iOS 4.1 Proximity sensor glows red during a call

[SRLMJ23]

How do you even see it? In order for it to come on its up to your ear and you cant see the sensor when it's there. Sorry for sounding dumb but what do you do to get see it?

 

[Daveoc64]

How do you even see it? In order for it to come on its up to your ear and you cant see the sensor when it's there. Sorry for sounding dumb but what do you do to get see it?

The sensor must be on all of the time that a call is in progress (and speakerphone is switched off).

The whole point of the sensor is to tell when the phone is being held up to the ear - it can only do that if it's on all of the time.

 

[benoitgphoto]

I'm surprised more people can't see it. Here's a thread with some posts about it last week:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1005639/

Just tried and can't see it either. I did not have any issues with before though.

 

[SRLMJ23]

Gotcha. I see it now, but barely noticeable at all.

 

[ahfu25]

Jedi mind trick.....the red light is saying "there is no proximity sensor issue"

This!..

 

[MadMacxxx]

Perhaps this means that you can see in the infra-red wave length.

Lol, not humanly possible

 

[MadMacxxx]

How do you even see it? In order for it to come on its up to your ear and you cant see the sensor when it's there. Sorry for sounding dumb but what do you do to get see it?

a red dot with what looks like circular coils. Awesome

 

[DualShock]

Uh my 3GS has had that for a while now.

Maybe Apple forgot to turn the proximity sensor on in 4.0.x?

 

[richard371]

I can't see it unless I look through another camera like my Blackberry. I wonder if my cat can see it?

 

[grantsdale]

it does

Not here.

 

[Vincentmoy]

Now that you mentioned it and I just made a call with my phone. The PS does glow red... very faint, but it's there. I'm in a darker corner of the house but ya, I could see it.

 

[jacollins]

Yes, it's the Apple mind control beam. I thought everyone knew that.

 

[ElBerserko]

Apple is indeed pushing more current through the infrared LED as part of their fix. The more you put through an infrared LED, the more chance of it spilling over into the visible spectrum. I took some before an after update pictures to illustrate this. Keep in mind these pictures were taken with my other iPhone which can see infrared light clearly. To me the light is only very faintly visible.

 

[mcmanus7]

mine displays a strong red dot where the prox sensor is... no issues with it though lol

 

[Drag'nGT]

Damn you guys are astute.

 

[SAL8116]

I just did a call in a pitch dark room, No light showing on mine. And yes I updated to 4.1.

 

[Intell]

I just did a call in a pitch dark room, No light showing on mine. And yes I updated to 4.1.

It's there your eyes just can't see it.

 

[SAL8116]

It's there your eyes just can't see it.

If it is there, it is barely noticeable. But nothing I would complain over.

 

[MadMacxxx]

If it is there, it is barely noticeable. But nothing I would complain over.

No one's complaining about the visible light being emitted from the sensor. We're just confirming it and wondering what's changed.

 

[PNutts]

No one's complaining about the visible light being emitted from the sensor. We're just confirming it and wondering what's changed.

Mine is barely visible but I didn't check before 4.1 so I can't say if it is a change in behavior.

 

[Daniel L]

someone should make an app that uses the proximity sensor to control their TV

 

[Richie2000]

Mine is barely visible but I didn't check before 4.1 so I can't say if it is a change in behavior.

Same here...

 

[TroyBoy30]

It's there your eyes just can't see it.

if your eyes cant see it then it's not there! lol

mine doesn't glow

 

[Intell]

someone should make an app that uses the proximity sensor to control their TV

I don't think the two IR signals are within the same IR band for that to happen. Just like the IR port on laptops or a PDA can't control a TV.

 

[Mr Bigs]

That's subjective.

Yep my brothers is still half-assed functional.