Is there any way to disable the proximity sensor on CM10? On the stock ROM, you can disable the sensor for phone calls through the phone app settings, but I cannot find an equivalent setting for the CM10 phone app. Any ideas how this might be accomplished?
Thanks.
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I looked into the build.prop, there is nothing in there about sensors.
I want to disable the sensor, does someone know wich file i need to Edit, only found the sensorservice.so till now
I would like to enable mine!
It suddenly got disabled and I have no idea how, so I'm not sure whats wrong. It just stopped working =(
Wow, im trying that for a long time, do you have any problems with incoming and outgoing calls since the proximity sensor is off?
You could try this solution:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=801021
PROBLEM SOLVED INSTALLING MIUI, OPTION TO COMPLETLY DISABLE THE PROXIMITY SENSOR.
TY galnetmiui
http://www.galnetmiui.co.uk/content...elcome-to-galnetmiui-twooey!/msg3602/#msg3602
My proximity sensor always show 0.0cm and the screen is always black when I make a call.
I have tested 2 different ICS stock roms (XXLQ9 and ZCLPD) (flashed with odin), and about 5 different custum rom (CM10.1,Rootbox ...). I did 3 wipe between every rom and nothing works. When this problem started my screen start to "leak light" and every pixel became "bigger", now the screen is good again but the proximity sensor still doesn't work. Now I wonder if it's a hardwear problem and if it's possible to diasable proximity sensor during calls in CM10.1.
Are you using a screen guard? If you don't mind then try if removing the screen guard solves your problem.. That way you'll know if the sensor is dysfunctional or something else..
From my CM10.1 powered galaxy R
Hello all ... I'm sure this is a simple question ...
My wife has a stock d2vzw with 4.3 installed. The proximity sensor next to the front-facing camera seems extra sensitive; anytime a stray object/finger crosses it's path the screen turns off. My guess is this is a power-saving feature whenever the phone is turned over or placed in pocket, etc. However in my case, it is just super annoying and I would like to disable it. (in contrast, my CM10.2 d2vzw doesn't seem do this by default)
Can someone point me to the option needed (in stock 4.3) to disable this, or perhaps extend the time so that it doesn't black the screen instantly? I've poked through most of the menus and can't seem to find it ....
Thanks
vax1170 said:
Hello all ... I'm sure this is a simple question ...
My wife has a stock d2vzw with 4.3 installed. The proximity sensor next to the front-facing camera seems extra sensitive; anytime a stray object/finger crosses it's path the screen turns off. My guess is this is a power-saving feature whenever the phone is turned over or placed in pocket, etc. However in my case, it is just super annoying and I would like to disable it. (in contrast, my CM10.2 d2vzw doesn't seem do this by default)
Can someone point me to the option needed (in stock 4.3) to disable this, or perhaps extend the time so that it doesn't black the screen instantly? I've poked through most of the menus and can't seem to find it ....
Thanks
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You can't disable the sensor with stock rom. The sensor is either on (value 5) or off (value 0) so there's no time setting for this. You have to be rooted in order to disable the sensor. Some technical people reported that they have take the phone apart and clean it, but if the sensor is defective, you either replace it or disable it. Also you can download an app called proximity sensor finder and test your sensor, open the app and wave your hand over it, you should see the value changes from 5 (not cover) to 0 (covered).
Thanks, I'll try it out.
However, is there a setting somewhere that will simply disable the feature of blanking the screen based on the proximity sensor?
With this same phone, I don't think I ever observed the annoyance with 4.1.2 .... it looks like the sensor/blanking is either something new in 4.3 or perhaps some default value/option was reset when the phone was upgraded.
Thanks!
vax1170 said:
Thanks, I'll try it out.
However, is there a setting somewhere that will simply disable the feature of blanking the screen based on the proximity sensor?
With this same phone, I don't think I ever observed the annoyance with 4.1.2 .... it looks like the sensor/blanking is either something new in 4.3 or perhaps some default value/option was reset when the phone was upgraded.
Thanks!
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Do a factory reset. The ota has a lot of side effects if you do not reset.
Hi, my screen just crackes and now the proximity sensor is broken.
I need to disable it so i can make calls again, because the screen is going off during the whole call
This was just posted in another subforum. I haven't tried it but it looks interesting.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/proximity-sensor-screen-t3180214
After a few days searching and trying every single app on the internet, i came to the conclusion that the only thing that worked on the 5.1.1 to turn off the proximity sensor was installing xposed framework and then installing the xposed proximity sensor disabler.
The Tampered, Unclocked, S-Off, Cid-11111111, HBoot 2.22, Rooted HTC One Mini that I have doesn't ring when Proximity Sensor reads "NEAR".
I'm aware of Sense 6 options like "Ring louder when in pocket" but none of them worked on making the phone ring when a call is received.
That happened when the phone was completely stock, so recently I went through all the process of S-Offing it to install a new Rom. I choose the latest Insert Coin 5.0.8, but the problem persists. so now I'm almost certain it's an hardware issue...
The phone has several years old and returning it for repair/replaced isn't really an option.
Since I'm giving this phone to my mother, I really need it to ring and vibrate when someone calls her or else she'll never pickup any calls with the phone in her purse.
I've tried installing Xposed Framework to have a try at the sensor disabling app, but the whole rom crashed badly and I needed to reinstall everything.
Other usefull info:
Kernel: [email protected] [email protected] #1 SMP FREEMPT
Is there a way to override proximity sensor when a call is received and/or making the phone ring regardless of proximity sensor state?
Looking foward for an expert tip. Thanks.
I've installed "[ROM][M4 - 4.14.401.1] Official Stock Sense 6 Rom v3 & Firmware" from xXminiWHOOPERxX -> Installed xPosed -> Sensor Disabler
Then I tried to Disable Proximity, Disable Light sensor, Mock Proximity to FAR, Disable both proximity and Light, Block Call app from accessing Proximity....nothing worked: Meaning the sensors still function normal...
BUT then I noticed something strange:
Running "Sensors Test" app,
IF I put my finger just over light sensor -> proximity reads "NEAR"
IF I put my finger just over proximity -> proximity reads "NEAR"
....Meaning that the light sensor is acting as proximity!
My next step was to identify which "dot" was the light sensor, since both acted as proximity and I used some black tape covering one of the sensors (that I've identified as the proximity)...and now the proximity sensor always reads "FAR"!!
To be sure it wasn't xPosed doing the trick I reset all things to normal and uninstalled everything...and with the black tape covering the sensor it still reads "FAR" thus resolving my issue of the phone not ringing when a call is received...
I now have to figure out if painting the sensor black has the same result, because tape looks ugly. I'll make a vídeo and post the link here.