S10 plus touch sensitivity not working - Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers

I have a stock s10 plus. at first, the issue happened when I tried to pull my notification panel down but realized touch screen isnt working but its localized toward the top. Over the next few days, the area spread from top of the notifications bar to half of the screen and finally to my fingerprint scanner. I though the display is damaged but testing it with *#0*# test prove its working. locking the screen and unlocking it seems to fix it temporarily but it happened after a minute or two. my device feels laggy when the display is working normally. No visual damage nor did I damage it in any way

Arizzrn said:
I have a stock s10 plus. at first, the issue happened when I tried to pull my notification panel down but realized touch screen isnt working but its localized toward the top. Over the next few days, the area spread from top of the notifications bar to half of the screen and finally to my fingerprint scanner. I though the display is damaged but testing it with *#0*# test prove its working. locking the screen and unlocking it seems to fix it temporarily but it happened after a minute or two. my device feels laggy when the display is working normally. No visual damage nor did I damage it in any way
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Maybe try to factory reset to see if it resolves the issue.

Keno_I said:
Maybe try to factory reset to see if it resolves the issue.
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doesn't work. i even tried using the firmware that worked before and had no issue but it doesn't work now

Saeremi said:
doesn't work. i even tried using the firmware that worked before and had no issue but it doesn't work now
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Possible water damage?
It sounds like mobo issue... as the display tests normally and firmware doesn't fix it.
Try a hard reboot.

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Touchscreen issues

I've experienced some serious touch issues in the past two days. It's happened very randomly and I can't replicate the issues. The screen losses touch sensitivity and I can't do anything, then it randomly comes back after 10 seconds only to animate every touch I made during the 10 second lull.
Has anyone had any touch issues like me?
Edit: disregard this post. got the forums mixed up with another device.
bryancotton84 said:
I've experienced some serious touch issues in the past two days. It's happened very randomly and I can't replicate the issues. The screen losses touch sensitivity and I can't do anything, then it randomly comes back after 10 seconds only to animate every touch I made during the 10 second lull.
Has anyone had any touch issues like me?
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sounds like a software glitch, is anything eating up the processor?
I'm on LRX210 out of the box. I haven't had any battery stat app running but nothing unusual is going on in the regular battery app
I have this issue as well. Drives me nuts when I'm playing clash of clans. Found a sprint forum post that says it could relate to screen protectors? I have an invisible shield on right now.
Mauk80 said:
I have this issue as well. Drives me nuts when I'm playing clash of clans. Found a sprint forum post that says it could relate to screen protectors? I have an invisible shield on right now.
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I have a screen protector but I've never had issues with it before. The touchscreen is COMPLETELY unresponsive 100% of the time
cowkong said:
I have a screen protector but I've never had issues with it before. The touchscreen is COMPLETELY unresponsive 100% of the time
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Have you updated to 5.1? Since 5.1, there were significant changes that appear to have been made to proximity sensor that seem to be affected by any sort of screen protector that may cover it. If your protector covers the sensor, then I suggest removing it.
I haven't. I currently have the notification on my lockscreen (since I can still use the power button and view that basic info). It simply just stopped working while I was using it. Going into the Sprint store early this afternoon
My N6 arrived yesterday and was immediately unusable. The keyboard filled in a ton of garbage when I was asked to first enter my name ... Power cycled to try again and have had nothing but reliability issues with typing at times the screen will lock while trying to type (no response) or assume I've clicked when I haven't which makes accurate data entry impossible.
wiped, reset and upgraded software from 5.0 to 5.01 to 5.1 - had to remove my ATT sim which initially blocked this process and reset. Issues are still present seems like the screen is defective.
Support has issued an RMA to return the device after suggesting they would replace. Not a great start.
im having the same issue with my nexus, i went back to stock, not even rooted anymore, still doing it, its driving me nuts..
RMA. It's quite obvious you have a hardware problem.
graydiggy said:
RMA. It's quite obvious you have a hardware problem.
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I'm actually not so sure that it is. I've seen this issue intermittently across 3 different devices, but only on 5.1.1 firmwares.
semperfi123 said:
I'm actually not so sure that it is. I've seen this issue intermittently across 3 different devices, but only on 5.1.1 firmwares.
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Although we're in an pls thread, I tend to agree. If it was a hardware issue, I don't think we'd see the OS acting out the touches later.. It means the hardware actually accepted the input but the OS didn't do any thing., Likely an OS hang or something.
bryancotton84 said:
I've experienced some serious touch issues in the past two days. It's happened very randomly and I can't replicate the issues. The screen losses touch sensitivity and I can't do anything, then it randomly comes back after 10 seconds only to animate every touch I made during the 10 second lull.
Has anyone had any touch issues like me?
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I have a Samsung Tab 3 and recently the touch screen has gone haywire. I drop a troop at 12oc and heal spell drops randomly at 6oc or wherever. I click on the screen and the screen zooms in and out irradictly . Trying to do a raid must less a war attack is impossible. Anyone have the same issues?
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I have a Samsung Tab 3 and recently the touch screen has gone haywire. I drop a troop at 12oc and heal spell drops randomly at 6oc or wherever. I click on the screen and the screen zooms in and out irradictly . Trying to do a raid must less a war attack is impossible. Anyone have the same issues?
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Issues with Fingerprint Scanner

I've had my Note9 (Tmo) since release, so about 2 weeks now. Usually a quick tap of my finger on the fingerprint scanner and the phone immediately jumps to life and I'm on the home screen. But today it's acting erratically. Now it takes like 5 or 6 presses for it to register, and that's only after I turn the phone on first (it won't skip sleep and go directly to the home screen anymore).
I tried a rebooting, recreating my prints, as well as making sure the scanner is wiped perfectly clean, and that worked... But only for a little while, the issue has come right back.
Anyone else seeing similar issues?
Do other sensors work as expected?
On my previous Note8, when sensors stop working due to hardware fault, the fingerprints also did not work.
BTW I have not experienced the same issue on my Note9 yet.
Are you using a theme? If so that could be the issue. Uninstall theme and try fingerprint again.
Wash your hands.
I also have this issue, it's pretty annoying. On the lockscreen, the phone says "fingerprint-sensor not responding, try again later", and that's it. Tried wiping cache from the recovery menu, nothing.
Try typing *#0*# into the dialer and go to sensors test, should be able to determine if your finger print reader is faulty or not there.
Try cleaning the fingerprint scanner or using a wet wipe on your finger. As the lack of moisture is probably what is causing this issue. It happened to me a few times in HK.
I have the same issue.
My scanner is now telling my "fingerprint wet." But my fingers aren't wet, and I wiped the scanner down several times. Like the OP says, it works for 1 or 2 swipes, then won't recognize my fingerprint.
I'm having the same issue with my Note9. In my case, the problem happens ONLY if I had my phone in my pocket more than 1 minute, the fingerprint sensor just won't work, it's not like it doesn't recognize it, it's dead. I have to wait about 10 seconds putting my finger on the sensor 'til it works. I have tried everything. I'm pretty sure it's something in the software related to the phone being in my pocket (not because the phone's been idle), because when I go to bed and put my phone on the table, the next morning I just grab my phone and immediately the fingerprint sensor takes me to my home screen, no problem.
Namuna said:
I've had my Note9 (Tmo) since release, so about 2 weeks now. Usually a quick tap of my finger on the fingerprint scanner and the phone immediately jumps to life and I'm on the home screen. But today it's acting erratically. Now it takes like 5 or 6 presses for it to register, and that's only after I turn the phone on first (it won't skip sleep and go directly to the home screen anymore).
I tried a rebooting, recreating my prints, as well as making sure the scanner is wiped perfectly clean, and that worked... But only for a little while, the issue has come right back.
Anyone else seeing similar issues?
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Do you guys have solution to this I been having this issue for a month or so now and i think it is getting worse.
Hi guys, be brave and call Samsung. The phone is under warranty.
They will collect it and drop it off for free, after repairing it and putting your phone back to water and dust resistant.
It took me about 10 days all together, if not less.
florin_stann said:
Hi guys, be brave and call Samsung. The phone is under warranty.
They will collect it and drop it off for free, after repairing it and putting your phone back to water and dust resistant.
It took me about 10 days all together, if not less.
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I've had samsung repair experienced before my Galaxy s8+ it took them about 5 business days turn around repair it was just software issue.. But with this fingerprint if it's just software glitch or setting i rather do that first but if not I might have do warranty claim.. it always take 2-3 tap for me to work on the fingerprint this is way way slower than my S9+.. Did you have fingerprint issue?
It is definitely not software. Days i have spent uninstalling apps and themes and testing and then resettimg it all and so on and so forth!
It seemed at the beginning that a factory reset is enough, but next day it would start again.
It finally gave up and i have called Samsung, as i do not buy insurrance for my phones and they sorted me out.
I knew it was not software when i have booted the Note into safe mode and it behaved just the same.
skyethur said:
I've had samsung repair experienced before my Galaxy s8+ it took them about 5 business days turn around repair it was just software issue.. But with this fingerprint if it's just software glitch or setting i rather do that first but if not I might have do warranty claim.. it always take 2-3 tap for me to work on the fingerprint this is way way slower than my S9+.. Did you have fingerprint issue?
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Sorry, forgot to quote you in my reply above.
Anyway, now after the repair, the Note responds diferently, it unlocks fast as hell using the fingerprint.
Try erasing all your fingerprints and re-registering them all over again. As sometimes your fingerprint settings maybe corrupted by a OS update.
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It is definitely not software. Days i have spent uninstalling apps and themes and testing and then resettimg it all and so on and so forth!
It seemed at the beginning that a factory reset is enough, but next day it would start again.
It finally gave up and i have called Samsung, as i do not buy insurrance for my phones and they sorted me out.
I knew it was not software when i have booted the Note into safe mode and it behaved just the same.
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Mine isn't like that. Fingerprint sensor works once the device is already in use but once in sleep mode for awhile it will take 2-3 taps for it to unlock and it doesnt happen all the time so My issue is sensor sensitivity and it seems to me that the sensor is not getting any power once in sleep mode to save battery that's why it is less sensitive that's just my opinion. But I already made a ticket to samsung and unfortunately the repair center which I dont trust at all the uBreakifix do not have the sensor in stock. So I may have to call in to ship out my phone.
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iceepyon said:
Try erasing all your fingerprints and re-registering them all over again. As sometimes your fingerprint settings maybe corrupted by a OS update.
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I have already re-register my finger about 20 times but seems to happen over and over.
note 9 fingerprint issues
Namuna said:
I've had my Note9 (Tmo) since release, so about 2 weeks now. Usually a quick tap of my finger on the fingerprint scanner and the phone immediately jumps to life and I'm on the home screen. But today it's acting erratically. Now it takes like 5 or 6 presses for it to register, and that's only after I turn the phone on first (it won't skip sleep and go directly to the home screen anymore).
I tried a rebooting, recreating my prints, as well as making sure the scanner is wiped perfectly clean, and that worked... But only for a little while, the issue has come right back.
Anyone else seeing similar issues?
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i am and i wish i knew how to fix it
*#0*# sensor test says that the RESET test has failed. I'm getting random reboots while not using the device.
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Try typing *#0*# into the dialer and go to sensors test, should be able to determine if your finger print reader is faulty or not there.
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The test shows RESET: Failed. Everything else is a PASS. It must be a hardware problem. I am getting random reboots while on standby when the fingerprint sensor is turned on.

COR-L29 8.2.0. 131 - Weird touchscreen behavior - Please Advice

Hey everyone,
I recently bought my new Honor Play.
First night I noticed something but didn't have time to investigate it any further.
When my device is laying on the table or bed I can't fully control the screen (top and bottom).
For example:
I want to bring my notification/settings area down and its not reacting (using cut-out, tried full bar ... same result).
Neither is the navigation button (using 1 but tried it with 3 ... same result).
The weird part is that it's happening only if the device is laying directly on something (table/bed/box/etc.).
I assumed that it could be something with gyroscope, but when the phone is horizontal in hands (tested with compass gyroscope 0°) everything is fine.
Ok i guessed it could be a few things, so here is the list of what I already tried:
fingerprint scrolldown notification X
smart & automatic rotation X
unwanted pocket call accept X
different notification bar settings X
different navigation bar settings X
different themes (original x usermade) X
different screen settings (FHD+/ HD+; small/medium/big text and view mode)
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everything with/without protective case (product ID : 51992528)
I noticed it the first night (sunday) and since then i received two or three updates and it's still the same. Now I'm a bit worried it can be a HW thing.
OR
Could it be from a protective glass ? On second thought I dont think it is when its OK when not laying on smthing...
Thanks everyone for advice!
Have you removed the screen protector to verify that? I would advise you reset the phone after that. Don't forget to backup your data.
Is it one of those glove mode or pocket mode things?
pja1985430 said:
Have you removed the screen protector to verify that?
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No I did not. I will when I buy a new one.
pja1985430 said:
I would advise you reset the phone after that. Don't forget to backup your data.
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I'll try.
_a! said:
Is it one of those glove mode or pocket mode things?
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Tried both. No effect.
Anybody with Honor Play who can try it?
I'm wondering if it's just me.
Sounds like a poor grounding of the display digitalizer. I’m afraid it’s a hardware defect. Mine has no problem detecting fingers when it’s on a table.
ByoBcz said:
Anybody with Honor Play who can try it?
I'm wondering if it's just me.
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I can't reproduce your problem with my Honor Play. It's in a case, no screen protector though. It acts exactly the same whether it's lying down on a table or I'm holding it.
I have the same thing, bought a 15€ screen protector so I ain't peeling this off..
Gotta take a look from the settings. Will update on it soon.
Me too I am having this weird touch behavior and I don't know whether it's a hardware issue or a software one

Touch screen unresponsive at the very bottom

All of a sudden the lower part of display (about 7 mm) has become unresponsive to touch which means no more gestures (swipe up to get to home screen is not working) e struggle to use the classic navigation buttons.
Sadly I had the same issue in my mi5 but in that case phone had the issue since the unboxing.
I'm starting thinking the xiaomi touchscreen tend to be more fragile than others.
Now I'm waiting for gearbest support.
Anyone has any advice or similar experience?
I made a screen recording
https://youtu.be/bIOUK1V56Ao
No one? Any advice?
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No one? Any advice?
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Regarding Xiaomi Quality
While climbing into my truck, I dropped my Mi8 from a height of about 4 ft on accident and it landed flat on its face , on the concrete. Freaked out, I left it laying their for about a minute fearing that the screen had been smashed into a million pieces. However, I picked it up to see that it was fine, and not a single scratch. So I immediately went out and bought the Love Mei 360 case.
Anyway, regarding your touch issue, you should really provide more some information about how this issue came about, what rom were you using, did the phone get wet, etc.
Also, I had an issue with my Mi8 soon after unlocking the bootloader where the top part of the screen would not register my touches, I first tried recalibrating the screen using Miui hidden settings app, the test is called QMMI ( I think) and if I remember correctly there are several menus of testing that also calibrate the screen for me this worked and for good measure I reinstalled a Miui rom and havent had the issue since.
Try it, hopefully that is the only issue. If you are using a AOSP. It's possible that you have a driver issue. So before sending the phone off for service its worth testing.. If you are on stock and still have a locked bootloader, I would try resetting the phone before trying anything else.
Good Luck.
Some gravedigging, but the question is still on the table - have you managed to fix it?

Always on Display Issue

Is anyone else having an issue with the always on display? Not a big deal but occasionally the AOD goes off and the tap to wake function doesn't work. Unlocking/locking the phone fixes it but it reoccurs again randomly through the day.
andrewd71 said:
Is anyone else having an issue with the always on display? Not a big deal but occasionally the AOD goes off and the tap to wake function doesn't work. Unlocking/locking the phone fixes it but it reoccurs again randomly through the day.
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I was having the same issue when I had the edge notification app installed that makes the screen light up around the camera when you get a notification.
Uninstalled and no issues since
Tap to wake not working for me
Not sure if this is connected but in addition to the always on display/tap to wake issue when I'm in a phone call the screen will stay off even when I move the phone from my ear to hang up, see the keypad etc. Again I have to use the power button to wake the screen. A problem with the proximity sensor perhaps?
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Not sure if this is connected but in addition to the always on display/tap to wake issue when I'm in a phone call the screen will stay off even when I move the phone from my ear to hang up, see the keypad etc. Again I have to use the power button to wake the screen. A problem with the proximity sensor perhaps?
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Do you have any notification or edge lighting apps installed?
Mdizzle1 said:
Do you have any notification or edge lighting apps installed?
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No, I've not installed any apps like that.
I am having both the issue with always on display and the screen staying off during a call even when it's not up to my face. I don't have any edge display app installed. They happened right out of the box. Glad it's not just me.
czm said:
I am having both the issue with always on display and the screen staying off during a call even when it's not up to my face. I don't have any edge display app installed. They happened right out of the box. Glad it's not just me.
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This is an odd one - are you using a case? I just had a case through the post this morning and now using the phone with the case the issues have stopped! I'll keep checking through the day but as of now all is good.
andrewd71 said:
This is an odd one - are you using a case? I just had a case through the post this morning and now using the phone with the case the issues have stopped! I'll keep checking through the day but as of now all is good.
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Not using a case. It's sporadic. Tap to wake works fine for a while and then stops. The issue during calls is constant. Not major issues just niggles.
Not noticed any bugs with ambient display, but it has used 20 percent battery in 21hrs.
Seems a bit high to me, have just turned it off, not worth a 5th of my battery.
czm said:
I am having both the issue with always on display and the screen staying off during a call even when it's not up to my face. I don't have any edge display app installed. They happened right out of the box. Glad it's not just me.
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Yeah I'm having both issues happen RANDOMLY as well. I'm HOPING Google will put out a fix for these two issues very soon.
Tried working with Google's Tech Support Team via chat earlier on the AOD issue. Tried a few things like clearing the cache of the launcher & restarting in Safe Mode then back to Normal Mode, and it seems to be doing it less but then it just did it again for a short time like an hour ago.
Using a case, no edge stuff, and also using Nova Launcher (though it happened in Pixel Launcher as well).
If anyone finds a fix for this, I would appreciate it too!
RockStar2005 said:
Yeah I'm having both issues happen RANDOMLY as well. I'm HOPING Google will put out a fix for these two issues very soon.
Tried working with Google's Tech Support Team via chat earlier on the AOD issue. Tried a few things like clearing the cache of the launcher & restarting in Safe Mode then back to Normal Mode, and it seems to be doing it less but then it just did it again for a short time like an hour ago.
Using a case, no edge stuff, and also using Nova Launcher (though it happened in Pixel Launcher as well).
If anyone finds a fix for this, I would appreciate it too!
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Mine is fine for a while them randomly the tap-to-wake won't respond. I had also hoped that the OTA would have addressed, but maybe it is affecting far fewer users than other bugs.
czm said:
Mine is fine for a while them randomly the tap-to-wake won't respond. I had also hoped that the OTA would have addressed, but maybe it is affecting far fewer users than other bugs.
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Yeah. Seems like more and more people are noticing and like me reporting these various issues to Google. So hopefully the next batch will include fixes for all this stuff.
I have same two problem with AOD, touch to wake up and screen off/on when calling.
DOMIN_ said:
I have same two problem with AOD, touch to wake up and screen off/on when calling.
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I recommend you guys report these issues to Google so to increase the odds of them coming up with an OTA sooner than later. You can call them or chat with them via this link (as I did). Just scroll down to the bottom and choose your contact preference.
RockStar2005 said:
I recommend you guys report these issues to Google so to increase the odds of them coming up with an OTA sooner than later. You can call them or chat with them via this link (as I did). Just scroll down to the bottom and choose your contact preference.
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On the pixel support forum they also recommend you report it via settings>about phone>send feedback about device. I think this way it also easily picks up the log files.
I believe the answer to all of your questions lies in a faulty proximity sensor. I was driving myself nuts with all of these issues exactly, and no app was the culprit because I factory reset and still had the issue. I'm going to post a link to a Reddit thread that I found that confirmed my suspicions. on Wednesday of this week I went back to Verizon and traded the phone in and now I have received a phone that works 100% as expected.
Reddit thread.
Good luck all, hope this helps.
czm said:
On the pixel support forum they also recommend you report it via settings>about phone>send feedback about device. I think this way it also easily picks up the log files.
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Yeah I got an e-mail from the support guy to do that as well after he'd ask that I send a bug report. Just did it regarding AOD not staying on all the time and also.............I noticed that Hold for Me doesn't ALWAYS come up when calling businesses. Two examples include T-Mobile Customer Service & a local major hospital in Chicago. In most cases though, it does. Just an FYI. Not sure if this is something that they will fix, but I think it should come up all the time, or AT LEAST when you're calling an established business of ANY kind.
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Morpherios said:
I believe the answer to all of your questions lies in a faulty proximity sensor. I was driving myself nuts with all of these issues exactly, and no app was the culprit because I factory reset and still had the issue. I'm going to post a link to a Reddit thread that I found that confirmed my suspicions. on Wednesday of this week I went back to Verizon and traded the phone in and now I have received a phone that works 100% as expected.
Reddit thread.
Good luck all, hope this helps.
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Very interesting!
I REALLY don't want to send mine back because I've spent so much time setting it up already (and my sister's too lol). I did some changes in the settings so I'll just cross my fingers and hope it works right.
Is there a way to recalibrate the proximity sensor?
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Yeah I got an e-mail from the support guy to do that as well after he'd ask that I send a bug report. Just did it regarding AOD not staying on all the time and also.............I noticed that Hold for Me doesn't ALWAYS come up when calling businesses. Two examples include T-Mobile Customer Service & a local major hospital in Chicago. In most cases though, it does. Just an FYI. Not sure if this is something that they will fix, but I think it should come up all the time, or AT LEAST when you're calling an established business of ANY kind.
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Very interesting!
I REALLY don't want to send mine back because I've spent so much time setting it up already (and my sister's too lol). I did some changes in the settings so I'll just cross my fingers and hope it works right.
Is there a way to recalibrate the proximity sensor?
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I don't believe it's a calibration issue. The way mine worked (or didn't as the case may be) was sporadic and seemed to almost be as if the sensor or module was loose? Inside the housing. Quite literally, jostling it around would make it work sometimes. Furthermore, if you download the app in that reddit thread, the proximity sensor tester Link Here, you can sort of gauge yourself if it's actually occurring. With mine, sometimes it would work by swiping my hand over the sensor, the color would change. Other times, the color stayed the same, and as the video showed ,I could put pressure on where the sensor was and change the color. But if it wasn't working, jostling the phone around would sometimes make it work and the color would change.
Additionally in the advanced test in that app, it is supposed to tell you how far away from the sensor an object is. On my (nonworking) phone, that number for distance would be pegged at 0 regardless of how far away my hand was. However if I put pressure on the sensor, it would jump to like 5 cm.
See if your phone is doing these things. If so, I would recommend you get it replaced, as it likely will not work properly otherwise. Verizon deemed this a hardware issue when I swapped phones. Also note that I factory reset twice, and one of those times I imported literally nothing when setting it up. So it wasn't a settings or app issue. I do believe there's a rash of faulty proximity sensors going on here.
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I don't believe it's a calibration issue. The way mine worked (or didn't as the case may be) was sporadic and seemed to almost be as if the sensor or module was loose? Inside the housing. Quite literally, jostling it around would make it work sometimes. Furthermore, if you download the app in that reddit thread, the proximity sensor tester Link Here, you can sort of gauge yourself if it's actually occurring. With mine, sometimes it would work by swiping my hand over the sensor, the color would change. Other times, the color stayed the same, and as the video showed ,I could put pressure on where the sensor was and change the color. But if it wasn't working, jostling the phone around would sometimes make it work and the color would change.
Additionally in the advanced test in that app, it is supposed to tell you how far away from the sensor an object is. On my (nonworking) phone, that number for distance would be pegged at 0 regardless of how far away my hand was. However if I put pressure on the sensor, it would jump to like 5 cm.
See if your phone is doing these things. If so, I would recommend you get it replaced, as it likely will not work properly otherwise. Verizon deemed this a hardware issue when I swapped phones. Also note that I factory reset twice, and one of those times I imported literally nothing when setting it up. So it wasn't a settings or app issue. I do believe there's a rash of faulty proximity sensors going on here.
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Hey Morpherios,
Ok.............downloaded that app and tried it out several times. It passed some of the time, but then I'd try it again a few minutes later and it would fail on both tests. Ughh!!
You think even though it passed a few times I still need to replace it?

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