The top bar of your Android phone contains a whole range of symbols and icons. Here's a guide to what the most common ones mean.

What does the SOS symbol on the iPhone mean? During Thursday's outage, an SOS symbol appeared on the screens of iPhone users with AT&T (in the same place where cell service bars are normally shown).

Most of the status bar symbols on your Android phone are self-explanatory, but what does the key icon mean? Here's everything you need to know.

What does the SOS symbol on the iPhone mean? During Thursday's outage, an SOS symbol appeared on the screens of iPhone users with AT&T cellular service.

For example, the symbols for active cellular and Wi-Fi connections are straightforward, and you should already be familiar with them. However, you may sometimes see small arrows, or triangles (or ...