WinMo Dialer & Proximity Sensor

[mwalt2]

Originally Posted by elesbb

so the proximity sensor doesn't work at all now ? it doesn't automatically adjust the backlight in different lighting conditions ? from my understanding , the HTC phone dialer is just a skin , it can be removed completely using a ROM kitchen , it has no control over if the proximity sensor works or not . however in the phone canvas enhancement , the HTC dialer , you had the additional options in the phone settings menu that would allow you to turn off the screen when placed near your ear .

your final question is to do that using s2u2 ? then you would have to enable the option , turn screen off during call , in the s2u2 options menu . hope that helps ! best of luck !

Disabling or leaving out the HTC Phonecanvas does indeed disable the proximity sensor. Usually, the proximity sensor is not active unless you are in a call. Shortly after the call ends, the proximity sensor is disabled again via a registry change. You can make the registry change yourself and it will then be on all of the time and work during phone calls using any phonecanvas, but it will reset to 0 (disable) every soft reset. I'm assuming that having it enabled all of the time also drains the battery and that is why HTC only has it active during calls (via the HTC Phonecanvas).

Originally Posted by boredandtattooed

why do you need s2u2 tot urn the light off, cant you just tap the power button to turn the light off when u make a call lol

Of course you can just push a button, but apparently HTC (and every other phone with a proximity sensor) decided that it's much more convenient for it to happen on it's own. lol