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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 12V:
This worked for me too, thank you very much for the tip! I would never come up with this solution by myself, really tried everything without success before finding your post! :good:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pticouic:
only one thing : 1.000.000 Thanks. It worked for me too .... I spent so many hours to fix that shi#&*.. with no success and your tip is WORKING in less than 5 secondes ... !!!

you made my day.... good job ...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keithsipa:
I just wanted to give a quick thanks to the OP of this thread.

I just did a mass purchase of screens from HK to fix 4 phones.

3 Nexus 4's and 1 Optimus G lcd / digitizer / frames replaced and the proximity sensor would not work on any of them. After much assembly and disassemble I found this thread.

The quick fix of turning the rubber gasket to the wrong holes on the sensor fixed them all! I dont know why it works, but it does work!

They all now work perfectly.

I used: Proximity Sensor Finder for troubleshooting while trying to find a fix and verify the fix.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxwelldiamonds:
Worked for me too. Thanks OP!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] effry:
i have this problem too can please someone post some photos?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxwelldiamonds:
This is the video I followed, it shows it pretty clearly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZDAIgwbXk4#t=522
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keithsipa:
That would be correct, if you follow the steps on that video with regards to the proximity sensor, it would be installed correctly and the holes would line up perfectly between the gasket and sensors. However, that doesnt seem to work, you want to now install with the tab facing the other way, you will now see that the holes do not line up correctly and the gasket is partially covering the sensors, dont panic, that is what you want it to look like. Now put it back together, download a proximity app and make sure it works.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MajinJoko:
This fix worked for me too.

Thank you so much!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ilum90:
It works! Fixed! Thanks :D
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MajinJoko:
Hi guys,

sorry to OT in this thread, but seems related.

After changing the position of the rubber thing, the proximity sensor works fine, but the light sensor reports values between 0 and 80lux, and I think it's wrong since it goes up to 10000lux.

Is this a problem of -again- the rubber part, or maybe it's just my screen that comes with a faulty light sensor?

Thanks!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sp_Ark:
Probably it's the rubber part. Just try without it to see what values you get. If it works then you might have to try make the hole a bit wider. My light sensor worked ok after this fix, but wasn't as sensitive as it should, played a bit with lux and auto brightness settings (any custom rom have such settings - there are some apps as well or xposed framework + gravity box) solved everything.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dihcar:
same issue

can someone please tell me where to buy this rubber part because it's missing on my n4, probably lost during screen replacement, i looked on line for supplier i couldn't find one, even on ebay. thanks.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MajinJoko:
Thanks for the idea, man. As soon I will have some spare time I will try..

The only suggestion pops up in my mind is to buy a "very broken" nexus 4 on ebay, but it could cost you so much money that I am not sure it worth it..
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mene82:
It works! Thanks ! You are amazing !
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sp_Ark:
To find only the rubber part as a listed product is impossible. You should search for n4 proximity sensor as a spare part and ask the seller if he can send only this rubber thing. If you plan to buy a proximity sensor you should double check that this rubber is included, cause usually is not, but iv seen listings that already have it at their photos.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dihcar:
Yeah I found out it cannot be bought anywhere. Right now I'm using proximity screen off app until I can do something about it.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sp_Ark:
There is a proximity off xposed module
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dihcar:
It's not working on my rooted n4, can't open it.

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It's not working on my rooted n4, can't open the app.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sp_Ark:
Have you ever used xposed before? You have to enable the module via xposed settings and then reboot. Then the app should start.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dihcar:
First time, never heard of it. Thanks we'll do.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mfarooqi:
Thank you man!

Thanks. for the video. I had the same problem... I was only thinking. .where to get gasket from? can i make that my self. .etc.. but this video told me .... there is an already rubber gasket here on proximity sensor.. I just take out my faulted LCD.. OMG that gasket was there :) .. haha..

Thankyou veryyy much. .to you and the guy who told on start :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexl53:
THANK YOU! To those who are having proximity sensor problems with a new LCD screen/digitizer purchased online, the part is shown in the video posted before at 8:30. Mine had tape as well and was easily removed. I just tamped it down a little after switching the rubber's position. It works now!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dlopatin:
Thank you

Many thanks for this solution! :good:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] idumbakumar:
Hi i also missed the part unfortunately. But i was able to fix it with little effort. I took in ear earphone buds and cut the outer part like rectangle just the size more than proximity module. And i removed the center part of rectangle shape in such a way both sensors exposed.then i placed the rubber into the sensor room and assembled everything..now its working... I can guide or send pics if u need it..
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arturocr:
It worked!

Thanks a lot to the OP, this worked on my N4, the problem was driving me crazy, not anymore!

Huge thank you! :good::fingers-crossed:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexnh:
Thanks very much.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sms6737:
Had screen replaced by service store. After the repair the proximity sensor wasn't working during calls and the gps stopped working. I used a dental pick to pry open the latches near the micro USB port. Followed ifixit disassembly video and rotated the rubber proximity cover as stated. After rebooting the proximity sensor and gps were working again.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arktay:
omg it works *_* thanks a lot!!:fingers-crossed:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] just_adrian:
Works, but only after factory reset

Thanks, this worked a treat. On my Nexus 8GB, however, I had to perform a factory reset to get the digitizer to work again (just wouldn't respond to touches, so could not test, ended up spending a few hours going in circles).

Once reset, it works a treat. It's almost as it still remembers the last 'bad' input it got from the proximity sensor, even after a proper power cycle (battery disconnect).
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JG:
Best damn post I came across in a long time!Thank you so much.The flipping the rubber gasket worked.I wish I knew why this needs to be done to fix it BUT who cares it works!!! Thanks for the trick...:good:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the_gio:
it works!!!

i dont now why, but this works for me too. thank you very much for sharing this solution.

Thanks
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pocket_rocket:
My case is even more frustrating. After removing and dust cleaning the sensor and around, It works fine again, but when i mount the rear cap back to the unit, it stop working again. I tried it two times more with the same result...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SkriptZor:
Hey there, registered to the forums just to say THANKS !!!

Your solution of flipping the rubber seal has fixed the issue for me, legend !!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samanghn:
Thank you for starting this thread, the video and the tips were really helpful. However, I did not flip the rubber gasket, here is what i did:

if anyone is having proximity issues after changing LCD/Screen, I took a very small piece of electrical tape, folded it up and placed it between the light/proximity sensor board and the black plastic cover with the 9 screws. This pushes the sensor against the glass which will correctly sense if the phone is in close (5cm) proximity of an object or not. When changing the LCD, the headphone jack has to be moved, the double sided glue doesnt hold very well after reassmbling, by filling up the space between the sensor board and the black plastic cover, you ensure the sensor and its gasket are stuck against the glass and the holes of the front LCD.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amletinka:
Dude! have no words to describe my happiness))) still not believing that its helped O_O!!!!!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaroal:
Hi, it works for me as well. Without factory reset.

Thanks a lot.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lazinase:
OP, I don't know how many times I need to thank you! You are a genius!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stmashaw:
Thanks for posting this solution. I was pulling my hair out for hours trying to figure out why the proximity sensor wouldn't work after replacing my Nexus 4 digitizer. It worked on the old digitizer (which was also a replacement). Turned the rubber piece around. Viola! Works now.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audit13:
I know this is an old thread but I just changed the screen on an N4 and could not get the proximity sensor to work either. Once a call connects, the screen goes black and even pressing the power button doesn't bring up the screen. I was just about to order a new sensor when I came across this solution. Reversing the rubber boot worked! Thanks.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mubaidr:
I had the same issue after screen replacement, gonna try this.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audit13:
Let us know what happens. I spent (or rather wasted) hours trying to solve this problem until a Google search brought up this thread.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goutham.k8:
Please post a video of doing this..thanks!!!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trent999:
I wonder if when I recently replaced my battery I put that little black rubber plug thing in backwards myself ?

It doesn't matter so much to me, because after the battery replacement my speaker stopped working at all. So I don't use it as a phone much anymore.

I guess there is no connection there ?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audit13:
I don't think there is a connection between changing the battery and the speaker malfunctioning. Did you remove the speaker to remove the original battery?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guada@madrid.com:
I Wouldn't Have Believed It If I Didn't See It With My Own Eyes. It worked on my Nexus 5 like a charm. My proximity sensor did not work till I did the covering operation, but which is the logic behind this weird behavior?

Are the sensor broken after the screen replacement or what? :-|

Txs

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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mubaidr:
I have lost the rubber gasket during screen replacement and now proximity sensor does not work.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audit13:
Without the rubber piece, does the phone always stay on, off or?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mubaidr:
Screen is always off during call. I am using xposed module to disable proximity sensor.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kybkenny:
It hurts my brain, but this also worked on the aftermarket display of my old n4...

Maybe the holes in the black front frame didn't align with the rubber gasket and with the inverted gasket they now form a diagonal tunnel??

But also, the light sensor doesn't go higher than 3000lx when bathing in the light of my LED torch app...

Not sure yet whether that's normal or not...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itrohr:
Worked for me too

Thank's!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thomazgr:
Thank you sir! Worked for me too!:)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cloud66:
Thank you!

Just replaced a friends screen and they said the screen was going off during calls. One quick search brought me to your solution.

10 minutes of work and BOOM done. This worked beautifully. Sensor works like a charm. I'm not going to even question why this works, but it made my evening for sure.

Thanks again!:D
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zumoney515:
cool, now, the million dollar question from me is, what website did you order from? i've been looking for screen replacement for my phone but haven't found a good site yet...(i'm not looking for a nexus 4 screen replacement, but i'm sure most of these screen websites have other models as well). thanks in advance.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OnlinerUserBD:
Wow its worked...!!!!

After suffering since 2 month.....your trick just saved from lots of trouble...

Thank u very much :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stormPremier:
It works ! Yay

EDIT : Huh ... apps that gave me proximity detail and luxmeter are ok but the bug is still there O.O
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] llbranco:
ty, I will try on my LG L Fino D295f (L70dps)

I'll follow this video, since I lose my rubber thing that cover the sensors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzbznNb-aXM
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingjelle123:
Dude you saved my ass xD still works for me now that i applied your fix thank you very much
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Axel85:
Has anyone ever tried to enlarge the proximity sensor hole (the smaller one?} with a soldering iron ?

I'm a technician ,and I can confirm that inverting the sensor rubber gasket makes the proximity sensor work,but it also make the light sensor catching less light ... Not a big problem sure, but maybe we could solve that sensor issue in an easier way without making the light one "faulty"

I am sure 100% mine is an original display on an original frame, but the adhesive layer is thinner than the original one ,because the display is not perfectly flat with the frame . It worked with no issue for 2 months. Now that I have this problem ,I can see that the screen is no more tightly attached to the frame as before, almost imperceptible, because of the maybe bad quality adhesive . If I push it down ,it works for like 1 day. I will try that way tomorrow , because my nexus 4 now it's my girlfriend main phone . Three years with me and not even a problem, not even a minimal scratch no battery issue. One year and half with her, and 2 broken displays , one damaged battery, one charging port, 3 back glass covers and I don't remember what more

Ahhh wait ... This fuc**** proximity sensor
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Axel85:
I have some news... There's no need to reverse the gasket sensors . You only need to enlarge the smaller hole ( the proximity sensor one ) , but I have a terrible news, it's not possible to use a soldering iron, because the rubber doesn't melt. I had to use a Dremel to enlarge the hole , it's not simple but with a little of patients you can do it in 1 minute. You don't need to enlarge more than 1mm in diameter. After the repositioning I added a rubber on the back of the sensor flex ,just to be sure it's tightly pushed to the screen . Finally the result is ,everything working , even the light sensor with the right value. I'm 100% sure that this problem is due to the adhesive layer that attach the display to the frame , thinner than on the preassembled original one . Remember that my display ,touch screen, and frame are 100% original , but I'm 99% sure they're not preassembled by LG at least the frame to the display assembly . From my experience you can find if it's a preassembled full display unit , by the presence of the filter/diffuser on the rgb notification led hole . 99% of the times nexus 4 and nexus 5 display not completely assembled by LG are missing this filter, and the display it's not laying flat with the frame . Let me know if it's useful to someone
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iOMARoran:
Thank you man you are a genius
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keesoon:
Anybody knows why?

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Thank you so much! It works fine on my N4!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Axel85:
My nexus 4 adventure is done. My girlfriend broke the phone another time... This time it's not repairable. In our trip to Portugal the phone was in a bag with a bottle of water , the bottle cap was not tighten enought and the phone stayed in water for at least ten minutes. For a strange reason the only thing that I could not repair was the display , another time, and I don't want to change it for the 3th time. Now she bought a Moto g3 , wish it will last a little bit more :eek:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keesoon:
I am sorry about what happened to your poor N4.

R.I.P
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oyvindo:
Fantastic! your post led me to investigate the presence of a rubber part on my Galaxy S6, because the Proximity sensor failed after replacing the screen with a China no-name brand LCD. And indeed! in the old (broken) LCD frame I found the rubber frame belonging to the proximity sensor and moved it over to the new frame - and viola! it now works perfectly :good::good::good:

I did not have to rotate it though. Installing it the right way was all I had to do. But it was your post that led me to investigate in the first place - so thank you, thank you, thank you :)

P.S. I have watched so many youtube videos about how to replace the LCD screen, and none ever mentioned these small rubber gaskets that had to be moved over to the new LCD frame.

Rgds

Viking
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SenorHuge:
I've been having a very odd bug that started to occur today.

Whenever I restart my phone, battery pull, or turn it off and on it resets to Jan 1st at 7:00pm. Some apps are not working, including BBM (msgs don't attempt to send), Snapchat (gives me a "Google Play not supported by device" notification), and Google Play (no connection error).

Because my phone is "in the past", whenever I send or receive texts they do not appear on the message log due to their time stamps being in the future (I assume so).

What should I do? Should I wipe and re-root. I'm running Liquid Smooth JB 4.2 ROM and have been for nearly 6 months for no issues. I wouldn't expect it to be the ROM.

Another thing, If I do wipe and re-root, how would I completely wipe everything minus the core things? Let me elaborate: I've been having a problem caused by CWM where it is creating multiple "0" folders (which are created to store all the files every time I install a new ROM). I think it's at about 7 files deep now due to switching ROMs daily about 6 months ago. This leads to a very messy internal SD with files all over the place. How would I fix this so it goes back to the normal file structure, pre-root? Do I have to go delete the files by hand on via my PC?

Another thing, what method is recommended to save my People contacts, messages, app data, etc (preferably on an external back up: PC or external SD)?

Thanks in advance!
[General Questions and Answers] EeyanO:
I'm a noob, obviously.

But I have a simple question that I can't seem to figure out the exact answer to.

Is there a way to make my device run stock AOSP?

Or do you need to find a particular rom meant for your device?

My device is running Jellybean with touchwiz and I'd rather it run pure KitKat.

It's a low end device and I have not found ANY custom roms out there that are proven safe for it. There isn't even have an xda forum for it.

I'm rooted, backed up, have TWRP, all that jazz. Just don't like the stock OS of my Samsung Galaxy Stellar (JasperVZW).
[General Questions and Answers] CompCOTG:
So I want to root my Galaxy Tab 3 7 inch but z4root keeps crashing. If anyone can help me here, all help is appreciated greatly.

FULL NAME OF IT?

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 inch SM-T210RGNYXAR

Also I have one more question, how the heck do I back up my phone. I want like a whole step by step process. I want a backup so I can restore if It bricks the tablet.

Anyways, thanks for any help given.
[General Questions and Answers] Sambianer:
Hola. Check this link, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2459817. If you need more help, just ask :)
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] xda_guy:
My internet connection is messed up. I was playing with the settings and ittries to connect via 02 active ,previously it was onnecting via mobileweb and it would dislay all pages without any problems, but now it tries to connect via 02active and seems to get connected and then comes up with this message

The page cannot be displayed or downloaded because the connection was lost. Check the connectiona and try again later

The connection is still active, because the UMTS icon has been replaced by the data umts icon

I think if I somehow get it to connect to mobileweb, the connection will be fine and I will be able to view pages. Can you guys tell nme how to fix my internet connection
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] geeibara:
Hey all,

I've been using CM for a while, but I always have a lingering regret of going back to stock for the sole purpose of having the TV app. The greatest thing about it was it had a simple TV favourite interface with remote controls and access to other media systems.

Has anyone discovered any apps similar to this? Meaning to take advantage of the IR blaster for the one and have a nice interface with cable TV.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] supersquirrel211:
I use the Highly Customizable remote (IR Blaster) called "smart remote" I'ts a little pricey but I believe its well worth it, you can set up anything and everything with it. I have my Denon receiver, BlueRay, Directv, Panasonic Viera TV, and my HD streaming box all connected to the app and if you set it up right you can usually turn all devices on with click of one button, including switching inputs on TV &/or receiver at the same time..here it is on the play market...https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.remotefairy~~~~~it's made for the HTC One, Hope this helps you!!!:cool:
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] nomadix:
I am using Smart Remote. Also a little pricey but it controls everything I own and even things like HVAC units. Nice interface and easy to set up.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Red_Gh0st:
I recently rooted my Blu Advance phone using framaroot and installed supersu, tutanium backup, etc.

Ive seen on some websites to install cyanogen mod. Can someone tell me like the pros and cons of installing it? Are all apps compatible with it?

Another q, my phone has android 4.2.2...if an update is released, will irlt unroot my phone?

Thanks in advance
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irimolsjik572:
Well, since you rooted already, there's not really anything to lose by installing CM. You've already voided the warranty so you got nothing to lose! CM has lots of nice additional features. I have it on my Hisense Sero 7 Pro. I haven't seen any apps that are incompatible with it so I would say go for out!

In regards to your other question, It probably will not unroot your phone unless it is a very large update that changes system things like the binary. So I would say no.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Red_Gh0st:
I downloaded the cyanogen installer and ran it but it says the device is unsupported.

Is there anything else you recommend me to istall? I already have the big apps like greenify, titanium backup, and supersu
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irimolsjik572:
Xposed Framework. Extremely Awesome. Definitely install Gravity Box also, which is made for the Xposed Framework http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1574401
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Red_Gh0st:
Thanks man ill check that out
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irimolsjik572:
No problem.. :)