Hello. I have this problem. My proximity sensor on Nexus 5 is lagging. I am using a program to check the sensor. It is recognizing the movement.. but sometimes it takes 300ms, or 500ms or 5sec or 11 sec and sometimes i am waiting until 30sec and nothing happens.. This tests never gave me same results twice.. Is this hardware failure, software , or cleaning the sensor issue? I tried cleaning the screen from the outside and that didnt help.. What can i do to fix this? Is this a common problem?
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Hello everyone,
To fix the dialer bug thing, I applied all the suggestions which were mentioned here http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=17383 like using the proximity sensor app, etc etc....
Now I am getting a good battery backup like 12+ hrs on a full charge (without using wifi/data).
So now the problem is that when I am playing a game say cut the rope, the game goes in potrait mode which is fine, but if by mistake my finger hovers over (or touches) the proximity sensor area, the screen goes off and locks. This is frequently happening
Is anyone facing this issue?? Is there a fix to this??
Hi all,
I've had this issue for about 2 weeks or so. The proximity sensor on my Nexus 5 randomly stays active no matter what app is on or if the screen is locked. So whenever the screen is active and I put my hand/finger near the proximity sensor it will blank the screen. You can see how this would be annoying when you're just checking notifications and the screen blanks out. Any thoughts or suggestions? It definitely seems software related as a reboot solves the issue until it happens again. I've tried to consistently recreate the issue, but I can't tie it to any one app that was/is active, or any combination of events that causes it. After a few hours when I unlock my phone to check a notification I notice it's active because the screen will go dark. Is there a way to see what app(s) could be doing this?
My phone is unlocked and rooted, but stock rom. No screen protector at all. I can't think of any non mainstream apps that I have installed.
Thanks!!
I have this issue exactly. Did you ever find the fix for it?
Are you using any app that uses the proximity sensor to turn on the screen? (e.g. Shake Screen-On). Those apps keep the proximity sensor on (if using near receiver mode).
One way to see if an app is using the proximity sensor is by checking the battery options. One of those apps might be the one draining your battery.
Same here. Reboot makes it work fine for a couple days, then the proximity sensor just stays active til the next reboot. Has done this on CM, PA, and Cataclysm.
Up till yesterday everything was working fine. Suddenly, the screen stopped turning off during calls on CM11 (4.4.4). I thought of it as a bug then.
Today I switched back to ViperS Sense 5.2.1 and the screen still doesn't turn off during calls.
I used an app to see all my sensor's readings (CPU-Z) and it didn't show anything for the light and proximity sensors.
I tried *#*#3424#*#* and ran a light sensor test but it didn't give me any result (I think it's a fail).
And now the automatic brightness control isn't working either.
Is this a hardware issue or is there a solution? Has anyone encountered this?
PS: ROM/Firmware in my signature.
Apparently this is a fairly common issue with the Samsung Galaxy S10 range and after doing some simple tests I'm hoping my insight can help.
The first test I did was to dial *#77692# to access the proximity sensor test menu. While I was on this menu I covered the sensor with my hand and got a proximity reading of 1.0 everytime the sensor was covered and 0 when it wasn't, which to me suggests that the sensor is working fine.
the second test involved ringing up my voicemail and basically doing the same thing, now here is where it gets interesting; if I cover the sensor for a few seconds and then lift my hand the screen stays turned off. But if I then recover the sensor an inconsistent number of times (sometimes once, sometimes a bunch of times) it'll turn the screen back on.
Additional: I also tested this on Skype and the behaviour was identical.
To me it looks like the issue is purely on a software level rather than a hardware level as this only seems to happen during phone and Voip calls, but not during tests.
Now I'm not a developer so I can't begin to understand how this issue could be fixed, but I'm hoping my little tests can help matters along.
Had the Problem also, fixed it by rebooting into recovery and wipe cache partition.
Same issue here..
I have had S10e, but i sold because of this issue.. now i want to buy it again, but i don't know if exists an S10E series without the proximity sensor issue.. anyone with ans S10E without this bug? (just try to hear a whatsapp audio near the ear)
Hello,
Me and ma GF who also owns a ZF6 recently had this issue : the proximity/ light sensor dont work. (we check doing the SMMI TEST on the phone). But then if we reboot the phone the sensor starts working (SMMI TEST OK) for a while.
Then some time after like a day or so it stops working again (noticeable because auto screen light adjusting stops working).
Is anybody else experiencing this ? Any way to fix that?
Thanks