iOS4: Google app presents RED header upon off/sleep?

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iOS4: Google app presents RED header upon off/sleep?

A friend pointed this behavior to me. Under iOS4, launch the Google app. And then -- at least on a 3GS -- press the On/Off (aka Sleep/Wake) button atop the phone. This turns off the display of course. Next, press the Home button. The screen will have a RED header atop with Google in the heading. Sliding to unlock returns you to the Google app whereupon the red header disappears. Pressing Home again (thus effectively backgrounding the Google app) returns you to the home screen and without the red header. Turning off the phone again using the top button and then Home again does NOT display the red header; i.e. the backgrounded Google app doesn't do this. Now, does anyone know what this means?

3GS, Windows XP Pro, iOS4 Google

Posted on Jun 24, 2010 8:18 AM

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Jul 18, 2010 9:42 AM in response to applenascent

I just noticed this happen on my iPhone yesterday. I thought maybe it was an iOS warning that an app using the GPS was running while the phone was sleeping but I tested some other GPS-using apps that that wasn't the case. Then I thought perhaps it's telling me that the microphone is activated, so I launched Voice Memos, started a recording, paused it and then used the On/Off button to turn off the display. When I turned it back on there was a red banner, but instead of having "Google" on it, it read "Recording Paused". So, I think it has to do with the microphone being active.

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