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The bar at the top of the screen in the Android OS, where the time is displayed, along with small icons corresponding to notifications from the Android system and user applications.

The bar at the top of the screen in the Android OS, where the time is displayed, along with small icons corresponding to notifications from the Android system and user applications.

This bar can be pulled down from the top of the screen to reveal more information about the notifications, and these will take you to the relevant application when clicked.

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Can anyone recognize this app (toggles WiFi, GPS, Sync, BT, etc.) in the notification bar?

I found this screenshot in one of the market apps (Galaxy Nexus Flashlight), in the red rectangle there is an app do you know this app? it seem very interesting.
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Why are my network icons blue?

I've got a Motorola Electrify on Android 2.3. Sometimes my network icons (3G and the cellular network bars) are grey, and sometimes they're blue. They seem to be blue when I have a good connection and/or when my connection will work. What exactly do…
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Can I shorten the network name in my status-bar so I have room for more icons?

The network-operator name takes up that important real-estate in the top-left corner of my screen, on the left side of the notification bar. It takes up room that can better be used for notifications. Can the status/notification bar be hacked in…
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Disabling animation of the Wifi connection icon

On Android 7.1 the wifi icon does not only show the signal strength by the well known circular four bar image, but also underneath it there are two tiny arrows, one pointing up and the other one pointing down. They are used to indicate…
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Remove Android status bar gradient

Is it possible to remove the black-to-transparent gradient that, as of Kit Kat, is now behind the status bar and the home button? I find it to be rather ugly and would rather it be gone.
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What is this icon on status bar?

I just realized there is new icon in my status bar on left of sound icon I don't have clue what is that icon, thus I also can't search information about it. Anyone has advise?
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Show Notifications missing in app settings

I'm trying to disable app notification for a particular app. The usual method is to go to System > Apps > click on the app > uncheck the "show notifications" checkbox. The problem is, this checkbox doesn't appear for this app, or for any of the…
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Looking for an alternative to Smart Statusbar

Is there are way to reveal the notification bar in a full-screen app? I have been using Smart Statusbar, which is a great little tool that reveals the bar with a gesture. Unfortunately, the app has a bug that renders some part of my phone's (Xperia…
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How to remove KDE Connect app icon from Notification bar?

I have the KDE Connect app in order to connect my Android phone (Moto Z2 Play) to my Ubuntu machine. With the upgrade to Android 8, this app has a new annoying behavior in that its icon is always in the Notification bar even when not connected. (If…
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What is this cloud-with-sun icon meant to represent?

Can you tell me what this symbol is for?
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Auto-hide notification bar while apps are opened

With a custom launcher, you can auto-hide the notification bar on the home screen and swipe down to make it re-appear. However, when you open an app, the notification bar re-appears. Is there any way to hide the notification bar on a non-rooted…
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Notification bar doesn't work anymore

I have stock (rooted) android on my acer lcona B1 A71. My notification bar is empty since I had to do hardware reset my machine by pin pressing with toothpick above the power button. I can't for example receive any file via bloototh - confrmation…
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Where are all the statusbar icons stored so that I can change them?

I have a rooted phone and would like to change my ugly status icons to the ICS ones... I used this app to do so but I could change only the battery icon. When I wrote to the developer, he replied that the icons do get replaced but my phone is still…
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My Android projector is missing a status bar, how do I get it back?

So I have this Android Projector I bought from ebay, it's one of those cheap Android pico projectors that come with some Chinese ROMs. The issue I have with it is that it's really restrictive. The custom Android ROM they have pre-installed on this…
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Term for decoding symbols / icons

The top of the phone often has symbols to indicate features such as battery life, cell tower signal strength, wifi strength, etc. Is there a commonly accepted term for said symbols? Usually there is a list of symbols and the symbol's meaning. …
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