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Is there any way to lock the screen during phone calls. Every time i put the phone on my shoulder my face touches the screen and i mute, add a caller or worse hang up on the person Im talking to. Bad design if ask me.
iPhone 5
Apple just needs a lock button on the phone screen. The have done everything else why would this be so hard to do my wife has the same problem
Have you tried Settings > General > Accessibility > Assistive Touch?
It also hangs up the phone
doboytw wrote:
Apple just needs a lock button on the phone screen.
No they don't.
Your phones are not working correctly.
As previously mentioned, the screen should go off when you hold it up to your face (actually when you cover the the earhole at top of the screen).
This is to prevent accidentally mute/hang up/other key presses wheny your face touches the screen.
Fixed it i found this post that solved all the issues. My blue tooth in my truck and using siri lift to talk dont play well togather. Read below. Thanks everyone for your time..
Re: My iPhone 5 proximity sensor doesn't work. There is no screen cover or case on the phone. Any suggestions?
Sep 23, 2012 7:49 AM (in response to jefffromaltoona)
I had the same problem (iPhone 5), but the fix was simple.
Turn off your Bluetooth. Yeah, I know this sounds crazy. Here's why.
When you use Siri with the "Raise to Speak" feature activated (Settings/General/Siri), this enables the proximity sensor that lets the iPhone know it is near your ear, activates Siri, and turns off the display.
However, if you are using a bluetooth headset (like I do), then this sensor is turned off automatically, because you will be speaking thru your bluetooth and not the iPhone to activate Siri and make calls.
To prove this, do the following test.
Make sure "Siri" is on, and "Raise to Speak" is on (Settings/General/Siri).
Turn off your Bluetooth (Settings/Bluetooth).
(TEST) Hold your phone in front of you, and with a natural motion, bring the phone to your ear (as if you are answering a call). Siri will automatically activate, assuming you want to ask it/her a question (very cool feature). And the screen will turn offautomatically.
If you have never used the "Raise to Speak" feature, this feature automatically activates Siri when you raise the phone to your ear (really a cool and helpful feature). It may take a little practice to get used to this. I struggled at first, but soon got the hang of using a natural motion to bring the phone to my ear. Starting with the phone in front of you, the phone should be "almost" parallel to the ground when it gets to your ear. It may take several practice tries to get it, but you will get it, and you will be hooked on this neat little feature.
Ok, with this done, this proves your proximity sensor is funtioning properly.
Now, turn on your Bluetooth (Settings/Bluetooth).
And repeat the same (TEST) above.
This time, Siri should not activate, and the screen should not go off. Why? This is because your voice communications with callers (and Siri), are now going thru your Bluetooth, and not the phone handset. Because of this, their is no need for the proximity sensor, so it is automatically turned off (when Bluetooth is on).
I can only speak for me and my situation, and what worked for me. However, their may be other issues regarding the proximity sensor separate of this that I am not aware of.
By the way, I am using the "Otter Box" with the built in screen protector, and it all works fine.
TJBUSMC1973 wrote:
Actually, Meg, I just tested it on my phone. S/W button without headphones = call ends. S/W button withheadphones = screen locks.
SW button without headphones locks the screen on my phone. I tested it several times before posting. I wonder what the difference is. I have an iPhone 5 (Verizon version) 6.1.4.
At work, I use a BT headset and, now that I've found one I like, think it's the greatest thing since sliced bread.
i have a 4S and if im on a call and press sleep/wake, screen locks as well.... does not end call..
I posted before I saw your detailed post. Excellent detective work!
For what it's worth, Otterbox cases (which I love) have been implicated in blocking the sensor. Glad yours works properly.
Best of luck.
This happens to me ALL the time!!! It's so annoying. I'm on a call and then my face somehow tries to FaceTime that person. The only thing I can do is end the call and call them back. Sometimes my face starts pressing buttons or mutes the call. All of these are beyond obnoxious. Please allow a fix to be able to lock the screen during calls. I don't use a headset. I'd like to be able to use my phone without these issues.
JetNoise wrote:
This happens to me ALL the time!!!
Because you have a case that doesn't fit correctly or your phone is not working correctly.
Please allow a fix to be able to lock the screen during calls.
Dont need it. Get your phone checked out at an Apple store.
WHY is there no simple intuitive Apple-like way to lock my screen during phone calls so that the phone stops muting or hanging up? "Don't need it" geek seems to miss the point of intuitive design.
JDHomestar wrote:
WHY is there no simple intuitive Apple-like way to lock my screen during phone calls so that the phone stops muting or hanging up? "Don't need it" geek seems to miss the point of intuitive design.
There is. It's called the proximity sensor. If yours doesn't work, get it looked at.
JDHomestar wrote:
WHY is there no simple intuitive Apple-like way to lock my screen during phone calls so that the phone stops muting or hanging up?
There is.
And you need to do absolutely nothingto activate it.
"simple intuitive Apple-like" geek seems to not know how to use his iPhone.
So Chris CA's answer is to do absolutely nothing! Wow, I guess that explains why there are at least three dicussion threads spanning several years related to this problem encountered by many reasonably intelligent people who are just trying to use their phone as a phone... Some of us don't have a lot of time to learn technical tweaks for something that should be designed in a more user-friendly way...
What I think he's saying is there really is nothing more apple can do for a promixity sensor beyond mind reading to know when you want to lock the screen. It reacts by your face being near it, that's all you don't have to do anything.
Also Steve Jobs himself hated buttons, he believes they make a device look crappy, that's why buttons on mac computers are generally out of the way. The iPHone only has One, Two, Three...Four? Five if you count the ring/silent switch.
www.apple.com/feedback if you want to advise them to have mindreading as the next step in product user friendly way
How can i lock the screen during phone call i5
