Sometimes my cell signal strength and data connection or wifi icons turn white.
Why does this happen? It doesn't seem to have any predictable effect. Sometimes when white, everything works normal. Sometimes, my data connection doesn't work at all when they are white.
What gives?
Green means that you have a connection to Google servers. Simple as that really.
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I've noticed this but couldn't figure it out. 1x, 3g, 4g, and wifi will show up white in the beginning and then go green. Now, I have 1 bar 4g signal and 2 bars whatever signal right next to it but they have been staying white for a while now. I have throughput all this time so it's not an indicator if the net connection is there or not. Someone have an explanation?
disable background data and youll notice the indicators remain white. green will indicate bg data is enabled and connection to google services(not necessarily meaning data is being transmitted)
herbthehammer said:
I've noticed this but couldn't figure it out. 1x, 3g, 4g, and wifi will show up white in the beginning and then go green. Now, I have 1 bar 4g signal and 2 bars whatever signal right next to it but they have been staying white for a while now. I have throughput all this time so it's not an indicator if the net connection is there or not. Someone have an explanation?
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Green is when it's connected to Google.
Yeah, but this is happening on it's own. I just saw a different combination, green 4g and white signal bar to the right of that.
Kind of a dumb question, but I'm just looking for clarification here:
The wifi and signal bars' color hop from grey to green. It's totally random. Any idea why that is? I'm assuming that the grey color means that was the last known signal the phone had and the green color means that those radios are now active.
However, I've made calls and streamed data while the colors were grey. It's kind of driving me crazy. What's going on?
Green = connected to Google servers
I've updated to the official HTC ICS release, using the flashable ROMs created on here from the OTA file.
All is great, loving ICS so far.
One thing I've noticed, the little icon on the top bar to show I am connected to a wifi point is grey, with just the little circle bit white , as though it was a low signal strength. This is with it next to the router. Apps like network signal info aren't showing any signal %age at all, not even a 0. It's working fine though, speedtest apps give excellent scores.
When I go into wifi settings and scan for access points, those are correct. My router is fully white, whilst ones around on the street are various levels of whiteness.
It's just that notification icon, and the signal strength in apps, that is not showing.
Any ideas?
Reboot, and then it's back to normal.
Too simple
Too simplear_;23195932]Reboot, and then it's back to normal.[/QUOTE]
Are you kidding? As the phone is rebooting I'm thinking did they mean the phone or the router. When the phone comes back on and all my bars are there I'm like could it have been simpler? No I guess it couldn't have.
Hey guys... are there any differences in 3G(H)/Wifi icons when there is no connection to google servers?
I mean in 4.3 it was grey when you didnt have a connection and blue when everything was ok. Are there any indicators in 4.4?
All I see is white icons, even here at work where I used to get grey icons in 4.3.
They turn a muted shade of orange.
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Bring down the notification bar, tap Settings and the phone/data connection icon will have a muted orange color to indicate you're logged into Google Services. Using a custom ROM or framework might restore the original idea from older versions of Android (made more sense to me I suppose to know if it was logged in with just a glance, now it takes a tap or two to find out for sure at the same glance), but the icons on the notification bar will remain grey or white or whatever that color is now regardless.
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Bring down the notification bar, tap Settings and the phone/data connection icon will have a muted orange color to indicate you're logged into Google Services. Using a custom ROM or framework might restore the original idea from older versions of Android (made more sense to me I suppose to know if it was logged in with just a glance, now it takes a tap or two to find out for sure at the same glance), but the icons on the notification bar will remain grey or white or whatever that color is now regardless.
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Orange when everything is working properly, or orange when disconnected? Could you post a screenshot.
Mine seem to always be white, but I haven't gotten disconnected from Google services yet as far as I can tell.
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The icons on the notification bar will always be grey or white or whatever that new KitKat color happens to be; if you bring that bar down and tap the Settings icon and get the Quick Links (I think that's what they call them) you'll see the other icons (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, carrier icon, etc) and if you're logged into Google Services that's where the icon(s) will be the muted orange color.
I don't have a Nexus 5 (or any smartphone at this time) so I can't provide a screenshot, sorry. Think of the muted orange as "the new blue" in that respect: if it's white, you're not logged in/connected to Google Services. If it's the muted orange, you are, but again the notification bar icons at the top of the screen will not change color, iirc. This is how KitKat works now.
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The icons on the notification bar will always be grey or white or whatever that new KitKat color happens to be; if you bring that bar down and tap the Settings icon and get the Quick Links (I think that's what they call them) you'll see the other icons (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, carrier icon, etc) and if you're logged into Google Services that's where the icon(s) will be the muted orange color.
I don't have a Nexus 5 (or any smartphone at this time) so I can't provide a screenshot, sorry. Think of the muted orange as "the new blue" in that respect: if it's white, you're not logged in/connected to Google Services. If it's the muted orange, you are, but again the notification bar icons at the top of the screen will not change color, iirc. This is how KitKat works now.
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Incorrect. Mine are always orange when NOT connected.
From Android-Quick-Start-Guide.pdf
In Quick Settings only, white bars in the Wi-Fi or
mobile signal indicators indicate the signal strength
of a normal Internet connection, while orange bars
indicate that some web services may not be functioning
normally. For example, sometimes the mobile signal bars
turn orange briefly when you turn on your device, until a
full connection is established.
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biggiephat said:
Incorrect. Mine are always orange when NOT connected.
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Yep, orange means no internet connection or no connection to Google. You want the signal indicators to be white, not orange.
Well there ya go...
What may be the reason that my Nexus 5 is not connecting to Google Play Services (orange colour bars) on mobile data after switching off WiFi, when it connects to Google Play Services without a problem on WiFi (mobile and WiFi bars white color in quick settings menu)?
It started to happen to me some time ago on 4.4.1 and 4.4.2 ROMs. First I thought it was because I was still on original 4.4 bootloader and radio. So I fastboot flashes Google factory 4.4.2 image and did a factory reset. Still the same problem even on full stock (just superSU 1.80 rooted but no mods). I fleshed Cataclysm 12 Dec. And still the same, after switching off WiFi, mobile signal toggle changes colour from white to orange and stays orange even after it gets 3G or H signal. I have internet, I can open web pages on browser, but I had problems with Google maps searching for the address or setting navigation route.
All advices highly appreciated.
Edit:
Problem solved. I fastboot flashed 4.4 factory image and let it OTA to 4.4.2. Even after routing no problem with orange colour mobile signal bars in quick settings menu.
I don't know why fastboot flashing 4.4.2 factory image straight away did not help and I had to get back to 4.4 and through OTA to 4.4.2...
Anyway, I'm back on SlimKAT last weekly and happy it's gone.
As it is now, the colors of the wifi/mobile signal bars are white (in the status bar), and if you want to check to see if you're receiving data for either wifi/mobile you have to swipe down and go into quick settings. If you're not receiving data, it will be orange.
Is there a way for the signal bars in the status bar to also show orange? Or another color letting you know instantly you're not receiving data for either wifi or mobile?
The reason I ask is because last night my internet went down for a couple hours. The wireless router was on, thus showing full white bars for wifi in the status bar, even though I was actually not receiving internet. It was only after not receiving any notifications for awhile (including texts because when the wifi/mobile data are on at the same time both go down) when I swiped down into quick settings and noticed full reception for both wifi/mobile but both were orange.
It would have been nice to know immediately via the status bar with a change in signal color from white to orange. Is there something I'm missing? Is it possible to change?
Cheers!
JDM9499 said:
As it is now, the colors of the wifi/mobile signal bars are white (in the status bar), and if you want to check to see if you're receiving data for either wifi/mobile you have to swipe down and go into quick settings. If you're not receiving data, it will be orange.
Is there a way for the signal bars in the status bar to also show orange? Or another color letting you know instantly you're not receiving data for either wifi or mobile?
The reason I ask is because last night my internet went down for a couple hours. The wireless router was on, thus showing full white bars for wifi in the status bar, even though I was actually not receiving internet. It was only after not receiving any notifications for awhile (including texts because when the wifi/mobile data are on at the same time both go down) when I swiped down into quick settings and noticed full reception for both wifi/mobile but both were orange.
It would have been nice to know immediately via the status bar with a change in signal color from white to orange. Is there something I'm missing? Is it possible to change?
Cheers!
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Only way to change colors is themes from theme chooser, xposed modules, etc with root. Normally, no, not on stock unless you do the root. Signal status in status bar is feature of some ROMs as well if you flash but beyond that, no.