Proximity Sensor - iPhone 4

[sourceninja]

How do you lock your phone in a call? I tried the top button and it seems to hang up on people. I don't use a case on my phone, so I know that's not the problem.

 

[Aikouka]

How do you lock your phone in a call? I tried the top button and it seems to hang up on people. I don't use a case on my phone, so I know that's not the problem.

I just hit the top button and it goes to the lock screen... hitting it again turns the screen off. I tried it the other day while on hold with Comcast.

 

[aphex]

my ear just three way called my boss and a colleague while i was on the phone with my wife.

REALLY getting sick of this proximity sensor.

 

[FaaR]

my ear just three way called my boss and a colleague while i was on the phone with my wife.

Rofl. The more the merrier, eh? :biggrin:

REALLY getting sick of this proximity sensor.

I almost always use a headset so I don't know how likely my iP4 is to do this, but I did have the screen turn on in the middle of a call once, and that was back in june sometime I think and I had applied both updates that were supposed to fix the proximity sensor.

It's obviously still wonky and should get fixed. Hopefully it's done for the iP5, not that that helps existing users any...

 

[MotionMan]

I have never had this problem. However, I have heard of others having it, including Leo Laporte.

Anyone who has this problem should take it to the Apple Store for a replacement.

MotionMan

 

[bearxor]

This is still an occasional problem for me. I've had to relearn how hold I hold the phone to my ear. I have to hold it up higher so that the proximity sensor is against my ear and not pointed in to my ear.

Old way of holding phone:

New way of holding phone:

Seems to have made a big difference.

 

[sxr7171]

So the antenna problem really is a non-issue. I'm over it, whatever.

But! The proximity sensor is HORRIBLE. I hang up on 90% of my calls simply because the touch screen turns on and my face touches the giant end-call button. To my knowledge, there is no way to lock the screen while on a call - it just hangs up the call.

I've restored the phone to factory defaults and I'm running the latest version of iOS. My problems persist. The worst part is that AT&T refuses to do anything because my calls don't show up as dropped in my account history - because technically, they're just ended calls.

Has anyone had any luck with Apple replacing their phone due to proximity sensor issues?

If you haven't updated lately check that. The earlier software versions were horrible about that. In fact I had an incident where it went into speaker as my friend said something that really shouldn't have been heard by people around me. Bad incident. The newer software versions are better but not perfect either. It still happens that I get touch tone sounds and crap. It's not a good thing at all.

 

[sxr7171]

Rofl. The more the merrier, eh? :biggrin:


I almost always use a headset so I don't know how likely my iP4 is to do this, but I did have the screen turn on in the middle of a call once, and that was back in june sometime I think and I had applied both updates that were supposed to fix the proximity sensor.

It's obviously still wonky and should get fixed. Hopefully it's done for the iP5, not that that helps existing users any...

That and the stupid antenna. Together with AT&T shitty coverage it makes life difficult to put it mildly.

 

[Duder1no]

hmmm never had a problem with myne