Hi guys, few days ago I was using my Galaxy Nexus when a strange white dot came out on the left side of the notification bar. It appears and disappears with apparently no reason and, if you try to open the notification menù while it shows it, there are absolutely no notifications related to this strange symbol.
When you close the notification menù, it reappears and then goes away without any interaction.
Today I discovered that I can reproduce this kind of "notification" by opening the Clock app and then touching twice the screen to reduce the backlight and to raise it back.
Anyone knows what's that?
Here's a screenshot:
That is a Google Now Card Notification, just pull down your Notification Bar, and swipe it away, it'll get rid of the dot.
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I never noticed that. That dot looks VERY faint. My Google now notifications look different IIRC.
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iDaZzLeFatHoeZz said:
That is a Google Now Card Notification, just pull down your Notification Bar, and swipe it away, it'll get rid of the dot.
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Thanks for answering but that's not related to Google now and when I pull down the notification menu there's nothing showing.
Any other ideas?
Run addon detector from the market. I think you downloaded an app with push notifications.
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DougTheModder said:
Thanks for answering but that's not related to Google now and when I pull down the notification menu there's nothing showing.
Any other ideas?
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Well that is odd then. Puzzling. Every time that dot appears for me, it is due to the fact that I have a Google Now notification. Try a Task Manager to see what app is open, and when you close it, see if the dot continues to appear.
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Thanks for the smart suggestions. I'll try both the solutions and reply! :good:
Its your GPS.
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I just saw this same exact dot today. I was watching a full-screen video with an embedded YouTube link. The 3 soft buttons went into "discreet" mode and turned into 3 pale dots. All the notifications on the notification bars all turn into a single pale dot like this as well.
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Did anyone ever figure out what this was?
I had this show up on a Nexus 7, playing a YouTube video in full screen made it go away so I'm guessing as stated above it has something to do with video controls hiding or something.
Is it related to SIP VoIP accounts? IIRC that's about what it looks like when connected, except green. Did you try to set something up there and it's showing that faint white dot to show it's not connected?
Mine is a blue dot and I recently found out what it was hehe
Same here, on my Nexus4. I can make it pop up at any time by tapping on any picture to hide notification bar and buttons and then tapping again to show them back (in my case it works every time i hide and show buttons, no matter which app im using - gallery, video player, youtube, etc). That white dot then pops up. Sometimes it stays for only a fraction of a second, sometimes for half a minute, and then just disappear, whether i open the notification bar or not. My guess it's just some weird FW flaw (besides, this dot looks just like these white dots indicating hidden buttons).
Any news? I have it using different roms, I assume it is something app related...
Eureka !!!
Had this dot with the fading lines. Noticed the dot disappeared right when I updated an installed app on Play Store (first it was replaced by the downloading arrow and then disappeared completely)
If you have this dot, check for apps' updates. You probably have at least one...
*Noticed it's a two years old thread just after posting... sorry
Confirmed for me
xredjokerx said:
Its your GPS.
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some apps you guys are opening have GPS related features, such as the photo apps ability to give you the location in which the picture was taken. When the dot appears for me, I turn off location (GPS) and it disappears every time. Hope my experience helps someone! If anyone still needs it :highfive:
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I haven't seen this in a little while but I thought it was related to google now weather (they've since updated that icon to be clouds and whatnot)
I can also see this small white transparent dot on the top left corner of notification area it appears on my phone mostly when I check my whatsapp shared media images from whatsapp, I just attached a screen shot here,no idea which application responsible for this dot :silly:
For me it was the "Ok google" setup that i started, then interrupted. Once i went back into the "Ok google" detection setup under "Voice" and finished setting it up, the notification disappeared.
anyone else's google now in the notification bar just disappeared ie the weather card. didnt swipe it away or change any setting but it just disappeared as did time home.
there all showing in the app as normal , ive tried turning google now on and off. tried clearing app data and cache and still wont re appear in the notification bar.
any ideas?
FIXED
Turns out there was an update id not been notified about in play store once updated all back to normal
Mine still doesn't show anything after the update. I like to keep my weather info on the notification panel. Already did the off/on trick or clear data. Both my gnex and n7 are totally blank
Edit: after update the card setting was suddenly turned off from low priority. All fixed now
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Anyone have any idea why my home screen button keeps flashing green despite the fact I do not have any notifications ?
I checked all texts, Thru the ATT Message app and the stock text message app.
I have notifications turned off for text on the ATT Messages App.
I got nothing.
I opened the Notification tray, Slid the apps on top around, Closed it.
Now it's not flashing.
Weird.
Happens to me too. Restart gets rid of it for me.
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Since I updated my watch to the newest firmware, I've been getting random buzzes every so often with no notifications showing...anyone else getting this?
Swipe from bottom up on your watch screen when you get the buzz. ..The notification is hidden now after the update. ..To change the setting. ..go to android wear app
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Hey guys,
Anyone else have this My Places notification in your pull down notification bar non stop all day? How do I stop this? I have GPS off, wifi off, happens all the time. I swipe away and it comes right back. Blinks up top all the time and refreshes. Ugg
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Hey guys,
Anyone else have this My Places notification in your pull down notification bar non stop all day? How do I stop this? I have GPS off, wifi off, happens all the time. I swipe away and it comes right back. Blinks up top all the time and refreshes. Ugg
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Can you post a screenshot of the notification? I have places defined but I have never seen any pop ups
Here is the screenshot of the notification that never stops.
Maybe I am missing something but I can't seem to find the screenshot you posted
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