Hi everybody... .Today while I was changing my note 2 suddenly I saw that red charging indicator light was brighter then before... after few seconds it returned tu normal brightness level. .. I Checked charging plug but it was ok. Is it normal or something wrong with my phone ?
SORRY for my english.. and thanks
Probably ok I notice that sometimes sa well and some notifications such as whatsapp uses rather bright blue
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This is perfectly normal.
Try doing this, place ur finger on the sensors beside ur earpiece and after a while you'll see it go dim and vice versa.
This is similar how your phone screen brightness works when it is in "auto brightness"
So when you place ur finger on the sensor ur phone assumes ur in a dark room and so dims the light (so that the light isn't too bright) and when u take out ur finger ur phone assume the room is bright and the light becomes brighter so it is possible for you to see the light in bright conditions
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Thanks guys now I got it... now I am happy to know that my phone is ok. REALLY THANKS
sgtn7100 said:
Thanks guys now I got it... now I am happy to know that my phone is ok. REALLY THANKS
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No problem
Enjoy your phone
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well i haven been noticing this for the past few months.......and wanted to finally post about it....
if u notice the front of the phone near the speaker to the left is a red little light a sensor then the camera....well the thing i have noticed while on CM9/ics roms(cant remember if it was on 2.3 or not) is that red light will come on when just doing normal phone things
now matter what app killer you use it stays on until u reboot...when the light is on the phone will start to run hot and battery drain is awfully quick.....now this only happens really while the red light is on...
now idk if anyone else here has noticed this aswell but if u are running any ics rom and ur phone gets hot and starts to drain quick take a look and see if its on
wow no one else?
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wow no one else?
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There is another thread on something very similar it has to do with either to much voltage going to the ir sensor or a faulty sensor. However this doesn't seem to be a wide spread issue
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imtjnotu said:
wow no one else?
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After an hour and a half waiting between posts I bet its your impatience burning up your battery...
Hey Guys,
got my new Note II yesterday, but already having 2 problems.
The biggest is the light sensor; the Screen keeps adjusting it's Brightness like hell.
Read out the Sensor data, which is going from 0 to 13 lux when I cover the Sensor with my hand.
Do you experience the same?
Also my USB wire plug is very loose. Also normal?
try turning off auto brightness...
and yes USB wire IS a bit loose
Jamal Ahmed said:
try turning off auto brightness...
and yes USB wire IS a bit loose
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Well, just bought it brand new, I think this shouldn't be on a 600€ device
Does your Light Sensor Value also jump around in same light conditions?
Low-Light mine goes from 0-28, normal it goes from 400~ to 80.000 sometimes, which results in frequent readjustment in brightness.
Thats very irritating for me, cause I use it everytime
Would be nice if someone could give me his values/behavior of the sensor with AndroSensor or so.
Will return this device then
substancer said:
Well, just bought it brand new, I think this shouldn't be on a 600€ device
Does your Light Sensor Value also jump around in same light conditions?
Low-Light mine goes from 0-28, normal it goes from 400~ to 80.000 sometimes, which results in frequent readjustment in brightness.
Thats very irritating for me, cause I use it everytime
Would be nice if someone could give me his values/behavior of the sensor with AndroSensor or so.
Will return this device then
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I just got my GT-N7100 and am having the same problems. Very irritating. Need this to work for better battery life. Tried a program from Play Store called Lux, but it works the same, maybe a little better. But Lux is showing the sensor readings varying all the time even when the ambient light hasn't changed at all, thus the brightness fluctuations. I am rooted, but on Stock ROM. Wonder if a custom ROM would fix it, or if it's a defective sensor.
Anyone else experiencing this?
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I just got my GT-N7100 and am having the same problems. Very irritating. Need this to work for better battery life. Tried a program from Play Store called Lux, but it works the same, maybe a little better. But Lux is showing the sensor readings varying all the time even when the ambient light hasn't changed at all, thus the brightness fluctuations. I am rooted, but on Stock ROM. Wonder if a custom ROM would fix it, or if it's a defective sensor.
Anyone else experiencing this?
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The default auto-brightness should not be updating so fast that it flickers You might want to get it checked out. Or if you use a 3rd party app, reduce the time interval of the update.
And do note, there is a difference say, with your back towards the sun, you face the phone towards you, or towards the floor. So when you are on the move, expect values to change.
Stock auto brightness is woeful in my opinion. It was the same one my Gnex so I have used Luxbon both with good results. Takes a bit of tweaking but brilliant when set up.
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I'm not an expert at light sensors, but look at this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9Os3HyCR5Q
I'm moving phone, holding camera still.
It looks like light sensor problem on galaxy note 2.
Can you check yours GN2?
Use code *#0*# and enter sensor test.
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I'm not an expert at light sensors, but look at this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9Os3HyCR5Q
I'm moving phone, holding camera still.
It looks like light sensor problem on galaxy note 2.
Can you check yours GN2?
Use code *#0*# and enter sensor test.
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I'm not in the brightest room but I have 2 60W light bulbs above me and my sensor has 0 when the phone is towards me and 20 lux when it is towards the roof. And yes it's stable with the values.
I have noticed that while my note 2 is charging then the brightness of the Red LED keeps changing from low to high at very irregular and unexplained intervals. When I spoke to Samsung Customer Service in Hongkong then they also said that it shouldnt happen and I need to brign the handset to the service centre.
Has anybody else experienced similar situation ?
I have noticed it sometimes happens when I am changing the light conditions in the room by switching off and on the room light but that also not always.
Please help as this is very new phone to me .
It has been said that the brightness of the LED changes according to the ambient light source. If you're in a bright room, the LED will be bright and in a dark room LED will be dim.
And yes, mine acts the same way as yours.
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Thanks for your reply. Where has it been mentioned ? Why are Samsung engineers telling me that it's not a normal behaviour ?
Mine does the same thing. Was wondering myself if it is designed to do this or an 'issue'...
Same here..
Yes this is the new Jellybean 4.1 feature
Yes!!
It happens with my Galaxy S3 as well after updating to latest Jellybean 4.1, Actually it is Jellybean feature. nothing wrong with your charger or your device. I have checked practically. (Design for humans, Inspired by nature concept.)
Same here as well, nothing worry about I guess
Different model as it happened to my S3 but I guess it's kinda related, the red LED was going from bright to dim when charging. Plus it was in a dark room, so I don't think it's got anything to do with the ambient sensor or anything. Happened for about 2-3 days and then it died. Tried to switched it on, took out the battery and put it back in again, no luck. Unfortunately I never got to know what was the problem as I got pick-pocketed while on holiday and never got to sent it in to a Samsung Service Center :crying:
Went out and bought a new Note 2 though, so silver lining and all that...
Same here
Same here...I can almost say that when led is brighter it charges faster
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I searched this thread and googled it but cant seem to find why there is a lil red light next to my front facing camera.. It comes on sometimes and the only way to turn it off is to reboot.. what is it from?? Should that light be coming on like that? Thanks.. o the lil red light i see is very dull its not brite at all but i can still see it
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I searched this thread and googled it but cant seem to find why there is a lil red light next to my front facing camera.. It comes on sometimes and the only way to turn it off is to reboot.. what is it from?? Should that light be coming on like that? Thanks.. o the lil red light i see is very dull its not brite at all but i can still see it
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It's a sensor to detect distance from face or surfaces etc. It shouldn't be constantly on. Has your battery been draining quickly?
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Nooblube said:
I searched this thread and googled it but cant seem to find why there is a lil red light next to my front facing camera.. It comes on sometimes and the only way to turn it off is to reboot.. what is it from?? Should that light be coming on like that? Thanks.. o the lil red light i see is very dull its not brite at all but i can still see it
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One of them is the ambient light sensor (For use when you set screen brightness to auto). The other one is the proximity sensor, which is the red light you're seeing. It senses if something is in front of the phone (i.e the side of your face during a phone call, so it can turn screen off.). It may be on because of the direct call feature. Go into gestures and turn this off and it may turn your "red light" off. However it is not very hurtful, and is not usually a problem for most.
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It's a sensor to detect distance from face or surfaces etc. It shouldn't be constantly on. Has your battery been draining quickly?
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yes sometimes it does bad.. I just got the phone few days ago.. Im woundering why it dont turn off sometimes? maybe thats why the dude sold me the phone!!
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yes sometimes it does bad.. I just got the phone few days ago.. Im woundering why it dont turn off sometimes? maybe thats why the dude sold me the phone!!
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Hopefully just a bug. If you are stock, try a factory reset. If he sold it to you with a custom rom, reflash one from here that you like. Basically, start fresh.
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If you're in any messaging app or call log and have direct dial enabled it will be on as long ad you're in the app. If you have a flip cover screen off mod it'll be always on. It's called a proximity sensor and the red light you see is from the infrared sensor that detects distance from a surface to automatically turn the screen on and off such as when you're on a call.
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The menu option says that he screen will illuminate when lifting the phone or when a notification comes in. That would be fine except mine is acting more like the moto x and pulsing every few seconds which will kill an lcd battery.
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Mine did the same but I found that the culprit was the light flow app I installed to control the LED.
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mkouk said:
Mine did the same but I found that the culprit was the light flow app I installed to control the LED.
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I've noticed it pulse as well but it doesn't go on very long, and doesn't do it all the time. I've not installed light flow at all, so I doubt that is the cause, and you may find it starts doing it again.
It's unlikely to drain that much power if it only does it a few times, and ambient display is off if the phone is covered like in a case or coat pocket.
I couldn't at first get it to turn on reliably when being picked up, but the trick seems to be to lift it up and at the same time turn it from horizontal to being more vertical. The other thing is when you keep trying, the phone seems to turn off ambient display as it thinks it is in transit rather than on a desk or a surface, which makes senses, but doesn't help when trying the feature out.
Google said you can nudge the phone to turn on ambient display, but I'm not sure what sort of nudge to give it, so can't really get this working.
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Phil