no apparent trigger. Am I the only one with this issue? I'm pretty close to building Tasker profiles to put a bandaid on it, but it would be great to know the root cause.
Maybe you have this enabled in dialer settings?
Thanks for your reply. I was really hoping that would be it but strangely I don't even have that setting. I'm on MHA-L29C567B138
UPDATE: This setting cannot be found in the normal phone settings. Searching for "pocket" there returns no results. It's only accessible through the phone dialer, and the 3-dot menu that appears there. When I finally found it, I found it was set to "ON" so I turned it off. We'll see what happens.
gm007 said:
Maybe you have this enabled in dialer settings?
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Thanks! It got to the point where I just left the thing on vibrate! I've turned this setting off, I'm going to give it a spin tomorrow and hopefully it's successful! Man this things LOUD!??
So after finding and disabling pocket mode, I set my ring volume low. I booted to recovery to clear the cache partition for good measure. Restarted. Volume still low. Charged my phone, had it next to me while sleeping, had it in my pocket, brought it to my desk, and checked the volume. Still low. Fixed? So I thought... Then 2 minutes later it rang LOUD and scared the crap out of me. I literally just checked the volume and it was low, but when the call came in it set itself all the way up. WT actual F?
So then I ran some more tests.
1. I set the ring volume to the lowest before the bottom volume, and turned off he phone screen. Then I called myself from my land line. The call came in with the volume up at about 80%.
I hung up, turned it back down.
2. this time I didn't turn the screen off. Just left it sitting there immediately after lowering the volume. Called the phone and it rang again at about 80% volume.
I FIXED IT!
Turns out when I got the phone and google moved my apps over from my old phone I moved over "Profile Widget", which I used to use in combination with Tasker on my old rooted Note 3 to manage my volumes. I never opened Profile Widget or had it on my desktop, but it was installed because it came along for the ride when google restored my apps from my account. I uninstalled Profile Widget entirely, and now my ringtone volume is respected.
I hope this helps someone else. If it's not "Profile Widget", try opening the "phone manager" app, click on "permissions" , click on "phone", and see what is listed and enabled there. That's how I tracked down what it could be on my device.
I found the solution,the ringtone volume keeps resetting itself to load because the pocketmode is switched on, so basically the concept of pocket mode is the volume goes up anytime the phone is in your pocket or is covered by something so that you don't miss you call.
To turn it off, open the dialer, go to settings, find pocket mode and toggle it off.
To find the dialer just search it in the search bar, the click on the three dots at the bottom of the screen to access the settings.
Thank You.
what is the minimum of the sound ..i cannot put less then 25% in volume setings..but this is same to loud for me
pocekt mode is off ...
Ringtone Volume
Hi there, i wanna know how to increase my ringtone
Volume it is lowest than normal phones .
Please help me ....
My device model micromax bolt q338 and it is rooted . Help me plz