wireless network says connected but icon grey

[StarFyre]

Hey all,
Issue wife having. Wireless network works fine at home but in several places now (Starbucks,Honolulu airport, several restaurants) all,with unsecured networks, it says connected and good signal,strength but the connection icon is Grey. At our hotel it works after opening browser and saying yes to a q question on access bit this doesnt always appear when browser opened.
Regards,

Sanjay

 

[StarFyre]

No one has this issue?

 

[luvsmobile]

I think it being blue is your connection to Google services. Someone else with more knowledge on the subject will have to confirm.

 

[Devlyn16]

Could it be blue= secured WiFi connection and Grey = unsecured?

 

[underdonk]

FWIW, I noticed this on my Note 2 running 4.1.1. Previously, when connected, the icon for WiFi and mobile data would be blue if connected. They are simply gray now. Maybe I need to read the manual.

I am connected to a secure WiFi network.

 

[underdonk]

Bump. Does anyone have any insight into this? I see a lot of terrible, conflicting information when doing a Google search. It appears as this indicator may have changed meaning in JB, or potentially has a bug in a couple or many vendor-supplied versions of Android?

 

[ttwiitch]

Bump. Does anyone have any insight into this? I see a lot of terrible, conflicting information when doing a Google search. It appears as this indicator may have changed meaning in JB, or potentially has a bug in a couple or many vendor-supplied versions of Android?

Update your profile.

Sent from my Galaxy S3?

 

[Live2ride883]

Grey = Connected to Wireless Local Area Network only (no internet).

Blue = Connected to Wireless Local Area Network With Internet.

The flashing line up the middle of the icon (Blue or Grey) shows data transfer.

 

[Mellimel22]

U can still access the web while its grey but it has to be blue to connect to Google services

Sent from my Sprint Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

 

[underdonk]

My WiFi and cell icon are gray all the time - never blue. I have no problems connecting to the Internet or using Google services regardless of where I am or what service I am trying to access. I have even gone so far as do a packet capture and ensure there is a "secure" in connection when using Google services, as one source noted a gray icon may mean "no secure connection". Everything was fine - TLS w/ strong cipher being used.

I guess I'm just special?

 

[Mellimel22]

It depends because tw roms the status bar is always grey

Sent from my Sprint Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

 

[Arucad]

I stopped the background updates of applications trough the "Du Battery" optimization panel and it instantly turned to blue from white.
I am not 100% sure if that's the thing that fixed it, so you guys will have to try it aswell.

EDIT: aaand it's back to white....

 

[Mordant_ug]

The problem is caused by AES setting in wireless router security. If you set it to TKIP the problem regarding your grey wireless icon will be solved because some devices are not 100% compatible with AES. When it's grey it says that your phone is connected to the wireless router but with no internet connectivity.
LET US KNOW IF IT HAS SOLVED YOUR PROBLEM. Good luck!

 

[Mohamed Saudi]

The problem is caused by AES setting in wireless router security. If you set it to TKIP the problem regarding your grey wireless icon will be solved because some devices are not 100% compatible with AES. When it's grey it says that your phone is connected to the wireless router but with no internet connectivity.
LET US KNOW IF IT HAS SOLVED YOUR PROBLEM. Good luck!

Your suggestion worked for me, I had an Internet access but the icon was grey, the wireless access point security encryption type was set to Auto. I set it to TKIP the icon turned blue.
My gadget is Lenovo A3000-H and the access point is TP-Link
Thank you

 

[Arnold Carlo]

Could it be blue= secured WiFi connection and Grey = unsecured?

I have 2 units connected the 1 is blue and the other 1 is grey but I have still have internet connection... before they are have both blue icons . Thanks.

 

[Arnold Carlo]

How about mine grey with flashing line at he middle of the icon and i cab access even google services.. but before it is blue also