I have read on this forum people talking about their 3g icon going green. I have had my vm optimus v for 5 days now and even when I am lucky enough to have 5 or 6 bars (seldom) I have never seen my 3g icon go green. The only thing I see is white and blinking arrows. Am I missing something...like a really good 3g signal.
Green means you're connected to google services
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jsthrower said:
I have read on this forum people talking about their 3g icon going green. I have had my vm optimus v for 5 days now and even when I am lucky enough to have 5 or 6 bars (seldom) I have never seen my 3g icon go green. The only thing I see is white and blinking arrows. Am I missing something...like a really good 3g signal.
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green usually means you are connected to Google's servers white means you are not. You may have a sync issue but other than that you are not missing anything as long as you still get your gmail and notifications.
Also you may not have a mod on your phone that differentiates between connected to Google or not. (may always be white.)
the people talking about their icons turning green are running gingerbread,you are probably running froyo. The icons show the status of the google talk service,if it can communicate with the google servers,it will be green,when the connection is dropped,the icons will be white. This was added in android 2.3,so if you are running the stock rom or anything else that is 2.2.x,then they will stay white (or whatever color your theme is)
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Thanks
Thanks to all for the info. My first android phone...I did sdcard cm7 my nook color though ... so I learned some things along the way. Maybe it doesn't turn green because I don't auto sync. I am running stock, only had the phone a couple of days.
Gingerbread only?
If you're using the stock ROM (2.2) the 3g icon and signal bars never turn green. correct me if i'm wrong but I think that is a Gingerbread only feature.
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After I upgrade from 1.6 to 2.1 I realized some features r being removed.
1) I can no longer check the box for auto brightness, I have to change the brightness myself
2) when setting up for ringtone or notification sound theres no more dialog box asking ringtone from "android music" or "my music". How can I use my ringtone for notification sound?
3) I see my 3G logo is no more on top and now is a "H", I sometimes do see 3G or E when I have a bad signal. Currently using tmobile USA 5.99 tzone. Does this mean my internet speed is faster after upgrade to 2.1 or im receiving tmobile 4G speed?
4) battery life didn't improve, still as crappy as before... 2hrs from discharge only 1hr off very heavy usage right now is only 50% left...
5) when I add the "picture frame" widget I see a 3D gallery from galaxy s but I don't see the icon in the menu list... Where can I get the icon and use that application in the x10??
Overall great upgrade, phone seems to be faster a lot. Bootup time is faster too. Hope next upgrade will be Froyo
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Quick word of advice this thread is probably gonna be closed by the mod because there has already been different threads on this and this information is already in 2.1 aftereffects and is where information concerning the update is actually suppose to be posted
3vilhomer said:
After I upgrade from 1.6 to 2.1 I realized some features r being removed.
1) I can no longer check the box for auto brightness, I have to change the brightness myself
2) when setting up for ringtone or notification sound theres no more dialog box asking ringtone from "android music" or "my music". How can I use my ringtone for notification sound?
3) I see my 3G logo is no more on top and now is a "H", I sometimes do see 3G or E when I have a bad signal. Currently using tmobile USA 5.99 tzone. Does this mean my internet speed is faster after upgrade to 2.1 or im receiving tmobile 4G speed?
4) battery life didn't improve, still as crappy as before... 2hrs from discharge only 1hr off very heavy usage right now is only 50% left...
5) when I add the "picture frame" widget I see a 3D gallery from galaxy s but I don't see the icon in the menu list... Where can I get the icon and use that application in the x10??
Overall great upgrade, phone seems to be faster a lot. Bootup time is faster too. Hope next upgrade will be Froyo
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1: it's on the quick power control widget (or whatever it's called). Second brightness option.
2: My phone still asks if I want my music or android stock. No idea what's wrong.
3: H means HDSPA and yes it's faster.
4: Your battery may be defect. Most people get a lot more out of the battery since 2.1.
5: That has been covered like a million times allready. Use the search function.
Oh, that's a new thread... Never came across one similar here...
So you mean second brightness is auto?
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Ive recently noticed that the network bars, next to the H+ logo change color from blue to white from time to time and then back again. Are these colors specific to anything, or mean anything?
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They turn white when data connection drops.
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so what does it mean if the bars are blue (they are not always blue) and the box with the up/down arrows is white but you are transferring data?
Every explanation I have heard about the colors does not seem to cover all of it or to be correct. Is there a definitive source that covers both the color of the box and the bars?
I noticed this with the new market. My data dropped every time I started it. Bars turned white. Reboot, blue bars till I opened market, then lose data and bars turn white. Reverted to old market, problem solved.
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blue bars to my knowledge has something to do with being connected to googles servers or something. i read it when someone asked the same thing about CM7 singnal bars turning green
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They turn white when data connection drops.
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I have to disagree. The I was able to browse and use data while driving white bars. The coincidentally I was underground in tor subway while driving those white bars.
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There seems to be a lot of things going on with the colors. I have never used the new market app, so my colors have nothing to do with that. Well I install a gray theme so I have no colors at all now... Well maybe after the OTA is officially out we can find out what all the combination of colors of boxes and bars are.
gingerbread colors means the following:
green (or blue in this case) = connected to google's servers
white = not connected to google's servers
so just because the color is white does not mean you have no internet access, you may still be able to use data. it just means the connection to google services has been lost for some reason.
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gingerbread colors means the following:
green (or blue in this case) = connected to google's servers
white = not connected to google's servers
so just because the color is white does not mean you have no internet access, you may still be able to use data. it just means the connection to google services has been lost for some reason.
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For some reason half of the time it is white, and the Market doesn't work. I have to turn on airplane mode then turn airplane mode back off to get the market to work again. I never had problems like this before the 2.3.4 upgrade.
Is anyone else having issues with the notification icons changing from blue to white? Just randomly on its own.
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Easy answer, if you are connected to the 3g or a wireless network it is blue, if you lose data signal it is white
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I'm talking about the whole icon. It turns into the Froyo icons. Im not tlking about the animation.
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When you say notification icons, do you mean notifications that pop up like email or are you talking about signal strength, Wi-Fi, etc? In gingerbread, those icons change color based on whether your phone has a connection to google. In the DX2 they turn blue from white when you are connected. If you were stock android they would turn green. Watch when you first boot up.
Well the signal and wifi was wat im tlkin bout.. Makes sense wat you're sayin tho bout connected to.google cause it jus does it on the initial animation.. ie wen going from no signal to signal. Thnx
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How do I get blue signal bars to show constantly in ICS.I always get gray bars and only get blue when turning data on and when turning on Wifi.
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How do I get blue signal bars to show constantly in ICS.I always get gray bars and only get blue when turning data on and when turning on Wifi.
See my sig. for which ROM I use.
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It is blue only when successfully connected to Google services.
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It is blue only when successfully connected to Google services.
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No there is a bug with it. It doesn't show bars at all until you refresh the screen (off/on) really quick
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No there is a bug with it. It doesn't show bars at all until you refresh the screen (off/on) really quick
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The topic starter asked about blue/gray signal bars.
Also, I am not aware of any bugs with the signal bars on ICS.
This is a bug or may be a default setting in MiniCm AOSP Lite...in this rom the signal bars are always blue irrespective whether you have a workinng data connection or not....However in FXP CM9 etc it works just fine.....
On some ROMs, I had the bars blue, when I had connected to Google services. Didn't have any other problem with that.
Quick question here -
On the OG Evo my favorite mod was the WiMax notification mod that enabled the green WiMax light to stay lit when I received a text message.
I know the Evo 4G LTE doesn't have this light. Is it possible to have the blinking notification changed to a constant on? That way it's harder to miss when I get a new text message.
How hard would it be for a developer to make this happen?
Thanks in advance!
And to go along with this could we get a mod so that the notification light doesn't time out after 5 minutes if it hasn't been checked? Kind of a useless light unless you look at your phone every 5 minutes. It is one of the main reasons I switched to Cyanogenmod on my EVO Shift.
The constant on mod would be nice. I wouldn't have to stare as long wondering if it is in fact blinking.
I use Handcent and while it's a little bloated it does allow you to set the charging light to flash when a text is received and also the frequency and color of the flash. It might be an option for you until someone creates a mod.
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And to go along with this could we get a mod so that the notification light doesn't time out after 5 minutes if it hasn't been checked? Kind of a useless light unless you look at your phone every 5 minutes. It is one of the main reasons I switched to Cyanogenmod on my EVO Shift.
The constant on mod would be nice. I wouldn't have to stare as long wondering if it is in fact blinking.
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Wait, the notification light times out after 5 minutes? Seriously? I thought maybe I was just seeing (or not seeing) things. That's irritating.
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Quick question here -
On the OG Evo my favorite mod was the WiMax notification mod that enabled the green WiMax light to stay lit when I received a text message.
I know the Evo 4G LTE doesn't have this light. Is it possible to have the blinking notification changed to a constant on? That way it's harder to miss when I get a new text message.
How hard would it be for a developer to make this happen?
Thanks in advance!
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I also had that app in my Evo. It was from a developer in xda but when I tried to install it, it said was not supported. Wish the developer would redo for us.
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Mike Fitz said:
I use Handcent and while it's a little bloated it does allow you to set the charging light to flash when a text is received and also the frequency and color of the flash. It might be an option for you until someone creates a mod.
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I use hand cent also. Can you please point us to where you would adjust the color of the flash? All I see is a setting for blink led. But no color setting.
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I use Handcent and while it's a little bloated it does allow you to set the charging light to flash when a text is received and also the frequency and color of the flash. It might be an option for you until someone creates a mod.
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I actually really like the stock one that is included in this build. I've had sketchy results with third-party apps in the past and don't really need the extra bloat typically.
Appreciate the suggestion though, that's more along the lines of what I'm interested in. A constant-on notification light would be perfect.
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I use hand cent also. Can you please point us to where you would adjust the color of the flash? All I see is a setting for blink led. But no color setting.
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Menu/Settings/Notification Settings/Notification Settings (again)/Check the "LED Plus" box. You should then see a dropdown for LED color (Green or Amber) and another for LED Frequency. Not sure if you have to be rooted to select LED Plus.
I used the wimax notifier on the 4g, but it would be great if a ROM developer could include some tweaks for this!
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Menu/Settings/Notification Settings/Notification Settings (again)/Check the "LED Plus" box. You should then see a dropdown for LED color (Green or Amber) and another for LED Frequency. Not sure if you have to be rooted to select LED Plus.
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I don't have "LED Plus" what version of handcent are you using?
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I don't have "LED Plus" what version of handcent are you using?
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I think you have to be rooted to use that feature/option!
I am rooted with zedomax
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I don't have "LED Plus" what version of handcent are you using?
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I'm on 4.2.5 and it's been there through multiple updates. It's possible it wasn't included for the LTE I guess, I'm still using the OG EVO (for now). Maybe someone else can verify. It would be hard to believe they would remove it for certain phones but who knows.
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I use this and it is godly light flow
It takes a while to figure everything out but once you do it's amazing
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I tried this on my LTE, and it only worked in Direct mode, which gave me very few options. How did you get it to work?
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I use this and it is godly light flow
It takes a while to figure everything out but once you do it's amazing
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I also tried this and although it works if my phone is silent the light turns off after a couple seconds if my sound is turned on. Also, the light doesn't flash it remains constant which I don't mind at all. However, I need to hear my phone sometimes so until that gets cleared up this isn't an option for me.
Ok for handcent there are a couple things but it does work even on our EVO LTE.
First I don't think the option is called LED Plus any more. To get to those options open up one of your text messages like you are reading it and at the top right side there is a little gear settings button. Click that and select Notification Settings. When you scroll down you will see three settings under the heading "LED Settings"; Blink LED, Color of LED and LED flash frequency. Those settings would have solved our problem. The problem is they are grayed out on our new phones. Bummer. I guess it means handcent isn't fully compatible with Sense 4 yet.
We can get around that though!
Now back out of your messages so that you are at the main screen of handcent where you can see all the contacts who have messaged you. Now press menu> settings>notification settings>notification settings. In here you will see a set of options called reminders. Turn on reminders and make sure the frequency is set for 5 minutes. 5 minutes is when Sense will usually time out a notification. Also, make sure to set the number of reminders to keep repeating so that every 5 minutes you get a new reminder. These reminders seem to restart the notification to your phone. You will get another notification sound/vibration or however you have yours set up and the led light will continue to flash like you just received the message. I don't think there is a way to not have the sound/vibration go off again unless your phone is on silent. Doesn't bother me since if I haven't checked the notification by then that means I still need to be notified.
Another cool thing about handcent is if you like the way the stock messaging app pops up your text on the lock screen handcent can do that too. It's in the options to popup on lockscreen and you also have to check the option for popup on lockscreen fix for some phone on Android 2.2+. You can even check an option somewhere in there so that the popup only shows up on the lockscreen and not when you are using the phone.
With these options I can make handcent function identical to the stock messaging app but have my notification led remain on forever until I clear it. I also turned off notifications for my stock messaging app and under display settings in my phone turned off led notification for sms/mms so handcent is controlling them.
Unfortunately this does nothing for emails, phone calls, etc but really texts are the one thing I need to know about since it is the primary way my wife communicates with me during the day.
I have also tried Light Flow but it doesn't seem to work at all. My notifications still turn off after 5 minutes even in direct mode.