Android Light Sensor stops Reporting when display turned off in Jelly Bean with Nexus 7
<p>I have an app that needs to read the light sensor values when the display is off.  This works fine a Galaxy Nexus running ICS, however with the new Nexus 7 the light sensor is disabled as soon as the display is turned off.  Accelerometer still works when the display is off but light sensor does not work until display is turned back on.  This is running in a foreground service with a partial wakelock.  </p>

<p>Is there a way to overcome this in software or is this a hardware difference that cannot be overcome?</p>
