Whàt is the ghostly flashing smiley in my system bar?

[princessclueless]

I updated to KitKat 4.4.2 on my lenovo yoga tablet. I noticed a big pale smiley on the left end of my system bar which sporadically appears for a few seconds, thrashes àway like mad. I googled and found nothing except a post where a change of google password followed by a factory reset was suggested. I did this, but in doing so lost the post and can't find it again. The ghost reappeared yesterday after a week and a few apps added from google play. Is this friend or foe?

 

[shazz je]

I've also got this icon on my lenovo tablet. I've been running anti virus regularly.
I found this forum when I googled the anomally.
The face appears within a few minutes of start up on my device

 

[shazz je]

Brilliant, thank you. Saw your post after I posted.

 

[gabrielle carla Canalita]

Solved : It is a smart stand by notification just turn off your smart standby in settngs -> disply

Oh my God thank you so much to your post. I also have a lenovo s850 android phone that happens to show that smiley icon on top of the notificationa bar. Now I know what its for.

 

[David Arnold1]

How can I find that feature on my Android Maxx. I have that little guy showing up, too. I couldn't find what you all are speaking about. Not on a tablet.

-Nam

 

[Gleamingcat11]

I have it too and it's terrifying me

 

[vinay holeppagol]

Thanks alot for your solution!!!