Ubuntu
indicator-network package

Lack of signal is not obvious

Bug #1329712 reported by Matthew Paul Thomas
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Bug Description

1. Go somewhere you have no cellular signal, for example a tunnel or basement.
2. Look at the status bar.

What you see: The same cellular signal icon as usual, just with zero bars.

What you should see: Something more obvious.

<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Networking#menu>: "* 'No signal' if there is no signal for the selected cellular network..."

[Originally reported by Sam Bull on ubuntu-phone@. <https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone/msg08491.html>]

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Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) wrote :

Specification updated. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Networking?action=diff&rev2=195&rev1=194>

Changed in indicator-network (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)
description: updated
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Sam Bull (dreamsorcerer) wrote :

This is worse because the 0 bar icon is actually being used for both low signal and no signal, so there is no way to tell from the indicator if you actually have signal or not.

A suitable icon for no signal is shown at: https://launchpadlibrarian.net/171916895/sim_icon_examplepng.png

In relation to bug #1294256.

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Antti Kaijanmäki (kaijanmaki) wrote :

There is now a dedicated icon for "no signal".

Changed in indicator-network (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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