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Intelligentxfruit
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Wtf does this Icon mean flashing on my phone?
#24018891 - 01/18/17 12:25 AM (7 years, 12 days ago) |
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So starting today...or today is when I noticed it... When I turn my phone on in the upper left corner this icon flashes every 5 seconds, but is only on the screen for half a second.
It disapears so fast I can't even take a screenshot of it It flashes on and off 5 or 6 times and then is gone.
Can someone tell me wtf this is? 
android btw
the icon looks like this.
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if you cant pin it on a new app, or your menu or drawer doesnt help.. backup restore to factory.
been an android user for a long god damned time.. never seen it before.
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Re: Wtf does this Icon mean flashing on my phone? [Re: wrestler_az]
#24018909 - 01/18/17 12:37 AM (7 years, 12 days ago) |
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I tried searching all over google for it too wrestler, at first I thought they were talking about what I had but they are talking about a icon like this http://image.shutterstock.com/z/stock-vector-red-triangle-attention-sign-with-exclamation-mark-symbol-177556448.jpg
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maybe its a homing beacon for the mother ship
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The red triangle stands for AIDS The circle for pregnancy The exclamation for impending doom And the black for the risen dead
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Re: Wtf does this Icon mean flashing on my phone? [Re: Repertoire89]
#24018927 - 01/18/17 12:47 AM (7 years, 12 days ago) |
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fuckkk guys I don't want to restore
I was hoping some tech guru would be in here and shine some light
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thats really fucked man, im sorry to hear thats happening to you...
i feel like ive seen some sketchy shit pop up over the years on phones ive had but i dont remember what the icons looked liked.
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How did you search for the symbol without knowing what to search for in order to find it?
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Re: Wtf does this Icon mean flashing on my phone? [Re: Amanita86]
#24018946 - 01/18/17 12:58 AM (7 years, 12 days ago) |
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my google searches were based off from "red triangle with explanation point flashing in status bar"
Icon flashing flashing red triangle on android start up ect lol
couldn't find anything, I wish I knew what the symbol was called or for, it'd make searching for it much easier
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Re: Wtf does this Icon mean flashing on my phone? [Re: Amanita86] 1
#24018948 - 01/18/17 12:59 AM (7 years, 12 days ago) |
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Amanita86 said: How did you search for the symbol without knowing what to search for in order to find it?

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and its important to note, the icon maybe slightly different, the damn thing flashes so fast I can't get a good look at it
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Ive seen something similar happen on an ipod, when it was taken in they claimed nothing could be done to fix it
But obviously that was money grubbing, fart eating apple
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Quote:
Intelligentxfruit said: and its important to note, the icon maybe slightly different, the damn thing flashes so fast I can't get a good look at it
Start it up again and get a good look at it because I just looked at a bunch of icon charts and I didn't see that on there.
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Re: Wtf does this Icon mean flashing on my phone? [Re: Amanita86]
#24018986 - 01/18/17 01:27 AM (7 years, 12 days ago) |
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Icon charts are a good idea...why didn't i think of that
I'm 100% positive I have the icon right, the only difference is inside the yellow circle, is orange, not red. And the ! stays inside the triangle. I restarted my phone about 10 times and took over 50screen shots trying to catch the fucker.
whats weird is my phone is acting completely normal besides that on startup...
Edited by Intelligentxfruit (01/18/17 01:28 AM)
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Could it be from an app you downloaded and not an icon that is specific to something that came stock on your phone?
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The last app I downloaded was IG months ago. I don't really use apps. My phone is mostly used for communication and streaming podcasts while I work.
I think I'm going to get my jewelers loupe, rubberband it to my wifes phone and try to record it flashing. Then freeze frame it to show the icon....what a bitch
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I know that triangle usually means "play" something.
Maybe its saying "cant start google play" or "cant start media playback".
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Re: Wtf does this Icon mean flashing on my phone? [Re: LogicaL Chaos]
#24018997 - 01/18/17 01:36 AM (7 years, 12 days ago) |
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Also, if u pull down your icon bar, u should see the meaning of the icon, even if it flashes.
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Re: Wtf does this Icon mean flashing on my phone? [Re: LogicaL Chaos]
#24019001 - 01/18/17 01:44 AM (7 years, 12 days ago) |
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It doesn't even register in the pulled down icon bar.. It literally is on my screen for a tenth of a second. But I think you're onto something because it does remind me of a play button, or the location triangle for maps.
I'm done messing with this tonight, i'm letting it stress me out for no reason.
Thanks for trying to help guys, I seriously appreciate you
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https://material.io/icons/
You can try going through all of those, I skimmed but didn't see anything. Maybe it doesn't have anything to do with android or your phone and it's an app or something.
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Re: Wtf does this Icon mean flashing on my phone? [Re: Repertoire89]
#24019092 - 01/18/17 03:33 AM (7 years, 12 days ago) |
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Repertoire89 said: The red triangle stands for AIDS The circle for pregnancy The exclamation for impending doom And the black for the risen dead

No no no. You almost got it but the end is waaaay off.
The triangle is for gays.
The circle is op's asshole.
The line is all the people getting closer to dshsb.
Tl;dr op pissed someone off who uploaded his number onto grindr (that's the gay hookup site similar to tinder right? Whatever that site is) and now has hella dudes lining up for it's asshole.
unless your into that
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Re: Wtf does this Icon mean flashing on my phone? [Re: Tiamo]
#24019730 - 01/18/17 11:38 AM (7 years, 12 days ago) |
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I bet thats it
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Something may be wrong with your recovery. Have you installed custom recovery (TWRP or ClockWorkMod), or custom ROM on the phone? Will the phone boot into recovery mode? Usually a red triangle like that when the phone is starting up means that there's no recovery installed, or the recovery partition is corrupted in some way.
Edited by abltsandwich (01/18/17 12:00 PM)
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Re: Wtf does this Icon mean flashing on my phone? [Re: abltsandwich] 5
#24020075 - 01/18/17 01:53 PM (7 years, 12 days ago) |
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Just put a piece of tape over where the icon is. Problem solved
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Re: Wtf does this Icon mean flashing on my phone? [Re: goldcaphunter]
#24020102 - 01/18/17 02:02 PM (7 years, 12 days ago) |
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I used to have a psycho bipolar kitten.
I used to put her in the bathroom so she would calm down.
Problem solved
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Re: Wtf does this Icon mean flashing on my phone? [Re: LogicaL Chaos]
#24020366 - 01/18/17 03:20 PM (7 years, 12 days ago) |
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Woot woot
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Re: Wtf does this Icon mean flashing on my phone? [Re: goldcaphunter]
#24020488 - 01/18/17 03:56 PM (7 years, 12 days ago) |
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mail me your phone, i fix it
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Re: Wtf does this Icon mean flashing on my phone? [Re: digitalgraphiti] 2
#24020604 - 01/18/17 04:38 PM (7 years, 12 days ago) |
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YES!!!!!! That has to be it! It goes so fast the music note looks like a !
Thank you so much dude I owe you! 
How long did that take you to find?
edit- turned off google play notifications and it went away, haha and here I thought the feds be watchin
Edited by Intelligentxfruit (01/18/17 06:35 PM)
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Quote:
Intelligentxfruit said: So starting today...or today is when I noticed it... When I turn my phone on in the upper left corner this icon flashes every 5 seconds, but is only on the screen for half a second.
It disapears so fast I can't even take a screenshot of it It flashes on and off 5 or 6 times and then is gone.
Can someone tell me wtf this is? 
android btw
the icon looks like this.

it means the chinese are on their way to come fuck you with some chop sticks
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Re: Wtf does this Icon mean flashing on my phone? [Re: Bill_Oreilly]
#24021127 - 01/18/17 07:30 PM (7 years, 12 days ago) |
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Since many people have made smart ass comments in this thread, I might as well too.
It's just a drone targeting you from above, no worries.
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Re: Wtf does this Icon mean flashing on my phone? [Re: Lucis]
#24021509 - 01/18/17 09:50 PM (7 years, 12 days ago) |
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Quote:
Fennario said: Since many people have made smart ass comments in this thread, I might as well too.
It's just a drone targeting you from above, no worries.
your trying too hard now. geez
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Re: Wtf does this Icon mean flashing on my phone? [Re: digitalgraphiti]
#24021666 - 01/18/17 11:11 PM (7 years, 12 days ago) |
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You're not trying hard enough.
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Re: Wtf does this Icon mean flashing on my phone? [Re: LogicaL Chaos]
#24021680 - 01/18/17 11:19 PM (7 years, 12 days ago) |
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Smartass away, its fixed! Feels so much better knowing wtf is going on. I'm one of those people who If I can't or don't understand something fairly quickly it stresses me out and drives me crazy.
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so what was it?
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Re: Wtf does this Icon mean flashing on my phone? [Re: LogicaL Chaos]
#24021702 - 01/18/17 11:30 PM (7 years, 12 days ago) |
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Why its having a notification issue I have no clue, and that part doesn't bother me lol (because its so minor) but I turned of google play notifications and no longer see it flashing so that was good enough for me.
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As soon as you said triangle I knew what's up. I've heard of this bug before, even though it's a fairly old one. I figured they'd have patched it by know, but . Anyway, you're welcome.
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