Blue icon with letter a in it on left upper corner
What is the meaning of a blue oval with the letter a in it on the upper left Lock Screen of iPhone 12?
iPhone 12, iOS 14
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That isn’t a standard Apple icon. It must have been put there by an app, or maybe by your cellular carrier. That’s the normal location for the carrier name.
Well, yes, that is on my iPhone 12 Pro. I'm not sure about the phones with the home button. I get a new phone every year with the AUP, so it has been a while since I had a phone with a home button.
EDIT: Yes, that would make sense, we just see the icon because of the notch in the top middle of the phone.
It isn't actually a letter A, it is the location icon, to show location services. Hope that helped.
It means that an app is running in background. If you tap on that icon it will open the app.
Get rid of VPN and other strange behaviour may go as well
- No VPN unless your employer installs it
- No Avast or any of its evil cousins - well done removing it.
What do you see when you tap on the icon?
Any “security” apps running?
Had the screen replaced?
I called apple support and they said it was a navigation app, new to the update, but I have gotten incorrect information from them too. My phone Face ID stopped working when it come off the charger , that also should not be happening unless it has been there longer than 4 hours, what do you think I should do?
It was the navigation. It would appear that you had Maps open and created a route and then went to the home page. That icon allows you to tap on it and go back to the directions for your destination. After a few moments if you have not tapped on it to get the directions back, you will see the time through it.
I was sure of it, but just to help make sure, I created a quick route and started it, then closed maps to go to the home screen and there it was.
Hi, no it is a new phone and I don’t have any third party apps or security apps , I did have avast and removed it and lost the vpn toggle on the phone , this is when the problem started , I did not have the paid vpn setting, just free version
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Can you produce a screen shot of it?
That sounds like the rotation lock indicator.
Blue icon with letter a in it on left upper corner