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Susan Calvin

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Fri May 1, 2026, 03:58 PM May 1

Samsung status bar location icon [View all]

I'm hoping maybe someone here can help with an insignificant in the big scheme of things issue on my new Samsung Galaxy A16 phone. I sure haven't had any luck with a web search.

I normally keep my location turned off, but there are a couple of apps that require it when I use them. I like for my status bar to always show the location icon if I have it turned on, because that reminds me to turn it back off.

Well.

It turns out some bright person at Samsung thought it would be a good idea to hide that icon unless it was actively in use, which is not what I want. I want to know at all times if my location is turned on or not.

A web search turned up ways to make it go away if it wasn't in use, in other words to fix it if it was constantly displaying. Well, I'm the weirdo who wants it constantly displayed when it's turned on whether anything is using it or not

Thanks in advance. From what I've seen so far, it will be a minor miracle if I can make this thing work the way I want it to.

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