iPhone 4S Incorporates Revamped IR Sensor for Siri's 'Raise to Speak' Feature

[Macdick]

iFixit

I dont give a sh...it about iPhone 4s or any Apple product when I watching HER ! She is a Queen right there Lets repair ME Please

 

[jamesnajera]

I would think that is a weak reason, because people would not care if the raise to speak feature is disabled on the previous iPhones.

 

[daviddth]

What bothers me though, is that I thought I'd save some battery by disabling the Raise to Speak function. However, even when I disabled it in settings, the sensor was apparently still coming on when the screen was lit, regardless of the fact that I had disabled Raise to Speak.

I did the same thing (Using the daughters iPhone 4 as the camera) and you are correct, disabling the raise to speak does not change the LED function at all - it still remains lit when the screen is active.

 

[flyfish29]

It seems that it wouldn't need to be on ALL THE TIME but instead could be activated when there are somewhat brisk (maybe even turning) movements to the phone like when raising it to your ear. then it could kick it on and sense if it comes close to something like your face. That might save some battery life is this sensor is using any being on all the time.

 

[Digitalclips]

I have a white 4S too but it doesnt work that well!

My wife's white 4s works great for me in raise to speak mode but not so well for her ... go figure!

 

[ghettochris]

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It actually uses the accelerator as well as the IR sensor. So you actually have to do the raising guesture at a high enough speed for it to register as raising the phone to your ear. I guess this is how Apple avoids it going of in your pocket all the time.

You can try it out by putting your palm against the phone first without swinging the phone and then after doing a raising like guesture.

thanks, i was trying to figure out why i couldn't just cover the screen to make it work...

 

[Irock619]

Man that girl is cute!

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

So why am I still having issues with my iPhone 4 and my ears turning on the Mute function?

I thought Apple fixed that...

EDIT: Apparently it's my case!?! Youtube video on moding the Otter Box case. I'll have to try that and see if it works. It's driving me nuts...

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

Regarding the girl: She is trying too hard. Her eyes move around so much that they might pop out.

If the speaker gets you attention more than what they are saying then you had better watch out because some bimbo in a wet t-shirt might talk you out of all of your worldly goods... (Or into using a Windows Phone)

 

[ThunderSkunk]

ifixit needs more than that small set of crescent wrenches on that tool board.
...and mj is hot.

jus' sayin.

 

[seanjs]

I don't understand why the sensor would be on all the time the screen is on. Why not just turn it on when Siri is activated?

 

[Roofy.]

I don't understand why the sensor would be on all the time the screen is on. Why not just turn it on when Siri is activated?

Because the whole point of it is to activate when you simply raise the phone to your ear. You don't hold the home button to activate it, you simply raise the phone to your ear and it automatically activates.

Its a freakin great feature TBH.

 

[BlueParadox]

Siri activated without a button...

That is pretty much impossible to do, it would go off every time you put it in your pocket.

I don't know, seems improbable at the moment, but it makes sense that it ought to be a function.

 

[intelliot]

If you turn OFF "Raise to Speak", does the IR sensor turn off? If so, how much does this affect battery life? 2 seconds, 2 minutes, or 2 hours?

 

[meatballs]

Ok so the IR sensor is on even when you turn off Raise to speak. Isn't that a waste of battery?

 

[MacBOS]

Cannot believe you just called me out as a lurker. Owned..

All i can say is.... keep it up

 

[YoussefA]

Ok so the IR sensor is on even when you turn off Raise to speak. Isn't that a waste of battery?

Yes... unless, as other people suggested, maybe the IR sensor uses a ridiculously low amount of power that it doesn't even matter.

 

[TheralSadurns]

Damn... I love Ifixit's M.J.

 

[dlep30]

Does 'Raise to Speak' work for you 100%?

For me, it's hit-and-miss; sometimes the phone registers 'Raise to Speak', sometimes it doesn't. Can be very frustrating. Not sure if something's wrong with my device.

I can rarely get raise to speak to work as well. I would say it works only around 10% of the time.

 

[justperry]

Sorry if this has already been mentioned, kind of late in this thread.

Now, this raises the question, can it be hacked so that you can use that sensor to control your IR devices, wouldn't that be nice.

 

[gri]

Raise to speak - sounds like a damn good political or activist slogan...

 

[meatballs]

Yes... unless, as other people suggested, maybe the IR sensor uses a ridiculously low amount of power that it doesn't even matter.

That seems very un-Apple, even sloppy. Sounds like a bug to me.

 

[MattG]

Regarding the girl: She is trying too hard. Her eyes move around so much that they might pop out.

If the speaker gets you attention more than what they are saying then you had better watch out because some bimbo in a wet t-shirt might talk you out of all of your worldly goods... (Or into using a Windows Phone)

Cat fight?

 

[patseguin]

I have the feature turned on and it doesn't work for me. I have the display on and raise the phone to my ear and Siri doesn't activate. Am I doing something wrong?

 

[guzhogi]

Is that all you guys think about? By the way, she's even cuter and sweeter in real life!

No, but it is pretty fun thinking about cute girls. Hmm, I wonder what Siri would look like if she was a real person?

Yay for derailing threads!