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Ok, so here is the story...
Each time I'd take my phone out of the case and turned it on, it would be in landscape and revert immediately back to portrait. I assumed it was an issue with the ROM, but one I could live with...
Today, while reading through the forum, I took the case off my belt, took out my phone and turned it on and set the phone on my case. It instantly switched to landscape... without pulling out the keyboard.
Long story short, turns out there must be a magnetic switch inside the back of the phone just over half way down that can control landscape/portrait.
I got to thinking that there are some pretty damn brilliant developers in here, and maybe if somebody found where that switch was, they could get a program going that could turn off the screen and switch the phone to vibrate when the phone was holstered.
I have no idea if it would or could work, but I thought I'd throw the idea out there.
how did u manage to keep it Landscape?
craigpasi said:
Ok, so here is the story...
Each time I'd take my phone out of the case and turned it on, it would be in landscape and revert immediately back to portrait. I assumed it was an issue with the ROM, but one I could live with...
Today, while reading through the forum, I took the case off my belt, took out my phone and turned it on and set the phone on my case. It instantly switched to landscape... without pulling out the keyboard.
Long story short, turns out there must be a magnetic switch inside the back of the phone just over half way down that can control landscape/portrait.
I got to thinking that there are some pretty damn brilliant developers in here, and maybe if somebody found where that switch was, they could get a program going that could turn off the screen and switch the phone to vibrate when the phone was holstered.
I have no idea if it would or could work, but I thought I'd throw the idea out there.
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craigpasi said:
Long story short, turns out there must be a magnetic switch inside the back of the phone just over half way down that can control landscape/portrait.
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Uhh ya. 10char
Yup the magnet in the case sure does cause the phone to turn to landscape...not sure if there is a fix, but thats the reason why i dont use my case anymore...
craigpasi said:
Ok, so here is the story...
Each time I'd take my phone out of the case and turned it on, it would be in landscape and revert immediately back to portrait. I assumed it was an issue with the ROM, but one I could live with...
Today, while reading through the forum, I took the case off my belt, took out my phone and turned it on and set the phone on my case. It instantly switched to landscape... without pulling out the keyboard.
Long story short, turns out there must be a magnetic switch inside the back of the phone just over half way down that can control landscape/portrait.
I got to thinking that there are some pretty damn brilliant developers in here, and maybe if somebody found where that switch was, they could get a program going that could turn off the screen and switch the phone to vibrate when the phone was holstered.
I have no idea if it would or could work, but I thought I'd throw the idea out there.
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The problem with using a case with a magnet is if the magnet is to strong it will eventually disable the touch screen.
Not to crap on the idea, but I was under the impression the magnet was for the keyboard slide, so that the screen rotates when the keyboard is expanded- so if you were to reprogram that functionality when holstered, it would do the same thing when you slid out the keyboard....which I doubt is what you want to happen
This has been discussed in another thread somewhere, apparently if you put the phone in the case with the screen facing backwards it doesnt affect the rotation.
On the strong magnet, screen damage issue, I doubt HTC would ship the case if that were the possible.
The only thing You can make is putting Your phone correctly in the case.
Screen must be in front of you, back outside, and usb port should be left.
In this position You will not rotate Your screen pulling out the phone I hope
So whenever I talk to my wife she always ends up hitting buttons on the screen. (mute, speaker, etc) I told her that the screen should automatically turn off and that maybe something was wrong with her device. As soon as I got home I tested it and it worked just fine. I couldn't get it to happen, light sensor was very responsive.
Somehow she manages to hit buttons and I have no idea how. I covered up the light sensor and tried hitting every button/screen area and nothing happened.
Has anyone else experienced this before? Is there something I can settings/mods wise to help?
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So whenever I talk to my wife she always ends up hitting buttons on the screen. (mute, speaker, etc) I told her that the screen should automatically turn off and that maybe something was wrong with her device. As soon as I got home I tested it and it worked just fine. I couldn't get it to happen, light sensor was very responsive.
Somehow she manages to hit buttons and I have no idea how. I covered up the light sensor and tried hitting every button/screen area and nothing happened.
Has anyone else experienced this before? Is there something I can settings/mods wise to help?
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Woman + X = No longer functioning properly
illogic6 said:
Woman + X = No longer functioning properly
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Another funny thing is she said her boss at work has the same problem (female) and her husband has no issue.... Ha! I don't think they have Evos though.
my wife was having the same problem and we narrowed it down to her hair causing interference with the screen sensing that her face was against it. dont know if that makes sense but seemed logical to us and now that she tries to be aware of it and move her hair out of the way the problem doesnt seem to exist. hope this helps.
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my wife was having the same problem and we narrowed it down to her hair causing interference with the screen sensing that her face was against it. dont know if that makes sense but seemed logical to us and now that she tries to be aware of it and move her hair out of the way the problem doesnt seem to exist. hope this helps.
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Weird! Does the screen actually turn on then? I should watch the screen next time she makes a call on it.
yeah the screen was turning on while she was using it. i think whenever she would basically readjust the phone against her head it would happen if the hair would cause interference...again i'm not claiming this is some scientific answer but its what we found seemed to be causing issues for her
freaknjoe said:
yeah the screen was turning on while she was using it. i think whenever she would basically readjust the phone against her head it would happen if the hair would cause interference...again i'm not claiming this is some scientific answer but its what we found seemed to be causing issues for her
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I see, thanks.
My wife had the same issue...earrings.
Yep, Yep. My wife has the same issue but I've never had a problem. I'm going to show her this thread so that at least she knows it's not just her. lol.
Lappie2010 said:
My wife had the same issue...earrings.
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How would the earrings affect it?
I think it's actually the proximity sensor being highly in tune to how close it needs to be to the ear/face. It takes very little movement of the phone during a call to trigger the sensor and turn the screen back on. They probably don't even realize they're moving the phone as much as they are.
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I think it's actually the proximity sensor being highly in tune to how close it needs to be to the ear/face. It takes very little movement of the phone during a call to trigger the sensor and turn the screen back on. They probably don't even realize they're moving the phone as much as they are.
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During a call, I pulled the phone away, moved it around, etc and watched for screen to come one. It did not come on easily. I don't get it.
I need to watch her during a call and test some things.
My sis has the same issues with the moment, and I tried it out and it was fine. She does seem to use it outside her hair and does have a lot of earrings. Though this is the Moment, it still runs android and has the sensors. I'll let her know and see if she'll enjoy her phone again lol.
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My sis has the same issues with the moment, and I tried it out and it was fine. She does seem to use it outside her hair and does have a lot of earrings. Though this is the Moment, it still runs android and has the sensors. I'll let her know and see if she'll enjoy her phone again lol.
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Still not sure what the issue/solution even is.
She picked up my phone last night and accidentally hung up on the person during the call! I didn't get a chance to see what happened...
She's starting to hate these phones. I need a solution.
Not a joke...but are these ladies blonds? At start of thread I was thinking hair color or earrings too. But earrings shouldn't impact the sensor as it is up top of phone and earrings would be down toward the screen.
But...if their hair was very light color...and they had phone only loosely pressed to head, I could 'guess' that the hair had enough light reflecting through it to set off the sensor.
Another thing to check on the earring side....what part of phone contacts first...do earrings hit the screen before head covers up the sensor?
My wife had dark brown hair :x
My wife too. Dark brown hair. With and without earrings. Swapped out one device, same problem. She even made it happen on mine.
I have seen it get in a mode where the proximity sensor seems to get reversed. Near head, screen on, away from head screen off. A button gets pushed at some point and then when the screen is on you can't un-mute, un-speaker, or answer a returned call from the one she just hung up on.
I think we are going to have to get her a different phone
I have the same issue but it only seems to come up with AOSP ROM's (Cyanogen & UD)
If I call Sprint and hit the prompts followed by putting the phone to my ear it presses other numbers. I think there is a delay in the proximity sensor that's causing this. I don't have long hair and my face is clean shaved so it's not that.
If I go to show someone that when everything works perfect. It's like when you call tech support for Dell, Netgear, etc. It works when you're on the phone with them and when you get off it doesn't.
I've noticed this in the past. If you are talking on the phone and you cant it just a little bit away from your ear, towards your face, you can see the backlight come back on. Also, hair can carry a static charge. So if your ladies cant the phone and the screen turns on, their hair could trigger a button press.
I love Knock on feature but after 4 days of active phone use I find it rather annoying!
I usually carry a phone either in a back pocket of my jeans or in a shirt's pocket.
So every time there is a little pressure on the screen it turns it self on and weird/random things start to happen to home screen.
I don't use password or swipe protection, so when I wake up the phone it immediately goes to a home screen.
The knock on sensor seems a bit underdeveloped. It needs to be less sensitive to non-finger pressure.
Basically after 4 days I gave up and disabled it.
jodvova said:
I love Knock on feature but after 4 days of active phone use I find it rather annoying!
I usually carry a phone either in a back pocket of my jeans or in a shirt's pocket.
So every time there is a little pressure on the screen it turns it self on and weird/random things start to happen to home screen.
I don't use password or swipe protection, so when I wake up the phone it immediately goes to a home screen.
The knock on sensor seems a bit underdeveloped. It needs to be less sensitive to non-finger pressure.
Basically after 4 days I gave up and disabled it.
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I have the same problem, I disable Knock on unwillingly...
The quickcircle case prevents this issue (and looks pretty snazzy, too).
I suffer from this prolem too. The weird thing is, the first 3 Days with the phone, this problem was no problem...I don't know why, but since yesterday, it appears frequently...Maybe I wear other trousers? I don't know. The sensor on the front should prevent the phone from waking up while in the pocket, you can test iot working by cover the front sensors and then "knock on"...it won't work. That is exactly what should happen inside the pocket, but however, it does not work properly for me!
Just curious. How did you know the phone was on because of the knock on and not because the power button was accidentally depressed?
Seifer1975 said:
Just curious. How did you know the phone was on because of the knock on and not because the power button was accidentally depressed?
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Because I turn off knock on and now it's fine
Hmm, I carry my phone in my jeans pocket all the time, and this is not a problem to me. Knock on never seems to trigger when I don't want to.
I have had no false starts from using knock on at all, I even tested with lots of different materials to see if it would work.
If it is causing you such problems why don't you use a knock code?
Protagoras said:
Hmm, I carry my phone in my jeans pocket all the time, and this is not a problem to me. Knock on never seems to trigger when I don't want to.
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Lennyuk said:
I have had no false starts from using knock on at all, I even tested with lots of different materials to see if it would work.
If it is causing you such problems why don't you use a knock code?
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Just like these two guys, I have no issues with knock-on - if anything when I take it out of my pocket I have to triple tap sometimes to get it working.
radicalisto said:
Just like these two guys, I have no issues with knock-on - if anything when I take it out of my pocket I have to triple tap sometimes to get it working.
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Same here with the triple tap
Put the phone in the pocket with the screen facing outward as a temporary solution until LG fix this issue..
atsfrnd said:
Put the phone in the pocket with the screen facing outward as a temporary solution until LG fix this issue..
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With the huge risk that you lean on something and crack the screen? No thanks (not that I am having this issue anyway )
How do you turn it of?
kirikou008 said:
Because I turn off knock on and now it's fine
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Could anyone tell me how to turn it of please - I have tried a hundred things ...
Lennyuk said:
With the huge risk that you lean on something and crack the screen? No thanks (not that I am having this issue anyway )
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It is a very risky workaround and i'm aware of that
but the thing is, even with any type of security the screen will turn on once it gets inside the pocket and it wouldnt turn off..
so theres definitely something wrong with the proximity sensor..
anyway i solved my problem by using the QC case.. and apart from this issue it's a great case overall
this happens to me too, but only with loose pockets. when i'm wearing my office attire, theres no issue. But when i'm in shorts during the weekend, it turns on by itself and it gets quite annoying. sometimes it'll open apps and start typing gibberish.
mlauesen said:
Could anyone tell me how to turn it of please - I have tried a hundred things ...
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Dial 3845*#855# then scroll down and you will see a menu to disable it.
Substitute 855 with your model number if you have a different one.
jodvova said:
Dial 3845*#855# then scroll down and you will see a menu to disable it.
Substitute 855 with your model number if you have a different one.
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It comes back saying wrong MMI
My model name is LG-D855
Dial 3845#*855# not 3845*#855#
zi0m3k said:
Dial 3845#*855# not 3845*#855#
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Perfect , thanks a million - you made my day
Protagoras said:
Hmm, I carry my phone in my jeans pocket all the time, and this is not a problem to me. Knock on never seems to trigger when I don't want to.
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Lennyuk said:
I have had no false starts from using knock on at all, I even tested with lots of different materials to see if it would work.
If it is causing you such problems why don't you use a knock code?
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Same! Never had a problem with knock-on on my G2 either!
Seems like it's kind of difficult to get the screen to turn on. I turn my wrist up to look at the watch and it doesn't turn on. I have to kind of forcefully snap my wrist horizontally for the screen to come on, just a casual horizontal movement isn't enough. Anyone else? It's possible I have faulty hardware.
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Seems like it's kind of difficult to get the screen to turn on. I turn my wrist up to look at the watch and it doesn't turn on. I have to kind of forcefully snap my wrist horizontally for the screen to come on, just a casual horizontal movement isn't enough. Anyone else? It's possible I have faulty hardware.
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I feel like mine goes on too easily.
spinedoc said:
Seems like it's kind of difficult to get the screen to turn on. I turn my wrist up to look at the watch and it doesn't turn on. I have to kind of forcefully snap my wrist horizontally for the screen to come on, just a casual horizontal movement isn't enough. Anyone else? It's possible I have faulty hardware.
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Mine is very very accurate.. maybe a device reset?
Mine works 8/10 times. Every now and then it fails to come on.
spinedoc said:
Seems like it's kind of difficult to get the screen to turn on. I turn my wrist up to look at the watch and it doesn't turn on. I have to kind of forcefully snap my wrist horizontally for the screen to come on, just a casual horizontal movement isn't enough. Anyone else? It's possible I have faulty hardware.
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Mine goes on really easy. I have actually been looking for some sort of a lock for the screen because my 6 month old was doing all sorts of things to it just during the first 15 minutes of holding her.
I put in another post that I wish the button on the side of the Moto 360 was a lock / unlock that kept the phone in ambient mode and stopped screen touches because I have not used it otherwise for anything else and it seems like it might be a useful feature.
You have to make sure your watch is on snug. If it's loose it will not register as accurately
Mine pisses me off that it turns on so much. Want to disable accelerometer/gyroscope wake and make it on button press only... Horrible if you have a long commute. I drove 3 hours and lost 60% battery from all the wakes.
I'm jealous of you guys. I have to snap my hand around like I'm saluting someone and even then it only works half the time.
daijizai said:
Mine pisses me off that it turns on so much. Want to disable accelerometer/gyroscope wake and make it on button press only... Horrible if you have a long commute. I drove 3 hours and lost 60% battery from all the wakes.
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same here, argh! not cool
pierrekid said:
You have to make sure your watch is on snug. If it's loose it will not register as accurately
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^^This helps quite a bit.
Wrong Thread
Wrong Thread. Darn tabs..
pierrekid said:
You have to make sure your watch is on snug. If it's loose it will not register as accurately
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Wow tightened my watch and it's like night and day, it always turns on when i tilt it now. Thanks!
Chronos2187 said:
Wow tightened my watch and it's like night and day, it always turns on when i tilt it now. Thanks!
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Worked for me as well. I always had trouble getting it to turn on without 2 or 3 attempts at it. Tightened it by one notch and have no problems getting it to come on.
Hey guys I recently bought my moto 360 and love it! The only problem I'm currently experiencing is that the watch face no longer wakes when I turn my wrist to look at the watch. This is extremely annoying because I want to be able to have more functionality with just one hand. Other than that the watch works perfectly. I've even been getting 16 hrs+ battery life on average. I tried looking through the settings to see if there was an option to change the wake settings but there are none. I don't see any other forums or anyone else posting about this issue so if you've had this issue please let me know what you did to fix this. ThankS!!
That started happening to me after the most recent update. Battery life improved by a few hours but then the wrist turn stopped being reliable
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That started happening to me after the most recent update. Battery life improved by a few hours but then the wrist turn stopped being reliable
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Since battery life is a bit more reliable, have you tried going with Ambient Mode again? While it admittedly doesn't last as long on as off, it does result in much more 'reactive' wrist turns to tell the time more quickly and repeatedly.
mine's a bit odd. Wakes fine normally, but when I mute notifications, it doesn't wake the screen unless I really move my wrist in an obvious way.
I actually got it to work now. The problem was going on when I had the keislertech stainless steel band on it. I switch the band with the leather one and the watch started waking every time I turned my wrist. I'm guessing the steel band was interfering with the accelerometers considering they use electromagnets.
Im still having this problem. And im only using the leather band. Any fix? Yesterday was working fine when i was driving to work then i noticed at work when i twisted my wrist nothing happened.
Try more of a 'flick' with your wrist than a 'turn' with your wrist.
I too am having this issue. I just did a complete factory reset on the device, still no luck. I was worried my gryoscope may be busted, but it seems to be working at least by using a testing app I found, though I am not sure how reliable that is.
No matter how hard I flick my wrist, the screen won't come on. What's more, putting it in Ambient mode will show the black and white screen for 1 second, then the screen turns off, as if the device was face down.
Quite honestly, I think it may be a busted Gryoscope, which would suck, so I'm going to test a few more things and see.
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Factory Reset with no apps installed didn't help. Called Motorola, they are shipping me a new device.
Can't think of it being anything other than a busted Gyro that always points down.
Question for the OP, at any time did you use the latest Nexus QI charger to charge your device? Doubt that has anything to do with it, but want to know just in case.
Well, the Gyro in my watch is working again, but I'm still going to follow through with the replacement, since I don't want to risk it happening again. Nothing was done to fix it, it just randomly started working Saturday night. The sensor test I mentioned earlier is showing full functionality now.
Candidly, you're probably smart to do so. Tech being what it is, often times you get a device with bugged hardware. Let us know how the replacement works out for you.
humulos said:
Well, the Gyro in my watch is working again, but I'm still going to follow through with the replacement, since I don't want to risk it happening again. Nothing was done to fix it, it just randomly started working Saturday night. The sensor test I mentioned earlier is showing full functionality now.
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Same problem here... Seems to have a link with aftermarket QI charger. The first time I've put it on the charger pad the screen flipped upside down. Since then, no waking up from wrist movement and even on the original charger it's showing upside down.
I don't know what to do !!!
This is my second watch i had a crack on the first one taking it out of the box I don't want to wait another week to get a replacement !
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Same problem here... Seems to have a link with aftermarket QI charger. The first time I've put it on the charger pad the screen flipped upside down. Since then, no waking up from wrist movement and even on the original charger it's showing upside down.
I don't know what to do !!!
This is my second watch i had a crack on the first one taking it out of the box I don't want to wait another week to get a replacement !
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Came back to normal without any reasons... oh well....
my moto 360 also doesn't wake anymore, but also not when i tap it
if i tap and hold, i feel the vibration that shows up to change the watch face and when i click the side button you see this menu before it goes back to the clock
Wow, this just started happening to me too! I was hoping to find the solution in this thread, so I hope this isn't a sign of universal hardware failure!
Started happening to me too just yesterday.
Bummer
Been a few days for me. . . not responsive on wrist turn or tap.
davegravy said:
Started happening to me too just yesterday.
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Been a few days for me. . . not responsive on wrist turn or tap.
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Got mine working again. If you haven't already tried, open android wear app on your phone, then toggle the setting "tilt to wake screen" a few times (make sure it ends up ON however). Also, on your watch, make sure theatre mode is off.
I was having the same problem. It was theater mode. Somehow it was turned on,I turned it off and now the wake function works again.
Mine stopped working too a few days ago. I toggled 'tilt to wake screen' in the wear app and it started working again.
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Got mine working again. If you haven't already tried, open android wear app on your phone, then toggle the setting "tilt to wake screen" a few times (make sure it ends up ON however). Also, on your watch, make sure theatre mode is off.
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Thanks! Toggling the "tilt to wake" setting worked for me too!