I want to cry! Getting fed up with this phone! Help!

[Deleted User]

Maybe you should stop trying to multitask - concentrate on your children and not a phone call!! Surely, making a call comes secondary to handling your kids - your calls aren't THAT important are they? ;-)

 

[TF1984]

Maybe you should stop trying to multitask - concentrate on your children and not a phone call!! Surely, making a call comes secondary to handling your kids - your calls aren't THAT important are they? ;-)

You're an idiot! Obviously kids are more important that phone calls you moron, the point is that you should be able to use your phone while doing other things. What a moron.

 

[lekky]

You're an idiot! Obviously kids are more important that phone calls you moron, the point is that you should be able to use your phone while doing other things. What a moron.

lol at this.

Anyway just get a headset

 

[Deleted User]

Oh dear, TF1984! Got out of bed the wrong side did we? Missed the bus? Stepped in doggie-doodie? Something riled you. Calm down, just calm down. Think of your blood pressure. Life's too short to be angry. Just remember we all love you x

 

[Frantic Ferret]

Is a bluetooth earpiece out of the question? If you want to have both hands free then that seems like the easiest solution. Trying to find other workarounds seems to be frustrating you. I don't care for them myself and only use them in the car, but it does seem like the best choice.

 

[cc82]

I second TF1984's recommendation for the Proximity Sensor app. I've been using it for a week or so now and have been pleased. It locks the screen when the light sensor (top right LED) gets covered up, so basically if you have the phone up to your ear it will be locked. It automatically unlocks when the light hits the sensor again. Not perfect, but definitely the best available surrogate for an actual proximity sensor.
Here's the link:

 

[ccinaz]

Have you considered excusing yourself from the phone and calling them back?? Not much HAS to be done RIGHT NOW....Anything short of 911 can wait! And it's a PITA to try to talk to someone when you don't have their attention...

 

[tx_dbs_tx]

Have you considered excusing yourself from the phone and calling them back?? Not much HAS to be done RIGHT NOW....Anything short of 911 can wait! And it's a PITA to try to talk to someone when you don't have their attention...

I really hope you don't think your post was helpful in the least bit.

Anyways, I noticed this thread and a few others about the Hero not having a proximity sensor. For this reason alone I will NOT buy the HTC Hero but instead I will be buying the Samsung Moment. The Samsung Moment DOES have a proximity sensor as well as other better features. To OP, you might want to concider exchanging your Hero if it's not too late. Ofcourse this all depends on your personal preferences between both phones.

 

[FrogSplatter]

Anyways, I noticed this thread and a few others about the Hero not having a proximity sensor. For this reason alone I will NOT buy the HTC Hero but instead I will be buying the Samsung Moment. The Samsung Moment DOES have a proximity sensor as well as other better features. To OP, you might want to concider exchanging your Hero if it's not too late. Ofcourse this all depends on your personal preferences between both phones.

Funny thing. A friend of mine is on his 2nd moment cause the proximity sensor kept messing up. Open source is all fine and good but with a company like HTC making its own UI they may figure out a sort of "Scribbl" way of doing this and building it in with software instead of hardware that can fail. Given time creative programmers can over-come alot. Patience is a trait an android user must have otherwise go get an iPhone like the other sheeple.

 

[Dushan]

Hi there,

I really like the Hero but I have already called the emergency services twice by accident. You know, calling HP, then Press 1 for Dutch, then pres 2 for a new problem en eventually press 3 for servers. I actually get someone from HP on the phone but when they transfer me I got the emergency department on the phone (because I selected 112, which is the emergency number here in Belgium). This already happened twice and HTC couldn't give me an answer. So from now on I speak French instead of Dutch (which results in 212). It still tries to make a call sometimes but now I just get a 'wrong number' signal.

 

[sneaky_zekey]

after you make the call,can you manually put it to sleep. i have the droid and once it is up to my ear it goes black. but if i have it on speaker it will go black when the screen times out,i just hit the lock botton and still able to use the speaker phone

 

[peestandingup]

I agree. It was something I dealt with daily with this phone & was just inexcusable.

Not putting a proximity sensor on an all-touchscreen phone, esp a phone of this caliber, was a bone-headed decision. Whoever's responsible should be horse whipped.

 

[cc82]

I second TF1984's recommendation for the Proximity Sensor app. I've been using it for a week or so now and have been pleased. It locks the screen when the light sensor (top right LED) gets covered up, so basically if you have the phone up to your ear it will be locked. It automatically unlocks when the light hits the sensor again. Not perfect, but definitely the best available surrogate for an actual proximity sensor.
Here's the link:

I really encourage everyone to install this app, it pretty much makes up for the lack of a proximity sensor.

 

[TF1984]

I really encourage everyone to install this app, it pretty much makes up for the lack of a proximity sensor.

I agree with you 100%.

Let's also not forget that HTC is writing new Sense for 2.0 or 2.1, and with that they may make changes to the UI for In-call display... Which may solve the problem altogether.