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04-26-2011, 03:27 AM | #1 |
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Anyone know what this icon is?
Showed up on my screen... hung around for a while, and then went away. It's the icon of the car with the little broadcast waves coming out of it. Not the cell network coverage indicator.
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04-26-2011, 11:13 AM | #3 |
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My phone is always paired with the car through Buetooth and I don't get the car symbol. I do however get the "round swirly" when syncing and the "bars", showing reception.
My guess is that this is a symbol that the car is sending a status update to BMW through the SOS link? Another symbol I saw yesterday was of a phone with a cross through it. It was the result of ignoring a call that came in from someone, while I was on a call. |
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04-26-2011, 12:12 PM | #5 |
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04-26-2011, 06:17 PM | #7 |
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Probably some warning related to playing AC/DC
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04-28-2011, 11:38 AM | #13 |
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Update of track information from Gracenote over the car's internal 2.5G data connection... That's my guess.
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04-28-2011, 04:30 PM | #14 |
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The icon of the car emitting waves is 'Request current vehicle position' according to the manual. Saw it while looking for something else and thought I'd post it. Not nearly as funny as the much better answers above!
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04-28-2011, 04:39 PM | #16 |
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I suspect the car is sending it's position to the mothership (BMW). Not sure why that would happen when you're driving. Maybe the OP's wife works for BMW.
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04-28-2011, 04:47 PM | #18 |
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Others maybe the Tracking option or (less likely) a vehicle location request from the iPhone app.
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06-09-2011, 04:22 AM | #19 |
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Found the answer to the mysterious icon here
This should put the OP at ease that he isn't being monitored either by BMW or his wife!
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Maybe try Highway to Hell* and see if the icon appears. *Bon Scott RIP. Angus is maried to a dutch lady and they also have a house here in Aalten, Netherlands. Sorry for the offtopic. But hey, take a look at my avatar and you might know my kind of music. |
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