After trying a whole bunch of fixes including:
- Phone app’s menu option (my phone did not have a option to disable)
- Proximity Screen Off Lite (did not work)
- Xposed Framework with sensor disabler (works till phone is rebooted
or app updates) - Macrodroid macro (Macrodroid does not run on my phone for some
reason) - put some tin foil in front of it?(i don’t know what i was thinking)
Here is My fix:
I figured you cannot break it more so I opened up my phone and removed the proximity sensor all together from the motherboard. The sensor tester app now shows “no_value” where it use to give “Distance: 0” and my screen no longer goes black after dialing. Please note I can only confirm this working on a Samsung I8190 Galaxy S III mini with CM MOD 5.1.1. Here is a picture of the device i removed:
I have removed it using a SMD solder station’s heat gun at 400 degrees, some tweezers and flux.But a sharp hobby knife might work too.