Help NO proximity sensor

[WMitty]

Hi
I'm a new owner of a Galaxy Ace but i cannot turn on proximity sensor.

When I press

"menu" - "settings" - "call settings" - "additional settings"

I am offered the following

"Caller ID"
"Call waiting"

But no "Turn on proximity sensor"

Any suggestions would be welcome

 

[chismay]

Hi
I'm a new owner of a Galaxy Ace but i cannot turn on proximity sensor.

When I press

"menu" - "settings" - "call settings" - "additional settings"

I am offered the following

"Caller ID"
"Call waiting"

But no "Turn on proximity sensor"

Any suggestions would be welcome

its always on, when you make a call and put the phone to your ear, you see the screen light goes off? that's what the proximity sensor does

 

[WMitty]

Tks Chrismay
do you know why i cant access the on/off option

 

[Gammer]

Tks Chrismay
do you know why i cant access the on/off option

It turns itself on/off automaticaly when you make or receive a call,like Chris said it's only purpose is to turn the screen on/off when you move it to/from your ear.
There is no option to turn it on or off.

 

[WMitty]

Tks Gammer
the reason i thought there was an option is because the user manual on the samsung website says so
anyway tks again

 

[error974]

But in 2.3.3 (KPL) there is Turn on proximity sensor in options.

 

[WMitty]

Tks error974

can you explain 2.3.3 (KPL) ?

 

[SashiX]

Hi
When I press

"menu" - "settings" - "call settings" - "additional settings"

I am offered the following

"Caller ID"
"Call waiting"

But no "Turn on proximity sensor"

Tks error974
can you explain 2.3.3 (KPL) ?

Update (via Kies) your Ace to v2.3.3 (or higher) and you will find that option in Additional settings

 

[WMitty]

Tks SashiX
when i connected Kies it tells of i have the most up to date version namely 2.2.1.

 

[SashiX]

Wait a little bit more for official 2.3.3 update

 

[chismay]

yeah your right ive now got the option in 2.3 to turn it off / on

dont see the point though

 

[theCrazyGod]

Like Chris said, Proximity sensor's only purpose is to turn the screen on/off when you move it to/from your ear.
However, if you really need to turn it on/off in 2.2.x; download 'elixir' free app from android market. It let u see all the sensors in the phone and allows enabling/disabling them. It also gives a lot more information about phone's other components as well as environment vars.