When you have this icon, you are likely not going to be able to use your internet connection. This icon stands for the roaming service of your Android device, meaning that your phone has connected to another cell which does not belong to our own network. What is most interesting here is that a newer 5G will aim to replace 4G soon as it has now been reported to be active in several places in North America. It is the latest mobile internet connectivity technology 4G.
If you are using mobile connection, then this is definitely the icon which you should be familiar with. Similar to the H, E, G and 3G icons, the H+ icon is an evolved H connection, but still it is not as fast as a regular 4G connection and the H+ stands short for HSPDA+, which means “High-Speed Downlink Packet Access”. It also has an H+ version which is it’s evolved variant, that is not as speedy as a 4G network is, but has more reception currently. The H, respectively stands for HSPDA or High-Speed Downlink Packet access – basically 3G, but a bit faster. The E is the same technology, but in a more advanced and evolved form, called EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for GMS Evolution. G is for GPRS(General Packet Radio Service) which you may as well be aware of by now and it is the slowest of them all. G, E and H Iconsīasically, these icons are related to your internet connection speed and data plan. So far this technology is being tested by most cell phone carriers, but it is already implemented by few of them.
It is basically using 4G to make voice communications, similar to what VoIP (voice over IP) is. This icon means that if you have mobile data usage enabled, the network behind the data usage is using LTE services, more importantly VoLTE (Voice Over LTE). It is called the Data Saver icon and it exists primarily in Android devices with Nougat 7.0 version. This icon means that you can save on your data usage by going into the data settings on your device. Let’s begin!īear in mind that since the number of those icons is vast, we will focus only on the most unrecognizable ones, to help you understand them. This question the main reason why we decided to create the following article and explain to you what those icons are, appearing on your smartphones or tablets so that you can decide whether or not the notifications they represent are important or not.
Ever had the situation in your Android device where you would get an unfamiliar icon on either the top right or top left corner of your screen which cannot be removed?
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