ios 7 proximity sensor not working

Same problem on iphone 5. Had a pretty embarassing moment when I hit the speaker phone with my face in my open floor office and someone said something relatively embarassing while I fumbled around trying to turn off speaker. This software glitch existed in an older version of ios (maybe 5) a few yrs back, it was fixed with an update. I assume this one will be as well.

Apple, please fix this! it's horror! i have this problem too with proximity sensor!

Just to add myself to the number. Iphone 5 64gb Ios 7.02 same problem done several hard resets to no avail. I suspect as it was na update that caused the problem it will be an update that fixes it. I would definitely go to your nearest apple store though to try and get a new phone out of it. Thats what I am going to try when i can.

For me it looks like problem of IOS 7 upgrade.

I have this problem, my wife has this problem, and we both have it since the last upgrade to IOS 7.

I used to attach the phone to my ear without thinking about it

But today very annoying things happened during the call – hangs-off, new random calls or facetime-calls raises, muting, speaker-on, call-waiting… you afraid to speak…

I hope It will be fixed in the next upgrade shortly – it’s a major bug it makes the phone a peace of junk.

Same problem for me both on my iPhone 5 after I upgraded to iOS7 and on my new iPhone 5S which came with iOS7 preinstalled. Very disappointing Apple.

Yes, same problem with iPhone 5 and the same for my wife, with also iPhone 5. Tried everything from closing all the apps from background, rebooting and soft-resetting the phone - NOTHING WORKS!

It happens with every single phone call that I have. Sometimes goes facetime, sometimes goes to speaker and often it hangs up.

This is actually so irritating problem that Apple, if you can't figure this out soon, I will switch to Android. Nexus 5 is just around the corner and I bet I can make better phone calls with that...

Restting all settings worked for me from the 5th try on iPhone 5

But it is not working on my wife's phone - iPhone 4S

Same problem - iphone 5 ios 7.02

Did a full reset with restore - not fixed

This depends entirely on wether or not you are using your best side. The new ios7 now detects ugly!

I have had to swap to the other ear in order to get proximity to work... as a bonus i have now started to make sure i sit with the new side facing my girlfriend which has resulted in a significant "get lucky" improvement ratio!

good luck guys!🙂

I have iphone 4 and since I have upgraded to ios7 I have had many instances where while in a call and holding the phone to my face/ear I end up activating mute, or facetime or speaker phone and it seems to be due to the proximity sensor and the software controlling it not working as it did before in ios6. I NEVER had this happen prior to upgrading to ios7. My phone will also automatically shut down or turn off while I am looking on the internet. Another problem I am having is while I am talking to someone the call will drop and I have to call them back. This has been happening everyday and VERY OFTEN! Sooooo frustrating! Wish I never upgraded. APPLE PLEASE FIX ASAP!!

I had the same problem and i restored the phone a thousand times, am not sure but i asked siri to open msgs and the magic happened, to be honest id doesn't make much sense but it did work for me, good luck !

Same problem, ios 7.0.2, iPhone 5. Very irritating. Didnt see this in the initial days after upgrading. Not sure where it went wrong.

"We're not holding it right". Probably?.

and for now don't have solution, for this problem. i still touch all button when speak and all people in another side of telephone is angry to me

I'm getting the same trouble on iPhone 5 - drives me CRAZY! Started right after iOS 7 upgrade and, like other posters here, I've tried resetting, hard rebooting, etc without seeing any improvement.

I hope it's fixed in 7.0.3, and I hope for sanity's sake that it comes soon.

APPLE I HOPE YOU ARE LISTENING!

I am a doctor and just did a week on call with this problem . Constantly having to ring back and apologize to my colleagues.

At the very end of the week however I tried switching on the Raise to Speak setting in Siri and the last 3 calls I haven't had the problem - fingers crossed....