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[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] kilo323:
Hi all

I am pretty new to the HD2 and android scene, coming from an iPhone. However am pretty technical, been a linux user since first slackware release in the early 90's, am a developer, been a unix admin, etc. I understand what RTFM is so my apologies if this has been answered somewhere before; but I have searched, read thousands of posts, and even came across my exact question, but nobody responded to it. So here goes...

In WinMo proximity sensor is working as you would expect.

In Android, many different ROM's and kernels, using different apps to test the sensors, proximity sensor returns 9 regardless of it being uncovered or covered. My understanding is the proximity sensor is top left of screen.

In fiddling around in a shell session on the phone (via adb) I noticed the file

/sys/devices/virtual/sensors/proximity_sensor

contains the line

proximity enabled = 0

I am at a complete loss as to what the problem would be. Seems like it is working for most people. Any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] icke:
Download Z-DeviceTest, open this one and tap on proximity sensor.

Than look at your mentioned file and as U can see it is changed to

proximity enabled = 1

So it will be only enabled if needed (in calls for example).;)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] kilo323:
You are right, when running Z-Device Test and selecting proximity sensor test, it does show proximity enabled = 1.

However, Z-Device Test shows Distance = 9.0000 cm regardless of if the sensor is covered or not. It never changes from 9cm.

When in call, the screen does not blank under Android.

On Win mobile, the screen blanks as expected when on a call and put up to your ear.

Anyone have any idea what the problem might be?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] kilo323:
Bump. Anyone else experience this or have any idea what could be causing the proximity sensor to not work.

Works fine in win mobile 6.5.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] tobiascrystal:
I had a similar problem once where my proximity sensor and accelerometer wouldn't work and it was because I had too small of a system partition. I flashed the correct size and poof all was well again. I have no idea what exactly happened but I am assuming that when it flashed the sensor files were last and since there was no room they weren't written.

Not sure if you are having the same problem but it is worth checking out.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] kilo323:
Thanks for the reply and suggestion.

I do not this that is my problem, my system partition is fairly large at 250 MB and is just 53% used. See results of df -h via shell.

df -h

Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on

tmpfs 205.6M 32.0K 205.5M 0% /dev

tmpfs 205.6M 0 205.6M 0% /mnt/asec

tmpfs 205.6M 0 205.6M 0% /mnt/obb

/dev/block/mtdblock3 250.0M 132.4M 117.6M 53% /system

/dev/block/mtdblock5 627.8M 161.9M 465.9M 26% /data

/dev/block/mtdblock4 45.0M 1.2M 43.8M 3% /mnt/cache

/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 114.4M 87.0M 21.3M 80% /sd-ext

/dev/block/vold/179:1

14.6G 1.9G 12.7G 13% /mnt/sdcard

/dev/block/vold/179:1

14.6G 1.9G 12.7G 13% /mnt/secure/asec
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] andy_pp:
I had the same sort of problem, thought it was the rom. I used "Proximity Sensor Finder" to test it, and it permanently showed 0.0 cm.

It turned out to be the screen protector in the end. It must have been reflecting enough IR back that it thought it was covered all the time. Scissors fixed it though.

It might be worth checking it's not something simple like that...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] kilo323:
No screen protector on.

Mine stays stuck at 9cm no matter if it is uncovered or covered. I guess just the opposite of you; it thinks it is never covered.

Tried installing proximity recalibrator tool as I read that helped some people with similar issues. However, can't get it to run, when it starts I get the error:

ps_kadc not found
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pswatts0122178:
I was wanting to know if gingerbreak 1.20 or 1.30 will work on my captivate running stock 2.3.5
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] McSpammer5:
No. You will need to flash a kernel with an auto rooter, then flash back to a KK4 kernel. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1127322 (auto root)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15795752/Samurai-1.4.3.tar (Samurai KK4 Kernel)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] orlandoxpolice:
http://news.yahoo.com/judge-awards-iphone-user-850-throttling-case-195042925.html

I wonder how many will follow?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] stepheng:
This is ****ing great I love to hear **** like this I think next time they throttle me ill march down there and file a small claims suit use this as a reference in court. If they are protected against class action I think they should get millions of small claims
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] nrm5110:
I can only imagine LOL but good find btw
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] greatbrother:
great news !!!!!!!, cant wait att change them throttling for unlimit coustom
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jamesd86:
Pretty sure they have it in your contract that they can change it at any time.. Wouldn't be surprised if they lose to many of these lawsuits that they just move everyone over to the 3gb plan(same price as unlimited) and gave you the option to walk away without ETF. Might take a few of these losses but don't be surprised if it happens.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] getbuzzin:
Very unlikely they would give the option to walk without etf. That's 17 million customers you're talking about, about half of all their customers. I have a feeling they have a plan to screw everyone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jamesd86:
That many people on unlimited?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] sifulee:
I got throttled at only 1.2 gb this month (4 days into my billing cycle). Mad, i switched to hspa+ only and racked up 13gb in two days. On the third day I switched back to 4G LTE and what do you know, I'm no longer being throttled. I'm not sure if it's related to this or not but I'm happy!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Kenneth.Torres:
I'm hoping so too! Im running hspa+ and over 12gb so far, ill be sure to test the LTE when I go up to the city
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] billownz:
I got flagged for 1.8gb and slowed to 128kbs both hspa+ and lte. Thats bull****... if they don't stop ill do the same.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] howard1900:
this is funny
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] orlandoxpolice:
So I sourced this from reddit.com

Apparently people were putting a package together with the help of a few freelance lawyers to make a kit so that the average person could get all of the documents together and have all their bases covered in order to have a good chance of winning the small claims court case. It was getting a lot of attention.

Either my search skills are rusty, or overnight the moderators deleted the thread due to AT&T pressure or some other reasons.

edit: found it

http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/q4j2q/att_sued_for_throttling_unlimited_data_plan/

seems though that they removed it from and type of direct search. interesting.
[Android Software Development] proxuser:
Hey All,

if you updated your Chrome over Market, it will not work. New version is working only on ICS Supported devices. but we can lie Google and use it with change build.prop. this solution is until someone hack google chrome app to get working on custom roms ;)

change these lines on /system/build.prop and push it to system. but backup first!

ro.build.id=ICL53F

ro.build.display.id=IML74K

ro.build.version.release=4.0.2

ro.build.date=Thu Dec 8 01:24:15 UTC 2011

ro.build.date.utc=1323307455

ro.build.user=android-build

ro.build.host=vpbs3.mtv.corp.google.com

Enjoy! press thanks if it helped
[Android Software Development] proxuser:
Attention: after this hack, may your home button not work. Maybe search button too
[Android Software Development] ericss:
Working in my I9000 Galaxy S CM9 ICS ROM. Reebot recommended :D
[Android Software Development] dougcunha:
I just chaged this field and reboot

ro.build.id=ICL53F

Nexus S with custom ICS rom.

Tks!
[Android Software Development] BIG JD:
Wee need to backport it for arm6 phone I done you mods it open but as soon as I tryed to link to my chrome it fc so thank you for the mods
[Android Software Development] Perka:
And me only to ro.build.id=IML74K

cm9 sgs
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mahsan988:
So I have had the Nexus since launch day. I had waited for the phone since April 2011 when BGR first posted about it's existence.

I was so happy when the phone came out and went ahead and baught 3 Nexus for the family (myself, mom and sister). I love ICS, the 720p display, camera speed, the build.. everything!

One thing I cannot get over is how damn slow and unresponsive the phone is. I am trying to love this phone, but the slowness is really killing me.

I had the original Droid Incredible and loved it. I was given a Droid RAZR from VZW (employee line) in November and I absolutely loved how fast the phone was. Not only 4G but the phone SCREAMED!!!! It flies through everything. My phone performance felt faster than my thought process.

The RAZR made my personal phone (Incredible) at the time so slow that I could not stand using it. And I knew that I would eventually have to turn in my RAZR for some other phone, could be better, could be worse. So I went ahead and bought the Nexus the day it came out for my personal line.

But Nexus is sooooo damn slow. Like wtf. I have been trying to make myself like it.. seriously. I am again waiting for menus to open up, apps to load, phone calls to hang out like I did on my Incredible. Seriously it feels as slow as my incredible. I still have my RAZR and it is such a pleasure to use. It feel modern, I can feel the dual core processor and the 1gb ram in that phone. I cannot say the same about the Nexus. I do not know whether it is ICS that is resource heavy or maybe the software keys are not as fast as capacitive or physical buttons.

Or do I just need to overclock it or get a different ROM?!

Someone please tell me why this phone is so effing slow. I had more apps installed on my Incredible and about the same on my RAZR but the Nexus is such a disappointment. How can I make this phone faster? Is there anyone out there who has used the RAZR and compared to Nexus side by side and to even compare the difference?

Either way, someone please tell me if there is anyway I can make this phone feel fast, like it actually HAS a dual core inside, not just on the spec list.

If I am unable to make this thing faster by the end of March, unfortunately I might part ways with Nexus and use one of my line's upgrade to get the RAZR.

Is there anyone out these who understands my frustration?!?!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Valynor:
I can agree with this part of your post. *sigh*

It's all better/fixed with ICS 4.0.3+ .. which you would know, if you did a search.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mustbepbs:
Not sure if serious? I think you're in the wrong forum. The Thunderbolt forums are over there. That is what you bought..right? 'Cause it's definitely not the GN you're ranting about.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SBS_:
Just root it and install build 25 of the AOKP ROM (or something similar), it's much much smoother and more responsive than stock. I currently have about 200 apps installed and using loads of widgets and never a stutter.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] crossover37:
I have AOKP 25 installed and it is very smooth but there are times when it's jerky and it's annoying.

Go to the desktop version of ESPN and try pinching to zoom...major lag and delay.

It seemed like my GSII never lagged in the browser. I love the GN but there are times when it's jerky and seems slow (the browser mostly, I'm using the stock one).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Smokeey:
1. Flash CM9 Nightlies

2. Flash GAPPS

3. ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

4. PROFIT!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dxtra:
I agree. But is not that bad just a few hiccups here and there nothing major. Hopefully new updates will fix it .
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
You're severely overblowing this. There is something wrong with your device if its as slow as you make it sound.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mahsan988:
Lol yes I am talking about the Nexus. Galaxy Nexus (SCHI515MSV).

My post is a tad exaggerated, but my point is that it is much slower than the RAZR. Nexus is fast, don't get me wrong. But not nearly as fast as the RAZR.

Think V6 (Nexus) vs V8 (RAZR).

Fast vs a lot faster. Trust me, go compare your nexus to a RAZR, you will immediately see the difference. Remember I use both phones all day. Every time I grab my Nexus after using the RAZR............... sigh :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ChongoDroid:
Lol, RAZR vs galaxy nexus? You cereal?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mahsan988:
Yah. I'm serious. Go use both side by side and then talk.

I am not just trying to start a post without any base to it and to "bash" on the GN if that is what you are implying. I wish my GN was as fast as my RAZR. I am in love with ICS and the fact that it is a pure Google phone that I have always wanted but wasn't able to because I could not leave VZW as my carrier.

Believe me, go and use both phones side by side for a while and you will immediately see what I am talking about.

My cousin also went from the Incredible to GN. When I was talking to him about how I hate how slow it is, he started laughing and was saying dude this thing is so much faster than a Incredible, you are crazy. I pulled out my RAZR and started comparing both phones side by side. His face was :eek: and wanted to go get the RAZR. Too bad he was out of the 14 days.

When it comes to speed, RAZR is the fastest phone out right now. Much faster than the GN.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dick Ripple:
I think this is some verizon troll who makes more commission from selling the razr.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DROID_INC:
We came a long way in communication. You can talk to anyone you want in just about every location. You have a ****in computer in your hands that you have apps and check emails.. "my phone is so slow its takes like 20ms to open up my menu" (said sarcastically). Appreciate the luxuries you have while people in 3rd world countries get all giddie at screaming across the street to comunicate with a neighbor. Lol. Just ****in wait an extra second for your menu to open up and when it does say ooohhh ahhhhh.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] El Daddy:
I feel like you are starting a thread to bash the Galaxy Nexus. You said you wanted help making your phone feel "faster." Many people responded with ways to help.

Instead of taking their suggestions you make two more posts continuing to bash.

If you feel the need to bash the Nexus go to the RAZR forum and wail away. I'm pretty sure nobody here is interested.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kichard:
Well dude you still have your incredible.

Just turn it on and dial *228
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mahsan988:
I sell a RAZR, GN, iPhone or even a damn Gusto, I get paid the same: $0

The point of this post was to see if people have felt the same way when comparing both phones and what ways it can be made faster. I am not trying to be a troll. I am seeking help in trying to make my GN as fast as the RAZR.

I have always loved this site and have appreciated the information, feedback and the very cool mods and roms I can find here. I don't understand why there is so much hate in this thread... honestly I am the last person who wants to admit that my GN is not the fastest phone in the world and does not compare to the RAZR. I freaking dropped a little more than a $1,000!

Our beloved GN is not the fastest phone.

As much as the truth hurts, you guys need to face it.... lol
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] z06mike:
Download spare parts from the market and set window animations and transition animations to fast and see if that gives your Nexus a kick in the pants!

Do that on the Razr and it's freaking ridiculous!!! I have my wife's Razr and my Nexus right here side by side and the Razr is definitely faster in overall speed. I had the Razr before and it SCREAMS!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] z06mike:
Also, what version of ICS are you running?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hinds90:
Browsing the internet it's dang sure faster than my iPhone 4.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mahsan988:
Thank you!!!!!!!!

I had spare parts... But all it did was change the settings GN has built in under developer settings ("window animation" and "transition animation") which I have set to .5 already
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mahsan988:
4.0.2

Stock :/

I was hoping people here will be able to guide me to a ROM they have used that makes a night and day difference in speed.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] z06mike:
There are sooooo many ROMS to choose from. Try em out and find one you like! Honestly just go to stock 4.0.4 and you will see a nice difference :-)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mahsan988:
I would love to... when I had my Incredible I literally tried every ROM there was and went to a new one every few days lol. At that time I was either in college or out of college looking for a job. Now that I have a full time job in retail at which I am averaging 50 hours a week, I don't have time to play around with different roms and find the fastest one. I will definitely be trying out the ones mentioned here. I want to try 2-3 of the fastest roms and then settle with the fastest.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] z06mike:
I've been a fan of gummynex and just his ROMS in general! Give that one a shot!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] King_tee:
:confused: :confused: :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RogerPodacter:
I dont find the nexus slow. But arent all our phones, razr, nexus, etc all using the same cpu? We all have dual core cortex A9 of some sort.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KeithRVA:
You're holding it wrong. Seriously, just buy a Razr and go ape**** with it. The gnex is not for you imho.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KeithRVA:
Btw my gnex isn't slow at all, but the gps has failed a lot recently. Moto def wins in that dept. But razr pentile qhd vs the 720p of the gnex? Stock ics vs ginger-blur? Whatevah
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cordell507:
what the hell do you think people were telling you on the first page AOKP 25!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] offenberg:
I'll sell ny Gnex, When the RAZR gets 4.0

That has been my plan for a while. I like everything about it. But not the lack of 4.0

It might be gingerbread vs. Ics being faster. My HD2 (gingerbread MIUI) is faster than my Gnex in every way. And yes. I am running AOKP B25.

HD2 = windows phone released 2 years ago, no?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
In late Q3, with MotoBlur on it. Have fun! :rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] offenberg:
Thanks! Some people actually like motoblur. Like some will never buy anything elese than a HTC phone. And if both razr and Gnex has ics. I'll prefer RAZR. Flash new custom ROMS every day, is not really that important to me. And "to me" that is the only real advantage the Gnex would have. I like ics, but the Gnex has disappointed me also. Especially speed and camera quality.

But I hope Google will update the phone to be awesome. I might have changed my mind mind when the razr actually get the update. :-) and some new super phone, might have been released by then. I am thinking SGS3 maybe.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ChongoDroid:
MY nexus is way faster then a RAZR.. My friends got a RAZR and about the same speed as a stock nexus but his has stability issues which is disappointing because it's on 2.3.5

Not saying every device but his was buggy as hell.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ChongoDroid:
I'd maybe consider a RAZR developer device but even that... I see a RAZR 2 coming too soon for that to be smart.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] offenberg:
Did they announce razr 2 already?

I have to say I'm in love with the Razr build quality and look. But I guess you will always want the phone you don't have. I was in a store playing with it. And it just feels so good in hand, and it is quick as hell.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
You know how Motorola rolls...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] davidstech11:
I use two phone too. But my other phone is a iPhone 4S. And my GN can hold its own with my iPhone. Each has pros and cons. But the GN being slow or laggy is not one of them. Other than occasionally seeing my GN stutter when typing it is butter smooth. Way more pros than cons.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] offenberg:
Yeah, heard of. I never owned a MotoDroid. But like their custom UI and hardware. I think it's the first time a Motorola android is available in Scandinavia.

Edit: not true. We have the Defy :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] leshake:
And how many iterations of gingerbread needed to be made before it was all good? Also, previous phones you mentioned are all on GB. Which is at 2.3.6 last I checked. We're barely on 4.0.2, officially.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] LBTaylor1984:
You need to look at your phone, the Nexus is a swift phone, tbh due to ICS i'm finding it more responsive than my SGS2.

I suggest you completely format your phone, whack Revo HD ROM on it, Lean Kernel, push it to 1350mhz. enjoy. If you see lag then I can only presume it's broken.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Radsolutionz:
agreed, the gnex is SLOW.... and its NOT perfect....defff not the best device out there.... its cool for wut it is... it runs ics... performance is below average. i still like it tho... its a lot of fun... very cool phone... my old t989 was a LOT faster... and A LOT more stable.... the question is... is the nexus just Poor hardware... or was ics released before it was completely ready... ics is def NOT finished... otherwise we'd actually see it on some devices by now... gingerbread, as much as people are bored of it... is prettty stable compared to ics... sometimes... old and working is better than new and buggy... now think about microsoft xp and vista, No one wanted vista because it was a pain in the ass... most people stuck with xp... it was old but it sure as HELL worked... not that my gnex isnt awesome... it is... but it takes a LOT of tweaking to get it just right... but thats why we r on xda right... bunch of nerds with too much time on our hands... lol im just saying... phones should work right out of the box... in this case, well thats another story...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] P500:
God. The amount of "My Nexus is sooo slow. I have to wait ages for something" is too damn high!

Go, sell it, and buy your RAZR/iPhone/whatever and be happy with it, and stop trashing the xda-Forums with your bumming. Jesus Chris.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mixtapes08:
Go buy nexus s much better (i hope hehe)

Sent from my Nexus S
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ChongoDroid:
I bet you 90% of the people complaining about the nexus don't own one.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mobilehavoc:
Why do people think others care what phone they have or like? Use whatever phone makes you happy. Plenty of people love the Nexus and I'm sure plenty of people love the Razr. It doesn't always have to turn into some holy war. Jesus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] offenberg:
This is no war. All in this thread own a nexus. We are only discussing stuff about it and the RAZR. I you have a problem with what it, you can just stop reading, instead of defending the phone we all have. Only thing a said was "I was thinking about getting the razr" and the OP about that he feel it is slower than he's razr. What is the problem about that? Join discussion or just don't reply.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] android01:
I'm flashed AOKP 3 hours after unboxing my nexus 3 and I've not had a single problem. We flash because we know custom is better in every way. As for stock, you may very well be right on every single point. My advice, only a pink unicorn can redeem you.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] leelaa:
The nexus has amazing hardware inside of it and with that 1.2 dual core beast inside of it, it should be lightning fast, but its not. New ota updates should fix this though as that's what updates are for. You just got to be patient. I just flashed a from for now an solved the problem.

sent from my galaxy nexus running cyanogen mod 9 :)