[Vania1975]

Just recently I have this white dot that is in the top left hand corner of my notification bar. When I pull down to see what it is, there is nothing. Tried rebooting the phone, looking at recent apps that I've installed to see if that's the culprit, and now I give up and come to this forum looking for help. Anyone have any idea what it is?

[Aquila]

It typically represents minimized notifications - if there are no notifications, then sounds like either a bug or they're using that minimized notification functionality for something else - but not sure what that would be.

[Vania1975]

ugg...maybe something buggy. I may do a factory reset

[Mike Dee]

ugg...maybe something buggy. I may do a factory reset

If its something normal and repetitive it will just come back.

[GSDer]

You could try booting into Safe mode - if it's being caused by a 3rd party application that won't show up in Safe mode. Then you can start uninstalling the most recent applications you've used.

This is easier than doing a Factory Reset (although if nothing obvious turns up that may be another step to try).

[Mooncatt]

Can you post a pic of this?

[Vania1975]

It went away after I powered off my phone completely, then waited a minute and powered it back up and the white dot is gone. Who knows what it was...

[shadavis08]

I have an app called music player remix that does the same thing just a white dot in the left hand corner

[Vania1975]

Anyways..this is what it looked like.

[GSDer]

It's usually the result of an application that's keeping itself from being kicked out of memory by the OS; the app keeps a 'notification' running (although it may not actually be providing any kind of useful notification) as a means to stay running.

[Roberto Murciel]

Anyways..this is what it looked like.

Pull down the upper bar and you'll see a row of apps. keep pressing or thar row until the option menu let you choose to cancel notification for the program.
Good luck

[Rocketman0896]

This is the dot I have been noticing every now and again. It will appear and disappear randomly, anyone else experiencing this?

[MehradThe1st]

This is the dot I have been noticing every now and again. It will appear and disappear randomly, anyone else experiencing this?

Yes, I just noticed this and I'd like to know the answer to this one. The device is Honor 9X running EMUI 10 Android 10.

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Is that the right side of the status bar? As mentioned above, that could be an overflow icon telling you that there are additional status bar icons that don't fit. After display notches became a thing, this became more common because the system would have to make sure the center of the status bar was kept clear.

[MehradThe1st]

Welcome to Android Central! Is that the right side of the status bar? As mentioned above, that could be an overflow icon telling you that there are additional status bar icons that don't fit. After display notches became a thing, this became more common because the system would have to make sure the center of the status bar was kept clear.

Thank you! Actually, I didn't have many notifications or system icons at the time, And my phone does not even have a notch, Because it has a pop up camera, Anyway, It occupies the left side my status bar, I will add a reference picture of my status bar here too, But right now the dot has disappeared and can not be seen.

[B. Diddy]

That would be an unusual position for an overflow icon, but it's still possible. The next time you see it, swipe down your notification panel and see if there are more notifications there that can fit on the status bar. Then dismiss a few of the notifications and see if the dot disappears.

[mustang7757]

Also monitor it in safe mode , maybe a 3rd party app causing this

[David Nevin]

I'm attaching two photos that illustrate the phenomenon. One is plain, and the other is edited.

The dot does not always appear. And sometimes it flashes.

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! That certainly looks like the overflow icon. If you clear out most of your notifications, does that disappear?

[Aimee LaVallee]

Welcome to Android Central! That certainly looks like the overflow icon. If you clear out most of your notifications, does that disappear?

Mine is even smaller than this image, like one pixel. It showed up a couple months ago. No difference if I close apps, clear notifications, restart, etc it doesn't go away. Nothing I can find in the pulldown menu

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! If it's one pixel, it might be a dead pixel, or perhaps something related to the underlying wallpaper. Do you still see if when the status bar isn't there? What if you play a YouTube video that has a black screen, and make it full screen -- do you still see that dot?

[lj4godsglory]

I'm attaching two photos that illustrate the phenomenon. One is plain, and the other is edited.

The dot does not always appear. And sometimes it flashes.

I have the exact same dot, except mine is on the right hand side and I have absolutely no clue where it came from or what it means. I'm also gonna attach a screenshot. I have a Motorola One 5G.

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! That might be an overflow indicator, meaning there are more status bar icons on the right side than can fit. Try turning off the option to show the battery percentage and see if the dot goes away (since the percentage takes up a bit of space).

[mustang7757]

I have the exact same dot, except mine is on the right hand side and I have absolutely no clue where it came from or what it means. I'm also gonna attach a screenshot. I have a Motorola One 5G.

Which device you have?

[Tall Whitemail]

Just recently I have this white dot that is in the top left hand corner of my notification bar. When I pull down to see what it is, there is nothing. Tried rebooting the phone, looking at recent apps that I've installed to see if that's the culprit, and now I give up and come to this forum looking for help. Anyone have any idea what it is?

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The white dot on the left is when you have a pending voicemail, clear your voice mailbox to clear the dot. Feel free to test this when you see the dot, clear and properly exit your voicemail to see it disappear.

The white dot on the right comes on when you turn on mobile data. This can be turned on and off in the drag down notification thingy. Feel free to test it on and off to see that it dictaes if the white dot comes on or not.

I discovered these once and for all by turning off things one by one, until they vanished. Then I turned the same ones back on to see if the dot comes back.

Tried and tested,

Left white dot = V. mail pending

Right white dot = Mobile data (on)