What is the red dot on iPhone screen?

I still have zero idea what any of the above means. I just know I had a red dot in the upper right corner of my iPhone. Based on what was written by others It’s still not clear. Do you mean the Dark background option will make the dot appear a different color? Why? Why can’t the dot be the same color regardless of the background. That’s not helpful by Apple to make colors change that way on this subject. Because I know that regardless of my background being light or dark that other colors remain the same. IE Apps etc.

C&#43, your reply is so spot on. You definitely have a way with words to get your point made effective and without being nasty. Not all folks are like you said computer literate and the field is always ever changing. Nothing nice or helpful to say then move on or share the darn link. That was rude period. I’m in a few cooking groups on Facebook and people are always asking the same question all time. Sometimes I feel people are looking for a chance just to interact and we don’t know that. I politely tell them about the internal search engine within the group and give them the link that answers their question if it’s long response or answer the question quickly. People are downright NASTY! It’s sad... sorry nothing to do with the original post but I felt compelled to respond to your post and tell ya. thanks! 👍

Jodhpurs wrote:

Typical Apple.

They never give you an answer directly to your question. So what the **** is the red dot me

1) This is a user-to-user forum. Apple hasn't participated in this thread at all.

2) The meaning of the dot was explained in the second post in this thread. I suggest you read the thread.

When the person said that the light indicates the mic is ”working”, they meant that it ”in use”, not that it is ”functioning”.

The purpose is for security by alerting the user that an app has access to your mic. For most apps that is expected, like making a phone call, but if you are on a banking or shopping app, that would be suspicious and warrant revoking access to the mic for that app or uninstalling it.

HaveNoSecretToHide wrote:

New iOS 14 feature warns you if someone is spying on you through your iPhone: Look out for the orange dot at the top of your screen

To say that it warns you if someone is "spying" on you is a little bit misleading. It's click-bait headlines like that that have encouraged people to think that the dot means someone one is recording them. In fact, the dot does not tell you if someone is spying on you. It tells you if the microphone (or camera if the dot is green) is active. In most cases, the use of the microphone is completely legitimate, e.g. Phone, Siri. Seeing the dot when there is no app that the user thinks should be using those functions could (but may not) mean that their privacy is at risk.

Then the red dot is in fact an indicator of the mic being used. More than likely the dot color difference is a function of phone model and a very minor bug.

When the black theme-dot is yellow, when white theme-dot is red

Hi

how do i fix it please

Well, it was posted previously in this discussion, but I guess i could post it again.

Status icons and symbols on your iPhone - Apple Support

Myself as well. I’d like to know why. Is the call being recorded?

So what was occurring when each of those screen shots were taken?

And I’m guessing both dots went away when you each hung up?

I can verify that mine, (the red dot,) did go away completely when I hung up. I don't know about my friend (the orange dot.)

You don’t. It isn’t broken.

It doesn't need to be fixed. The dot appears when the microphone is operating.