Get to know the indicator icons in your Galaxy Note 3.
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The icons displayed at the top of the screen provide information about the status of Galaxy Note 3. The icons listed in the table below are most common.
Icon |
Meaning |
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No signal |
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Signal strength |
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Roaming (outside of normal service area) |
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GPRS network connected |
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EDGE network connected |
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UMTS network connected |
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HSDPA network connected |
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HSPA+ network connected |
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LTE network connected |
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Wi-Fi connected |
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Bluetooth feature activated |
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GPS activated |
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Call in progress |
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Missed call |
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Air gesture feature activated |
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Smart screen feature activated |
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Synced with the web |
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Connected to computer |
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No SIM or USIM card |
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New text or multimedia message |
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Alarm activated |
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S Pen removed |
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Silent mode activated |
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Vibration mode activated |
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Flight mode activated |
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Error occurred or caution required |
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Battery power level |
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Amc says
Picture of a phone with a circle around the bottom
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goat says
What does the letter B inside of a box on the left side of notification bar mean?
Simon says
You should have a notification in the notification panel.
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kirsten says
There’s a fire looking symbol right behind where it says 4G lte on my phone. Just appeared within the past hour. My phone isn’t slow or anything but I can’t figure it out
Simon says
Take a screenshot and share with community. Someone may recognize it.
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Alejandra Vargas says
Does anyone know what the b” icon mean? Thanks! 🙁
Simon says
In left side or right side of the status bar? Do you see any notifications?
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Jonathan Cantu says
My symbol is not listed as well.. It’s a white box with what looks like an ‘N’ inside it. Any idea what it could be?
Simon says
Is it in the left side or right side of the status bar?
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Amanda says
I would like to know what that symbol means also the box with like an N in side
Simon says
NFC?
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Lisa says
The N symbol that comes up on the phone is for transferring information between phones when they are next to one another. You can turn it off by going into your settings.
Wayne says
Air gjus ture not working?
Davis says
No.. Nothing… I updated the prl and profile as well…
Simon says
Not sure about the icon without seeing it. But you can just reboot the phone to see whether it is till there.
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Davis says
I have a side ways triangle who’s tip points to a 2 only on lock screen on the top left… Any ideas… It’s vexing me…
Simon says
Did you get any notifications corresponding to it?
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Becky Jackson says
I have an icon that is an N with a signal sign under it ???
Simon says
It’s NFC.
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Monja says
I have icon on left side next to my 4g icon, it a square that has what looks like check marks, on goes up and other goes down.. Does anyone know that they mean.
Simon says
Did you see any notification messages when you saw it? Normally there should. I be one.
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Lois says
Icon at top of screen looks like an inverted check mark with a regular check mark next to it giving the appearance of the letter N. The 2 do not touch each other.
Simon says
If it is on top left, it usually has a corresponding notification.
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Susie says
I have this icon to the left of my 4g
Simon says
It is probably the NFC icon.
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Sierra Rose Bates says
What is nfc
Simon says
Near field communication.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_field_communication
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o johnson says
I have same symbol, did u find out wht it is?
curious says
I see an orange envelope icon with a wavy line at the bottom of the envelope…any ideas??!!
Simon says
Nor sure.
If it is in the top left, it can be an app you installed.
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Moira Davis says
I have an Icon that isn’t listed. It looks like a pair of eye glass frames o o with a line across the top attaching them. What is that ?!
Simon says
Voicemail?
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