I've really enjoyed my Skyrocket (switched from iPhone 4), but I have to say by far my biggest complaint since using this phone is trying to talk on the phone. I can't talk two minutes without suddenly hitting a bunch of keypad keys, making all kinds of beeping noises, which then typically mutes the line. I take the phone away from my face, wait for the screen to return from black (typically takes about 5 seconds), then I go back and unmute the phone and return to talking. Or it just puts them on hold. This is such a prolific problem that I find myself screaming profanities at my phone on a daily basis lol. It's really extremely frustrating. My google-fu has lead me to NO answers, which amazes me because I figure this HAS to be more common of a problem. I've tried holding my phone so many different ways - making sure my face is making contact with the whole phone and pressing hard, holding just the top half to my ear and holding lightly, attempting to make no contact at all - no matter what I try, I still hit this problem an unfortunate number of times per conversation. Is there no app in the market that tries to improve face-touch recognition or anything like that?
When you make the call push the power button to lock it
xcrazydx said:
When you make the call push the power button to lock it
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Oh. See, on the iPhone, that ends the call, so I didn't think of that. Thanks!
mrmonkey3319 said:
Oh. See, on the iPhone, that ends the call, so I didn't think of that. Thanks!
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There is a setting to make the power button end the call as well
shouldn't his proximity sensor kick in? When i make a phone call, as soon as i put the phone to my face the screen shuts off
icenight89 said:
shouldn't his proximity sensor kick in? When i make a phone call, as soon as i put the phone to my face the screen shuts off
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Yeah that works fine on mine. He may have disabled the sensor in settings, or it wasn't on by default for some reason
Settings/Call/Turn on Proximity Sensor.
If this is checked off your screen should go dark when you put your face up to it (and no buttons getting pushed...)
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Hello,
I really hate when I call somebody and after some phone rings (usually 4) the phone from the other side starts automatically the answering machine.
Is there any software that allows to create something similar to a "black-list" of contacts, and when you call somebody of this black-list our phone automatically hang up before the fourth phone ring??
Thanks!
jmateo said:
Hello,
I really hate when I call somebody and after some phone rings (usually 4) the phone from the other side starts automatically the answering machine.
Is there any software that allows to create something similar to a "black-list" of contacts, and when you call somebody of this black-list our phone automatically hang up before the fourth phone ring??
Thanks!
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better still there is some hardware that does it,
if you look down at your hand you will notice 4 fingers and a "thumb", now this is the tricky bit! When you hear the phone ring 4 times you take your "thumb" and press the hang up button on either the phone you are using or the handsfree/headset.
st3v3 said:
better still there is some hardware that does it,
if you look down at your hand you will notice 4 fingers and a "thumb", now this is the tricky bit! When you hear the phone ring 4 times you take your "thumb" and press the hang up button on either the phone you are using or the handsfree/headset.
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Sounds pretty complicated
st3v3 said:
better still there is some hardware that does it,
if you look down at your hand you will notice 4 fingers and a "thumb", now this is the tricky bit! When you hear the phone ring 4 times you take your "thumb" and press the hang up button on either the phone you are using or the handsfree/headset.
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Do you have the .cab for the 'thumb'? I looked on the wiki and couldn't find it.
So my buddy was just showing me his iPhone and one thing I LOVE and ENVY... He puts the phone to his ear and the keypad locks out...pulls it away? Comes back on (in order to dial for automated systems)
Could we set something up like this using the accelerometer? Perhaps when it lies flat-X number degrees, screen is on?
Know this *could* be an applications, however, being it is something that would need to be integrated into the OS itself, figured I would post it here. Mods move accordingly. Thx!
the iPhone has a..for lack of a better term... "Proximity sensor" that let's it know your head is close to the phone, I don't think you can simulate that with just an accelerometer. People aren't always standing upright while answering the phone.
The G1, in case you didn't notice, does do something similar, it turns off the screen so your ear doesn't accidentally do something, and if you have the lock set up you have to unlock the phone if you want to do anything other than use the keypad.
punkzanyj said:
the iPhone has a..for lack of a better term... "Proximity sensor" that let's it know your head is close to the phone, I don't think you can simulate that with just an accelerometer. People aren't always standing upright while answering the phone.
The G1, in case you didn't notice, does do something similar, it turns off the screen so your ear doesn't accidentally do something, and if you have the lock set up you have to unlock the phone if you want to do anything other than use the keypad.
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Suppose you're right, but I loathe having to unlock it every 5 seconds to enter new numbers. Perhaps an adjustable time-out? The time it takes to auto lock seems way too short.
momentarylapseofreason said:
Suppose you're right, but I loathe having to unlock it every 5 seconds to enter new numbers. Perhaps an adjustable time-out? The time it takes to auto lock seems way too short.
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Wouldn't your cheek make a much larger contact then a finger? I would think the most efficient would be to have the screen not recognize an large prolonged touch.
That and have it display the keypad to begin with and not lock.
punkzanyj said:
the iPhone has a..for lack of a better term... "Proximity sensor" that let's it know your head is close to the phone, I don't think you can simulate that with just an accelerometer. People aren't always standing upright while answering the phone.
The G1, in case you didn't notice, does do something similar, it turns off the screen so your ear doesn't accidentally do something, and if you have the lock set up you have to unlock the phone if you want to do anything other than use the keypad.
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The Diamond and Omnia use a light sensor to turn off or lock the screen. When you hold the phone up to your head while in a call, the light sensor, which is next to the earpiece, is covered, and the phone turns the screen off.
Unfortunately, the G1 does not have a light sensor. Which is kind of weird, since almost all HTC devices are shipping with one these days.
On the G1 when you're on the call screen the only thing you can touch is the little tab on the bottom that brings up the dialer... Unless you're doing something really odd in your phone call your face probably isn't going to accidentally swipe it enough to have the dialer come up. Which brings me to the point that locking the phone when it goes to a phone call is completely unnecessary.
HI,
Is there a way to really lock the phone from dialing last number? I mean,if I forgot to lock the phone and put the phone in my pocket. It dials my last number. Is there a way to prevent that besides remembering to lock the phone first.
Also, if its locked in my pocket, can the screen or buttons have a slighter delay from coming on to slide and unlock. I am trying to keep a longer battery life
Lastly, when I am on a call, and I press OK on the call and end up on the main menu while putting the phone back to my face, my face seems like it clicking on stuff. Is there a cab or tool to fix that so when you put the phone back to your face it does not start to engaged stuff.
Thanks
richsark said:
HI,
Is there a way to really lock the phone from dialing last number? I mean,if I forgot to lock the phone and put the phone in my pocket. It dials my last number. Is there a way to prevent that besides remembering to lock the phone first.
Also, if its locked in my pocket, can the screen or buttons have a slighter delay from coming on to slide and unlock. I am trying to keep a longer battery life
Lastly, when I am on a call, and I press OK on the call and end up on the main menu while putting the phone back to my face, my face seems like it clicking on stuff. Is there a cab or tool to fix that so when you put the phone back to your face it does not start to engaged stuff.
Thanks
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hi, is my question not valid? or am i not explaining it correctly?
1. I think it's easier to just remembering press the "hang up red button" before you put it in your pocket. It is that simple which you do not need an app for that.
2. By doing that will probably not save you much battery power imo.
3. There is a distance detector built-in right next to the battery charging indicator. Your screen is supposed to lock when you picked up a call and put the phone close to your face.
You can do a simple test just to cover the sensor or detector while you are on the phone with others. If your screen does not lock and goes completely blank, there is probably a problem with the sensor.
Hope these help.
zerglisk said:
1. I think it's easier to just remembering press the "hang up red button" before you put it in your pocket. It is that simple which you do not need an app for that.
2. By doing that will probably not save you much battery power imo.
3. There is a distance detector built-in right next to the battery charging indicator. Your screen is supposed to lock when you picked up a call and put the phone close to your face.
You can do a simple test just to cover the sensor or detector while you are on the phone with others. If your screen does not lock and goes completely blank, there is probably a problem with the sensor.
Hope these help.
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Thank you ! I understand
Occasionally when on a call, my phone will put the person on hold. I don't realise this until the person on the other end doesn't respond, and the solution is always to move the phone from my head, and take them off hold. It sometimes happens several times during the same calL. Any ideas?
Conzo427 said:
Occasionally when on a call, my phone will put the person on hold. I don't realise this until the person on the other end doesn't respond, and the solution is always to move the phone from my head, and take them off hold. It sometimes happens several times during the same calL. Any ideas?
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Settings -> Motions and Gestures. Turn off the mute one.
That makes sense! Thanks!
Thanks for that- thought it was just me mashing mute when the phone was held up to my ear!
well I thought that would work, but I guess not... any other ideas?
I find myself in a situation where I receive an incoming call that I am neither willing to accept nor decline. In such instances, I attempt to turn off the display by pressing the power button. However, the display reactivates almost instantly. Other phone models allow the user to turn off the display by pressing the power button, and the display remains off until the user presses the power button again
Ah yes, the old problem of if you decline it, then they know you declined it because it doesn't ring the right number of times. Trying to pretend to your wife that you're driving when you're doing something you shouldn't be doing?
Just kidding, but
There's no way to change that behavior.
96carboard said:
Ah yes, the old problem of if you decline it, then they know you declined it because it doesn't ring the right number of times. Trying to pretend to your wife that you're driving when you're doing something you shouldn't be doing?
Just kidding, but
There's no way to change that behavior.
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That's the most simplest thing.... Google should have this ages ago..... Pity... Except the camera.... Everything on P7P is just average. Including performance, battery life......
But it's excellent heating device....