What is "MobilityState" and why does it keep appearing on my phone?

[Android Central Question]

A few times a day, I get a brief message on my phone that says either "Mobility State: UNKOWN, Mobility State: Stationary, or Mobility State: Mobile". It appears and disappears very quickly. It shows up at the bottom of the screen in one of those gray text boxes, the same type of box that appears right after you set an alarm. It happens randomly, doesn't seem to matter if I have an app open or not. Can someone please explain what this means?

 

[Aeisenhuth91]

I have cricket too... This just started popping up today and I havent downloaded anything recently.

 

[StellaMarie13]

Yes, I too have Cricket.

 

[Greg Cole1]

I have ZTE blade Max and I have cricket. I've noticed it too

 

[brandynewsome]

I started getting these notifications today. I also have a ZTE blade x and my provider is cricket.

 

[d_lion_16]

Well this is interesting. Most of us have ZTE and I think all of us have Cricket.

 

[FalseVibes]

Zte check cricket check op problem check looks like we might have a problem here

 

[StellaMarie13]

Where do we go from here? Do we wait, call Cricket, ZTE... It's not affecting the phone any, it's just an annoyance.

 

[B. Diddy]

See if this app can help you identify what's giving the toast: Toast Source

 

[Teri Valdez]

How weird. I have cricket and it's doing the same thing. Just started this morning. And ideas? Because I thought someone was trying to track my movements or something.

 

[StellaMarie13]

I have contacted both ZTE and Cricket and they have both responded and are looking into the issue. Will post what they tell me, if they tell me anything.

See if this app can help you identify what's giving the toast: Toast Source

The app "Toast Source" is saying it's coming from the Cricket Wi-Fi Manager.

 

[Offbeat Lady]

My phone has also started getting the Mobility State message a few days ago. I have a ZTE BladeX Max & Cricket is my provider. It will be interesting to see what happens with this.

 

[Veronica Turner]

My ZTE is doing the same and I have cricket also. Any solutions?

 

[StellaMarie13]

So far, I've been told by ZTE to turn off Cricket WiFi Manager... which I have done and am waiting to see if the toasts persist or disappear. Still waiting to hear from Cricket if they are going to come up with a temporary solution (like ZTE did) or a fix. Will keep y'all posted.

 

[ImReptar]

ive also started getting these same toast messages yesterday. i have a zte bladeX max with cricket. i didnt see any updates yesterday but who know. weird

 

[ZANTANNA OF THE DEAD]

Hello I have a ZTE blade x Max and also cricket unfortunately what I was told by cricket is that ZTE is now a defunct company that's phones are slowly starting to fall apart many have spywear and act suspiciously or in my case slowly stop working all together

What's worse is cricket told me there not aloud to buy our phones back or offer us a refund because there now banned in the usa so there's nothing really to do.

 

[StellaMarie13]

All I can find is that it's a gov't ban on US military bases worldwide as per the linked article provided... I am very happy with my ZTE phone and Cricket has been more than gracious in trying to help me find a solution to the issue in question, the random "toasts"

https://www.cnet.com/news/pentagon-...f-huawei-and-zte-phones-on-us-military-bases/

 

[malignantgreen]

Hey everyone. I registered here because of this thread, since my phone has also begun showing the Mobility State messages just a few hours ago. I thought I'd respond because while my carrier is also Cricket, my phone is a Samsung Galaxy Amp Prime 3. I just now disabled Cricket Wi-Fi Manager, and am waiting to see if I get another Mobility State message. I guess this rules out ZTE, though.

 

[OneGirlNamedTommy]

I have a ZTE Blade X Max and it's been doing this recently. I also go thru Cricket. Wonder how to fix it. It doesn't bother anything really but it's more annoying than anything. Mostly because I don't know why it's even doing it.

 

[Studio 413]

Hey everyone

I noticed last night for the first time that this started popping up on my screen after my carrier update. I've had cricket for the past year now and I've worked for the company as well but never ran into this issue. My current phone is the Galasxy S9. It's getting annoying to be honest.

 

[StellaMarie13]

What helped me was to disable the Cricket WiFi Manager as advised by ZTE. So far so good, no more toast messages.