Anyone know how to disable the Proximity sensor completely?
I did some searching and I came across this
I looked up the proximity sensor in The Hardware detection apps and it says
CM36282 Proximity sensor
Vendor: Capella Microsystem
I then looked in "Hardware disabler" but I couldn't find specific or anything close to it.
How do I disable it, or does anyone know what the driver name and location of it in Hardware Disabler?
Thanks.
Please don't ask me why I want to do it, don't suggest proximity fix, I want to disable it. Thank you.
dustin4vn said:
Anyone know how to disable the Proximity sensor completely?
I did some searching and I came across this
I looked up the proximity sensor in The Hardware detection apps and it says
CM36282 Proximity sensor
Vendor: Capella Microsystem
I then looked in "Hardware disabler" but I couldn't find specific or anything close to it.
How do I disable it, or does anyone know what the driver name and location of it in Hardware Disabler?
Thanks.
Please don't ask me why I want to do it, don't suggest proximity fix, I want to disable it. Thank you.
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try to rescan the whole sys/ directory from the help you will find it
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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
Greetings from an Android newbie, (coming from a Nokia 3210 )
I got a Xtreamer Aiki 5, and noticed that the proximity sensor is defective.
Rom version 10.1
Internet learned me to download the apps Android Sensor and Hardware disabler.
Android sensor gives the following:
name : tmd2771 proximity sensor
vendor : Capella
version : 1
power : 0.13
max range: 1.0
resolution : 1.0
Hardware Disabler should be able to disable the driver of the proximity switch, but there are so many
drivers listed.
Does someone know the name of the driver which have to be disabled?
Go to the play store and search for a program called "proximity sensor calibration". Install it, follow the instructions and most likely all works well again for you.
I have installed and run the app, but i only get the message:
Rezound Proximity Sensor Calibrator is not responding.
Would you like to close it?
Even after a reboot same thing happens.
Is there another way to let the screen 'on' during calls (and skype) as well?
( app Screen On doesn't work on it )
thaineth said:
I have installed and run the app, but i only get the message:
Rezound Proximity Sensor Calibrator is not responding.
Would you like to close it?
Even after a reboot same thing happens.
Is there another way to let the screen 'on' during calls (and skype) as well?
( app Screen On doesn't work on it )
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Well, there is another program named "Sensor Kinetics" which might help and works on my Xtreamer. At least it shows the possibilities of the proximity sensor: There are only two states with Xtreamer (which is 0 and 1), you can't measure exact distances.
If you still see a problem I'd advise to reflash your ROM. Usualy that helps...
AP756 said:
Well, there is another program named "Sensor Kinetics" which might help and works on my Xtreamer. At least it shows the possibilities of the proximity sensor: There are only two states with Xtreamer (which is 0 and 1), you can't measure exact distances.
If you still see a problem I'd advise to reflash your ROM. Usualy that helps...
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It took me some time, but i have done both of the recommendations.
Flashed the ROM and installed Sensor Kinetics. But no luck. When SK is started, there is no line in the graphic at all.
(found how it should look like on the website of that program).
It is for surenow that the proximity switch is defective, other programs give the same result as well.
Is there a way to change or disable the drivers of that switch, so the screen will stay on bright during telephone calls or skype calls?
Does someone know the name of the specific driver?
thaineth said:
It took me some time, but i have done both of the recommendations.
Flashed the ROM and installed Sensor Kinetics. But no luck. When SK is started, there is no line in the graphic at all.
(found how it should look like on the website of that program).
It is for surenow that the proximity switch is defective, other programs give the same result as well.
Is there a way to change or disable the drivers of that switch, so the screen will stay on bright during telephone calls or skype calls?
Does someone know the name of the specific driver?
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I just wonder, is this still the good place at the forum to put this question, or should it be transfert to a more technical part?
I don't know where to ask other than here, about this problem,
Hi
After downloading an app calles Sensor Box I saw that on my rooted device (sm-g3858) (stock rom) the orientation sensors, magnetic and gyroscope sensors are missing. Is there any way to add them? Are these sensors hardware based? GPS works fine for me so is there a way to implement these 3 mentioned sensor functions? Available in the phone are accelerometer and proximity sensor so I want to know if I can add the others by adding certain xml files
Pretorian187 said:
Hi
After downloading an app calles Sensor Box I saw that on my rooted device (sm-g3858) (stock rom) the orientation sensors, magnetic and gyroscope sensors are missing. Is there any way to add them? Are these sensors hardware based? GPS works fine for me so is there a way to implement these 3 mentioned sensor functions? Available in the phone are accelerometer and proximity sensor so I want to know if I can add the others by adding certain xml files
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Sensors are indeed hardware. You can't simply "add" them. If my memory serves me, the only practical use of a gyroscope sensor is for Photosphere. Lots of devices are missing this. It's odd that your phone doesn't have a magnetometer. It's also odd that there's no orientation sensor. To be honest, I don't think that your phone is missing a magnetometer or orientation sensor. I mean, if you're watching a video or viewing a webpage and the display rotates, then clearly it has that sensor. And most phones have a magnetometer. Your phone (Galaxy Beam 2) is kinda a specialized device, so I guess it's possible that certain things common to other phones were omitted. If that's the case, it's unfortunate, but sadly, you can't "add" them via software.
Planterz said:
Sensors are indeed hardware. You can't simply "add" them. If my memory serves me, the only practical use of a gyroscope sensor is for Photosphere. Lots of devices are missing this. It's odd that your phone doesn't have a magnetometer. It's also odd that there's no orientation sensor. To be honest, I don't think that your phone is missing a magnetometer or orientation sensor. I mean, if you're watching a video or viewing a webpage and the display rotates, then clearly it has that sensor. And most phones have a magnetometer. Your phone (Galaxy Beam 2) is kinda a specialized device, so I guess it's possible that certain things common to other phones were omitted. If that's the case, it's unfortunate, but sadly, you can't "add" them via software.
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thank you for your reply. Maybe that function is not activated? Samsung pretty much sucks when it comes to software support so maybe some files are just missing. Do you know where I could find the location of these files? The problem is that compass apps for example need that function (unless you know of an app that doesnt..)and I might not be suprised if Samsung just didnt add the files to /system
Pretorian187 said:
thank you for your reply. Maybe that function is not activated? Samsung pretty much sucks when it comes to software support so maybe some files are just missing. Do you know where I could find the location of these files? The problem is that compass apps for example need that function (unless you know of an app that doesnt..)and I might not be suprised if Samsung just didnt add the files to /system
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I really couldn't help you with that. I doubt anyone could. I would suggest, however, that you try a couple other apps. Phone Tester, Sensor Kinetics Innovations, to name a couple. Also, some basic apps that use these functions. Most compass apps use the magnetometer, and there's also metal detector apps (obviously, you'll need something steel or iron, not just any random metal). And as I said before if you're viewing a webpage or video or something, and you turn your phone sideways and what you're viewing changes its orientation, then you've obviously got that sensor as well.
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I really couldn't help you with that. I doubt anyone could. I would suggest, however, that you try a couple other apps. Phone Tester, Sensor Kinetics Innovations, to name a couple. Also, some basic apps that use these functions. Most compass apps use the magnetometer, and there's also metal detector apps (obviously, you'll need something steel or iron, not just any random metal). And as I said before if you're viewing a webpage or video or something, and you turn your phone sideways and what you're viewing changes its orientation, then you've obviously got that sensor as well.
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I tried Sensor Kinetics and when I change the orientation the Accelerometer is effected. So basically the orientation sensor is the accelerometer in this phone. And I can also see that in the demo option. But anyway I tried several metal detector apps and there is 0 reaction. So I guess thats it. Thanks for your time.
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.
Hey! I'd like to ask a favor from someone with a Zenfone 7 in their hands. Could you tell me the driver name of your proximity sensor? You can check it by using Sensor Box (free on the playstore).
I'm asking for this because it seems my phone doesn't even recognise the driver and it just displays as ASUS Proximity Sensor, opposedly to other sensors that display their true name. Maybe I'm tripping and that's just it's real name, but I'm almost sure it had a different name before the sensor started malfunctioning.
I'll attach a couple screens. Thank you in advance.
Here's some screenshots from a borrowed Zenfone 7 Pro, as you can see it's named the same.
To be sure we don't suffer the same fate I did some tests to confirm that sensor is working.
@zcrubby Thank you! Indeed your sensor works well. I'll keep trying to figure out where to find the root folder of the proximity sensor driver to disable it, since I was able to get sensor disabler functioning but didn't do the trick with the proximity sensor. Would you let me know if you know something? Much appreciated!
tommydotwav said:
@zcrubby Thank you! Indeed your sensor works well. I'll keep trying to figure out where to find the root folder of the proximity sensor driver to disable it, since I was able to get sensor disabler functioning but didn't do the trick with the proximity sensor. Would you let me know if you know something? Much appreciated!
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Any luck in disabling the proximity sensor? I have a strange bug wherein every restart of the device causes the first instance of the camera to flip upside down and come up with the camera obstruction error. But once you click ok several times it's fine.