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No matter what ROM, I have trouble toggling the power button after a call is made or during a call. It's quite frustrating because I can't disconnect a call sometimes. Anyone came across this problem?
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Hmm are you saying your phone won't turn on after a call? Can you explain what exactly your trying to do before the problem occurs
I make a call and when it's in progress, it's very hard to.turn the screen on. Maybe that's more specific.
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The screen turns off during a call when you have the phone by your face due to the proximity sensor to the left of the speaker grill. Pulling the phone away from your face should turn the screen back on automatically.
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satur9ine said:
The screen turns off during a call when you have the phone by your face due to the proximity sensor to the left of the speaker grill. Pulling the phone away from your face should turn the screen back on automatically.
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Yup, was going to say that.
I feel like such an idiot...fairly new to this phone.
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Did you figure this out?
Please provide us with more info. What other ROMs have you been running?
As a reference, have you tried to one-click odin back to stock roooted to see if the stock rom reacts the same way?
Edit: To the left of the speaker at the top of the phone, is that entire area clean and unobstructed? This is where the proximity sensor is located. Do not block that area with your finger by mistake while on the phone also. (Who knows the guy might have REALLY big hands)
theres an app in the market for adjusting the proximity delay...and putting the phone on speaker disables the sensor all together!
kurtiskobain said:
theres an app in the market for adjusting the proximity delay...and putting the phone on speaker disables the sensor all together!
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As well as using a headset!
I dont know if anyone is facing the same problem I have now, my n2 screen wont turn off by itself. I have set the timer on 15secs, smart stay disable. It juz wont turn off when idle. And if its fully charged, it will stay up all night as well.
Does anyone know how to fix this?
Does it relate to my Omega rom or Redpill kernel?
Thanks
Do you have motion on?
Reboot?
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Check developer options, stay awake. Make sure its unchecked.
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Motion is off, stay awake is off. but i noticed if i check the AUTO screen, sometimes it will shut off but not always.
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Motion is off, stay awake is off. but i noticed if i check the AUTO screen, sometimes it will shut off but not always.
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I was just discussing the same in some other threads here. I tried everything up my sleeves and nothing helped. Do post if you've already found a fix Thank you
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experienced this after upgrading to 4.1.2 weeks ago. backed up everything, complete-wipe then reflashed my rom(always on stock). no more issues. must have been a hiccup.
badbadtz.carlo said:
experienced this after upgrading to 4.1.2 weeks ago. backed up everything, complete-wipe then reflashed my rom(always on stock). no more issues. must have been a hiccup.
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I had this even when I was on 4.1.1. Thought the upgrade would solve it for me but it didn't. Tough luck. Still searching for 3rd party apps that could give me a permanent solution.
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i noticed this problem sometimes with 4.1.1 but not with 4.1.2
I dun have a fix to this problem but I have a tasker profile that turns the screen off when battery is fully charged. You might want to try that as an interim.
What is your screen time out once mine was changed automatically check that
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There's a button on the side for that
Just kidding, that's very strange. I noticed if you reboot the phone and don't touch it, when it comes on the screen never turns off either. Doesn't matter if it's plugged in or not.
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I dun have a fix to this problem but I have a tasker profile that turns the screen off when battery is fully charged. You might want to try that as an interim.
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I dunno if I'll be able to use tasker. I've not rooted my phone I'm still a noob and dunno if I can pull all that off on my own ^_^
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I had that problem when using smart stay and smart rotation settings turned on in display settings. After I turned them off the screen shut off after 30 seconds as it should every time.
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Yes I noticed when 'smart stay' is turned on it causes the screen to stay on all the time. It's not a perfect feature. So I've turned it off
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do you have the power option to stay on whilst charging?
It's not smart stay, not the screen rotate with your head thingy nor the developer option that keeps the screen on while the device is being charged. I turned all that off. This is clearly a big that I've had from 4.1.1. Can't get rid of it. Annoyance at its peak.
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It's not smart stay, not the screen rotate with your head thingy nor the developer option that keeps the screen on while the device is being charged. I turned all that off. This is clearly a big that I've had from 4.1.1. Can't get rid of it. Annoyance at its peak.
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Weird. That is annoying.
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Are you saying that the screen just won't turn off, or that it turns itself on and then won't turn off?
If it's the first, my guess is an app which prevents the screen from turning off, didn't release its lock after being shut down. This can happen with some games, I've seen it with angry birds and jetpack joyride, titanium backup has done it too. Try to empty ram and kill processes, and/or reboot, though I would guess you might have tried that already.
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Are you saying that the screen just won't turn off, or that it turns itself on and then won't turn off?
If it's the first, my guess is an app which prevents the screen from turning off, didn't release its lock after being shut down. This can happen with some games, I've seen it with angry birds and jetpack joyride, titanium backup has done it too. Try to empty ram and kill processes, and/or reboot, though I would guess you might have tried that already.
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If doesn't turn on on its own. When the bug kicks in, the screen doesn't go off if it's manually turned on or If a missed call or message is left unattended. Hope you got that. But yes, I can turn off the screen manually but doing that every time is ridiculously annoying. The bad thing is I cannot know if the bug is active or not without actually watching my screen till the timeout. Annoying bug! I've tried various things and I do not know what's causing this. I'm on stock rom, never rooted.
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Has anyone ran into issue where you make a call screen goes dark like it's supposed to however if you want to end call screen won't come back on until call ends on the other side. So if person doesn't answer I have to wait till voice mail picks up and hangs up on me after it times out.
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dmehcg said:
Has anyone ran into issue where you make a call screen goes dark like it's supposed to however if you want to end call screen won't come back on until call ends on the other side. So if person doesn't answer I have to wait till voice mail picks up and hangs up on me after it times out.
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Tried the power or the home button ?
Is your fone rooted ?
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It generally happens when I put it on my ear. Otherwise it is always on.
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Phone isn't rooted. I have tried to hit all the buttons including power to turn it back on after it dims out and still nothing. I'm thinking of doing business factory reset but I rather avoid it if I could.
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Maybe that's the end solution
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That's what I figure, thanks for feedback
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It happens when you place your finger or any part of the body near the sensor.
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Got a screen protect covering the proximity sensor? Yours might be too sensitive. I had the same problem with my n4. Solution was no protector or wait till dearth or whatever brand you use to not cover the sensor. That was the first and only phone I ever had that issue though.
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Did reset still same issue. I'll try without case, however I have had no issues with case till now.
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Also heard of this bug in a German Android forum: there have been some users reporting the same problem without screen protector or case. Still don't know why this happened but You're not the only one with this bug
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I too face this problm when on 4.1.1, temporary solution was using power button..
After update 4.1.2, problem gone!!
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I have this problem on my rooted 4.1.2 without any kind of cover.
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You can always go into the accessibility settings and set the phone to end a call when you hit the power button
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You can always go into the accessibility settings and set the phone to end a call when you hit the power button
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Yesterday I wanted to read a numberplate from a picture to the person I was talking to. Had to text it to him later because the screen wouldn't turn on.
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It's really frustrating! Makes me not want to make any fone calls
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Enter *#0*# in the keypad to open the "test menu".
Press the Sensor tile and test your proximity sensor's function bij moving a finger over it.
If it does not change value from 0 to 1 and make the screen go green, your proximity sensor is likely to be broken.
Replacing the front camera (which houses the proximity senor) will then fix your problem.
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Has anyone ran into issue where you make a call screen goes dark like it's supposed to however if you want to end call screen won't come back on until call ends on the other side. So if person doesn't answer I have to wait till voice mail picks up and hangs up on me after it times out.
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press the home button or power button
I went into store today to speak to a tech that used to work with when I was a sales rep @ sprint. He told he has seen issue a couple of times. He says when that happens its a sensor issue. More common with fones that where 1st shipped out. He could of replaced it if I wanted but he wanted to avoid giving me a refurb. He did a couple of tests and it's been working since. He suggested if it happens again to bring it back again.
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ronin1973 said:
Enter *#0*# in the keypad to open the "test menu".
Press the Sensor tile and test your proximity sensor's function bij moving a finger over it.
If it does not change value from 0 to 1 and make the screen go green, your proximity sensor is likely to be broken.
Replacing the front camera (which houses the proximity senor) will then fix your problem.
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Works after a reboot. Seems to be the solution to every problem with that sensor.
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I admit this is sometimes frustrating for me too. I'm curious as to a quick fix.
i've never seen anything like this in all my years now with android. no matter what rom i am on comletely stock or any of the custom roms when i make a phone call my phone call and the person doesn't answer my phone is black and locked up. i can't hit the power button to turn it on the only way to get my phone back is a battery pull.
basically, when i make a call i cannnot turn the screen on to hit the keypad, can't do anything. if i make a call and the person answers everything will be ok - after they hangup. i can't hangup since i can't get to my onscreen buttons to hangup.
things i've tried
stock and custom roms with no apps loaded
wiping multiple times
fixing permissions
dialer one from the market
any ideas what could be wrong? it must be a hardware problem or something.
Is your proximity sensor working correctly? Try using some of the motions in settings.
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yeah, i was thinking the proximity sensor must be broken. but even if it is broken why would i not be able to hit power to turn the phone screen back on.
ive never used motions before not sure i'm doing it correctly to determine if its broke for sure
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Is your proximity sensor working correctly? Try using some of the motions in settings.
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I think what he's saying is go into settings>motions and check quick glance. Then with ur screen off wave ur hand over ur prox sensor and ur screen should turn on with info about ur phone and current time and such..
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I think what he's saying is go into settings>motions and check quick glance. Then with ur screen off wave ur hand over ur prox sensor and ur screen should turn on with info about ur phone and current time and such..
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yep, i'd say the proximity sensor is broken. doing this in the motion settings works fine on my brothers note 2 and will not work with mine
any idea what my options are if the prox sensor is indeed broken? i suposse the only option is to try to take it back to sprint.
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yep, i'd say the proximity sensor is broken. doing this in the motion settings works fine on my brothers note 2 and will not work with mine
any idea what my options are if the prox sensor is indeed broken? i suposse the only option is to try to take it back to sprint.
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Yeah, first thing I would try is a warranty claim through sprint.. As long as there's no physical sign of abuse, they will prob take care of ya..
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Go the sprint route for sure. Unless you are feeling ballsy and open it up to make sure one of the cables didnt come loose
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I'm having the same issue. Just did a factory reset and no luck so I guess I'll go to the sprint store. Will I get a new device?
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49ml said:
I'm having the same issue. Just did a factory reset and no luck so I guess I'll go to the sprint store. Will I get a new device?
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Perform a FULL wipe and reflash your ROM
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LuigiBull23 said:
Perform a FULL wipe and reflash your ROM
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I am on stock. I just took apart my phone and blew air at the proximity senor and reattached it and now it is fixed.
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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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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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