Help Dim red light

[Rackham12]

Hello,

I am new to this forum and I am excited to finally register after reading so many insightful posts!

I recently purchased the Samsung Galaxy S III and I am in love with it! It is truly a great phone. I switched over from iPhone 4 and I'm telling you I do not know why I didn't switch and ditch Apple earlier!

I am having a bit of an issue with a dim red light lit up on the far left of the camera and proximity sensor it is the first (left to right) hole in the front by the ear piece where you ear goes. It is always on! it is very dim and cannot really notice it until you are in a dark room or cup your hand over it.

i turned off all motions settings and do not have any gestures set on it. My other handset did that too. It was pebble color now i have the white.

Does any know what is going on?

 

[Rackham12]

I tried a reboot but no luck

 

[Rackham12]

I really think this phone is not worth it if not a lot of people have purchased it and have not noticed this

 

[scooter1942]

ive noticed that too. no idea what it is. ive got some motion settings on, but auto brightness off. so no idea what it is

 

[Rackham12]

What is that light for? is that the proximity sensor?

 

[Rackham12]

I need to find out if i got a lemon

 

[scooter1942]

yeah thats gotta be it. it doesnt light up on my homescreen, but when i go into a message thread, it lights up.

 

[Rackham12]

does it stay lit when you hit the lock button?

 

[DarkMage619]

What is that light for? is that the proximity sensor?

Pretty sure it is the proximity sensor. When you are in a message and you put the phone to your ear does it go to the dialer? If there is your answer!

The Dark One

 

[scooter1942]

no sir

 

[Rackham12]

nope i turned all motion sensor features off

 

[Rackham12]

Hmmm.... i need to know

 

[scooter1942]

does yours stay on when you lock it? sorry, thats what my 'no sir' was in response to

 

[Rackham12]

you think i should go get it exchanged out?

 

[phillyphill39]

It's the smartstay sensor. It'll light up right when you see the little eye show up. It's usually always working. Now if it's red and your screen is off that's a problem.

 

[Rackham12]

oh.. it just went off when i closed out of every app hmm.. but i have that setting off.

 

[scooter1942]

not sure... could just be a different setting you have enabled that youre unaware of.

 

[Rackham12]

i thought smart stay used front camera

 

[Rackham12]

When i turned on smart stay the light isn't lighting up anymore can anyone tell me why? but i turned the setting off and its lit now

 

[kboss375]

I do see this every now and then. Honestly I'm not super concerned about it.
As I type this right now I cant find the light. Not to sure what it could be, but it doesn't impact performance, and its not killing my battery. Just my thoughts

 

[Rackham12]

I guess I'll never figure it out. But like the above poster said I shouldn't worry about it.. Does anyone know where I can a weather widget that looks like Sense UI with live clouds like in the first HTC Inspire or some cool touchwiz widgets.. I hate my homescreen is cluttered with GoLauncher crap.

 

[tarek salem]

After i tried sooo many app to disable this sensor light. I found that the solution is to open viber and exit from it ( from settings select exit don:t exit by home button) and try ))

 

[rizsye]

hi ,
Tarek salem ur right i got the same problem when i uninstall viber every thing same like before

 

[Wisheezy]

What? Thats the front sensor for smartstay, direct call, etc, etc, etc it's ment to be on

 

[tmin]

After i tried sooo many app to disable this sensor light. I found that the solution is to open viber and exit from it ( from settings select exit don:t exit by home button) and try ))

sam problem with me.... it stopped when i exit from viber.... thank you man, you saved me a lot of time searching for the problem