Hey everyone!
My phone just started doing this today: During a phone call, screen shuts off when phone gets close to my face, as intended. But it doesn't turn back on when I pull it away. I usually have to pull the battery.
Downloaded an app to test the prox sensor. It shows a change when i put my hand it front of it, but never changes state when I move it away.
Any idea what could be causing this / possible fixes?
Hello.
When i have my smart stay enabled, and when i, for example, leave my phone on table beside me, not looking at it at all, screen is not turning off.. I have my screen timeout set to 30 seconds, and it is not turning off when i have smart stay enabled... Sometimes it turns off,and sometimes not.. I really like smart stay, and i dont want to turn it off, but im irritated because sometimes i just forget to push power button to turn screen off, and it stays on...
Any one got same problem or solution for this ?
You need to turn it off manually sometimes. Smart stay works so well that it will stay on in my truck at the lock screen even with sunglasses on. Small nuisance for how well it works when there is enough light. Doesn't bother me at all.
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Has anyone else noticed that when in a dark area, pressing the main button will turn on the screen but it will then automatically and immidiately turn off?
Several times I've gotten into a battle with the phone only to lose, turning it on and it turns off, then turning it on again and so on...
To compound the issue, in these situations it seems that double tap is signifigantly less responsive to activate the screen as well.
I'm pretty sure this phone is using some sort of facial recognition, it has smart stay doesnt it? I think it has gravity/accelerometer to turn on the screen when you pull it out of your pocket. In the back of my mind I'm thinking that since it cant see me it is shutting off but this doesnt seem consistent...
I'm running stock rom, rooted with twrp. Any ideas?
I have not experienced that. Did your G3 do that out of the box?
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Never heard of it. Screen is set to auto off in 30 seconds. Change it to 2 min and you should be good. If u running without a case then maybe the hand is touching the edges of screen this will also shut screen off in double tap.
BAD ASS G3
sublimaze said:
I have not experienced that. Did your G3 do that out of the box?
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I didn't notice it until the last week or so. but I kind of feel like that was because I hadn't used the phone that much up until then. I didn't make any major changes to the phone immediately before I started noticing it either, I had already had it rooted for about a week. I feel like the stock rom does have some glitches to it.
The G3 does have a "smart screen" feature that detects your face (Settings > Display). Disable that and see if it helps.
I've not run into this in the dark but have when I try and use my arm band holder when running. The holder covers the ambient light sensor so the phone thinks it was accidentally turned on like in a pocket and shuts right off. Super annoying.
Noticed similar behavior when the phone is in my bike mount at night. Basically it's acting like the proximity sensor is covered. In my bike mount's case, it is covered by a clear screen cover, but normally that doesn't trigger the proximity sensor. But when it's very dark out (not under a street light etc.), it seems to think it's blocked and turns itself off. Annoying.
randyspants said:
I've not run into this in the dark but have when I try and use my arm band holder when running. The holder covers the ambient light sensor so the phone thinks it was accidentally turned on like in a pocket and shuts right off. Super annoying.
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speedrabbit said:
Noticed similar behavior when the phone is in my bike mount at night. Basically it's acting like the proximity sensor is covered. In my bike mount's case, it is covered by a clear screen cover, but normally that doesn't trigger the proximity sensor. But when it's very dark out (not under a street light etc.), it seems to think it's blocked and turns itself off. Annoying.
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Have you tried disabling smart stay as sublimaze recommended?
Apache0c said:
Have you tried disabling smart stay as sublimaze recommended?
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Tried but remains the same... This was the only thread I found concerning this.
Ive had this issue too investigating now
Had that issue when I was using the lock screen face unlock. In the dark it didn't see my face and then it shut off. Setting is in lock screen section
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gabrielshaste said:
Had that issue when I was using the lock screen face unlock. In the dark it didn't see my face and then it shut off. Setting is in lock screen section
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Lol.
I have the same issue EVERY night. Why is that? It's very annoying
Same issue here
it seemed to resolve itself when I factory reset my phone
but after I got my apps reinstalled from my google backup it started again
so it seems like it's a software issue - not sure to which app it is related to
let me know if you find a fix - this is quite annoying
Me too. I've been facing this issue at night, when it's very dark.
Me and my buddy were in the car during a roadtrip and it was very dark, I mean like: No lights outside, no lights inside the car, the double tap feature didn't even work to begin with and whenever I tried to use the "Power Button" It would come on and then suddenly 'boom' Turn off, now this would happen a few times until it stays on. Weird...
I just experienced this myself, first time I've seen it happen in the 30 + G5's that I've sold. If it's in the dark it just doesn't turn on at all. I hope LG is fixing this. I'm about to Factory Reset it right now and hope for the best! Someone else mentioned that this is the only forum that is disccusing this issue. It must be a very few that are effected. I'm testing another one as we speak.
Has this issue been resolved? My friend's G3 also has this issue. Day time no problem. When it is dark the screen wont' stay on.
Same problem, no fix yet
Same problem here - Pointing it at any light and pressing the power button will turn it on. (As will plugging it into power). Tried tinkering with all sorts of settings (face recognition/auto dimming feature/etc) nothing worked. Tried factory reset, that didn't work either.
My issue started after i had my screen replaced (by a shady shop) who probably didn't do a good job of packing it back together....I'm going to see if I can have someone open it up and clean it out a bit..
I have the same issue on my G3. Even if you're under the covers in bed, the thing doesn't turn on until it gets light. It basically doesn't turn on in the dark through double tap and actually not even with the power button. It could become a safety hazard for someone in an emergency situation.
Nahdont said:
I have the same issue on my G3. Even if you're under the covers in bed, the thing doesn't turn on until it gets light. It basically doesn't turn on in the dark through double tap and actually not even with the power button. It could become a safety hazard for someone in an emergency situation.
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I have also same problem. No solution yet.
I wear my watch and I'm making a soft drink (example). Screen comes full on but there's no notifications..
I go to do some laundry, screen comes on again but there's no notifications.
I get home and put my bag down, turn on the TV and pick up the PS4 controller, screen comes on again but there's no notifications.
I want to check the time on my watch so I hold my wrist up to my face. Screen stays off. I hold it there for a second, then do something else like put some music on the hifi, whilst still wondering what the time is.
Is there a way to lock the watch so that this feature where it's supposed to tell if you're holding it upright to check the face, can be turned off? It seems I have 2 problems:
1. during my normal every day activities, the watch things I'm trying to check the time and so the screen comes on.
The problem with this is that during my every day activities, I'm not holding the watch upright and then keeping it still. The watch is on my arm and so would be moving around anywhere my arm was going. So, even if for a split second the face did come on, my expectation is that the face should switch off very quickly again once the motion sensors detected my arm being in a different place.
2. when I actually want to check the time sometimes there's a long delay before the screen comes on.
Anyone else have these problems?
I tried double tapping the button on the side as a means to keep the screen off until I want it on, but this also mutes the notifications so that's not good.
I'm assuming that your question is different than 'how do I turn off' the always on screen feature.
Open the android wear app on your phone
Click the gear button in the upper right to bring up the settings window.
Directly under 'Device Settings' where it says 'Huawei Watch' [Connected], click that line.
Under the 'Always-on screen' line is the 'tilt to wake screen' line.
Deselect that option, by default it is on.
Is anyone else having issues recently with their pixel 2XL being able to detect their face against it on a call.
Sometimes I'll be on a call and feel my phone vibrate and when I peek at the screen, I can see the screen is on and it's on a random page like my alarm settings, because my cheek pushed against a button on the home screen for example.
Also, when pulling the unit away from my face sometimes the unit doesn't light back up and i have to push the physical on button to get it to turn on.
Or even worse this week, I've noticed that after my phone doesn't light back up when I pull it away from my face and I try to turn it back on with the on button, it doesn't work... the screen never turns back on, I have to double push the button to get the camera to pop up and then dismiss it to get back to the home screen.
It's getting pretty frustrating. Has anyone had this issue? Anything I can look into to fix this?
I`ve been having this random issues with the proximity sensor and my phone not able to charge with the stock charger.
The proximity sensor is right by the ear piece so if you have your ear touching first it should, in theory, turn off the screen before your cheek touches the screen. Personally, I don't have my cheek touching at all while on a call but I have a slim face.
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Download a sensor test app and check for proximity sensor. I had a similar issue some time back. Reboot fixed it for me.