Status Bar in 4.1.1

[kryptonite_2448]

Just upgraded to 4.1.1 this morning. Is anybody else noticing that their status bar is gray and not black? Makes it more difficult to see the notifications. Just me?

 

[Kelly Kearns]

Just upgraded to 4.1.1 this morning. Is anybody else noticing that their status bar is gray and not black? Makes it more difficult to see the notifications. Just me?

Nope, not just you, that was one of the changes. I don't like it either. When my Captivate finally got the upgrade to GB, it turned that notification bar black and just that change somehow made everything just look more rich and also it looked a bit higher end after that one little change..making the status bar black.

 

[kryptonite_2448]

Nope, not just you, that was one of the changes. I don't like it either. When my Captivate finally got the upgrade to GB, it turned that notification bar black and just that change somehow made everything just look more rich and also it looked a bit higher end after that one little change..making the status bar black.

Is there a way to make it black again without rooting?

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[mty msi]

I and another poster posted on the other JB thread that our status bars are still black. Without question I have 4.1.1 installed so no clue why mine is still black and almost everybody else has gray. I got my phone on Black Friday at Costco so most likely it was recent production if that may have something to do with it.

 

[smooth4lyfe]

I wish I could turn it black too! It not longer matches my wallpaper!

 

[iPhoneatWork]

I and another poster posted on the other JB thread that our status bars are still black. Without question I have 4.1.1 installed so no clue why mine is still black and almost everybody else has gray. I got my phone on Black Friday at Costco so most likely it was recent production if that may have something to do with it.

NOT! picture or I call lie.

 

[Kelly Kearns]

Nope, not just you, that was one of the changes. I don't like it either. When my Captivate finally got the upgrade to GB, it turned that notification bar black and just that change somehow made everything just look more rich and also it looked a bit higher end after that one little change..making the status bar black.

I don't know of any way to do it. I keep telling myself it isn't bugging me, but I'm not a good liar, it is bugging me

I and another poster posted on the other JB thread that our status bars are still black. Without question I have 4.1.1 installed so no clue why mine is still black and almost everybody else has gray. I got my phone on Black Friday at Costco so most likely it was recent production if that may have something to do with it.

I got my phone Black Friday and my IMEI says my phone was made in October of 2012, so that's pretty new.

 

[ZW1990]

Unless I'm color blind my status bar is black. Its not super dark black like it was with ics but its still black. Idk how you could call it grey.

 

[zinedine]

It doesn't bother me. I prefer pitch black but I don't really notice it.

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[Kelly Kearns]

Have you got a launcher on there or something else to customize? Mine is the color it was with my Captivate on Froyo.

 

[kryptonite_2448]

Unless I'm color blind my status bar is black. Its not super dark black like it was with ics but its still black. Idk how you could call it grey.

That is gray, withouth question. Get a Gmail notification and see how much different it looks with a previous screenshot. It's terrible.

 

[kryptonite_2448]

Have you got a launcher on there or something else to customize? Mine is the color it was with my Captivate on Froyo.

I'm using Nova, but I just cleared defaults and tried TW, no dice. Still gray.

 

[anon(631531)]

Mine's black, after updating to JB 4.1.1. Same black as it was with ICS. Does it really matter?

 

[rlb]

Unless I'm color blind my status bar is black. Its not super dark black like it was with ics but its still black. Idk how you could call it grey.

That is definitely gray.

 

[UnfocusedHTC]

Mike looks black to me as well.

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[tazman69]

My status bar looks black to me. No different than before.



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[NewMind83]

It's definitely gray, or at least a lighter shade of black. That goes for the people that just posted pics above me.

Doesn't really bother me, honestly. I hide my status bar anyways, so no big deal.

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[kryptonite_2448]

My status bar looks black to me. No different than before.



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Here is a mashup done in mspaint to show you the difference. I took a random screenshot from the sticky of screenshots to compare.

 

[UnfocusedHTC]

I can see it now. Here is another good one. Plain black verses status bar on same screen shot.

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[betsuni]

Mine is the color it was with my Captivate on Froyo.

I honestly couldn't remember this so had to go look up images of it (was too long ago). By the maker you are so right! Guess Samsung went back to the color they like.