Mobile phones can alert us to everything that happens in the terminal itself without us having to be aware at all times. In the past, only a small notification LED gave us information, but now, the status or notification bar is our great ally. However, it may be completely filled with symbols that we do not know.
For this reason, if you have a Samsung smartphone, it is the ideal time for you to understand what each icon that appears in the status bar means . More than anything because, sometimes, it can cost us more than necessary to understand exactly what each of them means.
their meanings
Over time, more symbols have been added. Although what is clear is that each one indicates a certain functionality, so each icon will alert us to aspects. Since the battery is charged as the fact that it is running out of power, or other aspects that we will see later.
In addition, these indicators will always be located at the top of the panel of your mobile device, that is, in the notification or status bar that every mobile with One UI has . For this reason, it is there where we will always see the different notices of our smartphone, either in the upper right or left part of the panel of our phone.
For example, they have been integrated more recently such as fast charging is working or content streaming is activated. In summary, there are dozens of different icons that we will have to know how to identify, since these offer us information that, at some point, could be vital.
for the network
The Internet connection, either with data or Wi-Fi , and coverage are essential elements in our Samsung phones. For this reason, you have to know how to distinguish each of the icons that can be displayed in the bar itself of our terminal with One UI. In the image you can see each of the possible symbols that will appear, so we will put it in order, and this is its explanation:
- No signal.
- Strength of phone coverage.
- Roaming (device outside the usual service area).
- GPRS network connected.
- EDGE network connected.
- UMTS network connected.
- HSDPA network connected.
- HSDPA+ network connected.
- 4G network connected.
- LTE network connected.
- 5G network connected.
- LTE network connected to the LTE network that includes 5G-type connectivity.
- Wi-Fi connected.
- Wi-Fi connected, but no Internet access available.
connections
It is likely that on some occasion we will connect an extra device via Bluetooth to our Samsung phone, be it an S Pen, a headset or another similar accessory that uses this type of connection. Therefore, these will be the ones that you should know how to identify in the bar of this of your Galaxy:
- Bluetooth function of the mobile activated.
- S Pen connected.
- S Pen disconnected.
- S Pen battery level.
- H3 Services
Of the system
In this section we will show you both the possible notifications that the operating system of your mobile device will show you, as well as those indicators that you probably already know, since they are more common in Android phones, as is the case of the battery, the transmission of content , among others. These are the ones you will see in the bar:
- An error has occurred in the phone or in an application.
- The battery is charging.
- Phone battery charge level.
- Power saving mode enabled.
- Data consumption saving activated.
- The VPN service on the mobile is connected.
- Phone Hotspot is active.
- High performance mode is enabled.
- Phone media streaming, i.e. sending content to other devices.
Services
In addition to all the previous indicators, Samsung itself details that we will also have some symbols for the different services that our mobile device offers us. Therefore, these are the ones that will appear in the notification bar at some point:
- The location service is in use and activated.
- There is a call in progress.
- We have a missed call.
- New text or multimedia message on mobile.
- There is an alarm enabled.
other functions
Finally, we come to the latest features that may appear in the bar of our device from the South Korean firm:
- Silent mode is activated.
- We have the mobile in vibration mode.
- Airplane mode is enabled.
Can they be hidden?
A large part of the icons that will be displayed in the status bar are only informative, so they are considered important, at least in those references that depend on the operation of the system itself or indicators that are necessary such as Network , among others.
Therefore, and without root permissions , the ones that can be hidden are those referring to the different notifications of the applications that we have installed on our Samsung Galaxy device from the South Korean firm. Therefore, if in your case you want to remove the possible symbols that may appear in the status bar, you will have to carry out a series of steps. Although, as we were saying, we will hardly be able to modify the status bar of the phones of this company.
But, if in your case you want to try to see what your mobile offers you, what we will have to do is follow these steps:
- Go into the phone settings.
- Click on the notifications section > tap on Advanced settings.
- Inside, you will see the Status Bar option where you will have: Show notification icons and Show battery percentage .
In the first option you can modify the maximum number of notifications that will be displayed in said bar of all those that reach your Galaxy mobile: All notifications, 3 most recent, only the number of notifications or None. On the other hand, in the second option it will only help us so that the battery percentage that we still have is not reflected on the phone panel.
Therefore, we will not have many options to hide the different indicators that Samsung Galaxy phones show us in this status bar.