I am having trouble finding out what the "circled dot" icon next to the battery icon means. It is a large dot with a circle around it. I think I noticed it once before today, but I am now seeing it a lot for about the last hour. Is it related to the no cell strength I had? I'm not seeing the circled dot now that there is cell connection. Microsoft's WP7 page explains all the various icons, but not for WP8. This appears new. Don't see anything in the manual or thru search.
location services (GPS)
fiftiesdean said:
location services (GPS)
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Thanks. That appears to be it. Using apps that access location causes the icon to appear. But I wasn't using any of these kind of apps, I believe, when I noticed it today. Just turning the device on, I would see the icon on the lockscreen. Perhaps it was Weather app live tile or other background process. Also I don't normally leave wifi / data on, so that might explain why I don't usually see it.
Weather app live tile will do that as it updates weather info for your current location.
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What's the dot with the two brackets around it? I see it under my music controls.
tibere86 said:
What's the dot with the two brackets around it? I see it under my music controls.
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it means the file is being streamed
adiliyo said:
it means the file is being streamed
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Thanks!:good:
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What is the icon on the power bar next to the screen brightness button?
It is the second icon from the right, the screen brightness icon being all the on the right side of the bar.
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bill4d said:
What is the icon on the power bar next to the screen brightness button?
It is the second icon from the right, the screen brightness icon being all the on the right side of the bar.
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you mean the SYNC icon!? Its for exactly that SYNC functions well afaik it is lol
It looks like the "reload" symbol on a web browser. If it is a SYNC button, what exactly does enabling it do?
its for the se sync website i think if the icon is right which we are talking aboutXD
this one i think http://www.sonyericsson.com/wportal/uss/promotion?cc=de&lc=de
bill4d said:
It looks like the "reload" symbol on a web browser. If it is a SYNC button, what exactly does enabling it do?
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It allows automatic and continuous synchronization in whatever you have in your settings>accounts & sync settings. Disable it if you are not on unlimited data connection. Can use it over wifi if you want.
freshprince2x said:
its for the se sync website i think if the icon is right which we are talking aboutXD
this one i think http://www.sonyericsson.com/wportal/uss/promotion?cc=de&lc=de
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Does not necessary have to be SE's, though it's the default one. Can delete. Can add facebook, twitter, gmail, etc, if you installed the apps.
I've turned off all of the location services in settings, but my notification bar still has an icon that looks like the GPS is still on. It's a circle with a cross in it and arrows at the cardinal directions. I've even turned GPS off using the power control widget, but it's still there. Anyone know what this and how to get rid of it?
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I've turned off all of the location services in settings, but my notification bar still has an icon that looks like the GPS is still on. It's a circle with a cross in it and arrows at the cardinal directions. I've even turned GPS off using the power control widget, but it's still there. Anyone know what this and how to get rid of it?
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That is the GPS icon and unless you are unlocked you cannot get rid of it (that I know of).
Can anyone help with this. I did a Google search and looked in teh phone where the icon description list is and there is no info on this.
On the notification bar there is a new icon i have never seen. It is to the left of the 4G and is like GPS but it's not a circle but more of a diamond shape with curved signal bars going towards the right, at the 4G icon. I feel kinda silly but since nothing I've changed in the settings anywhere has turned it off.
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It's gps/location services (not just standalone). The bars can be removed by turning off location services but the icon itself remains from what I've seen. Probably icon represents at least e911?
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Hey thanks. It reminded me of GPS but looked different. So non-GPS but standard Location Services will keep that on? Too bad, it just clutters the notification bar.
Yeah i tested it out and the icon does stay but the signal bars go away if you turn off location services totally off. Bummer. I see that as something to maybe fix in the custom roms.
What is that faded dot, which appear sometimes on the left of notification bar... like a notification but it's not?
does it show with headphones plugged in?
If it is as Envious is suggesting, then its the Smart connect thing. Or maybe you are talking about the Noisecanceling which appear like a wave sort of.
saldirai said:
What is that faded dot, which appear sometimes on the left of notification bar... like a notification but it's not?
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Like the one in the attached picture ?
A flag, SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LOW_PROFILE, can be passed to indicate that certain UI elements be put into a Low Profile and offer less of a distraction to the user. If I had a nexus device (really any device with soft buttons across the bottom) then I would also notice those buttons being replaces by the same dim circle I'm seeing in my navbar.
This has been available since 4.0 and is intended for book readers, games, and other immersive applications.
Maybe you have some sort of app that are running in the background. Try to check your task manager.
It's not related with headphones. It looks just like the one in the attachment but if so it should replace a notification, which i dont see after it disappears.
I'll try to get a screenshot the first time i see it.
And please check the task manager to check what is open. Please take screenshot of that too
Unfortunately, i forgot to check running apps but i dont expect any surprises because it was after a video watch. so yes a full screen app was working but there is no clue that it's for visual enhancement and it just disappears after a page refresh.
if it's a notification, i cant get to read it.
I wonder if it can override the gps icon? Maybe it's a notification that what you are using is accessing your location.
I've checked it with the notifications log, it was empty. So it's probably the hidden icon of the running video app in fullscreen. it emerges when i use mx player, as well. thanks for the brainstorming
I've looked and looked but can't see what it is and its bugging me that something might be running in the background using up battery I don't need
It's the nfc icon
I thought the NFC is the mobile one on the left
Mine appears on the left; however, if you zoom in on the picture, it's the nfc icon. Strange how it's on the right though ?. Have you tried enabling/disabling nfc from settings to verify if?
Yep and it does seem to be using 2 icons, one when NFC is switched on and the second when the NFC is enabled on the banking app which seems a waste of screen space
Hmm, that's really strange. When I turn on nfc, only the 1 icon appears but then again, I don't have a banking app installed. Are you able to turn off nfc on the app?
If I turn it off my app the mobile icon will go but the NFC one will stay until I disable NFC itself.
Never had two icons for NFC on a mobile before so this is a first
Maybe your banking app is creating the second NFC icon. You can look at what notification permissions it has in settings.
I only have 1 NFC icon. I have two banking apps and use Google Pay at registers and I haven't noticed a second NFC icon.
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I've looked and looked but can't see what it is and its bugging me that something might be running in the background using up battery I don't need
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NFC is activatet. That's all!