Data and signal color changes

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Curious, anyone know why sometimes the data and signal bars are blue and sometimes they are white? Thought maybe it was signal strength or active/dormant difference.

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i noticed that too. i would think that whatever is blue is what you are using. if you are on a wifi it will have the wifi icon blue and the 3g or 4glte white. i am not 100% sure but i think thats how it works.

Blue (green in aosp) means a connection to google services.

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Originally Posted by eallan

Blue (green in aosp) means a connection to google services.

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This man is correct.

Originally Posted by eallan

Blue (green in aosp) means a connection to google services.

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That explains it. Thanks. So why would one one to know this information while using their phone? So much that there would be a status indicator for it.

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Originally Posted by H3Dude

That explains it. Thanks. So why would one want to know this information while using their phone? So much that there would be a status indicator for it.

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well i would think that it has something to do with the new data plans having caps. im sure that they want to make people as aware as possible as of when they are using data from the verizon network or a wifi.

Originally Posted by manolith2011

well i would think that it has something to do with the new data plans having caps. im sure that they want to make people as aware as possible as of when they are using data from the verizon network or a wifi.

This is a feature that's built into android from gingerbread on. It serves several purposes, but the immediate purpose is a tell-tale sign that something may be up with your connection.

Originally Posted by H3Dude

That explains it. Thanks. So why would one one to know this information while using their phone? So much that there would be a status indicator for it.

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Well, since so many features on Android phones depend on synchronization with Google's servers (Gmail, calendar, etc) it's usually good to know if you're connected. It also lets you know when something might be wrong with your data connection even though you are apparently connected to a network.