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:
Sony Xperia Z3 D6603 stock 5.1.1
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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.
I've noticed that every time I reboot my phone the WatchOn icon reappears in my notification panel. I have to untick in in the app settings -- every time.
Does anyone else have this issue?
I've noticed this recently yea I just clear the notification though. Kinda weird seeing how I don't use it much.
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I've had to completely stop using the Chrome browser because it is becoming unusable. Everytime I try and use it, there will be a small little white bar on the bottom (temporarily disappears when I rotate the screen) and this causes a large amount of problems. It makes my touch about 2 cm off and I have to press BELOW where I want to.
Has anyone had this problem and been able to fix it? I thought it was my screen at first, but after going into developer options and turning on screen tracking, it's not the screen.
Disregard, I figured it out, had to install Chrome Beta.
Thanks for the info. I quit using chrome too because of those issues. Going to look for chrome beta now.
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Everytime I drop down my notification panel on my phone I see android wear. I can't swipe it away. How do I get rid of it without stopping all notifications that are set to go to my watch?
Turn off notifications in the app info for Android wear app. I'd can't think of the app giving any notifications other than disconnects and reconnects and well you can see that on the watch as well
Edit tried on the note and it still hangs out probably have to have root I'd suppose which I don't need persay
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I have root and it still shows up too. Bummer
Since the last update I keep getting these toast notifications that constantly appear near the bottom of my phone screen telling me to connect my watch when it's out of range (which is often when I'm at home because I don't wear the watch at home). It covers the bottom portion of my keyboard when I'm typing and it's very annoying, as soon as it goes away it's usually right back again. Is there a way to disable these notifications? I've looked in Android Wear and in Moto Connect and can't find a setting for it.
Thanks in advance to anyone that can help.
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