White dot (not a dead pixel) showing in the top left corner of the home and control center screen

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White dot (not a dead pixel) showing in the top left corner of the home and control center screen

See attached images from my iPhone 11 Pro Max. There is white dot in the top left corner of the screen that has started showing up today. I have upgraded to iOS 14.1 but that doesn't seem the issue, as I have an iPhone 8 that shows the same dot with iOS14.0.

The dot will slide with the lock screen (it is not a dead pixel) and will show up also in the control center drop down screen. It will move with it.

The white dot is not to be seen on any other screen.

Restarting the phone does nothing.

Is this a UI bug or something else is happening?

iPhone 11 Pro Max

Posted on Oct 20, 2020 11:27 PM

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pakitt Author

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Oct 21, 2020 1:21 AM in response to Axel Foley

Solved: the dot is the network name. Telstra, the network operator i use here in Australia must have made an update to their network and renamed by mistake their network identifier with a single full stop/period instead of a full name:

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Oct 20, 2020 11:32 PM in response to pakitt

Check your Lock Screen wallpaper on both iPhones. It may be a part of the wallpaper that was selected for the lock screen.

Axel F.

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Oct 21, 2020 2:20 AM in response to SravanKrA

@SravanKrA - I discovered this bug on my phone and I don't have any link to any Telstra resource about this, sorry. Telstra needs to update their carrier settings or whatever else they need to do so that the correct network name is displayed on our phones. I wonder if Android phone users see the same behavior.

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Oct 20, 2020 11:34 PM in response to Axel Foley

The Lock Screen wallpaper is the stock one from Apple. Not something downloaded from the Internet. And it was the same wallpaper I used for the past 6 months.

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Oct 21, 2020 1:29 AM in response to pakitt

If you can provide a link to Telstra where their network identifier is renamed with a single full stop/period instead of a full name, that would help others.

I couldn't find any, hence the request.

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Axel Foley

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Oct 21, 2020 8:23 AM in response to pakitt

Good Job in solving this. Makes sense now. Thanks for the insight.

Axel F.

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White dot (not a dead pixel) showing in the top left corner of the home and control center screen

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