Status bar symbols

Question

What does the ® symbol on the Xiaomi Redmi 6A status bar mean?
I cannot change it, and it seems to have no significance.

Mark · Accepted Answer

Hi Will
You say data roaming is turned off, your phone service could still be in roaming mode. I would suggest you go see your carrier to make sure your phone is not in roaming mode. Here in the Philippines I have the option of turning data to roam, but the cell service roams automatically.

Lindsay mcdaniel · Answer

That looks like the symbol for Registered Trademark!
Is there a company name of symbol next to or before it.
If so then it is the registered trademark!
They must have a copywrite on that status bar or maybe the entire page!

Ana Schumacher · Answer

normally R is used next to trademark means that it is officially registered.

Will Latham · Answer

Sure, it is the Registered trademark symbol ®, but what is it doing on the status bar, for symbols of WiFi, Bluetooth, telephone signal etc?

Bastian Siewers · Answer

Hi Will, welcome to AndroidPIT! :)

Are you sure it is the same symbol? On which side of the statusbar is it, left or right?

Will Latham · Answer

Bluetooth, ®, signal strength, 4G, Battery %. 
Left to right.

Lindsay mcdaniel · Answer

I saw a picture of your home screen on the internet.
Question, could that r with the circle  have something to do with your voice recorder?
Check and see if it activated!
Just a guess but you might have forgot to shut it off.

Lindsay mcdaniel · Answer

Another possibility 
Have you installed a re-root program in your device?
That icon could be for that!

Lindsay mcdaniel · Answer

I found a standard list of status bar icons
For your device . That icon is not on the list!    SO the only conclusion I could come to is, 
That icon is for something you installed yourself! 
So what app did you install that might have a icon like that?

Bastian Siewers · Answer

Hello :)

If it is next to the signal bar, I am pretty sure it is the symbol for roaming. As it is on the right side of the status bar it can not come from an installed app, it has to do something with the system itself.

Lindsay mcdaniel · Answer

Bastian
The roaming icons I have found on the internet for the Xiaomi phones are either;
Just the letter R   or    (R)
None have a circle around it!
I think it might be something else!

Lindsay mcdaniel · Answer

Will latham
If that is a icon for roaming (Like Bastian suggested) try this;
Go to your location settings turn off your GPS then restart your device!
That should turn off your roaming feature. And that icon will vanish.

Will Latham · Answer

None of the above. Have tried all the suggestions but no.
Pretty sure ® is a registered trade mark. Perhaps it is 4G? First time with 4G so it would be new to me.
It does not seem to be important, just annoying not knowing the significance.

Lindsay mcdaniel · Answer

Just a thought.
If that is on your status bar , that means something in your device is active. 
Try looking at your battery settings, and see what is using the charge!
But right nowI really don't think that is a registered trademark symbol.

Bastian Siewers · Answer

Hey :)

Could you please take a picture of it? That way it is way easier to tell what it actually is :)

Will Latham · Answer

![image][1]


  [1]: https://fscl01.fonpit.de/userfiles/7612826/image/forum/20181011122110.JPG

Here is a screen shot.

Lindsay mcdaniel · Answer

Will, & Bastian
Is that a icon for the screen auto-rotate feature? 
Will  try turning off your screen auto-rotate and see if the icon disappears!
You may have to restart your device after you turn it off.

Bastian Siewers · Answer

I'm quite sure that that's the icon for roaming. Go to into your settings and check if roaming is active. Just to check if that's the icon for it, deactivate it. There is apparently a way to get rid of it through Mi-Tools, but to be honest, I have never used it so I can't really tell how that works.

Liebe Grüße, Bastian
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Will Latham · Answer

![image][1]


  [1]: https://fscl01.fonpit.de/userfiles/7612826/image/forum/1000383.jpg

Here is another screen shot when in mobile data mode. 
The rotate symbol is a padlock with an arrow encircling. Data Roaming is turned off. No new apps installed.

Will Latham · Answer

Thanks for all the suggestions.
It would appear that this symbol indicates the device is using Qualcomm ® Snapdragon processor.

Lindsay mcdaniel · Answer

Will
Don't leave us hanging!
Please tell us how you found out!

Will Latham · Answer

Reading all the specs for the phone everywhere Qualcomm is mentioned the symbol ® follows. So I deduce that the only spec that is a registered mark that has anything to do with the phone is Qualcomm® Snapdragon. But why they want to take up valuable space on the status bar is beyond me.