So the fingerprint sensor on E6653 has been failing for a few months now, but it's been getting really bad over the past couple of weeks with the sensor hardware showing up as unavailable probably 90% of the time.
I have another E6653 that was bricked by an OTA update in '16, which I was never able to revive. If it's a hardware failure in my fingerprint sensor (on the working Z5), could I swap the dead sensor from the working phone with the working sensor from the dead phone?
Thanks-in-advance
Why not? Maybe you should deactivate the fpr before you swap it...
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Hello everyone,
I bought some days ago a second hand galaxy S6 (G920F), I checked if everything was working and then updated to official Marshmallow, installed TWRP 3.0, and finally moved to a custom ROM (Pure Stock ExtraLite Rom 4.1).
The problem is that I figured out I had a lot of sensors that were not working anymore like light sensor, gyroscope sensor (so also accelerometer etc...), the heart rate sensor seems only partially working, I didn't try the proximity sensor yet. Here is a screen of the sensor page after a *#0*#:
I already tried to clear cache, wipe everything with clean install, flash back official MM rom, tried to make a calibration using GPS status and toolbox (which shows there is a problem with almost every sensor), but absolutely nothing worked.
Right now I am out of clues and I need your help !
Thank you!
So were the sensors working when you got the device?
My S6 Edge had the same issue - all sensors would stop working (and the IR blaster) for a few days/weeks and then eventually they would work for a while again. In the end though, they stopped working completely. I also tried absolutely everything software related first but it turned out to be a fault with the mainboard. I sent it to Samsung who claimed it was caused by liquid damage and refused to repair it (I'm almost certain it wasn't liquid damage because I haven't got it wet) so ended up claiming on my insurance.
Sadly I didn't take the time to check the sensors before upgrading, so I have absolutely no idea about the sensors before I updated the system...
I saw some people talking about this kind of problems being liquid damage related, but I have no idea what happened to the phone before I got it...).
I hope I will be luckier than you were !
my sensors were working fine in 5.0 and then i officially upgrade my s6 to 6.0.1 and eventually all sensors died.
i make a factory reset and everything fine now
Dear XDA friends,
I believe it's almost 6 months, since I start having problems with my Nexus 5 Proximity Sensor.
If you search for the WEB, you'll find tons of users like me, who which Google is simply ignoring.. A series of OTA updates, that fried up Proximity and Light Sensors firmware of hundreds of Nexus 5, among other Nexus phones.
Basically, this problem resumes to a constant 0.0mm value returned by the Proximity Sensor, which makes the phone believe that you ear is always close to the phone. I can belive you know how frustrating this is in daily use.
I believe this subject was already reported here, in XDA forum. However, allow me to report my story, that is almost unbelievable.
So, here's exactly what happened:
Bought the phone two and a half years ago with Android 4.4.4.
Android 4.4.4 - Sensors OK.
OTA 5.0 - Sensors OK.
OTA 5.1.1 - Sensors OK.
OTA 6.0 - Sensors OK.
OTA 6.0.1 - Proximity Sensor Faulty
ADB DOWNGRADE to 6.0 - Proximity Sensor Faulty
ADB DOWNGRADE to 5.0 - Proximity Sensor Faulty
ROOTED
CWM Flash to CM 14.1 - Proximity Sensor Faulty
CWM Flash to CM 14.0 - Proximity Sensor Faulty
CWM Flash to CM 13.0 - Proximity Sensor Faulty
CWM Flash to CM 12.1 - Proximity Sensor Faulty
CWM Flash to CM 11.0 - Proximity Sensor Faulty
There are hundreds of Nexus 5 users with the same problem, but I believe no one has tried a downgrade so agressive as I did.
Google has been ignoring this problem timer over time, as I'm starting to believe that they will never solve this.
This is my last call for help, before I move to a MOTO G or something like that...
Shame on you Google, shame on you Nexus team...
Thank you for your time!
All -
Ever since I got my Essential phone the fingerprint scanner has been absolutely horrendous. Over and over it would just tell me that the the fingerprint sensor was dirty and I should clean it and try again. It was so bad to the point that I wasn't even able to successfully enroll my fingerprints. I just gave up on the fingerprint sensor for the most part assuming that the physical hardware of my device was faulty. I liked everything else about my phone so lack of working fingerprint sensor was not enough to make me go through the hassle of trying to send back my phone for a new (refurbished) one. I resigned myself to just using the 4 digit PIN to unlock my phone.
I have done the monthly updates religiously and I always try again after each update to test the fingerprint scanner hoping that the update will fix my issues and FINALLY THAT HAPPENED!!!!
After May update the sensor enrolled my fingers super quickly with no error warnings and now unlocking with fingerprint is instantaneous and super snappy!! :victory::victory::victory:
If anyone has fingerprint issues with their phone I strongly advise you to check out the May security update and post here if it fixes your problems as well.
Hope this helps!
I have to agree, I had given up using the fingerprint sensor, till I saw this thread.
It's been working great since the update.
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My phones touchscreen fingerprint area reacts without touching it. Not all the time, but pretty often. Is there a way to disable f.sensor? My device is rooted and on a last firmware.
HELLO
I am from Pakistan
My poco x3 pro become dead after update on miui 13 luckily I had a warranty and sent to service center
They sent me back after a month and now it have new problem in it
My proximity sensor is not working
Properly facing problem during calls
Now I see this proximity sensor works sometimes when phone little heated so I heat my phone with hair dryer and check it works perfectly until it cold down to normal temperature
Please help me somebody how to tackle this issue