Thread: [FIXED] Proximity sensor sensible to sunlight
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glabifrons is offline glabifrons
2011-04-01 , 02:29
Posts: 149 | Thanked: 134 times | Joined on Jul 2007 @ Florida
#32
Originally Posted by retsaw View Post
But is reacting to sunlight and bulblight default behaviour? Mine doesn't react to sunlight, to get it to react to my 20W CFL bulb I had to hold it ~2cm from the bulb and I couldn't get it to react at all to a 40W incandescent bulb. I do have a screen protector but it has a cutout so the proximity sensor isn't covered.
CFLs put out very little IR... they're made to be efficient in the visible spectrum.
40W incandescent is mood-lighting.
Try it with a 500W incandescent heat-lamp.

You probably don't see a problem in the sun because you're in England... that's quite a ways away from the equator compared to Florida. (I have no clue where the OP lives) Here, it's a constant irritant.
 

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