Strange icon help

[pskim]

Hello and a Happy New Year.

I have attached a picture of my question, does anyone know what this red/green bar icon means? I had it repaired for a faulty microSD card drive and getting it after waiting 3 weeks I see this icon on top and I don't know what it is. Can anyone explain? Thank you.

Philip

 

[leprechaunshawn]

I would have thought it looked like a battery level indicator but it?s clearly not at the same level as your battery percentage display.

 

[funkylogik]

Looks like its showing data traffic, have you added any kind of data app?


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[pskim]

Thank you for your replies. No, I haven't added any data apps. It came back to me like this. I tried everything on the setting to see if I can get rid of this little annoying icon but can't. And the phone is Galaxy S3 (docomo, Japan)

 

[funkylogik]

Sorry i have no idea man
Hope u find the answer......


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[leprechaunshawn]

Who repaired it? Ask them what they installed on your phone.

 

[funkylogik]

Who repaired it? Ask them what they installed on your phone.

Did the phone get returned in a factory state (no installed apps)?
Do the colours move or change?
When you switch mobile data off, does the icon stay?


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[pskim]

Did the phone get returned in a factory state (no installed apps)?
Do the colours move or change?
When you switch mobile data off, does the icon stay?
The Docomo store where I bought it have their own service station. That's where I got it fixed. It's not doing anything but it's just annoying. It also moves when I rotate the phone. Thanks anyway.

Unbranded international rooted s3 with Official 4.1.2 JB. Paisley, Scotland, Western Europe :beer:

 

[KreepyKen]

Kind of looks like the remote connection icon on a Windows machine. They may have installed some software so they can have remote access to the phone. On windows, the red side will turn green when IT accesses the computer. I'd bring it back and tell them to either get rid of it or give you another phone without it.

 

[meyerweb#CB]

The app System Panel will show you everything that's running on the phone, including both apps and services. And let you kill any of them. That should help you figure out where it's coming from.

 

[mhinc]

Just look through your installed apps, shouldn't be hard to determine what is there that was installed that YOU personally didn't install

And please let us know

 

[winmod21]

Kind of looks like the remote connection icon on a Windows machine. They may have installed some software so they can have remote access to the phone. On windows, the red side will turn green when IT accesses the computer. I'd bring it back and tell them to either get rid of it or give you another phone without it.

^ ^ ^ Agree. Take it back and tell them to remove it off your phone.

 

[funkylogik]

Looks a lot like this

Ram Booster app
It can be moved around or disabled within the app.
I use the widget before benchmarks to keep them scientific

Unbranded international rooted s3 with Official 4.1.2 JB. Paisley, Scotland, Western Europe :beer:

 

[Soundtrack to Chaos]

That's an on screen widget from an app that boosts ur memory

Sent from my Game Boy Advance....

Nah I'm just kidding, Sent from my SPH - L710 running Pac Man Rom 4.1.2, seeder and ktweaker kernel

 

[funkylogik]

That's an on screen widget from an app that boosts ur memory

Sent from my Game Boy Advance....

Nah I'm just kidding, Sent from my SPH - L710 running Pac Man Rom 4.1.2, seeder and ktweaker kernel

See above dumdum :beer:


Unbranded international rooted s3 with Official 4.1.2 JB. Paisley, Scotland, Western Europe :beer:

 

[Soundtrack to Chaos]

See above dumdum :beer:


Unbranded international rooted s3 with Official 4.1.2 JB. Paisley, Scotland, Western Europe :beer:

Lmao, i realized right after I posted it

Sent from my Game Boy Advance....

Nah I'm just kidding, Sent from my SPH - L710 running Pac Man Rom 4.1.2, seeder and ktweaker kernel

 

[funkylogik]

lol.
do u use the app bro?
it seems to clear more ram than the home button task killer...


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[meyerweb#CB]

There's no need for a memory booster on Android. Android 4.x manages memory just fine. And what good is empty memory? It's not like having empty RAM makes your apps run faster, or saves battery, or anything else. All it means is that when you want to start a recently used app, it's likely to be reloaded from ROM, which uses more battery, and slows the app startup.

Remove that app, and let Android do what it's designed to do.

 

[funkylogik]

There's no need for a memory booster on Android. Android 4.x manages memory just fine. And what good is empty memory? It's not like having empty RAM makes your apps run faster, or saves battery, or anything else. All it means is that when you want to start a recently used app, it's likely to be reloaded from ROM, which uses more battery, and slows the app startup.

Remove that app, and let Android do what it's designed to do.

i know bro but when im testing diff CPU set ups, i feel the fairest most scientific way is to clear ALL ram.
dnt u agree?
its a manual one-touch widget that i use for that purpose only :beer:

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[winmod21]

What's the app (or is it a widget) called?