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What is this icon (custom taskbar)

I hope this isnt too dumb of a question but could anyone help me identify what this icon is? This is from the darkstar port. I thought maybe it was wifi, but enabled it and noticed its not. So I have no idea...It said evdo before, but I could of swarn it says "1x" like the stock traskbar. The icon to the left of the signal bars:
EDIT: Its not a signal indicator either. Since it now says EvDo after the signal bars but that checker board icon is still there to the left of EvDo. (not in the picture). But this confirms its not evdo or 1x icon.

there is a Slacker Radio and a Screeble icon there. Hope that helps.

troyboytn said:
there is a Slacker Radio and a Screeble icon there. Hope that helps.
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It definitely helps, thank you. So after I close slacker is it suppose to close? Because it doesnt seem to be going away.

Go into it i guess you can prbly close it by pressing the menu.. Same thing with SNESoid leaves itself up there so you can talk or text freely without losing your place.

Which icon are you referring to? The one to the right of the signal bars is the battery icon. If it is an icon that says EVDo then it is your mobile connection icon.

The icon to the left of the signal bars, sorry if it was written wrong. And no not the evdo its the checkerboard icon.

It looks like the icon that comes on when you have vibrate turned on. Long press the red end button and turn off vibrate.

ElAguila said:
It looks like the icon that comes on when you have vibrate turned on. Long press the red end button and turn off vibrate.
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You are absolutely right. Funny thing is I was just today using slacker, so when that solution was posted I assumed that was right.
Thanks ElAguila and thanks everyone else....it was a dumb question after all.

[Q] Unknown notification icon

Hi,
A strange and unknown icon occasionally appears in my notification bar. It lasts few seconds and then disappears. No notification seems to be associated to the icon nor specific process at first sight. I usually notice it when I use YouTube, sometimes Maps, but its appearance is rather random; so I can't be more precise.
See the small gray dot at the top left corner of the joined screenshot.
Have you ever noticed this icon ? Do you known what it is ?
I'm interested to know more by curiosity than real inconvenience.
Thank you.

Kleiny said:
Hi,
A strange and unknown icon occasionally appears in my notification bar. It lasts few seconds and then disappears. No notification seems to be associated to the icon nor specific process at first sight. I usually notice it when I use YouTube, sometimes Maps, but its appearance is rather random; so I can't be more precise.
See the small gray dot at the top left corner of the joined screenshot.
Have you ever noticed this icon ? Do you known what it is ?
I'm interested to know more by curiosity than real inconvenience.
Thank you.
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I've never seen that specific icon, but I have seen other icons that were weird. I ran an app that you can get from the playstore called AirPush Detector and it told me about a rogue app that was putting notifications in my status bar. Maybe try that out.

I often have that icon when I have a notification and I start an app. Its usually just showing you that there is a notification. It could just be that there is a notification for certain apps that pops up and then disappears
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It still seems very strange to me.
Thank you for your answers.

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Kleiny said:
Hi,
A strange and unknown icon occasionally appears in my notification bar. It lasts few seconds and then disappears. No notification seems to be associated to the icon nor specific process at first sight. I usually notice it when I use YouTube, sometimes Maps, but its appearance is rather random; so I can't be more precise.
See the small gray dot at the top left corner of the joined screenshot.
Have you ever noticed this icon ? Do you known what it is ?
I'm interested to know more by curiosity than real inconvenience.
Thank you.
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its not system related its on the left
i think its somekind of a add
try running airpush detector(playstore)

Its a weather icon for Google now
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pippilangkous said:
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its not system related its on the left
i think its somekind of a add
try running airpush detector(playstore)
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I will take a look. Thank you.
brandontamas said:
Its a weather icon for Google now
Sent from my One S using xda premium
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I haven't activated Google Now yet. So I don't think it comes from it.

location icon - does not show GPS lock

Hi,
I hadnt seen this mentioned elsehwhere (apologies if I have missed it). The new location icon in 4.4 seems to only appear if I choose 'high acuracy' or 'device only' in locatin settings It does not appear if I choose 'battery saving'. To me this makes it look like its an indication of GPS being active even though google have said it does not mean this. Can anyone confirm they agree with me?
My second point is that there is now no way to know from a status bar icon if GPS is locked on or not. Having the 4.3 GPS icon flashing when obtaining a lock and solid once locked on was much better. That way I know for sure that GPS is being used and I know for sure when its locked on.
This is required for mapping and navigation apps to know if your location is accurate.
With 4.4 you see a location icon but for all you know the GPS may NOT be locked and your locatoin could be using less accurate wifi/mobile location.
Its another example (like the data upload/download arrows) of google dumbing down the interface and making it less usable. And lets face it, most people understand thet GPS needs a lock, who drives along using a SatNav without waiting for it to lock on!!
Lets hope a CM ROM can give us back something useful.
Scott

No one else find this a problem?
Scott

Sorry, I don't have a solution.
I just wanted to mention that I'm having the same problem.
How am I supposed to know that I got an accurate GPS lock if the icon stays the same all the time?
I think google messed up on this part.

The location icon next to the time and such is a GPS icon as it only shows up when GPS is active. If you are doing WIFI or 3G location it doesn't show up and isn't active so if it's there then it's because GPS is being used.

shotta35 said:
The location icon next to the time and such is a GPS icon as it only shows up when GPS is active. If you are doing WIFI or 3G location it doesn't show up and isn't active so if it's there then it's because GPS is being used.
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Google documentation says the location icon means your location is being used and it is NOT an indication of just GPS (ie could be gps or wifi/mobile location) however that is clearly wrong as you say. It only seems to appear when GPS wants to be used.
My point is that the icon does seem to only appear when GPS is in use however it does NOT indicate if GPS is locked or not. That is the real problem. we now cannot see when we have a GPS lock.
Please see
http://code.google.com/p/android/is...ps&colspec=ID Type Status Owner Summary Stars
Scott

There're apps that will show you gps lock
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2&hl=es

bloot said:
There're apps that will show you gps lock
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2&hl=es
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Of course there are. But that's no use, we need a GPS locked icon in the status bar. An app is no use because as soon as I switch from the app to Google maps then I still can't see if GPS is locked.
At the moment each individual app would now have to implement some way of showing us in GPS is locked when we used to just rely on the status bar icon.

I would gather it wouldn't be to hard to port over the icon handling from JB. Edits to android.policy, framework-res and systemUI would be needed.
At first I cared about the topic, but the gps on the n5 smokes my previous devices. I obsessed over the gps for about a week after getting the n5. With gps status app I get 13of21 locked in 6 seconds or less all the time. First device I've had where I don't have to coax the gps into working with an app or some conf edit. Took me a couple weeks to learn about being able to long press location quick settings tile to toggle on/off.
good day.

With xposed and gravity mod the GPS lock/nolock icon can be seen when pulling down the tiles so that's pretty good.
I'll look out for an exposed mod that sticks the icon back in the status bar.
Annoying that Google removed it though.
I also don't understand why so much fuss was made by google and the reviewers about the kitkat location settings. They are just the same as JB but named differently, ie WiFi/mobile location is now named something like 'battery saving location'. The end result is still the same options, namely GPS only, WiFi/mobile only, or both GPS and WiFi/mobile.

scott_doyland said:
Of course there are. But that's no use, we need a GPS locked icon in the status bar. An app is no use because as soon as I switch from the app to Google maps then I still can't see if GPS is locked.
At the moment each individual app would now have to implement some way of showing us in GPS is locked when we used to just rely on the status bar icon.
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In fact you can, install the app I pointed and when opening Maps it will show you a gps lock notification.

bloot said:
In fact you can, install the app I pointed and when opening Maps it will show you a gps lock notification.
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Hi. I think we are both 50% right. A gps icon is displayed as you say, I wasn't aware of this, however it doesn't seem to alter between a locked/unlocked icon.
You can pull down the status bar to see if its locked though just as you can with the exposed gravity mod.

scott_doyland said:
Hi. I think we are both 50% right. A gps icon is displayed as you say, I wasn't aware of this, however it doesn't seem to alter between a locked/unlocked icon.
You can pull down the status bar to see if its locked though just as you can with the exposed gravity mod.
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Yes its kinda different but that's enough for me at least.

scott_doyland said:
Hi. I think we are both 50% right. A gps icon is displayed as you say, I wasn't aware of this, however it doesn't seem to alter between a locked/unlocked icon.
You can pull down the status bar to see if its locked though just as you can with the exposed gravity mod.
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Hi - I'm also annoyed by this - the best solution I have found so far is to use GPS monitor - it has a statusbar icon which tells you how many sats you are fixed to, and more importantly the icon is red when you don't have a lock and goes green when you do.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.illyrium.tools.gpsmonitor&hl=en

What is that Swirly icon to the left of the alarm clock?

imgur.com/a/PiEWZ
Rooted my Tmobile S7 recently and that icon appeared in the status bar. What app is it from?

mangowarrior said:
imgur.com/a/PiEWZ
Rooted my Tmobile S7 recently and that icon appeared in the status bar. What app is it from?
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I have the same icon! It's been driving me nuts. Sometimes it will go away on its own but it always returns...always. Have you figured out what it is?

mangowarrior said:
imgur.com/a/PiEWZ
Rooted my Tmobile S7 recently and that icon appeared in the status bar. What app is it from?
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You can take a look at the official list of Google Material Icons. If it's not listed it's a 3rd party icon meaning that it's either some app in your system or something your service provider installed.

ADroidYoureNotLookingFor said:
I have the same icon! It's been driving me nuts. Sometimes it will go away on its own but it always returns...always. Have you figured out what it is?
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Nope, have not figured it out. Since my phone crashed half a dozen times, I've decided to switch back to stock rom.

This is another thread about this icon: http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo...ps/mod-remove-rcs-service-volte-icon-t3362336
Hope it helps.

Thanks man, that's the one. Apparently it's like a super mms service

[Q] App for working with notifications?

I am looking for an app that can make it possible for me to pick and choose which notifications a particular app will show, and which will not. I'm not sure if that is even possible... I have this app that I don't want to shut off notifications on entirely; there's just one that I'm tired of seeing, because it notifies me of something I'm already well aware of, and does so constantly. It's just a swipe to dismiss, but its icon is the triangle/exclamation deal, and I don't like seeing it in my status bar. Having been a PC tech for almost 30 years, seeing that icon can be anxiety inducing!
Maybe I should learn to code, lol

monogwai said:
I am looking for an app that can make it possible for me to pick and choose which notifications a particular app will show, and which will not. I'm not sure if that is even possible... I have this app that I don't want to shut off notifications on entirely; there's just one that I'm tired of seeing, because it notifies me of something I'm already well aware of, and does so constantly. It's just a swipe to dismiss, but its icon is the triangle/exclamation deal, and I don't like seeing it in my status bar. Having been a PC tech for almost 30 years, seeing that icon can be anxiety inducing!
Maybe I should learn to code, lol
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If you have Xposed then Xnotifications will do exactly what your asking.

Freewander10 said:
If you have Xposed then Xnotifications will do exactly what your asking.
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Oh pity, as I'm running nougat. Until Xposed works on n, I'll need a different solution.

monogwai said:
Oh pity, as I'm running nougat. Until Xposed works on n, I'll need a different solution.
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Some custom ROMS give you the option to hide specific reoccurring notifications by long pressing the particular notification then hitting the snooze icon that comes up.

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Freewander10 said:
Some custom ROMS give you the option to hide specific reoccurring notifications by long pressing the particular notification then hitting the snooze icon that comes up.
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Yep, but not this one it gives me app-wide options, but not specific to the one notification. Oh well.