Disable network traffic indicators

[rouyal]

They're kind of distracting, and imo useless. Any way to get rid of them?

Wouldn't be too bad if there was a dedicated space in the status bar for them, but when they come and go, icons to the left bounce around.

 

[luisenriquereyes]

They're kind of distracting, and imo useless. Any way to get rid of them?

Wouldn't be too bad if there was a dedicated space in the status bar for them, but when they come and go, icons to the left bounce around.

Yes I find them to be very distracting as well. I did a quick search to look on how to disable them but came up empty [emoji852]️

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[maidguitar]

I ended up just disabling the data icon entirely. I almost never end up in a dead zone without signal/wifi, and if you really want to know you can use a widget or KLWP or something to make an indicator on your desktop.

 

[luisenriquereyes]

I ended up just disabling the data icon entirely. I almost never end up in a dead zone without signal/wifi, and if you really want to know you can use a widget or KLWP or something to make an indicator on your desktop.

How did you disable the data icon?

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[maidguitar]

Enable the System UI Tuner by pulling down the notification shade and long pressing the settings gear icon for a while.

Then, find System UI Tuner in the System Settings. From there you can disable various icons.

 

[wheresmybeaver]

Sony monitor their own Community forums for feedback. There are a few threads over there already about these network indicators causing icons to shift around; plenty of people find them irritating. Be sure to add your thoughts to those threads and hopefully Sony will change the icons in a future update.

 

[rouyal]

I went to phone settings and found a Sony email address and sent some feedback mostly about the status bar indicators, nfc icon, auto brightness, and missing Oreo night mode (blue light filter). But I'll check out the Sony forum. Both Oreo and the phone are fairly new, so maybe it's just they need to polish the software a bit.

 

[tom193]

I thought I was the only one finding this annoying. I was about to create a new thread about it. I think what I can do for now is to disable the entire icon and install some third party app for wifi indicator.

 

[wheresmybeaver]

Disabling the activity icons with a simple app and an adb command: https://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Othe...Accordion-in-Notification-Bar-on/td-p/1275179

 

[joshjoshajosh]

Disabling the activity icons with a simple app and an adb command: https://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Othe...Accordion-in-Notification-Bar-on/td-p/1275179

Thank you!!! Can't wait to get home and try this, will update this post with the results.