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idhbar said:
I think there is no hardware for light sensor ,only binary code for controling screen off during call.
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Thx mate
I too feel the same.
But during call I observed that screen goes off when getting near ear and goes on if i take it far.
It happens sometimes though
But I dunno how :confused:
 
idhbar said:
I think there is no hardware for light sensor ,only binary code for controling screen off during call.
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prasad12ka4 said:
Thx mate
I too feel the same.
But during call I observed that screen goes off when getting near ear and goes on if i take it far.
It happens sometimes though
But I dunno how :confused:
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Guys there is a sensor. When you are looking at the screen, its at the top right hand corner.

Call a number and put your finger on the top tight corner and you will see the display go off.
 
There is no sensor on the screen.
But specification says it has.If you open the back cover , you will find they are in the corners.
 
prasad12ka4 said:
Tried,
Display stays on..doesnt go off mate...
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I am agree with you .screen does not goes off every time during call. It should works every time like other set having real visible sensors on right of the top of screen.

Another thing you may noticed that our ph does not have any Auto Brightness control, even non of the third party auto brightness control apps work for us.
 
idhbar said:
I am agree with you .screen does not goes off every time during call. It should works every time like other set having real visible sensors on right of the top of screen.

Another thing you may noticed that our ph does not have any Auto Brightness control, even non of the third party auto brightness control apps work for us.
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Yes, true.
But for me, the screen does go out at times when I hold in a specific position, I dont know how.
And as for auto brightness control , even xperia X8i never had it although it had both the sensors.
 
prasad12ka4 said:
Yes, true.
But for me, the screen does go out at times when I hold in a specific position, I dont know how.
And as for auto brightness control , even xperia X8i never had it although it had both the sensors.
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But 3rd party auto brightness apps works for x8.
 
guys there is a proximity sensor which turns off the display during a call.
dial some customer care no. and put your palm on the top half of the phone,
its a little slow but the display turns off
and then gets back when you remove your hand.

no light sensor though,
i've checked the drivers
 
nabeeleinstein said:
guys there is a proximity sensor which turns off the display during a call.
dial some customer care no. and put your palm on the top half of the phone,
its a little slow but the display turns off
and then gets back when you remove your hand.

no light sensor though,
i've checked the drivers
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Ha It works for atleast one person...
 
doesn't it work for anyone else?

and yes i have tested for screen time more than more that 2 mins.

hmm.... maybe to do with the build.prop edits i made
 
u guys confused me :p
if its about light sensor which detects ambient light and ADJUSTS brightness accordingly
then its NOT present.

If its about proximity sensor which TURNS OFF display when you are making a call and turns it back on after it,
then it works fine and is located near the earpiece.

EVEN digital compass is NOT present :'( :'(
 
nabeeleinstein said:
u guys confused me :p
if its about light sensor which detects ambient light and ADJUSTS brightness accordingly
then its NOT present.

If its about proximity sensor which TURNS OFF display when you are making a call and turns it back on after it,
then it works fine and is located near the earpiece.

EVEN digital compass is NOT present :'( :'(
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neither of the one can be seen on the screen mate, no sensor.

BTW compass wont work
 
What about two fingers swipe up/down gestures(multi touch point) -is it works for a87 ? I have tried with two different launchers having this feature , but unsuccessful. It works for my HTC set with ics . Can anybody confirm is this feature only available for 4.0+?
 
Dudes, there are two sensors..for proximity..ones between the lock button and the screen (very thoroughly vanished)..and the other ones on the left side..
Dial *#*#1111#*#*
to do an assembly test..
And it gives u the position..
And no it runs with hardware..not any programmed binary..
 
And there aint no light sensors..its just a bug on the os..MMX must have forgotten to delete that light sensor binary before releasing the phone..
 
ryshic12 said:
Dudes, there are two sensors..for proximity..ones between the lock button and the screen (very thoroughly vanished)..and the other ones on the left side..
Dial *#*#1111#*#*
to do an assembly test..
And it gives u the position..
And no it runs with hardware..not any programmed binary..
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very useful
how to exit from it?
 
ryshic12 said:
And there aint no light sensors..its just a bug on the os..MMX must have forgotten to delete that light sensor binary before releasing the phone..
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the proximity sensor is AVAGO apds990x.

company official
Avago Technologies. APDS-990x/APDS-919x product family is a 3-in-1 integrated I2C digital ambient light sensor and proximity sensor with built-in IR LED.
 
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