So when I have 3G, the icon is white when active and gray when inactive. On my phone atleast, when I have 4G the icon never becomes gray. Is just a minor bug or is my phone actively using the mobile network?
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I'm using the icbar program on my xda and love it. I'm trying to customize it so it shows the phone icon that is displayed on the normal start bar (the one with the signal strength, etc.). I'm able to get it on their with a default icon (blue square). It functions like this, if you click on it (shows connection options, turn off phone), but doesn't display signal strength, etc. What can I change the icon to so it works correctly?
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I'm using the icbar program on my xda and love it. I'm trying to customize it so it shows the phone icon that is displayed on the normal start bar (the one with the signal strength, etc.). I'm able to get it on their with a default icon (blue square). It functions like this, if you click on it (shows connection options, turn off phone), but doesn't display signal strength, etc. What can I change the icon to so it works correctly?
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Well, I e-mailed the author of icbar, and he said that currently it can't do this . So, I was wondering if their is another program (that can be ran from icbar) that would show the signal strength, alerts, etc? Or is their a program similar in function to wisbar/icbar that doesn't cover up the system (?) notifications? I like to know when I have a voicemail :lol:
So as the question says, is there a way to make the roaming signal icon (the one with the exclamation just above the bars, its in the framework/resources file) show up when the bolt is on the 'Extended Network'? I just want to be able to differentiate when its going away to the Extended network vs being on the VZ network, without pulling down the notification bar?
What are the meanings for the 3G/4G status bar icon colors changing from gray to blue? Mine seem to stay gray today and will not turn blue like it has been previously. If you have a good explaination I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance.
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I figured out the difference in the 3G/4G status bar icon colors. Blue is when background data is enabled and gray is when background data is disabled. (you will also see gray 3G/4G icons for a few seconds while your phone switches between 3G and 4G)
To change this setting go to... Settings: Battery and data manager: Data delivery
Check or unchecked the box accordingly. We learn something everyday.
I come from the Heroland and that usually means that you aren't logged into your gmail account or no internet connection. Just my 0.02 cents!
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Gray from what I can tell is no active data connection.. It's trying to connect but not.. I see it when going from 3g to 4G and the reverse
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When it's blue then your phone has a connection to google's servers (ie. your gmail account) and gray means that it doesnt have any connection to google's servers.
Thanks for the answers guys. I'm only getting gray 3G and 4G icons now. Not sure why but my data speeds are back to crap again also. Maybe I turned off "background data" so I'm about to check.
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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Eric
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.
I'm currently using 2 sims on the dual sim model, and there are 2 signal strength indicators in the status bar to the left of the notch. That leaves practically no room for actual notifications, so I'm wondering if there's a way to hide the signal strength indicator for both carriers I'm on? I've tried using SYSTEMUI Tuner but none of the toggles would hide any of the indicators.
Silly question but did you restart your device after using system ui tuner?
Not a silly question at all, in fact I and not restarted the device after flipping the toggles but in my defence, it was because I could see other indicators appear and disappear in real time so I didn't think it was necessary. Nonetheless I did try to restart after turning off a few items that seem to relate to signal strength but still no dice. Thanks for the suggestion though!
I am having the same issue, looks like you can only have one notification for the dual sim version. I assume the only solution is to use the number of notifications option rather than the icon, given that only one icon will appear at a time. For example, I set up call forwarding and despite having several notifications, only the CF icon appears in the bar. If you add Network Speed then none will.