I have a new Nexus 5 and my wifi and cell icons in the status bar are always white. On my other Android devices they were blue. The Interwebs tell me that the icons are white when they cannot connect to Google servers, but I'm having no trouble with Gmail, Hangouts, etc. Is this a change in KitKat? Are they always white? Do I need to worry about them?
TobyW said:
I have a new Nexus 5 and my wifi and cell icons in the status bar are always white. On my other Android devices they were blue. The Interwebs tell me that the icons are white when they cannot connect to Google servers, but I'm having to trouble with Gmail, Hangouts, etc. Is this a change in KitKat? Are they always white? Do I need to worry about them?
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My Nexus 5 has white bars as well and I'm connected to all of Googles Services without an issue. If you're having troubles, the white bars are not related.
TobyW said:
I have a new Nexus 5 and my wifi and cell icons in the status bar are always white. On my other Android devices they were blue. The Interwebs tell me that the icons are white when they cannot connect to Google servers, but I'm having to trouble with Gmail, Hangouts, etc. Is this a change in KitKat? Are they always white? Do I need to worry about them?
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They aren't as useful as in previous versions of Android. To see the connection status, pull down with two fingers, they will be orange to indicate a bad google connection.
I see no reason why this couldn't be in the main notification bar like always.
Thanks!
Reason given yesterday by some Google guy was that keeping the animation up in the status bar cost a lot more CPU than one would think. Also ordinary users had no idea what the coloring or animation meant anyway. The two finger pulldown placement was meant as a compromise. The switch from blue to white was to allow less intrusion on app displays through the transparent bar.
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The WiFi icon in the status bar is a different color green as the signal bars and 3g icon (aswel as battery icon). This is unacceptable!
Just Kidding. Something small I noticed. LOL
Which model?
screenshot!
As in white and green? The color depends on if you're synced with Google apparently such as google talk or not. If you haven't syncd your google account it will be white.
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With Android 4.0-4.3, the WiFi and cell signal bars would change from gray to blue when there is a connection to Google's servers. Does anyone know how to tell if you are connected to Google's servers in 4.4 now that the bars are always white? This was a useful feature if push notifications weren't working because you would know why they weren't working.
jimmyn89 said:
With Android 4.0-4.3, the WiFi and cell signal bars would change from gray to blue when there is a connection to Google's servers. Does anyone know how to tell if you are connected to Google's servers in 4.4 now that the bars are always white? This was a useful feature if push notifications weren't working because you would know why they weren't working.
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Go to settings then accounts. If everything's green, then you are connected to the servers. If you see red error, you are not. I have an S4 and that's how I do it.
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According to the manual, icons are grey when connected, and turn orange when not connected to Google's servers.
TheReverend210 said:
According to the manual, icons are grey when connected, and turn orange when not connected to Google's servers.
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Correct, but the orange only appears on the quick setting toggle, not the status bar icon.
vinylee said:
Correct, but the orange only appears on the quick setting toggle, not the status bar icon.
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Great thanks for helping me out guys! I wish the icons in the status bar changed like they currently do, but I can understand them wanting to keep the status bar clean looking.
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:
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.
br0adband said:
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.
On the S6, certain apps, such as Google Photos, Mixcloud, Google Clock (there's plenty more) the status bar does not tint correctly, it has the same colour as the menu bar with a dark shade on top, anyone else noticed this? I don't have this problem on any other Lollipop device.
I've contacted Samsung support and they have stated it's a dev problem? I don't understand how when it's fine on all other devices, which makes me believe it's Touchwiz.
Any fix or help for this problem?
Hi,
It seems to be the default behavior of TouchWiz status bar, I don't believe you can do anything. I only tested Google Photos though, as it's the only app I have that you listed and compared it to my Nexus 10.
My S6 showed a completely transparent status bar with a dark shade on top (like a shadow), while Nexus 10 reduced the opacity of the status bar.
All the best,
~Lord
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Hi, if you have Xposed installed, there have two modules for your problem, the first is :
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bocharov.xposed.fscb
He's very complete and he colored all the statusbar, and the other is lolistat, but I noticed he doesn't color with all apps :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/modules/app-lolistat-statusbar-coloring-module-t3040463
That's it
Thanks.
Does anyone know of a rom that resolves this problem?