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What does the Dynamic Island's blue cable icon means on iPhone 15 Pro?

Hi,

I encountered a strange icon on my iphone 15 pro’s dynamic island (picture attached). I haven't found any information regarding this icon and I don’t know what does it mean.

any suggestions?


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Posted on Oct 31, 2023 1:42 AM

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Posted on Dec 1, 2023 5:42 PM

believe its indicating theirs an accessory plug into the charging port, akin to when ipads have usbc dongles, a similar cable symbol with appear in top right corner: accessory is plugged and ready to work

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Dec 1, 2023 5:42 PM in response to EmriBG

believe its indicating theirs an accessory plug into the charging port, akin to when ipads have usbc dongles, a similar cable symbol with appear in top right corner: accessory is plugged and ready to work

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Nov 9, 2023 9:39 AM in response to lisafromdartmouth

lisafromdartmouth wrote:

How do you do a hard reset?
  • Press and quickly release VOLUME UP


     then

  • Press and quickly release VOLUME DOWN


     then

  • Hold the SIDE button until an Apple logo appears (15-30 seconds), ignoring "slide to power off" if it appears


The operative word here is QUICKLY; and try it a couple of times, the timing is a little tricky. 

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Nov 10, 2023 8:45 AM in response to shourya210

So far this issue has only been seen on beta versions, which, almost by definition, are known to be buggy. If they weren’t the would be the public release, not a beta.


As to why it hasn’t been patched, it isn’t a serious bug. At any given time there are thousands of bugs in any software as complicated as iOS. They are prioritized by the QA team, and the most serious get the most attention. As there is a workaround for this issue (restart the iPhone→Restart your iPhone - Apple Support) it is very low priority.

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Nov 6, 2023 1:30 PM in response to Enyking

Same, however, it almost looks like it’s telling me to charge the device. Plugging it into a charger did nothing. Once I did a restart it did resolve the issue too. I can’t imagine it just blew that icon on the Dynamic Island for fun though. There has to be a reason.

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Nov 9, 2023 9:18 PM in response to EmriBG

I got this icon after I plugged in an external drive to my iPhone 15 Pro for recording ProRes video to a thunderbolt drive. However, it did not go away after I unplugged it. I am not sure why this bug has not been patched, because it has happened to me with other things I was doing with the dynamic island, ex. Airdropping.

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Nov 10, 2023 9:41 AM in response to tonyiommisg

tonyiommisg wrote:

Were you the one removing my posts, or is it a bot?

Fellow users like Lawrence cannot remove posts. The only people who can remove a post are the Hosts. They are real, live, very overworked Apple employees. One of their main jobs is to make sure that we all follow the rules.

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What does the Dynamic Island's blue cable icon means on iPhone 15 Pro?

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