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Brightness constantly fluctuating with auto brightness

The screen will dim and brighten every 30 seconds or so. Im not moving into different light its just doing it on its own. Is this an inspire thing it is it possibly my Rom? I'm using leedroid.
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The sensor for th brightness is under the grill next to the notification led make sure your not covering it inadvertently when holding the phone also, there is a known bug with the prox sensor in the LewDriod ROM, read the LeeDroid thread for more info.
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Johnn_ares said:
The sensor for th brightness is under the grill next to the notification led make sure your not covering it inadvertently when holding the phone also, there is a known bug with the prox sensor in the LewDriod ROM, read the LeeDroid thread for more info.
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It must be the Rom cause I'm definitely not covering the sensor. I'll read the thread about my Rom though. Thank you.
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Usually I recommend turning off auto brightness. 1- because it can be inconsistent, but 2- it can drain your battery if it deems you are blind.

[Q] How can I use the LED flash for the camera with low battery?

Hey guys,
probably you have noticed that the Sensation won't let you use the LED flash to take pictures when the battery is low (around 25%).
I find this very annoying, since 25% is not less enough for me to have my LED flash blocked.
Especially since I have to use the LED for pictures at night, where my battery is usually low, this function is absolutely stupid.
Is there a way to turn this off, so that I can use the LED to take pictures no matter how much battery charge I have?
PS:
Still looking for a way to turn off textreflow permanently:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1225611

The easiest way is to just download one of the thousands of flashlights in the market. The no LED light isnt a system wide thing it is only in the Flashlight app and Camera app. Download a new flashlight from the market and your good to go whatever your battery is.

I am wondering if there is a correction for this as well, not so much for the flashlight, but for the camera.
Could there be someting in the camera.apk or the prop build?

Actually the flashlight is not important to me, but the flash at the camera app.
Maybe I should have chosen another subject for the thread.
I want to know how to take pictures with the flash, even when the battery has low charge.

Settings/power/enable power saver....uncheck it.it works for me.
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Looool I had 60% battery today and it wouldn't let me use flash???
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casrocks said:
The easiest way is to just download one of the thousands of flashlights in the market.
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I've tried that. It doesn't work.
wicked.igor said:
Settings/power/enable power saver....uncheck it.it works for me.
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Hm. I have unchecked 'power saver' and when I have <30% battery, I can't use flash in apps and in camera.
So strange.

Very strange.
Am now on 6% and still able to use flash.
I know that 10 % should be the lowest point,i think.i didnt do anything it just works
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It appears to be pretty random when your battery foces your LED to stop.
Once I had 37% battery and it told me that my battery is to low to use the LED light.
However it's really annoying. Non of the suggested settings here work.
I think this issue can't be solved without a mod of the camera app.

Any one having better luck with the flash on stock roms BEFORE the ota update? Just wondering if this is something else that the update broke...

acessford101 said:
Any one having better luck with the flash on stock roms BEFORE the ota update? Just wondering if this is something else that the update broke...
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What?
I am not a programmer, but I guess it would be possible to modify the camera apk in a way that it doesn't block your LED flash anymore.

F-Styla said:
What?
I am not a programmer, but I guess it would be possible to modify the camera apk in a way that it doesn't block your LED flash anymore.
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What i was saying is i wonder if people are having more issues with the camera flash/low battery issue before or after the update, indicating that the update has fixed the issue or left it the same.

Has someone come out with a solution or a Mod for this problem... I have 29% and it won't let me use flash...:-/

acessford101 said:
What i was saying is i wonder if people are having more issues with the camera flash/low battery issue before or after the update, indicating that the update has fixed the issue or left it the same.
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I never had a chance to use it before the update, so I don't know, but it definitely has the 30% limit after the update.

So I'm assuming none of you use custom kernels. Faux kernel can flash till batt is at 10%. Not sure about bricked but I know its also modified
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Go into settings and turn off battery saver and once that done you can run any app on your phone at all battery levels
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jslim38 said:
Go into settings and turn off battery saver and once that done you can run any app on your phone at all battery levels
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This doesn't work for some users.
I am having the same issue. Hits about 25% and the flash in any Camera app doesn't work. I can still use the flash with a flashlight app. Doesn't matter if power saver is off or on.

Red light of the proximity sensor remain active

Hi there!!
I don't know if this is a know thing anyway, on the right of the HTC logo there is the proximity sensor that shut down the display during a call. When it's on a you can see a red light from it. It should be turned on only during call. In the last days I have noted that the light remain always on even if I'm not doing a call. It turns off only if I taskiller all the process, but this stand only for 40 second as after this period of time the light reactivate itself again ( probably because some proces automatically restarts ) what can I do?? Is there somebody else who he's experiencing this too??
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light_n_roses said:
Hi there!!
I don't know if this is a know thing anyway, on the right of the HTC logo there is the proximity sensor that shut down the display during a call. When it's on a you can see a red light from it. It should be turned on only during call. In the last days I have noted that the light remain always on even if I'm not doing a call. It turns off only if I taskiller all the process, but this stand only for 40 second as after this period of time the light reactivate itself again ( probably because some proces automatically restarts ) what can I do?? Is there somebody else who he's experiencing this too??
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Do you have any apps for brightness management? I've experienced the same before and it was due to such app.

no..I use no app for that...

Have you tried to make another phone call and see if it switches off after hang up? Maybe in the last call it hasn't switched off for whatever reason/bug.

I noticed this, but after some digging I found out that Viber is causing this:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=80972874

nor-ric said:
Have you tried to make another phone call and see if it switches off after hang up? Maybe in the last call it hasn't switched off for whatever reason/bug.
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Already tried and not worked
boardlord said:
I noticed this, but after some digging I found out that Viber is causing this:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=80972874
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Thanks you very much!! You are right, it's viber, I have manually closed it and it stop doing that!!:good:

boardlord said:
I noticed this, but after some digging I found out that Viber is causing this:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=80972874
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THANK YOU, this was driving me insane and I couldn't find anything on it

Yes, viber is the problem. Thank you guys for the info!
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An updated version of viber is now out with fixed proximity sensor controller..no more bug
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Good to see you've found the cause.
I also noticed this behaviour if you made a call and switched staight to loudspeaker without putting the phone to your ear. When the call was finished the sensor would remain active requiring a reboot of the phone to turn it off.
Seems to have been fixed with the 4.0.4 update

Same thing happened to me, except I don't have viber. Reboot fixed it.
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TheForumTroll said:
Same thing happened to me, except I don't have viber. Reboot fixed it.
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I don't have viber and even after reboot, wipe cache/dalvic it still glows. HTC One S with Axiom ROM. this just started in the last week. I haven't downloaded any new apps though several have updated but I couldn't tell you which ones now. Trying to disable everything I can think of that would use the proximity sensor to no avail. Any help would be appreciated.

This happens to me whenever I'm using bluetooth, but what works for me is this:
Download "Proximity Sensor Finder" from the play store, open it up and wave your hand over the proximity sensor. Close the program and the red light goes away. It's faster that doing a reboot. This works for me and hopefully it works for others as well.

My problem was related with a bug inside viber, the app has been updated and the sensor start working good again
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Bowmanspeer said:
I don't have viber and even after reboot, wipe cache/dalvic it still glows. HTC One S with Axiom ROM. this just started in the last week. I haven't downloaded any new apps though several have updated but I couldn't tell you which ones now. Trying to disable everything I can think of that would use the proximity sensor to no avail. Any help would be appreciated.
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I am facing the exact same scenario. I have never installed Viber on my phone.

Does the issue get resolved after the JB update?
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Snapperjacker said:
This happens to me whenever I'm using bluetooth, but what works for me is this:
Download "Proximity Sensor Finder" from the play store, open it up and wave your hand over the proximity sensor. Close the program and the red light goes away. It's faster that doing a reboot. This works for me and hopefully it works for others as well.
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This is what I used and haven't had a problem since.

you could also try to install taskiller and kill everything, if the sensor stop being on it's related to a process that keep it active if not it's probably and hardware issue

Since we're talking about the proximity sensor, it shouldn't stay on during a call when the screen is manually turned off. On the Galaxy Note II the sensor turns off.
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Having your vibration setting activated caused the proximity light to stay on.
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Proximity sensor issues?

OK so I've been using bruce2728s CM X for some time now. I love how smooth it runs, however the proximity sensor is glitchy in the current ( 10/15) build. I know its not hardware related because I restored to an ARHD back up I had and the sensor works like a champ.
Now when I say its glitchy if I make a call and don't get someone to answer I lose any screen functionality. Just black and unresponsive. If they do pick up I only get my screen back once they disconnect from the call.
I have done multiple downloads, multiple installs, and full wipe installs. Nothing I can think of has fixed it. I got no help in the ROM thread so thought I'd try the Q&A section. Just looking to get the sensor working. Please help.
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The proximity sensor is not done yet its very buggy. Try ViperS rom, it works fine
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Proximity Sensor Fix

I've searched and other than the "Viber" problem, I haven't seen anyone mention anything about the proximity sensor being stuck on(mine is). I tried everything I saw in the forums and saw nothing then was just searching the market and found this:
Rezound Prox Sensor Calibrator
By default, mine showed "NEAR" when the prox sensor came on, so if you change the top setting (Low Threshold) to 100(all the way to the right) then it makes the distance you need to be before the sensor recognizes you as "FAR" about 3 inches away from the phone. Fixed the issue for me, figured I'd help someone else out.

Is it compatible with the S?
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Spastic909 said:
Is it compatible with the S?
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Yep, I used it to fix mine

It works for me
Hy there.
Thank you for this. It fixed my phone immediately.
It's just a life saver.