Weird face Icon on my phone no idea what its from?

[IrisG78]

Blue box with white face on middle top of phone screen. When my finger goes across selfie camera it changes to red face with white line across. Other times it has pause picture. When in camera it turns into red box with exclamation point.

 

[Javier P]

Welcome to the forums. Which phone do you have and which Android version is it running? What happens if you tap or hold that box? Can you drag it around your screen?

 

[IrisG78]

S9 andriod 10. Cant move box. Since it changes from blue face to red face when my finger moves over selfie camera thought it had something to do but cant find any settings that cause that. My only other thought is maybe some kind of virus?

 

[Javier P]

Post a screenshot while it's blue and without the line, maybe Lens could find something. Also, have you tried safe mode?

 

[IrisG78]

Havent tried safe mode yet

 

[B. Diddy]

Here are the steps for Safe Mode: https://www.t-mobile.com/support/devices/android/samsung-galaxy-s9/safe-mode-samsung-galaxy-s9

It definitely looks like some 3rd party app. I wonder if it's some kind of feature similar to Samsung's Smart Stay?

You can also look in the system settings under the Permission Manager to see what apps have permission to use the Camera.

 

[mustang7757]

That looks something 3rd party, since you have a theme what else u done to your phone?

 

[IrisG78]

Thanks to all who helped. Looking in permissions I found it was accessibility that was using the camera. After trial and error found that somehow I has activated switch access. Little face went away after turning it off. Still no idea how it was activated. Thank you again.

 

[Javier P]

Thanks to all who helped. Looking in permissions I found it was accessibility that was using the camera. After trial and error found that somehow I has activated switch access. Little face went away after turning it off. Still no idea how it was activated. Thank you again.

Excellent! Glad you figured it out and thanks for the follow up.

 

[B. Diddy]

Thanks to all who helped. Looking in permissions I found it was accessibility that was using the camera. After trial and error found that somehow I has activated switch access. Little face went away after turning it off. Still no idea how it was activated. Thank you again.

Nice job! I had no idea that this was a thing: https://support.google.com/accessib...#zippy=,find-your-photos-with-facial-gestures

 

[mustang7757]

Thanks to all who helped. Looking in permissions I found it was accessibility that was using the camera. After trial and error found that somehow I has activated switch access. Little face went away after turning it off. Still no idea how it was activated. Thank you again.

In accesbilty anything where it says installed apps?