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SpeakerPhone Ex

SpeakerPhoneEx is a simple application that stays in the background and does not take extra battery power. It's purpose is to enable your phone's speakerphone to be turned on/off automatically based on whether your phone is held to your face or away from it.
PERMISSIONS NEEDED:-------------------PROCESS_OUTGOING_CALLS: To detect outgoing calls.READ_PHONE_STATE: To detect incoming calls.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS: To allow the app to turn the speakerphone on/off.MODIFY_PHONE_STATE: To answer calls automatically (pro)WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE: To allow the app to write errors trace on the SDCARD.WAKE_LOCK: To allow the app to force screen on/off

keywords: speaker phone, loudspeaker, proximity

Category : Tools

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Reviews (27)

Sha. W. Oct 12, 2015     

On my Galaxy S6 it has an annoying glitch. It prevents calls from being made on first attempt. Doesn't matter if you use keypad to dial, use contacts, hyperlink etc, the first attempt fails every time. The speaker on / off portion works flawlessly but can't deal with the dialing issue. Will be uninstalling. Ill be back if they find a resolution for this.

Las. W. Sep 29, 2015     

The concept of switching your smartphone to speaker phone mode and vice versa using just sensors and without having to touch a single button is just awesome. Just bring your phone towards your ear or away from it to switch modes when somebody calls comes in very handy and easy in day-to-day situations.👍☺

Dan. S. Mar 9, 2015     

I wrote the developer in hopes they could help, but they never responded. On my Droid Turbo, speaker mode turns on fine, but when I then hold my phone to my face, it doesn't recognize my face and switch back to the earpiece. Don't know if the pro version would solve this problem, but I don't want to spend $1.50 to find out. Disappointed.

Bil. B. Feb 20, 2015     

On my Moto X (2nd Gen, Lollipop), the Auto Answer feature didn't work. I think this is because an incoming call only produces a pop-up notification (similar to push notifications) instead of opening the full screen phone app. The auto-speakerphone settings appeared to work exactly as advertised.

Nei. P. Dec 8, 2016     

Samsung Galaxy S5 - Great concept, but after the call is finished it leaves the proximity sensor active. If you try to select anything on the screen it sees your hand and blacks out until you move your finger away. The only way I have found to kill it is to force stop the app. VERY irritating. Messages to the developer have had no response.

Kri. H. Sep 9, 2015     

I have a folio cover which I close while using my phone to make calls, and it's always worked fine, as the app recognizes that it shouldn't be on speaker when the folio is closed. Today, twice, it switched to speaker suddenly several minutes into a conversation. OW! I may have to stop using this, unfortunately, to preserve what's left of my hearing.

Ant. G. Jul 12, 2014     

Adds the ability I currently wish I had from Google now (Speaker Proximity Mode) . Ok Google -> Call xxxxx, Sets call to SPEAKER MODE. So i don't have to look at phone to switch from Ear to Speaker mode Thanks Much!

Tim. B. Oct 20, 2014     

All it needs now is the ability to add a delay before turning the speakerphone on. This would allow you to use key press commands (for menu options) without toggling.

Fre. C. Feb 18, 2014     

There will be times where I take it away from my face, or put it to my face and it acts up. It will keep flickering the screen, and switching between speakerphone for 10 seconds straight. Its a little buggy, but still works well for a free app.

Myr. A. Oct 13, 2015     

On my idol 3, having this program installed made the proximity sensor active (turning off the screen whenever something (like your hand) was near the proximity sensor) even when the phone was on speaker phone mode (normally the proximity sensor is turned off when in speaker phone mode). So if you tried to do anything with the phone while you were in a speaker phone call, you would constantly be turning the screen off by mistake. Even turning off all the features of SpeakerPhoneEX didn't solve the problem.

Chr. J. Dec 13, 2017     

Great app, but I have one problem that's driving me nuts! When I receive a call (but apparently not when I make a call), the proximity sensor remains active after the call has ended. This results in the screen going blank whenever the sensor is covered. Rebooting the phone fixes the problem until the next time. I don't know if the issue is a result of Speakerphone EX or is a problem with my Samsung S8+. The default phone app has no settings (that I can find) related to the proximity sensor.

Fra. M. Jul 13, 2015     

Despite my disbelief in this app due to the comments, it actually worked FANTASTICALLY on my Nexus 6. Knowing developers, they might have my phone as a testing device so it doesn't surprise me too much that it's working so app, but MAN! I had it setup and working in literally 20 seconds. Works great with calling people through "okay Google"

Elw. K. Nov 20, 2015     

Nov 18th. Worked fine for several weeks. Today, ear speaker and loud speaker would not work on calls. Found that Google Now update reset "OK Google" to all screens. That caused the speakerphone problem. Unchecked that option and everything good again.

C. Dec 12, 2014     

Works as described. Would give 5 stars if there was an option to take out the task bar icon when in call.

Alb. B. Nov 13, 2014     

I wish I'd have rated app when I first installed it. It worked well at that time. Now, when I dial it goes to speaker as the default setting and does not switch off when I bring closer to my ear.

Chr. P. Oct 15, 2015     

I don't know why this isn't available on every phone. Really helpful when I don't have to think about getting to the speakerphone option in the middle of a call

ken. r. Jul 23, 2017     

Has been a great experience (just over a year) I don't use auto answer but the away from\close to face speaker phone options are totally worth buying these kids a cup of coffee.

Dex. C. Dec 20, 2014     

Nice app, works great on my Nexus 5 with Lollipop installed. I do wish that it could have been a setting choice built into android though.

A. G. u. Feb 22, 2015     

It says my G2 doesn't have a proximity sensor which is not correct

Shu. P. Jan 13, 2016     

If auto speaker on is not checked, manual speaker mode is not turned off even when the auto speaker off is selected. They should independent. Rest could not be checked in free version, so three stars only. Sorry.

Chr. H. Mar 11, 2015     

Works exactly as expected, I wish it worked with other applications like Lync or Skype, but I completely understand why it doesn't.

Som. Y. Nov 18, 2015     

Does not work well on my Moto X 2014 Pure on Lollipop 5.1. After placing a call (speaker) move the phone to my ear still remain speaker mode. Have to move the phone away from my ear and back for it to work. As I move my phone from my ear to hangup the phone went quickly to speaker...you need to set a delay here.

Rob. M. Feb 20, 2015     

Great concept of an app, which I hea4d about on All About Arena. Had some issues with speaker phone getting stuck on though. Would be great if we could either change sensitivity manually, or at least have a Calibration function.

Has. J. Jun 3, 2015     

I didn't realize I need this app until I try it. Now I can't live without it..

Ift. J. Nov 16, 2014     

This is a very useful app, plus it works well with "ok goole" outgoing call" perfect 5 star from me.

Dar. E. Nov 20, 2015     

I can call someone, and wait for them to answer in speaker, then automaticly switch speaker off. This is great.

Alb. T. Jan 7, 2015     

Wow, I been through thousands of apps and I can't believe I never came across yours much earlier! It works prefect and I know my 82k subs on YouTube will love it too. Thanks