I have a question, Some times my Signal bars and 3G indicator are green and all works well. Other times they are Gray and things start happening, for example it keeps telling me it cannot authorize Google Talk. I can still connect to the internet and everything but just not sure why the Google Talk thing stops working.
This also happens when I am on WiFi in my house. Some times it will be green and other times it will be gray.
Any advice would be helpful
Thanks
~R~
schartzr said:
I have a question, Some times my Signal bars and 3G indicator are green and all works well. Other times they are Gray and things start happening, for example it keeps telling me it cannot authorize Google Talk. I can still connect to the internet and everything but just not sure why the Google Talk thing stops working.
This also happens when I am on WiFi in my house. Some times it will be green and other times it will be gray.
Any advice would be helpful
Thanks
~R~
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i believe that they are green when they are connected to google services i was reading about it on the forum the other night.
i am sure thats the reason, if not then someone please correct me as i pick mine up tomorrow
I'm having this problem too. Mostly when switching from 3g to 2g. I believe what is happening is the data is dropping out. When data/wifi are green you are connected and all is well. The grey means it is not working. I cant figure out why I have the problem switching between 2g AND 3g. That is bugging the crap outta me. My Vibrant does it with no problems, the Nexus s not so much. Dont know if this is related only to gingerbread or the phone. Usually a reboot takes care of this, and a reboot doesnt take long on the Nexus S. But like the girlfriend says, "all that money for this phone and it doesnt work right?"
Yea mine were all grey until I added my google account info and synced up. Now they seem to be perm green.
[/QUOTE]i am sure thats the reason, if not then someone please correct me as i pick mine up tomorrow[/QUOTE]
I dont know if I agree with that. On my device when its grey it doesnt even connect to a web page or anything that uses data. This is just my observation.
I dont know if I agree with that. On my device when its grey it doesnt even connect to a web page or anything that uses data. This is just my observation.[/QUOTE]
there are a couple more threads on here about this google "nexus s grey bars" and will give you links to them
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I dont know if I agree with that. On my device when its grey it doesnt even connect to a web page or anything that uses data. This is just my observation.
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there are a couple more threads on here about this google "nexus s grey bars" and will give you links to them[/QUOTE]
Thanks stevo.
I was under the impression they were green when a connection was active, gray when idle. Don't have an S yet though, so can't confirm, but I'm pretty sure I read that somewhere (probably on here).
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I can still connect when grey...
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My connection keeps dropping randomly on the NS. It will be green on 3G then outta no where be grey. Im talking about my house in normal spots that always get 3G on my N1.
Anyone else noticing this?
I also activate my Wi-Fi when the 3G sinal is gray and then the Wi-Fi goes straight to gray and then it takes couple minutes for it to settle back to green on both 3G and Wifi...
Bah whats going on -_-
Grey isnt something bad per say... all it means is that your not connected to googles servers. as long as you still have a connection you are fine.
graemegb said:
Grey isnt something bad per say... all it means is that your not connected to googles servers. as long as you still have a connection you are fine.
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Not being connected to googles servers kinda defies the whole point (GTalk, Email, etc)....
IT drops very randomly for me sometimes when I just unlock the phone it drops..any one else?
Hi everyone,
There seems to be an issue where the Nexus S is losing its "sync" with Google Services (3G and bars going from Green to Gray) 3G continues to work except that each time it goes from green to gray, it logs me out of Google Talk. Google Talk will NOT log back in until the icons turn green once again. It seems to completely ignore the fact that the phone still has a 3G connection. They must be green in order to log in. Has anyone else experienced this? As well as the fluctuation between green and gray? Thanks!
napereira said:
Hi everyone,
There seems to be an issue where the Nexus S is losing its "sync" with Google Services (3G and bars going from Green to Gray) 3G continues to work except that each time it goes from green to gray, it logs me out of Google Talk. Google Talk will NOT log back in until the icons turn green once again. It seems to completely ignore the fact that the phone still has a 3G connection. They must be green in order to log in. Has anyone else experienced this? As well as the fluctuation between green and gray? Thanks!
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Ya, I had the issue earlier and it seems to fixed itself, give it some time
Same here with icons color
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Happening to me as well. Icons go grey and I can't sign in to Talk or install anything from the Market. Reboot usually fixes it; pretty annoying though.
Yeah it seems to be sporadic. It just goes in and out of sync services. Sometimes rebooting works, sometimes it doesn't. Extremely annoying.
I notice it most when switching from 3g to 2g. This is a big P.I.T.A! It's a good thing the NS reboots quickly. But I had much higher expectations from this phone.
Its a constant. Neusance since I'm using it on att
So i was driving today and noticed my map was not updating. I looked at the connection and saw 3G but it was grey. Full bars and even went from 4 to 5 a couple of times....
I turned on airplane mode and turned it off and then i got the same thing but green and all was well.... What causes this? Does the grey bars mean signal but cant connect?
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So i was driving today and noticed my map was not updating. I looked at the connection and saw 3G but it was grey. Full bars and even went from 4 to 5 a couple of times....
I turned on airplane mode and turned it off and then i got the same thing but green and all was well.... What causes this? Does the grey bars mean signal but cant connect?
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Means that its not connected to the data network. Green does. Same with wifi.
Also something else I noticed ... when on a call I can browse and talk at the same time when on 3G, but not with edge.
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I was able to do that on my N1, havent been on the phone enough to try.. I still need to set up my BTHS with my NS...
Thats my next challenge, resetting the Jawbone Icon... ugh... I know its plug in holding power button thing, but I can never get it to work.. .
I remember seeing a video which said the 3g is green only when the phone picks up google voice. Power phone on the 3g bar is white once it detects g/v its green.
The talk and web browse will stop once you loose 3g connection
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Also something else I noticed ... when on a call I can browse and talk at the same time when on 3G, but not with edge.
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This is correct. The EDGE network cannot handle data and phone at the same time. Neither can Verizon or Sprint, until they go to LTE.
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I know me and a few other people have been getting problems on downloading any apps on the market for some reason. Also I have noticed that some times my wifi icon and signal icon is green and other times they are gray.
Well I just figured out that I only get these problems downloading apps on the market while my icons are grey, but when the icons are green market works normal. Now I know that I still get data while the icons are grey, cause my web browsing works so it can't mean that im not receiving an active connection. Does anyone know what does the difference in colored icons mean?
Sorry if this is posted already and I posted in this section because I believe it has to deal with the fix of the market problem
Grey means that you aren't connected to google's sync servers. so yes this may be the cause of not being able to d/l
thanx cuz i remember someone asking about the color also but with no answer so what may be the reason why i am not connected to googles sync servers like 85% of the time? and is it possible to fix?
also this may be the cause of all the errors with gtalk connecting or not sending msgs ive been reading about
I'm getting the same errors too. Any fixes?
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Glad to know it isn't just me! I was scrolling thru settings trying to figure out why my icons were gray
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Mine only go grey when switching from EDGE to WiFi. the only thing i can suggest is a factory reset. also, is this happening when the phone is going down to edge? this may be what is causing the problem.
ill do a nandroid backup and then do a factory reset and post any updates
EDIT: so far its working im about to restore my phone tho cuz i forgot to make a titanium backup of my apps then ill wipe again ill post if it starts messing up again
My phone has not had this problem, but I have seen my wifes do this a few times. We both got the Nexus S today. We run on wifi here at home. I thought it was really odd when trying to get some items from the market.
It eventually turned green, but took about 30 seconds or so.
I posted the other day about me losing my "google" connection (the Bars and the 3G indicator being green) well After the new update I have yet to lose this connection. Has anyone else notice this. I havent seen anymore complaints or anything so I thought I would just check to see if everyone agreed with me.
schartzr said:
I posted the other day about me losing my "google" connection (the Bars and the 3G indicator being green) well After the new update I have yet to lose this connection. Has anyone else notice this. I havent seen anymore complaints or anything so I thought I would just check to see if everyone agreed with me.
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I've applied the update, but I still get periods of grey bars instead of green. I can still do network things like surf the web, though, even when grey.