What is the green circle in lower right corner of screen and how do I turn it off?

Why do I have a green dot in the LOWER RIGHT hand corner of my iPhone screen. It is NOT the green/orange icons at the top that are new for camera/mic being on. It is larger, in the lower right hand corner. It showed up after the 14.2 upgrade. I have an iphone 11. Something has also been draining my battery since the 14.1 upgrade. Is this related?

iPhone 11

Posted on Nov 15, 2020 6:08 AM

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Nov 23, 2020 5:39 AM in response to BG3861

Hi there BG3861,


Thanks for the post! It looks like you have a question about a green dot that's appearing in the lower right corner of your display. We'd like to look into this with you.


Does it appear constantly, or does it come and go?


Have you noticed if it appears when you've been using a particular app? Generally speaking, you would only need to force-close apps if they are unresponsive, but closing apps one at a time and checking to see if the dot disappears may help to narrow this down: How to force an app to close on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch


If that doesn't help, try to Restart your iPhone. Does it return after? Let us know. Also, let us know if you're using an Apple Watch with your iPhone!


Cheers!

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Nov 26, 2020 6:45 PM in response to ryane77

It is constant. It is on even if I have

forced all apps closed and I just restarted again and it Is still there. it never changes position, color or size.


Battery is also no longer lasting a full day since the update. I used to be able to go almost 2 days and now i can barely get through one.

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Nov 26, 2020 8:12 PM in response to ChrisJ4203

Interesting. So I did take the photo myself and have had it as my background since June 2019 with no green dot. Once I updated, green dot appeared. Found original picture, no green dot on it. However, replaced background with new image and green dot is gone.


Thank you! That fixes the green dot problem, but then what is draining my battery since the update if not that green dot?

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