Hello. With a month of use Poco M3 got a lot wet and the proximity sensor stopped working. I took several technical assistance, none of them resolved, it would be necessary to change the mainboard (I didn't find it for sale). As a last hope I rooted, installed magisk, edxsposed, sensor disable and disabled the sensor, in the "factorykit test" "hardware test" says that the sensor is disabled, but the problem remains. (turns off the screen in whatapp audio, turns off the screen during calls, making it totally impossible to use the cellphone. I've done all the youtube tutorials and already downloaded the app from the play store. It didn't do it)
Please someone would have any solution?
Did you find any solution? I have the same problem but still do not installed magisk, I do not find any tutorial to do that.
Maybe we can use another rom?
caragato said:
Did you find any solution? I have the same problem but still do not installed magisk, I do not find any tutorial to do that.
Maybe we can use another rom?
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How did you installed edxposed?
caragato said:
Did you find any solution? I have the same problem but still do not installed magisk, I do not find any tutorial to do that.
Maybe we can use another rom?
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I didn't solve.
I "Root" with Magisk. I tried to disable the sensor in several ways including with edxposed, but to no avail.
The problem started after water in the cellphone. I believe my problem could be the damaged hardware.
I have installed rom 12.5 and disabled the proximity sensor from there!
luiz0505 said:
I didn't solve.
I "Root" with Magisk. I tried to disable the sensor in several ways including with edxposed, but to no avail.
The problem started after water in the cellphone. I believe my problem could be the damaged hardware.
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I have installed rom 12.5 and disabled the proximity sensor from there!
caragato said:
I have installed rom 12.5 and disabled the proximity sensor from there!
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After installing the Rom, did you disable the sensor through edxposed? or was it another way?
Thanks
I think he needs to buy a new phone because repairing a faulty motherboard would cost more that the phone itself.
But if you're a good DIY like I did with my Lenovo P2, I opened it and I used a hot gun and dried all water out, the phone now is working with no issues.
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After installing the Rom, did you disable the sensor through edxposed? or was it another way?
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No tthere was an option on this new Rom: Proximity sensor. Whatsapp is the main problem now, because when you click on any audio the screen is off and I don´t know how to disable this.
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Hi,
I repaired a few nexus 4's for a few friends lately and there seems to be an issue with the proximity sensor everytime the digitizer is replaced. The glass is installed properly and everything and there doesnt seem like anything blocking the sensor at all. Is there a way to just disable the proximity sensor on the nexus 4 easily? I know your can root the phone and disable it via the settings in the file, but rooting requires wiping all the data on the phone and I don't want to do that. Is there a way to root it without wiping everything? I dont care about custom roms as I just want to root it to disable the sensor. Any other options would be good to.
thanks
duckxtales said:
Any other options would be good to.
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I'm new and can't post links, but I just posted some details about how I fixed my proximity sensor the other day. Click on my username and view my recent posts if you'd like to read the details.
Hi, anybody can help me, my yd201 proximity sensor not working, i did everything flashing all rom on the forum to try fix this but it still doesn't work. (from 4.+ to the latest MM) with all firmware. i just trying full unroot my phone on root apps then wanna clean system apps using twrp so am try deleting root forder from latest twrp to clean everything, now proximity sensor not working what ever i do rotate, calling, and the biggest problem is back screen is not working too,. download sensor test from the market is working too(device sensor hardware not support on this phone)
please help me what should I do.. if anyone knows where can buy motherboard for yotaphone please give me the link. tnks.
Dahlan abdullah said:
Hi, anybody can help me, my yd201 proximity sensor not working, i did everything flashing all rom on the forum to try fix this but it still doesn't work. (from 4.+ to the latest MM) with all firmware. i just trying full unroot my phone on root apps then wanna clean system apps using twrp so am try deleting root forder from latest twrp to clean everything, now proximity sensor not working what ever i do rotate, calling, and the biggest problem is back screen is not working too,. download sensor test from the market is working too(device sensor hardware not support on this phone)
please help me what should I do.. if anyone knows where can buy motherboard for yotaphone please give me the link. tnks.
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Open the phone dialer and dial *#*#4636#*#* , if it doesn't work the first time try the code again and it should open the hidden testing menu, choose device test and you can manually test all the phones sensors to confirm if the proximity sensor is working or not. I had a s7 that did the same thing, the proximity sensor just quit working one day and I confirmed it wasn't working with this method. Good luck.
same result, not working too.
maybe problem is from hardware,
any idea on how to fix it, just something like using xposed or what?
Dahlan abdullah said:
same result, not working too.
maybe problem is from hardware,
any idea on how to fix it, just something like using xposed or what?
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I just dealt with it, sometimes it would work and sometimes it wouldn't. There's an app on the play store that you can use for screen rotation, I ended up using that when I absolutely needed rotate the screen.
i dont care about rotation screen.. i just want the back screen working normally, if tap transfer button on color display it won't open it on epd screen when i rotate the phone..
I don't know if it happened the same with you, I own a YD206 so I am not sure how YD201 behaves, but there's a problem with proximity sensor that makes it working all the time, I have wrote a comment about it and will try to contact Yota about this, meanwhile it would be important for people that are not aware of this problem because is such a faint light to actually confirm if the same is happening to them, YD201 or YD206:
I discovered that I also have this problem, I was with the wrong radio, had to flash the Chinese radio and it suddenly appeared, this is what I have found I have an YD206, so I wonder how the YD201 behaves:
On YD206:
With wrong radio. radio (Russia xx versions) on YD206 , in KitKat or Lollipop ROMs the proximity sensor is OFF by default BUT, as soon you turn ON an app that uses it, it won't turn off again, it keeps blinking even if you force kill the app that started. However it will turn off if the screen is off, after 5 seconds after. Also it's important to acknowledge that 2G only with this radios fails. On Lollipop Wifi won't turn off automatically, just manually.
YD206 With the correct radio. radio S01_003_3034_CN1_M05 2G 3G (UMTS) and 4G (LTE) all work and with better reception, but as soon the screen is ON, the proximity sensor starts working, does not matter what app you have open, when you turn OFF the screen the proximity sensor will turn OFF in about 5 seconds. If you are using the EPD screen the proximity sensor will turn OFF faster than 5 seconds, but as soon you touch the EPD it will turn ON for 3 seconds or so. On Lollipop Wifi won't turn off automatically, just manually.
So the problem acts differently when you flash a different radio, I am not sure where's the bug comes from, but it seems there's also a bug with YotaRom. There's a Xposed module to disable proximity sensor in specific apps, I haven't tried that, I also would like to know how this behaves with the Marshmallow Beta.
(For the ones that are not aware of this problem, keep in mind that to see this problem you need to be on a dark place to see the very faint red light of the proximity sensor.)
Best regards,
This problem is also being discussed here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/yot...tive-t3520013/
Hi guys I have an international note 4 which I have tried now several ROMs currently on lineageos 7.1.2 but whichever ROM I use the screen is off during calls I cannot send tones or anything I have to pull the battery to end the call.
The proximity sensor is not showing any values in the sensor apps I have tried. No proximity fix app seems to do anything either.
Any ideas?
You might have to replace the sensor, not all electronics live forever, even if they don't physically move or show physical damage. The sensor is cheap, once your phone is open its quick to replace.
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It works ok on factory ROM so don't think it's the actual sensor more seems to be a ROM issue maybe bootloader need to try a new one of those maybe!!
monza20vt said:
It works ok on factory ROM so don't think it's the actual sensor more seems to be a ROM issue maybe bootloader need to try a new one of those maybe!!
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Probably not bootloader related. I'd say try different kernels, it might be an issue with the LineageOS kernel.
I don´t know if it´s a coincidence or not, but I a few days after the update to Oxigen OS 3.6.1 I noticed that the proximity sensor and light sensor of my ONEPLUS 2 stopped working.
I used AndroSenor and Sensor box from the PlayStore, and both os them say thar the proximity and light sensors are missing.
I had a remote session with a ONEPLUS L2 specialist and they wiped my phone and reflashed the latest ROM (ver. 3.6.1), but the problem wasn´t solved..
I guess that, if the sensors don´t appear in the apps I mentioned maybe it´a a hardware problem, but I would like to hear more opinions.
If anyone has any suggestion to try to solve this problem before sending it to repair (out of warranty)??
flash persist.img from fastboot
backup all your info
in some cases it will help
hi there!
I seem to be having quite a similar problem, though, my sensors work, but stop responding after an unspecified period of time (can be anywhere between minutes and hours).
I tried flashing several roms (oreo, nougat) and yesterday i flashed Oreo Pixel Experience (just pure ROM+OP5 camera, no root no custom kernel just to rule out a few things) but the issue remains. Important to mention, i always clean flash.
The best way to describe the issue is: "sometimes the proximity and light sensor just stop working and i dont really know why" which is obviously causing a whole bunch of issues with auto brightness, making calls, picking up when someone calls etc.
The thing is, everything works after a reboot...but only for some time...then the sensors go "offline".
sometimes they work for a couple of hours, even a day...sometimes they die after half an hour or something. I have a feeling that i see them die faster when i have my phone in the pocket and leave it idle for a while, and when i use my phone often and dont really give the phone time to rest they live longer. It almost feels as if the phone goes to some deep sleep when idle for some time, disconnects the sensors, but doesnt turn them on again when woken up.
tried flashing the persist.img as advised just above, but it doesnt seem to have an effect.
anyone has any good idea?
thanks!
allright, being desperate from not being able to use my phone in a normal way i flashed OOS 3.6.1 from official zip files that can be downloaded from oneplus.net support section, using OP recovery and surprise surprise - sensors are working flawlessly! so im ruling out the HW problem. I think im going to stick to OOS for a while to monitor the sensors and eventually im going to try flashing oreo again.
ok, last update from my side: after two days on OOS where everything worked fine i flashed Pixel Oreo build and sensors continue working just fine! so, whoever is experiencing strange behavior of his sensors, i recommend the same approach.
Jackill said:
ok, last update from my side: after two days on OOS where everything worked fine i flashed Pixel Oreo build and sensors continue working just fine! so, whoever is experiencing strange behavior of his sensors, i recommend the same approach.
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You still have working sensors?
I have exactly the same behavior as you mentioned in your first post. FRUSTRATING!
I've tried flash lineageos 15.1 ROM, no luck. New persist.img from official fastboot oos ROM but no luck either.
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You still have working sensors?
I have exactly the same behavior as you mentioned in your first post. FRUSTRATING!
I've tried flash lineageos 15.1 ROM, no luck. New persist.img from official fastboot oos ROM but no luck either.
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Hi! Yes, my sensors are still working just nicely.
Jackill said:
Hi! Yes, my sensors are still working just nicely.
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So good for you ?
Before when your sensors struggled, did they also disappear from any sensor test app. Or did they just not work?
My prox sensor did not disappear but just hangs at 0 or 5cm if I check the value in any sensor app. And light turns 0 Lux also.
I've similar problem. Went completely stock as suggested but the problem persisted.
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So good for you
Before when your sensors struggled, did they also disappear from any sensor test app. Or did they just not work?
My prox sensor did not disappear but just hangs at 0 or 5cm if I check the value in any sensor app. And light turns 0 Lux also.
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Well mine didnt really "dissappear" either. They "froze" too. Lux froze at whatever value it measured the last however i am almost certain it was never exactly 0. Prox behaved the same as you describe: 0 or 5.
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I've similar problem. Went completely stock as suggested but the problem persisted.
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Interesting. I'm going to flash OOS recovery and latest OOS ROM later today and give it a try.
Jackill said:
Well mine didnt really "dissappear" either. They "froze" too. Lux froze at whatever value it measured the last however i am almost certain it was never exactly 0. Prox behaved the same as you describe: 0 or 5.
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My lightsensor always freezes at 0 Lux. And when the prox freeze at 0 its impossible to quit a call. So f*cking frustrating so I have to fix this problem ASAP
I have the same problem with my LUX device, sometimes the sensors work randomly. When I reboot my phone the sensors stop working. The screen does not rotate, the most interesting thing is that it did flash the Moto camera mod and the rotation works perfectly with the camera, with the stock camera there is no rotation.
UPDATE:
I scheduled a remote session with Oneplus L2 Team and they performed a full factory reset of all partitions. No luck, problems still persist.
It must be a hardware problem.
In my case I sent the smartphone to them and they said it was a problem with the motherboard.
Hello everyone,
I've got a big problem with Compass: It continues spinning around at 360 degrees, It never stops.
Already tried to clear app cache, erase app data, uninstall app update and nothing worked.
I've even waited for MIUI 12 official update but nothing changed (I'm on locked bootloader, official global MI rom..never unlocked, never formatted).
Please help, I don't want to format the whole phone for this problem
thanks in advance
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Hello everyone,
I've got a big problem with Compass: It continues spinning around at 360 degrees, It never stops.
Already tried to clear app cache, erase app data, uninstall app update and nothing worked.
I've even waited for MIUI 12 official update but nothing changed (I'm on locked bootloader, official global MI rom..never unlocked, never formatted).
Please help, I don't want to format the whole phone for this problem
thanks in advance
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I've investigated a bit more in depth about this problem and I found out that:
-some alternative Compass apps downloaded from the Google play store (based on magnetic sensor of the smartphone) actually does work correctly
-the problem seems related to the /persist partition, and I don't know how to fix without flashing a new fastboot rom
If you've not unlocked bootloader and everything is official, then two reasons behind your problem. Faulty sensor because of some mechanical or water damage. Or you're sitting close to strong magnetic field.
Did your phone fall or had water damage? Does the compass still spin when you go outside? And also try calibrating it.
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If you've not unlocked bootloader and everything is official, then two reasons behind your problem. Faulty sensor because of some mechanical or water damage. Or you're sitting close to strong magnetic field.
Did your phone fall or had water damage? Does the compass still spin when you go outside? And also try calibrating it.
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Thank you for your answer! I've factory reset my phone and problem still here: it seems that persist partition got damaged even on totally official and never unlocked phone, Always updated only when notification came (never forced OTA)!!! It happened when MIUI 11 switched from android 9 to 10, it's incredible. CIT Calibration of gyroscope fails. I'm totally disappointed and I found other people on mi forum Who had my same issue but of course none of them could solve the problem flawlessly without losing widevine L1
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Thank you for your answer! I've factory reset my phone and problem still here: it seems that persist partition got damaged even on totally official and never unlocked phone, Always updated only when notification came (never forced OTA)!!! It happened when MIUI 11 switched from android 9 to 10, it's incredible. CIT Calibration of gyroscope fails. I'm totally disappointed and I found other people on mi forum Who had my same issue but of course none of them could solve the problem flawlessly without losing widevine L1
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Me too has the same problem in my Redmi K20pro. I cant use the compass app, which i needed at work site and now i use a normal compass