on the top of the s4 there is a icon next to network signal strength that looks like a eye. I have no idea what it is and its driving me crazy!
what is the eye icon on the taskbar?
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Is it supposed to stay white like all the other icons in the taskbar? For the most part mine is grayed out but I notice it turning white on occasion. Does that mean anything?
I just saw this icon for the first time a few minutes ago. My smart rotation is always on and I am not currently using my camera, so why the hell would it just pop up and disappear like that?
It is smart screen feature that can not be dissabeled through quick lounch. Go to settings /my device/smart screen and dissmiss the smart rotation feature! Cheers
There is a difference between "Smart Rotation" which rotates the screen based on the orientation of your face and "Auto Rotate Screen" which orients the screen based on how you are holding the device (landscape vs. portrait). It is the "Smart Rotation" that gives you the little "eye" icon on the task bar.
Thank you for your explanation. I couldn't even find this in the book my husband bought to teach us old farts how to use the phone.
And as to why the icon sometimes appears and sometimes doesn't (or perhaps is sometimes grayed out and sometimes white), I believe that relates to whether the current app is able to use this feature: if not, the icon disappears or is grayed out. I think. 
The comment made me smile. The same can be said for nearly every app.
I personally haven't noticed much of a drain on my battery. It's only in use when you are actively using the phone, otherwise it's sleeping.
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I personally haven't noticed much of a drain on my battery. It's only in use when you are actively using the phone, otherwise it's sleeping.
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I tried the Settings/My Device/Smart screen and turn off Smart stay. Took the icon away immediately. Thankyou
When it is grey that means it's not looking at your eye through the camera, but when it flashes white that means it's using the camera to look at your eye. It will only flash white when it is near your screen timeout. For example, life your screen tike out is 30 seconds, when the display has been left on and untouched for 25ish seconds the eye will be greyed out and the camera is being unused, but after 25 sec the icon will turn white and detect if you u are still looking at the screen
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You can turn off WIFI, Airplane mode, Bluetooth ETC! And they will still be in your Taskbar! Just not lit up blue......
Not sure if I am talking about the same thing but when I am connected to the internet on my S4 I keep seeing a blue or green eye like icon which is similar but not quite the same as the one on the taskbar. It appears for a few seconds, sometimes switches colour the disappears.
How do I stop it?
How do I stop it?
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roblems with my samsong s 3
i fond out what the eye icon is but four some reason i cant put my smart rotation back on i lost it when i started seeing the eye icon
roblems with my samsong s 3i fond out what the eye icon is but four some reason i cant put my smart rotation back on i lost it when i started seeing the eye icon
I find sometimes it works only. It cannot really detect that well. Sometimes the screen still turns off even if I am looking at it.
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