Help KitKat signal strength indicator erroneous?

[AM_SOS]

Hi all,

With KitKat I'm told that the signal strength indicator in the notification bar will be orange when the signal is weak, and white when strong.

My phone came with 4.3 and I successfully shifted over to the KitKat upgrade. The phone is otherwise running very well.

I've noticed of late that after rebooting the phone the indicator always stays orange. Initially I thought this was because of a weak signal but when I checked the signal strength I realised it was pretty good.

Then I noticed that the colour changed to white upon switching on the internet (whether 2G of 3G). It doesn't go back to orange and stays white.

I am confused as to what's happening. It looks to me there's a bug of some sort with the signal indicator.

Can anyone share their experiences or thoughts about this or similar issues?

Thanks!

 

[breadnatty08]

I believe it's only orange when there's no data being received/sent. Mine is almost always white. Only time I see it orange is when it's switching from wifi to mobile and it takes a moment for that to happen.

 

[doughamilton]

Yeah mine is always white whenever I have it connected to 3g and only orange when not on WiFi and not on 3g