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[Ankit]

Does long and continuous use of proximity sensor destroy or weakens the sensor??

[Martin]

The proximity sensor is used for quite a long duration for many users that make long phone calls so I would assume that it should not be a big problem, however I don't really know for sure.

[Ankit]

Hi Martin
I made a simple flow to turn on screen by proximity sensor..

But if phone is turned off for a longer period of time, then the flow don't works.

[Martin]

The device probably turns off the sensor when it enters standby mode. Does the trigger still work for some time when the screen is turned off?

[Ankit]

Yes

[Ankit]

Is there a way to prevent device turning off proximity sensor when it enter stand by mode

[Martin]

As a workaround you could create a flow with a trigger Shake and enable the flow (no actions required) which should force the device to stay on. However it might drain the battery when the device is kept awake for a long time.
I'll add an option to trigger Proximity Sensor to keep the device awake.

[Ankit]

But In my device shake also don't work when screen is off

[Martin]

Then it's probably the device that completely turns off all sensors when the screen is off. There's probably not much I can do about it then (except by keeping the screen on using action Turn Screen On but that's usually not acceptable).
Anyway, I already added the new option to keep the device awake in the proximity trigger, feel free to give it a try.

[Ankit]

Thanks Martin