[Q] What is this new status bar icon in the 4.4.2/5.5 update?

Shane Pitman · Feb 4, 2014

It just showed up with the official rooted ROM, hadn't been there in the EclipticOne KitKat ROM I'd been running.

Kraizk · Feb 4, 2014

Shane Pitman said:
It just showed up with the official rooted ROM, hadn't been there in the EclipticOne KitKat ROM I'd been running.

It tells you NFC is on. Its been there since I can remember. Maybe you just didn't have it on. Annoying little thing, isn't it?

Shane Pitman · Feb 4, 2014

Yeah, I've always had NFC on, I guess it was just always hidden... Thanks for the info!

dawynkoop · Feb 4, 2014

This can be removed fairly easily if you're rooted. Tried it this morning and the icon is gone.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=46026914&postcount=10