proximity sensor
 

has anyone noticed that sometimes when you take your face away from the phone, the proximity sensor blinks the screen once before coming back on fully...

i just noticed it today.. is my prox sensor broken??

thanks.

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Not here but I do notice when I'm on a call, if I pull my face away for a slit second my screen will turn on but wont turn back off. I need to give it a full second, It may be due to polling intervals.

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havent noticed that, but i have noticed that on some custom ROMs that functionality is disable completely, so might just be your ROM

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i am stock rom...

could it be my magnetic case.. could that have jacked up the proximity sensor.. i have an HTC case from best buy though...

is it possible my proximity sensor is jacked up???

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it is possible but also could be some 3rd party soft interfering with it, does it happen on fresh flash? Or flash Mighty Mikes ROM(his ROMs always have all sensors working at top condition(not to say that other ROM do not)). If there is something wrong with your sensor itself - TP2 has a one year warranty so you dont need a TEP plan to have that problem fixed(they will do fresh flash anyways first if problem is confirmed). Also i remember there was a registry setting to disable proximity sensor as well, searh here for the setting - you(or some other app) could have messed with it

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this is stock.. i haven't flashed anything.. i just got this phone last week on the 31..

it was working fine before... shoot..

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I havent noticed any blinking before the screen turns back on. It just comes back on. And then turns off if i cover the sensor again.

If it's only happening to you sometimes maybe you have something installed thats cause it to stutter??

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for some reason now it is working perfectly again... perhaps my face grease screwed it up???? hahaha.. i don;t know...

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could the magnet be the culprit???

can a magnet affect the proximity sensor???

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u had the phone for 5 days now, its time to flash

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haha.. i wish i only knew hot to flash.. i would prolly screw it up

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i don't know, but i never put magnets near my device. people complain about them waking up their phones from sleep (htc phones) or even changing the ringer profile (blackberry)... doesn't sound like something i'd want near my tp2.

Btw, i'd wait until your 30days is up before you flash. just in case things go horribly wrong for no reason with the device. When you're ready, just follow the tutorials in the cdma upgrade section (if youre on sprint) for unlocking the phone. then its easy to just flash any rom whenever you want after that.

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but this is the oem htc case

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so? i mean, i havent seen or used one, but magnets are magnets are they not (doesn't matter what case theyre on)? And I didn't mean to make it sound like they're bad... people just complain that many cases with magnets have strange issues. I wouldn't listen to them if you've been fine with it, but it's not something i'd use. Plus, i hate the bulk of a case like that and it seems ike a hassle to pull the phone out when you get a call. I usually go for the seidio innocase when i want to protect my windows phones.

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Regarding the Proximity Sensor function on my stock ROM Verizon TP2:

Lately, when I make a call, the display turns off, but if I then pull it away, most of hte time it won't turn on at all, regardless of how long I wait. I can hit the on/off button on top, and it will turn the display back on.

And if it does turn back on, it shows the Notification Screen, not the phone function.

What are the Registry entries that control this function? I don't want to turn it off, but I want to see what the settings are, and if they need to be adjusted. I'm not aware of any settings in the phone proper that control this function.

Again, stock ROM, with the major tweaks being the Proxy CAB to save some memory usage, along with a variety of registry changes (to remove Bluetooth turnoff notification, Sent Message notification, etc.).

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The magnet issue will override the proximity sensor. However, there is a regedit to deactivate that. Until I did, I noticed that if the metal plate in my head had become magnetized, my proximity sensor didn't work

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hey reyrey did you install some kind of lock program? that caused my proximity sensor to have the same exact behavior as you described. I disabled it and it went back to normal.

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nope no lock sensor... i aint got nothing... all stock...

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what programs did you install? one of them has to be the culprit

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no programs or anything... the only i got other than the phone from the sprint box is the OEM HTC case for our phone... magnetic latch...


but since i have posted.. it hasn't happened since...

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HAHA, isn't that how all problems resolve themselves? When you finally ask for help it magically goes away. Or just face grease hehe.

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actually that sensor is VERY sensitive! i had that problem before and sometimes it would be the way i hold my phone..the whole top piece right above the screen is the sensor ANYTHING that covers that area turns it off..try it lol..its sensitive