I figured I'd post a trick I've found to get the Wi-Fi / Data icon blue again if it's sticking on gray.
Everything I've read says the phone has to have a connection to Google Play Services servers for it to turn blue. The only causes I can come up with would be ad blockers, DNS issues or firewall issues.
But thinking about it I also thought more about the Play Services thing. So the first thing I tried was going into Settings/Apps/all & clearing the data on both Google Play Services & the Play Store and also uninstalling their updates if there are any on either.
The effect of clearing data on the Play Store is you'll get the agreement prompt again which is no big deal and the Play Store seems to update itself back to the latest version within a minute or so.
Last resorts- if you have any of the blocking apps see if they're causing it by uninstalling & a reboot.
Finally, troubleshoot DNS
Hopefully the first 2 options fix it. It isn't a big deal if your connectivity works but if if it's a concern that's how I fix it now.
I figured I'd pass it on
Related
I have an Evo 3D.
This is driving me nuts, I seem to be unable to download app updates anymore. It attempts to download forever, the progress staying at zero, and eventually gives me error 495.
I tried Googling this, and attempted every solution I could find. I tried signing in and out of my google account, clearing the cache of ALL my apps, rebooting my phone, turning off my WiFi, and clearing more space. Nothing worked.
It appears there's something wrong with the Google Play service, I can't download any apps when connected to Wifi, and there are others having the same issue.
I have had this issue for a long time now. I just used to decide that I'll wait till i get home and download over WiFi (which worked).
But that's not a solution!!!
On my JellyBean One X:
1. Go to Settings
2. In Wireless and Networks, tap on More
3. Select Usage
4. Tap on Menu in top-right corner and make sure Restrict background data is not ticked
5. Also, uncheck Limit mobile data usage (a message appears saying that all background data restrictions will be disabled).
It is the background data restriction that causes this issue (atleast for me).
I had done the whole shabang:
Clear google play cache, data, etc. re-login with Google account, reboot, etc.
I have searched online for this issue and tried most of them
In general, from the first minute, the signal bars of both wifi and cell network have been grey. No matter if i use cell network only or work/home/public wifi APs. But data flow has not problems at all, all app download, web surfing, IM apps and SNS apps work fine.
It is said that grey signal bars indicates the google service is not connected. I registered my Gmail account the first time startup. And in the system, google account and google+ account are working fine. Hangout, Gmail, Google Now, Google+, Google calendar, Google Maps, Google Play, Youtube, all working fine.
I did some suggested tricks including:
1\ Clear data and force stop the "google service framework" in the app management. Then reboot.
2\ Reset the phone and erase all user data, serveral times.
3\ Uninstall google play service updates (in app management), then reinstall them through the notification from google hangout.
4\ Use the ATT ready2go service to set the phone for one of the phone reset trials.
5\ Turn on most of the common location identify/sharing settings
In general, NONE of them worked. I don't know which google service is causing the grey bar, nor will I see any further action to take.
Considering return and get another one to try. But sincerely, does not see why that would help.
Thanks for your advice!
I was just told by a friend that under sense interface, the signal bars will remain grey and will never turn into blue (the normal color of all other android devices I have used). Is that true? Can someone verify this?
Yes, Sense's signal indicator is always white/grey.
dbdynsty25 said:
Yes, Sense's signal indicator is always white/grey.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks a lot!
Stupid me working on things before getting a clear idea about it.
Yet I do think the color changing indicator is a good design. I often rely on it to confirm that I am really "online" instead of just "linked to the router".
Hi folks. Havin an issue with my VZW S4. When i go into an app that uses gps (ie ingress) the gps won't initiate. if i toggle it on and off it turns on and locks immediately. Its done this 3 times now in the past few weeks, i've factory reset twice which fixes it and it just did it again. I've cleared data on ingress, maps and google search, trying to think of anything that uses location. i'm getting tired of setting up my phone again, any ideas? Thanks.
So figured out the issue. Its something with google play services. I went into the location menu and guess i just never noticed that google play services was down in the list of recent apps to use location. When the gps issue starts, if i go in and clear data on google play services, the gps kicks back in in a second or two. So not sure why, but thats the app thats causing it. At least i don't have to do a factory reset anymore when it happens. sigh.
Was this stock Rom, or custom Rom?
I have a Huawei Honor X1 (503L version B007) and live in northern Europe.
I noticed that, although I have turned on the settings to share my location, I can't see my device in Google Dashboard.
In the past weeks there is one moment An hour or so at 03:00 AM that my phone shows up in Google dashboard, but that's all.
Also my weather apps do not seem to find the location I am at or take a long time to switch to the correct location (time to check is set to a low interval).
GPS works fine. Internet through WIFI and data connection work fine and calling or receiving calls is no problem either.
I have tried reinstalling some Google play services with a GPS spoofer installed and all that but it doesn't seem to help.
I read about the 503L, because it's meant for the Asian market, has a different frequency for cell towers. Could this be the problem for the apps not being able to locate my device?
Are there Google services I should have installed for this service to work? (I have Playstore, Google now, mail and sync).
Is there a ROM (being) developed that i could use to 'Europeanize' my phone? (base language English, Google apps installed, frequency correction etc.)
I think there are various issues with this phone. I have the 7D-501U and I note that it too does not properly keep the location up to date. It also fails to run various services at startup, despite them being marked as "allow to run at startup". They can also get shut down if started manually. Basically, I think Huawei has been too aggressive with their power saving tricks.
Hello. As I mentioned in the title, I have an orange wifi and mobile connection icon for a few days. Sometimes it turns back white, but the issues are still there. Internet works, but Google Play Store says "No connection" or connects and gets stuck at "Downloading" app (downloading new app or even updating current app). Also, some apps have trouble connecting, some of them (i.e. Google Chrome, Skype, Facebook) work perfectly with no issues.
I tried:
-Rebooting many times. Rebooting to safe mode - same issue.
-Stopping app & deleting cache and data from: Google Play, Google Play Services, Download Manager, Google Services Framework.
-Uninstalling all updates from Google Play Store. After that, it did not update itself.
-Checking hosts file - everything is ok.
-Removing and adding my Google account.
-Restarting the router.
-Booting into recovery and wiping Dalvik, Cache.
These issues have never happened before. I think it's something with google apps/services, but none of the above fixed it.
I have Samsung Galaxy S3 mini running CM 11 (Kitkat 4.4), rooted. (It worked for a long time without any issues)
Anyone has any ideas? Have you encountered this problem before? I don't want to do the factory reset, but I think it's the only option.