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is there a sensor fix yet?

sorry to make another thread on this but anyway, lets get to the point
my sensation (and others, as well) has problems with the proximity and light sensors.
sometimes the proximity sensor works, but after a while it stops reading it. this is most likely not a hardware issue. with the ambient light sensor i have no idea whether it works or not but im assuming this is also a software related.
any fixes yet or is this a problem with all sense4.0/ICS ROMs? its really irritating when i have to change brightness all the time or when my face hangs up or mutes a call haha
i heard some people tried fixes, tried reverting to sense 3.6 or even GB ROMs but the problem persisted.. i hope its not completely and permanently damaged, i just bought this phone

DonDizzurp said:
sorry to make another thread on this but anyway, lets get to the point
my sensation (and others, as well) has problems with the proximity and light sensors.
sometimes the proximity sensor works, but after a while it stops reading it. this is most likely not a hardware issue. with the ambient light sensor i have no idea whether it works or not but im assuming this is also a software related.
any fixes yet or is this a problem with all sense4.0/ICS ROMs? its really irritating when i have to change brightness all the time or when my face hangs up or mutes a call haha
i heard some people tried fixes, tried reverting to sense 3.6 or even GB ROMs but the problem persisted.. i hope its not completely and permanently damaged, i just bought this phone
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Turn off fastboot. This was the fix I used when I experienced this in ARHD.

kgs1992 said:
Turn off fastboot. This was the fix I used when I experienced this in ARHD.
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i turned off fastboot, shut down my phone, then turned it on face-down in a dark room and both proxi and light are working again..
the thing is, others have tried this and it ends up failing eventually. i really hope this is just a software/kernel issue and will be resolved with updates.. if its a hardware issue, i think im gonna have to step away from HTC after all these years..

DonDizzurp said:
i turned off fastboot, shut down my phone, then turned it on face-down in a dark room and both proxi and light are working again..
the thing is, others have tried this and it ends up failing eventually. i really hope this is just a software/kernel issue and will be resolved with updates.. if its a hardware issue, i think im gonna have to step away from HTC after all these years..
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Software issue for sure. don't worry!

i did a "superwipe" using the file from the ARHD thread
then i installed the base from the same thread
Then i installed ARHD and both sensors are working
then i did a superwipe again and installed the PKMN ROM and both sensors are still working after several reboots... hmmmmm...
im gonna try ordroid again, hopefully they dont mess up
im really really really really glad this is not a hardware issue

DonDizzurp said:
i did a "superwipe" using the file from the ARHD thread
then i installed the base from the same thread
Then i installed ARHD and both sensors are working
then i did a superwipe again and installed the PKMN ROM and both sensors are still working after several reboots... hmmmmm...
im gonna try ordroid again, hopefully they dont mess up
im really really really really glad this is not a hardware issue
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Does your sensors still working? did you figured out what was the problem?

tamirsh said:
Does your sensors still working? did you figured out what was the problem?
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yea it didnt work.. it stopped working by the end of the day. i think the t-mobile firmware is from a different country
so this time i did the same thing but i used the latest T-mobile US firmware that came out a week or two ago (since my phone is t-mobile from US)
process:
- superwipe
- install firmware
- install ordroid
things have been good for the past few days. im getting worse service with the radio but im gonna change it and see if it affects it
i guess these phones are very small hardware variations that different firmware addresses differently. its been working for days now so i think its fixed for good

DonDizzurp said:
yea it didnt work.. it stopped working by the end of the day. i think the t-mobile firmware is from a different country
so this time i did the same thing but i used the latest T-mobile US firmware that came out a week or two ago (since my phone is t-mobile from US)
process:
- superwipe
- install firmware
- install ordroid
things have been good for the past few days. im getting worse service with the radio but im gonna change it and see if it affects it
i guess these phones are very small hardware variations that different firmware addresses differently. its been working for days now so i think its fixed for good
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To be honest, SuperWipe is not the best way to clean up the phone.
I'd recommend the "Format all partitions except SD Card" option in 4ext.
Also, this is unnecessary if you are switching between ROMs having the same Android version & Sense version. In that case, just back up as you usually would before switching a ROM (NANDROID+ Apps + Messages + Contacts), wipe cache & dalvik, then proceed to install the ROM.
Should you face any problems, format all partitions except SD Card & re-install.
Hope this helps.

kgs1992 said:
To be honest, SuperWipe is not the best way to clean up the phone.
I'd recommend the "Format all partitions except SD Card" option in 4ext.
Also, this is unnecessary if you are switching between ROMs having the same Android version & Sense version. In that case, just back up as you usually would before switching a ROM (NANDROID+ Apps + Messages + Contacts), wipe cache & dalvik, then proceed to install the ROM.
Should you face any problems, format all partitions except SD Card & re-install.
Hope this helps.
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i usually just do a full wipe.. the superwipe thing does the same thing expect it also wipes system

Are you guys finding its not just the prox and light sensor but the gyroscope, accelerometer as well?

dtyson said:
Are you guys finding its not just the prox and light sensor but the gyroscope, accelerometer as well?
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oh man i hope not
the proxi and light sensors are pissing me off, they dont last. sometimes as long as you dont turn your phone off or restart, theyll last forever but its so annoying
i think my gyro and acc are working.. not sure how accurate they are but they are taking measurements so i guess thats good enough

My phone was stuffed, no sensors (acc,gyro,g-senor,prox,light,magnetic etc etc), then the next thing was the earpiece got all tinny sounding (on both stock and custom roms). HTC Australia did a straight handset swap, 4 business day turn around. hopefully I wont get the same prob again

Fastboost on or off????
After experiencing the same problem most of you have: light sensor and proximity are not working, I checked some posts. Espescially when in direct sunlight my Auto Brightness wasn't working and when hanging up a phone call my screen stayed black.
All posts had to do with Super Wipe, change kernels, flash ROM's etc etc
Then I saw that somone said: turn Fastboost off.
But my Fastboost was already off. So...I turned it on....reboot and......it works again!!!!
Hope it stays this way. Everybody....good luck!!
BTW: Sensation is Super CID, 4.0.3 Sense 3.6, software version 3.33.401.6

So...
Got the same problem here...
All of my sensors "died" and the backlight on the buttons as well...
I've tried everything said over here...
I realy do hope its a software issue and getting fixed fast

accelerometer, gyroscope not working
First of all, sorry to pull back a really old thread but I thought this thread had the most relevant discussion.
My Sensation's accelerometer and gyroscope sensors are not working. They stopped working the first time I tried unlocking the bootloader of my phone and installing a custom ROM. That was almost a year back and I have been trying to live with the phone like that. Since then, I have also installed multiple different ROMs. Currently, I am on Cyanogenmod 10 nightly. Its a good ROM and everything works except the Gyroscope and accelerometer sensors but I need to get these sensors working again. I have tried different kenels, firmwares, ROMs, etc etc.
Any suggestions?

aslambhai said:
First of all, sorry to pull back a really old thread but I thought this thread had the most relevant discussion.
My Sensation's accelerometer and gyroscope sensors are not working. They stopped working the first time I tried unlocking the bootloader of my phone and installing a custom ROM. That was almost a year back and I have been trying to live with the phone like that. Since then, I have also installed multiple different ROMs. Currently, I am on Cyanogenmod 10 nightly. Its a good ROM and everything works except the Gyroscope and accelerometer sensors but I need to get these sensors working again. I have tried different kenels, firmwares, ROMs, etc etc.
Any suggestions?
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Try to go to stock again by flashing a ruu and check again
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ganeshp said:
Try to go to stock again by flashing a ruu and check again
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Thanks Ganesh. I will try doing this.
Can you share some reliable site for the RUUs? I found some, but am not sure about the authenticity of the ROMs given that the MD5 cheksum is missing at the download locations.

[Q] Gyroscope issues

Hi,
Does any of you have problems with the gyroscope? It seems to give no feedback at all sometimes, until I reboot the phone and it works again. Before, I noticed that sometimes my screen stops rotating when I rotate the phone, but I thought its Android problem. Now with Real Racing 3 game, a few times it started and I couldn't steer the car. Once again a reboot makes everything fine..

You should probably mention that your phone's hardware has been hacked....
Who knows what issues that could cause. Have you tried doing a hard reset? Which firmware revision are you on?

I have this issue often. Bootloader still locked, rooted with old method. Latest official build with no mods other than root. The last time this happened I opened up compass to try to force a calibration and it recognized it needed to be calibrated but it would work no matter how many figure 8 I did. Reboot worked like a charm as usual. Annoying...
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Rotation dead

Received my n5 yesterday, I rooted stock and didn't flash anything. Was working OK everything but now screen rotation stop working on every app! I read in another post that installing an incompatible app that uses sensors may break it but as far as I know before it died I only receive updates for YouTube and superSU. Anyone else having similar issues? Maybe time for its firts re-flashing ?

gado45 said:
Received my n5 yesterday, I rooted stock and didn't flash anything. Was working OK everything but now screen rotation stop working on every app! I read in another post that installing an incompatible app that uses sensors may break it but as far as I know before it died I only receive updates for YouTube and superSU. Anyone else having similar issues? Maybe time for its firts re-flashing ?
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I had a similar issue yesterday. I'm rooted and superSU'ed and no 3rd party kernels/roms etc. Everything was working like charm unless I installed an app (a random picked one from the market) to test the barometer.
Effects:
accelerometers stuck (= dead) after a certain amount of time (10 ~ 30 minutes?), No screen rotations at all... And then I discovered that EVERY sensor was kinda muted. Only solution to get the sensor working was a reboot. But then in another 10/30 minutes they would have stopped again, over and over.
Solution:
Since I didn't knew it was an "known" (??) issue of certain barometric app reading the sensors during sleepmode (or something like that, I didn't bother), I thought I had corrupted the firmware and reflashed the latest stock firmware and rooted again.
Now everything is perfect again but probably I only needed to uninstall that crappy barometer app.
Be sure you didn't install any app dealing with the barometer. But in any case, reflashing is very very easy you can do it quickly via command line in an adb shell.

Thanks for the response..mine stoped working completely.. I didn't installed any barometer or anything related.. So I can't identify what cause this, dirty flash worked for you? I don't want to loose my configs
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gado45 said:
Thanks for the response..mine stoped working completely.. I didn't installed any barometer or anything related.. So I can't identify what cause this, dirty flash worked for you? I don't want to loose my configs
Enviado desde mi Nexus 5 mediante Tapatalk
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no I'm sorry, I flashed hammerhead-krt16m-factory-bd9c39de.tgz (I really fear brick since there's not an usb jig to save the day) and lost everything. But surprisingly enough, the second time I rooted I didn't loose anything like the first time I did (the first time I used cf-autoroot, the second time I did something manually)
Hey, but I didn't try any dirty flashing, so maybe this can be a better solution for you!

I went back to stock + relock. Still screen rotation is NOT working.. Damn!! I don't know what to do..

Issues after 4.4.3 update

Hello guys
I just finished updating my rooted Nexus 5 to 4.4.3 and it went fine but I immidiately noticed some "problems" when I turned it on. The thing is that my touch screen is not as responsive as before 4.4.3 update. On 4.4.2 scrolling was flowy and smooth like on ice, but on 4.4.3 I got big delay (half cm of emptiness) on scrolling through gesture (apps, home or anything..) and, even worse, when I'm scrolling down my Contacts list it dials randomly due to a lagging. Is there any calibration to be done or that's it?
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It doesn't sound normal. Mine is working just as smooth as it was on 4.4.2. Have you tried wiping the phone? Do a factory reset and see.
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issues here
my battery went from 19% to 0 over night.... in airplane mode. previously, it would only use 3-4% overnight, esp with everything turned off. almost woke up late
also, im having a hard time answering phone calls. i slide to answer, it doesnt answer but its still ringing

I noticed that there is a bunch of different problems reported last two days and I have decided to wait for Google's response on all of this mess. But I must say that my phone is working better now and somehow it heals itself )) Maybe this update is about implementing some organic components
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I'm having a lot of issues with my phone.. Seems like an sd card issue. Ant app that uses memory does not work properly... Even the camera does not load...
I'm going to do a factory reset... Any way to save all settings on stock?
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I also got a big issue on 4.4.3. since the update i get sponataeuos signal dropouts especially when i travel by bus or train.
It seams the radio has problems by logging out at one cell and switch to an other cell. Also the reception/signal is very weak.
Someone noticed the same? or does anybody has a tip?
thanks in advance :good:

Are you charging your phone simultaneously or is your phone connected to a laptop? remove that and the try. lemme know.

Seadra said:
Are you charging your phone simultaneously or is your phone connected to a laptop? remove that and the try. lemme know.
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I'm always charging simultaneously

dwreck420 said:
my battery went from 19% to 0 over night.... in airplane mode. previously, it would only use 3-4% overnight, esp with everything turned off. almost woke up late
also, im having a hard time answering phone calls. i slide to answer, it doesnt answer but its still ringing
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Go to settings > apps > locate google dialer and clear cache
For battery drain, install an app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.asksven.betterbatterystats (it's free demo version is available on XDA) or https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gsamlabs.bbm
Observe your device for one day after complete charge (90+) and use it.
Using that app, you'll observe the apps/wakelocks which are causing unnecessary battery drain. Eliminate them or post screenshots here so that we can help you to solve battery drain issue.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

I'm guessing OP's problem is related to this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2643097 but this is the first time I have heard the same for Nexus 5.

First thing to do if something is broken after an OTA is factory reset to see if it is an OS bug or whether you have incompatible data and settings.
It sounds like it would be a pain to do, but you can easily backup with helium nowadays so it needn't be

rootSU said:
First thing to do if something is broken after an OTA is factory reset to see if it is an OS bug or whether you have incompatible data and settings.
It sounds like it would be a pain to do, but you can easily backup with helium nowadays so it needn't be
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+1 - Clean wipe and see, it might fix all of your issues. Hopefully it does

rootSU said:
First thing to do if something is broken after an OTA is factory reset to see if it is an OS bug or whether you have incompatible data and settings.
It sounds like it would be a pain to do, but you can easily backup with helium nowadays so it needn't be
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I didn't tried the factory reset, I went further and flashed the factory image but problems still exist [emoji15]

sworn3yes said:
I didn't tried the factory reset, I went further and flashed the factory image but problems still exist [emoji15]
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Did you flash the userdata.img? If not, your data is still there and still possibly causing the issue.

GPS not Working
Has anyone else noticed if their GPS is working or not? I was trying to use mine last night and I can see that GPS connects and it brings up the map but then never navigates or even moves from the starting point on the map. Can someone let me know if this is a new problem??? I flashed the N5_4.4.3.zip file that someone pointed me to, as I had asked for a flashable zip file to update to 4.4.3 as I still have not gotten an ota notification from T-Mobile:confused

i have a question also,
what if i like the current mono toned google dialer?
when i get this update & it updates the dialer, is it possible to un-install the dialer update to revert back to the older dialer?

rootSU said:
Did you flash the userdata.img? If not, your data is still there and still possibly causing the issue.
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Yes I did. I flashed the image with the 'flash-all.bat' method which includes it [emoji17]

Just bought this

Hello guys, i just bought this device a couple of days ago, for just 49.900 KWD = less than 150 USD, for its specs this is a steal.
Anyways, the device is awesome , but the development is dead, whats going on here.
I had poco f1 back on 2018 and it's development is going on.
Now i have poco f2 pro, but i liked the u12+ design.
The problem is the battery doesn't last 4 hours of sot during the day!
Is there any solution for it?

lol, me too Mostafa, i bought mine from FCC for 49KD
I unlocked the bootloader and flashed the beta viper rom, android 11
battery is the same, it's how it was built, it never lasts longer than 4hrs sot, but im hoping it will be improved once the viper rom goes into stable release
if you need any help you can pm me your phone number

Hahahahahahah.
The device is awesome bro, i unlocked and rooted too, but checked viper and read it has some issues, can u tell me your experience.
As i want to use the device as my main daily driver.

mostafa asal said:
Hahahahahahah.
The device is awesome bro, i unlocked and rooted too, but checked viper and read it has some issues, can u tell me your experience.
As i want to use the device as my main daily driver.
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You can def use it as a main driver, get Viper, it's great.
If you check the last page in there or perior, i posted a reply mentioning few bugs, and most of them i fixed, rest are minor bugs that wont affect your usage that much, hence why i said once stable is out, the rom will be amazing
PS: What are you using right now if you dont mind me asking ? Stock n rooted ?

Yup stock and rooted.
I will try it today , thanks a lot bro

managed to flash it after a couple of failed tries an hour ago.
first impression >> amaaaaaazing.

mostafa asal said:
managed to flash it after a couple of failed tries an hour ago.
first impression >> amaaaaaazing.
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Mostafa, did you perm-flash TWRP & root after flashing Viper Beta ? If yes can you please PM me with the steps you followed ?

Inpain said:
Mostafa, did you perm-flash TWRP & root after flashing Viper Beta ? If yes can you please PM me with the steps you followed ?
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Mmmmm okey , i'm really not sure cuz i flashed the rom 3 timed till now, and every time it worked with a different order of steps
But the last time which i fell it more stable.
-Booted twrp
-Adb pushed all the files and fixes i needed.
even the system.img as i don't know why it never worked for me to flash it from download mode.
- flashed twrp img then magisk 21.1
as the newer version cuzed bootloop for me( idk i might be wrong and the reason is something else)
- flashed all the fixes i wanted.
-Entered download mode erased userdata, system.
-Rebooted to recovery
- flashed system.img and gapps.
- rebooted
- never really cared about cts so haven't done it's fix.
Anyways cbk app and kuwait id app always detect root even after activating hide in magisk
Last thing the only way i found to get ytvanced working is to flash the old magisk module for it.
Old but better than not working at all.

Have you found a fix for auto rotate, and the broken auto brightness or the in calls bluetooth headsets?

mostafa asal said:
Have you found a fix for auto rotate, and the broken auto brightness or the in calls bluetooth headsets?
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Auto-rotate isnt broken, just goto settings > Edge Sense > Holding gesture & turn off Smart rotate
As for the Auto Brightness, i never had an issue with it, what's your issue ?
Bluetooth is working fine for me if i connect through the AUX BT dongle that i have in my car, never tested headsets.

Inpain said:
Auto-rotate isnt broken, just goto settings > Edge Sense > Holding gesture & turn off Smart rotate
As for the Auto Brightness, i never had an issue with it, what's your issue ?
Bluetooth is working fine for me if i connect through the AUX BT dongle that i have in my car, never tested headsets.
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yup, you're right about the auto rotate.
but i have a very strange behavior regarding auto brightness, may be the rom needs one more time flashing, lol.
cuz each time i flash it , it gets more stable.

mostafa asal said:
yup, you're right about the auto rotate.
but i have a very strange behavior regarding auto brightness, may be the rom needs one more time flashing, lol.
cuz each time i flash it , it gets more stable.
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That does not answer my question what is the auto-brightness issue you're facing ?
Also, re-flashing the ROM multiple times isn't going to make it stable-ER

Inpain said:
That does not answer my question what is the auto-brightness issue you're facing ?
Also, re-flashing the ROM multiple times isn't going to make it stable-ER
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the issue i have is the auto brightness is uncontrollable, sometimes it reaches it's peak and never cool down, and once you lower it down manually, it never goes up !
there's a certain point it operate within , even when i slide it below this point it goes to zero again.
i will upload a vid for it.

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I see, well you can try something, go back to stock, and see if it behaves the same, if it does, then your sensors aren't working and you'll need to take it to FCC, just make sure you re-lock it before you do so
If it's normal on stock, then yeah, it's a ROM issue.
For me, not being able to use CBK & the Civil-ID app is a huge deal breaker, i'm going to return it back to stock and sell it, and just use my Xiaomi Mi10T 5G PRO again

Inpain said:
I see, well you can try something, go back to stock, and see if it behaves the same, if it does, then your sensors aren't working and you'll need to take it to FCC, just make sure you re-lock it before you do so
If it's normal on stock, then yeah, it's a ROM issue.
For me, not being able to use CBK & the Civil-ID app is a huge deal breaker, i'm going to return it back to stock and sell it, and just use my Xiaomi Mi10T 5G PRO again
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On stock it works perfect, so there's no issue with the sensor.
The bad thing about this device if you relocked it. It says ( relocked ), they will know anyway.
Unlike my poco f2 pro, before i sent it to blooms for cleaning the speaker, i had to relock it, and it says locked.
Why htc made such thing!!
Yesterday, i was in Fahahel and i found FFC store and asked them about a cover and screen protector for the device, they said they don't have!!!
They are the only one selling the device in kuwait and they don't have covers for it.
But if you dying for it they can import it from UAE for 7 KWD

It to
Inpain said:
For me, not being able to use CBK & the Civil-ID app is a huge deal breaker, i'm going to return it back to stock and sell it, and just use my Xiaomi Mi10T 5G PRO again
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Maybe if you waited for the stable rom, thay can solve the issue, or maybe there's a workaround.
For me i'm using it as a secondary device for music n videos.
And it's elegant design and color.