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Hero notification LEDs

Ok, I've had this over a month and I have never seen the second led blink or turn on.
The first one, near the "htc" letters above the screen, is on when charging and when I receive messages. The second one, above the "Sprint" letters on the top right corner, is never on.
Is it in fact a second notification led or us it there just to preserve the phone's symmetry?
Sorry if the question is ..retarded. thanks for the help.
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I don't believe there's an LED under there, it's just to make the phone symmetrical.

the one on the right side is the light sensor, for the auto-brightness feature

tatonka_hero said:
the one on the right side is the light sensor, for the auto-brightness feature
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It is for auto brightness.

OH! I had no idea, thank you very much
Am a bit disappointed though haha

Also used for the Proximity Sensor app which btw, works gr8!!

Also used for the Proximity Sensor app which btw, works gr8!!
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I was going to include that as the sensor not only detects light but also proximity to change the brightness when it is either dark or light, but also how close the phone is to your face.
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My screen always turns off during calls . . .

. . . and I have to hit the power button to turn the screen back on. To be more precise, the screen turns itself off when I hold the phone towards my ear during calls, and it does not turn itself back on when I hold it away from my ear.
This is obviously some power saving feature that doesn't work as well as it should, like a gimpy proximity sensor. Anyone know a workaround for this ?
I'm on Three Musketeers Sense 3.6 ROM.

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. . . and I have to hit the power button to turn the screen back on. To be more precise, the screen turns itself off when I hold the phone towards my ear during calls, and it does not turn itself back on when I hold it away from my ear.
This is obviously some power saving feature that doesn't work as well as it should, like a gimpy proximity sensor. Anyone know a workaround for this ?
I'm on Three Musketeers Sense 3.6 ROM.
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Well, ther is a proximity sensor there, near the camera on the top of the phone, on the screen side, and this screen-off thing is more like feature to save power and not to anoy you during the night when you talk to the phone
Don't know why it does that, maybe your sensor is faulty, but try to flash a different ROM and see if something changes, also make sure you don't keep your hand or finger near that sensor, just to be sure, i personally use this ROM and i don't expierience this issue.
Hope this helps

XDAMENS said:
. . . and I have to hit the power button to turn the screen back on. To be more precise, the screen turns itself off when I hold the phone towards my ear during calls, and it does not turn itself back on when I hold it away from my ear.
This is obviously some power saving feature that doesn't work as well as it should, like a gimpy proximity sensor. Anyone know a workaround for this ?
I'm on Three Musketeers Sense 3.6 ROM.
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I actually have this EXACT same issue and it is really annoying me.. I have a feeling it is the senor that is faulty, because I haven't even rooted my phone yet.. so everything is all on stock....

Lexmazter said:
Well, ther is a proximity sensor there, near the camera on the top of the phone, on the screen side, and this screen-off thing is more like feature to save power and not to anoy you during the night when you talk to the phone
Don't know why it does that, maybe your sensor is faulty, but try to flash a different ROM and see if something changes, also make sure you don't keep your hand or finger near that sensor, just to be sure, i personally use this ROM and i don't expierience this issue.
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Oh, dear
If only there was some way to turn off the proximity sensor like in my Galaxy S2.

XDAMENS said:
Oh, dear
If only there was some way to turn off the proximity sensor like in my Galaxy S2.
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If it is possible on Galaxy S2, then it is possible on any android phone , and it is, but there should be made a tool for that or a flashable zip, i'm not that experienced to tell you exactly what needs to be changed, but it can be done, that i know

Same problem here.
Changing roms didn't solve anything
Anybody have solution for this ?

If you have a screen protector covering it then it might be wise to make a cut out or take the protector off altogether.
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as i remeber , you can write something in the build.prop that will disable proxy sensor

Im having problem that is almost same. After a long call(when screen is turned off) it turns off but screen or softkeys dont reply any way.
I have to turn of the screen with power button and let it be around 10-15 seconds and turn it on. Then lockscreen appears and everything
works. This is really annoying because I cant cut the line any way.
Not using screen protector and tried couple of custom roms. Allways have the same issue.

nellisere said:
If you have a screen protector covering it then it might be wise to make a cut out or take the protector off altogether.
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No I don't have screen protector or cover.
Problem is identified with proximity sensor itself, on App " Android sensor box " if you select proximity sensor it reads always 0.0cm no mater what you do with phone.
It seems like HW failure, will have to look at it in more detail.
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as i remeber , you can write something in the build.prop that will disable proxy sensor
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I have tryed few Apps that will lock/disable proximity sensor but without success. It either acts the same or don't light the screen at all.
Anders can you help us with writing some code, I'm willing to be beta tester if you like ?

Sv: My screen always turns off during calls . . .
If you have issue with black screen after a call or something. Explain in detail how the error and what ROM and kernel And if you are s off and what hboot , then I will have a look
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anders3408 said:
If you have issue with black screen after a call or something. Explain in detail how the error and what ROM and kernel And if you are s off and what hboot , then I will have a look
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The problem is when you try to make a second call display turns off, phone is working you can talk, but you can't end the call or nothing because screen is off, so you have to turn it on or wake it by pressing power button.And it's happening only on every second call, so I make a first call, as soon as I try to make a second display turns off, and only power button wakes it, after that you can make the next call normaly, but problem repeats on second call.
Phone was stock on ICS 4.0.3, and making problems there. So it's now fully unlocked ( S-off ) Hboot is 1.28. I have tryed many custom roms, but the problem repeats
I think it's the hardware problem with proximity sensor.

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Markoj said:
The problem is when you try to make a second call display turns off, phone is working you can talk, but you can't end the call or nothing because screen is off, so you have to turn it on or wake it by pressing power button.And it's happening only on every second call, so I make a first call, as soon as I try to make a second display turns off, and only power button wakes it, after that you can make the next call normaly, but problem repeats on second call.
Phone was stock on ICS 4.0.3, and making problems there. So it's now fully unlocked ( S-off ) Hboot is 1.28. I have tryed many custom roms, but the problem repeats
I think it's the hardware problem with proximity sensor.
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I think too. Sounds like your proximity sensor is weird.
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To continue the story, I removed the MB and when the proximity sensor is out of the case, it works ok. When I put it back in case( behind screen ) it doesn't respond again.
Cleaning didn't help, will have to find another one to make sure what is the problem.

I have fixed my problem thanks to this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2022865

Does the one have a proximity sensor ? Screen remains on during call

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I came from a note 2 which had proximity sensors when I was on a call the screen turned off but when I took my ear away the screen came back on
I have noticed with my one the screen remains on and will turn off as normal when it goes to sleep (have it set to one min) when I finish the call I have to press the on switch to end the call
This is my second handset from 3 which is going back as there is screen problems tbh I can't remember if the same happened on my first
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Yes it does it's one of the sensors to the left of the top speaker grill works fine here. .....another replacement:banghead:
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Just checked with an app my proximity sensor isn't working grrrr
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Just cover the sensors up and see if you can get the back and home buttons to light up.

I also had the same issue on my One. Thought it was hardware related but then I was digging deeper into it (issues with other HTC devices etc.). Try the following: hold the phone near a bright light bulb or something and make a call. In my case, the phone worked as it should be: screen on during call and by covering the light/proximity sensor the screen turns off. Also check the sensor functions with an app from play store - remember, hold your phone in front of a bright light source. I determined the sensors are working fine but only above a certain light-sensor-threshold so it had to be a software issue. Technically, the proximity sensor is a part of the light sensor. If you are noticing the same behaviour, download the app Rezound Prox Sensor Calibrator with your rooted device and play with the threshold values. As far as i remember, my values were 16 and 28 or so. Can't look after it because my One was stolen last weekend

I've tried an app and the sensor is doing nothing ;( I'm not rooting as the are sending me a third handset
Looks like my sensor is not functioning tried your suggestion with the light also nowt ;(
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Just cover the sensors up and see if you can get the back and home buttons to light up.
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That's one thing I noticed my lights don't won't would say my sensor is caput
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My HTC One light sensor was working fine..But i noticed when talking on my phone in a very dark area the Proximity sensor was not working..Apps i tried showed a working light sensor but the proximity sensor would not work..Phone screen kept turning off with out even putting the phone near my face..
Found this app in the market and its revived my POS sensor in my phone..Settings that got my phone working properly was PS1_CANC(low threshold) set to 25 and the PS2_CANC(High Threshold) to 1
Figured this would be a worthy bump for anyone with Prox issues and don't have the option to return
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...yZWRpY29udHJvbC5Qcm94U2Vuc29yQ2FsaWJyYXRvciJd

mancuk29 said:
As question
I came from a note 2 which had proximity sensors when I was on a call the screen turned off but when I took my ear away the screen came back on
I have noticed with my one the screen remains on and will turn off as normal when it goes to sleep (have it set to one min) when I finish the call I have to press the on switch to end the call
This is my second handset from 3 which is going back as there is screen problems tbh I can't remember if the same happened on my first
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If you set the Sleep to Auto Sleep the screen will function correctly. I noticed mine was not working right meaning I'd have to turn it back on after a call as well so I changed to Auto Sleep and it seems to have fixed the issue. Hope this helps!

MissRose said:
If you set the Sleep to Auto Sleep the screen will function correctly. I noticed mine was not working right meaning I'd have to turn it back on after a call as well so I changed to Auto Sleep and it seems to have fixed the issue. Hope this helps!
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Seems to only have worked temporarily it was working a few weeks ago so may it has to do with an app or setting I changed.

[Q] Screen stays off during call no matter what I do!

When I am in a call, putting the phone to my face turns the screen off using the proximity sensor. However, removing the phone from my face does not turn the screen back on. Nothing turns it back on even if I push all the buttons or hold them or do anything unless the other person hangs up. I cannot remember when it started....before or after the recent update.....but it did start very recently. Any ideas? If I turn off the proximity sensor during calls it works fine by locking and unlocking the screen with the buttons.

MNDZA said:
When I am in a call, putting the phone to my face turns the screen off using the proximity sensor. However, removing the phone from my face does not turn the screen back on. Nothing turns it back on even if I push all the buttons or hold them or do anything unless the other person hangs up. I cannot remember when it started....before or after the recent update.....but it did start very recently. Any ideas? If I turn off the proximity sensor during calls it works fine by locking and unlocking the screen with the buttons.
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Is anything covering the front facing camera, or light sensor? Like a case, bad screen protector, etc....
Does your front facing camera work just fine as a camera?
How about air gestures? Do they work?
I'm asking these things because it seems your proximity sensors aren't working properly. Your phone thinks it's next to your head all the time, so it's not waking the screen until the other person ends call. We need to find out which one is acting up and why.

The front camera works, but in my office it seems VERY sensitive to light. The lights are glaring heavily. I never use the front camera so I don't know if that's normally how it was. Air gestures work when the screen is on (swiping left and right to view my photos), but the quick glance won't work when the phone is locked. The weird thing is that quick glance works when I do the "try it" tutorial only.
440bro said:
Is anything covering the front facing camera, or light sensor? Like a case, bad screen protector, etc....
Does your front facing camera work just fine as a camera?
How about air gestures? Do they work?
I'm asking these things because it seems your proximity sensors aren't working properly. Your phone thinks it's next to your head all the time, so it's not waking the screen until the other person ends call. We need to find out which one is acting up and why.
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Ok now it seems quick glance DOES work when the phone is off....I just couldn't do it correctly.
Main problem still exists though.

What rom are you using
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My note 2 started like this also. I don't know what's wrong with it.
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My phone is completely stock and not rooted.

MNDZA said:
My phone is completely stock and not rooted.
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then i would contact att and get a warrenty replacement

jerrycoffman45 said:
then i would contact att and get a warrenty replacement
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I was thinking that, but I'm tempted on resetting my phone and seeing if that helps. The problem is that I would lose all my app data and I'd hate to deal with that.

MNDZA said:
I was thinking that, but I'm tempted on resetting my phone and seeing if that helps. The problem is that I would lose all my app data and I'd hate to deal with that.
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att will ask you to do that when you call

MNDZA said:
When I am in a call, putting the phone to my face turns the screen off using the proximity sensor. However, removing the phone from my face does not turn the screen back on. Nothing turns it back on even if I push all the buttons or hold them or do anything unless the other person hangs up. I cannot remember when it started....before or after the recent update.....but it did start very recently. Any ideas? If I turn off the proximity sensor during calls it works fine by locking and unlocking the screen with the buttons.
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Unfortunately this sounds like a bad proximity sensor. This can be verified by testing the sensor by dialing *#0*#
I had this happen to my last Note 3. The only difference was I could turn the screen back on with the home button.

done12many2 said:
Unfortunately this sounds like a bad proximity sensor. This can be verified by testing the sensor by dialing *#0*#
I had this happen to my last Note 3. The only difference was I could turn the screen back on with the home button.
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I tried that *#0*# test and I can activate the proximity sensor, but it seems to stay on after that.

This is a known issue with our phone. I had this issue myself. Plenty of times. Just call ATT and ask for a replacement.

Yeah I just found this:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...-3-proximity-sensor-issue-during-calls-5.html

It's not a software issue use canned air and blow by the speaker and the headphone jack als o press on the back of the phone . This has happened to me
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i stumbled upon this thread and took my phone apart and sure enough there was lint in it. in the dial pad using the *#0*# method, when i covered the sensor the screen would light green, vibrate, and stay that way after i moved my hand away. i cleaned it and everything is perfect!!!

Try this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fls4NIRJ1IQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Anyone else note 4 recent and back touch keys flicker?

Just got my replacement note 4,not sure if old one did this,but when after having screen asleep when hitting power or home button to wake screen up the touch keys will sometime lightly blink once before coming completely on with screen,doesn't do it every time,it's a bit random,wondering if anyone else see's this flicker?

To test if you turn off touch key duration completely in display settings,and then turn screen off and back on u can see the touch keys still ever so slightly light up,at least on mine,just trying to figure out if normal or not.

Raver27 said:
Just got my replacement note 4,not sure if old one did this,but when after having screen asleep when hitting power or home button to wake screen up the touch keys will sometime lightly blink once before coming completely on with screen,doesn't do it every time,it's a bit random,wondering if anyone else see's this flicker?
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It's really faint can't see in normal light,have to be in dark.

Really?Noone?

Yes, I see this on mine. And it doesn't really bother me.

Ok lol as long as I'm not alone

Mine do as well. Hadn't noticed it until I read this thread. Also, I couldn't really tell until I covered tje the screen and just focused on the touch keys.
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flipq88 said:
Mine do as well. Hadn't noticed it until I read this thread. Also, I couldn't really tell until I covered tje the screen and just focused on the touch keys.
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I didn't notice till I was up late a few nights ago and all the lights was off.