Icon - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III

I have an icon of an eye. Can't seem to find out what it is. Its on the top if the screen on
the notification bar.
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Might be an ad. Download 'air push detector' from the play store and run it.
"We're coming from a pure power source"

I think you are seeing the "smart stay" feature in action.
This is activated when you are facing the screen but not giving the phone any input when the timeout would normally shut the screen off.
It's in settings » display »
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gyrra said:
I think you are seeing the "smart stay" feature in action.
This is activated when you are facing the screen but not giving the phone any input when the timeout would normally shut the screen off.
It's in settings » display »
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Ok ty.screen still shuts off. Lol
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metalfan78 said:
Might be an ad. Download 'air push detector' from the play store and run it.
"We're coming from a pure power source"
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Ran the detector and nothing found. Thank you anyways.
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Can you post a screen shot?
"We're coming from a pure power source"

Its smart detector.
It will detect your face when it is just in front of your phone's front camera.

Callie_evo said:
Ok ty.screen still shuts off. Lol
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It is in fact the smart stay icon. It only turns off if the front facing camera can't detect your eyes/face. Generally held ~1-2ft from your face in decent lighting is good.

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How to hang up while on speaker phone?

I can do it if I hit the power button to reactivate the screen but it takes so long -from the time I say bye to when the phone call actually ends, which makes for feeble attempts at angrily yelling at significant others then hanging up on them. Not that I'm doing that but the option would be nice. Besides it's just too difficult to just hang up the phone. Help?
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lol... that's an "interesting" reason to get a feature for fast hangups haha
and you have significant "others"
Anyway I think this is just a 'feature' of the phone app. At least on the stock phone app, I have the same issue... Call ending on speakerphone is really slow but I don't think it's something anyone can do about it, short of using a new app
Settings > Accessability > power button ends call
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But screen wont turn off if that is enabled. It only dims and might as well hit the end button on screen since its lit.
DMolina ツ
wyldkard said:
Settings > Accessability > power button ends call
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Thanks, you're awesome.
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noodles2224 said:
But screen wont turn off if that is enabled. It only dims and might as well hit the end button on screen since its lit.
DMolina ツ
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Right, a tradeoff well worth the sacrifice for me at least. Thanks people
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Stupid hidden function, but quite impressive.

Put your Gnote2 screen off, place it on the table screen facing the top.
Wave your hand over the front camera & sensors.
???
Profit
Not hidden at all, that's 'Quick View' which is an option in the Motion settings. But you're not the first to get excited and post about it here as if you've found the Holy Grail.
this has been posted a few times already
You live up to your name.
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Is this feature really delayed or is it just me because ill swipe over the sensor and it wont show right away
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I dont find it stupid att all,will somehow prolong the life of the Home hardware button.
mariol66 said:
Is this feature really delayed or is it just me because ill swipe over the sensor and it wont show right away
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It's really delayed. Just swipe quickly and after a few secs it will show. The proximity sensor triggers it as it is lit up red when my phone screen is turned off.
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Neat Screen off feature

I stumbled across a cool little feature while the screen is off. Cover the light and proximity sensors for several seconds and the top half of the screen will emit an aqua blue aura that displays missed calls, messages, and battery. I know this feature is somewhat useless, just thought I'll do some digging after it accidentally popped up on me while handling the phone.
Edit: Cool, I didn't realize it was the Quick Glance feature. Thought I was going crazy when I couldn't figure out how to reproduce it.
Hmm I do not see that
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Doesn't happen here, either. Is this some kind of buried setting?
I could see this being useful if it could detect your phone is in your pocket, and when you pull it out, it would show that information.
It's in settings - motion - quick glance.
Then if you scroll down while still in motion to advanced settings there are more options for it in there.
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It's in settings - motion - quick glance.
Then if you scroll down while still in motion to advanced settings there are more options for it in there.
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Yeah I found it, very neat. I turned it on, I'll see if I continue to like it or if I find it annoying.I turned on a few more motion features. Why not try them?
The phone must also be laying flat (like on the table for example) otherwise it doesn't work.
Yeah it doesn't seem to be too reliable plus the info goes away too fast for me
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thanks for this...no more pressing the power button when my phone is on the nightstand just to see the time or battery...etc...nice feature
Cool.
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Does turning this on have and detrimental effects on battery life? Does it get activated accidentally in your pocket?
Love it. Wish it was faster, though. My screen turn on lag is not good
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I noticed you can press the touch keys in those few seconds while the screen lights up and it will make the drip sound... little annoying in the middle of the night.
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Does turning this on have and detrimental effects on battery life? Does it get activated accidentally in your pocket?
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Don't think it would do much damage to the 3100mAh battery. I'm still getting over a day's use, at least 6 hours of screen on with the quick glance feature on. According to others, it only triggers if the phone has been laying on a flat surface. So I think it'll be just fine in our pockets.

Is there a mod that will turn off my screen when I close my flip-cover?

I have the Samsung Flip Cover on my GN2. I would like to have the screen turn off whenever I close the cover. Is there a setting or app that does this?
Thanks.
Ah just found this. Will see if it works
Pseudo-Smart Cover - Cover turns screen off when closed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34686553&postcount=6
** Of the Market Apps available, Screen Standby seems to work the best for me.
I've been using Intellicover for this very purpose and it works great. Once you have it set up. The whole idea is annoying for when you accidentally slide over the proximity sensor and your screen goes dark.
But on the plus side, I can now "magically" turn my phone on by waving my hand over it!
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I've been using Intellicover for this very purpose and it works great. Once you have it set up. The whole idea is annoying for when you accidentally slide over the proximity sensor and your screen goes dark.
But on the plus side, I can now "magically" turn my phone on by waving my hand over it!
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Yeah it can be a pain in the butt, especially when writing notes and you keep turning the screen off. I eventually decided to just push the power button before I close the front cover.
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I found "case sensor for tablets" in play when I had my tab. It should work. It might also be paid? Cool thing about it was you can set a timer so it turns off say 3 seconds after closed vs if you accidentally cover it.
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Try this
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.android.smartscreenoffpro
Try this there's a frew version as well
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I use "proximity screen off" it works great and has lots of options, Like delay so you won't accidently turn off. And an excluded apps list so you can turn it off in certain apps only.there is a Free version too. I donated its a great app.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.android.smartscreenoffpro
Try this there's a frew version as well
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For me this is by far the best (paid version).
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im on inellicover it works perfectly fine and its free
I'm running Smart Cover.....works great and there are options to delay so it prevents accidental hits
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Proximity sensor and phonecalls.

Why when I press dial the screen turns off right away? The screen should only turn off when I put it next to my ear. It's very annoying when I'm dialing automated systems and need to use the keypad because if I manually turn the screen back on and then put it next to my ear to talk the screen doesn't turn off and I end up accidentally pushing buttons.
On an iphone the screen remains on and only turns of when put next to my ear, and turns right back on when pulled away from an ear. Is there a way to duplicate this behavior on GS4?
Go to settings/My device/call settings and select turn off screen during calls. That should do it.
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Thanks, the screen doesn't turn off anymore but it also stays on when I put it next to my ear... I don't get why Samsung can't get a basic function like that right.
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ilogik said:
Why when I press dial the screen turns off right away? The screen should only turn off when I put it next to my ear. It's very annoying when I'm dialing automated systems and need to use the keypad because if I manually turn the screen back on and then put it next to my ear to talk the screen doesn't turn off and I end up accidentally pushing buttons.
On an iphone the screen remains on and only turns of when put next to my ear, and turns right back on when pulled away from an ear. Is there a way to duplicate this behavior on GS4?
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In your original post you forgot to let us know what exact rom you are using.
It would be very helpful to know that and other specifics before offering any suggestions.
Good luck!
Well, I tried this on a stock rom with the same result. Are you saying it works for you?
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ilogik said:
Why when I press dial the screen turns off right away? The screen should only turn off when I put it next to my ear. It's very annoying when I'm dialing automated systems and need to use the keypad because if I manually turn the screen back on and then put it next to my ear to talk the screen doesn't turn off and I end up accidentally pushing buttons.
On an iphone the screen remains on and only turns of when put next to my ear, and turns right back on when pulled away from an ear. Is there a way to duplicate this behavior on GS4?
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Download an app from the android market (its free) called AndroSensor and see if that app is saying the proximity sensor is blocked. You might have a spec of dirt causing it to always return that its blocked. Read other threads with same issue, and in the one thread, the guy at T-Mobile took a can of compressed air and blasted out the earpiece and it fixed it.
I downloaded the app and proximity sensor does not show any reading all the other functions have a graph next to them but not the sensor. Does this mean it's broken? And if it is broken does tmobile exchange the phone or do I have to send it back to Samsung?
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ilogik said:
I downloaded the app and proximity sensor does not show any reading all the other functions have a graph next to them but not the sensor. Does this mean it's broken? And if it is broken does tmobile exchange the phone or do I have to send it back to Samsung?
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Screenshot? Mine says "waiting for event" then after I put my hand over the sensor it changed it's value (but stayed on 0.0) something is wrong with my sensor obviously lol
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No values change no matter what I try.
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No values change no matter what I try.
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It's definitely a hardware issue which should be covered. You just gotta make sure you get it back to stock and reset your counter with triangle away.
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No values change no matter what I try.
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Agreed. Definitely hardware. Your sensor is reporting that the sensor is never covered and always open. Use that app and a test call to show the Rep at T-Mobile.
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Went to t mobile store, flirted with the chick and she overnighted a new phone without even looking at mine...
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