Comment 3 for bug 1294256
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| Antti Kaijanmäki (kaijanmaki) wrote Re: No signal takes up too much space | #3 |
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Stock Android on Galaxy Nexus shows just empty cellular strength icon when there is no SIM. Nokia N9 shows a cellular strength icon with a red line drawn across the icon.
We have three situation where we show text instead of an icon:
- No SIM
- SIM Locked
- SIM Error
- No Signal
Showing text does not scale when number of modems goes up with multisim devices. IMO we need icons to replace the text in the indicator panel and show the textual descriptions in the indicator menu instead.
I would propose the following
No SIM:
show nothing in the panel nor the indicator menu. The user should be pretty aware that he has not inserted a SIM to begin with. The greeter or the dialer app should already show "No SIM - Only emergency calls allowed."
SIM Locked:
show a SIM icon with a padlock. This could also be highlighted with blue color or something to make it more visible. The blue color would go away when the user opens the network indicator the first time.
SIM Error:
Show a SIM icon with X.
No Signal:
Show signal strength icon with X.
I'll attach examples.