HTC Incredible :: Ambient Light Sensor Located
May 6, 2010Where is the ambient light sensor located?
View 4 RepliesWhere is the ambient light sensor located?
View 4 RepliesI've seen claims that the Hero has a light sensor, and I see the "automatic" backlight enabled in Settings, but I'm not seeing much in the way of backlight adjustment occurring.
Even in an otherwise dark room, the backlight seems very bright. Occasionally I see the backlight go dim and then almost immediately come back up.
I've got an HTC Desire from a T-Mobile store 3 weeks ago. The ambient light sensor has never worked and it's enabled on the display settings.
I went back to the T-Mobile store and they tried a brand new unit. Unfortunately, that one also seem to have the same issue. Then I called the HTC technical support and they say there are no reports on such kind of issue.
If not, does the display brightness get adjusted quickly or slowly?
I have a HTC Hero here, and when I tried to get the list of available sensors on the device by calling ((SensorManager) getSystemService (Context.SENSOR_SERVICE)) .getSensorList(Sensor.TYPE_ALL); I get only the following sensors: D/SensorManager( 6302): found sensor: BMA150 3-axis Accelerometer, handle=0 D/SensorManager( 6302): found sensor: AK8973 3-axis Magnetic field sensor, handle=1 D/SensorManager( 6302): found sensor: AK8973 Orientation sensor, handle=2 D/SensorManager( 6302): found sensor: AK8973 Temperature sensor, handle=3 According to the specs, there should be a light and a proximity sensor on the Hero, and I've seen it in action (the automatic screen brightness adjustment) - so at least the ambient light sensor is definitely there. My question is then, why doesn't the getSensorList return for me the light and the proximity sensors?
View 8 Replies View RelatedI'm having some troubles with the light sensor on the Nexus One.
AFAIK, the proper way to read the measures of a sensor is registering a SensorListener through the SensorManager and then wait for the readings on the onSensorChanged method.
My main problem is that the light sensor don't seem very accurate (the readings jump a lot) and I don't get the first reading until the lighting conditions change. I have to change the phone orientation, go outdoors or hide the sensor with my fingers or otherwise I don't receive any value. Is there any way to increase the accuracy or, even more important, to force an initial reading?
BTW, I have tried with SensorManager.SENSOR_DELAY_FASTEST but I haven't noticed any change.
When you talk on the phone in Android the light sensor is working. If you cover the top left corner of the screen, the display turns black and you can't see anything. I would like to cancel that feature and I tried working with Android Sensors and the Light Sensor but it is not working. This is my code:
senMgrLight=(SensorManager)getSystemService(Context.SENSOR_SERVICE);
senMgrLight.registerListener(onSensorListener,
senMgrLight.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_LIGHT),
SensorManager.SENSOR_DELAY_FASTEST);
I have milestone for 3 days good phone,camera performance surprised me expecting worse but...when i am making call display turns off and non of buttons work even i can hear ringing or person who i call then i have to slide phone slightly or fully to switch display-phone on.it wasn't working since the beginning but when i installed task manager it was working properly almost one day,next day again bad.the same story after hard reset.
View 16 Replies View RelatedHave an Issue. Whenever i am in a call if i take the phone away from my ear the screen doesnt turn on. It does this 98%of the time or only when i need to use the keypad during a call. It does this in stock form and also using open home. I always keep the screen clean. Is there a fix for this? I am not able to get my bh2 to connect to a pc so i cant root or install custom roms. Also the keyboard lag is rediculous. I tried better keyboard and it was just as bad if not worse.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI am writing a program and I am able to get the light sensor value and current battery level, but only the light value changes and when the battery level changes. Is there a way to get these two values anytime? Like when a user runs my program, I would like to grab the current values right away instead of having to wait for them to change.
View 2 Replies View Relatedi bought a mtk6577 clone s3. My problem is sometimes i rebooted phone, after opening proximity and light sensor doesn't work. screen don't turn off in call and doesn't call the person displayed on screen when i take ear. And battery drains too much. (example: when proximity and light sensor works with %90 battery, when it doesn't work after reboot plummets to %50).Another issue is when i reboot phone, boot animation doesn't show when proximity and light sensors don't work.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI've noticed that when viewing the screen in a darkened room that the screen is actually too dark. Yet in a normal setting that the screen is correctly lit. I've tried increasing the intensity to maximum with the sensor enabled and it's still to dark in the darkened room. Now, I've disabled the sensor entirely and the screen just runs wide open all the time - day or night.
Has anyone else felt that it was too dark in the darkened setting? I'm wondering if there is a setting (probably not yet written for the phone/OS) to vary how linear the light sensor is at darker levels? Maybe a 'minimum darkness' adjustment?
I´m trying to read the values of the Light Sensor of my Nexus One, but I´mgetting only following values:
10.0
225.0
And in a few cases some values much higher.
The used code:.........................
Does anybody have experience with the light sensor on the Nexus One or another Android device? Is my code the correct way to read the values? How can I get better and more accurate values?
I am not sure which is the culprit, but while playing back video or even at random times, the screen shifts lighter or darker seemingly at random, and one time during a video playback on the TV.com app, it went black altogether. I am not sure whether it is the timer or the ambient light sensor, but I am tempted to turn the sensor off and push the timer back a lot.
View 1 Replies View RelatedCan anyone tell me where the light sensor is positioned on the Nexus One? One of the reasons I returned the Droid was I hated how the light sensor was positioned in the upper right corner. My fingers would frequently block it causing the auto-brightness to change unnecessarily and annoyingly. I know on the Droid Eris it is on the left and I'm hoping HTC did the same with the Nexus One.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI keep getting the prompt to install the new 2.2 ota update but ive just rooted my phone and want to put a custom rom on it. but since i already have the ota downloaded im trying the delete the update.zip so i wont have any problems but i cant find it.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI've wanted to re-do downloads but can't find how to get to the list. When I do download the list shows up, but I can't find it otherwise.
View 7 Replies View RelatedWhere is the "Droid" sound located that comes on when you boot your phone with Froyo? Can it be used as a text message tone, etc?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI was curious where the cell phone antenna for the 1x/3G coverage was located.I live in an area with excellent verizon service and when phone is in standby, the incredible gets one bar.When I make a call, it miraculously gets full coverage.I think its on the bottom of the phone, but is it on the very bottom edge (like where the microphone is) or is it along the back side of the phone.How is the best way to hold the phone to maximize service?
View 6 Replies View RelatedDoes anyone know the difference between the orientation sensor and magnetic field sensor on Android?Since I've read that magnetometer is synonymous with digital compass I'm a little bit confused. What are they really?
View 1 Replies View RelatedMy home icon is way less responsive than the back icon which seems to be perfectly normal. Sometimes I have to "press" the home icon twice to get the "buzz" and have it move the screen. However the back icon works 99% of the time on the first press. IS there any adjustment I can make or should I bring the phone back. I have had it now for 2 weeks.
View 9 Replies View RelatedOr it's just some virtual sensor the uses the data provided by the accelerometer and the magnetic field sensor to calculate the orientation?
View 7 Replies View RelatedCan some one point towards any documentation/resources/ threads that can explain how a new sensor support can be added in android sensor framework?
View 2 Replies View RelatedSo a while back techcrunch produced a comparison of 4 different touchscreen accuracy.
The article is here: iPhone Beats Droid, Nexus One And Droid Eris In Touchscreen Performance (I'm not saying their results are correct or incorrect)
It seems to be an easy and accurate testing method of the touchscreen sensors' accuracy.
What I want:Please read that previous article in its entirety so you understand it. Reproduce the test using the Incredible. Post pictures of your results. Include any relevant info about your testing methods, the app you used, amount of practice you did before producing the results in the pictures you post, any strange results during the course of your testing, etc.
BONUS POINTS: include your other phones like the Droid, iPhone, Eris, Nexus One, etc. (ie. newer phones)
If you have an issue with the testing methods being proposed please explain IN-DEPTH what you take issue with AND WHY. If you are going to reference other threads PLEASE PROVIDE THE LINK.
Im trying to see working of ambient media player.
I checkout from url https://ambientmp.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/ambientmp/Ambient/trunk to my eclipse work space. when build the app it is showing errors as
Unbound classpath variable: 'M2_REPO/hotsax/hotsax/0.1/hotsax-0.1.jar' in project 'ambient'
Unbound classpath variable: 'M2_REPO/net/sf/entagged/entagged/0.31/entagged-0.31.jar' in project 'ambient'
I've searched the forums, and the xda forums and I haven't really been able to find a good answer on this If I root my phone is there an option/app that will let me disable the proximity sensor?
View 6 Replies View RelatedDoes your brightness sensor seem to be a bit too sensitive? When I have my Incredible on auto brightness and I am reading a website I can watch it adjust up and down when there are no changes in the brightness of the room I am in. My fix was to just select a brightness and turn auto off.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI was dunking around with settings and got to the g-sensor level. I clicked calibrate, everything seemed fine. Now the phone won't go into landscape mode unless I shake it hard a few times. How the hell do I fix this?
View 9 Replies View RelatedLike the colored trackball on the Nexus One? If so, will it be the center of the trackpad?
View 7 Replies View RelatedThese packages are alternative gapps. These Gapps should improve performance. On top of that all apps are up to date (like YouTube). Ultra Light version will also remove unnecessary preinstalled apps like yaam, DSP Audio Manager and so on (and some more gapps of course).
View 13 Replies View Relatedwhats up if anyone else has this problem how its really hard to see the screen when in daylight post up heres a video of what happens to me when it goes in the light.
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