There is a constant loading circle on the upper left corner of my iPhone. I have already checked for updates, cleared all my apps, stopped sharing my location, turned my iPhone off and back on, and now I don’t know what to do. This is on the IPhone SE gen 2
Hi Shebyly,
Thank you for posting in Apple Support Communities. We can definitely understanding needing to know what the different symbols on your iPhone mean. This particular symbol means that there is network activity. You'll see this anytime your iPhone is connected to your Wi-Fi or cellular network and it loading. For example, it looks like you are in Safari in this screenshot, that would be a reason for network activity since your device is being used to search the web.
Check out the different symbols you may see on your iPhone here: Status icons and symbols on your iPhone.
Hope that helps!
Hi Shebyly,
Thank you for posting in Apple Support Communities. We can definitely understanding needing to know what the different symbols on your iPhone mean. This particular symbol means that there is network activity. You'll see this anytime your iPhone is connected to your Wi-Fi or cellular network and it loading. For example, it looks like you are in Safari in this screenshot, that would be a reason for network activity since your device is being used to search the web.
Check out the different symbols you may see on your iPhone here: Status icons and symbols on your iPhone.
Hope that helps!
So it does this even when I am not in safari. Here are two other examples of me being on my Lock Screen and Home Screen. I exited out of all apps and turned my screen off for a moment, then opened it back up. I’ll see how long it takes for it to stop, but I haven’t seen it stop yet
Shebyly,
It will show as long as there is network activity, such as apps the connect to your network refreshing. Does this happen if you are connected to your cellular network as well? Let's enable AirPlane mode with Wi-Fi off and cellular data set to off to confirm this is happening due to the network. You can also go through your list of Apps that have Background App refresh turned on and turn off the ones you don't need. You can do this by going to Settings > General > Background app refresh.
You can also check your Mail settings and change how often your new emails are being retrieved. You can go to Settings > Mail > Accounts > Fetch New Data.
This would be expected behavior if the symbol stops after turning on AirPlane mode since this mode stops all network activity.
Take care!
A loading circle in upper left corner
