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Status bar signal colors

What's it mean when the 4g or 3g signal turn colors instead of white? I can force it by going into airplane mode and back out.
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You mean green in GB and blue in ICS?
That means you have an active connection to the internet AND have a gmail/google account setup, effectively meaning google syncing is 100% ready. If you turn off wifi and data off, it will be grey. If you have no data signal and wifi is on, it'll be coloured. If you have no data signal and wifi is off, it'll be grey. Etc, etc

Thanks man! Appreciate the reply. Clears things up a bit eh?
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No problem mate, confused me a bit initially.

Notification bar turns grey

I am not a n00b about stuff but I still don't understand why sometimes when I open an app like this one or chrome the notification bar turns grey... any ideas? Not that its a problem just curious. Don't do it every time
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The entire notification bar...? Or just the 3g/wifi/signal bars?
If the color of the signal is changing (blue vs. gray) this indicates connectivity to the internet... or, more specifically, connectivity to Google's servers. If it's blue (used to be green), you're connected. If not, there is some issue (or it's in the middle of trying to connect).

he means the entire bar. I have this "problem" also on my device.

On stock firmware it is transparent. As chrome puts white under it, it will be grey.

Skrilax_CZ said:
On stock firmware it is transparent. As chrome puts white under it, it will be grey.
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Thank you so much it kinda bugged me the reason.... makes total sense thank you
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Actually now the more I have used this phone I notice is does not do it every time.... and apps that didn't do it before are doing it now
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Grey signal bars with data

I just got my Nexus 5 today and the signal bars have been grey all day. I still have Data but this bothers me. Does anybody else have this?

Kit Kat Google made it gray. No more blue, which I miss.

I liked the blue as well. Maybe some upcoming Roms will have the feature to change it.
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Notification Led Colors

So far, I've seen White, Green, and Yellow.
White - Hangouts
Green - Kik, Tapatalk, side apps
Yellow - Mixture of both? :/
I've tried searching Google. Didn't find anything.
Are there more default lights, and what does each mean?
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I'm not sure about defaults but with lightflow you can set different colours for each app.
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TechMitchell said:
I'm not sure about defaults but with lightflow you can set different colours for each app.
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:good: ^^^This. Been using Light Flow since my Gnex days and love it. You don't need to be rooted to use it (although I am), and you can customize the LED behavior (color, flash frequency, duration of flash, etc.) on a per app basis if you want. The dev is also quick to respond to questions or issues as well.

I know that, but thanks anyways. Im gonna leave it default though.
I also seen someone on Androidcentral say red was also a default color for something.
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Red: BBM. I'm pretty sure Tapatalk is Yellow and not green though.
White seems to be all your system defaults. Notifications, SMS, calls, updates etc.

It generally seems to be white, but I've noticed Skype is blue and LINE is green for me. Been wondering if it's a coincidence or not, considering the LED colour is the same as the colour of their respective logos.

Red notification light on the nexus 5

I suddenly got a red notification light on my device with out anything doing in my device any answer to this?
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Low battery perhaps?
(Do you have lightflow or another such app that controls LED notifications?)

My battery is still 45% at that time
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superjelly31 said:
I suddenly got a red notification light on my device with out anything doing in my device any answer to this?
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Was your phone around any type of moisture? Or did it get wet somehow? I've read in some of the water damage threads that some people experience the red flashing notification light after it's been damaged from water.

No i dont think it got wet it was on top of a table and the room was cool and dry
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Restart and see if it come back.
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It was only there for a while but when i unlocked my screen it was gone i haven't rebooted my phone
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Some apps use a red notification LED by default. I know my fiancee uses the SportsCenter app and it pulses the LED red when there's a notification.

i see the same happen on my G2, usually when i pull into my driveway and i connect to my wifi

I'm a relatively new nexus 5 user and am sometimes confused by what the color leds correspond to. Is there a tool that will indicate which app sends which color led signal?

I know Push Bullet gives me green notifications. I'm stock as well.

I think i found the problem its my zynga poker app that gets a red notification light
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Anderson2 said:
I'm a relatively new nexus 5 user and am sometimes confused by what the color leds correspond to. Is there a tool that will indicate which app sends which color led signal?
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Are you rooted,if so what custom ROM.Majority let you change led to your liking.I hope that helps
Sorry I meant to suggest a very stable build by team omni which let's you adjust led light.try it and have fun

habitformer said:
Are you rooted,if so what custom ROM.Majority let you change led to your liking.I hope that helps
Sorry I meant to suggest a very stable build by team omni which let's you adjust led light.try it and have fun
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I am rooted but using stock rom.
Various apps utilize led notifications but it is hard after a while to remember which color corresponds to which app. I thought there might be a tool, not to modify them but just to list which app sends which color. But I guess not.
Thanks.

Anderson2 said:
I am rooted but using stock rom.
Various apps utilize led notifications but it is hard after a while to remember which color corresponds to which app. I thought there might be a tool, not to modify them but just to list which app sends which color. But I guess not.
Thanks.
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If I remember correctly, the LED light does flash red when the phone is charging, I myself downloaded Light Flow, which allows you to manage all aspects of the LED light, I like it much better than not having control over it . But like you said you did nothing, so must be just an app you have.

I wonder if an app that monitored the logcat could deduce who the heck triggered the light so you could at least find out what app was responsible?

Claghorn said:
I wonder if an app that monitored the logcat could deduce who the heck triggered the light so you could at least find out what app was responsible?
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You can go to settings-apps.Check to see what is currently running. What kind of apps do you have that run all the time?