I’ve got one question. I’m the owner of HTC One X and I’ve noticed little red dot which is lightning all the time only when I’m talking on the phone with someone. Do you got the same?
The red dot is next to Proximity sensor but more to the left. I’ve took some pictures of that dot (in picture it looks like blue but in fact it’s red). Any ideas of what it could be?
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It's the proximity sensor and no problem it's the same for all of us
Hi, it's the proximity sensor that will turn the backlight off when you're in a phone call.
Yep. This is the proximity sensor. It senses whether you're holding your phone close to your ear or away to determine whether to partially lock the screen or not.
If you are experiencing problems with the sensor, download an app called Elixir 2, tap sensors, scroll down to proximity sensor and start the test. Move your hand towards and away from the red light and make sure the graph which comes up recognises these changes
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happens on lots of roms i dont even know what viber is yet alone use it.
waz000000 said:
happens on lots of roms i dont even know what viber is yet alone use it.
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Viber is a free messaging and calls app... try closing some of your apps, via process of elimination you'll probably find the culprit.
I did the same with viber, but it was soon fixed via an app update
you people worry too much :laugh:
Thank you. As hadmin said I was worried about that dot but I see that there is nothing to worry about. Thanks again.
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I dont what's happened to my phone as shown in the picture attached the red light is active during active call and when i keep the phone near my ear the screen does'nt turn off, and the battery got empty just after 1-2 hours
i have to say that the red light is on just during an active call
Nobody know?
So u get the red light on the right hand side of your handset
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Hi,
This a rare but known issue with the proximty sensor. Try searching for proximty sensor you'll find some entries read through them maybe there's already a fix.
I don't know if it'll work but you can try to recalibrate the sensor. Here's the link. "How to" is included.
Maybe it helps.
Rgds
Does anyone know what is the little red light that comes on occassional on the upper left part of the phone casing?
Just to be clear, its not the phone charging light, it is on the left hand side.
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If you call someone,you will see a red glow from the top left, this is where the proximity and ambient light sensor are housed.
Enable Face Unlock, then try to unlock your phone in complete darkness, you will see that little red light comes on to the left of HTC logo.
NotifierPro can cause it to remain on.
All of a sudden my proximity led is on consistently.
Any ideas why? I don't have any apps or processes open that would cause it.. at least I think I don't.
guttercow said:
All of a sudden my proximity led is on consistently.
Any ideas why? I don't have any apps or processes open that would cause it.. at least I think I don't.
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It shouldn’t be ON all the time. There must be some background app causing it, if not try restarting the phone.
Hard reset, that should clear it up
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Mines on constantly now too. Resetting didn't help.
Running Android 4.1 JB & faux kernel.
Anyone know?
Left of the HTC logo above the screen. It is also where the proximity sensor is.
If you call someone, take a look at the front of your phone. You will see a steady red glow from the top left of your screen, this is where the proximity and ambient light sensor are housed.
It helps if you angle the phone, you can see that there is almost like a rectangle hole in the paint behind the glass
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If you want to easily see it, enable Face Unlock, then try to unlock your phone in complete darkness, you will see that little red light comes on to the left of HTC logo.
That light seems to be permanently on after I had a viber call. Any ways to turn it off
Edit.: the cause was NotifierPro. Fixed it.
Lawliet said:
That light seems to be permanently on after I had a viber call. Any ways to turn it off
Edit.: the cause was NotifierPro. Fixed it.
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This helped me out as my light was constantly on too. do you know why that is though?
vdude_1 said:
This helped me out as my light was constantly on too. do you know why that is though?
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"settings --> display and gestures --> sleep" and there you can set the time for turning off the display
schriss said:
If you want to easily see it, enable Face Unlock, then try to unlock your phone in complete darkness, you will see that little red light comes on to the left of HTC logo.
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Face Unlock?Do we have something like that on HOX?
Indeed.
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jaaystott said:
If you call someone, take a look at the front of your phone. You will see a steady red glow from the top left of your screen, this is where the proximity and ambient light sensor are housed.
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Dear Sir!
Do you mean the sensor activated during a phone call? My HTC one X last time has an abnormal behavior when I place a phone call. Normally when you move the phone away of hear it should turn on the screen back light so you are able to hang up the phone call. But my phone still be black after moving away from the hear so I need to push power button to activate the screen back-light and than hang up the phone call. Could somebody help me out on this issue? Any kind of help shall be much appreciated.
Best regards
Fredi
I recently bought a new samsung galaxy note 2 and it was working all fine till the 2nd day of use in hands, suddenly i found one of the two sensors beside the camera showing a dim red light continuously,thats probably the Proximity sensor, I tried killing applications, but not worked, restarted phone and the light vanished...
Later on i noticed, the dim red light showing up whenever i opened any logs or messages,also the light stays on when the Quick Glance feature is on, i tried turning off the Direct Call and Quick Glance feature again that red light vanished...
i've searched alot about this problem, many people having it on Samsung Galaxy S 3, some have resolved by uninstalling viber, but i don't even have viber...
the light was not showing up before, but it came suddenly...
anyone having the same issue ? or anyone who has resolved such issue...
thanks alot in adv. for the responses
I don't see the problem? It's Just the proximity sensor working. ..
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Everybody got it. And it looks sexy.
(if u want to remove it just turn off motions)
um009 said:
Later on i noticed, the dim red light showing up whenever i opened any logs or messages,also the light stays on when the Quick Glance feature is on
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Quick Glance uses the proximity sensor when the screen is off to tell when you're passing your hand over the phone to activate the feature.
I think Quick Call uses it to tell when you've moved the phone to your ear to dial the contact automatically.
Basically, it's normal depending on which features you have enabled/disabled.
um009 said:
I recently bought a new samsung galaxy note 2 and it was working all fine till the 2nd day of use in hands, suddenly i found one of the two sensors beside the camera showing a dim red light continuously,thats probably the Proximity sensor, I tried killing applications, but not worked, restarted phone and the light vanished...
Later on i noticed, the dim red light showing up whenever i opened any logs or messages,also the light stays on when the Quick Glance feature is on, i tried turning off the Direct Call and Quick Glance feature again that red light vanished...
i've searched alot about this problem, many people having it on Samsung Galaxy S 3, some have resolved by uninstalling viber, but i don't even have viber...
the light was not showing up before, but it came suddenly...
anyone having the same issue ? or anyone who has resolved such issue...
thanks alot in adv. for the responses
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You do realize that the proximity sensor is an infared light sensor lmao
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dscblu said:
You do realize that the proximity sensor is an infared light sensor lmao
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Well..infrared light is invisible and cannot be seen.
That's why we cannot see any light coming out of the TV remotes even though they use infrared.
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LOL I don't know how "infra" this particular red is, but there are known cases of people having been able to see near ultraviolet... So, maybe OP is just one very special person...?
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If u use another cam to take a shot of the sensor or any other infrared led as tv remotes,u will for sure see the light, just try it.
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If u use another cam to take a shot of the sensor or any other infrared led as tv remotes,u will for sure see the light, just try it.
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OMG! even I didnt know that!lol just tried it on the note and its bright!!
Thanks all for the response
this sensor teased me alot, but im in peace after knowing that the light coming out of it is normal thanks once again
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Hi there just been reading over this thread and only found it as I was having the same issue. Had a gs3 before this and I'm sure that had the same layout at the top of the handset an I never seen a red light appear on that in the 3 months I had it!. Noticed about 4 days ago this dim red light on my gn2 but just left it alone thinking similar to already mentioned reasons here like proximity sensor working but past 24hrs it just hasn't went off when before I was never there so why?. I turned phone off then back on again and now no red light and I've been using it for a few hours now so I don't think its just the proximity sensor working. When booting into recovery this same light appears for a split second before gn2 boot screen Sonoma thinking there might be some sort of bug when it stays on all the time so hopefully somebody will put our minds at ease with a solution
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Hi there just been reading over this thread and only found it as I was having the same issue. Had a gs3 before this and I'm sure that had the same layout at the top of the handset an I never seen a red light appear on that in the 3 months I had it!. Noticed about 4 days ago this dim red light on my gn2 but just left it alone thinking similar to already mentioned reasons here like proximity sensor working but past 24hrs it just hasn't went off when before I was never there so why?. I turned phone off then back on again and now no red light and I've been using it for a few hours now so I don't think its just the proximity sensor working. When booting into recovery this same light appears for a split second before gn2 boot screen Sonoma thinking there might be some sort of bug when it stays on all the time so hopefully somebody will put our minds at ease with a solution
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If you bothered to read the replies, it's normal. The proximity sensor stays on when your screen is turned off and lying on a flat surface because of the quick glance feature.
The proximity sensor turns on too when you are in the address book or call app and also the messaging app because of the quick call feature.
It's not a bug, just leave it alone and let it be.
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If you bothered to read the replies, it's normal. The proximity sensor stays on when your screen is turned off and lying on a flat surface because of the quick glance feature.
The proximity sensor turns on too when you are in the address book or call app and also the messaging app because of the quick call feature.
It's not a bug, just leave it alone and let it be.
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I did read the replies and I don't hav the quick glance feature enabled. I'm telling you that on MY phone at least this red light has not appeared again since turning my phone off then on again and has only been present in the last 2 to 4 days intermittently and whether that be through flashing rom (omega) or not there's is still no concrete answer because I am using my phone now as I have been since the day I got it with the same motion settings an same settings throughout so if your so sure you know why this red light stays on constantly can you tell me why over a 2 to 3 week period it has only been present on my phone intermittently for a couple of days?
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I did read the replies and I don't hav the quick glance feature enabled. I'm telling you that on MY phone at least this red light has not appeared again since turning my phone off then on again and has only been present in the last 2 to 4 days intermittently and whether that be through flashing rom (omega) or not there's is still no concrete answer because I am using my phone now as I have been since the day I got it with the same motion settings an same settings throughout so if your so sure you know why this red light stays on constantly can you tell me why over a 2 to 3 week period it has only been present on my phone intermittently for a couple of days?
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Edit: just received a text and on wakening the screen red light came on again so proximity explanation would be right because it went off again once I replied and locked the phone. This still doesn't explain why it was on constantly for 2 to 4 days with all my settings as they hav always beenand using my phone even as i am now!. Its just really bugging me I hate no knowing for definite but still appreciate your reply
I also have this bug/feature. On my phone the little dim red light works as described, when in messaging it lights up in case I put the phone to my head "Quick Call" feature is turned on. HOWEVER once in awhile this light will remain on constantly. Yes phone is locked and laying on its back. The "Quick Glance" feature is NOT on, "Turn over to mute/pause" is NOT on, "Smart Stay" is NOT on.
After a couple of days, the dim red light will just stay on. If I reboot the phone, it then shuts off and comes on only when messaging as expected, considering my settings. Again after a couple of days I will notice that it is on all the time again.
It's the government spying on us
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Proximity sensor issue
I flashed the rom Android Revolution HD on my Note 2. Now I have the problem, that i can't quit calls, because the screen doesn't turn back on. I flashed back to the original/stock rom, but it is still not working... Does somebody has an idea how to solve that?
Are you sure you dont have the face dectetion on???? The one in which tou phone doesn't go dim if your looking at the phone and also the rotational setting
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Ookpic said:
I also have this bug/feature. On my phone the little dim red light works as described, when in messaging it lights up in case I put the phone to my head "Quick Call" feature is turned on. HOWEVER once in awhile this light will remain on constantly. Yes phone is locked and laying on its back. The "Quick Glance" feature is NOT on, "Turn over to mute/pause" is NOT on, "Smart Stay" is NOT on.
After a couple of days, the dim red light will just stay on. If I reboot the phone, it then shuts off and comes on only when messaging as expected, considering my settings. Again after a couple of days I will notice that it is on all the time again.
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I got the same problem... And its draining my battery like hell....
I don't use any motion or anything that use prox sensor... so?
faulty prox or soft bug?
As I was trying to tell princeherman up there,its not just 'a feature' there's a problem with it and whether that through being on a custom rom or not I'm not sure but it certainly doesn't behave consistently with or without motion settings activated as it turns out because we have posts here saying they have them all disabled!. I think I've only had it happen once since my past post about it weeks ago but I've also updated omega rom many times since then as well as trying the odd different rom so it could've been any of them as I just rebooted to rectify it without giving it much thought. Strange though!,wonder if someone el get a definite explanation?
Im also having this problem came here for help im stock but rooted
Hi as the question says
Did anybody notice a small blinking circle (will be around 1mm size), around 1 cm to the right of the camera when you place a call on the note 10 +
or is it only me?
During calls I noticed it.
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It appears to be the prox sensor (for turning the phone screen off when its up to your ear). That's what I've been seeing in comments of other people seeing the flashing during calls.
I believe it is the proximity sensor
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During calls I noticed it.
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Fullmetal691 said:
It appears to be the prox sensor (for turning the phone screen off when its up to your ear). That's what I've been seeing in comments of other people seeing the flashing during calls.
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I believe it is the proximity sensor
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okay thanks... was worried it might be dead pixels
Hopefully a sensor and not a pixel issue. Happening to me
Yes, proximity sensor. S10+ 5G has it also.
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That would be the proximity sensor
It is the proximity sensor.
And by the way it doesn't work well at all on my S10 plus. When I am on the phone the screen would turn on and then my ear would start tapping on the screen turning things on and off.
Pretty annoying, so I had to learn to manually turn the screen off with the power button every time before I answer or make a call...
I sincerely hope they have somehow found a way to improve it with the Note
just now saw it whilst playing a whatsapp voice message. when i put my finger over it, the phones speaker will shut off which seems to confirms its proximity sensors.
i did notice after some seconds, maybe a minute, the blinking light stops on whatsapp if you are listening to a speaker call on whatsapp... i have the whatsapp on full screen mode so the green part of the phones GUI is up there...
I noticed this today also when I placed a call. I dont make calls much so I just noticed it after 2 days. Just had some free time now and quickly rushed to locate this thread I had seen yesterday I believe.
What a relief it's the proxi sensor.
tiho5 said:
It is the proximity sensor.
And by the way it doesn't work well at all on my S10 plus. When I am on the phone the screen would turn on and then my ear would start tapping on the screen turning things on and off.
Pretty annoying, so I had to learn to manually turn the screen off with the power button every time before I answer or make a call...
I sincerely hope they have somehow found a way to improve it with the Note
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Working quite well for me so far.
It shows that Samsung has the ability to create camera under screen, but they didn't most likely due to photo quality
Good to know it's the proximity sensor.
Mine appears to flash rapidly more than blink though lol.
I thought I had a defective note. Thanks for the info.
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It's the same thing just like S 10
those of us coming from the Note 9 that didn't have this, it's a new thing to discover...
When I first noticed it I thought dead pixel lol but it only visible during calls iv noticed
Yes, it is the proximity sensor, it is sad that this sensor implementation does not allow third party apps to use it, I used gravity screen in my past devices to turn screen off when in pocket or turn it on waving over the sensor, but now the app became useless, I use macrodroid, but it is not as good as gravity screen
does anyone else have a problem with the proximity sensor not turning the screen off during the call over telegram, threema etc.?
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does anyone else have a problem with the proximity sensor not turning the screen off during the call over telegram, threema etc.?
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Literally read the post before yours.