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Key icon in notification panel

ermond12 — Sun, 06 Dec 2015 16:00:37 GMT

There is a key icon beside the battery icon in the pull down notification tray and I don't know what that is and if it's something that I should just ignore or what. Some say it's VPN but some say it isn't. Any idea what that is?

Re: Key icon in notification panel

_alexdon_ — Sun, 06 Dec 2015 16:14:34 GMT

That key shows up in my notification bar usually when running a VPN app, which means my connection can be monitored by others.

Re: Key icon in notification panel

ermond12 — Sun, 06 Dec 2015 16:17:54 GMT

But I don't have any VPN app...😶

Re: Key icon in notification panel

_alexdon_ — Sun, 06 Dec 2015 16:48:28 GMT

Do you have some kind of adguard? Perhaps your network is monitored somehow.

Try to boot in safe mode and see if the same occurs.

Re: Key icon in notification panel

ermond12 — Sun, 06 Dec 2015 16:57:26 GMT

I believe I don't have... How do I boot to safe mode?

Re: Key icon in notification panel

ermond12 — Sun, 06 Dec 2015 17:32:56 GMT

I've done booting it to safe mode and it's still there. So it means one of the preinstalled apps is causing this.😶

Re: Key icon in notification panel

NeoBeum — Sun, 06 Dec 2015 18:00:01 GMT

Go Run this

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eset.stagefrightdetector&hl=en

Re: Key icon in notification panel

ermond12 — Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:43:08 GMT

I've had it before but just uninstalled it. It's just for checking the vulnerability of the phone right?😶

Re: Key icon in notification panel

Christofer — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 13:09:08 GMT

Hi @ermond12,

Could you post a screenshot of this icon?

Re: Key icon in notification panel

_alexdon_ — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 14:29:13 GMT

@Christofer Something like this:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3/help/random-key-icon-status-bar-t3086815

Re: Key icon in notification panel

Christofer — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 15:20:47 GMT

Thanks!

I will forward this internally and see if I can get some information about this.

Re: Key icon in notification panel

_alexdon_ — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 15:23:33 GMT

@Christofer Thanks buddy.