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Screen turns on periodically

From what I can tell this is a common problem, but I haven't found a fix yet. My screen turns itself on at completely "random" intervals, and it's destroying my battery life. It's been doing this since ICS roms.
Any common fixes out there?

Usually it would be a rogue app turning the phone on. Try uninstalling some "suspicious" apps and see if that helps.
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maw230 said:
From what I can tell this is a common problem, but I haven't found a fix yet. My screen turns itself on at completely "random" intervals, and it's destroying my battery life. It's been doing this since ICS roms.
Any common fixes out there?
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You either have a rogue app or a ghost is messing with you. I have seen that happen with Better Battery Stats because it was asking for root & kept waking the phone up. If you don't have that app get it and find out what is waking your phone up. If you have a ghost you should move, seeks a spiritual guide, or an exorcist (sanctioned by the church).

It's most likely an app. Just about the same happens with me when I use widget locker. After turning off the screen it would always turn back on so I had to keep turning it off twice.
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Every app that replaces or integrates into the lockscreen is a good place to start. One of the "primary suspects" is/was (?) Tiny Flashlight with the "shake" feature enabled.

Does your phone think it's charging when the screen turns on? If yes, then this is a well known hardware issue with USB board.
I had this issue and had to send my phone for repair to fix it.
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maw230 said:
From what I can tell this is a common problem, but I haven't found a fix yet. My screen turns itself on at completely "random" intervals, and it's destroying my battery life. It's been doing this since ICS roms.
Any common fixes out there?
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Call your provider and ask him to switch off flash
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EvilDobe said:
You either have a rogue app or a ghost is messing with you. I have seen that happen with Better Battery Stats because it was asking for root & kept waking the phone up. If you don't have that app get it and find out what is waking your phone up. If you have a ghost you should move, seeks a spiritual guide, or an exorcist (sanctioned by the church).
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It was happening before i got BBS, but yes BBS would constantly ask for root and wake the phone as well so i uninstalled. Any fix for this? New SU maybe?

danton47 said:
Does your phone think it's charging when the screen turns on? If yes, then this is a well known hardware issue with USB board.
I had this issue and had to send my phone for repair to fix it.
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Used to, but i haven't noticed this one since a few ROMs ago..

[Q] Screen timeout not working?

I have stock (rooted then unrooted) JC with APEX launcher. It sounds crazy but my phone screen doesn't turn off by itself.
There are several times I woke up in the morning to find out my phone screen was on overnight (screen must have turned on when I plugged in the charger). Right now, I turned on my phone just to see if the screen would turn off at 1) lock screen 2) apex home screen. neither works.
I tried all these with different timeout settings (15 sec, 30 sec, 1min, etc.).
Anyone having the same problem? Anyone with solution?

kg1128 said:
I have stock (rooted then unrooted) JC with APEX launcher. It sounds crazy but my phone screen doesn't turn off by itself.
There are several times I woke up in the morning to find out my phone screen was on overnight (screen must have turned on when I plugged in the charger). Right now, I turned on my phone just to see if the screen would turn off at 1) lock screen 2) apex home screen. neither works.
I tried all these with different timeout settings (15 sec, 30 sec, 1min, etc.).
Anyone having the same problem? Anyone with solution?
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Had that issue with siii, reboot fixed it, have you tried reboot?

mattsm said:
Had that issue with siii, reboot fixed it, have you tried reboot?
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Yes rebooting always solves the issue but can i get a permanent fix? It's kinda annoying. I'm on GT-N7100 JB4.1.2 and i've never rooted.

Kinda glad i wasnt the only one having this issue. Happened to me yesterday. Kinda freaked me out as i dont want anything wrong with this phone.. reboot worked for me yesterday.
On a side note.. every once in awhile my youtube app goes to **** and it refuses to play videos.. it says network error yet i can do everything else... reboot fixes that too.
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morbiddevil82 said:
Kinda glad i wasnt the only one having this issue. Happened to me yesterday. Kinda freaked me out as i dont want anything wrong with this phone.. reboot worked for me yesterday.
On a side note.. every once in awhile my youtube app goes to **** and it refuses to play videos.. it says network error yet i can do everything else... reboot fixes that too.
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Yeah no kidding. I really don't want anything to go wrong with my phone. But unfortunately it has been kinda buggy from day one. A minor issue with the stock keyboard was solved after the 4.1.2 update. But the weird error with the Quick Commands thingy ain't getting sorted out, even after the update. Of course, reboots also never help.

Oh someone please tell me what's wrong with my phone The screen timeout thingy ain't working An unattended message or missed call means my display stays on till I turn it off manually A reboot would solve the issue but then it would come back again. Any permanent fix? Please help I've never rooted my phone.
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Uninstall any apps that keep your screen on or go through the apps list and kill everything individually. imediashare keeps my screen on after I'm done using it cause it still wants to stay running.

w7excursion said:
Uninstall any apps that keep your screen on or go through the apps list and kill everything individually. imediashare keeps my screen on after I'm done using it cause it still wants to stay running.
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Lemme try doing that
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w7excursion said:
Uninstall any apps that keep your screen on or go through the apps list and kill everything individually. imediashare keeps my screen on after I'm done using it cause it still wants to stay running.
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Went through the 124 apps that had WAKE_LOCK permission. (Used Permission Explorer). If I count out the recently installed apps before which the problem had originally started, I guess there aren't any suspicious apps. Oops Aren't there any apps that forces the display to go off? ^_^
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I'm just throwing it out there by maybe go into recovery and fix permissions? Clear the cache? Factory reset if all else fails I guess.

w7excursion said:
I'm just throwing it out there by maybe go into recovery and fix permissions? Clear the cache? Factory reset if all else fails I guess.
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I didn't want to do a factory reset Anyways, thank you Lemme see what I can do
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kg1128 said:
I have stock (rooted then unrooted) JC with APEX launcher. It sounds crazy but my phone screen doesn't turn off by itself.
There are several times I woke up in the morning to find out my phone screen was on overnight (screen must have turned on when I plugged in the charger). Right now, I turned on my phone just to see if the screen would turn off at 1) lock screen 2) apex home screen. neither works.
I tried all these with different timeout settings (15 sec, 30 sec, 1min, etc.).
Anyone having the same problem? Anyone with solution?
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Hi. Having the same problem... However, i believe it has to do with the feature that prevents screen from turning off if you are looking at it. Try to turn it off and on. Perhaps it will help.
If you continue to have problems, just disable that feature... it is a good adon, but having the screen turn off tose battery is more important.
Hope it helps.
Let us know if it worked out

Screen off and on without using power button !

hi all
first time poster long time reader
I am so tired of trying **** apps.
Could somebody please tell me what app works with the nexus four to allow me to touch the screen somehow to see a text message etc when it arrives??
for the first time ever I am missing the button in my iPhone that let's me hit it to see what is going on at a glance.
I just want a way to toggle the screen on without hitting the power button on the Nexus 4
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The only way to do this is to leave the screen on, which would drain the battery. There's probably an app that would turn the screen off (or dim it), but this would keep your phone awake and drain the battery.
Someone feel free to chime in and correct me if there is such an app.

Vukh said:
hi all
first time poster long time reader
I am so tired of trying **** apps.
Could somebody please tell me what app works with the nexus four to allow me to touch the screen somehow to see a text message etc when it arrives??
for the first time ever I am missing the button in my iPhone that let's me hit it to see what is going on at a glance.
I just want a way to toggle the screen on without hitting the power button on the Nexus 4
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For the Gnex there's an app called “PGM", I emailed the developer if he had intention to update the app so it works with the Nexus⁴, but sadly he doesn't have the phone yet.
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There is an app for that called tap tap app uses proximity sensor to lock and unlock screen.
Not positive is works on 4.2 but worth a shot.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.maicas.android.wsleep
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SIGUEL said:
For the Gnex there's an app called “PGM", I emailed the developer if he had intention to update the app so it works with the Nexus⁴, but sadly he doesn't have the phone yet.
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Just wait for PGM to be updated for Nexus 4 support, OP; I can vouch for its greatness. You can enable double tap or slide to unlock gesture to turn the screen on. Once you get used to this, you seriously forget you have a power button.

robg2008 said:
There is an app for that called tap tap app uses proximity sensor to lock and unlock screen.
Not positive is works on 4.2 but worth a shot.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.maicas.android.wsleep
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It appears to work, but needs some calibration. I'm only able to get it working 30% of the time (if even).

you may try Smart Screen On : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.android.smartscreenonlite
works on my Galaxy Nexus running 4.2.1

I'm waiting on a kernel that has Sweep2Wake...that would be awesome with this phone.

Wow I cannot believe the responses I got...
Thanks everyone!
I settled on the Smart Screen On.
Works about 75% of the time...I can live with that till something better comes along.
I don't really understand why you cannot make text msgs received light the screen up like it does on an iphone. It was so convenient to just glance at the phone and see it was work texting yet again and mutter under my breath for them to piss off and then go back to playing Xbox without ever having to touch the phone.

Vukh said:
Wow I cannot believe the responses I got...
Thanks everyone!
I settled on the Smart Screen On.
Works about 75% of the time...I can live with that till something better comes along.
I don't really understand why you cannot make text msgs received light the screen up like it does on an iphone. It was so convenient to just glance at the phone and see it was work texting yet again and mutter under my breath for them to piss off and then go back to playing Xbox without ever having to touch the phone.
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What settings did you use with Smart Screen On? I couldn't get it working.
EDIT: Nevermind, I think I was waving too fast lol.

Stryder5 said:
What settings did you use with Smart Screen On? I couldn't get it working.
EDIT: Nevermind, I think I was waving too fast lol.
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hahah ok man..
I did 2 waves 525ms

Vukh said:
Wow I cannot believe the responses I got...
Thanks everyone!
I settled on the Smart Screen On.
Works about 75% of the time...I can live with that till something better comes along.
I don't really understand why you cannot make text msgs received light the screen up like it does on an iphone. It was so convenient to just glance at the phone and see it was work texting yet again and mutter under my breath for them to piss off and then go back to playing Xbox without ever having to touch the phone.
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with GoSMS i always choose the option for the pop up box and the options to unlock the phone, so when it's sitting on my desk next to me it lights up

Vukh said:
I don't really understand why you cannot make text msgs received light the screen up like it does on an iphone. It was so convenient to just glance at the phone and see it was work texting yet again and mutter under my breath for them to piss off and then go back to playing Xbox without ever having to touch the phone.
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Try Light flow for that... I think you can set a custom LED color and the screen to come on with certain notifications.

Yeah I've got Light Flow. You can set the LED colour and the screen to come on with some notifications. There is a 'lite' version which should cover the basics. But if you dont use the stock messenger or use things like Whatapp, you need the paid for version.
I use it and it has great customisation BUT at the moment I can't get it to work 100% of the time. So be warned!
It will be great though once they update it for 4.2.

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For now I'm settling for half of the equation; screen off with a double tap. I'm using screen off and lock from Play.
I had PGM on my GN and it works very well, the developer is planning on getting an N4 the last I heard.

I'm currently looking into getting the phone to wake using the volume rocker -- I'm reading that it's inside android.policy.jar and removing two lines that ignore the volume rocker button presses.
Anyone want to give it a go? I'm going to look into it this weekend.

SIGUEL said:
For the Gnex there's an app called “PGM", I emailed the developer if he had intention to update the app so it works with the Nexus⁴, but sadly he doesn't have the phone yet.
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I emailed him too! That is one of the best app out there, in terms of the idea behind it. No real battery drain, but still be able to wake your device from sleep. I died a little after getting that email.
Kinda hope someone would do something like that for N4.
You can use Tasker+Secure Settings (pro version) to use the Google Now shortcut to unlock/lock the device, but there is no waking the device.

I too am waiting for pgm! That would be amazing
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krhainos said:
I'm currently looking into getting the phone to wake using the volume rocker -- I'm reading that it's inside android.policy.jar and removing two lines that ignore the volume rocker button presses.
Anyone want to give it a go? I'm going to look into it this weekend.
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That feature works fine in the Paranoid Android ROM
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Just got the Note 2 but the screen on lag may be a deal breaker for me!

I have researched and it seems there is no fix to the 1-2 second delay after the phone has been sitting for at least 15 seconds when you hit the home or power button. Ive tried turning off S-voice and all of the other recommendations but like most people with this issue the problem is not resolved.
Also I cannot get the ATT 4.1.2 update. Its still at 4.1.1 and tells me I have to check back in 24 hours.

richard371 said:
I have researched and it seems there is no fix to the 1-2 second delay after the phone has been sitting for at least 15 seconds when you hit the home or power button. Ive tried turning off S-voice and all of the other recommendations but like most people with this issue the problem is not resolved.
Also I cannot get the ATT 4.1.2 update. Its still at 4.1.1 and tells me I have to check back in 24 hours.
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Root, TRWP, and install SKYNOTE.
The rom has multi window and he has fixed the screen delay.

Thanks. So the only solution is to root?
QUOTE=chousayz;37154050]Root, TRWP, and install SKYNOTE.
The rom has multi window and he has fixed the screen delay.[/QUOTE]

Download Soft locker from the market and it will stop the screen lag and I have never noticed any noticable difference in battery life its still a beast!!!

I'm baffled why some have this problem. I've never had a screen on lag.
I use a pure black wall paper.
Home Screen Mode Basic
I run Nova Launcher
Settings:
Blocking Mode Off
Power Save Off
Display->Page Buddy Off
Display->Smart Rotation Off
Display->Smart Stay Off
Display->Auto Adjust Screen Tone Off
Lock Screen->Popup Note Off
S Pen->Open Popup Note Off
S Pen->Battery Saving On
S Pen->S Pen Keep On
S Pen->Air View Off
One Hand Operation Off
Don't know if these settings will help...

These other options could work but I am running clean room right now and I do notice the screen delay but it does not bother me.
I do know Sean the sky note rom creator has fixed this lag.
Root for the gn2 is sooo easy and very fast. Literally took me 3 min to Root and 2 min to flash twrp. In the mean time just download the rom cuz its like 800mb lol.
Good luck man. This is the best device I have used. I went from the Motorola Atrix to iphone 5 to this. Just the screen and s pen is a seller to me lol.
Sent from my Nexus 7

I do not have any issues with mine either this phone hauls ass
sent from my NOTE 2

richard371 said:
I have researched and it seems there is no fix to the 1-2 second delay after the phone has been sitting for at least 15 seconds when you hit the home or power button. Ive tried turning off S-voice and all of the other recommendations but like most people with this issue the problem is not resolved.
Also I cannot get the ATT 4.1.2 update. Its still at 4.1.1 and tells me I have to check back in 24 hours.
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Have you tried disabling the lockscreen shortcuts?
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A 1 or 2 second delay turning on is a deal breaker ...? For this phone ?...WoW...:silly:
Mac

Ya good luck finding a better phone lol

Root it and bump up the cpu minimum setting about 400 to 600 mhz or set the scaling to interactive or ondemand. Cpu master is a good free app to use. Just Unclick the set on boot till you find your phone butter zone.
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twanskys204 said:
Ya good luck finding a better phone lol
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I know...This phone blows all of them out of the water right now..and now that we got all of the Dev's Love going on...it just keeps getting better.
Maybe when the new G4 comes out...maybe...but the note 3 won't be that far behind it...and I really doubt either one will be that much better over all than what we already have...They both would have to have some really serious hardware updates to make me move to one...and I wouldn't want to give up my unlocked Note II for a locked down version of anything just yet...
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You just solved my problem man thank you a million times:thumbup:
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u921333 said:
Download Soft locker from the market and it will stop the screen lag and I have never noticed any noticable difference in battery life its still a beast!!!
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Sorry I was referring to this post.

x2h said:
You just solved my problem man thank you a million times:thumbup:
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Sorry I was referring to this post.
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No problem it works great and minimal if any battery drain. Only problem I ran into it doesn't stick on reboot for some reason but I just kick it on after reboot.
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Skynote 10
chousayz said:
These other options could work but I am running clean room right now and I do notice the screen delay but it does not bother me.
I do know Sean the sky note rom creator has fixed this lag.
Root for the gn2 is sooo easy and very fast. Literally took me 3 min to Root and 2 min to flash twrp. In the mean time just download the rom cuz its like 800mb lol.
Good luck man. This is the best device I have used. I went from the Motorola Atrix to iphone 5 to this. Just the screen and s pen is a seller to me lol.
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It's an old thread, but it seems the most relevant. I just flash my Gnote 2 to Skynote 10. I'm noticing the screen delay when it wakes. It's most jarring when I receive a call, answer it, the person starts speaking and my phone screen is still blank. Important because sometimes I have to switch to speaker phone or bluetooth ASAP. Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a fix?

u921333 said:
Download Soft locker from the market and it will stop the screen lag and I have never noticed any noticeable difference in battery life its still a beast!!!
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lol that app works by introducing a wakelock... so while others look to remove wakelocks, we do the opposite LOL
it's december and the problem still exists... using slimbean 4.3.1 and devil kernel... takes my phone a second or two to wake up... quite annoying actually...
guess there's no way around this other than to disable deep sleep (you can set that in kernel settings, if supported)

richard371 said:
I have researched and it seems there is no fix to the 1-2 second delay after the phone has been sitting for at least 15 seconds when you hit the home or power button. Ive tried turning off S-voice and all of the other recommendations but like most people with this issue the problem is not resolved.
Also I cannot get the ATT 4.1.2 update. Its still at 4.1.1 and tells me I have to check back in 24 hours.
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Root the phone and freeze or uninstall your unused apps with titanium backup..do a nandroid 1st of course. i also used juice defender plus. my battery life at end of day is at 70% to 75% with 300+ apps.
But than I recently flashed @seanzscreams Skynote 4.3 Note Rom its crazy smooth and battery life is even better.

Wake up delay

Anyone else experiencing a really long delay when you try to wake your phone up? About 70% of the time when I wake my phone up to just use my phone, it has a bad delay. Most of the time it will take around 7 - 10 seconds for the screen to turn on.
I am stock and un-rooted. I have gone into the stock recovery and cleared the cache partition a couple of times, but that doesn't help. I am really hoping for S-off soon. I'm hoping that a custom rom can fix it.

I'm also experiencing this same problem, drives me insane. I'm hoping that maybe the forthcoming 5.1 update will address that issue.

I've never experienced this. I'm stock still. Kinda sounds like a runway app causing the problem.

Never saw this on launch os or 5.1. Have you tried running it without apps for a while?

Last night I disabled instagram. It seemed to fix the problem so far. I don't use it much anyway. My battery stat still shows it as number 2 on the list. I just uninstalled it. Maybe it will fix some issues.

I have this too...but I'd say only about 30 percent of the time. I use the double tap to wake aout it certainly does not all the time.

Mine does it sometimes. I don't know if it's a delay because I push the power button again and it comes on. Another thing that drives me up the wall is that the screen doesn't wake up after taking the phone away from my ear during a call sometimes. I'll have to push the power button to turn the screen on.
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Evocm7 said:
Mine does it sometimes. I don't know if it's a delay because I push the power button again and it comes on. Another thing that drives me up the wall is that the screen doesn't wake up after taking the phone away from my ear during a call sometimes. I'll have to push the power button to turn the screen on.
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This sounds like either a case problem, or proximity sensor.
You can test the sensor in htc advantage app.

andybones said:
This sounds like either a case problem, or proximity sensor.
You can test the sensor in htc advantage app.
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I just tried it, it passed the tests a few times. I have a spigen neo hybrid so it doesn't come even close to the sensor. Who knows.
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Mine doesn't wake up after a call sometimes. It just started doing the delay thing again. I wonder if it has anything to do with memory leak on 5.0? I may disable a couple games I downloaded this week and see if that fixes it.

andybones said:
This sounds like either a case problem, or proximity sensor.
You can test the sensor in htc advantage app.
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Andybones, maybe I'm being a little dense but the htc advantage app? what or where can I find this? Thanks, Howie

meandg5 said:
Andybones, maybe I'm being a little dense but the htc advantage app? what or where can I find this? Thanks, Howie
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Playstore search app: HTC Help.

andybones said:
Playstore search app: HTC Help.
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Thank you sir!
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