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
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So sometimes the 3G/Signal icons switch back and fourth between being green and grey. Whats the difference?
The same as they did on non-Gingerbread phones when the arrows would flash from grey to white: the arrows light when the connection is active for both uploading and downloading.
Green indicates signal and grey is no signal. Same thing with wifi.
heh ya i had a brain fart
Green means that there is an active connection to Google's sync servers. (for syncing contacts, email, etc.)
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.
Hi all!
In Android 4.3 and lower, the statusbar icons were grey when disconnected and blue when connected to Google servers (also a quick internet-connected-proof).
What happens with the new white icons in 4.4?
I believe they turn grey but that is only from what I read before kitkat was released
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hybrid2102 said:
Hi all!
In Android 4.3 and lower, the statusbar icons were grey when disconnected and blue when connected to Google servers (also a quick internet-connected-proof).
What happens with the new white icons in 4.4?
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I haven't seen them change at all the whole day so maybe there is no indication any more. Can't say that i ever needed to know when i was connected to their servers so it's not something i would miss at all. I don't miss the little arrows either as i never liked them!
When I'm in the quick panel screen, I have seen the WiFi/network indicators flash orange a couple of times when exiting airplane mode.
I'm assuming this means it's connected. Otherwise, the indicators stay white, probably due to the confusion caused by the blue indicators on older versions.
Thank you for the info.
I always appreciated this function, very useful for troubleshooting issues like when you are at home, connected to WIFI router, but the modem is not connected to the Internet. :good:
What's the significance of the wifi and network icons being yellow, as opposed to their normal white? I just noticed they had changed colour earlier on today. Now they've changed back to white again.
setspeed said:
What's the significance of the wifi and network icons being yellow, as opposed to their normal white? I just noticed they had changed colour earlier on today. Now they've changed back to white again.
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I have the same problem, seems like a bug to me
I think it turns yellow when switching between networks to notify that we're reconnecting to google services.
In JB it was blue when connected and white when disconnected.
mickaaa said:
I think it turns yellow when switching between networks to notify that we're reconnecting to google services.
In JB it was blue when connected and white when disconnected.
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but it is solo ugly ;(
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.
br0adband said:
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.