Nikke10000
Lurker
So my proximity sensor turns on every time I do an google search and turns off after I click on a page. Should this be happening and if not how do I fix it? I'm using an Samsung galaxy s3.
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Help Should my proximity sensor be on when using google?
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Nikke10000
Lurker
Isn't the red light next to the front camera an indication that the sensor is on
Nikke10000
Lurker
I don't have SmartStay on and I've never used viber.
svim
Extreme Android User
The proximity sensor has no indicator light, its function is what lunatic59 stated -- it senses proximity
On my S3 the LED indicator is red only when I'm charging it. From what I recall steady red is charging, blinking red is if the battery is running low. I'm not even aware there was any indicator light change for the proximity sensor, just an eyeball icon that (very) sporadically shows up in the Notifications bar when Smart Stay is activating itself.
Nikke10000
Lurker
I didn't mean the LED on the left side of the phone I ment the small very dim light on the right side of the phone close to the front camera.
My wife has an S3 and I checked hers. Even when the proximity sensor is on, i don't see a light, so I'm not entirely sure what's going on with yours. Just for argument's sake, when you open a search and the light comes on, if you put your hand over the sensor, does the screen go blank?
AZgl1500
Extreme Android User
I have the S5 and Note 4, the only time I have seen a RED light is when it is on charge.
I don't recall seeing a light in any other position other than the standard location top left corner of the phone.
Now that the Proximity Sensor thought has been mentioned, I can't find any way to disable that thing, it irritates me that it turns the screen black when I don't want it to, or wakes it up when I don't want it to. I prefer to manually control the screen...
I have all Motion sensors turned OFF.
I just now did a Google Search but I can't tell if anything unusual changed on the phone, other than the wallpaper disappeared and Google's search turned the whole page white.
I don't recall seeing a light in any other position other than the standard location top left corner of the phone.
Now that the Proximity Sensor thought has been mentioned, I can't find any way to disable that thing, it irritates me that it turns the screen black when I don't want it to, or wakes it up when I don't want it to. I prefer to manually control the screen...
I have all Motion sensors turned OFF.
I just now did a Google Search but I can't tell if anything unusual changed on the phone, other than the wallpaper disappeared and Google's search turned the whole page white.
svim
Extreme Android User
Try taking a look at Settings >> My device >> Smart screen and uncheck the 'Smart stay' option.
AZgl1500
Extreme Android User
hmmmm, there is no "My Device" on my Verizon Note 4
I used the 'smart search' and when 'stay' was typed in, "Smart stay" showed up and it is unchecked already... and I noticed that it said "as long as" I am looking at the screen.
so, I went to Settings/Display and that is where it is on my phone, and I had unchecked it long ago it seems.
Settings/Display/Smart stay (Check Box available here)
I used the 'smart search' and when 'stay' was typed in, "Smart stay" showed up and it is unchecked already... and I noticed that it said "as long as" I am looking at the screen.
so, I went to Settings/Display and that is where it is on my phone, and I had unchecked it long ago it seems.
Settings/Display/Smart stay (Check Box available here)
Nikke10000
Lurker
No the screen doesn't go black.
Nikke10000
Lurker
The camera didn't pick it up but the light should be there
chanchan05
The Doctor
The only time the screen should go black with the proximity sensor is during a call, and when you have keep screen off active and it's in a pocker or purse where there is something in close proximity ot the sensor. If it's going black in other instances than that, then it's not the sensor's fault.
Turning the sensor off will be more of an annoyance then not. The reason it's there is to prevent butt dials and your cheek inadvertently cancelling the call you are on because the screen is active when you place it on your face during a call.
AZgl1500
Extreme Android User
For me, it is not an annoyance, I toggle the power button to black the screen during a phone call anyway. The annoyance is when the damn thing lights up and then my fingers hit an icon I don't want.
I use BT almost exclusively on phone calls, and the screen does not go black unless I tell it to.
I use BT almost exclusively on phone calls, and the screen does not go black unless I tell it to.
girolez
Often Off Piste
The sensor is on all the time. There is a VERY dim red light which is a by-product of the infra red emitter which is used by the sensor - most of them work by detecting reflected back InfraRed . The output from the sensor is only used when an app (eg dialer or smart stay) asks for it. I'm not aware of any way of deliberately disabling the sensor (probably is a way if rooted!)
chanchan05
The Doctor
The S7 Edge and my old Note 2 had 2 openings as well.
AZgl1500
Extreme Android User
I had to get a magnifying glass out to see, and you guys are right, there are two tiny openings buried deep down behind the glass.
as my Note 4 has Gorilla Glass on it, that obscured it even more.
I can use the old works everywhere, Bright Highbeam Headlight killer.
a piece of black electric tape. that will stop that thing from working.
My '74 Chevy Suburban had the Brightest Blue highbeam lamp you ever saw, it lit up the entire interior of the truck. I put black tape over that damn thing fast.