Dropped phone, and now proximity sensor is busted. Will replacing the screen fix the sensor?

[Alex Woolf]

Hi there. I dropped my phone and the screen cracked, and the proximity sensor is broken -- the screen always turns black when I make a call. I was thinking of replacing the screen. Will this likely fix the issue with the proximity sensor, so the phone is usually for calls again?

Thanks

 

[montsa007]

Only the repair people can tell...ain't your screen supposed to go black when you put it near your ears when making a call?

 

[Alex Woolf]

To be more specific: it stays black even if I take my phone away from my head.

 

[montsa007]

Proximity sensor and screen, 2 different things...so if you replace the screen I don't think it'll fix the proximity sensor *unless the display replacement has a proximity sensor in it*.

P.S. - Laughed on this "I take my phone away from my head." because I imagined this,