Screen not switching off when covered! - Moto Z Play Questions & Answers

Amazed that when I lay phone face down or close phone wallet cover over phone, display is not switching off. No proximity sensor or what?

dohouch said:
Amazed that when I lay phone face down or close phone wallet cover over phone, display is not switching off. No proximity sensor or what?
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Where's the setting for that??
It requires a app and there's​ no inbuilt option to switch off display when lay down.

Yash24 said:
Where's the setting for that??
It requires a app and there's​ no inbuilt option to switch off display when lay down.
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Agree. Only turns off automatically when you bring it up to your face or cover it when you are on a call.

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Face Recognition App

Do you think someone will make an app that will detect your face and unlock the phone now that we have a front facing camera. Also what is the motion sensor used for?
That'd be awesome
Do you think someone will make an app that will detect your face and unlock the phone now that we have a front facing camera. Also what is the motion sensor used for?
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Hope I am posting this correctly,
Saw this a few months ago
http://onlygizmos.com/recognizr-app-brings-face-detection-to-android/2010/02/
ferfy67 said:
Hope I am posting this correctly,
Saw this a few months ago
http://onlygizmos.com/recognizr-app-brings-face-detection-to-android/2010/02/
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Sweet. Hopefully it's hacked with front camera access and the ability to enable it by holding the volume rocker to do the scan. Hopefully you don't wake up one day looking really ugly.
Lots to hope for LOL
It would be nice to have the camera key on the side though. There already a couple of face "detection" apps out there, not recognition though. Photofunia, in market, takes face and puts in various backrounds, works well
gqstatus0685 said:
Do you think someone will make an app that will detect your face and unlock the phone now that we have a front facing camera. Also what is the motion sensor used for?
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One example of the motion sensor is that when someone calls you, the Evo quiets the ringtone when it detects you've moved your phone with the intent to pick up the call.
It's actually a proximity sensor, used to turn the screen off when it's held close to your face. The feature of the ringer quieting on pickup uses the accelerometer.
So what does the motion sensor do?
keishou said:
It's actually a proximity sensor, used to turn the screen off when it's held close to your face. The feature of the ringer quieting on pickup uses the accelerometer.
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I think he means "accelerometer" when he says "motion sensor"
NOPE
keishou said:
It's actually a proximity sensor, used to turn the screen off when it's held close to your face. The feature of the ringer quieting on pickup uses the accelerometer.
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The Light sensor via front of HD2 disables touchscreen of device when held close to face! The motion sensor is used for screen rotate and other apps that work well with phone positioning commands!
djellenar said:
The Light sensor via front of HD2 disables touchscreen of device when held close to face! The motion sensor is used for screen rotate and other apps that work well with phone positioning commands!
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The light sensor has nothing to do with disabling the touch screen. Its used to change the auto brightness of the display. The screen shuts off when on the phone because its turned upright.
Well that's how it works on the evo. So I would think the same for hd2 that u mentioned in a evo thread...
It is turned off via proximity sensor not accelerometer
063_XOBX said:
It is turned off via proximity sensor not accelerometer
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Ahh, but u can hold the phone next to u and the screen won't come on till u tilt the phone horizontal...anyway its not the light sensor...And yes a face recog app would be very cool to have...
People, people! Please!
1) Accelerometer: Used to detect changes in movement. Used primarily in Android for apps such as Bump, or to rotate the screen, or games such as Teeter and racing simulators (tilt phone like you're turning the steering wheel, etc.) Also known as the motion sensor.
2) Light sensor: Used to detect ambient light so that when the phone's brightness is set to automatic, it knows to increase or decrease the brightness of the screen appropriately.
3) Proximity sensor: Used to detect if something is near the speaker and of the phone. Mainly it is used to turn off the screen and touch input when it detects something near its front, and a call is in progress (aka, detects the side of your head near it, so your cheek doesn't accidentally push any buttons).
As for the facial recognition, yes, that would be nice, but what happens when you get a haircut? Put on glasses? Have a zit? Get a black eye? Swollen lip? Sunburn? Grow/shave a beard/mustache/etc.? That's the problem with these kinds of software, and why all computers that have facial recognition will always have a password or some other kind of backup authentication.
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drmacinyasha said:
People, people! Please!
1) Accelerometer: Used to detect changes in movement. Used primarily in Android for apps such as Bump, or to rotate the screen, or games such as Teeter and racing simulators (tilt phone like you're turning the steering wheel, etc.) Also known as the motion sensor.
2) Light sensor: Used to detect ambient light so that when the phone's brightness is set to automatic, it knows to increase or decrease the brightness of the screen appropriately.
3) Proximity sensor: Used to detect if something is near the speaker and of the phone. Mainly it is used to turn off the screen and touch input when it detects something near its front, and a call is in progress (aka, detects the side of your head near it, so your cheek doesn't accidentally push any buttons).
As for the facial recognition, yes, that would be nice, but what happens when you get a haircut? Put on glasses? Have a zit? Get a black eye? Swollen lip? Sunburn? Grow/shave a beard/mustache/etc.? That's the problem with these kinds of software, and why all computers that have facial recognition will always have a password or some other kind of backup authentication.
Questions?
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Nope! You posted a very good explanation! Cheers to you!
drmacinyasha said:
People, people! Please!
1) Accelerometer: Used to detect changes in movement. Used primarily in Android for apps such as Bump, or to rotate the screen, or games such as Teeter and racing simulators (tilt phone like you're turning the steering wheel, etc.) Also known as the motion sensor.
2) Light sensor: Used to detect ambient light so that when the phone's brightness is set to automatic, it knows to increase or decrease the brightness of the screen appropriately.
3) Proximity sensor: Used to detect if something is near the speaker and of the phone. Mainly it is used to turn off the screen and touch input when it detects something near its front, and a call is in progress (aka, detects the side of your head near it, so your cheek doesn't accidentally push any buttons).
As for the facial recognition, yes, that would be nice, but what happens when you get a haircut? Put on glasses? Have a zit? Get a black eye? Swollen lip? Sunburn? Grow/shave a beard/mustache/etc.? That's the problem with these kinds of software, and why all computers that have facial recognition will always have a password or some other kind of backup authentication.
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no... asus laptops have the face recognition systems and it works GReAT!!! no problems whatsoever... but thats b/c u can put sooo many pictures and set the sensitivity of the security on the camera... its pretty sweet
tauzins said:
no... asus laptops have the face recognition systems and it works GReAT!!! no problems whatsoever... but thats b/c u can put sooo many pictures and set the sensitivity of the security on the camera... its pretty sweet
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It's also a laptop and you still have the password login as a backup. Believe me, I used to cell them and had to reset the password every other day because bratty little kids came in and thought they were smart and tough by setting the camera login to themselves making some disgusting face, and the password to "toughguy" or "password".
Wow!!!!!!
is this app out yet? Couldnt find it on the market..
ferfy67 said:
Hope I a posting this correctly,
Saw this a few months ago
http://onlygizmos.com/recognizr-app-brings-face-detection-to-android/2010/02/
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*This was posted from my Evo 4G using Tapatalkpro! Great app, if you want to browse and post through many dfferent forums*
Would be pretty great!
Lol at the misinformation, thanks for clearing that up for our slower folk.
This is definitely gonna happen sooner or later.
It would need a backup method of course but if made properly it would be more general and little things wouldn't change the outcome.
I was thinking this...
You take 3 pictures the first time you open the app.
It merges them, aligns the face and sets a gaussian blur to smooth and remove imperfections.
Then it cuts out things like hair and eyebrows leaving behind the static parts of your face such as eye shape, nose, mouth, jawline and cheekbones.
It basically takes the 3 specific pictures of your face, and generalizes them, while keeping them relatable to every future pic.
I think its called interpolation, which gives you the perfect identifier, ultimately being used to recognize you.
Of course a setting would be needed to change how similar the face needs to be before being granted access but theres no reason it wouldn't work.
My other going thought is an app that learns as you go but it won't work as well.
nope again!
sprink0281 said:
Nope! You posted a very good explanation! Cheers to you!
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iTS AN OK thought of how it works but my HD2 can be of any position even flat down and as long as I am in a call and i put my finger over the light sensor (same as face, ear being close to sensor not letting hardly any light get to it)
the screen disables! I think many of you may not have the HD2 if ya didn't know that, don't let internet chat and gossip get in the way of the truth, truth is within the device when holding it, not hear-say. Also why would the accelerometer have anything to do with disabling screen when in an upright position? If one was to lay down in bed chatting on fone, my HD2 would un-disable screen... Try an app called mToolbox, it emulates what light sensor and motion sensor can be used for. I would say, light sensor can be more useful in many more apps than motion, motion works great with changing screen from portrait to landscape and movement in games.. An app to control ps3 via bluetooth using HD2's accelerometer feature would be useful, but for now, i have tweaked it to off, I have many older WinMo's and find using the screen orientation key much more faster and when i need it, it gets annoying when the screen changes at unwanted times and no matter how you calibrate any accelerometer, there are flaws to it depending on what situation one is in when holding the device (fone must be upright again to go back to portrait if fone was laying down) sorry for the long babble but I'm certain that the light sensor own's the screen shut-off feature on the HD2 for sure.. Quote me again any time!

Keyboard case

I got this keyboard case https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Gala...D=418-%2BKpAMDL&preST=_SX300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch
and really like it but one this that I don't like is that when I'm not using the keyboard and close the cover, it doesn't turn off the screen. Can anyone confirm that that's normal or am I missing something?
If I'm not wrong my screen turns off when I disconnect the tablet from the keyboard :\
jsalatas said:
If I'm not wrong my screen turns off when I disconnect the tablet from the keyboard :\
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Yes, mine does that. But what about if you're not using the keyboard, when it's just opened and flipped back, does your Tab S3 turn on when you open the cover?
No I don't think it does that (I'll verify later as I don't have my tablet now).
But now that you mention it, it would be easy to do so using sensors: screen facing downward and light sensor detects no light. :\
My screen doesn't turn on when I open it. Do you guys know if there's anyway to disable the auto sleep when you disconnect the keyboard? Sometimes its very annoying.
ajacob234 said:
My screen doesn't turn on when I open it. Do you guys know if there's anyway to disable the auto sleep when you disconnect the keyboard? Sometimes its very annoying.
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Agreed. It turns off the Tab when disconnecting the keyboard, but can't turn ON when you open the keyboard! I like this case/keyboard but that's an annoyance I could do without.
Ramer said:
It turns off the Tab when disconnecting the keyboard, but can't turn ON when you open the keyboard!
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Hmmmm...... mine turns off when detaching it from the keyboard and turns on when attaching it to the keyboard. Maybe there is a setting for that :\
jsalatas said:
Hmmmm...... mine turns off when detaching it from the keyboard and turns on when attaching it to the keyboard. Maybe there is a setting for that :\
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Yes, mine does that. But what if you're not actually using the keyboard? Such as opening the cover and bending it back to just use the Tab for reading or playing a game? I would think a sensor should detect it being open and turn on.
Yeah! I guess it could be done for example using the light and/or proximity sensor. Maybe there is such an app in playstore. I would be surprised if there wasn't one :\
jsalatas said:
Yeah! I guess it could be done for example using the light and/or proximity sensor. Maybe there is such an app in playstore. I would be surprised if there wasn't one :\
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Didn't even think to look (until now). There's a paid app called Smart Cover that doesn't work as we don't have a proximity sensor and another called Smart Screen On/Off that will let you double tap to turn off that works, so at least there is less wear on the Powe button.
Ramer said:
at least there is less wear on the Powe button.
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Well if this is what you are worried about, then you can wake your device using your fingerprint without pressing any buttons.
If you want also to turn off your screen without pressing any hard button, then I guess you can use the app that I created for my Samsung Galaxy Note 8, which turns off the screen allowing it to unlock using biometrics and which is completely free (I'm happy just by knowing that people find it useful)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gr.ictpro.jsalatas.screenoff

Proximity Sensor on Samsung A50

I'm pretty sure our A50s don't have a Proximity Sensor.
I don't use smart stay, but I do notice on phone calls that the screen sometimes goes from black to on at random times during the call. Is anyone else experiencing this? It's driving me crazy!
CiaronDarcOne said:
I'm pretty sure our A50s don't have a Proximity Sensor.
I don't use smart stay, but I do notice on phone calls that the screen sometimes goes from black to on at random times during the call. Is anyone else experiencing this? It's driving me crazy!
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A50 have proximity sensor
When the screen goes black,you're near the sensor
On the screenshot you can see almost all our sensors (Sensor Box for Android ln Play Store)
CiaronDarcOne said:
I'm pretty sure our A50s don't have a Proximity Sensor.
I don't use smart stay, but I do notice on phone calls that the screen sometimes goes from black to on at random times during the call. Is anyone else experiencing this? It's driving me crazy!
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Other sensors
Arnaud Créative Studios said:
A50 have proximity sensor
When the screen goes black,you're near the sensor
On the screenshot you can see almost all our sensors (Sensor Box for Android ln Play Store)
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Ah okay. Thanks - I downloaded that app you have and tested it. When my finger is right up against it it goes to 0cm. When I lift it off slightly it jumps right up to 5cm. Is that normal? What happened to everything in between?
CiaronDarcOne said:
What happened to everything in between?
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I think pretty nothing as it is irrelevant. It is simple on/off switch for dimming screen when phone at the ear.
I guess so. I've just never noticed it so much with any other phone. I don't usually press my ear right up to the ear piece though. Usually I have about 1-2cm distance. Is there any way to increase the screen cut off distance?
CiaronDarcOne said:
Ah okay. Thanks - I downloaded that app you have and tested it. When my finger is right up against it it goes to 0cm. When I lift it off slightly it jumps right up to 5cm. Is that normal? What happened to everything in between?
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It's normal with all proximity sensors
CiaronDarcOne said:
Ah okay. Thanks - I downloaded that app you have and tested it. When my finger is right up against it it goes to 0cm. When I lift it off slightly it jumps right up to 5cm. Is that normal? What happened to everything in between?
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The proximity sensor which we use in the mobile phones are with the capability of sensing any object comes in front of them . The longer it can sense is about 5 cm. The proximity sensor just sense the presence of object (within 5 cm) and not the distance between them . So it's normal.
Proximity sensor is there
Proximity sensor is present in all the phones and it is also present in Samsung galaxy a50 just that is very small and is present on top of the front camera..
By default the proximity sensor should be on for every phone but samsung galaxy phone in software it is off..
to check if your proximity sensor is on or off you would have to dial *#077692# in your keypad and the proximity sensor screen will open.. there you can the status.. if it is off there is a small button on top which would turn it on.. to check if the sensor is working properly.. put your finger on top of the front camera and if the screen goes green then the sensor is working fine without any issues..
Hope this fixes your concern..
How do i **** off proximity sensor?
CiaronDarcOne said:
I'm pretty sure our A50s don't have a Proximity Sensor.
I don't use smart stay, but I do notice on phone calls that the screen sometimes goes from black to on at random times during the call. Is anyone else experiencing this? It's driving me crazy!
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proximity sensor is located on upper left corner just above the screen. u can see it in action during call through another camera.

flip cover app that turns off the screen

Hi all, I tried several apps that turns off the screen when using a flip cover case. None of them work properly. Does anyone knows where I can find a working one.
*it isn't an official Samsung flipcover case
Thanks in advance
No one will work I think, frustrating, I used gravity screen app for turning on/off the screen via prox sensor, with past devices, but I found that with this note10+ with underscreen sensor it no longer worked, tried some othwr apps without success, my guess is that samsung no longer allows third party apps to make use of this sensor, so I think only their own flipcover case will work
winol said:
No one will work I think, frustrating, I used gravity screen app for turning on/off the screen via prox sensor, with past devices, but I found that with this note10+ with underscreen sensor it no longer worked, tried some othwr apps without success, my guess is that samsung no longer allows third party apps to make use of this sensor, so I think only their own flipcover case will work
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Makes sense in a way
I got smart screen on off to half way work...it will turn the screen when I open my flip cover. But will not turn it off. So I just use the double tap feature to shut down.
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Kudzus said:
I got smart screen on off to half way work...it will turn the screen when I open my flip cover. But will not turn it off. So I just use the double tap feature to shut down.
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Where can I find the double tap to sleep function?
Reaper1337 said:
Where can I find the double tap to sleep function?
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Settings/advanced features/motions and gestures.
Beetle84 said:
Settings/advanced features/motions and gestures.
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Double tap on / off is also in the app Smart screen on/off
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Timmothy83 said:
Hi all, I tried several apps that turns off the screen when using a flip cover case. None of them work properly. Does anyone knows where I can find a working one.
*it isn't an official Samsung flipcover case
Thanks in advance
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I can recommend the samsung led view case. Its pricey (90 aussie dollars, i got it for $62 on special)
But it does what it says it will, the in-built led panel in the front of the case displays notifications, and you can design your own icon for different apps/contactsvor use one of the 20+ included icons.
Beetle84 said:
Settings/advanced features/motions and gestures.
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But that's to turn the screen on, not to turn it off.
Reaper1337 said:
But that's to turn the screen on, not to turn it off.
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Absolutely correct, sorry... I misread your post. If you want double tap to sleep, you need to use nova or lawnchair or another 3rd party launcher. Its really odd that samsung hasn't included it to their launcher.
Thanks for the info!
I made a double tap to sleep gesture with nova

Question How to wake up my new phone with a wave (proximity?)

I just upgraded from an S8 to a 21 FE, I had this setup where my screen will turn off using the proximity sensor, so when I open my case cover or lift it up from the table it just turns on automatically.
Upgrading, I notice the apps I used (Gravity Screen, Smart Screen On Off) are not working as they used to. In most tests, I did seem to suggest the proximity sensor only responds when the front lens is covered by my thumb instead of just hovering over with my hand like before. I did the *#77692# test and the Proximity sensor is working fine then WHEN I enable it so I'm at a lost here, is this a technical issue, is this by design
EnigmaXtreme said:
I just upgraded from an S8 to a 21 FE, I had this setup where my screen will turn off using the proximity sensor, so when I open my case cover or lift it up from the table it just turns on automatically.
Upgrading, I notice the apps I used (Gravity Screen, Smart Screen On Off) are not working as they used to. In most tests, I did seem to suggest the proximity sensor only responds when the front lens is covered by my thumb instead of just hovering over with my hand like before. I did the *#77692# test and the Proximity sensor is working fine then WHEN I enable it so I'm at a lost here, is this a technical issue, is this by design
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Didn't you find the gesture to double tap the screen to wake up?
ze7zez said:
Didn't you find the gesture to double tap the screen to wake up?
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I did, but I'm used to waving my phone awake with both my hand and by opening my phone case, but it seems the more recent Galaxy phones don't allow the same use of the proximity sensor
EnigmaXtreme said:
I did, but I'm used to waving my phone awake with both my hand and by opening my phone case, but it seems the more recent Galaxy phones don't allow the same use of the proximity sensor
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A touch sensor while the screen is locked can consume less power than a proximity sensor placed in a camera, for example.

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