OH it still happens to me in and out of my otter box case. and I have an iphone 4. I hope otterbox will design there case to the proxi sensor will not interfeer with that.
Take care all. On Jan 2, 2012, at 10:24 AM, Glenn wrote: > That happens to me a lot. > I just got a new case for Xmas, the "Keyboard Buddy", and perhaps it will do > better. > One thing I have noticed with the new case is that my double-tapping is more > responsive than with my old case. > My old case was the hard case that would act as a stand for either watching > the screen or doing a video call, because of the fold-out picture-frame > stand in the back. > Glenn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bryan Jones" <[email protected]> > To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 12:11 PM > Subject: Re: the i-phone 4 s and phone calls > > > Hi Michael, > > I'm wondering if your speaker / earpiece switching bug is the same as the > proximity sensor bug many of us experienced when the iPhone 4 was first > released. The proximity sensor, which is located next to the earpiece on the > iPhone 4, is a sensor that recognizes when some object, usually a person's > face, gets close to the earpiece. For VO Users, the proximity sensor is what > normally tells the iPhone to switch it's phone audio between the earpiece > and the speaker. For both VO and non-BO users, the proximity sensor prevents > the User's cheek from "pressing" any buttons on the touch screen whilst the > phone is being held against the face. The issue of unwanted earpiece / > speaker switching as well as unwanted button presses by the User's cheek > were widely reported by both VO and non-VO Users when the iPhone 4 was first > introduced. Apple released several IOS 4.x updates meant to address the > issue and I was under the impression that the issue was fixed for most folks > after one or anoth > er of those updates. I almost returned my iPhone 4 back when the issue was > making my calls almost unbearable as you mentioned, but one of the IOS > updates took care of the problem and it hasn't affected my phone since then > except for the following scenario. One of the other common causes of the > issue is the use of an improperly fitted case. Any case that protrudes too > far below the top edge of the iPhone4 can cause this issue. The first case I > purchased for my phone was a leather wallet case and the strip of leather > across the top of the screen would constantly cause the phone to switch > between speaker and earpiece because of the interference with the proximity > sensor. I was able to replicate the issue at will when the phone was in that > case. The other 2 cases I've used on my iPhone 4 -- The Speck Pixelskin and > the Mophie Juice Pack Plus -- both work fine as their top edges do not > interfere with the proximity sensor. One other thing I seem to recall was > that a number of folks > were able to take their iPhone 4 back to the Apple Store or wherever their > point-of-purchase was and get it replaced. > > HTH, > Bryan > >>> On 02/01/2012, at 5:08 PM, michael weaver wrote: >>> >>>> i am thinking of purchasing the i-phone 4 s sometime this year. >>>> i think if i don't want to be penalised for upgrading, the earliest i >>>> can >>>> upgrade is august this year i think. >>>> is the 4 s better at dealing with calls while running voiceover? >>>> i don't know if this only happens with voiceover users or if it at all >>>> affects non voiceover users as well but the 4 is known for switching >>>> between earpiece and hands free speaker. >>>> apart from of course wearing a headset the only way of avoiding the >>>> problem on the 4 is to temporarily switch off voiceover by pressing the >>>> home button twice and then having to remember to do the same at the end >>>> of >>>> a call which is a bit of a nusance. >>>> has this problem been addressed on the 4 s? >>>> i tried to just disable wifi before calls only that didn't appear to >>>> work >>>> as a solution to the problem of me either speaking to someone or someone >>>> talking to me and parts of the call breaking up because of this >>>> switching >>>> between the earpiece and speaker when the phone isn't near your ear. >>>> as far as i am aware this doesn't happen to a non voiceover user from my >>>> experience of temporarily turning it off and someone who borrowed my >>>> phone >>>> to speak to their mother about an important avon order for work that >>>> they >>>> were in a hurry to put through because they didn't have access to the > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus > and worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. 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