I just flashed cm9 and i lost the data on my phone. Even the wifi won't work. Both the wifi and data icons are grey. And don't seem to turn blue and connect.
So any help will be appreciated thanks.
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Can you make calls or is your radio out too? IMEI still intact? I would try wiping everything and reflashing a different rom and see if the one you tried just didnt install correctly.
I am having the same issue as well (actually I was going to make the same thread) except it is only wifi that isnt working for me. Every time I connect to a wifi network the signal turns grey not letting me use the internet. But when I disconnect from it my cell strength gets full and turns blue and I can use 3G no problem.
Any ideas people? I am currently on stock 4.0.4 rooted.
Long press the WiFi toggle in settings. When you release your finger it should take you to a screen where you can see the available networks pick one and connect. Hope that helps our even makes sense
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Grey bars does not mean no data. Grey bars mean no connection to Google servers.
"Long is the way, and hard, that out of hell leads up to light."
joshnichols189 said:
Grey bars does not mean no data. Grey bars mean no connection to Google servers.
"Long is the way, and hard, that out of hell leads up to light."
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U beat me too it lol.. I would make sure sync is on and then try to reschedule manually
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I've tired that enough times but unless I don't get blue bars I can't get access to internet. I even did a factory reset on my phone which temporary fixed the problem but then it started up again.
I can make calls but no internet or wifi
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Well for the both of you I would flash the radios again. Both sets. And if that doesn't work. I would have the phone on when it gives me gray bars make sure 4g is off and put it in airplane mode let it sit for about 20 seconds and then turn airplane off and see if you get blue.
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I do remember if you did a app and system restore from TiBU, instead of just the app+data restore, it screws things up and gives you grey bars.
I am assuming you did not do that, but that has been my only experience with it.
Actually i did use tibu and when the restore is finish it asks me for a reboot and that is when it ****s up. Should i flash fresh and restore from google?
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I would u can back up some apps info to your sd card an export like manner. I always let Google do it. They know what they are doing
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I flashed today's update of cm9 and let google restore everything and it works. Blue signal and wifi again even in reboot.
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U wiped everything right?
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Yup
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Grey bars is NOT a result of no data, and blue bars is NOT a result of having data. You can have grey bars and have data.
Just for future reference.
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I have searched and can't really find anything that answers my questions, hopefully someone here on XDA knows....
When my phone was new it had blue in the 4G and for the bars, now it is grey.
What does this mean???? and why does it change???
I found a couple other threads on various sites, but no one seems to know.....
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/ga...difference-between-blue-4g-icon-gray-one.html
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=22e56edff9fcce02&hl=en
Any one here know?
rooted 4.0.2 stock rom with 4.0.3 radio.
I am going to flash back to the 4.0.2 radio to see if that is it.
I believe it has to do with the radio switching between 3G and 4G. Sometimes, for me it gets stuck, can't figure out what to do. I hate picking my phone up and it's grey.
Really pisses me off when I don't have data cause it's grey.
Blue bars indicate that you have a data connection and are connected to Google services.
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Blue bars indicate that you have a data connection and are connected to Google services.
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snowblind64 said:
Blue bars indicate that you have a data connection and are connected to Google services.
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Then what do my grey bars mean? Because i have data and are connected to Google services.......
pic for the non believers........
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Then what do my grey bars mean? Because i have data and are connected to Google services.......
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Grey bars mean the opposite... you're not connected to google services or you're not fully synced. Somethings not up to date.
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Grey bars mean the opposite... you're not connected to google services or you're not fully synced.
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Did you look at the screen shot I posted??????
To me it shows Grey bars, my Gmail account, and that it is fully synced, unless I am missing something.............
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Did you look at the screen shot I posted??????
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Yes, I did. And my statement still stands lol.
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Then what do my grey bars mean? Because i have data and are connected to Google services.......
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Are you signed-in to Google Talk as well?
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Are you signed-in to Google Talk as well?
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Yes, with the same account in my screen shot......
Does'nt matter if you added your account or not and/or enabled sync.. if your device momentarly loose connection to the google sync server the bars will show as grey. It has nothing to do with good or bad reception. Merry X-mas!
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Just signed in to every Google app i have on the phone and all are running in my multi task window and still blue........
This was a huge issue for me on early builds of Cyanogenmod for the thunderbolt.
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Grey indicators mean that your data connection is not usable at the moment. I see this every day on my way to work in the subway: I have a usable signal, but can't access anything on the internet. Same goes for the WiFi icon.
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This was a huge issue for me on early builds of Cyanogenmod for the thunderbolt.
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Why is it a "huge" issue. If data works, it works.
Does it really matter that much what color the bars are?
Infestor said:
Grey indicators mean that your data connection is not usable at the moment. I see this every day on my way to work in the subway: I have a usable signal, but can't access anything on the internet. Same goes for the WiFi icon.
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People here are not talking about the dark gray that shows up when you have no signal. They are talking about the light gray when apparently you have a data connection, but are not connected to Google's servers/services.
This color change was in effect since the Nexus One, and it is even indicated in the Nexus One's user manual:
Dark gray - no connection
Light gray - connection, but no connection to Google's servers/services
Green (or blue in ICS) - connection, and connection to Google's servers/services.
I haven't seen the user manual for the Galaxy Nexus, but I would have to assume that it would be indicated in there as well.
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Just signed in to every Google app i have on the phone and all are running in my multi task window and still blue........
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blue means you are connected to google.. to answer a later post.. i can still use data when bars are grey, just means i'm not speaking to google server atm.
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When i was using radio 4503 i would not get blue icons on cellular data but would on wifi.
This also stopped my from using my Google Voice when not on wifi. Soi flashed back to radio 4.02 and everything is working as it should
So what does this mean then? In the first shot, my 4G connection is live and quite usable (10-12 megs down). Is that full strength or no strength? Does the second screenshot mean I'm connected to google "just a little bit"?
First shot has no signal and the second shot has one bar
Just bc you have no bars doesnt always mean you have zero service
On and off for the past 2 weeks I have had a grey data bars? What do they mean? How can I keep them blue? I am running stock rooted leaked 4.0.4 update.
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It means that your phone doesn't have a connection to the Google servers, and most likely you don't have data at all. I would return to stock and see if it still happens.
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It means that your phone doesn't have a connection to the Google servers, and most likely you don't have data at all. I would return to stock and see if it still happens.
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Is that my only option? I like 4.0.4 update and radios.
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Is that my only option? I like 4.0.4 update and radios.
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Maybe try reflashing the 4.0.4 radios first.
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Dxtra said:
When is grey your not sign in to Google talk. Nothing to worry about , it happen when switch network or connecting to wifi .
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Sometimes it's good to stay away of keyboard. Especially when you have no clue on what you are talking about.
Grey data bars means that you're not signed in to Google servers at all, not just to Google Talk service.
What if in past two weeks he have saved 50 new contacts and created 100 calendar events? It's ok now, but if he will flash new ROM all these contacts/calendar events will go missing as they never reached Google backup servers...
So, there's nothing to worry about, right?
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So how can you make it stay connected? More importantly, how can a ROM change cause it to drop connection to google servers, and how could it be repaired?
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What Google server are you talking about? Idiot! Since you want to call out people. The only thing you always connected to is Google talk , and C2DM (Push service) Contacts, and calendar are sync in a time interval or when you make changes and if sync fails it will retry when you get data back and has nothing to do why the bars are grey because they could still sync. Again the grey bars has nothing to do with Google sync service. Gmail use push there's no need to be connect to anything but C2DM which every phone connects to since froyo.
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You don't know what you are talking about. So let me start off by saying that I don't have Google Talk installed yet my bars are still blue. The bars will only blue if you are signed into a Google account and are connected to the Google servers. If you'r phone ever tries to ping the Google servers and cannot the bars will turn grey meaning you still have data but you cannot access Google services.
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What Google server are you talking about? Idiot! Since you want to call out people. The only thing you always connected to is Google talk , and C2DM (Push service) Contacts, and calendar are sync in a time interval or when you make changes and if sync fails it will retry when you get data back and has nothing to do why the bars are grey because they could still sync. Again the grey bars has nothing to do with Google sync service. Gmail use push there's no need to be connect to anything but C2DM which every phone connects to since froyo.
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I can tell you that when I have grey bars, everything related to Google stops working, and resumes working when blue data bars return. The Market, Reader, Gmail, YouTube, Listen, Maps, Talk, etc all stop working while browser and other web accessing apps are just fine. So to me, it appears Google routes there traffic differently because of authentication than other apps on the phone. So I would say it is safe to say, grey bars means no Google services.
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So how can you make it stay connected? More importantly, how can a ROM change cause it to drop connection to google servers, and how could it be repaired?
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This is all a service thing. What you are probably experiencing is your phones service cutting out and therefor you are losing connection to the internet (Including the Google services) then when you get internet back your bars are gray until your phone can confirm it is connected to Google services then once it gets confirmation your bars turn blue.
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I can tell you that when I have grey bars, everything related to Google stops working, and resumes working when blue data bars return. The Market, Reader, Gmail, YouTube, Listen, Maps, Talk, etc all stop working while browser and other web accessing apps are just fine. So to me, it appears Google routes there traffic differently than other apps on the phone. So I would say it is safe to say, grey bars means no Google services.
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Well all Google services go over your network then go straight to Google's servers so if you cannot access Google servers you cannot access the apps that require access to Google servers. Just like if Facebook was down I would not be able to access it on my phone but everything else would still work fine.
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This is all a service thing. What you are probably experiencing is your phones service cutting out and therefor you are losing connection to the internet (Including the Google services) then when you get internet back your bars are gray until your phone can confirm it is connected to Google services then once it gets confirmation your bars turn blue.
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It's not my phone signal in my case, it's actually my wifi icon that keeps going grey even though it's full signal strength and there's nothing wrong with the router or broadband service. It's the ROM change that caused the issue since restoring a previous backup restores service. It's intermittent, sometimes it'll work and other times the icon goes grey. Just wondering how it could happen and how it can be fixed.
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You don't know what you are talking about. So let me start off by saying that I don't have Google Talk installed yet my bars are still blue. The bars will only blue if you are signed into a Google account and are connected to the Google servers. If you'r phone ever tries to ping the Google servers and cannot the bars will turn grey meaning you still have data but you cannot access Google services.
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akanatrix said:
I can tell you that when I have grey bars, everything related to Google stops working, and resumes working when blue data bars return. The Market, Reader, Gmail, YouTube, Listen, Maps, Talk, etc all stop working while browser and other web accessing apps are just fine. So to me, it appears Google routes there traffic differently because of authentication than other apps on the phone. So I would say it is safe to say, grey bars means no Google services.
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I'm able to use any those apps on grey bars. Not sure why u can't . Maybe you don't have data at all . If you see the grey bars open Google talk it will reconnect and it will switch to the blue bars .
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*SMH*. You win. I will now bow down to your all knowing wisdom.
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StuartTheFish said:
It's not my phone signal in my case, it's actually my wifi icon that keeps going grey even though it's full signal strength and there's nothing wrong with the router or broadband service. It's the ROM change that caused the issue since restoring a previous backup restores service. It's intermittent, sometimes it'll work and other times the icon goes grey. Just wondering how it could happen and how it can be fixed.
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What ROM are you having issues on? This may be a stupid question but if you have a CDMA GNexus is it possible that you are using a GSM ROM or vice versa?
I'm actually using a HTC sensation but saw this thread on tapatalk so thought I'd ask since the issue isn't device specific, it could happen on anything.
Basically I'm using an ics ROM on it which worked fine, but the most recent version is causing me to have intermittent grey wifi icon and loss of internet connection as a result. Just wondering what could be done to repair it instead of just reverting to the previous version, so thought I'd ask.
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Dxtra said:
Blue = your connection to Google is established, present.
Grey = You lost connection to Google
They will turn blue/grey depending on your connection to them there's nothing you could do .
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/some-cool-android-tips-and-tricks.html?m=1
Google tips ^
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I.e. What I have been saying for my last couple of posts.
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I.e. What I have been saying for my last couple of posts.
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i heard reading comprehension is hard...
Dxtra said:
When is grey your not sign in to Google talk. Nothing to worry about , it happen when switch network or connecting to wifi .
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I remain signed out of Google Talk most of the time, and the bars are still blue, so the color of them has nothing to do with GTalk, as others have said, and it only deals with being connected to Google itself for the other services your phone uses.
After rebooting my galaxy s3, for some weird reason it messed up my signal service. Now everytime I reboot my phone or even turn it on, the signal bars would stay grey (usually turn blue when working) and go from full to none. If i'm lucky, i would get signal for a couple seconds and then i would all of a sudden lose all of it again. Please help me.
Maybe try to flash a different modem with the modern flasher found in the android dev section?
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Maybe try to flash a different modem with the modern flasher found in the android dev section?
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Ive tried that, still no luck
What phone and rom are you on?
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kevinvinzon said:
After rebooting my galaxy s3, for some weird reason it messed up my signal service. Now everytime I reboot my phone or even turn it on, the signal bars would stay grey (usually turn blue when working) and go from full to none. If i'm lucky, i would get signal for a couple seconds and then i would all of a sudden lose all of it again. Please help me.
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Do you have IMEI intact?
Install the app called "Network Signal Speed Booster" to increase the signal strength on your android mobile.
I have no signal on my galaxy nexus. It just started doing this today, haven't had a problem for 3 months or so. It just started today, and once in a while there is a little R above where the signal bars would normally be. How do you fix this?
The R is for roaming and just go to settings then mobile settings then click on system select and click on home only and also click on network mode and just click on CDMA/EdVo auto and that should help it to not roam and stay on sprints signal hope that helps ..let me know if u need any other help and also make sure u updated to latest PRL
Dude mine just started doing this yesterday look at top right of screen shot no signal !!
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Mine did the same thing too -- lost signal - Google GSM play store phone that was less than two weeks old.
After few reboots trying to diagnose the issue, the IMEI changed to UNKNOWN in the "about phone" -> status
/factory was intact and undamaged - a backup of /factory - showed that none of the files had changed. The radio appears to have failed..
Called Sammy and got replacement cross-shipped - and sent the broken one back..
Got a new Sim card works fine
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Mines done this several times and it always took about two reboots to get a signal again. It said I needed to insert a valid sim card...
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Even without a a sim I used to get bars and "Emergency calls only" - After it flacked out, I would no longer get any bars.. when I tried to search for networks it would error out immediately. I tried three different sims, none of them were recognized..
Once in a while, my phone will loose data connection. The 'data icon' in the status bar, turn from blue to grey and the only way to get data working again, is to reboot the phone.
Had it happen a couple times now. Airplane mode toggle on/off works to fix it.
Mine losses connection when I leave a WiFi network. Also here and there it looses signal so bad I have to go into airplane mode and back to land mode.
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Mine losses connection when I leave a WiFi network. Also here and there it looses signal so bad I have to go into airplane mode and back to land mode.
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Mine is doing the same thing whats going on? How do you fix this problem? Is it ST network issue?
Hmm last time airplane mode didn't work for me. Will try again next time. I also think it happens when I leave wifi.
take out your battery and then restart your phone. if that does not work. check in your network settings and make sure you are on the correct network for your carrier. if that still does not work, go to your local store and see if they can warranty you out a phone or check your settings
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take out your battery and then restart your phone.
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It's not neccesary to take out the battery, a restart of the phone is enough. It's just an annoying problem.
lesonal said:
Dude mine just started doing this yesterday look at top right of screen shot no signal !!
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Ive got the same issue!!!
It started yesterday as well, Ive tried almost everything but nothing works, Im waiting for tuesday to come to go to my carrier store if they can do something for me
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It's not neccesary to take out the battery, a restart of the phone is enough. It's just an annoying problem.
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I understand that but there has to be fix right? As soon as i reboot the phone it works but it seems like whenever it changes cell towers signals it locks up again. Crazy thing is all the signal bars on my phone are full green, but have no data until i reboot.
Everytime I reboot my S3 it has a notification in the status bar 'preparing network'. It hasn't affected internet or texts or anything but it will not go away unless I long press the app in my notification drawer and force stop it. Anyway to make it stop period? I know it has to do that periodically but its never been frozen on the screen before! Any help is greatly appreciated. BTW, I'm on stock mb1 rooted with stock kernel.
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I'd backup, then wipe everything. Don't restore any data just setup your phone again and see how it goes from there.
Might be some funky data.
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I'd backup, then wipe everything. Don't restore any data just setup your phone again and see how it goes from there.
Might be some funky data.
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Well I've already backed up so I guess I'll try factory restoring.
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I also am getting this but not after phone reset (that i know of...not really resetting to much)
Mine is happening after phone is in standby/sleep mode for a few mins then i press power to take out of sleep.
I can see that message "preparing network) and during this time my "groove ip" app is not connected but it looks like my wifi is still.
Im not connected to cell service as i dont have any....it does show the cell signal bars but im connected over wifi.
I also have power saving mode disabled.
I do notice my whole noticicafion bar goes blank which is actually all black and when preparing network notification shows i can then see all my regular notifications up there....
Ok I fixed it, turns out when I changed my build.prop to 'Galaxy Nexus' and 'Google' instead of 'Samsung' it borked it. I changed the build.prop back and all is fine again. Weird to say the least :/
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It happens to me sometimes and I'm full stock brand new. MB1
Happen at:
Boot (startup)
Checking for software update.
Speed Test Dot Net app.
When it changes from LTE to 3G coverage.
BTW it shows only for a split second. Never hangs or something like that.
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Omar04 said:
It happens to me sometimes and I'm full stock brand new. MB1
Happen at:
Boot (startup)
Checking for software update.
Speed Test Dot Net app.
When it changes from LTE to 3G coverage.
BTW it shows only for a split second. Never hangs or something like that.
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It's always done it, just never had a notification before. It's the profile updating during network connection. It *should* do it anytime the network is enabled or switches between bands. In older builds you could see it if you went into /settings/about phone/status and toggled airplane mode on and off, under mobile network status it would say connected, then disconnected, then preparing, then connected. It's nothing to worry about it's just like any electronic device connecting to the Internet it takes a few seconds and there's typically a loading dialog while it connects.
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