I just got my new galaxy note 3 and my 4g indicator and bar strength is white not blue like it was on my old droid. Is something wrong?
No, there isn't anything wrong. All-white icons in the notification bar are a 'feature' of the KitKat operating system.
Thanks!
You're correct to " the word "feature" KitKat sucks. They removed color and any visually pleasing elements from everything. I'm willing to pay whatever it takes to get JellyBean back. KitKat is ass plain and simple
It isn't necessarily a "feature". It is a design standard set by Google for the Android OS starting with version KitKat 4.4 and higher.
FWIW the white is a heckuva lot easier to read and see then the blue was in ICS and Jelly Bean.
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Which is exactly why they did that. By the way if you go to setting and check under Network the bars there are blue.
I totally disagree. And my phone now seems to hate 4G. I've always had 4G almost everywhere I go. Now I'm lucky if I see 4G once a day. They really broke something
Additionally it drops calls continually. Whenever someone calls me now it takes 2 or 3 attempts before the call isn't dropped immediately after answering. KitKat has taken what was a very reliable functional device 3 days ago and turned it into a totally useless piece of crap.
This issue has still not been addressed. Can it be changed by to blue? It was much easier to see! Is there a fix?
No you can't change to back to blue. Google changed it specifically because white was easier to read then the blue. I for one agree with them. I have the Galaxy Nexus with the blue icons and I have used a few devices with KitKat white icons. The white is infinitely easier to read in daylight and low light.
I, and hundreds of others, totally disagree. Have you read this? Look at the comments at the bottom of this page
http://androidandme.com/2014/05/news/motorola-droid-razr-hd-razr-maxx-hd-and-razr-m-kitkat-updates-given-green-light-by-…
But you think a pile of unstructured black text on an all white screen is easier to read than soft text structured into colored bubbles?
If Verizon thinks they made good choices on this OS they should start asking the customers how they feel about it because in my opinion, they broke my phone.
Personally I like kitkat. Yes at first I had a few bugs but clearing cache and factory reset helped tremendously. My phone seems faster and smoother. My battery life is great. I have had a few phones that I've been fed up with so I understand your pain. Before I had android I had a blackberry. Your not happy with android....well there is always Apple. Really no need in turning in your phones because other carriers have problems too. So chances are you could be on their forums complaining about the same thing or something new.
I don't think the Note 3 ever had blue icons. Prior to the KitKat update (JellyBean 4.3) the battery icon was green and most Verizon icons were red, uplink and downlink arrows were green and orange, but the signal meter was always white with bars and grey without bars. The KitKat update made everything white, which IMO is easier to read especially in sunlight.
The WiFi indicator is another issue. Previously the indicator would be white when the device was associated with an AP but required a sign in or other attention. Then would be blue when it had IP and full connectivity.
Now that it's always white makes it difficult to tell if you're really connected or not especially in an environment where you're roaming form AP to AP.
There were very valid reasons for the previous design that have now all been removed again making me feel like my phone was sent back to 2005.
KevinR_VZW
Did you run away? Does VZ have no answers for the mayhem? Would like to report additional anomalies. I think I mentioned sound settings changing randomly. The next thing I've discovered is that if you put the phone on vibrate, when you later take it off vibrate it looks like it does all the right things. The vibrate icon goes away, etc.
However, what you'll find is that your phone is off vibrate but ALL the sounds are at 0 volume so now the phone doesn't ring or vibrate causing missed calls and texts.
I can't tell you how many times a day I get screamed at because I'm not answering my phone. Why? Because I have no way to know when someones calling. I'd like some customer satisfaction please.
And who exactly is Google to tell me what's easier to read? So no more choices? Now it's just Google said so so here you go?
We're still here if you need us, Codewize. There were a lot of intended changes with the KitKat update that may take some getting use to. But it's never the intention of Google, Samsung/Motorola, or us to have that update cause you more frustration than good. Prior to putting your phone into vibrate, is your phone's volume turned up? What steps do you take to put the phone into vibrate? Sometimes quirks that appear after a software update can be resolved by completing a reset. Here's the steps to complete that reset on your Motorola Razr MAXX: http://vz.to/1zuFEjc JenniferH_VZW Follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/vzwsupport
