topic Re: Minor annoyance - wifi/data activity indicators since Oreo in X Series

Minor annoyance - wifi/data activity indicators since Oreo

alex_ncfc — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 15:18:27 GMT

As the title says, this is just a minor issue, but yet another since installing Oreo on my X Compact.

Who decided that the activity arrows/indicators for WIFI and data should be to the left of those particular icons when data is being transmitted/received? Is this a Google thing or something Sony have implemented? It is ridiculous. I'm trying to read stuff on the screen and all I can see from my peripheral vision is the icons in the top right shifting from one side to another because of these indicators. Is there any way to turn them off completely??

Re: Minor annoyance - wifi/data activity indicators since Oreo

itandy — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 06:36:58 GMT

I've written a simple Xposed module to fix this problem. Or you can install a third party app to disable the activity arrows.

Sony Status Activity Fix

https://forum.xda-developers.com/x-compact/themes/mod-sony-status-activity-fix-t3765642

Sony Android Oreo Flavor: Accordion in Notification Bar on Network Activity

/t5/Other-Sony-Mobile-Applications/Sony-Android-Oreo-Flavor-Accordion-in-Notification-Bar-on/td-p/1275179

Re: Minor annoyance - wifi/data activity indicators since Oreo

Ozon_Aleksei — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 09:24:12 GMT

I have a question to the moderator: Sony plans to remove the accordion from the status bar? This accordion is very tired eyes. The advice above to use can't as I have no home computer.

Re: Minor annoyance - wifi/data activity indicators since Oreo

Qatrium — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 09:28:23 GMT

@Ozon_Aleksei

Google is committed to fixing that in 8.1.

Re: Minor annoyance - wifi/data activity indicators since Oreo

Jonas — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 10:42:49 GMT

Hello everyone!

Hi @alex_ncfc, I'm afraid that I don't have any information to if this is related to Android 8 in general or if this is an Xperia customization, however I do understand exactly what you mean and I have forwarded feedback from other users regarding the moving arrows and I'll gladly forward your feedback as well, but please note that I can't make any promises!

You can take a look at links that @itandy posted, since the only way to remove this in the settings in the device will also remove the entire Wi-Fi / mobile network icons.

@Ozon_Aleksei, I have no information if this will be removed or if there will be a setting to remove the arrows, but I will make sure to forward your thoughts on this internally as user feedback.

Thank you both for the feedback regarding the arrows!

Re: Minor annoyance - wifi/data activity indicators since Oreo

Aaliya09 — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 05:31:59 GMT

@Quester

Dude, are serious? Android 8.1 has been around for like months now.

So do you mean Sony's implementationof Android 8.1?

Re: Minor annoyance - wifi/data activity indicators since Oreo

Ozon_Aleksei — Wed, 11 Apr 2018 06:41:58 GMT

Today my Android 8.0.0 Oreo got a new build 34.4.A.2.50

Accordion status bar left.

Re: Minor annoyance - wifi/data activity indicators since Oreo

alex_ncfc — Sat, 14 Apr 2018 17:28:46 GMT

@Ozon_Alekseiwrote:
Today my Android 8.0.0 Oreo got a new build 34.4.A.2.50
Accordion status bar left.

Do you mean since 34.4.A.2.50 that this problem has stopped happening? I haven't had the update yet.

Re: Minor annoyance - wifi/data activity indicators since Oreo

Ozon_Aleksei — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 06:38:16 GMT

There is a problem. The arrow in the status bar has not changed. The accordion in the status bar is still there.

Re: Minor annoyance - wifi/data activity indicators since Oreo

Qatrium — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 06:41:29 GMT

I repeat: this might not be fixed before 8.1 is released -by Sony- to you your devices.

Re: Minor annoyance - wifi/data activity indicators since Oreo

Jonas — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 11:38:09 GMT

Hello everyone!

I have forwarded the feedback from all of you internally, but do note that I can't make any promises that will be changed in a coming update!

Re: Minor annoyance - wifi/data activity indicators since Oreo

Lithium158 — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 01:05:28 GMT

I can NOT believe that this hasn't been fixed yet? Minor? No, MAJOR annoyance. I only upgraded to Orea today, and this issue makes me want to revert back to Nougat immediately, if that is possible?

Re: Minor annoyance - wifi/data activity indicators since Oreo

pseudonym — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 21:19:37 GMT

To each their own, of course. But I actually like being able to have a visual indication of data being transferred by WiFi/cell network. So, no problem here.

Re: Minor annoyance - wifi/data activity indicators since Oreo

alex_ncfc — Sun, 19 Aug 2018 13:10:53 GMT

@pseudonym wrote:
To each their own, of course. But I actually like being able to have a visual indication of data being transferred by WiFi/cell network. So, no problem here.

It's not the visiual indication that's annoying people, most people myself included want that to be shown, it's the fact that in Oreo they inexplicably moved the indicator arrows to the side of the WiFi and data icons rather than underneath. This makes items in the notification bar move around constantly.

Re: Minor annoyance - wifi/data activity indicators since Oreo

pseudonym — Sun, 19 Aug 2018 20:38:17 GMT

I see what you mean. Actually, the Xperia X compact I have has been running Oreo from the beginning. I guess I can see the change being startling if you're not expecting it.