Question: What Are the Android Symbols?
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What are the icons in the Android status bar?

The Status Bar is where you’ll find status icons: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, mobile network, battery, time, alarm, etc. The thing is, you may not need to see all these icons all the time. For example, on Samsung and LG phones, the NFC icons is always displayed when the service is on.

What are the icons on the top left of my android?

Those are notifications. If you swipe down from the top of the screen with 1 finger you will see the notification shade with corresponding information for each icon. Notifications from that shade can be either pressed, which opens the app, or swiped right to left to dismiss it.

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