What is this?
Today I noticed this strange, half of a letter ‘Q’ in the upper left-hand corner of my iPhone 4. It only appears when I’m in the phone app, but it appears on every page of it. It has me completely bamboozled. Having googled it, I can find one other blog where this has been documented but there are no clear answers as to what it is or why it happens. Anyone else had this? Hit the comments! (More screenshots after the break).
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Could be something to do with telecom provider? im on 2 degrees I dont have that problem. Logo looks like quicktime icon.
(nzboy has made 11 comments)
OMG, me too. But now it’s gone. I saw this post earlier today, and I wasn’t affected, but when I got home tonight, there it was. And on the home screen too. 10 mins later, it’s gone. Weird. And annoying.
I’m on 2degrees.
(CarlosNZ has made 9 comments)
No, its not the QuickTime icon, it’s just a regular old ‘Q’.. Note that the tail of the ‘Q’ in my screenshot is flat, but the actual QuickTime logo has a pointed tail. You can see the QuickTime icon here: http://edibleapple.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/new-quicktime-icon.png
Never seen that before, IPhone 4 on Vodafone since launch day.
I suspect it may be carrier specific, possibly something to do with signal strength???
(jaytaylor has made 52 comments)
Sorry just checked now & I don’t have it. Strange…
(tonymckenna has made 4 comments)
Vodafone here as well and now Q. Very strange.
(CliffH has made 5 comments)
Sorry. Vodafone and NO Q.
(CliffH has made 5 comments)
I’ve done a bit of searching about this mysterious “Q” and it seems like we’re not the only ones experiencing it…
http://en.akihabaranews.com/57098/phones/another-iphone-4-bug-the-%E2%80%9Cghost%E2%80%9D-q-icon
They say it might be a bug, but nothing that will affect the usability of the iPhone.
Does a reset solve the issue?
(themrx has made 13 comments)
You could alway remain open minded …. Maybe tonight on the news they announce “Cash Prizes, to people with Q’s in the upper left hand corners of their iPhone 4 Screens…” – I wouldn’t write the possibility off, I mean nobody else has a plausible answer to this mystery …….
(wowpartyz has made 52 comments)
@ themrx:
Yup, that’s the article that I link to in the story… a reset may well solve the issue but I don’t want it to go away until I know what it is! Sounds silly but I’m that intrigued…!
Vodafone here as well 3G, 3GS and 4 never seen anything like it, Jailbroken or Not. Never been on another carrier however.
So a soft reset is not fixing it like the post you linked to?
(mitch20 has made 35 comments)
Just a thought. Possibly apple testing a bit of code implanted into there software for advertising?!?
(RAV3N has made 22 comments)
I believe a soft reset will fix it, but I don’t want to fix it until I know what it is! Also a long time iPhone owner and never seen anything like it either. It looks like the Q from the keyboard stuck on the screen to me… That could be all it is, just a weird bug. But was hoping someone might have the answer!
I have the same problem from tine to time. It’s the ‘Q’ from you keypad from what I can gather.
(canadianrob has made 3 comments)
I have the same problem from time to time. I’m in northern Canada on the telus network. It’s the ‘Q’ from you keypad from what I can gather. I just do a hard reset and it goes away.
(canadianrob has made 3 comments)
I just discovered if you double tapp to app switcher and hold down on the txt msg app an close it the ‘Q’ goes away. It must be a glitch in the keypad in txt mode. Btw I’m running 4.2.1 on a iPhone 4.
(canadianrob has made 3 comments)
@ Steve:
Yeah working in IT fixing the problem is only half the issue.. knowing what’s causing it is often just as important. Its anecdotal but it seem only to be affecting non mainstrem carriers ?
(mitch20 has made 35 comments)
also dont think its a large cropped keyboard Q look at these pics, its not quite the same
[img]http://www.iphonewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Img001_zoom.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.iphonewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/-1.jpg[/img]
(mitch20 has made 35 comments)