No dialpad option while making a phonecall

onetelguam

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I have a Galaxy Nexus with android 4.1.1. but every time i make a call i cant find a dial pad option. its there when before i make the call but during a call i cant seem to find it. so i cant use phone cards, enter my voice mail password, enter extensions, etc... if anyone out there knows where to find it please let me know.
 

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I had to take a moment to find it, but it's there. It looks like 10 little squares on the left, located under the red hang up bar. Enjoy JB and keep smiling!

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Screenshot_2012-10-02-09-28-50.png

Hit the white squares icon on the lower left as you can see in my screenshot. I actually already pressed it so you can see the dialpad up during a call. Press it again to get rid of the dialpad.
 

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My problem is worse with the Nexus 4. After I dial, the whole screen turns black. I have to queue the password in order to get to the voice mail but I can't deal with any voicemail options after that since there is nothing on the screen for me to press. Is there a solution to this ? Thanks.
 

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The screen should reappear when you hold the phone straight up. It dims when slanted during a call.

The screen goes completely black after a connection is made with the Nexus 4. I tried holding it straight up and it made no difference. I read a fairly-detailed CNET article which showed an option to keep the dialpad displayed during a call. However, that call option is missing on my Nexus 4 (with the latest updates).

Here's the CNET article I talked about:

How to display the dial pad on the Droid X | How To - CNET

It would have been the perfect soluton, except that it does not exist on the Nexus 4.
 
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patruns

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I don't have the call settings on my Galaxy Nexus either.

The screen goes completely black after a connection is made with the Nexus 4.
How do you hang up a call then? When I take the phone away from my ear and hold it straight up it stops dimming. What if you tap the power button like you would to wake the phone up?
 

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I hang up the phone by powering off :(. There's a setup option to do that.

Before I set the option to use the power button to disconnect the call, when I tap the power button, the dial pad comes up for about 2 seconds, enough for me to push two keys, before disappearing again so it was not useful. After I set the option to use the power button to disconnect, any slight tap on that button will disconnect.

It's hard to believe that the Nexus 4 has this basic problem. Almost all businesses have the interactive response systems these days, this makes the phone incapable of calling any customer support numbers. I installed Screebl but it only helps with the timeout, not this deliberate in-call screen-off.

I ordered a cheap Made-in-China Android phone mainly to experiment with it to see how good/badly it works. However, I might end up using the cheap phone instead if it does not have this serious problem. I make a lot of international calls using the calling cards and, although I can work around the problem by concatenating two phone numbers with a pause, it's inconvenient. And I can't deal with my voice mail box which uses an interactive response system (I can concatenate the password to listen to the voice mail but cannot delete it later when prompted)
 

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It sounds like something is blocking your proximity sensor at the top corner of your phone. I don't know where exactly it is for the Nexus 4,but on the Galaxy Nexus it's the top right corner of the phone, but to the left of the front camera; it's to the right of the earpiece.

Do you have a screen protector or a case on your phone? Was it, or were they, perhaps put on incorrectly, mistakenly covering even slightly the proximity sensor up top? I find the proximity sensor to be somewhat sensitive on android, though I prefer it over a dud one. It's supposed to turn the screen off when the phone's too close to something, whether it's your face, or even if a finger gets in front of it for a mere .05 seconds when on a call.

It may sound dumb or too basic, but that's my suggestion. When on a phone call, the sensor's sensitivity seems to increase substantially. Though like I said, it's kind of a good thing usually. Check Google where your sensor is and see if it's somehow blocked during your calls.

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Jonneh

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You're welcome! Glad I could help out. Now all you gotta do is rip that one off your phone and replace it with a more fitting one specifically for the Nexus 4. That's a cheap fix! :)

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