[Q] Third sensor next to front camera?

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steeserious

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• Jan 15, 2014

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Today I realised that the screen protector I just applied a few days ago has three holes for the sensors next to the front camera, instead of just two for the two sensors that are visible.
Does anybody know what the third one is about? I saw that it's also visible in the service manual as well as in this promo video: http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/products/phones/xperia-sp/specifications/#white

 

pec0ra

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• Jan 15, 2014

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It's the proximity sensor.

Edit : sorry, I misunderstood... my bad. You have the light and proximity sensor but I don't know what the 3rd one is.

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Davalz

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• Jan 16, 2014

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I think its (in order) camera, ambient light sensor (for autobrigness), proximity sensor 1, and proximity sensor 2 (like an Xperia Neo for example)

 

noahvt

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• Jan 16, 2014

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I checked my phone and it has 3 holes but it's hard to see because it's a black phone!

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mrjraider

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• Jan 16, 2014

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Somewere in the General or Q&A are the whitepapers being shared of this phone. Perhaps you can take a look at them to determine what the purpose is of that sensor?

 

noahvt

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• Jan 16, 2014

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steeserious said:

Today I realised that the screen protector I just applied a few days ago has three holes for the sensors next to the front camera, instead of just two for the two sensors that are visible.
Does anybody know what the third one is about? I saw that it's also visible in the service manual as well as in this promo video: http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/products/phones/xperia-sp/specifications/#white

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What phone do you have? C530?

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steeserious

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• Jan 16, 2014

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mrjraider said:

Somewere in the General or Q&A are the whitepapers being shared of this phone. Perhaps you can take a look at them to determine what the purpose is of that sensor?

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I did that but couldn't spot any useful information.

noahvt said:

What phone do you have? C530?

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Sorry, forgot to mention that it's the C5303.

 

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ZakooZ

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• Jan 16, 2014

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Light sensor, Proximity Sensor, Proximity Switch

 

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steeserious

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• Jan 16, 2014

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So it is, indeed, the light sensor.

Thanks!

I'm a bit confused about proximity sensor and switch. What's the difference between the two?
When I use the service menu to check (idiot me, could've done that to determine that the third one is the light sensor ) the proximity switch, holding something in front of any of the two will change the status to ON.