Flashing Triangle on I-Drive Screen - Phone
10-20-2004, 07:19 AM
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Hello,
What is the flashing triangle on the I-Drive screen by the reception bars? This happens on occasion. When I remove my phone the triangle goes away. When I put the phone back in it comes back again. I can receive phone calls but can not make them when this happens. I usually have all the reception bars or maybe one or two from max.
I have RTFM but I did not notice anything about a flashing triangle on the I-Drive unless it is for a service related warning, which in this case it is not since there are none and like I said removing the phone from the cradle makes the triangle go away and when I plug it back in it comes back.
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What is the flashing triangle on the I-Drive screen by the reception bars? This happens on occasion. When I remove my phone the triangle goes away. When I put the phone back in it comes back again. I can receive phone calls but can not make them when this happens. I usually have all the reception bars or maybe one or two from max.
I have RTFM but I did not notice anything about a flashing triangle on the I-Drive unless it is for a service related warning, which in this case it is not since there are none and like I said removing the phone from the cradle makes the triangle go away and when I plug it back in it comes back.
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04-25-2006, 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Lomag' post='47095' date='Oct 20 2004, 11:35 AM
I think the triangle, flashing or not, in cell phone terms, is when the phone is roaming. Not 100% sure...
04-26-2006, 10:13 AM
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I understood the triangle to mean your phone is connected. Then I noticed that when I missed an incoming call once, the triangle changed to a little cellphone-looking icon. I like that symbol better, so now I just never check the missed phone call log on Idrive - once you check that log, the phone icon changes back to a triangle. Who the hell associates a triangle with a phone anyway???. So when I have new passengers in my car, they see the little phone and instantly know that I have the latest in technology!
04-26-2006, 05:02 PM
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As Lomag said way back in 2004 (above) the triangle indicates roaming. For some reason, maybe due to signal strength, my phone flips between home and roam quite a bit, even though I'm not leaving a metropolitan area. My car sometimes shows the triangle and sometimes doesn't show anything where the triangle was.
One thing is clear, the little phone icon indicates a missed call.
One thing is clear, the little phone icon indicates a missed call.
04-26-2009, 10:59 AM
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I've just linked my iPhone 3G to my car when previously I've had a Nokia 6230i linked. With the Nokia I've never seen the triangle (over 3 years), but on one of my journeys with the iPhone linked it appeared. Next time I was in the car in had disappeared again. As I'm in the UK we don't have any roaming here. Any ideas anyone ?
04-26-2009, 11:01 AM
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Oh yes, and my triangle isn't flashing in the slightest. Just sat there - very solidly.
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Originally Posted by Cabrio330' post='274380' date='Apr 26 2006, 01:13 PM
the triangle changed to a little cellphone-looking icon. I like that symbol better, so now I just never check the missed phone call log on Idrive
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