It seems that the iPhone 4 proximity sensor It is somewhat less sensitive than previous generations, and its screen takes longer to turn off when you bring it close to your face when receiving a call. This causes contact with your face put calls on hold, silence or even hang up calls.
Probably the reason for this problem is not that the sensor is less sensitive but that it is configured to take a little longer to turn off and can be fixed in future updates.
Source: 9to5mac
No, it can't be that the iPhone 4 has a bug ... hehehe another one ??? It seems to me that the 3GS is going to last me longer than I thought at first.
wow i love the latest iphone… i have been experiencing that problem on my new iphone4 for a while. today it is called and the intante the black screen is put and the image does not return and I do not know how to return it, then I turn it off in the power button ... hopefully it is the firmware and throw another one now so that that little problem is fixed.
But let's see gentlemen, what happens now the iPhone 4 is garbage? Is the whole terminal going to fail? At this rate tomorrow at this time there will be news that says that the iPhone 4 does not make calls or that it was an Apple joke and it is the new iPod …… but by God… ..
I do not believe anything and after seeing the video of the sphere with the coverage "you have to want to lose it" is that you have to put it in a bunker so that it loses coverage.
So the sensor thing is another win over throwing the product to the ground, I still think that it is the best terminal that exists and that with Spanish companies we will not have those coverage problems.
Maybe it is a thing of the iOS4, has someone the same thing happened with the 3G and the OS4?
If these problems are solved, it will help us to arrive in Spain some time later.
Are you still having problems with the sensor? when I speak the screen does not turn off! My mobile is 3 days old, can I change it? or is it software problem?
Lorenzo, it works perfectly for me.
Do you have it in 4.0 or 4.0.1?
I'm already perfect !! Thank you very much! I don't know how I did it but it works perfect
It suited me perfectly with version 4.0.1 and 4.0.2. But it has been updating to version 4.1, and suffering many problems with the proximity sensor.
The screen turns on and off intermittently during calls, no matter how close the iPhone is to my ear, and inadvertently I always end up pressing a button with my face that I shouldn't. I have tried restoring, but everything remains the same.
Is the same thing happening to you?
Hello, I had the problem that the proximity sensor did not work correctly and I solved it by removing the screen protector sticker that I had put, it already works perfectly. Greetings.